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Solved: How to Boost Your Sex Drive Naturally
by Julia Malacoff
Julia Malacoff is a health and fitness writer whose work has appeared in Shape, Real Simple, Fast Company, and Pop Sugar, among other publications.
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It doesn't get talked about that often, but a low sex drive is the most common sexual complaint that affects millions of women, according to Sherry Ross, MD, OB-GYN and author of She-ology. Why doesn't it get more attention? "Let's face it: A woman's sex drive is complicated and often challenging to understand," Ross points out.
Plus, there are many different factors that go into whether or not you're in the mood, ranging from physical to emotional. Sometimes it can be tough to tell if something's going on physically, or if you're just not feeling it in a specific situation with a certain person. The good news is that there's a lot you can do to bring your sex drive back that doesn't require medication.
We polled top doctors to find out which natural treatments they've found most effective for treating low sex drive naturally. Here's how to navigate your way back to a healthy libido.
What Causes Low Sex Drive?
Before you can figure out how to fix the problem, you've got to understand what might be causing it. As it turns out, there are a lot of different things that could cause you to have a low sex drive, experts say. "There is definitely a hormonal component because as women age, we start losing testosterone," explains Bindiya Gandhi, MD, an integrative physician. "That causes a bunch of other issues, such as weight gain, decreased muscle mass, and of course, lower sex drive." There's also a metabolic component, she says, meaning your diet could potentially be a factor.
Lastly, and probably most importantly, is the mental component. "Women's sexual desire and appetite begins in that great organ above the shoulders, rather than the one below the waist," Ross says. "The daily stresses of work, money, children, relationships, and diminished energy are common issues contributing to low libido in women." Other things that could factor in are depression, anxiety, lack of privacy, and medical conditions like endometriosis or arthritis.
Focus on Healthy Fats
An overall healthy diet will help keep hormone levels in check, but in particular, it's a good idea to make sure you're getting enough fat. "Testosterone is a derivative of cholesterol, so you need to ensure you're eating foods with healthy fat like chia seeds, walnuts, and salmon," says Gandhi. Monounsaturated fats like coconut oil, MCT oil, eggs, and avocados are also great sources of the good stuff.
Give Supplements a Try
Hormone therapy is a game changer for women struggling with low libido, but there are some supplements that may help if you don't want to go straight for that option. "Prior to taking any supplements, I recommend a comprehensive blood test to find the root cause of the issue," says Cecilia Lacayo, MD, functional medicine expert at the Biostation. Once you've gotten a full evaluation, your doctor can tell you which supplements might help. "Some supplements I utilize in my practice to help boost sex drive are Maca, L-Arginine, and B-complex injectables," Lacayo says.
Gandhi notes that ashwagandha may also be worth a try since it controls stress and may increase testosterone in women.
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On a similar note, "stress plays a huge role in libido," Gandhi says. "It affects your mood, desire, and ability to achieve orgasm." In order to fix it, she recommends experimenting with different techniques to figure out what works best for you. "Yoga, breathing exercises, and meditation can help you deal with the stress in your life."
Talk It Out
If you're in a relationship, part of the solution could be as simple as getting real with your S.O. about what you're going through. "The most natural method to improve a woman's sex drive is having a close connection—emotionally, mentally, and physically—with her partner," Ross says. "Having good communication with your partner is the best foreplay a woman could ask for."
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Prioritize Sleep
Simply put, "no one wants to have sex when they're tired," says Angela Jones, MD, an OB-GYN and Astroglide's resident sexual health advisor. "It becomes less enjoyable and more of a chore. Make sure you are giving your body all that it needs to do what it was created to do. An adequate amount of sleep is part of that."
Get Sweaty
"Exercise is the perfect prescription for so many medical conditions, sex included," Ross says. "Women who do moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise show an increase in libido and sexual performance." You can thank endorphins for that benefit, she says. Plus, exercise has been shown to improve body image. "Self-image and confidence go a long way. When you feel better about the way you look you will be more likely to want to have sex," Jones notes.
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Badal Sircar, Bengali Theatre Personality
Badal Sircar was the Bengali dramatist and pioneer of contemporary Bengali theatre. He died on 13 May 2011 at Kolkata at the age of 85.
Badal Sircar was the famous Bengali dramatist who is known as the innovator of contemporary Indian theatre. He was a popular name in Bengali theatre and is popular for his anti establishment plays during the Naxal Movement in Kolkata. He is the proud recipient of Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan, among others.
Early Life of Badal Sircar
He was born on 15th July in the year 1925. He was admitted to Scottish Church College under University of Calcutta and later got transferred to Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta for civil engineering course. He completed his Master of Arts degree in comparative literature from Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
Career of Badal Sircar
From his childhood only he took a keen interest in theatre but did not give up his employment with various engineering and town planning organizations in India and abroad until 1975. Dismayed by the paucity of good Bengali theatre, he began writing plays in the 1950s. He soon found he had flair for comedy and for catching the cadence, wit, and everyday speech of middle-class Kolkata. His early comedies have a flavour unique in Bengali literature.
Badal Sircar wrote his first serious play, Evam Indmjit, in 1963. Its publication and premiere in 1965 attracted wide notice for its striking originality and themes of absurdist meaninglessness, identity crisis, and social conformity. It is perhaps the one contemporary Bengali drama most translated into other Indian languages. While working in Nigeria, Sircar authored in quick succession several plays which secured his reputation. Some of the names can be mentioned as Baki itihas or "Remaining History" in 1965, Pralap i.e. "Delirium" in 1966, Tringsha shatabdi i.e. 'Thirtieth Century' in 1966, and Pagla ghora or 'Mad Horse' in 1967. All of these were premiered by Bohurupee, followed by Shesh nei i.e. "There's No End" in 1969. His concern was the pointlessness of existence, compounded by a sense of associative guilt and responsibility in disturbed persons. These persons belong to the urban middle class in a world of increasing violence and inhumanity.
Badal Sircar's part in theatre was not confined to playwriting. He grew more interested in production, and formed his group Satabdi in 1967. It soon became inactive. The experience set him thinking about the failure of Bengali theatre i.e. commercial theatre, group theatre, and Jatra. He wanted to achieve its true purpose. This led him to conceptualize what he called anganmancha or Third Theatre. In 1969 he reorganized Satabdi. At first he directed his earlier plays on proscenium stages. But some changes happened after Sagina Mahato in 1970 that he dramatized from Gaurkishor Ghosh's novel and Abu Hosain in 197, which was adapted from Girish Ghosh's play. He brought changes in style and new technique germinating his new ideas. He finally abandoned the proscenium and produced the revolutionary Spartacus in 1972 in an almost bare room with spectators sitting all around.
He followed with Michhil i.e. Procession, Bhotna in 1976, Basi khabar i.e. Stale News in 1979 and also many other plays. They were enacted not only in hired rooms but as open-air shows in city parks and villages, expressions of his conviction that theatre had to break the barriers between performer and spectator, performer and performer, spectator and spectator. According to him theatre must be a collective exercise to awaken and enhance the social consciousness of participants, who include the viewers. Another principal aim was to break the urban and rural divide. He wanted and achieved the involvement of villagers among whom he lived during the process of some plays in writing and production. In the late 1980s Satabdi went further in Sircar's untiring pursuit to raise the level of awareness by touring widely in Bengal's countryside. Badal Sircar was equally determined to free theatre from the monetary linkage and divisive transaction of ticket sales. He decided to rely only on voluntary donations from the audience. In a rare appearance on screen, he acted in the experimental film Kal abhirati i.e. "Time Addiction" in 1989.
Awards Received by Badal Sircar
Government of Indiaawarded Sarkar the Padma Shri in 1972, Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardin 1968 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship- Ratna Sadsya, the highest honour in the performing arts in 1997, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
The "Tendulkar Mahotsav" held at the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune in October 2005, organised by director Amol Palekar to honour playwright Vijay Tendular, was inaugurated with the release of a DVD and a book on the life of Badal Sircar.
He was offered the Padma Bhushanby the Government of India in 2010.
Death of Badal Sircar
Sarkar was diagnosed with colon cancer in April 2011. He died on 13th May at Kolkata at the age of 85.
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We had a play date at home on Tuesday. There were 8 kids in total including mine. It was madness. I knew it would be loud and hyped kids running around but I wasn't prepared! They were up and down the stairs, jumping off my sofas, then they were running around playing it and duck duck goose. After a few hours, we said our goodbyes and they left.. I sat down in complete silence for 5 minutes enjoying the quietness. At the end of the day, they all had a good time and it was nice that he got to see his little friends from school! Plus it was lovely catching up with their mums, think we are all missing our school gate chat! He has missed them, but he told me he likes not going a school and wants to stay in his pjs. His so much like his mama.
Grayson is too young to miss preschool but I do think they're missing their routine. Lucky for us we still have all of next week off aswell 🙌🏼. I'm definitely appreciating my time with them more now my babies are at school. I do understand now why people go on to have more bubbas once theirs are off hand and at school. It's the realisation that they've grown up, they aren't your dependent little bundles anymore that need you constantly. They are growing up, and school is just the start of their amazing little adventures in life.
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Paul Thurrott | Jul 01, 2011
The last time I evaluated Microsoft's web-based email solution, Hotmail, the company was rolling out a major revision that included, among other things, Exchange ActiveSync support for a first-class mobile experience. Back then, I was looking to see whether I could replace Gmail with Hotmail, but I found that the standard web interface was too slow, compared to Gmail, and contained some UI inefficiencies.
(About 18 months later, I'm still plotting a move off of Gmail, but this will likely involve a migration to Office 365. More on that in the days ahead.)
I was interested to see this week that Microsoft announced a dramatic improvement in the performance of Hotmail when accessed via the web, since this was one of my primary complaints about the service. This change comes in the wake of a similar performance boost (and awesome UI update) to the related SkyDrive service, which I discussed in some detail about ten days ago, and a more minor Hotmail UI update related to keyboard shortcuts.
According to Hotmail group program manager Dick Craddock, the company wants to make the service "feel instant." So performance was improved in a number of ways. These include:
Less content. Microsoft "trimmed content on pages to speed up download time, and eliminated a network round trip on login for further gains." Frankly, if done correctly, this could lead to a less busy design, which would be preferable regardless of any small performance gains.
Caching. Where Hotmail previously requested fresh data from the server every time it was needed, the new version is "more app-like," and it caches downloaded information using features in modern browsers like IE 9. This includes email messages so that subsequent reads are nearly instantaneous. This cache is wiped every time the browser is closed.
Pre-loading. In the new Hotmail version, when users first enter their inbox--and are likely scanning the list of new messages to see whether there's anything important to deal with--the service now downloads and caches the first few messages so they're ready to go. Likewise, when any email is opened for viewing, the next message is also downloaded and cached; this is because most people who read email will then move on to the next message.
Microsoft also pre-loads JavaScript and HTML code and data in the browser. This way, when you start to compose a new email message, or reply to a message, the cached Compose code and data is swapped in and is ready instantly.
Asynchronous operations. Where the previous Hotmail version would update the UI only when it received a response from the server, the new version no longer waits for server responses (for most operations). The result is a faster feeling and more fluid-feeling UI. So when you do something like delete a message, you no longer have to wait for the server to respond to the delete request; the message just disappears from the UI and you can get on to the next task.
I've not yet tested this new Hotmail version with an eye towards the performance gains, but according to Microsoft, the changes have resulted in dramatic gains. Opening a message went from an average of 3.3 seconds to just .18 seconds, for example. Message deletion? 3.1 seconds down to .14 seconds. And a new message went from 4.3 seconds to just .20 seconds.
There's even a nifty little video showing the two versions performing the same tasks side-by-side.
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WASHINGTON – After months of criticism that it hasn't done enough to prevent foreclosures, the Obama administration is announcing a plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans.
The multifaceted effort will let people who owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth get new loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a government agency that insures home loans against default.
That would be funded by $14 billion from the administration's existing $75 billion foreclosure-prevention program. But it could spark criticism that the government is shouldering too much risk by taking on bad loans made during the housing boom. In addition, their existing mortgage companies will be able to receive incentives to lower their principal balances.
The program also includes assistance to help unemployed homeowners keep paying their mortgages.
But the administration cautioned that the plan isn't intended to stop all foreclosures or assist all troubled homeowners.
"Some people simply will not be able to afford to stay in their homes because they bought more than they could afford," the document said.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated the plan could help between 1 million and 1.5 million homeowners avoid foreclosure. That compares to 4.5 million that are already in foreclosure proceedings or 90 days delinquent on their mortgages, he said. There are another 10 million homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth, Zandi estimates.
"The changes are wide-ranging and significant and have the real potential for bringing the foreclosure crisis to a much quicker end," Zandi said.
The plan is the latest effort by the Obama administration to tackle the foreclosure crisis which has continued to grow under its watch. Home foreclosures have soared despite the administration's effort to prevent foreclosures, a complex and problem-plagued endeavor involving more than 100 mortgage companies. Only 170,000 homeowners have completed that process out of 1.1 million who began it over the past year.
The plan announced Friday will also require the mortgage companies participating in the administration's existing foreclosure prevention program to consider slashing the amount borrowers owe. They will get incentive payments if they do so.
It also includes three to six months of temporary aid for borrowers who have lost their jobs. And there will be additional payments designed to give banks an incentive to reduce payments or eliminate second mortgages such as home equity loans – a problem that has blocked many loan modifications.
The four big holders of second mortgages – Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. – have now joined the government's program to modify second mortgages. That program was delayed for months but with Citi on board, the major players in the industry are now on board.
Critics have complained that the Obama administration has done little until now to encourage banks to cut borrowers' principal balances on their primary loans. Nearly one in every three homeowners with a mortgage are "under water" – they owe more than their property is worth – according to Moody's Economy.com.


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The European rail network is the largest in the world. In the European Union alone there are 280,000 kilometres of track, and within the Union the Netherlands has the busiest railway. Planned and unplanned maintenance is required to guarantee the safety and continuity of railway traffic. The trick, of course, is to ensure that this takes place without causing unnecessary delays for passengers and freight. And that is where Dual Inventive comes in.
Through 5G, wireless sensors and real-time data, Dual Inventive make railways around the world safer, more efficient and more reliable.
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Dual Inventive develops technological systems for optimal and safe railway use. Vodafone Business supplies the Brabant-based company with a complete Internet of Things (IoT) network. The aim: to make railways safer, more efficient and more reliable at home and abroad. How? By deploying sensors to monitor the temperature of the rail and other parameters for predictive rail infrastructure maintenance, but also the provision of highly reliable rail worker safety protection systems. In practice, all this leads to considerably fewer delays and fewer railway traffic problems.
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Sometimes they seem like minor innovations. But in practice, they deliver impressive benefits. Those who can remotely measure the performance of their assets can anticipate the optimum time to intervene and schedule maintenance or component replacement efficiently, ensuring rail network availability. Protecting the workplace of rail workers, via remote control, ensures maintenance is not unnecessarily delayed. Worker access to track is effective without train service impact. With new real-time, scalable and affordable solutions, planning maintenance becomes much more efficient, there are fewer delays and fewer disruptions to railway operations.
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Disruptions and delays on the railways can have a major economic impact. Moreover, they often cause a great deal of frustration among travellers and train operators. It is crystal clear that smart maintenance is crucial to keep the railways functioning optimally. The aim is always to make maximum use of rail capacity while maintaining the strictest safety standards.
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Dual Inventive systems use IoT technology for monitoring and – where necessary – preventive maintenance of the railway network. The company uses two 5G networks from Vodafone Business, Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) and Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M). Vodafone partner networks also support their international operations in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, America and Australia. Lex van der Poel, CTO of Dual Inventive: "We strongly believe in partnerships to further develop the use of the railways. In our view, rail transport is the attractive, sustainable transport mode of the future."
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LTE-M and NB-IoT are so-called low power wide area technologies. These networks boast supreme coverage and can connect IoT sensors without using much energy. Where 5G network limits are met along the railway track, Dual Inventive's systems will, without any intervention, switch to other available networks like 2G and 4G, thanks to a special multi-bearer SIM.
Van der Poel: "Dual Inventive has found a partner in Vodafone Business with whom we can realise our future ambitions. We believe that the railway system is the transportation mode of the future. We are convinced that it can be used more efficiently and effectively by using wireless technology. Since 2008 we have been providing IoT technology that makes working on the railway infrastructure up to 40% more efficient, resulting in valuable railway capacity for the Netherlands and abroad. With Vodafone supporting us we can continue to provide an effective and sustainable IoT platform to support an intelligent infrastructure and the increase of rail network efficiency".
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As LME copper prices rebounded slightly overnight, SHFE 1205 copper contract prices, the most active one, opened RMB 520/mt higher at RMB 59,810/mt Friday. SHFE three-month copper contract prices fluctuated around the daily moving average during the whole trading day, with upside resistance at the 5-day moving average and intraday high at RMB 60,200/mt. At the tail of trading, SHFE three-month copper contract prices drifted slightly lower and pared some of earlier gains owing to position closings. Finally, SHFE 1205 copper contract prices closed at RMB 59,750/mt, up RMB 460/mt or 0.78%. Positions for SHFE 1205 copper contracts were down 12,656 lots, and trading volumes were down 82,070 lots. Long investors took the opportunity of copper price corrections to conduct profit-taking, with low interest in keeping up with rising prices. With prevailing upward resistance, copper futures would look for support amid falling prices.
The most active SHFE aluminum contract for delivery in May hit a high of RMB 16,215/mt last Friday, but pared gains later due to profit-taking and finally closed up RMB 30/mt or 0.19% at RMB 16,175/mt. Latest SHFE aluminum stocks increased in a slower pace by 5,278 mt to 312,097 mt. SMM expects the contract to test support at RMB 16,100/mt in the near term due to weakness in demand and global economies.
Last Friday, most active SHFE lead contract price tended to stabilize after the slump on the previous trading day. In the morning session, prices fluctuated around RMB 15,650/mt after opening at RMB 15,700/mt. In the afternoon, SHFE lead prices moved above moving averages but surrendered some earlier gains at the tail of trading to close at RMB 15,600/m. Trading volumes decreased by 216 lots to 454 lots and positions were up 132 to 1,966 lots.
Last Friday, SHFE three-month zinc contract prices opened at RMB 15,720/mt, surging to an intraday high at RMB 15,750/mt in the morning session and then falling along with the Shanghai Composite Index. In the afternoon, a large number of longs left the market as the bailout plan for Greece will not be finally decided until this Monday, so SHFE three-month zinc contract prices plummeted to close at RMB 15,575/mt, down RMB 75/mt. Trading volumes decreased by nearly 90,000 lots to 203,254 lots, and total position increased by 18,374 lots to 178,406 lots.
Mainstream traded prices of spot tin were between RMB 173,000-176,000/mt in Shanghai last Friday, while Nanshan and Jinlong branded ingots struck deals between RMB 173,000-174,000/mt and a few deals were even done at RMB 172,500/mt for Jiangxi ingots. Deals were extremely difficult to be reached at high prices. Mainstream tin brands of the day were Yunxi, Yunxiang, Nanshan and Jinlong.
During last Friday's Asian trading hours, LME nickel prices rebounded to certain extent after a high opening. LME nickel prices were under 5-day moving average, and were unlikely to make significantly breakthrough in the short term. The Europe Bloc will release final decisions on a slew of plans on the second round Greek bailout on Monday. It is reported that Greece will try to reach EUR 130 billion bailout deal at the European financial ministers meeting in order to avoid debt default. In addition, the Greek government underscored that the new government will abide by the austerity agreement, boosting market sentiment to certain extent. What's more, the newly-released economic data from the US prevented LME nickel prices from slipping further, and LME nickel prices shall continue to test sustainability at USD 20,000/mt.
In the Shanghai nickel spot market, mainstream traded prices of nickel from Jinchuan Group were between RMB 140,000-140,200/mt, and mainstream traded prices of nickel from Russia were between RMB 139,000-139,200/mt during the morning trading hours. As LME nickel prices did not change much during the afternoon trading hours, spot nickel prices also remained unchanged. According to market players, inquires increased, but actual transactions were still limited. SMM believes that the limited transactions are mainly due to strong wait-and-see sentiment amid unclear market trend. Generally speaking, trading sentiment was cautious and transactions were moderate last Friday.


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SABAB THEATRE
SULAYMAN AL BASSAM
The Icarus Cycle
I M E D E A
The Border Cycle
In the Eruptive Mode
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Richard III – An Arab Tragedy
The Speaker's Progress
Ritual for a Metamorphosis
Hayyal Bu Tair
A Mirror for Princes
Melting the Ice
60 Watt Macbeth
The Game Show
I M E D E A (in creation), 2020
Creation and Premiere rescheduled to June 2021.
Running time, 90 minutes
Performed in English and Arabic with surtitles
Co-producers: Naples International Festival, Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC) Kuwait, The Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC), Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah (DAI), SABAB Theatre.
In this startling free adaptation of the Greek myth, Al Bassam draws on the eroding infrastructures of fact in a digital world, to re-imagine Medea for an era of tech-driven authoritarianism. In this poetic and contemporary re-writing, Medea figures as an educated and outspoken Arab woman, with a powerful social media following who re-directs the tools of surveillance directed at her by the authoritarian state to re-enact the violence of history, accumulated over generations, inside the ranks of her family unit.
UR, 2015–18
Performed in English and Arabic
Co-producers: Residenztheater, Munich; The Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC); SABAB Theatre.
Inspired by the ancient Sumerian tablet, The Lamentation for the Destruction of the City of Ur, the first lamentation written for a city in the history of mankind. Evoking multiple timelines that stretch from 2000 BC to the ISIS destruction of Palmyra in 2015 and a utopian vision of a Middle East of the future, UR presents a riot of imagination and archeology exploring themes of iconoclasm, civic space and feminine apotheosis. First developed on the ancient island of Failaka, the play marks Al Bassam's first collaboration with German and Arab diaspora actors.
The Petrol Station, 2017
Performed in English
Co-producers: The Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center,
NYU Gallatin School.
Drawing inspiration from Sumerian myth, Palestinian refugee literature and Americana iconography around the Gas Station; Petrol Station portrays a modern dystopia of wild, open spaces, where defunct ideologies, desperate migrants and opportunistic traffickers vie for supremacy and the unattainable body of a woman.
This production marks the first time that Al Bassam worked with a cast of actors who all identify as American: an experiment in allegory, further exploring questions of trans-cultural appropriation and identity politics.
In the Eruptive Mode, 2012-16
Premiere: The Sydney Festival (2012); Dar Al Athar Al Islammiyyah, Kuwait (2015).
A series of explosive monologues for female voices exploring the themes of violence and desire in the contemporary Arab world. Mocking, visceral and poetic, the performance creates a sound board of individuals caught in the convulsions of political and social change.
Created in two distinct iterations (2012 and 2015) the final production presents a new form of approach to scenic space in Al Bassam's first collaboration with award winning French Designer, Eric Soyer.
The Speaker's Progress, 2011-12
Premiere: Brookly Academy of Music, New York, 2012
A forensic reconstruction of Twelfth Night transforms into an unequivocal act of defiance towards the state. Third part of the Arab Shakespeare trilogy. A dark satire on the decades of hopelessness and political inertia that fed recent revolts across the Arab region. The closing volley of the internationally celebrated Arab Shakespeare Triolgy.
Conceived by Georgina Van Welie and Sulayman Al Bassam
Written and Directed by Sulayman Al Bassam


Who was lost: Jesus or Mary and Joseph? Where are you with Jesus as this new year begins?
In the Magnificat, Mary sings sings in the past tense: running her fingers through the prospect of promises fulfilled. Let us all be bold to magnify: to make plain things of God in our society.


Indie-rock star Miles Kane, who is playing at The Pyramids Centre, Southsea on June 28, 2018. Picture by Lauren Dukoff.
The fact that it has been five years since Miles Kane released his last solo album is something that caught the acclaimed indie-rock singer-songwriter by surprise.
His second album, Don't Forget Who You Are, went into the top 10 on its release in June 2013.
However there was also the small matter of Everything You've Come To Expect, a second album for The Last Shadow Puppets, which was released in 2016. The Puppets are the band he formed back in 2007 with longstanding friend Alex Turner, who also just happens to be the frontman of the stadium-filling Arctic Monkeys.
Miles moved to Los Angeles to work on the Puppets albums with Turner and ended up staying.
'Then when that was finished I came back to writing again, but a bit of time had passed, so then all of those songs that had been written previously, they all got scrapped. There's been a lot of songs written to get to where we are now.
The resulting new album is Coup De Grace, and is due for release on August 10.
And it was hooking up with another old mate that helped Miles finally find his focus, he started writing with indie troubadour, Jamie T.
'It all came together last year when me and Jamie T started working together and homing in, on taking what was good of all of the old stuff, it all sort of got together then. We really got into a groove, and when we got into that groove we couldn't stop writing.
'In general, you'd get in early, and do an eight-10 hour day, no more, so you could be fresh the next day, and he liked working like that.
'It's amazing if you hit your groove, how much you can get done, I was super-focused and everything clicked straight away, we were doing like two songs a day, and I put my trust in him with vocal takes.
The Birkenhall-native has recently returned to the UK from LA.
Did he ever feel himself getting sucked into the whole Lala-land celebrity lifestyle while he was out there?
'I wouldn't say celeb-lifestyle, but there's a lot of Lala-lands in this world – it's definitely the biggest one for sure, though.
But now he's about to reframe himself as a solo artist, nerves are the last thing you might expect from this outwardly confident, sharp-dressed Scouser.
We spoke back in May, before Miles had returned to live duties.
'It's been a long time since I last played live on my own, it was way before the Puppets. We start rehearsals next week, I think once we start that, I'll feel… better.
And as the pictures and reviews from those initial shows, he's definitely loving it.
While Miles is starting to ramp up this new album campaign, and Arctic Monkeys have recently released the stylistic shift of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino , which still nonetheless topped the album charts, he never says never to another Puppets album.
Still if it all falls apart, he's always got the LA-based Dr Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band, the super-group Beatles cover-band to fall back on. Led by Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, it has also featured members of Nine Inch Nails, Blur, The Zutons and Jet. They initially got together for the 40th birthday of their guitarist friend Jamie Davis.
'Jamie called me and said: "Would you be up for coming and singing a couple of Beatles tunes?" And it was like, "Why not?" I thought nothing of it, and then it turned into this little super-group thing, and we did a couple of other little things,' they've played a couple of fashion shows and parties, 'but it was just a bit of a buzz.


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If I could pick one word to describe 2017, it would be growth. Not only did we grow the in size of our team, but we also grew into a more mature team.
We learned a lot this year. We learned not to use those USB hubs (you know, the ones where you plug it into 1 USB port and get 4). We learned that you can't always trust a DJ's setup to get proper audio recording (Sorry DJ's). We learned that it is easier to get a hotel room in Traverse City rather than driving there and back in one day while squeezing in a 10 hour shoot. We learned to always be prepared for a rainy wedding day. We came to be very comfortable with wedding timelines not panning out, and still making it a great day. We learned a lot more annoying techy glitches and how to work through them. Won't bore you with the details.
It has been very humbling and very rewarding watching this growth happen. As the owner of the company, I have had to put my pride down and stand up for my team when crazy things come up. In the world of technology, a lot of things can happen completely out of your control. The team has been great about rallying together and trying to do everything possible to always come up with a great product, regardless of unfortunate circumstances. Like the time I threw my back out the day before a wedding in July and couldn't walk. I called up Cassidy, who had just joined the team, and asked if she was willing to go cover my wedding the next day. She was suppose to have the day off, but dropped everything she was doing and totally nailed the wedding for me. I am so thankful that I get to lead a team that takes pride in their work and is always looking for ways to better themselves.
2017 has left us with lessons learned and a lot to reflect on. As we move forward into the New Year, White Owl is excited at the opportunity to take what we've learned and apply it to the work we are doing. We are excited to come up with fresh project ideas and new creative content with a growing team. Here's to 2018!


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Ein Schleusenwärter oder eine Schleusenwärterin ist eine Person, die für Bedienung, Wartung und gegebenenfalls Reparatur einer Schleuse in der Binnenschifffahrt zuständig ist. Ihr obliegt die Einhaltung aller relevanten Sicherheitsvorschriften. Allgemein werden laut Binnenschifffahrtsstraßen-Ordnung die Mitarbeiter auf Schleusen heute als Schleusenaufsicht bezeichnet. Früher wurde die Person, die unmittelbar für die Bedienung der Schleusenelemente zuständig war Schleusenknecht, der Schleusenvorsteher Schleusenwärter genannt.

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In früheren Jahrzehnten war es üblich, dass die Wärter ständig vor Ort waren, einige wohnten sogar mit ihren Familien in den neben den Schleusenkammern errichteten Bauten, dem Schleusengehöft und dem Schleusenknechtehaus. Die Schleusenwärtergebäude mussten mindestens so hoch sein, dass aus dem Fenster der obere Wasserbereich überblickt werden konnte, also meist etwa zwei- bis dreigeschossig. Die Schleusen waren anfangs auch noch nicht elektrisch angetrieben, so dass der Wärter die Schleusentore mittels Muskelkraft und mechanischer Vorrichtungen bedienen musste.

Schleusenwärter teilen den einzelnen Schiffen die entsprechende Schleusenkammer zu und legen die Reihenfolge für die Schleuseneinfahrt fest. Sportbootfahrern teilen sie gegebenenfalls den Liegeplatz zu und achten auf die Einhaltung aller Sicherheitsvorschriften (Tragen von Rettungswesten, Vertäuung an den Schwimmern). Daneben haben sie die Dienst- und Fachaufsicht über weitere hier beschäftigte Personen. Bei Störungen, Unfällen oder Notfällen entscheiden die Schleusenwärter über daraus folgende Maßnahmen wie Abbruch des Schleusenvorgangs oder Bestellung von Rettungsdiensten und/oder Wasserwacht. Sie müssen auch dafür sorgen, dass keine Unbefugten das Schleusengelände betreten.

In neuerer Zeit, seitdem moderne Technik mehr und mehr zum Einsatz kommt, können Schleusen sogar von einer Zentrale ferngesteuert werden. Schleusenwärter ist kein Lehrberuf, sondern für diese Tätigkeit ist eine wasserbauliche Grundausbildung erforderlich. Manche Unternehmen verlangen zusätzlich ein Befähigungszeugnis nach dem STCW-Übereinkommen und ein allgemeines Betriebszeugnis für Funker. Die Arbeit erfolgt im Angestelltenverhältnis.

Schleusenwärter sind weltweit im Einsatz, also überall dort, wo Schiffe mittels Schleusen Niveauunterschiede von Gewässern überwinden. Häufigste Einsatzorte sind Kanäle.

Der Begriff Schleusenwärter wird auch manchmal im übertragenen Sinne verwendet, wie die in Hamburg verliehene Auszeichnung Ehren-Schleusenwärter belegt.

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  Kurzbeschreibung eines Schleusenwärters auf berufe.net.arbeitsagentur.de

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Do you have a great antagonist?
I've been seeing a lot of posts recently about antagonists, and they've been making me think (I love to think).
One of the things that makes a great baddie is the sense that this person might have been a good guy if not for certain small details of backstory. Some prime motivating event, perhaps, or a key element of character. This I find plausible because it makes sense for the antagonist to have quite a lot of strengths.
Another key element for an antagonist is a sense of vulnerability. I always loved that the dragon Smaug had a single scale missing in the middle of his chest - and was in denial about it. I mean, hey, that little flaw is awfully convenient for the good guys, right? But a good vulnerable point for an antagonist can be more than just convenient. It can be a major driver for that person's evil deeds: I know that I have this flaw, and that it may end me (whether a soothsayer has detected this depends on the story!) so I have to protect myself in whatever unethical way I can! Another possibility is to give your antagonist a flaw that also gives them strength. My character Nekantor is obsessive compulsive, and this is a real problem for him, but it also makes him very good at certain things like pattern detection (something of a bad guy version of Adrian Monk's situation).
But say you've got all this. Say your antagonist rocks in the evil, backstory, and vulnerability departments. Don't just set her loose in the story and let that be it! Not when you could be doing so much more.
This is what I mean by develop your antagonist.
Your antagonist deserves to have a fully developed character arc, as much as anyone else. Don't let her, or him, sit back in a corner and just do the same thing over and over to cause everyone trouble. Let your antagonist learn from mistakes. You've designed a creature of great power. Let it grow.
One way to grow an antagonist is the more common one: to let your antagonist react to ongoing events and have that change their attitude, their level of desperation, etc. We watched Kung Fu Panda 2 yesterday and it was a lot of fun to see Shen get more frustrated, angry and desperate as time went by, because that made his reactions more extreme and exposed his not-so-noble side. This is a great way to raise the stakes, because the antagonist will go farther and father in the attempt to prevail, making the task of the protagonists more and more difficult.
Lately though, I've been exploring another way to develop my antagonist - by letting story events increase his propensity for evil. This opportunity has come up because I'm working with a prequel-like situation, which is part of a much much larger story arc. So I'm actually in the middle of what was once my antagonist's backstory, and what it's teaching me is that antagonists don't need to be entirely reactive. They should be proactive, and they should be flexible in developing their strategies.
After all, how would the bad guys get to be so powerful if they couldn't grow and learn? Do they simply get to have other older bad guys willing to set them up in positions of power (how convenient for them)? But why in the world would big bad guys with power be interested in a new bad guy who could potentially cause trouble for them? There must be something awfully compelling about this small shark's characteristics that would make the bigger ones feel ready to risk meeting its teeth themselves. Why, and how, does an antagonist develop his skills at deception? Is it easy for him, or is it difficult?
If you can consider these questions, you may be able to bring an entirely new and exciting dimension to your antagonist.
I have an antagonist now I'm not 100% satisfied with. He has a developed backstory and logical reasons for doing the evil that he does, but...it's not enough. Kind of like the way Nero was portrayed in the latest Star Trek movie. Having a sob story, looking scary and yelling while charging at people all the time with dangerous objects in his hands just wasn't enough for me. He still came across as flat.
I look at movie baddies like the Operative in Serenity, or Joker in The Dark Knight, or Agent Smith in The Matrix....and these are like the best villains I've ever seen. It's like they've got some kind of special sauce that makes them awesome. It's not just their outrageously incongruent personalities and the crazy evil things they do; it's the combination of these things that contributes to their unique brand of evil.
The Operative lives by a warped personal code of honor and he also kills by that same honor (I mean the paralysis/sword combo in a futuristic setting; how cool was that?); his personality directly influences his methods of evildoing. The same can be said for the Joker and his sense of humor, or Agent Smith and his articulate reasons for his perpetual loathing towards the Matrix and everyone in it.
I think one of the problems with my antagonist is that his personality isn't jumping off the page like these other guys would. I haven't figured out a way to use his personality so that it uniquely and dramatically augments the horror of the evil he conducts. There isn't a strong resonance between the two just yet.
Wow, great point, and one I haven't ever thought about, tho it should be a no-brainer. A character arc for the villain, duh! I give mine motivation and try to make 'em well-rounded, but never thought about their growth throughout the novel. Thanks for the idea!!
This post made me smile, Juliette. I love to see good, thoroughly developed villains, and especially villains who do so much more than just show up to hinder and react. I think I blogged about that a little while ago, but I lose track when it comes to villains. Either way, if they have depth of character, they'll make their own plans and start affecting the plot on their own.
My antagonist took over my last novel. It turned into his story arc. I kind of liked it, too.
You've nailed precisely the reason why, in so many stories, when the antagonist is done well, I like him better than the hero. After all, most of us fall short of being heroes. Maybe the flawed vulnerability of anguished evil makes the villain easier to identify with.
Wow, thanks for all these great comments! I had an internet blip today and wasn't able to get back until now.
Tiyana, thanks for sharing your favorite bad guys.
Carol and linda, you're welcome.
Hayley, thanks for the comment.
Justine, that's very interesting. I don't have precisely that alignment pattern, but I do love a good antagonist.
I really struggle with my baddies. Getting into their heads is hard, because I honestly don't understand their deeper motivations. Guess it says a lot about my world-view. But I keep working on them, hoping to eventually make them as cool as antagonists in my favorite stories.
Jaleh, sometimes I have to spend a very long time working my way into a character. Years, even. I always find it a worthwhile exercise... good luck!
Very helpful! I'm just at the point in Book Two of my fantasy trilogy (The Star-Seer's Prophecy) where I have to figure out what to do with my antagonist. He's got a vulnerability (a bad guy who is afraid of the dark!) and a story arc, but I haven't thought of how he might evolve further. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment, Rahima! Good luck with your project.


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Lil Wayne dropped his surprise DJ Khaled-hosted No Ceilings 3 Friday, the third installment in the rapper's ongoing mixtape series.
The 20-track mixtape — which follows 2009's No Ceilings and 2015's No Ceilings 2, also released on a Thanksgiving weekend — features guests like Drake ("BB King Freestyle"), Young Thug, Gudda Gudda, Cory Gunz and Lil Wayne's sons Young Kam Carter, Lil Tune and Young Carter.
"The mixtape game seemed to be a dying art and since I'm one of the pioneers of the craft, and it played such a big part in my career, I felt it was only right to resurrect it," Wayne told Complex earlier in the week. "Also, it's a lot of songs out here I wanted to kill my way!"
DJ Khaled "hosts" the mixtape, noting in an Instagram video prior to the release that he first worked with Lil Wayne on the 2005 mixtape The Suffix.
No Ceilings 3 marks Lil Wayne's first mixtape since 2017's Dedication 6, and follows the January 2020 release of his latest album Funeral. Earlier this year, Lil Wayne — who drew controversy for meeting and posing with Donald Trump — announced he was also working on Tha Carter VI. Lil Wayne also recently chatted with Lil Baby for IndieLand's Musicians on Musicians issue; during the interview, Lil Wayne revealed the two rappers worked together on a No Ceilings 3 track, but it did not make the final track list.
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By VIN A. CHERWOO
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie Jack Hughes got his first NHL point, P.K. Subban scored his first goal with New Jersey and the Devils got a strong team effort to pick up their first win of the season.
Kyle Palmieri and Miles Wood scored in the second period, and New Jersey held off the New York Rangers 5-2 Thursday night to end a season-opening six-game losing streak.
Blake Coleman and Nikita Gusev also scored and Matt Tennyson had two assists for the Devils, who came in 0-4-2. Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 29 saves.
"Oh man, we needed that bad," Blackwood said. "Everyone showed up to play today and we got bounces that went our way. Huge blocks and a great team effort. … You could sense the desperation in the group and sacrifice everyone gave to the game."
The Devils came in tied for last in the league on the power play and last on the penalty kill, but got their first man-advantage score of the season and held the Rangers to 0 for 6.
"The (penalty kill) was due," Devils coach John Hynes said. "There were little things that were going on that we felt we adjusted it. … Those guys dug in and that's the type of penalty kill we expect and that's the type of penalty kill we want to see moving forward."
Tony DeAngelo and Jesper Fast had goals for the Rangers, who had played just three games in the first 14 days of the season. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 33 shots.
"I thought that was the most energetic game we played, the most physical game," New York coach David Quinn said. "We established some sort of forecheck. There were signs of what we're going to need to do to have success, so there are some silver linings, but at the end of the game you got to win a hockey game."
This was the first matchup between Hughes and New York's Kaapo Kakko, who were selected with the first two picks in this year's draft. Hughes, centering the top line against the Rangers in place of Nico Hischier, came in without a point, while Kakko has one goal.
With the Devils leading 3-1 after two periods, Ryan Strome sent a pass in front to Fast from the left corner, and Fast poked it into the open net for his first at 2:22 of the third.
Hall nearly restored New Jersey's two-goal lead at 7:08, but it was waved off because the officials said Hall pushed it in with his hand. Hynes challenged and the call stood, resulting in a delay-of-game penalty.
Moments after a Devils power play expired, Gusev intercepted Artemi Panarin's pass, skated in and beat Georgiev for his third with 7:39 remaining.
Subban, who joined the Devils in an offseason trade, added an empty-netter in the final minute.
With the score tied 1-1 after 20 minutes, Palmieri got the puck off the faceoff, brought the puck into the right circle, pulled it back to get around defenseman Marc Staal and as Georgiev went down to cut off his angle, Palmieri fired it top shelf for his third at 2:18 of the second. It was New Jersey's first power-play goal of the season after they failed on their first 20 chances, including two in the first period
Nearly seven minutes into the period, New Jersey's Taylor Hall left his feet and, leading with his elbow, delivered a hard hit high on defenseman Adam Fox, who was down on the ice behind the Rangers' net for several minutes.
Wood put New Jersey up 3-1 as he deflected Tennyson's shot from the right point past Georgiev from in front with 7:35 left. Hughes got an assist, drawing a loud ovation from the crowd when it was added minutes after the initial announcement of the goal.
"I knew I assisted it," Hughes said. "It's the NHL. I knew they were going to fix it. Just nice to figure out how to get on the board finally."
The Rangers got on the scoreboard first for the fourth time in four games this season on DeAngelo's backhander off a rebound.
Coleman tied it with 7:02 remaining in the first as fired a shot from the right circle that hit Georgiev's mask, rolled down his body and went between his legs and in.
NOTES: Hischier was out with an upper-body injury and is day to day. … New Jersey improved to 7-1-1 in the last nine meetings at home against the Rangers. … The teams play three more times this season: Nov. 30 at Prudential Center, and Jan. 9 and March 7 at Madison Square Garden. … The Rangers lost in regulation against the Devils for the sixth time in the last 24 meetings, falling to 14-6-4. … The Rangers began a stretch of five games in eight days.
Rangers: At Washington on Friday night to complete their first back-to-back of the season.
Devils: Host Vancouver on Saturday before a stretch of two games in 12 days.
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Q: Como fazer um for em uma tag script? Galera, estou tentando criar uma página em meu site que me mostre título, descrição e a localização do registro de algumas ocorrências. Quando acesso a página, carrego através de um <c:forEach> todas as ocorrências com seus devidos parâmetros. As ocorrências são enviadas dentro de uma lista via servlet para uma JSP, que as mostra.
Meu problema é que para carregar o mapa com a localização da ocorrência, preciso executar uma tag

            <%@include file="includes/footer.jsp"%>

Algumas informações que podem ser úteis para me ajudar: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial

A: Vê esse campo com os ids lat, lng e map dentro do forEach? Então, isso significa que você vai gerar diversos elementos com esses mesmos ids. No entanto, o valor do campo id deveria ser único.
A solução para tornar os ids únicos é concatenar um número após eles. E então, você pode usar esses números na função initMap.
Para obter um número único em cada iteração, você pode usar o campo varStatus do forEach.
Seu código deve ficar assim:
<%@ page pageEncoding="UTF-8" %>
<%@ include file="includes/cabecalho.html" %>
<%@ include file="includes/navmenu.jsp" %>

            <c:forEach var="ocorrencia" items="${ocorrencias}" varStatus="loop">

${ocorrencia.tituloOcorrencia}

${ocorrencia.descricaoOcorrencia}

                            <input type="number" id="lat-${loop.index}" value="${ocorrencia.latitudeOcorrencia}" hidden/>
                            <input type="number" id="lng-${loop.index}" value="${ocorrencia.longitudeOcorrencia}" hidden/>

                            ${ocorrencia.usuario_fk_ocorrencia.nomeUsuario} em ${ocorrencia.dataOcorrencia}

            </c:forEach>

<%@ include file="includes/footer.jsp" %>

Observe que o ${loop.index} vai virar um contador de iterações, e com ele, é possível carregar esse script do Google Maps uma vez para cada iteração.
O loop é uma variável do tipo javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.LoopTagStatus, um tipo de objeto que serve para fornecer dados sobre a iteração do forEach. um dos métodos dele é o getIndex(), que é o resultado da chamada à ${loop.index}. Você pode ver mais sobre esse objeto aqui e nessa pergunta no SOen.
Um outro detalhe: Recomendo utilizar UTF-8 ao invés de ISO-8859-1. O formato ISO-8859-1 é ultrapassado e obsoleto e vai te dar problemas quando alguém tentar colocar texto em chinês ou emojis na sua página. Melhor prevenir e mudar tudo para UTF-8 agora do que remediar depois quando começarem a aparecer problemas.

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The Sorority Body Image project is a program and study that has been highly successful since its conception 13 years ago. The program has thrived so much that it is being used as the model for other colleges and will be expanded on Trinity's campus for non-sorority members.
The project stresses the importance of a healthy body image and lifestyle in a culture that imposes impossible beauty standards on women. The project is supervised by Carolyn Becker, professor of psychology, and is completely staffed by sorority members.
"We run the Sorority Body Project as a program and a study. In the body project, participants are given multiple opportunities to voluntarily speak and act against the thin ideal standard of female beauty.It is a true collaborative process between me and the sororities," Becker said.
According to the Trinity website, Becker is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders and the use of exposure therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders.
The first study, which was conducted in 2000 with Trinity sororities, replicated the results of a cognitive dissonance approach to reducing body image concerns of a study that was done by Eric Stice.
"We ran the first study, and, much to my surprise, we replicated Dr. Stice's findings," Becker said.
After the initial study, the program gained attention and grew in the sorority community. Other colleges across the country model the Trinity program and study.
"It all started here at Trinity. We were the first ones to do it and now it is spreading to other campuses. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a very broad program and it is all modeled by what we did here. We led the way. Our students did that," Becker said.
The project is recognized worldwide and the studies conducted were published in many psychology journals. 11 students who were a part of the program over the years helped co-author papers that were published by peer- reviewed journals including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the number one journal in the clinical psychology field.
"The Trinity sororities are now internationally known for being the first organization to deploy and sustain an evidence-based eating disorders program," said Lisa Kilpela, a postdoctoral candidate working with Becker on the body image project.
The program will expand to the general Trinity population later this year for the first time.
"We are actually doing an expansion that we hope will be launching this winter. We invite all interested students to go ahead and contact us. We are also going to expand coed as well so that male students who also want to be involved can be involved. Up until now, we have not had the supervisory bandwidth to do this," Becker said.
"We are now this year launching a new body project into the general population, so now it will be open for anybody to participate," Kilpela said.
The program takes preventative measures for eating disorders and redefines body image for young women. All new sorority members are required to go through the program.
"I had never thought about a lot of the things brought up in the discussions. It really does make you think and realize there are so many unconscious thoughts and decisions that we make about body image daily. A lot of the exercises in the program counteract those and make you appreciate things about your body that you might not have ever thought about. I would say it made a difference," said Caroline Roberts, a junior and research assistant on the project, and Gamma Chi Delta member.
According to Kilpela, who was a research assistant to the project as an undergraduate at Trinity and a sorority member, the program helps make the sororities more cohesive. The program and study operate in such a way that different sororities have to interact with one another.
"They said we like coming together as a mixed group. I have definitely seen a change that the sororities started working together in a different way. It meant they were exposed to members of other clubs when they were still in an explicit sorority context," Becker said.
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The right inspiration is sometimes all it takes for a competition to really heat up. For a team of Blugolds competing in the first-ever Assistive Tech Challenge sponsored by a Mayo Clinic partnership, the inspiration was tangible: She was a member of the team.
Three students seeking to enter the competition first approached Dr. Doug Dunham, UW-Eau Claire professor of materials science and director of the Materials Science and Engineering Center, for guidance in developing a unique assistive technology idea to pitch. Dunham knew exactly where to turn for just the right connection: Vicky Thomas, director of Services for Students with Disabilities, who gave them the name of another UW-Eau Claire student who had unique needs as well as the experience and perspective to contribute to a winning assistive technology pitch.
"I was impressed to hear that a faculty member and students were proposing this practical solution that would assist persons with vision challenges," Thomas said.
The team was specifically looking for a student with low vision who could provide feedback on a proposal to create a Bluetooth-based campus navigation system, and Thomas thought immediately of a senior who would be a great fit for the project.
Erica Nerbonne, a senior Spanish major from Eau Claire, was thrilled at the opportunity to turn her experience with vision loss into something positive for herself and others.
Nerbonne joined team members Blake Bomann, Kyle Wertel and Joshua Peterson, adding her skills and experience in troubleshooting and perfecting a prototype for the project.
What is the problem you plan to solve?
How do you plan to solve it?
Why is your team the right one to solve this problem?
What do you need to develop your product?
How would prize money be used to advance your idea?
The team set out to address the wayfinding problem Erica described, proposing a Bluetooth-based transmitter system that would translate the Braille facility signage to voice through a smartphone application.
At the Assistive Tech Challenge, held Nov. 3 in Rochester, Minnesota, each team had five minutes to present their idea and recap their answers to the five application questions. Although UW-Eau Claire's team did not place in the top two or win any grant funding, they see the experience as extremely successful, given the experience of presenting, the helpful feedback offered and the encouragement received to continue developing this project.
Team member Joshua Peterson, a junior materials science major from Eau Claire, handled the "how to solve the problem" portion of the pitch. He enjoyed the opportunity and appreciated the questions posed to the team by the panel of judges.
"They asked how we planned to code the devices, what sorts of places could best use this technology and questions about customization," Peterson said, adding that many audience members congratulated their team on developing such a great idea.
Kyle Wertel, a third-year materials science and engineering major from Rhinelander, was grateful for the experience, the professional growth, and the general knowledge the team gained about the medical technology industry.
UW-Eau Claire aims to offer all students exactly this type of high-impact experiential learning opportunity, a skill development avenue Dunham seeks out for his materials science students.
The student team hopes to continue to a prototype development phase over the course of next semester.
"Success with the development of this audio app would increase independence and accessibility for Erica and other students, faculty and visitors with low vision as they explore our campus," SSD director Thomas said.
Nerbonne is technically a senior, but will still be on campus to see the launch of the technology, and she is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the team and for the personal satisfaction the project has brought her.
Photo caption: The Blugold Tech Challenge team presenting their pitch are (from left) Erica Nerbonne, Joshua Peterson, Kyle Wertel and Blake Bomann.
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Le père Stanislas du Lac (de son nom complet Stanislas du Lac de Fugères), né à Paris le  et décédé dans la même ville le , est un prêtre jésuite français, directeur du lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève. Son nom est souvent lié à l'affaire des fiches.

Biographie

Origine
De par son père, Louis Paul Albert du Lac de Fugères, le père du Lac appartenait à une famille aristocratique. Sa mère était Camille de Rouvroy de Lamairie. Entré au noviciat de la Compagnie de Jésus à Issenheim en Alsace, le , il travailla d'abord au collège Saint-François-Xavier, de Vannes, où il fut notamment le maître d'étude du jeune Octave Mirbeau, qui dans son roman autobiographique "Sébastien Roch" le prit pour modèle pour son personnage de fiction, le Père de Kern). Plus tard il étudia la théologie au théologat jésuite de Laval jusqu'en 1869. Il fut ordonné prêtre le  par Mgr Casimir Wicart.

Enseignement
L'été suivant en 1870, il est nommé recteur du nouveau collège Sainte-Croix du Mans où, pendant la Guerre franco-allemande de 1870, il organise un service hospitalier efficace. Pendant les dix mois de son rectorat au Mans, vingt-deux mille soldats sont ainsi passés dans son collège.

En , il succède au père Léon Ducoudray en tant que recteur du lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève, généralement appelée École des Postes, de 1871 à 1880, institution qui prépare les candidats aux grandes écoles militaires et scientifiques de France. Durant son rectorat, de 1872 à 1881, 213 de ses élèves furent admis à l'École Centrale, 328 à l'École polytechnique et 830 à Saint-Cyr.

Exil
En 1880, à la suite des décrets expulsant les congrégations religieuses, le père du Lac part en exil en Angleterre où il fonde un  collège français, le "St.Mary's", à Canterbury. Il y reste 9 ans en tant que recteur.

Retour
Les vingt dernières années de sa vie se passent à Paris et à Versailles, comme prédicateur, directeur de conscience, et fondateur en 1892 du syndicat de l'Aiguille, un ensemble de sociétés de prêt et de bienfaisance pour les couturières, en particulier les jeunes filles petites mains de la mode (dites "midinettes").

Le père Stanislas du Lac meurt à Paris le .

Énigmatique personnage
Cet énigmatique personnage voit son nom revenir fréquemment dans les fiches et dans les écrits de l'époque. Confesseur d'Albert de Mun, du général de Boisdeffre, chef d'État-Major général, du journaliste Saint-Genest, ou encore de l'écrivain et journaliste d'extrême-droite Édouard Drumont, il est mêlé malgré lui à l'affaire Dreyfus et attise la haine des radicaux.

Il est considéré comme le maître de l'avancement dans l'armée et le responsable de l'invasion cléricale dans les écoles militaires. Le capitaine Henri Mollin nomme à plusieurs reprises le père du Lac qui selon lui « exerça une véritable dictature sur les commissions » et « présidait à la confection des tableaux d'avancement et des tableaux de concours ».

Un manifeste du Grand Orient de France indique quant à lui qu'au sein de l'armée, aucune décision n'était prise « sans avoir demandé, préalablement, les instructions du jésuite Du Lac ou des représentants du Pape italien. » Anatole France n'échappe pas à cette phobie en parlant des intrigues menées par le jésuite et de l'annuaire militaire sur sa table de nuit dans la préface d'Une campagne laïque d'Émile Combes, en 1904. Enfin, Robert Nanteuil, dans son dossier Jean Guyot de Villeneuve, nomme ce conspirateur et explique que même après l'affaire des fiches, en 1905, « c'est l'ombre railleuse du père du Lac qui inspire encore ceux qui élaborent les tableaux d'avancement ».

Adrien Dansette indique pourtant qu' « En réalité, le Père du Lac, le moins mystérieux des hommes et fort peu doué pour le rôle que lui prête la légende vite répandue, ne jouit même pas d'une autorité particulière au sein de son Ordre. »
Albert de Mun dénonce quant à lui l'idée toute faite d'une mainmise sur l'armée par l'enseignement congréganiste et montre qu'un dixième seulement des élèves des écoles militaires provient de la rue des Postes. De même, en 1898, selon Dansette, et en dépit de la déclaration du général Billot, l'État-major général n'a rien d'une « jésuitière » puisque les élèves de l'école ne représentent qu'un septième des officiers. L'absence d'élèves des jésuites dans l'état-major particulier de Boisdeffre, chez les généraux et les juges de l'affaire Dreyfus n'empêche pas les radicaux de voir dans l'Affaire un coup monté par les jésuites.

Le père Stanislas du Lac a par ailleurs entretenu, pendant des années, une importante correspondance avec Édouard Drumont, le fondateur du journal La Libre Parole, dont il a été le confesseur, et avec lequel les relations ont alterné hauts et bas, le père du Lac ayant fait plusieurs fois part de sa désapprobation quant à certaines positions trop insultantes et outrancières du polémiste, duquel il ne semblait pas partager, par ailleurs, les opinions antisémites. Il aurait néanmoins incité Drumont à rédiger La France juive et contribué à en financer la réalisation, ainsi que le journal antisémite La Libre Parole.

Ouvrage

Références

Voir aussi

Sources / Bibliographie
 France (Paris, 1888), qui décrit vivement les relations affectueuses entre le Recteur de St. Mary, Canterbury, et ses garçons français;
 Jésuites (Paris, 1901), une défense de la Compagnie de Jésus, contenant de nombreuses réminiscences autobiographiques.
 Bruno Besnier, L'affaire des fiches : un système d'État (1900-1914), La Roche-sur-Yon : Master I d'histoire, 2005.

Articles connexes
 Familles subsistantes de la noblesse française.

Liens externes
  Catholic Encyclopedia : Stanislas Du Lac, publié le  sur le site newadvent.org (consulté le )

Naissance en novembre 1835
Naissance à Paris
Jésuite français
Décès en août 1909
Décès à 73 ans


As I mentioned in my previous post, I am so sorry for the lack of blogging! I have been quite the busy bee and have had lots going on. BUT - back to regular blogging! I have missed it!
For Mr. Fo's birthday, he didn't want anything too big... after all, how can anything compete with the fabulous 30th birthday bash I threw last year?!
So we just did a little dinner at home. When I asked what he wanted to eat, his answer was that of a 5 year old: Chicken Fingers and French Fries. I must say, I was a little disappointed as I was prepared to make some sort of fabulous meal. But, the birthday boy rules in this case. So i set off to make the most fabulous meal of Bar type food in history... in fact, I created a "Stu's Bar" theme for our dinner. Take a look!
For our appetizer course, I made mozzarella sticks! This was surprisingly easy, thanks to the fabulous Giada. Seriously, try her recipe - it's 'da bomb.
Next up, panko encrusted chicken fingers with homemade potato wedges.
Note that this particular chicken finger looks exactly like a seahorse... weird, right?
Note that Mr. Fo also started off his morning with a breakfast of champions, a Bojangles biscuit. If you don't have Bojangles where you are, you should drive down here and get some - it's that good. And for those of you judging me that I am pumping my husband's arteries full of trans fat and other death ingredients, I am of the mindset that on your birthday you can eat whatever you want. I mean, let's be honest, nobody wants a salad on their birthday. That's just asinine.
As you can tell, everything was "beer themed," with the beer steins as flower vases and all! Mr. Fo really appreciated it and we had a lovely little dinner for just the two of us!
- If you look at the top of the of my blog, you will see a new page called "Party Posts!" I consolidated all of my parties on one page so you can find them easier!
- Fo Fabulous Custom Party Package Update - After getting quite a few party package orders lately, I decided to raise my price from $30 to $45. It takes me quite a while to create a party package, so I decided to raise my prices due to demand. Believe me, it's still a GREAT deal!
Yum! I always demand Bojangles on my birthday, too!
you are sooooo cute and sweet!!! PLUS if my hubs requested that meal... I would totally have been in line at chick filet! LOL... you are a super wife!


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n Edward E. Shibley, 39, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was arrested at 5:31 p.m. July 12 in New Lebanon and charged with two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor; controlled substances in a non-original container and unlawful possession of marijuana, both violations. He was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date.
n Joseph A. Cole, 53, of Kinderhook, was arrested at 8:55 a.m. July 13 in Kinderhook and charged with criminal mischief with intent to damage property and criminal mischief: reckless damage of property greater than $250, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date.
n Ryan M. McEachern, 32, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was arrested at 10:46 a.m. July 13 in New Lebanon and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class C felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was held in lieu of $3,500 cash bail.
n Brent M. Thorsey, 38, of Chatham, was arrested at 1:05 p.m. July 13 in Chatham and charged with unlawful growing of cannabis, a class A misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date.
n Daniel J. Repka, 21, of Chatham, was arrested at 10:24 p.m. July 13 in Livingston and charged with second-degree identity theft: committing a felony and fourth-degree grand larceny of a credit card, both class E felonies. He was held in lieu of $500 cash bail.
n Kaushal Chinnusamy, 28, of Hudson, was arrested at 3 a.m. July 14 in Stockport and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date.
n Jeffrey D. Pike, 37, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. July 15 in New Lebanon and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date.
n Benjamin A. Brickle, 30, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was arrested at 6:34 p.m. July 15 in New Lebanon and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child, a class E felony and first-time offense; operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was released to a third party.
n Khizar M. Ahmad, 41, of East Greenbush, was arrested at 6:05 p.m. July 16 in Taghkanic and charged with first-degree criminal contempt using physical contact, a class E felony; second-degree criminal contempt by disobeying a court order, endangering the welfare of a child, both class A misdemeanors; and second-degree harassment using physical contact, a violation. Ahmad's arrestee status is unknown.
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Get Pumped, The Pistons Can Do This!
by Natalie Sitto | May 30, 2006 | 15 comments
The Pistons are in a bad way, down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals. They can pull this out, it's happened before and it can happen again. I could bitch and moan about what is wrong and why we are down but I am going to use my negative energy and turn it into positive thinking. I have already pumped myself up for tomorrow's game and the rest of the series. Everyone needs to take a deep breath and get ready for a dogfight.
True Pistons fans need to do what they have to, and everyone else needs to get off the Bandwagon.
If you need further inspiration here is a widescreen video of The Pistons Pre Game Introductions. Put on your colors, put on your game face, turn up the volume and get ready for gametime. GO PISTONS!
Detroit Pistons Palace Widescreen Intros
Anonymous on May 30, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Pistons are yet again the underdogs. but like sheed always says " we wouldn't want it any other way"
DEEETROIITTTT BASSKETTBALLLLL!!
Natalie, honestly… I love you! haha… I was searching for this introduction… I even went to the main pages to dl it… but it would only let me stream it… Thank god… i'm burn it to a cd as an audio and bump it lol my only source of motivation now…!
appreciate it once again thank yOU!!!!!!!!!
Killahmustafa
True that, let's turn this thing around!
Natalie, you don't have to answer my question but how old are you, and do you live in michigan? I was wondering cause you sound hot!!! Especially cause your a women that made up this website.It turns me on baby!!!
Thank you. With all of the negativity lately it's nice to think positive. I consider myself a real Pistons fan therefore I'm not giving up!
And I love that Palace intro…it's so motivating. It gives me chills!
I loooove me some Pistons!
D-E-T-R-O-I-T B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L
Let's show 'em what the "Best Five Alive" can do at the Palace!!!
LOL! Give me a break. Face facts. Your love, Sheed, has been a total bum these playoffs. It's over. I'm a fan, too, but you can't be ridiculous.
RJ$ on May 30, 2006 at 8:21 pm
its not over till someone gets four games… im amped for tomorrow (and also simultaneously terrified… i dont know how players deal with this kinda pressure)
totally agree with you here… I think a come back by the pistons need to be sparked by our fans tomorrow… let's show our support. A comeback is not all that far-fetched if you think about it.
like I said when you guys were playing the cavs, your road ends in Miami.
Four words…
PICK OUT THE FRO!
Anonymous on May 31, 2006 at 12:28 am
hey here is a cool video i found on youtube.com about Detroit.. If this doesnt get you pumped nothing will…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZgjxvOjdY
Anonymous on May 31, 2006 at 5:39 am
WOW!! Loved the video! It looked so easy for them…where are they now? The Pistons should watch this video and I wish they could wear their red uniforms again.
GO PISTONS….IT'S NOW OR NEVER!!
Any fans that have been to the playoffs this year I'm sure have noticed that the Palace is just not as loud as it should be. I would love to see The Piston fans going crazy tonight. There should not be a quiet moment in that place except for halftime. The Pistons need their fans, I mean it is really hard to play poorly when you have 500,000 fans cheering you on the whole time. Lets Go Pistons and Lets go Fans! Pistons will get it done tonight they just need to start playing with some heart.
If anyone has been to the Palace these Playoffs I'm sure you have noticed that the crowd is not as loud as it should be. I would love to go to the game tonight and see the fans going crazy. there should not be a quiet moment in the Palace except for halftime. Piston fans need to show Detroit why we are the best fans in the NBA.The fans can't make the Pistons play better but it is pretty hard to play poorly when 500,000 fans are cheering you on and giving the Pistons a little extra boost. So Fans show some pride and lets cheer our Pistons on to a victory. LETS GO PISTONS! LETS GO PISTON FANS! lets play some good basketball and get it done tonight!