No matter how tough life gets, if you give it your all at work, sooner or later, it will pay off. Staying positive, refusing to procrastinate, and maintaining your focus are all necessary ingredients in building a strong work ethic. You will find that the time, effort and discipline involved in doing this will be extremely rewarding to you in many ways.
Other strategies to become a great employee and colleague are to be dependable, meet deadlines and step up to fill unmet needs.
1. Stay positive. You've probably heard the expression, "Attitude is everything." That's definitely true when you're working on creating a resilient work ethic. Your work improves when you approach it with a positive attitude.
No matter what, staying positive about your tasks will help you become a rock star at work. You'll not only stand out to your supervisor, but your colleagues will notice, too. Being positive will help you personally too. If you wake up feeling cranky, that's ok. You know the saying, "Fake it 'til you make it." This can definitely be applied to your attitude.
2. Refuse to procrastinate. Although you may be tempted to put off doing certain tasks or projects, make "Do it right now," your mantra. You'll find that jobs are often done more quickly and easily that you expected. Instead of spending time obsessing and making yourself miserable thinking about it just get 'er done!
3. Keep your focus. When your plans are clear, you'll get more work done in less time. Put a sticky note on your calendar and computer. Organize your desk the day before you plan to start that huge project. Start focused and stay focused. Prioritize and give yourself mini-deadlines throughout the day. You'll work like a machine when you devote your full attention to the subject at hand.
4. Set a goal to be dependable. When you go the extra mile to complete your work, people will learn to trust that when you're given a job, you'll do it.
5. Always meet deadlines. This point is crucial to developing a strong work ethic. Do whatever you have to do to meet a deadline. Of course, the best way to ensure you consistently meet deadlines is to negotiate in advance of taking on the task, so you have a bit of a say in the schedule.
Endeavor to be known as the one whom your boss and co-workers can always depend on to get the job done.
In the event your supervisor assigns you a project that must be done by a certain date in the near future, clarify right away with your boss what he/she sees as your priorities. Have a dialogue about altering the due dates on some of your other tasks so that you can take on the urgent project.
Especially if you are new to your position or don't have a good relationship with your boss, send a follow-up email that summarizes what you agree upon and ask for feedback about the email. That is, say that you understood ABC from your meeting and that you agreed that your new deadline for such and such a project is…. . Ask if there is anything you missed. Clear communication from the start will save you a world of frustration later on.
If you communicate any concerns you have about deadlines right away, you're in a better position to negotiate some of them. The bottom line is you'll ultimately be in alignment with your supervisor's priorities and you will be meeting deadlines already approved by your supervisor.
6. Step up to fill unmet needs. Volunteering to take on gaps in labor makes every supervisor you work for the happiest person in the world.
We've all been on a committee where jobs were being assigned, the moderator got to a certain task, and everyone shrank up or whispered, "Oh, I'm not taking that job!" A person with a strong work ethic views these situations as opportunities to stretch him/herself and show what he/she can do.
You may even discover you possess some additional talents when you volunteer to take on a job outside of your normal realm of responsibilities. Consider it another line on your resume when you agree to write the department manual or perform some other task. Learn to step forward to fill unmet needs.
When you follow these suggestions, you'll develop great confidence in your work. Plus, you'll discover that you built something durable for your future: a strong work ethic that will bring you pride, joy and enhance your professional brand.


How wonderful it is to feel a part of the many who practice, who search, inquire, listen and share.Wherever I go, I am always at home when I meet others who practice – something. Something reflective, introspective and kind.
When I meet anyone who has the intention of staying present, being kind, being real and true and genuine I feel at home, I feel connection, I feel ease.
We practice in our own individual ways, by ourselves. We also gather together to practice with a singular voice with similar direction. This gathering strengthens us, fuels our practice time alone, gives us information and new depth.
Returning to the grand and worthy experiment of solitary practice we may embody, embrace and make personal sense of what we have learned.
And, even sitting on our cushion or moving on our mat, or painting on a canvas, or walking in the woods, or praying or whatever we are doing with a soft heart we remember the sangha, the community, the others who are doing something similar. This remembering fills us, fuels us and relaxes us into knowing that we are one of many holding true to our hearts. And, looking deeply into our most incredible minds.


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Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo. Anthropomorphic Mask, 20th century. Bark cloth, wood, pigments, 59 x 20 x 15 in. (149.9 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 64.214.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.214.61_front_PS9.jpg)
Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo. Anthropomorphic Mask, 20th century. Bark cloth, wood, pigments, 59 x 20 x 15 in. (149.9 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 64.214.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.214.61_back_PS9.jpg)
Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo. Anthropomorphic Mask, 20th century. Bark cloth, wood, pigments, 59 x 20 x 15 in. (149.9 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 64.214.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.214.61_threequarter_PS9.jpg)
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What does this represent?
This would have been used in a ceremony one year after the death of a Pamí'wa individual. It celebrated the individual's life, conveyed acknowledgement of he or she going to a better place in their death, and also represents the primordial animal spirits. The smiles show that they are benevolent spirits, but not all of the masks have smiling faces.
After the ceremony the masks were destroyed or re-purposed into bags, and some entered the art market and sold to museums.
How were people able to breathe or see when wearing this?
The wearer could through the barkcloth mask, which is thin and porous
Wow, it would have been hard while dancing!
The wearer's face would actually be behind where the painted face was. They would have been able to breathe, but visibility would be very low since the bark cloth really only lets in light. I would imagine that this would have been very uncomfortable to dance in, yes! Did you read on the label that the masks are made for the specific ceremony? We don't exactly know who wore the mask, but it is likely a male relative of the deceased.
Yes. And it's interesting that this was a year after death. Was it annual or just the first anniversary only?
After looking through notes, I found a bit of a dated anthropological source (from 1979 so I am not sure how reliable this is), but it seems to imply that the ceremonies were/are held for specific individuals, and just once to allow for the spirit of the dead to say farewell to the community. To me, this seems to imply that once the person is gone, they are gone, so you would only have the ceremony once.
That's really interesting. It's different from other cultures like Judaism where you light a candle every year.
Not much description with this one? Why are their faces covered?
This photograph shows the Anthropomorphic Masks by Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo, artists in a contextual setting. The mask, which is in a nearby case, would have been worn for a ceremony one year after the death of a member of the community.
Often when museums collect masks or regalia, it can be hard to envision how the object would have looked during its ritual or societal life. Archival and contextual images are one way to add that dimension back to a work, which was not likely meant to be viewed in a static environment.
What are the things on top of their heads. It looks like feathers and faces?
They are feathers on top of little faces! These people are playing spirit-characters in a special ceremony which was one year after a person's death.
What ceremonies was this used in?
This would have been used for an ónyo, or "weeping" ceremony, a ceremony of mourning!
This weeping ceremony would last multiple days, and be held about a year after an individual died.
Anthropomorphic Mask
CULTURE Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo
MEDIUM Bark cloth, wood, pigments
DIMENSIONS 59 x 20 x 15 in. (149.9 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 64.214.61
CREDIT LINE A. Augustus Healy Fund
CAPTION Pamí'wa, also known as Cubeo. Anthropomorphic Mask, 20th century. Bark cloth, wood, pigments, 59 x 20 x 15 in. (149.9 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 64.214.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.214.61_front_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE front, 64.214.61_front_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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Mandela Day is a call to action for individuals – for people everywhere – to take responsibility for changing the world into a better place, one small step at a time, just as Mr Mandela did.
Whether as an individual, community, business, non-governmental organisation (NGO) or a government department, all you have to do on July 18 is donate 67 minutes of your day to doing something good in any way you can. Nelson Mandela gave 67 years of his life to the struggle for social justice. Can you spare 67 minutes of yours to support a charity or serve your local community?
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Amnesty International recently released a report condemning police actions in response to the December 24th protests near Bima, Indonesia. The protest came in response to recent approval of an exploration permit given to a gold mining company operating in the region. Protesters believed that mining would cause environmental degradation and threaten their livelihoods.
During the protest, police forces fired upon unarmed participants, killing at least three and injuring at least 80 other participants. In addition, first hand reports and video show widespread use of violence as police punched, kicked and dragged protesters who resisted. It is also reported that at least 37 protesters are still currently detained.
Amnesty International has called for further investigations into these human right violations and for accountability on the part of the police, in addition to civilian court indictments regarding these matters. The police deny the accuracy of the reports.
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OAK PARK HEIGHTS, Minn. — Inmate attacks on employees have been significantly increasing at a Minnesota prison over the years.
The Associated Press reports that assaults against staff at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights rose 81 percent from 2013 to 2017, increasing from 21 attacks to 38. Last month, 10 employees at the prison were attacked in a single weekend.
The state's nine prisons have experienced a rise in assaults against staff, rising 21 percent from 2013 to 2017, to 114 attacks. Rep. Jack Considine said looking into the increase attacks is an urgent task and that he's been contacted by employees about the worsening conditions at the prison.
Prison employees said lax policies are contributing to the rise of assaults on staff. Last month, an anonymous employee said the "flawed" solitary confinement policies have led to more inmate attacks.
In September 2016, the state DOC reduced the number of time inmates spent in segregation from two years to 90 days.
"The inmates know they will only be separated from the general population for a short amount of time, without privileges, and they figure it is worth it, so they are now targeting prison staff," the employee said last month.
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Old St. Peter's Basilica was the building that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where the new St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City. Construction of the basilica, built over the historical site of the Circus of Nero, began during the reign of Emperor Constantine I. The name "old St. Peter's Basilica" has been used since the construction of the current basilica to distinguish the two buildings.

History
Construction began by orders of the Roman Emperor Constantine I between 318 and 322, and took about 40 years to complete. Over the next twelve centuries, the church gradually gained importance, eventually becoming a major place of pilgrimage in Rome.

Papal coronations were held at the basilica, and in 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire there. In 846, Saracens sacked and damaged the basilica. The raiders seem to have known about Rome's extraordinary treasures. Some holy—and impressive—basilicas, such as St. Peter's Basilica, were outside the Aurelian walls, and thus easy targets. They were "filled to overflowing with rich liturgical vessels and with jeweled reliquaries housing all of the relics recently amassed". As a result, the raiders destroyed Saint Peter's tomb and pillaged the holy shrine. In response Pope Leo IV built the Leonine wall and rebuilt the parts of St. Peter's that had been damaged.

By the 15th century the church was falling into ruin. Discussions on repairing parts of the structure commenced upon the pope's return from Avignon. Two people involved in this reconstruction were Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino, who improved the apse and partially added a multi-story benediction loggia to the atrium facade, on which construction continued intermittently until the new basilica was begun. Alberti pronounced the basilica a structural abomination:

At first Pope Julius II had every intention of preserving the old building, but his attention soon turned toward tearing it down and building a new structure. Many people of the time were shocked by the proposal, as the building represented papal continuity going back to Peter. The original altar was to be preserved in the new structure that housed it.

Design

The design was a typical basilica form with the plan and elevation resembling those of Roman basilicas and audience halls, such as the Basilica Ulpia in Trajan's Forum and Constantine's own Aula Palatina at Trier, rather than the design of any Greco-Roman temple. The design may have been derived from the description of Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6.

Constantine took great pains to build the basilica on the site he and Pope Sylvester I believed to be Saint Peter's grave, which had been marked since at least the second century. This influenced the layout of the building, which was erected on the sloped Vatican Hill, on the west bank of the Tiber River. Notably, since the site was outside the boundaries of the ancient city, the apse with the altar was located in the west so that the basilica's façade could be approached from Rome itself to the east. The exterior, unlike earlier pagan temples, was not lavishly decorated.

The church was capable of housing from 3,000 to 4,000 worshipers at one time. It consisted of five aisles, a wide central nave and two smaller aisles to each side, which were each divided by 21 marble columns, taken from earlier pagan buildings. It was over  long, built in the shape of a Latin cross, and had a gabled roof which was timbered on the interior and which stood at over  at the center. An atrium, known as the "Garden of Paradise", stood at the entrance and had five doors which led to the body of the church; this was a sixth-century addition.

The altar of Old St. Peter's Basilica used several Solomonic columns. According to tradition, Constantine took these columns from the Temple of Solomon and gave them to the church; however, the columns were probably from an Eastern church. When Gian Lorenzo Bernini built his baldacchino to cover the new St. Peter's altar, he drew from the twisted design of the old columns. Eight of the original columns were moved to the piers of the new St. Peter's.

Mosaics

The great Navicella mosaic (1305–1313) in the atrium is attributed to Giotto di Bondone. The giant mosaic, commissioned by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, occupied the whole wall above the entrance arcade facing the courtyard. It depicted St. Peter walking on the waters. This extraordinary work was mainly destroyed during the construction of the new St. Peter's in the 16th century, but fragments were preserved. Navicella means "little ship" referring to the large boat which dominated the scene, and whose sail, filled by the storm, loomed over the horizon. Such a natural representation of a seascape was known only from ancient works of art.

The nave ended with an arch, which held a mosaic of Constantine and Saint Peter, who presented a model of the church to Christ. On the walls, each having 11 windows, were frescoes of various people and scenes from both the Old and New Testament. According to combined statements by Ghiberti and Vasari, Giotto painted five frescoes of the life of Christ and various other panels, some of which Vasari said were "either destroyed or carried away from the old structure of St. Peter's during the building of the new walls."

The fragment of an eighth-century mosaic, the Epiphany, is one of the very rare remaining bits of the medieval decoration of Old St. Peter's Basilica. The precious fragment is kept in the sacristy of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. It proves the high artistic quality of the destroyed mosaics. Another one, a standing madonna, is on a side altar in the Basilica of San Marco in Florence.

Tombs

Since the crucifixion and burial of Saint Peter in 64 AD, the spot was thought to be the location of the tomb of Saint Peter, where there stood a small shrine. With its increasing prestige, the church became richly decorated with statues, furnishings and elaborate chandeliers, and side tombs and altars were continuously added.

The structure was filled with tombs and bodies of saints and popes. Bones continued to be found in construction as late as February 1544.

The majority of these tombs were destroyed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries demolition of Old St. Peter's Basilica (save one which was destroyed during the Saracen Sack of the church in 846). The remainder were translated in part to modern St. Peter's Basilica, which stands on the site of the original basilica, and a handful of other churches of Rome.

Along with the repeated translations from the ancient Catacombs of Rome and two fourteenth century fires in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the rebuilding of St. Peter's is responsible for the destruction of approximately half of all papal tombs. As a result, Donato Bramante, the chief architect of modern St. Peter's Basilica, has been remembered as Maestro Ruinante.

Stefaneschi Triptych

The Stefaneschi Altarpiece is a triptych by the Italian medieval painter Giotto,  commissioned by Cardinal Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi to serve as an altarpiece for one of the altars of Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

It is a rare example in Giotto's work of a documented commission, and includes Giotto's signature, although the date, like most dates for Giotto, is disputed, and many scholars feel the artist's workshop was responsible for its execution. It had long been thought to have been made for the main altar of the church; more recent research suggests that it was placed on the "canon's altar",  located in the nave, just to the left of the huge arched opening into the transept. It is now at the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome.

See also
 List of Greco-Roman roofs
 Index of Vatican City-related articles

Notes

Further reading
 (pp. 51–61)
Weitzmann, Kurt, ed., Age of spirituality: late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century, no. 581, 1979, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,

External links

 The Constantinian Basilica Article by Jose Ruysschaert
 The Tomb of St Peter, book by Margherita Guarducci

Rome, Old Saint Peter
Buildings and structures demolished in the 16th century
Sites of papal elections
Constantine the Great and Christianity
Old Saint Peter
Palaeo-Christian architecture in Italy
Destroyed Roman Catholic churches in Rome
Basilica churches in Rome
Basilica churches in Vatican City

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The Dragon's Demand SoundPack from Syrinscape is a complete audio solution when playing The Dragon's Demand adventure.
The Dragon's Demand is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Its Chronicle Sheet and additional rules for running this module are a free download (356 KB zip/PDF).
To start, the foldout map of the town was great to have. Between the Syrinscape sound pack, the Face/Item/Quest cards for Dragon's Demand that I could give my players, and the Hero Lab encounter library from Lone Wolf Development, I was free to focus on just learning the module, tailor it to my table, pick pawns, and decide on maps, which was fine considering how much extra time I had. I was able to learn the setting and its people, so that I did not need to reference the book very much during play. Having a town with the right amount of detail (shop names, npc names, mannerisms, etc.) it was easy to elaborate on the setting and bring it out. So, the module greatly enabled me to focus on bringing the setting to life at the table, rather than focusing on the mechanics of it all, from the resources in the module itself and the external support.
This is based on the first half. I'm not positive we'll see the rest and I really feel like writing a review.
(2) The GM chose to play buying and selling strictly by the rules, meaning there was nothing useful we could buy. So the cash awards came across as a useless tease, and the well-equipped friendly NPC came across as an even worse one. I'm told that this reverses later, but short of the GM flatly telling them, the players won't know this.
Having "there's money but you can't buy anything," "there's treasure but you promised not to take it," and "there's treasure but it would offend a valuable ally if you took it" back to back in an arc where the PCs were missing very basic stuff...not that much fun. It might have been a good idea to tell the players "No resupply until much later" right away, as one would for _Serpent's Skull_ #1. I'd have made a different character if I'd known.
(3) I know it's standard for modules, but still, I hate going up a level every session, especially when the events are so crowded together. We went from 1st to 5th in 4-5 days, and the whole dynamic of interacting with the townsfolk became bizarre.
So, a lot of griping. I did like the early parts quite a bit. GMs may want to carefully read through the Manor House and see if it's likely to be a bad fit for their group as it was for ours.
Writing this review while its still all fresh in my head..
Party: Occultist, Paladin, Samurai, Inquisitor of Iomedae, and Rogue.
An easy recommend. I GM'ed the module over the course of about 3 months, with fortnightly games. And I think the players really got a kick out of it as well.
The entire thing felt very cohesive plot-wise, with each dungeon feeding into the overall plot. Admittedly the players didn't quite pick up on the entire backstory, but I've found that tends to be the case with most RPGs.
NPCs were memorable and the players found themselves checking in on certain villagers every time they came back from an adventure.
The only bad thing I can say about it is that it has ruined Paladins for me. We had one in the party, and in the space of a single round (with a few buff spells) managed to land 3 critical hits against the BBEG. There wasn't a lot left of the poor BBEG after that. Not to mention he had passed all the saves and blocked every attack sent against him. And just for reference the Samurai got killed in round 2 of the same fight. That said, the final boss did get to use all their "tricks" which for me as a GM is deeply satisfying.
Like I said, its a great module, and if you feel like you can't commit to a full AP, then this adventure is a good alternative.
Picked this up my first module to run as a DM. Everything was well laid out and easy to follow. The pacing was good and even allowed for some additional encounters to be added in. The map of the town was nicely detailed. I recommend this for any group, but it is a superb intro to the pathfinder world for both DMs a players, covering a large variety of creatures, terrain, and experiences.
I really enjoyed this adventured, I GM'd for a group of 5 players, 1 brand new, and 2-3 who haven't played Pathfinder before. I highly recommend this module, the encounters were good and the plot was pretty solid. I do have some minor annoyances, but they are greatly outweighed by the quality of the adventure.
1. The maps - They were great, they were all distinct and looked great. Unfortunately most of them were hard to draw and since the GM is only one that really gets a good look at them in the book a lot is wasted. Some of them are nice and easy to draw, but some of them are just a map drawn and then a grid overlay thrown on top, it would have been nice if the artist had at least kept mostly to a standard grid line just so it's nice and easy to make. The crypt of Tula is nice with it's room types (oval and circular) but it doesn't translate too well into a drawn board. The monastary is HUGE, I had a Chessex Mondo mat (4.5'x8.5') and two mega mats (3'x4') and the Monastary took up most of that (and I had to fit some rooms on there by making up space). I really like drawing everything, so if you don't it's not a big deal. I wish they offered a printed map pack of it. The only included combat map is pretty much the most useless map in the whole adventure.
2. The story - Good story, adventurers come into town and investigate some problems, root around and find a dragon, kill dragon, save the town, become ultra wealthy. There were good NPCs there, though the guidance on much of it is pretty ambiguous, so some of the background I didn't feel I utilized well. The plot for the town was very nice, and I hope that makes it into more modules.
3. Loot - Starting at the tomb your players will get a TON of loot, and some of it's super expensive. So if you're planning on continuing the adventure after this module you need to take that into account. But the players love it.
4. Combat - There's a good mix, from the traditional dragons and kobolds, to the unusual, running through a wizards house. Good mix of everything, I enjoyed it, there were some encounters that were really easy, and some wern't. I added more to pump experience into the players because to hit the experience marks the module wants you is pretty tight with 4 players. In the end my players made it to the last fight at level 6 instead of 7, but they ran the encounter very well and wern't at risk (only one death). You have access to some DM NPCs to act as a release valve should stuff get too tough (and they are pretty darn powerful).
5. Overall - I'd highly recommend it, and wouldn't hesitate running it again, Mike Shel wrote an excellent adventure.
Note that this product marks a big change for the Pathfinder Module line, shifting it from 32-page bimonthly adventures to 64-page quarterly adventures. They'll also include a double-sided poster map.
This change gives us an opportunity to make Modules into special events, as they can now carry more adventure content than a Pathfinder AP volume.
They will continue to be playable within the Pathfinder Society—though they'll obviously take longer to play!
WOW! I didn't see that change coming. (Hmm I wonder what this will do regarding the RPG Superstar contest)? Will it now be a proposal for a 64 page mega-adventure?
I like this change a LOT. Also - Mike Shel. Win!
We're getting pretty close to launching RPG Superstar 2013, so... you'll find out soon!
Note that halving the frequency and doubling the page count means that the number of pages we produce each year isn't changing (though we are making 3 more poster maps per year). Frankly, we haven't got the bandwidth to add more pages per year.
This is an awesome change, and will be the perfect thing for my Sunday night groups. We occasionally do APs, but we swap out GMs a lot. This will be a really nice way to have a strong campaign story that goes for a while, without getting into a full AP.
It is Quarterly, but they're twice as long. These could be interesting. In my opinion the old Modules seemed too short to be worthwhile, but these might have a good balance between being long but not taking up an entire adventuring career. I think I might have to renew my subscription.
I'm also intrigued enough that if I can, I think I'll subscribe to the Modules line again.
And Vic ... looking forward to the announcement of RPG Superstar 2013!
Good change. The 32-pages were just plain too short to splash the water, of all the modules insofar the only one that blew things out of the water *and* didn't feel like it could use 20 or more pages was Harrowing, but there's only one Crystal Frasier on this planet. Ordinary mortals totally deserve the extra space for their wings to unfurl.
Yeah, I don't know about this. I mostly use modules for short sidequests during an ongoing campaign, so I like that they're episodic. 1st through 6th level makes it a lot bigger commitment, more like a mini-AP. Not sure this fills the right niche for me.
PFS scenarios have been getting longer over time... perhaps they'll suit your need for sidequests?
The new format is a lot to digest. I really like the module size as it is (longer than a scenario, punchier than a AP chapter) but this means we're getting MORE adventure per year for LESS money, so clearly, I'm in favor of it. I'm just scared by the unknown.
Also, it's a first level module with Kobolds and dragons. My Beginner Box game will eat this up.
I'll miss one shot modules, but I'd also like to see how this pans out.
Now for a Numeria module!
I can answer that (sorta)! While it's more pages, it's fewer projects, and often a lot of small projects takes longer than one large one. Every new product developed has a period of switching gears, getting a feel for what's there at the start, and what needs to happen to it in development. You'll note that the 32-page modules haven't been truly bi-monthly in a while, and part of that is that they're being done in between other relatively small products coming out even more rapidly (Pathfinder Society Scenarios). With this shift in size and frequency, the hope is that we can develop the quarterly modules in one big chunk of focused time, rather than juggling them with other small, frequent products.
There's also nothing saying that all 64 pages of a given module will be adventure (just as the current 32-page format also includes new monsters and location writeups). It's possible we can include adventures of varying lengths with supporting content to fill it as needed based on the type, location, and style of the adventure.
Only time will tell what direction the line will ultimately go in both in terms of content and style, but we're hoping this change will serve our customers' needs while also being easier for us to produce with the regularity everyone wants and at the standard of quality we pride ourselves on.
Well, my only qualm with this is that it will probably end up reducing the amount of high level modules even further. I like having post-16 modules. And tehre are really only 2 so far.
That said, hopefully this'll enable a test of the Starstone Module.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear reports of James' mad cackling at the thought of the type of adventures 64 pages allow.
Mike Shel reasserted himself as a real treasure trove of adventure for you folks. Glad he's back in action. Looking forward to this with great anticipation.
It's true—there's a LOT of adventure plots that a 64 page adventure can do that neither an Adventure Path nor a 32 page adventure can adequately cover. The big "fight the dragon" adventure's a good example... and as it turns out, that's what our first adventure in the new format's gonna be all about!
I really like the change, from what i have read. Many of the latest modules (which I liked as always) made me think 'damn, they could have done sooo much more (as in more module, not as in better module) with this' (especially Moonscar and Deepmar), so I really look farward to see longer modules that allow Paizo to explore ideas and locations in more depth.
While I would have loved to see bi-monthly modules, I understand that would probably break the spine of the line (and possibly the minds of some of the writers...) and the PFS modules of this season seem good (and expandable) enough to fill my urge for none-AP adventures.
Will the poster maps be more likely encounter maps for use with minis or geomaps/citymaps?
I dropped my modules subscription over things exactly like what this change seems to combat. Now if you just stop making them start off at 1st level, I'll re-up. For now, I might get this in PDF. Might.
While "The Dragon's Demand" starts at 1st level (but likely allows for PCs to reach 6th or 7th level), we aren't planning on having all the modules do so. Just as before, each module will start at whatever level is most appropriate for the story it's telling.
The poster map in each module will vary. Sometimes it'll be a map of a village. Sometimes a wilderness region. Sometimes a dungeon. Sometimes a minis-scale battle mat. Sometimes something else.
While I would have loved to see bi-monthly modules, I understand that would probably break the spine of the line (and possibly the minds of some of the writers...) and the PFS modules of this season seem good (and expandable) enough to fill my urge for non-AP adventures.
Will the PFS scenarios be able to fill this nitch?
Will the poster map be made to be written on much like the Pathfinder Maps?
Nope. They'll be on the same paper stock as the pages of our books.
I think the new format sounds great.
Love the change of format and looking forward to more Shel.
Mini-AP, seems like a good idea. I'm looking forward to this.
I am pleased to see Mike Shel do the flagship relaunch of this line!
The possibilities this new format opens up are exciting my molecules.
This really makes more experiemental adventures/modules set in less "mainstream" settings less of a risk to give an in-depth meaty treatment. Imagine if Moonscar was 64 pages for example!
While I'm sad to hear that the release frequency for the modules is being dialed back a tad, I have to say the change overall excites me greatly. Very cool decision Paizo. Now, to dream of a 64-page super adventure set in Mendev.
My thoughts exactly. Moonscar was great, actual high-level stuff, but way, way too short.
Mud Sorcerer's Tomb is still one of my Top 5 favourite Adventures ever!
Taldor? Kobolds? Dragon? 1-6 module? Maps? More pages?
This seasons - more or less, yeah. While they are smaller in scope then regular adventures, some parts are easy to expand (by adding roleplaying opportunities, additional encounters or challenges), and some scenarios are work great together, and with two scenarios per month that gives me enough 'adventure page count' to get the same use from PFS scenarios as I get from the bi-monthly module - even if it requires a bit more work then just adapting a module to my groups needs.
OTOH, with less modules and more invested in each, there will be less chances for experimental adventures.
This new format sounds awesome to me, now I might start getting the modules again. Also this opens doors to modules on Castrovel, Akiton, Numeria, The First Worls, etc. and it will do them justice that a 32 page one couldn't do.


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Soon, insecticide treated mosquito nets will be a must have for men planning to get married in Sokoto State.
Nigerians are demanding the prosecution of a Chinese boss, identified as Master Wan at Bedmate Furniture Company, Magboro, Ogun State, who allegedly damaged the spinal bone of one of the employees, William Ekanem.
A retiree, Taofeek Giwa, on Friday prayed an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi-Ibadan, to dissolve the seven-year-old marriage with Abiodun Omotayo, on the ground that the respondent beats him at will.
Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic that is highly effective against bacteria resistant to known antimicrobials, which was found in a soil sample taken in Italy.
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday said there was no truth in the allegation of double voter's registration recently leveled against him by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The remains of a former Governor of the defunct Mid-West region and old Bendel State, late Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, on Tuesday arrived Benin, the Edo State capital, to mark the commencement of his burial ceremony.
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Clinical subgroup clustering analysis in a systemic lupus erythematosus cohort from Western Pennsylvania
Patrick Coit 1 2 , Lacy Ruffalo 3 , Amr H Sawalha 1 3 4 5
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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Lupus Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Eur J Rheumatol 2022; 9: 3-7
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2020.21225
Keywords : Lupus, cohort, clustering, subsets
Read: 288 Downloads: 39 Published: 17 August 2021
Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2022
Objective: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex heterogenous autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs. We performed clinical clustering analysis to describe a lupus cohort from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Methods: A total of 724 patients who met the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for SLE were included in this study. Clustering was performed using the ACR classification criteria and the partitioning around medoid method. Correlation analysis was performed using the Spearman's Rho test.
Results: Patients with SLE in our cohort identify three district clinical disease subsets. Patients in cluster 1 were significantly more likely to develop renal and hematologic involvement, and had overrepresentation in African–American and male lupus patients. Clusters 2 and 3 identified a milder disease, with a significantly less likelihood of organ complications. Patients in cluster 2 are characterized by malar rash and photosensitivity, while patients in cluster 3 are characterized by oral ulcers, which is present in ~90% of patients within this cluster. The presence of photosensitivity or oral ulcers appears to be protective against the development of lupus nephritis in our cohort.
Conclusion: We describe a large cohort of SLE from Western Pennsylvania and identify three distinct clinical disease subgroups. Clustering analysis might help to better manage and predict disease complications in heterogenous diseases like lupus.
Cite this article as: Coit P, Ruffalo L, Sawalha AH. Clinical subgroup clustering analysis in a systemic lupus erythematosus cohort from Western Pennsylvania. Eur J Rheumatol. 2021;9(1):3-7.
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Cape Town dam levels for Monday 20 May: It's official, we've got an increase
It's the first increase in the Cape Town dam levels we've seen since October 2018. And, after Sunday's excellent downpours, there's more good news to come!
by Tom Head
Photo: Zelda Swart / Twitter
Seven months since the numbers started dropping off, the Cape Town dam levels have finally managed to turn the tide: It may be small, but it's one hell of a step in the right direction. The combined water levels rose by 0.15% this week – and that's before Sunday's rainfall was counted.
When the revised figures come out later this week, it's likely those water levels will get another significant boost. The reserves are currently 45.44% full in the municipality, and the news is also positive across the rest of the province.
The facilities serving the Western Cape are still dropping (by a meagre 0.3%, it has to be said) but there are some individual successes to speak of: The Berg River catchment area is now 0.4% more full, and there's been a superb turnaround in the Gamka dam serving Beaufort West: This month, it's gone from being bone dry to 43% full.
Cape Town dam levels latest news for Monday 20 May
Voëlvlei dam – 54.8% full (14.2% full in May 2018).
Bergriver Dam 68.3% full (37.6% full in May 2018).
Theewaterskloof dam – 35.3% full (11.8% full in May 2018).
Clanwilliam Dam – 9.4% full (5% full in May 2018).
Western Cape dams updates
Anton Bredell is the minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape. He was keeping his feet firmly on the ground, urging Capetonians to keep saving water as much as they can – it's truly making a difference in the province:
"We are a winter rainfall zone and we are not yet in the winter. Dam levels are still dropping slightly but that is not unusual. We are still not close to the record low levels we saw a year ago.
We are continuing to urge caution and restraint with water usage. Please protect the resource. However, the Gamka dam in Beaufort West was empty a little more than a year ago. It is now at 43.6% full. That is a major relief."
Anton Bredell
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Kaizer Chiefs news: Parker, Katsande extend Amakhosi stay
Bernard Parker and Willard Katsande have both committed to more years at Kaizer Chiefs.


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- Survivor wishes hotline was implemented earlier
By Editor On Dec 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced the reporting of domestic violence and as a result, a domestic abuse hotline number – 914 – was launched on Thursday as the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security concludes its 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence and also coincides with the International Day of Human Rights.
Subject Minister, Dr Vindhya Persaud noted that the launch is especially important given the fact that there has been a reduction by at least 50% in domestic violence reports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, a total of 1,009 reports were recorded, but for 2020 so far, there has only been 569 reports of domestic violence.
"Why is that so? Because more people are at home and we do know that perpetrators of violence are some of the closest people to you and this is why it is imperative that 914 has to work," the Minister said during the launch which was held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.
When a call is placed to the number, a trained customer service operator will connect the caller to a social worker, who will provide the necessary consultations and refer children and parents to local service providers and other relevant agencies.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud (fourth from right) with other officials during the launch
A list of police officers, who will directly respond when persons call the hotline, was also established. Police reports on domestic violence show that nine out of 10 perpetrators are men while nine out of 10 victims are women. The most common form of violence reported in Guyana is assault and 80% of these reported cases were from persons in intimate relationships.
Meanwhile, over 60 % of perpetrators, who were arrested, have been charged or taken before the courts. While the new hotline number will not immediately change the culture of violence in Guyana, Minister Persaud said it signifies a start to the long journey ahead of ending violence.
"I have no doubt that we are in for a future where we are going to tackle something that the world grapples with – violence – and let us make Guyana the model to be held aloft because we will not only tackle it, but succeed and how do we succeed?
"By saying enough with the violence, by meaning it and by seeing there is no more violence in our country," Minister Persaud said.
SURVIVOR TELLS HER STORY
A survivor of domestic violence shared her story at the launch, noting that if the hotline number was launched years ago, numerous lives could have been saved.
"I am happy because I know a lot of women would be saved and if something go wrong, you have someone to call or somewhere to call…I wish if I had that 15 years ago, I would have never been living with all these scars.
"I thank God for who came up with this plan to save women from today," 40-year-old Patricia Smithet, said at the launch.
Patricia Smithet
Smithet, who is a mother of four and now an independent businesswoman, suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband. She managed to escape and she is now urging women to fight for themselves because, according to her, domestic violence starts and ends with women.
"Being abused for a number of years, I gain strength from it, I use everything that was done to me and I motivate myself.
"I was controlled….humiliated because I was dependent; now I am independent, I am a minibus owner and driver and life is so much different," an emotional Smithet said.
The hotline initiative is in partnership with the Ministry, UNICEF, Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company.
79 new COVID-19 cases recorded
Over 600 victims of trafficking rescued in three years
Restaurants given go-ahead for 40% indoor dining but theatres remain closed
Woman who survived after crushed by tree may never walk again
Young attorney to pursue career in environmental law
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Proveniente dal settore giovanile dello Slavia Praga, nel 2011 viene aggregato alla formazione primavera del Genoa. Il 16 gennaio 2014 viene ceduto in prestito alla , società con cui esordisce tra i professionisti, racimolando 5 apparizioni.

Il 22 luglio 2014 passa a titolo temporaneo al . Il 13 gennaio 2015 le due società si accordano per la risoluzione del prestito del giocatore, il quale viene ceduto al .

Il 21 luglio 2015 passa in prestito al Perugia, in Serie B.
A fine stagione non colleziona presenze e non viene riscattato dagli umbri, facendo così ritorno al Genoa.

Per le successive due stagioni ricopre il ruolo di quarto portiere del Genoa dietro a Mattia Perin, Eugenio Lamanna e Rubinho senza mai riuscire a debuttare.

Il 30 luglio 2018 passa in prestito annuale al Livorno con diritto di riscatto in favore del club toscano.
Il 4 novembre dello stesso anno fa il suo esordio assoluto in Serie B al minuto 77 di Livorno-Perugia 2-3 a seguito della espulsione rimediata dal compagno di squadra Luca Mazzoni. Il 1º luglio 2020, chiude la sua esperienza con gli amaranto rimanendo svincolato, dopo che non ha raggiunto l'accordo per il prolungamento del contratto fino al 31 agosto con la società toscana.

Dopo essere rimasto svincolato dopo la fine del contratto col club labronico, ritorna da svincolato al Genoa, club dov'è cresciuto nelle giovanili.

Il 13 luglio 2021 si trasferisce al .

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Sport 24 Programming: September 25th – October 8th
Will you be flying on an airline offering Sport 24 through October 8th? They will have lots of LIVE sporting action available for you to watch in-fight! There will be continuing coverage of Premier League, NFL, and Bundesliga, as well as the start of the NHL season.
Some of the highlights:
Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals
Anaheim Ducks vs. San Jose Sharks
Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames (more…)
CNN International: October 2018 Programming Highlights
Coming up on CNN International in-flight during October 2018 (Times are in GMT and CET and subject to change):
African Voices highlights the continent's most dazzling trendsetters who create their own subcultures in areas such as travel, fashion, art, music, technology and architecture. This is connected generation who want the world to see THEIR Africa.
Friday 5 October at 0930 GMT
Saturday 6 October at 0500 GMT / 1430 GMT / 2230 GMT
Sunday 7 October at 0230 GMT / 1800 GMT
Monday 8 October at 0300 GMT
Tuesday 9 October at 0830 GMT (more…)
Sport 24 Programming: September 11th – 24th
Lots of LIVE sporting action to watch in-flight on Sport 24 through the 24th! The NFL continues with week 2 of the 2018 season. There will also be plenty of Premier League and NRL matches to watch.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
New England Patriots vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns
New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Los Angeles Rams (more…)
Sport 24 Programming: August 28th – September 10th
Flying through September 10th? If you'll have Sport 24 on board there will be lots of LIVE sporting action available for you to watch. The 2018 NFL season kicks off September 6th/7th, and you can also watch US Open Tennis, Bundesliga, and the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix.
Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers
New York Jets vs. Detroit Lions
Chelsea vs. Bournemouth
Manchester City vs. Newcastle United
Burnley vs. Manchester United (more…)


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Douglas Greed belongs to the charismatic breed of DJs. He's a performer, an entertainer and a party animal rolled into one – the classic Jena combination, always working tirelessly to give the party that special spark. Fully committed to his trade, he creates a dense, pumping mix, always original and compelling, creating plenty of stand-out moments without resorting to obvious hits. Just like his own music, which he has released on established labels such as Infiné, Gigolo, Kindisch, Lebensfreude, Acker, not forgetting Freude am Tanzen, of course, and now also BPitch Control.


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Motorola Announces Project Ara: Customizable Phone Modules, Motorola , owned by Google , has announced Ara Project , a platform of 'hardware' for any developer manufactures the modules of a phone and the users choose and build at will. This is possible thanks to the " endoskeleton", a framework that engage different parts of the phone, from a CPU to a new screen, another camera or a second battery , for example.
We had seen a similar concept in the design of a designer named Morotola Phone-block and now has decided to make it happen . In this way , users could make their own phones as the manufacturers parts . The truth is that the devices Motorola conceptual images are much more stylized than the Phone-block .
The resemblance between the two projects will not stay in mere anecdote . Over a year ago that Motorola is working on Ara Project and from now on will in collaboration with the founder of Phone-blocks , Dave Hakkens , to create a community of developers of parts and draw on the expertise of the start-up .
In a few months will invite developers to start creating modules. To do so, shall make available to the Module Developer 's Kit (MDK), a first version of a development platform that will arrive in late 2013 or early 2014.
"We want the hardware what Android has done for the software: create a vibrant developer ecosystem , lowering the barriers to enter it, increase the pace of innovation and substantially reduce the timeline for development" , published the company's official blog .
Also , Motorola is recruiting their " Ara scouts " volunteers willing to test this technology and provide information on how users behave like , similar to what Google did with Google Glass.


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QUETTA, Pakistan: A 24-inch gas pipeline was blown up by the militants in Dera Bugti district of Balochistan on Tuesday morning, causing the suspension of gas supply to some areas of Punjab.
The Quetta police said that the militants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) close to the gas pipeline in Doli area of Dera Bugti district which went-off with a big bang and blew up the gas pipeline.
Subsequently, gas supply to some areas of Punjab was suspended after the blast, police added.
The Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and the Levies force reached the spot and cordoned off the area to launch a probe into the incident.
Separately, unknown miscreants blew up a railway track in the Mashkaf area of Balochistan's Bolan district on Tuesday. However, no casualties were reported.
The Levies sources said that miscreants had planted explosive materials close to the railway track in the Mashkaf area which went off with a big bang.
Meanwhile, passenger trains were stopped in Quetta to avoid any untoward incident.
The technical staff was immediately rushed to the site to repair the damaged portion of the track.
Boxer Amir Khan calls on premier Nawaz
Pak-Afghan parliamentary security dialogue begins in Islamabad
Pakistan strongly condemns Israel's attack on city and camp of Jenin in Palestine
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A madcap adventure unfolds for a boy and his sister when The Cat in the Hat comes inside to liven up a rainy day. This production features circus tricks and lots of audience participation!
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Members from the audience perform alongside actors and puppets to bring classic fables like "Tortoise and the Hare", "Lion and the Mouse", and "The Boy who Cried Wolf" to life!
Told entirely through breathtaking shadow puppetry and music, this modern take on the famous tale features nearly 100 paper puppets and has won a Jim Henson award!
Harry Potter fanatics will feel as though they have traveled to Hogwarts! Young wizards in the audience will interact with characters onstage and perform amazing feats of wizardry!
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When an explorer accidentally awakens Blackbeard's ghost, a swashbuckling treasure hunt ensues that will keep you on the edge of your seat, laughing, singing, and screaming all the way!
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This musical comedy adventure is full of puppetry, magic tricks, stories, and hysterical antics guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and inspire your imagination!
Take a whirlwind journey to the North Pole! Step inside the magical Toy Shop, meet Mrs. Claus in her kitchen, and experience Santa's own rendition of "The Night Before Christmas!"
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It's a new tradition for the entire family, featuring mind-blowing stage magic, festive music, imaginative puppets, and one performer playing all the classic characters we know and love.
He's mean! He's green! He's coming to steal Christmas! Everyone's favorite grouch comes by for a visit in this musical romp including laugh out loud comedy and silliness.
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Hey guys, remember a few years ago when Factor 5 (Rogue Squadron) still existed? It was wounded by betting hard on Sixaxis controls with its PS3-exclusive stinker Lair, but even something that crummy wasn't what killed it. It was when multiple game projects were cancelled by publisher Brash that Factor 5 as we knew it died. One of those games you'll never see is the developer's would-be Superman title, and with these examples of character art, you can at least get some idea what it might have looked like.
Found by Siliconera on the site of artist Daveed Kaplan this set of images gives us some insight into the project codenamed Blue Steel. You not only see how Superman looked (we like how big the chest symbol is), there's villains like Lex Luthor, New Gods Darkseid and his son Kalibak, and rogue Kryptonians Zod and Non. Images like these make us a little sad, if for no other reason than small tastes like these shows the potential this game had before being cancelled. Perhaps Superman was on his way to starring in his first good game? Sadly, we'll never know.


The career of an angler spans decades and at this year's Forrest Wood Cup; we were lucky enough to cheer on last year's youngest Cup winner, Jacob Wheeler, as well as root for living legends like Larry Nixon. We met up with pros Justin Lucas and Bryan Thrift, the young guns making a name for themselves. And we watched as Scott Martin and Jacob Wheeler try to cement themselves in history as the first two-time Forrest Wood Cup champ. Every angler has a story, but last weekend in Shreveport, there was only one Cup.
The tournament started off with a flurry of bass flying into boats. They were small, though, and anglers were looking for the elusive 3-4 pound bass that would put them over the top. Evinrude Pros Randall Tharp and Bryan Thrift battled in out at the top throughout the entire tournament, with challenges by last year's champ Jacob Wheeler and fishing legend Larry Nixon. Fishing in the Red River was tough for some anglers, though the shallow waters and dense foliage didn't stop anyone's Evinrude.
Above is a recap of the event and our winning Team Evinrude anglers.
Stay tuned to E-NATION for more footage and photos from the exciting tournament.
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Engaged Anthropology Grant: Erin Masterson
November 30, 2018 MarkREngaged Anthropology Grant
Typical process of collecting water from the contaminated community well to bring home for consumption
While a doctoral student at the University of Washington, Erin Masterson received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant in 2014 to aid research on "Putting Teeth into the Developmental Origins Hypothesis: Early Childhood Ecology, Enamel Defects and Adolescent Growth," supervised by Dr. Daniel Eisenberg. In 2017 Dr. Masterson received an Engaged Anthropology Grant to aid engaged activities on "Initiation of a Clean Water Campaign to Improve Children's Health and Development in Bolivia's Amazon."
With support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, in 2018 I returned to Bolivia's Amazonian Basin for a month to visit the 12 Tsimane' communities that participated in my dissertation research in 2015. This follow-up visit included an aim to initiate a clean water campaign in the Tsimane' Territory of the Bolivian Amazon. I was motivated to focus on this topic because my dissertation research findings underscored the importance of a healthy, infection-free childhood for long-term health.
Label reading "Clean Water" in Spanish and the native Tsimane' language attached to all aspects of this project
Specifically, I reconnected with my Bolivian colleagues at the Centro Boliviano de Investigación y Desarrollo Socio (CBIDSI) and we set out to: (1) to develop a logo and slogan in the native Tsimane' language to motivate clean water stewardship, (2) to develop educational materials focused on the risks of parasitic and bacterial infections and the importance of clean water, and (3) to make structural changes in schools by implementing water filters and hand washing stations. The idea for this project was developed directly from my time in the field in 2015, observing and discussing behaviors and thoughts related to water use with community members and my CBIDSI colleagues. Community leaders requested educational information in the native Tsimane' language, like the oral health workshop we offered during data collection. A primary health concern that was expressed during these workshops was pediatric diarrhea and other infection- related conditions. Although education was the foundation of this project, we also implemented structural changes to enable the positive behavior changes encouraged through education.
Coloring books developed and distributed to teach kids how to keep water clean in the home and practice good hygiene
First, we developed a label with a parrot "mascot" and the phrase "clean water" in the native Tsimane' language to attach to all aspects of this project. The idea of this was that repetition will help to reinforce educational messages and recognition of all aspects of the project as parts of one end goal: clean water. We developed a set of posters to guide an educational talk about how water becomes contaminated and causes illness, how to keep water clean, and good hygiene practices to prevent contamination. We wrote the script in Spanish and translated it to the native Tsimane' language. The talk was then recorded in both Spanish and Tsimane' is being broadcasted on the local radio, a form of communication accessible in nearly all Tsimane' communities. To provide a more in-depth understanding of why it is important to keep water clean and to then offer suggestions for how to accomplish this in the home, we developed and distributed coloring books with text in the native Tsimane' language that instructed how to keep water clean in the home and practice good hygiene.
River travel to visit communities
Delivering water filters
Based on the idea that implementing structural changes fosters positive behavior change, we provided each school with one Sawyer PointONE filter with a bucket adaptor kit. We hand delivered the filter kit to each community, already set-up, labeled, with photo instructions for caring for the filter, and tested for leaks. We put the filter in the hands and care of the school teacher in each community. When we visited the communities, we invited the teacher, students and community members to participate in a demonstration on using the water filter and a brief training workshop on caring for it. Due to weather that complicated our river travel plans to visit the communities, our time was too limited to actually build the "tippy-tap" handwashing stations with the communities, but we discussed the plans and purpose of these stations in detail with the teachers and community members in each community. We also provided them with photo instructions on how to construct this simple structure. The hope is that, because people tend to develop new behaviors more readily at a younger age, students will hopefully bring these new ideas and habits home to their families.
Water filter demonstration and training in one community
Through all these activities, we engaged children, teachers, families, community leaders and the local Tsimane' government leaders. We encountered profound and widespread support of our focus on clean water stewardship, motivated by desperation to mitigate the ill effects of parasitic and bacterial infection in the Tsimane' communities. This project contributed to generating an equitable relationship between myself and the Tsimane' people, because I was able to share my study findings with them in an applied and relevant manner, through offering information around and suggestions for improving children's health and development in their native language.
Children sampling clean water after the demonstration in one community
Finally, prompted by the overwhelming enthusiasm and demands for a filter for each household while visiting the communities, my CBIDSI colleagues and I embarked on a feasibility study to initiate local production of ceramic water filters during my visit so that, as requested in the communities, all households may one day have a filter and clean water. This entailed hours of meeting and discussing, reviewing potential property layouts, equipment and material sourcing opportunities and pricing, and collecting and lab testing the local clay material for mineral and physical properties.
We composed a report summarizing our investigation which will be used to seek start-up funds for this subsequent project, which will continue to work toward the ultimate goal of reducing childhood morbidity attributed to contaminated water.
Meet Our Wadsworth International Fellows: Blade Engda Redae
This month Wenner-Gren is excited to spotlight Blade Engda Redae who recently received a Wadsworth International Fellowship to continue his training in archaeology at the University of Poitiers, France, supervised by Dr. Jean-Renaud Boisserie. Read the previous entries in the series here, here and here.
I completed my BA degree in Archaeology in 2012 from Addis Ababa University, and have been working in the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) as an archaeology and paleontology expert since 2013. My first experience at the Omo paleoanthropological site was during the 2014 Omo Group Research Expedition (OGRE) field season. In 2017, I had the opportunity to train in various laboratory activities (such as micro-wear sampling and curation) on the Shungura collections as part of my internship. I have also been participating in various paleontological and archaeological research projects including in the Afar Rift and Turkana Basin.
In 2016, I was sponsored by the Erasmus Mundus program in the International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP) during the academic year of 2017/2018. I am currently finalizing the program through the completion of my Masters project on taphonomic and zooarchaeological assessments of the fossil faunal assemblages from the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura deposits. This study clearly demonstrates the great potential of the site for reconstructing a more complete picture of the hominin dietary and behavioral ecology of the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura, and gaining a better understanding of community dynamics, ecology and hominid behaviors.
My PhD topic aims to investigate the ecology and taphonomy of vertebrate assemblages in the context of the Shungura Oldowan industry (ca. 2.3 Ma) with comparisons throughout the Shungura sequence. The objectives are to reconstruct the environmental context of the Shungura Oldowan industry, test patterns of hominid habitat exploitation and understand the purpose of making stone tools.
My topic is fully integrated within the OGRE and hosted by the laboratory PALEVOPRIM (University of Poitiers and CNRS) where I plan to pursue my PhD in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History (Paris).
Finally, my goal is not only to achieve a scientific career in paleoanthropology, but also to return to Ethiopia in order to develop scientific research and strengthen the field of human evolution in the country, where paleoanthropological resources are rich, but largely understudied.
NYAS Lecture 12/3: The Right to Remain Silent: Self-Monitoring and the Experience of Inequality During Traffic Stops in the U.S. South
November 16, 2018 MarkRNew York Academy of Sciences
Finish out the year with one more engaging installment of the New York Academy of Sciences lecture series on December 3rd, 5:45 PM at its new location, Roosevelt House, 47-49 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065. Sharon Feliciano-Santos, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of South Carolina, will be presenting, "The Right to Remain Silent: Self-Monitoring and the Experience of Inequality During Traffic Stops in the U.S. South."
Please note: the lecture begins at 6:30 PM, and while the event is free to attend pre-registration is required for entry into the building. Early registration is strongly recommended, since seating is limited. For the buffet supper, registration is also required. If you will be registering for an event for the first time, the New York Academy of Sciences will ask you first to set up a user account with them. Registration is free and does not require divulging personal or financial information.
What impact do knowledge of police discretion and the potential for the escalation of violence have upon the communication and expression of subjects during police-initiated traffic stops? Drawing on fieldwork in a mid-size Southern city, interviews with subjects of stops, and analysis of dash-cam and body-cam video, we highlight the different fears, concerns, and knowledges that impact how subjects of traffic stops manage their speech and body language in order to avoid being interpreted as threatening or non-compliant. Interviews with differently raced and gendered subjects of police-initiated stops describe the multiple frameworks that influence their expressive decisions, from media-circulated news of shootings between police and subjects, their knowledge of their legal rights, to their past experiences of being stopped by law enforcement officials.
While the knowledge of subject's rights during a police-initiated stop is not equally distributed, in cases where subjects do know their rights, interviews reveal how subjects experience the responses to expressing their right to remain silent as non-compliance or refusal. Here, pressures toward compliance may implicitly work against subject's rights. Ultimately, a systemic analysis of these patterns of self-monitoring suggests how racial and gendered inequalities in charges and arrests emerge and become reproduced in the context of routine police stops. The presentation concludes by connecting these findings to global issues related to self-monitoring and the production of silences in reproducing inequality.
Dr. Feliciano-Santos' research interests include linguistic anthropology, the politics of language use, social activism, language and cultural revitalization, racial and ethnic formations, and religion. Her areas of interests are Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Caribbean, Latin America, and the U.S. Feliciano-Santos' research has focused on Taíno cultural revitalization and identarian movements in Puerto Rico. She has examined face-to-face interactions, and the culturally situated communicative ideologies that influence and emerge from such movements. She is also interested in how historical revisions affect the task of reconstruction (religious, linguistic, institutional, etc.) and indigenous ethnic identification. Her current project focuses on the language ideologies and practices of Puerto Ricans in St. Croix, including the ways in which they construct their relationships to multiple Caribbean islands linguistically and narratively.
A dinner and wine reception will precede the talk. Buffet dinner begins at 5:45 PM. ($20 contribution for dinner guests/free for students).
Lectures begin at 6:30 PM and are free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Wenner-Gren at AAA 2018: Schedule of Events
November 9, 2018 MarkRUncategorized
It's that time of the year again! The 117th annual AAA meeting is about kick off in San Jose, California. If you are planning to attend we'd love to see you at the following events:
(3-0605) How to Write a Grant Proposal for the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the NSF, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, San Jose Convention Center, MR 114
(3-1038) Out of the Ashes: International Solidarity and the Challenges for Rebuilding Anthropology at Brazil's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, 4:15 PM – 6 PM, San Jose Convention Center, Executive Ballroom 210 B
(4-0135) Journalism and Anthropology: An Encounter, 8 – 9:45 AM, San Jose Convention Center, LL 21 C
(4-1185) The Art Of Reviewing, 4:15 PM – 6 PM, San Jose Convention Center, Executive Ballroom 210F
Exhibit Hall Fun!
Meet the Editors of Current Anthropology, Thursday and Friday, November 15th and 16th, 10 AM – 12 PM, University of Chicago Press Booth #408, San Jose Convention Center Exhibition Hall Laurence Ralph and Lisa McKamy will be available, and possibly Mark Aldenderfer as well.
Also feel free to drop by to see us at the Wenner-Gren Booth (#211) in the Exhibition Hall.
Engaged Anthropology Grant: Melissa Burch
November 8, 2018 MarkREngaged Anthropology Grant
As a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin, Melissa Burch received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to facilitate research on "Navigating the Criminal Records Complex: Hiring and Job-Seeking in the Inland Empire," supervised by Dr. João Costa Vargas. In 2017, Dr. Burch received an Engaged Anthropology Grant to support "Criminal Records and Employment Roundtables."
Thanks to the support provided by The Wenner Gren Foundation, I was able to return to my field site southern California's Inland Empire in January 2018, to share the findings of my dissertation research with key collaborators and stakeholders. Framed as roundtable discussions, I presented the major findings and core arguments of my dissertation research with three audiences. The first was hosted by the Inland Empire Fair Chance Coalition, a collaborative of community-based organizations working together to challenge criminal-records based discrimination in employment. The second roundtable was hosted by the Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership's employment committee, a network of nonprofit organizations advocating for formerly incarcerated people. The third roundtable was attended primarily by former prisoners and their families and hosted by the San Bernardino branch of the Center for Employment Opportunities.
Four major findings were elaborated:
1. Criminalization demotes social status through the structures of race, class and gender. This demoted status therefore does not affect everyone equally or similarly.
2. Criminal records stigma encourages criminalized people to construct and perform narratives about their convictions that reinforce dominant assumptions about criminality.
3. A growing criminal records complex increases demand for criminal background checks, facilitates their widespread availability and justifies their use.
4. Many business owners and managers employ a level-headed, non-moralistic approach to criminal records; but this openness is threatened by a political-economy increasingly characterized by regulation, competition and litigation.
IE Fair Chance Roundtable
As a researcher, the opportunity to share these findings with communities and organizations who had helped to generate the research questions was invaluable. Doing so helped me to concretize my findings in clear, concise and non-jargony terms and presenting in-person allowed me to collect direct feedback on my analysis, creating a mechanism for accountability to those most impacted by the research. For participants, the roundtables carved out a welcome opportunity to reflect on current strategy, dilemmas and contradictions in the day-to-day work of fighting criminal records discrimination. Together, we talked through the potential implications of the research findings and discussed various possibilities and approaches to advance social change.
In addition to the formal roundtables, this return to the field also allowed me to meet one-on-one with a number of employers, advocates and job seekers who have been important research informants. These in-depth conversations provided another means for participants to vet, contest and contribute to my findings and arguments, fostering a mutual sense of collaboration.
LARRP Roundtable
To my surprise, while I had imagined that most informants would want to read only an executive summary, or the parts of the dissertation most relevant to them, the vast majority requested complete copies of the dissertation and many of those read and commented on the writing. Overall, the Engaged Anthropology Grant has helped me to produce a more rigorous, relevant and collaborative dissertation and I hope, a stronger forthcoming book.
Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship: Flavia Kremer
November 6, 2018 MarkRFejos Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Wenner-Gren Foundation couldn't be happier to share the trailer and blog post from Dr. Flavia Kremer who received a Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2015 to aid filmmaking on Is a non-Bororo man a Mr. Wrong?
In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right – Teaser from Flávia Kremer on Vimeo.
In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right
For my project "Is a non-Bororo man a Mr. Wrong?" I produced two film documents: In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right (40 min) and Dumping Mr. Wrong (approx. 60 min), which are in dialogue with each other.
These films will be the first two episodes of a micro series entitled Tales of Love and Bororo Myth, which explores the anthropology of love and kinship among the Bororo people in Central Brazil. Research and fundraising for the third episode is already underway. The film will follow a group of Bororo gay men in order to research the relationship between gay love and Bororo myth.
Tales of Love and Bororo Myth
The production of the micro series Tales of Love and Bororo Myth is a response to the challenges I faced during fieldwork, which transformed my initial research project. Departing from the first version of the visual ethnography In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right, which is an integral part of my PhD thesis entitled Gendered Prohibitions: Using Film to Explore Continuity and Change among the Bororo people in Central Brazil, I proposed to develop a "new genre" of ethnographic film: a kind of ethnographic "romantic comedy".
The archetypal "romantic comedy" is often viewed as a "woman's film" and the genre is generally treated with disdain by (often male) film critics (Mortimer 2010). The "rom com" genre explores the topics of love, marriage and women's issues with the biological clock (i.e When Harry Met Sally). In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right is an "ethnographic romantic comedy" for it also deals with the search for love and explores the character's concerns with finding "Mr. Right", conciliating love and career, as well as the ticking of the biological clock. However, Mr. Right can only be understood as a "rom com" in the context of ethnographic film.
My proposal to produce an "ethnographic rom com" also encountered some resistance from critics, who argued that my project imposed the framework of a "Hollywood genre" to the Bororo context. I disagree with these critics. The traces of a "romantic comedy" genre that we can find in Mr. Right were not imposed on the Bororo. Rather, they emerged ethnographically. In other words, I only realized that the film could be interpreted as an "ethnographic rom com" in the edit suit, when the film was already finished. For this reason, my proposal to the Wenner-Gren Foundation was to develop this idea further. I planned to show how, through Mr. Right, the Bororo challenged the "boy meet girl" narrative structure of the "rom com" (McDonald 2007). Mr. Right is mostly a "a girl meets boy" type of film. As such, it challenges Lévi-Strauss' theories of "the exchange of women" and shows how, among the Bororo, it is women who exchange men.
Feedback from Bororo viewers is a key element of the research project "Is a non-Bororo man a Mr.Wrong?". For my Fejos Fellowship, I proposed to return to the Bororo village to screen Mr. Right and assess the impact of the film among Bororo viewers; a stage of the filmmaking processes that has been historically neglected in visual anthropology (Martinez 1992). The film Dumping Mr.Wrong, which I shot specifically for my fellowship, explores the reception of Mr. Right as a film document in the Bororo village. The initial plan was to produce a single film, one that would incorporate Mr. Right as memory, feedback, and develop the concept of an "ethnographic romantic comedy" further. However, by the time I began shooting, the reality of the main characters of Mr. Right, Daniela and Jordana, had changed dramatically. They had babies with non-Bororo men, who left them single. The footage from 2016 is not as lighthearted as the footage from 2011. Both Daniela and Jordana mentioned that their lives have been difficult since having babies and leaving Mr. Wrong behind. Moreover, in the feedback sessions, it became clear that a sort of "Bororo prophecy" had confirmed itself.
Bororo mythology designs specific paths of marriage for each clan. It prescribes the path one should take on the moral village plan in order to find their true husband or wife. Not marrying mythical Mr.Right is a risky business for Bororo women. If one marries out of their path, the "true wife" can claim their husband back. A "true wife" even has the right to claim her husband back and beat up the woman who invaded her path. None of the film characters married Mr. Right according to Bororo law. They had their children with men from different indigenous groups. Daniela had a baby with a man from the Xavante nation, the historical enemy of the Bororo, and Jordana had twins with a man from the Chiquitano nation. However, as the Bororo law would say, their "true wives" have taken them back. The Xavante left Daniela for a Xavante woman and the Chiquitano left Jordana for a Chiquitano woman.
There's a melancholic mood in the footage of 2016 that problematised the project of refining the ethnographic "rom com" genre. For this reason, I decided to create the micro series Tales of Love and Bororo Myth and divide the footage in two parts. This new approach will give me the liberty to portray the reality of Daniela and Jordana in a lighthearted way, without compromising with the notion of ethnographic "rom com" or the film. The second episode, Dumping Mr.Wrong, follows the main characters of Mr. Right in new adventures in the city of Cuiabá and the Bororo village of Tadarimana, Brazil. We see the upshot of three stories involving mythical Mr. Right. The film cites Mr. Right as memory, but focuses on the cultural and subjective tensions of three Bororo girls, who share past memories and present experiences with mythical Mr. Right: our shy Leandro "DiCaprio", who remains caught in the middle.
During the research process, I often wondered if making a series would create more problems than it would solve. I concluded that I have created a practical problem in order to solve a theoretical problem. In my application, I sent In Search of a Bororo Mr.Right as a pilot film to the foundation and proposed to refine the ethnographic "rom com" genre, which I developed in my PhD. So I revisited my fieldwork material from 2011 and edited a brand new version of Mr. Right including new footage from 2011, which introduces a new aspect to the film: fierce competition between the two sisters for mythical Mr. Right. I also included aerial images of the Bororo village taken with a drone in 2016 to help us visualize the moral village plan. The new version of Mr. Right does refine the ethnographic "rom com" genre as I had proposed, however, the footage that I shot specifically for the Wenner-Gren Foundation in 2016 brings in a melancholic aspect that clashes with the formula of my ethnographic "rom com" approach generated in Mr. Right. When I decided to deliver Tales of Bororo Love and Myth, I created a practical problem and doubled the amount of work I would need to complete the fellowship. On the other hand, it gives me the opportunity to handle the material I shot in 2016 in its own terms. There are fundamental differences between the two filmmaking processes, in 2011 and 2016, which inevitably shaped the footage.
Dumping Mr. Wrong will not fit on "the old romance formula of transformation of young lovers" (White 1984:44), while Mr. Right fits this formula perfectly. In Mr. Right the main characters are filmmaker and subjects looking for their perfect mythical match. The film breathes transformations of love, youth and hope. Dumping Mr. Wrong brings to the table a number of new topics to explore, both theoretically and ethnographically. The footage from 2016 brings in children as central subjects. Observational footage changes the focus of the film from the search for Mr. Right, to the dispute between babies over Mr. Right, or left, boob! In a culture where grandma's (or auntie's) breasts can be great pacifiers, the babies' search for an available breast takes center stage in the footage. Children also become the center of interviews as the main characters' love is now devoted to them, unconditionally, with little space for Mr. Right and much less Mr. Wrong.
Other aspects of the "romantic comedy genre" can be explored to tackle the footage in Dumping Mr. Wrong. A closer look at Shakespeare's romantic comedies and an investigation of representations of motherhood in the "rom com" genre more generally, will help us to define whether or not Dumping Mr. Wrong is an ethnographic "rom com". I won't give a final word on the development of Mr. Wrong. New characters, and new topics of anthropological interest emerge in the filmmaking process but I won't spoil the rest!
We're proud to announce that In Search of a Bororo Mr. Right will be appearing at the Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival this November and has been selected to receive the Jean Rouch Award for participatory anthropological film. The SVA Film Festival will run concurrent with the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association November 20th- 24th at the Vancouver Convention Center.


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Q: setting environment variables from python code for spark I have set the environment variables in Mac os to run pyspark
export SPARK_HOME=/Users/devesh/Downloads/spark-1.5.1-bin-hadoop2.6

export PYTHONPATH=$SPARK_HOME/python/:$PYTHONPATH

export PYTHONPATH=$SPARK_HOME/python/lib/py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip:$PYTHONPATH

The above lines does the work for me.
I am trying to replicate the above commands in python using the following lines of python code
os.environ['SPARK_HOME']="/Users/devesh/Downloads/spark-1.5.1-bin-hadoop2.6"
spark_home=os.environ.get('SPARK_HOME',None)

sys.path.append("/Users/devesh/Downloads/spark-1.5.1-bin-hadoop2.6/python/")

sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(spark_home,'py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip'))

but it is not working. Please tell me what am I doing wrong?

A: Your last line of python code:
sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(spark_home,'py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip'))

is inconsistent with your shell code. You may change it to:
sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(spark_home,'python','lib','py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip'))

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