I've carried the darkness for 23 years. As I've reflected on why I didn't report, I've come to realize that I'm part of the universal cover up. I'm embarrassed. I want my privacy. I don't want to be affiliated with debauchery or promiscuity. I didn't want to be labeled the radical poster child of the "women's movement." But I know now that I am at a precipice. I can no longer support justice quietly, from my safe haven of privacy and solitude. I need to shoulder some of the risk, I need to normalize speaking out.
I was 16. I was introverted and studious. I was committed to athletics and school, to going to bed early and maintaining a healthy diet. I'd never been to a high school party. I didn't drink, I didn't smoke. I had few close friends, spending my time with my high school sweetheart, reading good books and working out. That's when sexual assault came knocking on my door- or rather, storming right through it.
It was roughly 11 PM on a summer night. I don't remember the exact date. Years and trauma have washed away the transactional details- what remains are the vivid emotions. I had long since been asleep in my own bed, in our quiet neighborhood, in sleepy Des Moines, IA. I was a light sleeper and heard my bedroom door open, a shadowy figure outlined in the space. He closed the door quickly behind him and I knew... I was not naïve to darkness in the world, to catcalls, lingering touches, the leers of men both young and old. My life had been lived with the caution required of being a young female in this world. I had an older brother and his friends came and went into our home frequently. Usually filling the space with laughter, but tonight filling it with something horrible.
Adrenaline was pulsing through me, I scanned the room for an escape. We lived in a small home and it took him just one step to leap from the door to my bed, smothering me with his 18 years of masculinity. The smell of alcohol was pungent, a sour stench radiating off of him. I recognized him as a boy who had attended my high school, a few years older than me. He had been on the wresting team, muscular and athletic. I knew almost nothing else about him.
There were no words, no kind gestures. He aggressively kissed me, forcing himself on me, making me gag on the abrupt attack and sour taste. There was no pretending that he intended anything to be consensual. He forced all of his weight on me, frantically grabbing at my body. I was sleeping in a t-shirt and athletic shorts. My instincts had taken over and I was fighting back with all of my might, turning my face away, trying to push him off of me. I plead, "STOP, STOP, STOP, GET OFF!" His hand was up my shirt now, clawing at me and tears were in my eyes as I pushed against him with all of my power and will. Why didn't I scream? To channel what my 16 year old self was thinking is difficult because I am a different person now. Today I'd scream from the top of my lungs. I'd bite his ear off. I'd be unapologetic about defending my body and soul. But we, the world, don't teach girls to be unapologetic. We teach them to question, to be thoughtful about others, to be polite with words and level with actions. We teach them not to be presumptuous, or rude or hurtful. I was a "good" girl, a rule follower and not a wave maker. I wanted to defend my body, but be humble and kind while doing it.
He was grasping at my shorts and I was in pure panic. It was exactly what I held up, of all of the fears in my young mind, as my worst nightmare. He was grinding on me with his full body weight, enjoying the game of cat and mouse. I was sobbing, my neck straining to get my face away from him. I couldn't move, his 50 pound advantage pinning me down. I suddenly felt his body go limp and he chuckled lightly. He stood up, staggering slightly, and sheepishly grabbed at his pants, indicating he'd "finished" what he started earlier than he meant to. He staggered out of my room without another word.
I was left with the weight of shame and fear, and I wore it like a coat as the years ticked by. I was diligent about my personal safety, I steered away from men, dark spaces, college parties, any place where I didn't feel in total control. I went on one date, with one boy in college, breaking it off after he tried to kiss me. I didn't tell my mom, my best friends or my eventual husband. I didn't label what happened. I didn't say, even to myself, "that guy sexually assaulted me." When the attacker's name on rare occasions came up in social circles, I'd mutter quietly, "that guy was always a creep" and drop it.
Today, I am done covering it up. It's inhumane to take dignity and safety from another person and I will not perpetuate the notion that it's dirty to talk about being a victim.
I am a CEO. I am a leader of people, a protector of youth. I am strong, achievement-driven, intelligent and compassionate and I am standing here today saying what happened to me was someone else's wrong. It was not dirty or scandalous. It was not deserved or radical. I teach girls every single day about self worth and strength, and it is my duty to risk something, and share in the job of shouldering the enormous weight of changing the way we talk about sexual assault. In the words of my high school basketball coach, "this isn't a spectator sport, get in there and fight." Maybe it took 23 years, but I'm in the fight.
After hours networking: professional connection or professional creepery?
I sat listening to her experience, shaking my head and commiserating with own tales of "professional creepery." It's clear it impacts all ages, genders, sizes and demographics. Every few months an experience nudges me to write about it, but I back away, knowing it's a topic that ignites blame, insecurity and finger-pointing. I hesitate to put thoughts to paper, because it's a hard thing to talk about. But then again, many things worth discussing are.
All kidding aside, there's a population of people who are not seeking a sexual partner from their professional network. They are in a committed relationship, or simply want no part of mixing their work and personal lives in this way. I'm in this camp.
It's exhausting. I hear from good men in my life that they feel worried about saying or doing the wrong thing when it comes to their female counterparts. So after a few decades of navigating this tricky landscape, I've created some personal guidelines that encourage professional relationships and minimize the risk of misinterpretation. Harassment can happen to anyone, there's no immunity shield to avoid it or deflecting accountability for those who instigate it. Rather, I've developed a blueprint on how I want to be treated and how I will treat other people in an atmosphere that is dotted with ambiguity.
1) Be unapologetic about demanding respect for my time, dignity or body.
If that little red flag goes up for any reason, I am pleasantly direct about my boundaries. A LinkedIn acquaintance (let's call him "Jack," totally made up name) recently messaged me about a business article I appeared in. I responded to discuss the content of the article. He messaged again. I did not respond, yet the frequency increased and the content evolved to his personal life. Soon, there were 5 unanswered messages and an invitation from Jack that we should text instead. I simply responded, "I prefer to keep all communication on the professional level." No qualifiers, no apologies. It took me many years to realize when someone is infringing on my boundaries I don't owe them polite subtlety. Mature, well-intentioned peers will respect the clarity.
2) Avoid invitations to move conversations into personal digital spaces.
In my experience an invitation to move conversations over to a text or messenger thread, are rarely for the purpose of being more professional. Personal digital channels are themselves not problematic. I enjoy a wide social network of colleagues, both men and women. I enjoy their posts, pictures and getting to know their aspirations and families. My cell phone number is also accessible to many, and I exchange texts with male colleagues. These social connections tend to happen organically, only after establishing a baseline of trust and respect.
3) Conduct business communication as close to business hours as possible.
Admittedly, this is squishy. We live in a 24/7 connected world and I'm right there. But as a general rule, I avoid communicating privately on evenings and weekends when it's not relevant to a timely project or event. Another business contact I had, "Dave", accepted a business meeting with me with the caveat that it had to be in the evening. I thought that was reasonable given his long hours and standing in the community. The night before the meeting I received a thread on a social media message asking what type of wine I preferred and a winking face emoji, at 9 PM. I'm at a stage I'd rather be presumptuous than sorry so I cancelled the meeting.
Alcohol is present at most networking events. And I like it. I like it at receptions. I like it on the golf course. I like it in a box. I like it with a fox. You get the idea.
A glass of wine or two breaks down an invisible barrier we introverts seem to carry, just enough for me to enjoy great dialogue and get to know those I'm with. I take both my reputation and ability to drive safely very seriously, so two is the cutoff.
In addition to quantity, context matters when it comes to drinking. An invitation stating, "Are you free to grab a drink and discuss XYZ topic" next week feels innocuous and probably is. But anything I'm passionate about discussing with my male peers is just as exciting to me over lunch. There's something inherently not seductive about polishing off a plate of fettucine alfredo. I do meet one on one with male peers, I do meet after hours, and I may enjoy a drink, but the combination of all three is a situation I don't put myself or my peers in.
5) Avoid deep discussion about partners and relationships.
I recently had coffee with an esteemed professional acquaintance covering a range of topics. I learned a lot and valued the opportunity greatly. I'm grateful to have some trusted colleagues to lean on for mentoring and advice. But it's easy to misinterpret professional politeness for personal interest, so keeping topics that are potentially vulnerable or emotional reserved for my personal circle is my rule of thumb. I am particularly mindful of conversations that include personal details or remarks about either person's spouse.
It boils down to personal boundaries. I count many men among my close friends and people I admire. I enjoy great conversation about business and projects and life. At times I have to adapt the guidelines to new situations or people, but one thing I've learned is to be intentional about the things that matter to me most and my personal space, reputation and dignity is near the top of the list.
Creating a positive organizational culture is akin to devouring homemade pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. That is, at our house, it's not an afterthought or a luxury to be enjoyed only "if there's room." It's a requirement. You build it into the plan, priorities are established: pie, turkey, potatoes, in that order. Likewise, culture, engagement, results. It's a winning recipe.
First, some context. Our organization was struggling and there was a direct correlation to workplace satisfaction and performance output. Only 19% of our workforce identified as being satisfied with the workplace culture and 38%+ of our staff turned over annually. In tandem, nearly every key performance indicator was on a multi-year decline. Exactly one year into our organizational transformation, our workplace satisfaction soared to 89% and a mere 6% of the workforce turned over. Subsequently, every single performance metric rose, breaking records in growth, sales, retention and revenue. There's something remarkable about a team with spark. Passion, commitment and positivity are contagious and you can't stop them from improving your results.
Culture is a funny thing though. The results aren't always obvious and instant, like flipping a light switch. It takes commitment and consistency. Gradually, like a slow dawn, things get brighter until light starts to permeate even the darkest shadows.
The list of the initiatives, ideas and people that turned our culture around is extensive. Here are four critical pieces of the pie that shaped our transformation.
First, we received communication. As the CEO, I invested time to meet one on one with every employee and board member. I asked questions about what could make this their dream job, and who they identified as the top performers. I took notes on what they'd tackle first if they woke up to find they were the CEO. It takes extraordinary effort to put aside all defenses and simply listen to ideas and input. Any form of blaming, retaliating, or making excuses renders this step ineffective. It is an information gathering mission.
We also gave communication, authentic communication. It was a gift we had been withholding, creating distrust and disengagement. We became transparent with staff. When we made hard decisions, we gave the sometimes painful background.
With genuine listening and open sharing, we were able to utilize the skills and passions of the entire team and invited them to be part of organizational solutions. Even when solutions were stubborn, the team had developed trust in the process.
Step two was acting on what we had learned, and it took a leap of faith. We overhauled the entire organizational chart, aligning positions with skills, goals, and a structure of servant leadership. It literally represented a bottom up approach, with CEO as the "bottom rung" in the organization, lifting and elevating the next team, and so on.
We emphasized the great things that were already happening on our team, from performance to attitude to milestones. We celebrated and honored staff, giving awards and showing public appreciation at team meetings.
Part of caring for our people was updating our benefits and policies to reflect what was best for them. We added paid parental leave, increased PTO, added paid time off to volunteer in the community, transitioned some employees to remote/home-based workers, created a casual dress code for appropriate roles and allowed employees to customize their work spaces. You could say trust and autonomy became our love language. A group of team-leads came in after hours with bright paint and vinyl letters, working late into the night so that when Monday morning came, the staff on that floor was greeted with "Awesomeness Happens Here." And by that point, they were all starting to believe it.
As an organization with struggling performance metrics, the work had become rigid. Performance pressure had led to more meetings and more data: report, review, require. Wash, rinse, repeat. It was easy to forget that real people were involved. So, we began our weekly executive meetings with "Brag and Tag," an opportunity for each team member to celebrate a personal accomplishment and share one that they'd witnessed from another staff member. The 10 minute investment we made each week helped us connect on a level beyond spreadsheets.
We carved out time to write hand-written notes to staff and began thinking outside the box on celebrations: office chair relays, a chopped challenge, decorating Valentine boxes and Take your Parent to Work Day, just to name a few memorable activities from the past year.
Perhaps most important, we flattened our attitudes alongside our org chart and made leading by example priority number one. No team member was asked to do something an executive member wasn't willing to do. We make sure when we hire someone that they won't shy away from running a vacuum for a few minutes at the end of an event if duty calls.
With team members across six physical locations over portions of three states, it became a priority to bring the entire team together three times per year with a focus on growth, passion and connecting. We've played games, zip-lined and completed service projects. From silly-stringing the CEO for hitting a staff-wide goal, to kicking off the gathering with a parody R&B song utilizing lyrics representing our organization, we embraced things that make people smile and showed that we're in this together…not just work, but life.
We made learning about leadership and acting like leaders a priority. We read several books as an executive team and implemented key strategies. We developed ways to measure performance so we could provide clarity and resources for staff. Personnel and policy changes were made to align with our goals and culture. We made some tough financial decisions that were emotional but needed. We transitioned some responsibilities into a Talent Development role to raise the bar for our whole staff and recognize the skills they had to offer. As the CEO, I took on portions of front line work to better understand the challenges. When executive positions opened, we promoted internal candidates who had showcased their talent and commitment to our positive culture.
Remarkable metrics have been reached in our organization, records broken, national recognitions received, and promotions abound. But the most meaningful outcome sits on my desk, a gift I received from the team. It's a clear mason jar decorated with a small twine bow, stuffed full of small slips of paper. On each slip is a sentence written by one of our staff members exactly 12 months into our transformation. I've yet to read them all, I savor them, pulling a new one out in moments that I need healing or inspiration. I pulled one out to close this article and it reads "Your genuine care for staff is authentic. We'd move mountains for you, because you'd do the same for us." That is culture change, when your team knows, trusts and expects that you work for their gain.


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This article gives a summary of results for the Belgian Second Division play-offs from 2001 to 2010.

2001

Results and table

2002

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2002 play-offs:
 K. Heusden-Zolder as winner of the second period
 K.S.V. Ingelmunster as second of the second division
 R.A.E.C. Mons as third of the second division
 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. as sixth of the second division

Periods 1 and 3 were won by champion K.V. Mechelen and Heusden-Zolder finished 4th of the second division.

Results and table

2003

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2003 play-offs:
 K. Heusden-Zolder as winner of the first and second periods
 K.A.S. Eupen as second of the second division
 S.V. Zulte-Waregem as fourth of the second division
 F.C. Denderleeuw as fifth of the second division

Period 3 was won by champion Cercle Brugge K.S.V. and Heusden-Zolder finished 3rd of the second division.

Results and table

2004

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2004 play-offs:
 K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel as winner of the first period
 A.F.C. Tubize as winner of the second period
 K.V. Oostende as second of the second division
 K.S.V. Roeselare as third of the second division

Period 3 was won by champion F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek.

Results and table

* Oostende finished 2nd in second division while Geel finished 10th.

2005

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2005 play-offs:
 K.S.V. Roeselare as winner of the 2nd period
 K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel as 3rd of the second division
 R. Antwerp F.C. as 4th of the second division
 K.V. Red Star Waasland as 5th of the second division

Periods 1 and 3 were won by champion S.V. Zulte-Waregem.

Results and table

2006

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2006 play-offs:
 Lierse S.K. as 17th of the Jupiler League
 K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel as 2nd of the second division
 K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel as 3rd of the second division
 K.F.C. V.W. Hamme as 4th of the second division

The period winners were not qualified as it was not decided before the beginning of the play-offs whether the points raised by clubs against Beringen-Heusden-Zolder were to be retired or not.

Results and table

2007

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2007 play-offs:
 Lierse S.K. as number 17 of the Belgian League
 Royal Antwerp FC as winner of the second period
 Y.R. K.V. Mechelen as 2nd of the second division
 K.V. Kortrijk as winner of the third period

Period 1 was won by champion F. C. Verbroedering Dender E.H.

Results and table

2008

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2008 play-offs:
 A.F.C. Tubize for finishing second
 Oud-Heverlee Leuven for finishing third
 K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel for finishing fourth
 Royal Antwerp FC for finishing fifth

Results and table

2009
As a result of the Belgian First Division reducing in size to 16 teams for 2009-10, there will be two playoffs in 2009. Firstly, the teams ranked between two and five in the second division will meet (best ranked team will play away first) with two teams progressing. These two teams progress into a second playoff (double round-robin), together with the teams placed 15 and 16 in the Belgian First Division 2008–09. The winner of this second playoff will play in the Belgian First Division 2009–10.

First playoff
The following teams qualified for the 2009 first playoff round:
 Lierse for finishing second.
 Antwerp for finishing third.
 Waasland for finishing fourth.
 Tournai for finishing fifth.

The draw was made on May 4, 2009 and resulted in the following games:

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Second playoff
The following teams qualified for the 2009 second playoff round:
 Dender, for finishing in 15th place in the Belgian First Division.
 Roeselare, for finishing in 16th place in the Belgian First Division.
 Antwerp, winners of the first playoff round.
 Lierse, winners of the first playoff round.

2010

Qualifiers
The following teams qualified for the 2010 play-offs:
 K.S.V. Roeselare for finishing fifteenth in the first division
 K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel for finishing second
 R.A.E.C. Mons for finishing third
 K.A.S. Eupen for finishing fourth

Results and table

References

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WASHINGTON— Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., met with Jewish leaders in Atlanta after apologizing for likening the settlement movement to termites.
When ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a response that describing settlement as "termites" deserved an apology with no further rationalization, Johnson, in a subsequent tweet, agreed.
"You're right @JGreenblattADL I sincerely apologize for the offensive analogy. Period," he said.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Johnson also met with The Atlanta Jewish Times, which in an editorial had condemned his remarks.


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A GRAMMAR NAZI is for the most part someone older than you who says, "Look, sunshine, if you can't be bothered paying attention to the small details in your sentences, why should anyone take seriously the issues you discuss in those same sentences?" After half a century of wrestling with the complexities of the English language, I fail to see how caring enough to want to get the grammar right can or should make someone an object of derision.
We lacked this nasty little term back in the day. Instead, we had teachers, lecturers, editors & sub-editors who were passionate about the language & tried to make sure we were too. None was scarier than the legendary H. G. Kippax AO, drama critic & Associate Editor of the SMH for many years.
H.G. was a grim, grey old man when I encountered him in 1973. He seemed at least 100, though Wikipedia tells me he was just over 50. He never smiled – not that anyone ever did in that gloomy fourth-floor corner of the old Fairfax building. Dark coats & cardigans predominated , the paintwork was grey-green & the woodwork thick with layers of ancient varnish. Many men looked as if they were walking out of their oncologist's office having just heard the worst.
Every night around seven I'd edge into his office with a damp galley proof of the next day's Letters page. Since this was the one page that lacked hard news, it would be fair to assume it would be the first finished. It was often the last. H.G. would labour for hours over his corrections, until the revised sheet looked like a kindergarten kid's first efforts with a crayon. Sometimes every paragraph had an addition or excission. I counted 73 one night, though this was probably not the record.
Since schools stopped teaching the basics, it's become harder & harder to get students to understand that 'Oh well, what does it matter – you know what I mean anyway, OK?' is not much of an excuse. H.G.Kippax's obsession with commas wasn't all that bad, as obsessions go. If people don't stand up for precision in language, soon enough none of us will be able to say exactly what it is we mean.


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Internal Emails Reveal Glaxo Scientists' Avandia Concerns
Back in 2007, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was quick to deny a study that proposed that their diabetes medication, Avandia, was causing increased heart-attack risk in patients taking the drugs. New information leaked from several Glaxo scientists' emails, however, reveals that the pharmaceutical company's own scientists were concerned about the same problem.
In an email written several days before the study results were released in the New England Journal of Medicine, Glaxo's senior consultant noted, "The numbers are the numbers, the analysis is very similar to our own." While the consultant admitted that Glaxo would have difficulty undermining the study, he did suggest that they could try to find a way to explain the results.
The study's results simply couldn't be ignored. It found a 43% higher risk of cardiovascular problems for Avandia users. These frightening numbers caused Glaxo's sales figures to plummet and also prompted a congressional investigation into the way in which Glaxo marketed the FDA's response to the health concern. While Janet Woodcock, FDA drug-review division director, claims that Avandia has been wrongly "convicted without a trial," many others think differently.
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been calling for the FDA to force Glaxo to withdraw the drug; however, his efforts have gotten no results so far. He is currently preparing reports that will outline the specific dangers of the drug and address the liability of the company for releasing dangerous drugs.
The man responsible for conducting the initial study, Dr. Nissen, claims to have been approached by Glaxo scientists just days before the publication was released. According to Dr. Nissen, the scientists wanted him to reconsider his concerns. Glaxo representatives say that GSK doesn't disagree with Dr. Nissen's data; however, the company does disagree with the conclusions drawn from the data. Glaxo is quoted as stating, "GSK believes that a full and scientific evaluation of all the data does not confirm the safety questions originally raised."
Glaxo isn't the only one facing questions, however. The FDA is facing hearings for the way that they have handled Avandia. FDA representatives say that they are completing their own analysis and sent out a press release that they had recently received Glaxo's analysis of 2005, which they are reviewing. This is contrary to information revealed in an internal email from Glaxo, which stated that the FDA had possession of their analysis the year before the study in the New England Journal was released.
For more information about the dangers of Avandia, contact the Avandia lawyers of Williams Hart at (800) 220-9341.


SCVHistory.com | Saugus | High School's Gas Lines Replaced Due to Bovine Corrosion, October 1979.
Saugus High School's Gas Lines Replaced Due to Bovine Corrosion.
October 1979 | News Reports.
The Green Pastures Dairy Farm occupied the future Saugus High School location from about the end of World War II until February 1969 when the William S. Hart Union High School District bought the property. Groundbreaking for the school occurred October 24, 1973, and it opened September 6, 1975.
Above: A workman replaces corroded pipe at Saugus High School. Photo by Marshall LaPlante/The Signal. Click to enlarge.
Cows' Leavings Ruin Gas Pipes.
The Signal | Wednesday, October 24, 1979.
Maybe cows do their best for Jerseymaid but they sure didn't help Saugus high school.
The four-year-old school, which was built on land once used as a dairy, is now in the midst of a "major crisis," according to Hart district assistant superintendent Dr. Ed Fickenscher.
He said that virtually all of the campus' gas lines will have to be replaced, at a cost of "many thousands of dollars," due to corrosion of the pipes.
The cause of the corrosion has been attributed to the leavings of the former tenants of the property.
A soil corrosion engineer hired by the district to investigate the problem has found that the soil is rich in acid derived from animal wastes.
Dr. Fickenscher pointed out that although the excrement has been beneficial to the school in the form of fertilizing the football field, animal urine was the major cause of the pipe corrosion.
The problem surfaced on October 3 when a minor gas leak was detected in the vicinity of E building.
The school's gas service was shut off and the leak quickly repaired.
But when the line was tested, as required by law, by pumping compressed air through it, additional leaks were discovered.
The district replaced 260 feet of gas line, but when the line was air tested again, still more leaks were found.
An additional 500 feet of line was replaced last Saturday, and the system still couldn't hold up under the pressure test.
Part of the problem, Dr. Fickenscher said, was the district's inability to "isolate" exactly which sections of the line were leaking.
Valves had to be welded into the line so that the district could pinpoint the trouble spots.
This led to the discovery that the line was corroded in so many places that virtually the whole system had to be replaced.
Dr. Fickenscher said that to order to establish a "large margin of safety," the gas line was tested at 90 pounds of pressure even though gas is normally pumped through the lines with only five pounds of pressure.
The district will have to replace 1,600 feet of line in addition to the nearly 800 feet that it has already replaced.
Dr. Fickenscher said that new plastic pipe is being used which "is not subject to the kind of corrosion" that originally caused the problem.
He estimated that the job will be completed sometime next week.
In the meantime, the school, which has been without gas service since the original leak was discovered, has had to do without hot water, and experiments in the science department have been curtailed.
"So far, we have not needed the gas to heat the classrooms," said Saugus principal Dr. Myron Sprout. "But that can change at any moment."
He said that the school would go to a "modified schedule," taking advantage of the warmer hours, should there be a severe change in the weather.
News story courtesy of Tricia Lemon Putnam / Used by permission.


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Rivercrest Park freshman Hvasstan sired his first winner when Jelviss scored a last-to-first victory at Beaudesert on Monday.
Jelviss is trained by Ben Currie and was making his debut in the XXXX Gold Maiden Plate (1100m). After blowing the start, he skirted the rails under Nozi Tomizawato to defeat Emotive Mountain and Stryking Princess by more than a length.
Jelviss (2c Hvasstan – Big Jet Plane by Jet Spur) is eligible for the Capricornia Yearling Sale 2YO Classic (1200m) at Callaghan Park on Saturday, April 13. With bonuses added, it's worth $155,000.
Currie prepares the newcomer for his mother Donna and owner-breeders Brian & Helen Gleeson. He also trained Big Jet Plane to a hat-trick at Toowoomba in 2011-12. Second-dam Ice Gold (Gilded Time) was a Canterbury winner for Gary Portelli and the family goes back to G1 Avondale Cup winner Coconut Ice (Icelandic).
Hvasstan (Fastnet Rock) was trained by Peter Gelagotis to win the G3 Norman Robinson Stakes at Caulfield and he was also fourth home in the G1 Australian Guineas and Victoria Derby. His only other runner to date has been Bantu Bay who finished fifth at Rockhampton in November.
Following small books in his first three years in Queensland, he moved to Rivercrest Park in Western Australia last year to stand alongside God Has Spoken (Blackfriars). They have been joined by Orbis Bloodstock stakes winner Ducimus (Snitzel) for 2019.


Earlier this week IAVA stood in the company of America's heroes as we joined them for a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol; a press conference that should never have had to happen.
Last month, Congress allowed funding to pay for the unique illnesses of the more than 72,000 9/11 first responders to lapse.
Joined by firemen, police officers, Members of Congress and veterans organizations, IAVA called on Congress to support the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act. This legislation would permanently extend the World Trade Center Health Program and September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The programs were created by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which passed the House in December 2010 and signed into law by President Obama in January 2011.
Those who ran toward the towers and the fires were told that the air they were breathing was okay. Well, we now know that was not the case. They put their faith in the hands of health care and elected officials only to have that trust misplaced.
Now hat in hand, they are having to beg and plead with Congress to live up to its end of the bargain and reauthorize the Zadroga Act. Doing so will go far to restore trust in our government and ensure the next time such a calamity impacts our nation, first responders will answer the call.
On 9/11 and in the days following, thousands of first responders from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia did their duty as asked. Congress should step up to the plate, do their duty and pass the Zadroga Act.
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This works fine so long as the SSH key passphrase is identical to the login one. However, what I would like to achieve is that I can basically login with one of two different passwords - either my login one or the SSH key one.
So I thought that pam_ssh should fist try to unlock my SSH key, and only if that fails should pam_unix be required, otherwise it should be skipped. Can this be achieved somehow?
However, in the real files there are some other required lines following required pam_unix.so, such as required pam_env.so, which would now be ignored! So how can I really solve this?
Now it is imperative that the pam_ssh line exactly precedes the pam_unix one, since success=N means to skip N following module(s).
Also, don't forget the session pam_ssh.so line while you're at it!
instead, but this method locks out all users without SSH keys! Turns out that default=ignore isn't sufficient, auth_err=ignore has to be added since that is apparently not considered part of default. Also, this attempt means there'll either be a "password" or "SSH passphrase" prompt depending on whether the user has an SSH key!
and that system-login has some other required before including system-auth, so you cannot simply put auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_ssh.so try_first_pass in before login's auth include system-local-login - you'd skip the wrong required and thanks to the pam_unix.so use_first_pass (instead of try_first_pass) you could still only login with your login password! On the other hand, by modifying system-auth, you're also allowing other services such as sshd to use your SSH key as authentication option to the login password. If you truly want only your login to use this, you have to pretty much break the include chain and manually copy all auths to login.
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Creating Awareness
At Girl Up Neev, our top priority is to achieve results, and we know that our success depends on the quality of our campaigns and partnerships. Our approach is to build strategic networks and promote programs that will help advance our work. Learn more about the causes we're passionate about and get in touch with us to see how you can get involved.
Clothes Distribution Drive
Girl up Neev added to this initiative in collaboration with Heart Foundation. The pandemic has left people with barely anything to eat. So it's important to do whatever you can to help these poor souls. So we took it upon ourselves to take excess clothes from people and fend it to those in need. In this light, we provided clothes to 155 families.
Contributed to this amazing drive for making our beaches a picturesque sight for all and act upon the UN Goal of CLIMATE ACTION. Team Neev volunteered along with Help Other NGO to clean the Juhu beach which has been at the heart of the city of Mumbai. We are all witnessing the effects of climate change, we're doing our best to help the cause.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION DRIVE
Team Girl up Neev in collaboration with Zomato Feeding India took upon themselves to feed some hungry souls out there. We all know that the pandemic has caused a ruckus and people have been unable to afford the very basics of life like food and shelter. Hence, we saw this as an opportunity to spread some joy in such difficult times. We were able to distribute 400+ meals in the slums of Mumbai - Bandra and Vile Parle East.
ARTSY DIWALI
After all the toxicity and waste that the environment receives from humans, it seems difficult for the earth to survive for a long time. The members of Girl Up Neev had come together to organize a Diwali fundraiser event called "Artsy Diwali" on the 7th of November that not only used waste to make it into useful things like paper stand out of newspaper and diya painting with a DVD but also will be donating the funds received from the workshop to the needy. It was conducted by Ananya Bajoria a very talented artist who was extremely patient and answered all the doubts of the children very calmly. The workshop was later followed by a competition in which the participants used wonderful ideas to make waste useful in spite of having exams. The first prize was won by Manvi Choraria, the second prize was won by Harshana Dugar and Pragya and the third prize was won by Myra Mehta. Happy to have such enthusiastic children at the workshop.
Housie with a Twist
Girl Up Neev organized a fun virtual game night, called 'Housie with a Twist' on 17th October, Saturday evening. As the name says, it was a game of our favourite game Tambola or Housie, but with a feminist twist. Replacing the numbers on Tambola tickets were names of feminist icons – ranging from the entertainment industry to politics, advocacy, activism, sport, science, and to add a fun element, fictional leading ladies and women from our favourite memes as well! Prizes of four corners, top, middle and bottom rows, and first two full houses were up for grabs. With hints dropped, the participants were made to guess whose name was being referred to, and Michelle Obama, Jacinda Arden, Serena Williams, Lorelai Gilmore, and even Kokila Ben, were some of the loudest and most popular guesses.
Make and Map
During this pandemic all of us have been adapting to a completely new and different mode of learning, this is the current wave of digital mode of learning and as our goal of promoting STEM education for girls, we conducted a workshop titled "Make and Map" for students of classes 5th to 7th. Our event was a workshop + competition, wherein we covered two major topics: Mind Mapping and Graphic Designing through Canva. It was a 2 hour event, wherein we first covered Mind Mapping, it was taken over by Gaurav. In the second part of the event, we covered our other event, graphic designing through Canva. Amrit took over and taught the kids about the basics of Canva, and then taught them to design a greeting card for Diwali.
The kids were then informed about a competition wherein they would have to design their own birthday invites and the best invitations would win exciting prizes. We had around 25 to 30 kids who participated in this event, the kids were very enthusiastic and eager to learn, and they showed great interest in learning and indulged in healthy competition too.
LinkedIn Workshop
Girl up Neev organized a very insightful session on 'How to build up your LinkedIn Profile' on 2nd September 2020. The session was conducted by Bhavika Mehta, Founder, and President of the organization followed by Nishtha Jindal. The session gave us insights on various tips and tricks as to how to remain active on this booming app, maintain a professional outlook and the importance of filling out each detail on the profile with a subtle structure. The session gave the attendees a new perspective on building up connections with the utmost credibility. Overall, the session turned out to be a great learning experience for all the attendees.
There's no other night than a movie night. Girl Up Neev conducted a movie night on 21st August on Netflix Party as a member bonding activity. We selected "Ek Ladki ko Dekha to Aisa Laga" for it. It addressed various social stigmas like homophobia, imposed gender specific roles like only females are the ones who cook. The object was to raise awareness about the social issues that still prevail in the villages and the rural areas of India. It also showed how people come together against homophobia and emphatize with those affecting by it. The movie had the best screenplay, actors and music. It depicted the vibrant culture of Moga, a village in Punjab. Generation gap plays an important role when defining such issues and the movie addressed it well. Overall, everybody enjoyed it a lot with the urge of dancing on the amazing music it had. With chatting and binge watching, we ended the night.
Mental Health During Uncertain Times
The online event, hosted through Zoom, involved a discussion on topics pertaining to mental health, such as portrayal of mental disorders in media, experiences of fat-shaming, racism and other kinds of bullying, common coping mechanisms, among others. The conversations took place in break-out rooms of 3-4 participants each, moderated by our members in each room. The discussion was facilitated by questions and prompts that flashed periodically across all breakout rooms, and also involved spontaneous conversations that flowed in relation to the prescribed topics. Many shared deeply personal insights and experiences of how they had undergone bullying during childhood, how being away from their loved ones during the pandemic had affected their mental health, etc. With nearly 60 participants who engaged in these conversations, the event was a resounding success. The feedback was overwhelming, with our participants revelling at how startlingly comforting it was to take an hour out of their day simply to talk about mental health - a conversation most of them had never partaken in.
Lets Talk Hygiene with Sirona
Girl Up Neev made its first mark on the world with a seminar on "Let's talk hygiene with Sirona". Ms. Nikita Satija took us through an insightful journey of intimate and menstrual hygiene issues for women and inspired us to #bethechange.
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LIVERPOOL LEGENDS BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND GETS SOME GREAT NEW PRESS IN MASSACHUSETTS!Bk4TVrX99M2019-10-22T21:18:58+00:00
LIVERPOOL LEGENDS BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND GETS SOME GREAT NEW PRESS IN MASSACHUSETTS!
The Beatles have spawned countless imitators since the 1960s, from staged shows like "Rain" and "Beatlemania!" to legions of cover and tribute bands – the Moptops, the Fab Faux and Strawberry Fields Forever, to name just a few.
"George was someone who really cared about the people in his life, someone who was compassionate and also quite talented," Harrison said in a phone interview from her home in Florida. "And he was a deeply spiritual person as well."
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Here's more really cool press we are getting for our "Help Keep Music Alive" program!
Northampton High music program to benefit from Liverpool Legends
By STEVE PFARRER
But how many of those cover bands can claim a personal connection to – and endorsement from – someone who knew the Beatles personally?
That would be the Liverpool Legends, a Missouri-based touring group led by Louise Harrison, whose baby brother was the Beatles' lead guitarist, George Harrison. She was 11 when her youngest brother was born in Liverpool, England, in February 1943.
Harrison, 80, will be on hand when the Legends play a benefit concert for the Northampton High School's music program May 3 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. School band members will join the group onstage for some numbers.
During the show she will reminisce about the Beatles and her brother, who died in 2001 from throat cancer.
The "lads" who make up the Liverpool Legends are "just the kind of fellows George would have liked to hang out with," Harrison said. "Really decent guys, very good musicians, with a sense of humor and a real bond between them, just like the Beatles."
In the past year, Harrison has launched the "Help Keep Music Alive" initiative in which the Legends play benefit concerts at high schools to raise money for their music programs. All revenues from ticket sales go to the schools after the band's operating expenses are covered, she said.
Harrison says she's setting up the program as a nonprofit organization and seeking sponsors to allow more of the money raised from the shows to go directly to schools.
"There's really a need for this kind of support – music and art programs are being cut all across the country because of the economy," she said. "And I know this is something George would have liked to see happen."
To get the schools involved, the band sends sheet music for some of the songs in advance, giving bands and choral groups time to learn the material. They rehearse with the Legends the afternoon before the concert, then join them during the show for songs such as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "All You Need Is Love" that include additional orchestration.
Music promoter Paul Lococo, a 1971 graduate of Northampton High School who lived for many years in Texas, hooked up with Harrison and the Liverpool Legends a few years back. Now back in Northampton, Lococo got in touch with the high school's lead instrumental music teacher, Deborah Coon.
Coon said she expects the experience to be "a fabulous opportunity for our kids in all kinds of ways." She said she anticipates that 30 to 40 members of the band and chorus will take part in the Legends show, along with other musicians like the string players who perform during school musicals.
"Everyone's really excited about this and seeing our kids perform," Coon said. "It's also a good way of reminding people that a lot of musicians you hear on the radio … got their start in a humble school or community music program."
The Legends – Marty Scott (George Harrison), Kevin Mantegna (John Lennon), Bob Beahon (Paul McCartney) and Joe Bologna (Ringo Starr) – will perform 35 songs spanning the Beatles' career, using the same kinds of instruments and wearing the same kind of clothing the band did in various phases, like the skinny ties and matching dark jackets of the early 1960s. Bob Dobro plays the "fifth Beatle" – the name given to the group's producer, George Martin – handling some keyboards and arranging the orchestral parts.
"It's a very good show, with a lot of attention to detail, and if you listen carefully you'll know they play the songs note for note," Harrison said. "And we don't use any backing tapes or lip synching – it's all live."
Harrison, who has lived in the United States since 1963, has seen any number of Beatles tribute bands over the years. But it wasn't until she met Scott at a Beatles convention in Chicago in early 2002, about six weeks after George died, that she felt drawn to one.
"I hadn't really grieved yet for my brother, because I knew that he'd been ready to leave this world, and I knew his spirit was still with me," she said. "Then Marty got up onstage and began playing 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' and the tears just started streaming down my face."
She says she felt deeply drawn to Scott, and in talking to him later that day, found him "very much like George – the same sense of compassion … just his whole demeanor reminded me so much of him." She jokes that Scott's since become both a surrogate brother and son to her, depending on her mood.
It turned out that Mantegna, an old high school friend of Scott, had been playing for years with him as a "George & John" duo. Harrison decided to enlist Scott and Mantegna in finding a Paul and Ringo to make "the best Beatles tribute band ever." They auditioned numerous musicians before hiring Bob Beahon and the band's first "Ringo," drummer Greg George. The band has been based in Branson, Mo., since 2006.
Earlier this year, Harrison and the group received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Record: "Fab Fan Memories," a series of interviews with Beatles fans paired with songs played by the Liverpool Legends. The record is narrated by Louise Harrison.
Harrison did plenty of promotional work for the real Beatles back in the 1960s. She was living in Illinois when George flew over to visit her in late 1963 – the first of the Fab Four to travel to the U.S. Great Britain was then in the midst of full-fledged Beatlemania, but the first few Beatles records hadn't made an impression in America. George asked if she could help the group get some airtime.
"I spent a lot of time after that calling up radio stations trying to get the word out about our lads," Harrison said. She had some success, but the group's big break came after they performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in February 1964. Beatlemania exploded across the country.
For the next few years, Harrison broadcast regular reports on the band for an American audience hungry for every scrap of news. She also sometimes toured with the group.
Harrison says audiences at Liverpool Legends concerts often span three or four generations. She enjoys seeing their reactions: "Especially the younger kids," she said. "They'll say, 'We really like this stuff. It's better than the music of today.' "
Tickets for the May 3 Liverpool Legends concert at Northampton High
School are $25 (balcony), $30 (floor) and $45 (orchestra). They're
available at Easthampton Savings Bank, by calling 800-838-3006 or online
at brownpaperticket.com.
Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz will welcome Louise Harrison to the
city at a press conference May 1 at 5 p.m. on the steps of City Hall.
The Northampton High School band will perform Beatles songs at the
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Q: How to use the same UIPickerView for multiple times with different data ? - Swift I have one UIPickerView and one label inside expandable UITableViewCell and in the code I made 1 section and 3 cells all like first cell.
I did manage the data for every cell but my problem is when I select something from the first picker and I go to second picker and select something , my fist selection will be changed to same row order from the second picker .
To make it short how can I make the 3 pickers separate from each other and change every cell's label to the selected row from the same cell not else
This is a screenshot to my view :

And this my code :
import UIKit

let cellID = "cell"

class callViewController: UITableViewController   {

var selectedIndexPath : NSIndexPath?
var tapped = false // when the first cell tapped it will be true
var flag = true

// These strings will be the data for the table view cells
let sections: [String] = ["Department:", "Team:", "Service:"]

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()

}
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    tableView.delegate = self
    tableView.dataSource = self

}

//number of sections
   override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int     {
    return 1
}
// header for the secation
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
    return "Required Info:"
}

//number of rows in section
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return 3
}

//get the cell
  override   func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(cellID, forIndexPath: indexPath) as! callCustomCell

 cell.titleLabel.text=self.sections[indexPath.row]

// now reload the appropriate pickerData

if indexPath.row == 0{
    cell.inputArrry=cell.departments

    cell.picker.reloadAllComponents()
}

else if indexPath.row == 1{
    cell.inputArrry=cell.teams

 cell.picker.reloadAllComponents()
}

else if indexPath.row == 2{
    cell.inputArrry=cell.services

    cell.picker.reloadAllComponents()
}

      if indexPath.row != 0{

            cell.userInteractionEnabled = tapped

            if (!tapped){
                cell.backgroundColor=UIColor.clearColor()

            }
            else {
                cell.backgroundColor=UIColor.whiteColor()
            }

      }

if indexPath.row==0{
    cell.backgroundColor=UIColor.whiteColor()
    cell.userInteractionEnabled=true

}

return cell

}

// method to run when table view cell is tapped

   override  func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {

if indexPath.row == 0  && flag {
    flag = false
    tapped = true

   tableView.reloadRowsAtIndexPaths([

        NSIndexPath(forRow: 1, inSection: 0),
        NSIndexPath(forRow: 2, inSection: 0)], withRowAnimation: .Automatic)

}

       let previousIndexPath = selectedIndexPath

    if indexPath == selectedIndexPath {
        selectedIndexPath = nil

    }

    else {
        selectedIndexPath = indexPath

    }

    var indexPaths : Array<NSIndexPath> = []

    if let previous = previousIndexPath {
        indexPaths += [previous]
    }

    if let current = selectedIndexPath {
        indexPaths += [current]

    }
   if indexPaths.count > 0 {
        tableView.reloadRowsAtIndexPaths(indexPaths, withRowAnimation: UITableViewRowAnimation.Automatic)
    }

}

  override  func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    (cell as! callCustomCell).watchFrameChanges()
}

  override   func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didEndDisplayingCell cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    (cell as! callCustomCell).ignoreFrameChanges()
}

    override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    for cell in tableView.visibleCells as! [callCustomCell] {
        cell.ignoreFrameChanges()
    }
}

   override  func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> CGFloat {
    if indexPath == selectedIndexPath {
        return callCustomCell.expandedHeight
    } else {
        return callCustomCell.defaultHeight
    }

 }

}

A: Use tags in the attribute inspector tab in the storyboards and then make if statements to change what is returned
if (pickerView.tag == 0) {
    // Do something
} else if (pickerView.tag == 1 {
    // Do something
} else {
    // Do something
}

You could even use a switch statement too.  Might look cleaner.


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ClassPass And The Battle Of The Bulge, Waged Digitally
Posted on December 11, 2017 December 13, 2017 9:25 am
From New Year's Resolution to Action, thoughts of fitness are likely weighing on the minds (and waistlines) of us all. ClassPass seeks to provide a range of fitness options to subscribers in studios and now, in house. In the latest Topic TBD, ClassPass chief product and technology officer Sam Hall offers a bit of roadmap for sweat done digitally.
Source: ClassPass
https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/12.8_TopicTBD_SamHall-1.mp3
Headed into the holiday season, all thoughts turn to fitness.
Or after the innumerable cakes at the office, egg nog, festival feasts and so on … they should.
New Year's brings with it the inevitable resolutions, and the inevitable looking around for a gym to accommodate the perennial goal of getting back into shape, post-holiday gluttony.
Ah, but where to start? Where do the selfie-conscious go when it's time to shape up, particularly when there is no regimen in place yet to follow? How to decide what exercise to embrace? And, once decided, how to stick to it, with stick-to-itiveness?
Here's where trial and error come into play, and where a sense of community also helps to reinforce the notion that when it comes to exercise, reinforcement is key.
As a business proposition, the gym/studio model has its lures and pitfalls. A fitness company rents or owns space, stocked with everything from weights to bikes to rooms devoted to yoga, meditation or hip-hop dance workouts. But if spaces go unfilled – and here we mean not just the literal space and equipment itself, but the spaces reserved for classes – then money is wasted. The unsold inventory at a Pilates studio in midtown Manhattan has bottom-line impact no different than unsold inventory on a retailer's shelves or on an airline's flight. Emptiness hurts margins.
Against this backdrop, ClassPass seeks to match the fitness conscious with the fitness companies. The subscription-based model lets users in large and mid-sized cities across the United States buy packages of classes for local studios and gyms.
By offering a platform for those seeking new classes and experiences – who use the app to see what is available and book open spots at those classes that might otherwise go unfilled – friction at the commerce level is reduced.
In an interview with PYMNTS' Karen Webster, Sam Hall, chief product and technology officer of ClassPass, offered some updates on what the fitness subscription service is doing to bring workouts to the digital age.
ClassPass subscribers get access to a certain number of classes per month and book at various studios close to home. In true "mixing it up style," as Webster and Hall discussed, that could mean boxing on a Tuesday and barre class on a Thursday.
Prices vary by city, with membership packages defined by the number of classes per month. A monthly 10-class package in New York City, for example, costs $135.
Hall told Webster that a sense of community helps power the business model, as over half of the members who sign on have never been to a fitness studio before. He said that of the company's members, 70 percent have discovered new studios on the platform, and 90 percent find new classes. ClassPassers generally go with friends, or may convince them to sign up for memberships, too, and the mutual motivation keeps them coming back to try new fitness routines. Said Hall, especially in the millennial age, "friends help keep people accountable."
The millions of reservations that pour in annually enable the studios to spot trends early, said Hall (boxing is hot now, and hot yoga is, well, hot, too), which then helps the studios plan classes.
As for those studios, he said "we do a lot of things to make sure the studio is maximizing its revenue." One way to do this: Earlier this year, ClassPass began testing variable pricing, with credit currency in place that lets members take classes at any of the 8,500 locations in the company's network. Less popular classes cost less, while the converse is true for more popular ones that fill up quickly. There's also the partnership with Blink Fitness announced in September, where a co-membership option allows ClassPass members to access Blink locations as a supplement to existing workout routines.
With $70 million in funding recently secured, the company is now taking the leap into the living room – literally.
Earlier this month, ClassPass announced ClassPass Live, billed as a live digital fitness experience. Hall told Webster the digital offering builds on the idea that the ClassPass experience, available thus far in 49 cities, should be accessible to everyone. The service will cost an additional $10 for existing ClassPass subscribers or $15 on a standalone basis.
Hall noted a few features of the streaming service (available across devices such as TVs, smartphones and tablets), set to debut at the beginning of 2018, key among them heart rate training. Through heart monitors shipped by the company to the user, "instructors will be able to see how well you are doing, whether you are working hard enough, and they can issue encouragement right there, live."
There's also an additional element of interaction – call it peer encouragement (or, we wonder, even pressure?). Consider the fact that the service, currently in beta testing, will also let users see everyone else in the live-streamed class, and their own via heart rate targeting. This, said Hall, "fosters a sense of community" – and the service also lends itself to getting people to exercise who might otherwise find it hard to get to the studios in a physical setting. And the subscribers have access to workouts that might previously have been available only to people in larger cities.
The digitally streamed classes, discussed Webster and Hall, offer another example of extending the community aspect of fitness into the home. This time the community, so to speak, comes to the individual who may not be able to get to a studio on a regular basis, or who may be absorbed with the day-to-day challenges of raising children, or who perhaps works from home.
Hall said, "we did a lot of in-home research with people using digital workouts." He said that it is about making them exciting, "making them accountable and giving you that sense of community in a short half-hour workout that will solve a lot of the problems" that people have with staying true to fitness goals well beyond the New Year.
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John Pierson, Janet Pierson and Richard Linklater attend the SXSW Filmmaker Luncheon during SXSW at Troublemaker Studios.
At the biggest theater on the biggest night of the biggest weekend at SXSW, there was a problem. Austin's Paramount Theatre was crammed to the rafters with an audience eager to see Steven Spielberg's latest C.G.I. extravaganza, Ready Player One. The late-breaking screening was the festival's most coveted ticket—and just as an explosion rocked the screen during the film's crucial climax, the speakers blew out. The audience chuckled and cheered as the SXSW technical team rewound the footage and tried again, with the same result.
It was then that festival director Janet Pierson hopped on stage to assure the crowd that everything would be fine; less than a minute later, it was.
Two days later, over breakfast, Pierson was baffled as to why that little technical glitch made so many headlines. Did everyone in the room have fun and enjoy the film? Overwhelmingly, yes. So what's the big deal?
Filling the calendar gap between the Academy Awards and Cannes, SXSW is a cinematic palate-cleanser that embraces movies like Lena Dunham's 2010 micro-budget breakthrough film Tiny Furniture alongside future blockbusters like Bridesmaids and future cult favorites like The Cabin in the Woods. By doing all kinds of things other festivals don't—taking comedy seriously, kicking open the door for TV programming, and joyfully embracing their outsider status—Pierson and her team have transformed a scrappy Texas festival into the country's most entertaining, can't-miss celebration of storytelling.
Over breakfast on Tuesday, the fifth day of the festival, Pierson's phone continuously buzzed with "small fires"—the little emergencies that require her constant attention. That Ready Player One glitch? That was a small fire. A big fire was one festival-goers never even heard about. The projector at the Stateside—one of SXSW's bigger downtown venues—blew out entirely on opening day. Pierson's team quietly fixed it by Saturday. Then again, that was nothing compared to the 1986 premiere of Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, which Janet's husband, John Pierson, helped produce. Janet remembered the power going out entirely for 45 minutes in the San Francisco theater where the movie was debuting. After a life spent showing films, Pierson has a million stories like this.
Janet Pierson, born in 1957 in Jersey City, New Jersey, grew up on a steady diet of film, from watching late-night movies on a tiny black-and-white TV to being dropped off by her parents to see The Graduate by herself. "I remember liking it so much," she recalled. "I stayed to watch twice. I was 10." She followed her passion for film to the San Francisco Art Institute in 1975, and later even fell in love at the movies when she and John Pierson were hired to work together at the newly opened New York City Film Forum in 1981. They married there two years later, and went on to work closely together in the 80s and 90s as John helped produce the first films from Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Michael Moore, and Kevin Smith, an experience he chronicled in his 1995 book, Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes. "I tend to joke that Spike Lee paid for Georgia's birth, and Michael Moore [paid for] Wyatt's," Pierson said of their children.
Pierson became the rare woman to start a brand-new career after the age of 50, much less one running a film festival. John Pierson, who taught in the film department at the University of Texas for many years, remembered that skeptics assumed he was the one actually doing the programming when Janet first took over SXSW. He was careful to stay out of the way, and even joked around town that he was going to go hiking instead of attending the fest.
But Janet's programming sensibilities were a pretty close match for Dentler's, and the transition between their tenures ended up being smooth. Pierson had no interest in radically changing the shaggy festival that Dentler ambitiously grew into a launching pad for premiering high-profile studio comedies, like 2007's Knocked Up and 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. That taste only grew under Pierson, with female-fronted comedies like Bridesmaids, Spy, and this year's Blockers sharing space with films like Neighbors, Sausage Party, and The Disaster Artist.
According to Dentler, now an Apple executive, Pierson took what he started—and his Austin-friendly, informal attitude toward programming—and blew it up. "I was so young. I ran the festival between the ages 25 and 30—I just wanted to make sure the films played and that people showed up. She was able to take a step back and say, 'Let's think of some better events.'" Dentler also rattled off a list of Pierson's logistical accomplishments—adding more venues, festival shuttles, fast passes to ease line congestion, and red carpets to bump up the glamour. As senior SXSW programmer Claudette Godfrey observed, that touch of celebrity coincided with the boom in smartphone usage. Word of mouth was one thing, but Instagram posts of celebrity taco-truck sightings had the power to make SXSW Film a destination in itself.
Twenty minutes north of downtown Austin is Troublemaker Studios, the production complex built by El Mariachi and Sin City director (and Texas native) Robert Rodriguez. On the first day of SXSW, with the cityscape for his upcoming project Alita: Battle Angel rearing up in the near distance, Rodriguez welcomed a group of SXSW filmmakers to the exclusive luncheon that has kicked off every year of Pierson's tenure. "I hope you fail," Rodriguez said good-naturedly, in a version of the inspirational speech he's given for a decade.
The luncheon, Pierson's brainchild, is for filmmakers only—two per film in the festival. No press is invited, no agents, no industry people. Catering is by Franklin Barbecue—the best in town—and for years, this was the only event it catered. Pierson gave the room of filmmakers a no-holds-barred speech, setting expectations for the festival. Richard Linklater, in a rumpled plaid shirt, hopped up on stage to welcome everyone to Austin and urged them to see each other's films, while around the room, everyone from newbies who made short films to La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz mingled. Pierson, wearing her festival uniform of a black leather jacket and black trousers paired with sensible sneakers—HOKAs, the same comfy brand worn by Spielberg—is there, too. ("I wish I could wear those cute boots like everyone else," she said later, wistfully.) It was exactly the kind of celebrity-tinged yet egalitarian event Janet Pierson would come up with.
Hart, who is also several months pregnant, was one of 12 women responsible for directing 60 percent of the features in competition at this year's SXSW. Pierson swore this was not intentional. But it was hard to miss the number of women at that filmmakers luncheon, hunkered down and chatting or even swapping childbirth stories. One woman told me that after she took more than a decade off from making films to raise her kids, Janet was one of the few people to give her another chance. Later that week, on Saturday—the biggest day of the festival's nine-day run—all four of the films screened in the Paramount Theatre were directed by women.
Pierson's face lights up whenever she talks about the people who have come through her festival on their way to major careers. "I think about touching their shoulder," Pierson smiles warmly as she reaches out toward mine with a little tapping gesture, "being part of their lives as they go." Without taking any of their glory for herself, she fondly mentions Brie Larson, who broke out of SXSW in 2013 with Short Term 12, and Greta Gerwig, who was a festival fixture during her years collaborating with mumblecore filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Mark and Jay Duplass.
"I think there's a big distinction between someone who wants to support emerging filmmakers at almost like a parental level," Dentler says. "I looked at the filmmakers during my tenure as brothers and sisters; I think she looks at them as like brothers, sisters, and children." Pierson demurs when I mention this description to her but later admits that if she does have a parental attitude towards anyone at the festival it's for her small, dedicated staff (both past and present) including Godfrey, Rebecca Feferman, Jim Kolmar, Blake Kammerdiener, Gabe Van Amburgh, Jody Arlington, Austin Nauert, Katharyn Howe, and her second-in-command Jarod Neece who actually pre-dates her tenure. Pierson gives them credit for the success of the film festival at every turn.
At breakfast, Pierson's phone buzzes again. Not a fire this time: the results are in, and the jury has picked SXSW's 2018 winners. Pierson won't tell me who won, though she confirms the results validate her programming instincts. When the awards are announced later that night, it's clear that this crop of films—including narrative winner Thunder Road—represent the quieter, more artistic flip-side of the buzzy studio comedies and last-minute Spielberg movies that can dominate press attention at SXSW. In other words, they're the ones that need Janet Pierson the most.
Photo: By Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images.
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Justin Barney, Sports editor
Published: November 6, 2022, 11:55 AM
Updated: November 8, 2022, 12:55 PM
Tags: High School, V4RSITY, Sports4Jax
Start your postseason! High school football playoff road set
Published: November 6, 2022, 11:55 AM Updated: November 8, 2022, 12:55 PM
Trinity Christian hosted Bolles in the News4JAX Football Friday Game of the Week. The Conquerors, ranked No. 1 in the Super 10, won 27-14. (Kevin Nguyen, News4JAX)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The road to the high school football state playoffs is set.
The Florida High School Athletic Association released its postseason bracket on Sunday morning for its first playoff stretch involving the new Suburban and Metro divisions.
Bartram Trail, Bradford, Jackson, Trinity Christian and Union County all earned top seeds in their regions. Also jumping into the playoff field in the final week were First Coast and Yulee, which needed big final week victories to nab a spot. The Buccaneers and longtime coach Marty Lee, who is likely coaching his final season, upset Jackson 30-16 in Week 11 to notch the No. 8 seed in Region 1-3M. First Coast will visit unbeaten Orlando Edgewater on Friday.
Yulee pounded Menendez 35-7 in Week 11 and vaulted into the Region 2-2S field. The Hornets will visit Baker County in the opener. Yulee and Palatka both made the playoffs in 2-2S, edging out Tocoi Creek. The Toros were in the No. 6 spot going into Week 11 but were pounded by a one-win Nease team to miss out.
Jackson (8-2) hosted a state playoff game last season but will do so again this year as a district champ and top seed in Region 1-2M. That region is the area's deepest, with seven of eight local programs. The Tigers will host Riverside, Bolles will host Episcopal and White will host Raines in all-local matchups. No. 2 seed Bishop Kenny will host Bishop Moore.
The new format included a new seeding structure. Teams were seeded 1-8 (in 2S-4S and 2M-4M) and 1-4 (in 1M and 1S), with district champions were still scheduled to host first-round playoff games, despite their seed. That was unless a district champ faced a district champ in the opening round. Then, the higher seeded district champ would host, a deviation from previous years where champs were seeded 1-4.
There was some confusion on that over the past two weeks. The FHSAA hadn't updated its football manual to reflect the change that was made when Suburban-Metro was voted on. Previously, the manual said teams were to be seeded and made no mention of district champions hosting games.
That made scenarios like a No. 8 seed Mandarin hosting top-seeded Seminole in Region 1-4M and top-seeded Trinity Christian hosting No. 4 seed Orlando Christian Prep in Region 1-1M seem unusual, especially since OCP hammered No. 3 seed First Academy to win the district title.
High school football playoffs
Regional quarterfinals, Friday
Region 1-4S
(8) Flagler Palm Coast (4-6) at (1) Bartram Trail (10-0)
(4) Creekside (8-2) at (5) Navarre (8-2)
(7) Crestview (6-4) at (2) Niceville (9-1)
(6) Pace (7-3) at (3) Buchholz (7-2)
(8) Rickards (4-6) at (1) Pine Forest (9-0)
(5) Choctaw (5-5) at (4) St. Augustine (7-3), Saturday, 6 p.m.
(7) Middleburg (5-5) at (2) Escambia (7-3)
(6) Lincoln (5-5) at (3) Columbia (6-3)
(8) South Walton (7-3) at (1) Florida High (10-0)
(5) Wakulla (7-3) at (4) Pensacola Catholic (9-1)
(6) Panama City Bay (8-2) at (3) West Florida (7-2)
(7) Walton (7-3) at (2) Suwannee (8-2)
(8) Crescent City (4-6) at (1) Bradford (9-1)
(4) North Marion (7-3) at (5) Eastside (7-2)
(7) Palatka (7-3) at (2) Baldwin (8-2), Saturday, 6 p.m.
(6) Yulee (6-4) at (3) Baker County (7-3)
Region 1-4M
(1) Seminole (8-2) at (8) Mandarin (5-4), Saturday, 6 p.m.
(5) Hagerty (8-2) at (4) Lake Mary (6-3)
(7) Boone (6-4) at (2) Apopka (7-3)
(6) Lake Brantley (5-5) at (3) Winter Park (9-1)
(8) First Coast (6-3) at (1) Orlando Edgewater (10-0)
(5) Tampa Bay Tech (8-2) at (4) Fletcher (8-2)
(7) Wekiva (5-5) at (2) Orlando Jones (8-2)
(6) Tampa Wharton (8-2) at (3) Oviedo (9-1)
(8) Riverside (4-6) at (1) Jackson (8-2)
(7) Bishop Moore (7-3) at (2) Bishop Kenny (8-2)
(6) Episcopal (8-2) at (3) Bolles (6-4)
(5) Raines (7-2) at (4) White (7-2)
Region 3-1R
(5) Fort White (6-4) at (4) Madison County (3-6)
(6) Branford (7-3) at (3) Mayo Lafayette (8-2)
(1) Union County (6-2) and (2) Hilliard (8-2), first-round bye
Regional semifinals, Nov. 18
(4) Orlando Christian Prep (6-4) at (1) Trinity Christian (10-0)
(3) First Academy (8-2) at (2) University Christian (9-1)
Georgia High School Association playoffs
All games Friday at 7:30 unless indicated
(4) East Coweta (6-4) at (1) Camden County (7-3), Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
(4) Glynn Academy (6-4) at (1) Northside Warner Robins (6-4)
(4) Houston County (8-2) at (1) Brunswick (10-0)
(4) Jones County (6-4) at (1) Ware County (9-0), Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
(3) Laney (8-2) at (2) Pierce County (9-1)
Class 1A Division 2
(4) Seminole County (4-6) at (1) Charlton County (7-2)
Justin Barney
Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he's been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.