Chris Squire: Hello Mel. Well, there is a reality and there is a perception about disability and it would be great to have a conversation about that. From your experience, what could be changed? What would make things different?
Mel Stevens: From my own point of view, being a disabled performer, I find that the majority of barriers are put in front of me by my peers and the people who are supposed to be lifting my barriers.
One of the biggest problems is Access Needs. I'm always getting this, 'What are your access needs?' And my access needs are actually no different from anybody else's. I like somewhere to be able to go to the toilet. I like somewhere to be able to put my keys and my personal possessions and I like somewhere where I can just break away, when I'm not publicly performing.
And everything else is very different, depending on how you live. So for example, somebody who is physically disabled, who spends the majority of their time at home, their access needs are going to be a lot greater but no different from anybody who spends the majority of their time at home, whether there's a mental barrier, because you prefer your own environment or a physical barrier which means that you can't access the world. Those needs are different. And those needs don't actually apply so full force to what we do in outdoor arts.
Another concern is for audiences who have access needs. Again, these are very different and separate from those of a disabled performer. So as an audience member, I might need someone who could do BSL and explain what's going on, if I can't hear very well. And that can also be done very artistically. It might just be about having stewards who are there so that people with learning disabilities or autism for example, know exactly where to go if they need a suitable access view. It could be about be wheelchair access – having a designated area for wheelchair users to be.
And then you've got the performer's point of view, which is: just let them find their own way. I work with blind aerialists. And when we produce a show, generally we just let them find their space for 1 or 2 days. They get to know the voices, who's who, what's going on. By day 3 they start to integrate. By day 4 they know where they are. And it tends to work very well.
With my own work, I'm somebody who uses crutches and I do a lot of ground based work and dancing and acro. When I learn a routine I have to spend at least a day sitting out and watching because my timing will always be different because I have to count 3 feet instead of the average dancer's 2 feet. So I have to do this mathematical calculation. It may look like, 'Oh she's not paying attention, she's just sitting there doodling.' But I'm actually creating my rhythms, where I need to go and how it will feel kinaesthetically if I was to make this action.
It would be helpful for producers to be aware that if a disabled person applies for a job, it's because they believe that they are capable of doing that job. We don't go on experience. We go on potential because we realise that the role models for performers with disabilities are out there setting the bar. We haven't finished it – it's actually our generation who are doing it. And I think that it's something that we should be celebrating.
I think that important to realise that 5% of our population today, is living with physical disability. 7% of our population today is living with some sort of mental disability or psychological issue that's affecting them. By representing at least one of those demographics within your production, you are more effectively representing society and you're reaching out to people who otherwise wouldn't have that platform.
When I first started my journey in circus and performing arts, it was with Graeae. I applied to be a disabled person coming to do some aerials for a production of Prometheus Awakes. For me, that meant sitting down and operating radio-controlled helicopters from my wheelchair. I had no idea that they would put me in a harness and stick me in the air! And I looked around and I saw 44 other people with visual impairments, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, some people with Down's Syndrome. And I just thought – 'Well if they can do it, then I can do it.' And I think that my essence of circus and sharing is all about that. If I can do it, you can do it. And that's how I try to connect with my audience. I think that everybody with disabilities wants that connection – to know that they've been seen, to know that they've been heard and to know that they can also do it.
I think a piece of advice for performers is that it's accessible if you want it. A performer with a disability or a performer without a disability has the same spirit – they want to perform. A performer without a physical or emotional disability will still have a problem, whether it's transport, whether it's accommodation or not being supported in what they do.
A person with a disability will always have support. If they don't have support, they will not be on your doorstep. They will not be applying for jobs. There is always somebody behind us, enabling us to do what we do. So, when it comes to access for people with physical disabilities and those types of diagnosed disabilities, we have our support, otherwise we wouldn't be there. So, it's a grey area that the able bodied world is giving us, that we could actually do without! Unless you think I really am a Disabled Performer and you're just like, 'Oh, what a good girl for having a go!' In which case I take it all back…!
Also, sometimes the person that you hire to help you may be the person with the most experience but not the best potential. And I do really like to separate the two. I only work with potential now because what I do is quite unique. So whatever job my PA or support worker has to do is going to be unique from any other training that they've had. Because, no I don't need you to come and rearrange my kitchen cupboards and clean my bathroom. I need you to help me organise my kit, get it in the car, make sure that my rigging is right – know what rigging is! Have I got a carabiner? I don't need her having a fit that she doesn't know what a carabiner is! But that's where I need the help. So it's about knowing that the person you've got is going to help you with what you want to enhance your life with.
There are schemes that exist which are helpful. There is a scheme called the Festival Republic. With most festivals a disabled person can get a carer's pass for free. So we can take our friends with us everywhere. Most people will say to an able bodied friend who can assist with those sorts of things, 'Do you want a free ticket to come to a festival?' And the festival holder will provide that ticket, so it doesn't come down to the arts companies to find those extra freebies. It could be a partner, it could be your mum, a friend, somebody who is interested in the same thing, who just can't afford to spend their money but would love to go and would more than happily assist. These little things appear the more you want them.
Mel: Being treated like a child is very difficult.
Paschale Straiton: Does that happen a lot?
Mel: It does happen a lot, especially when I'm in my chair. That's worse because people will talk over my head to whoever's pushing it and I'm like, 'I can speak!' They just assume that you don't know what's going on in the world. Or your whole world revolves around disability. No – that's why I do what I do so that it doesn't revolve around disability!
Now I live in Liverpool where DaDa Fest happens – the Disability and Deaf Arts Festival. What is fantastic about DaDa is that it's not just about perception or disability. It's about people who are trans, people who had cancer as a child and have had to carry that with them. There are Death Cafes there. And in a way that has helped to change the stigma around disability.
Mel: Yes. Of course you don't want to be put on a pedestal because of it either. I trained at Circomedia. There was a piece we made where we had to move around the College Green outside the church. And they said, 'Mel – I'm really sorry but you can't use your sticks because as you move, the sticks go up and it's a bit dangerous.' So we did an acro piece where 2 able bodied flyers and me were literally flown around the green. Nobody could actually tell that I couldn't walk because I was supported. And not being the only one was amazing. There were other people who could do really fancy tricks and I was like, 'Yeah – I'm one of these!' So it empowered me. I would have never been a flyer otherwise and it was like, 'Oh my God, I did something that I never thought that I could or would.' So celebrating with people rather than being the only one because…was really important.
It's important to say, we're all in this together. Ok we've all got this problem. We'll all be blindfolded. We'll all strap one arm. We'll all find a way to make it work.
Chris: But it's a very binary thing isn't it? Either you're able-bodied, or your disabled.
Mel: Or you're a performer.
Chris: Yes of course the reality is very different but what I'm saying is, isn't there a jump in perception from one to the other? People make assumptions about your capacities, in all directions because the term is a catch-all thing.
Mel: It's a double-edged sword because though we're not disabled when we're doing our art, we're very disabled when we're applying for funding. It really depends which side you're fighting for. I can't pretend that it's any other way because it is what it is. Maybe there would be things that wouldn't happen if I didn't have the situation that I live with. So, you can't pretend it's not there. But you can also celebrate the fact that it's just a thing. You could also celebrate the fact that there are 3 married people within a cast or there's a gay person in a cast or there are 4 people with cats and 6 people with dogs. You can find every reason to celebrate.
Garth Williams: Saying that you're 'living with' something is very different in it's use. But it's flying in the face of the saturated media projection of a kind of alter-ego, that we should all be aspiring to, that isn't where we're at.
Mel: The media image is being fought over a lot more than it ever has been. Not just myself, but 3 other people got through to Britain's Got Talent. After I'd got through they asked me to portray my day in a wheelchair, which I refused, because I only use a wheelchair if I'm carrying lots of shopping. And they didn't like it. I think that any artist who is true to themselves would say the same thing.
Paschale: I was just thinking about The Miraculous Theatre Company, who were commissioned to adapt a show to quite a remote site. The producers are really forward thinking and it was important to them to help everyone to access all the shows happening that weekend. It was a walking performance and there was a bit where my character went into a clearing and it was going to be very hard for certain people to follow me. We'd been told to expect some wheelchair users, so we created a different but equally rich experience for people who would be limited to staying on the path. We thought about how it could be a special experience, without being patronising. But at the end of the festival we realised that we hadn't had audience members in wheelchairs.
And then we actually looked properly at the site map, which had been distributed to the public. Our show was programmed as an 'Accessible' show but the route that you had to go on to get there was labelled 'Difficult to access'. Which seemed a bit ridiculous. And while the producers were very conscientious, they hadn't shared this information with us. Perhaps we could have done something about it.
Mel: It is about being really aware of what the site is. I did the Green Man Festival a couple of years ago. And everyone said, 'Green Man? How are you going to do Green Man? It's a bog!' I just made sure I was ok, because that's my duty, if I want to do it. As long as I know where I'm going, I will always sort out my own access. So I made sure that I had a portaloo by the area where I camped. I made sure that I could camp backstage from where my performance was happening. And the rest was kind of easy. And most disabled people will do that. It's something that we do. We just check what we're doing. If we're travelling by train, we will check that there's access to help us. We would never expect anyone else to do that. We wouldn't trust anyone else to do that. It's part of our routine. So yes, if a disabled person had known that site, they would have made sure that their access or support needs were met by the site, at no extra cost to the production, because that is a site responsibility. At Green Man they had trolleys, which would come and pick me up and if I wanted to get to the other side of the site they would taxi me there and wait and then take me back.
It's also about giving that information extra early because someone who was blind would have wanted to have that map audibly described to them and learnt it, to have an idea of where they're going. For example, you would turn left, you would go so far, you would pass a building or some sort of installation. To us that's normal and it's like, 'Why wouldn't you arrange that?' But the good thing is that once you've worked with disabled people, you will learn all of these mechanisms that are in place that are automatic to us.
Joanne: I work with a woman who is in a wheelchair and she used to be an Olympic athlete. I work with her every week. She's a visual artist now. And she has lost her confidence. I've known her for about 15 years. And in the last 7 or 8 years her confidence has gone. So she used to be fine with training, she used to drive everywhere on her own. Now she is in a wheelchair and can only move by dragging herself along. When she was younger, she was much fitter and could do that easily. So I think she wouldn't have gone to that show. Even if she'd seen that map earlier she would not have said, 'Ok it's not actually accessible but I'll work my way around it.' 10 years ago she definitely would have done that. But now – no, it's just too hard. So there's a psychological thing that's coming out with the physical disability and aging as well.
Mel: Sometimes we just start to want different things and we do step back and find another way to do it. I used to say, 'I used to be a dancer' and now I call myself a dancer again. But I had to step back. Your spirit will always remain the same. And being a competitive person it's quite natural that she needs to find her way. Again, as I say, it's normally other people putting those pressures and those barriers on you that can sometimes make us retract. But you know, share us with her. I'd more than happily be a friend and share what everyone else is doing in our network. It may be that she doesn't realise there are lots of us, hundreds of us in the world doing what we do. She may feel that she's alone.
Joanne: I think that's it, she's been trying to live for a long time and successfully, living a life as if she is able bodied.
Mel: Her mind is still able. Her mind will never be disabled. I have that same problem as I became disabled through injury but I still have an able bodied mind. Now I do lots of little things for people, realising that people do lots of things for me. And people say, 'Oh you're so helpful.' Actually, picking up a bunch of bananas may seem really useful to you but I'm just trying to find ways to share that spirit.
Yes, let her know that there is a community out there. I've had people who have followed my Facebook page for 3 years and have only just started to make contact. And then shown me loads and loads of videos, some of which I'm interested in, some I'm not so interested in. But I know other people who might be, so you share, you connect and you signpost. So let her know that we exist.
Joanne: I know she finds it difficult because her community is not disabled or not in chairs. It was when she was a racer. She is very connected still, but it is just taking its toll actually. She just finds it exhausting, the actual hard work of it, over the years.
Paschale: Getting older is another kettle of fish isn't it?
Joanne: Yes exactly. She could drag herself up hills and be happy for people to carry her up 3 flights of stairs to do something but now she just isn't.
Mel: It might be that she actually needs to spend a few weeks going to hydrotherapy and having spa days and just relaxing and finding what she does enjoy. Those needs completely change but you need to be free to explore it.
And the mourning effect of disability and ageing is completely normal for everybody. I became a health and social care worker for 4 years. And I did nothing but think about why I would be better off not existing for 6 years. And that's normal, because that's disability. But I'm also the same person and have the same spirit and, in our own time, we always come back to living our own lives. I was never suicidal but that doesn't mean that I was living. I was just existing and it gets tiring. I was just going through the motions. Well, everybody does, except for when you've got nothing in your life. You haven't got to go to work. You see it more, you don't have as many distractions…but you still come around.
Chris: It's difficult when a performer has an injury or an illness and suddenly they are a disabled performer. What does that mean? There's a whole spectrum of issues – some of them visible, some of them not, some of them physical, some of them not.
Mel: It's not about disability, it's about finding out what the abilities are. We've all got them! If you could hear my able-bodied next-door neighbour! She is the most disabled person you could ever meet. The way she screams at her children and her dogs, it's like a circus just doing the school run. It's a personal thing. I don't see myself as disabled. I see myself as having things that aren't as easy for me. But there are many things that are easy for me.
Mel: I think that what I can do far outweighs what I can't do. It's about celebrating what I can do. I don't focus on what I can't do. I find as many ways to disguise it as I can, to escape and become a character. That is what performing is about, isn't it? If people focus too much on aspects of your life that are private – what you hope to leave at the front door like the rest of the group – then it becomes messy.
All of us grow. None of us are doing exactly the same things we were doing 20 years ago, regardless of ability. Everything has to change.
Garth: Recently I found myself being drawn back into making work around mental health, which I was doing a while ago and it was big in my life.
I'm intrigued by how people go about making things like relaxed performances, which are a new vogue. How you take potentially very challenging and triggering material and make it into something that's going to be shared with an audience who might be very sensitive or receptive to being triggered by the material. You start realising that there's a whole kind of oversensitivity around the taboo.
Mel: Sometimes a taboo can actually give you some guidance. A bit like a game of football, it gives you those boundaries of knowing, that there are things that I can and can't do but I can go right to that edge and still get my message across.
With a piece that I did at Circomedia. I was exploring whether I should tell people about my disability because people might think – 'what's wrong with her gammy leg? Why is she on sticks?' Or whether I should withhold. People who are interested would find out who I was and would know a bit about me and those who weren't interested would just think nothing, like people who aren't interested, think nothing.
I'd written a poem and done this whole piece of work to go with it and I took it to Bim [Mason] and he said, 'Yes, but it's very attacking.' And I said, 'But this is how I feel. This is really everything that I feel and exactly how I see it and how my peers see it. And he said, 'But it's offensive.' And I said, 'How can it be offensive? I'm just saying how the world sees me and I'm trying to tell you that I'm just as capable of doing these things as other people.' And he said 'Loose the language. You have the skill to say all of this without all the language.' And I was like, 'How? It's a poem!' 'Well, look at your modules – you've done mask, you've done clown, you've done puppetry, find something else. I don't want to hear your voice.' I was fuming, I was livid. I thought, 'How am I going to present this piece with no voice?' So, I took it to my friend in France and she said, 'I don't understand, it's too much.' And I was like, 'Oh, if I just reduce the voice?' 'No, no no, use your face.' She actually told me exactly the same thing but because it was coming from a friend it was easier to hear. We played with clown. I then took it back to Circomedia and I got a distinction. It was about the way it was put across and knowing the boundaries and playing within them. Every single word was still expressed in my face. I didn't loose a piece of script and actually it was far better and it's now an international piece.
Mel: So how are you working with people with disabilities with your show?
Mel: But that's brilliant, it's a User-led organisation that can do what the hell it likes!
Garth: Exactly! I wanted to run workshops for people but not on the side, in a tick box kind of way, where I might open up cans of worms potentially and not be able to support that properly. So I wanted to work with an organisation, which could provide support.
Paschale: Travelling Light, the theatre company from Bristol have a strong engagement programme. I went to one of their sessions with a group of young people who have a wide range of disabilities or abilities let's say. It was really beautifully facilitated and they had worked hard to get funding to ensure that it was free for everybody. That kind of provision is a rare thing to find – that's free and that has happened consistently over a period of a few years. So there's a young boy who's profoundly autistic. Initially he could only be in the room for about 10 minutes before he became over-stimulated or confused and he couldn't handle it and had to go back to the car or go home. But now after 3 years I think, he's really engaging with people, he's speaking in the sessions and it's having a very dramatic effect on his physiology and his happiness. They understand that it's about taking your time and letting someone respond and take responsibility for their own experience. We can trip ourselves up by wanting to get there too soon. Just be and see what happens.
Mel: What I do with people with different sorts of disabilities are spirit workshops. We'll play different elements of music and we'll make movement patterns responding to them. As the facilitator I'll assess who's got what skills, who can do what. They're team building and having their separate conversations. Then, when you start to place them, they already know exactly where they're going, without you feeling like you're pushing. They will give you far more than you could ever imagine because you've allowed them to play and to find their spirit. I didn't know half of what they could do until I let them play. I was like, 'Oh my goodness you can do this? 'Yes I'm blind, not stupid.' This is where the healing comes. If the spirit's healed, the gifts will just come. But a damaged spirit needs to heal and how better than through this type of work?
I'm always more than happy to share ideas. If you want workshop ideas that you could use, whether 15 minute long exercises or an hour long, I have tons!
Paschale: That's good to know.
Mel: It's also good to know how they worked out.
Paschale: I was in a show with the Desperate Men a few years ago. Richie Smith directed a mummer's Nativity Play and one of the wise men was played a man called David Ellington who is deaf. He was partnered with his friend and colleague Freya McLuckie and I was really excited by what they were doing with BSL and their theatrical interpretation. I liked David and I wanted to be able to communicate with him and I picked up a few bits of BSL. But while he's an excellent lip reader and can speak, it was difficult. After work, a bunch of us would go to the pub and there'd be some of his deaf mates there too. But after a whole day of working and lip reading, we'd be in the pub a short time before he'd say, 'I'm sorry but I'm really knackered so I'm going to talk to my friends.' And I realised that I couldn't really access that community at all. They've got a shared background and understanding and I don't have the faintest idea of what that is. This was a kind of invisible community inside mine. I was getting an inkling of that that means for the first time – disgracefully.
After that, NASA-UK invited him to be a part of the Outdoor Arts Lab about writing in Bristol as a Visual Vernacular performer, which uses BSL in a poetric way. I couldn't actually make the workshop, which was led by David and another writer and BSL interpreter called Kyra Pollitt.
Chris: It was a fantastic session – it was really inspiring.
Paschale: He was up for it and then, just before the workshop he became really nervous. He hesitated as he wasn't sure if it was entirely ethical for him to be sharing a deaf thing with a non-deaf or hearing-impaired community. And he was thinking, 'Am I letting go of something that's linked to my deaf identity? What are my compatriots going to think about that?' But he did the workshop and he was comforted by the grace with which people respected his work. And he thought, 'Phew I'm not going to be ripped off and everyone's not going to be doing Visual Vernacular or take our stuff and re-appropriate it.' There was a curiosity and a fascination and of course people were taking inspiration from him but he didn't feel threatened.
It put it in relief how much somebody from a particular type of community or with a particular type of experience of the world can make assumptions about people who are different from them. Whether they're from the minority or the majority.
Paschale: I thought, 'David's going to be up for it because we're all sharing. Perhaps some of his community, his friends, his fellow artists – they might want to come along as well.' But just because you've opened up an opportunity, it doesn't mean that people are going to take it. I know that obvious but you have to develop relationships and that's not as easy as it seems.
Mel: It takes a while to happen. The only reason that I know that I can have BSL in all of my shows is because one of my trapeze students is deaf. She's more than happy to see all of the shows because nothing's better than having a performance teacher who performers. Really it's just me sharing what I do with my community and giving others a chance to realise, 'Oh I can do more than wait for my mum to take me to my class.' And that's where the real magic happens. These people have no idea that I'm really going to make performers out of all of them. But they're loving the journey and the discovery and the growth. And now they think, 'Yeah, I'd like to perform now.' It's organic but you've got to let it happen, just by enabling it.
Let the visually impaired person sit out and just sort of wander around aimlessly (as it might appear to able-bodied people.) That person's actually figuring out where they are and what's going on. Let the deaf person touch things a lot and look into a glass of water to watch the vibrations and read the energy in the room. Don't move the glass of water out of the way because sometimes that glass of water is there to show that the tempo's changed. We don't realise it because we don't look at waves on water but a lot of people with hearing impairments do.
You learn these things. The more you live with an open attitude, the more you allow disability to be around you, the more you learn. We're not intimidated when we see a black man with dreadlocks walk down our local street, whereas if you go back 40 years, the whole street would be curtain twitching. It's about allowing yourself to see disability and then it will be accepted. But if we don't accept it, no-one's going to see it.
Joanne: The deaf community don't class themselves as disabled do they?
Mel: No, because they don't have a physical disability.
Paschale: And it's a positive culture.
Mel: It's celebrated. That's what we're missing. We're missing the celebration in what's going on. As artists, it's important to keep celebrating what everyone's doing because that's what's going to keep these conversations ignited and allow them to eventually take flame. It might take a year, it might take 10 years. You get many embers going, you get a far bigger fire. It doesn't matter how long it takes, just stay open to it.


Sadly YELP only goes to 5 stars, because this company really deserves ten stars. Over the years I've been on many tours with all the major companies, have done some tour leading myself, and worked in the tourism industry for two of the biggest companies in the US, but I've never had a better experience than my first trip with Essential History Expeditions and their Cuba military history tour last month. Brian and Sheryl have put together a great company that insures the near-perfect travel experience. Our tour leader Brian's connections in Cuba got us very nice hotels and a comfortable travel bus, and an excellent driver and local guide. And Brian knows every inch of the country, so we saw things the other tour companies don't stop at. Plus, he found us some excellent local places to eat some of our group meals, which really made the trip feel like you were getting to know the local people and country close-up. And thank you for the bottles of water on our bus each day! If you want to go to Cuba (or anywhere else), don't go with any other company. I'll definitely be taking some of Brian and Sheryl's other tours in the near future.


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Working Through Creativity
by Christopher Wiltsie
Recently I was working with a graphic designer — we will call him Phil — to create a new logo for an annual event I was organizing. While the old logo was simple and communicated the culture and feel of the event, it too closely resembled another prominent logo. When I first met Phil and told him about our event, he immediately began explaining to me how I could make it better, obviously disregarding everything I had just told him and the overall goals of the event. His attitude would eventually come back to haunt our collaboration.
When Phil and I met up to discuss what I was looking for in the logo, I admittedly gave a better description of the event than what I wanted from the logo. But I figured that would give him some freedom in his design. He told me he would get me a rough draft in a few days. I waited, and eventually he sent me the logo. To be honest, I did not like it. But I thought that maybe it was just me and I did not want to offend the graphic designer if it was not necessary. So I sent it to a couple of my more artistic friends and some folks within the organization I work for to see what they thought.
They all hated it!
Even more than I did.
The logo, much like his earlier suggestions for the event, only loosely represented what I had described, but many of the people I sent it to disliked it merely for aesthetic reasons.
Having received a sort of communal go ahead, I sent a polite email explaining my issues with the logo. Despite being a "rough draft," Phil responded defensively and explained to me how everyone he had shown the logo to loved it and how my expectations were unrealistic. I sent him some examples of what I would like the logo to look like. These, he exclaimed were poorly designed, and he began asking me to come up with ideas that better represented what I wanted. At this point I had had enough and gave him an out, which he gladly took.
From my point of view, Phil was unprofessional and incompetent, but I'm sure if you discussed this incident with him he would express a whole slew of issues with me and what I wanted. Since, I'm telling the story, we get to delve a little deeper into his shortcomings and hopefully come out a little wiser. Upon reflecting on this experience, I realized some important principles of the creative process:
1. In order for design to work, we need to listen.
I could tell through the whole process that Phil was not listening. This was apparent from the fact that the logo represented a word in the actual name of the event but did not represent anything I had told him. In fact, the logo actually looked much like the suggestions he gave me when we first met. This calls to mind the 19th century engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla, whose biography I recently finished reading. Tesla, who like his contemporary Thomas Edison, was a genius, but unlike Edison, he often did not create products that people actually wanted. For all of Edison's faults, he listened, and for that he is one of America's best known inventors.
2. We must be open to honest criticism.
Initially I thought that Phil made up the fact that other people liked his logo. How could the responses of the people I spoke with be so drastically different? But the more I thought on it, the more I realized that he probably did show it to other people but possibly did not have relationships with those people that allowed for them to be open and honest with their feedback about the logo. We need to cultivate relationships — personal and professional — that allow for honest feedback. For example, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were both part of a writing group called the Inklings whose members were notorious for their ruthless criticisms. It is no coincidence that these two authors, with the steady refinement of honest criticism helping them hone their craft, came to be seen as the fathers of modern fantasy literature.
3. The creative process is a gradual process.
Phil may have said the first logo was a rough draft, but he did not mean it. We cannot expect to create perfection in our first go. I, myself, did not fully know what I wanted from the logo when we first talked. The creative process involves development and refinement. Neuroscience has shown that unlike conventional intelligence, which uses established neural pathways, creativity actually requires the brain to create new connections as we come up with new ideas. We cannot rush through this process, and if we do, the product will often be clichéd and poorly executed.
One day we may be like Phil, frustrated with a client or even a collaborator that doesn't seem to understand our "genius." I hope we can take a step back to make sure we are truly designing as we listen to our clients, seek open and honest feedback, and patiently work through the creative process.

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It's almost as if humans are trying to see how quickly we can destroy everything on this planet.
We have posted before about how ocean noise is causing damage to various species of whales, so it should be no surprise to hear that human noise has thoroughly invaded our oceans. The Islands' Sounder spoke to Christopher Clark, a bioacoustic engineer who he studies biology and acoustics, who discusses how "ambient noise from ships" interfered with his research on whales. Clark said that "[w]hat was eerie was that he could hear [ships'] rumble, but the ships were so far away they might as well have been invisible." "North Atlantic right whales, like the Southern resident Orcas, are endangered," adds Clark, who "suspects noise is a contributing factor for both species." "You can't listen to the ocean for any length of time without encountering human noise," he laments.
The damage is not limited to whales, as ocean noise is damaging other species. Matt Soergel,The Florida Times-Union, reporting on research on dolphins in the St. Johns River, writes that researchers were surprised to find that "there's no place [in the area they studied] immune to man-made sound," and they are not sure why. As for the effect on dolphins, the researchers aren't quite sure, but "dolphins, especially in the murky tannin waters of the St. Johns, rely on sound to communicate and to hunt," and the St. Johns' dolphins have shown a decline in health.
Noise is not just a nuisance, it's a public health issue for all species on this planet.
Whales' haunting songs already suggest a complex form of communication beyond our easy understanding. Now it turns out we only knew half the story, as whales might also communicate through low-frequency vibrations they send through the water. Biologists only recently discovered this ability, and it might mean all our shipping and undersea drilling have been making a ton of unwanted, vibration-heavy noise for whales.


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A few hours ago was my birthday. I ate at some chinese food place and drunk cans of coke all day. Near there I also get hit on by a few ladies who work in some stores nearby. Oh and also in walmart by some girls hanging in the sucky music section of the store, damn kids.
Burp... I look good in this birthday suit.
I had mine 2 days ago.
"Coke"................ very bad for your teeth old chap?
Stick to alcohol I say...............if people can see your liver and kidneys it means you connected the blue wire where the yellow one should have gone?


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Background: This card was prepared by the Main Culture Office of the Nazi Party's Reichspropagandaleitung, or Central Propaganda Office. It was intended for the wives and mothers of those who had died during the war — of whom there were millions by 1944. The card consists of quotations from Hitler, Goebbels, Herbert Sailer, and the words of a German mother. The goal is to suggest that the dead have not died in vain, that despite the Nazi thought that this life is all there is, somehow life endured beyond the grave. For an example of Nazi propaganda on a Mother's Day earlier in the war, see "Life and Death," an article from 1940.
The source: "Den Müttern und Frauen unserer Gefallenen zum Muttertag 1944," prepared by the Hauptkulturamt of the Reichspropagandaleitung, 1944.
For the Wives and Mothers of our Fallen on Mother's Day 1944
We all have but one thing that really makes our lives worth living on this earth: That is our own people, which for us Germans is our Germany. We stand within this people. We live with this people and are bound to it in good times and bad. Our highest duty and holiest task is to preserve this people. For that goal, no sacrifice is too great.
The Earth Will Bear Fruit once More
The earth rests, whatever else may happen.
The streams flow pure from their source.
A forest grows, grass and sheaves rustle.
Birds fly up. The earth rests.
You rest in it. Your bed is a green meadow.
A hill of earth warms you.
The rain waters you. Hundreds of seeds sprout
And bear fruit, then turn, like you, to dust.
And once again the earth bears fruit,
For nothing perishes that is surrounded by it.
Friend, believe, do not complain.
The victory of life is the meaning of the world.
Herbert Sailer
The central illustration
Strong Hearts Win Victory
We live at a time when the world is being reborn. Each historical rebirth brings pain. It takes a strong heart to understand this age.
If the nation's prime models so heroic a life for us, often giving its last in heroic death, we are filled with the most basic thankfulness, giving our passionate, complete devotion to the fatherland and the coming victory of our weapons.
We want to preserve and fight for a priceless homeland for our children, which belongs to them, and they to it, rich in the treasures of culture and the spirit, with splendid cities and villages, full of courage and the joy of life, healthy in body and soul.
Dr. Goebbels
The Words of a German Mother
The Dead Live!
Today, Mother's Day, all thoughts turn first to the sorrowing mothers from whom this war demanded their beloved sons. Naturally, children both small and big think first of their own mother, if they still have their truest friend and protector at their side. The people, however, gives its thanks and sympathy above all to those who have been left alone by this war.
From year to year, the number of those who miss their promising sons grows, those sons who once celebrated this day with particular signs of their love. Many are silent who once thanked the mother of their children with loving words. And heavy are the hearts of those whose spouse fell before the two of them were blessed by children, a piece of a living future.
As one who herself lost her husband and son, I wish to speak as a sister to all of these who are alone and sorrowing. I do not wish to speak of pain. Instead, I speak of the dead, who to me are not dead. After I first sank into dark sorrow, I now can see the sun and sky once again.
Today I know that Mother's Day demands that we mothers think about our riches. Not only that we perhaps have other living children who have a right to our love and the ready attention of our heart, but also the riches we possessed — and still possess — in those who are, in a special way, immortal.
Shortly before the war began, my husband died in an accident in a foreign country while serving German aviation. I wanted to hear nothing more about aviation after that. I had done all I could to be his faithful companion for two decades. I remembered the countless hours I had worried about him, the tortured worries, until the deathly blow came unexpectedly. I wanted to turn away from it all. But that first night, I had a vivid dream. My husband laughed and encouraged me: "Are you going to leave me in the lurch?" So I kept up my work for him. But I did not keep the work going, the work kept me going.
Just after I returned to Germany, both sons went to war. The younger, the smiling one, fell.
And beside me I saw my own mother, each time a little smaller, a little more bent over, as the terrible news came that another grandchild had fallen. She suffered not only from the loss of such promising futures, but also far more because of the pain of her children which she had to watch, without being able to stop of relieve. These mothers, too, the old and fragile, who have seem and suffered so much, deserve a special greeting today.
The mysterious connection of a mother to a child, from one to another! Having felt fully alive only after the birth of one's own child, one thinks she must perish with her sons. Back then, a young soldier wrote to me: "It is easier for a soldier to die for the fatherland than for a mother to continue to live!" It is easy to understand that one longs to see and hold those one loves, that one longs for their presence, their warmth. This longing will always remain.
But when we include those absent in our daily life, in our thoughts and conversation, they are once again with us. We have, so to speak, brought them back from the world to which they had gone, and set them in our own hearts, where they are safe, from whence they can no longer be taken from us. In these days when so many families are torn apart, in which the outward ties to those dear to us are so difficult to maintain, it sometimes seems to me as if husband and son, whose loss was so bitter, are now the only ones to whom I can always turn, with whom I can always be together. Those who are so deep within our hearts, where can they go other than back into our hearts? And it is as if our heart learns a new language and gains new strength.
Mysteriously, on the same date that the airplane took the life of my husband, a child was born to my oldest son this year. A new little flame was kindled. A mother's face shines once more. Once more she hopes and believes that this young little person, who looks so fearlessly into a world full of destruction and horrors, will have a more beautiful and happy future. With her, we all look toward this future, even those who do not have such a light in their own family. Just as all mothers are our mothers, so all children are our children, our common responsibility, the immortality of our people, but also a source of consolation for each sorrowing heart. Without ceasing a loving look at the past, without being unfaithful to priceless memories, we want to look to the future, without turning away from the present.
We cannot and may not escape either to the future nor the past. Only from the past and the future, from faith and thankfulness, can we gather the strength to master the present, which is what the husbands and sons who fell for the fatherland expect of us, and the children to whom we pass on the torch of our lives will one day want to know that we fought and endured for their sakes.
Life is victorious, even through the dead whose strength is realized through us, through the children who grow toward their new lives. Life is victorious through spring, which always comes after winter. Even winter is but a shell in which life prepares for victory. D. H.
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Macaroni cheese in my mind tends to be a decadent, gooey feast of milk, cream and oodles of cheddar, but creamy macaroni needn't be high in fat to be delicious.
This macaroni dish is made with semi skimmed milk, no cheese and touch of mustard and seasoning and lots of your favourite fresh veg, with a sneaky cheat to save on the washing up.
What's more, this one pot macaroni cheese recipe makes masses – enough to feed a family of 4-6 with a good, low fat, vitamin rich meal.
Turn the heat up, bring up to a simmer, then replace the lid, lower the heat and leave to bubble until cooked through, stirring every 4-5 minutes. It should take 12-15 minutes to cook through.
Meanwhile, microwave the veg according to the packet instructions. When the pasta is cooked, the milk should have naturally thickened. Add a splash more milk if it feels too thick, stir in the veg and serve.
Note: if you're following a restricted diet, you could stir in a tbsp or two of nutritional yeast towards the end of this recipe, which would add a cheese-like flavour and a boost of B12, protein, fibre and folic acid.
Are you tempted to try this vegetable-packed one pot macaroni cheese? Let me know if you do!
For more delicious pasta meals, visit my recipe index – you'll find lots of ideas including this pea and mint pesto pasta.
Yum – microwave vegetables are packed with vitamins too, so this looks like a very healthy suppertime meal.


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PCGS Milestone: 25 Million Coins Certified Worldwide
This 1871 Japanese 10 Yen, PCGS Secure Plus™ MS65, is the milestone 25 millionth coin certified by Professional Coin Grading Service.
(Newport Beach, California) - A historic gold coin from Japan has the distinction of being the 25 millionth coin authenticated and graded by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) underscoring the growing appreciation worldwide for expert certification by PCGS.
The coin is a rare 1871 (Meiji 4) 10 Yen With Border on the Reverse variety. It was among a group of 33 coins recently submitted by a PCGS Collectors Club member in Toyko. On October 24, 2012 it was certified PCGS Secure Plus™ MS65, and became another major achievement in the company's history of accomplishments.
As a gift of appreciation to mark the milestone submission, PCGS is awarding the Japanese collector a Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin graded PCGS Secure Plus MS65 and valued today at $2,500.
The 1871 10 Yen is an important coin in Japanese numismatic history, according to PCGS. During the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Meiji, Japan adopted a gold standard under the New Currency Act of 1871, and it marked the start of the modern era of Japanese decimal coinage.
The 1871 10 Yen contains 16.6 grams of .900 fine gold, and 1,867,032 of the coins were minted that first year. The obverse design features a dragon and a pearl representing the sun. The reverse includes a mirror, sunburst and military banners with a raised line border around some of the design elements.
PCGS estimates the value of this particular coin at $6,000 or more.
"Since our founding in 1986, Professional Coin Grading Service experts have now certified 25 million coins with a total market value of over $27 billion," said PCGS Co-Founder, David Hall, President of PCGS's parent company, Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
"It was just eight years ago in November 2004 that we certified our 10 millionth coin. Since then, PCGS services to collectors and dealers in the U.S. and overseas have grown along with the overall number of submissions."
PCGS certifies coins dated as far back as the 16th century from over 100 countries including France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland as well the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and countries in Asia, such as China, Japan and Korea, as well as countries in Africa and Central and South America.
"We've opened a new, larger European submission center in Paris and earlier this year we opened an Asian submission center in Hong Kong. We also created the PCGSEurope.com and PCGSAsia.com web sites that include useful coin information in a total of eight languages for collectors and dealers," explained PCGS President Don Willis.
The PCGS Set Registry (www.pcgs.com/setregistry) now contains more than 64,000 sets with a growing number of new participants in Europe and Asia. The free PCGS Photograde™ Online (www.pcgs.com/Photograde) feature makes it easy to determine the approximate grade of your coins, and the ever-expanding PCGS CoinFacts (www.PCGSCoinFacts.com) is the most comprehensive online resource for information and illustrations about United States coins."
For additional information about PCGS and its services, visit www.PCGSEurope.com call PCGS Customer Service at +33140200994, or email [email protected]
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Security researchers say they have found more than a dozen iPhone apps that conceally communicate with a Golduck server, a historically Android-focused malware that infects popular classic gaming apps.
Malware has been known for over a year after it was first discovered by Appthority, which infected classic and retro games on Google Play, by entering backdoor code that allowed harmful payloads to be pushed to the device. At that time, over 10 million users were hit by malicious software, allowing hackers to run malicious commands at the highest privileges, such as sending premium SMS messages from a victim's phone to make money.
Now, researchers say iPhone apps related to malware can also pose a risk.
4 apps – all retro-style games – that communicate with the same command and control server used by Golduck malware.
"The domain [Golduck] was on a monitoring list we established due to its use in the distribution of a specific load of Android malware lately," said Michael Covington, Wandera's vice president of the product. "When we started seeing communication between iOS devices and the known malware domain, we investigated further."
The apps include: Commando Metal: Classic Contra, Super Pentron Adventure: Super Hard, Classic Tank vs Super Bomber, Super Adventure of Maritron, Roy Adventure Troll, Trap Dungeons: Super Adventure, Bounce Classic Legend, Block Game, Classic Bomber: Super Legend, Brain It On: Stickman Physics, Bomber Game: Classic Bomberman, Classic Brick – Retro Block, Climber Brick, and Chicken Shoot Galaxy Invaders.
According to the researchers, it seems that the so-so, relatively favorable – command and control server just pushes a list of icons in a pocket with ad space in the upper right corner of the app. When the user opens the game, the server tells the app which icons and links it should serve to the user. However, they saw that the apps returned IP address data – and in some cases, location data – back to the Golduck command and control server. TechCrunch confirmed their requirements, running the apps on a clean iPhone via a proxy, so we can see where the data goes. Based on what we saw, the app tells the malicious Golduck server which app, version, device type, and device's IP address – including how many ads were shown on the phone.
As now, the researchers say the apps are packed with ads – probably as a way of making money. But they expressed concern that the communication between the app and the known-to-be malicious server could open the app – and the device – to malicious commands down the line.
"The apps themselves are not technically compromised; while they do not contain any malicious code, it opens the back door they open to an exposure risk that our customers do not want to take.
" An attacker could easily use secondary advertising space to show a The link that redirects the user and dupes them to install a commission profile or certificate that ultimately allows a more malicious app to be installed, the researchers said.
It can be said for any game or app, regardless of device machine or software. But the connection to a known malicious server is not a good look. Covington said the company has "observed harmful content shared by the server" but that it was not related to the games.
The implication is that if the user sends malicious payloads to Android users, iPhone users may be next.
TechCrunch sent the list of apps for data insight fixed sensor tower, which estimates that the 14 apps had been installed close to a million times since they were released – except for repeated downloads or installations across different devices.
Apple did not comment when they were reached before publishing. The apps still seem to be downloadable from the App Store, but everyone now says they're not available in the US store.
Apple's app stores can have a better rap than Google's, which every time lets malicious apps slip through the web. In reality, neither shop is perfect. Earlier this year, security researchers found a top-tier app in the Mac App Store that unlocks the user's browsing history and dozens of iPhone apps that sent user location data to advertisers without explicitly asking first.
For average users, malicious apps are the biggest and most common threat to mobile users – even with locked down software and extensive app delays.
If there is a lesson, now and then: don't download what you don't need or can't trust.


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Hailin' from the Memphis, TN~area Guitarist and singer-songwriter Davis Coen brings some great contemporary country-blues. His voice reminds me of the true blues songs of Eric Clapton and his arrangements of the traditional Delta and Country blues artist such as Son House, Bukka White and Junior Kimborough. But above all Davis Coen lets the country blues revive like no other.
Coen is an experienced artist who has been touring the U.S. since his teens, either as a solo guitar and vocal act, or commonly accompanied by bass and drums configuration (Coen Bio). Throughout the Southeast and mid-south, you will see him perform at bars, clubs and festivals. Most recent he made his entrance at the historic King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. Also fans in Europe can enjoy Coen's performances where he toured several times.
"BLues from the Get Down", is a great album filled with harmonica country blues songs. Listen to "Ozone Park Cemetary" to get the feeling of Cons style. Also "D.E.A. Blues" is a treasure of this album. I hear the influence of Kimborough on this song. Since starting Davis Coen has released nine albums.
Off the June 2012 album release, 'Hard Luck Cafe,' the song "Mile After Mile" was written & performed by Davis Coen (Shadyville South/ ASCAP). iMovie created by Grace Askew. Footage shot in Como, MS at Delta Recording Services and shot by Grace Askew.


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Blockchain fintech GammaRey signs $320M merger agreement
According to an announcement on Jan.3, blockchain fintech firm GammaRey signed a merger agreement with financial e-commerce and consumer data analytics company GoLogiq. Both companies are based in the U.S., while GoLogiq focuses on customers in Southeast Asia.
As stipulated by the terms, GoLogiq will issue $320 million in common stock to acquire 100% of GammaRey's outstanding shares. The transaction is anticipated to be completed within the next few weeks, subject to conditions. As told by the two parties, the merger aims to "focus on the high-growth market of wealth management for Generation Z and Millennials." Regarding the transaction, Brent Suen, chairman of GoLogiq, commented:
"Through this highly synergistic merger, we will have achieved our goal for GoLogiq to become a comprehensive fintech platform for underserved businesses and consumers that is generating strong revenue growth and cash flow."
Suen also disclosed that GoLogiq is in the late stages of completing a new acquisition target with more than $9 billion in managed assets introduced by GammaRey. The two parties have set a guidance of more than $50 million in annualized revenue for 2023 upon deal completion.
Based in New York, GammaRey focuses on consumer digital wallets and developer software. The private company said it is "profitable business with strong cash flow." with nearly $800 million in consumer assets. Following the merger, GoLogiq stock would continue to trade over the counter under the ticker GOLQ.
"GoLogiq also plans to apply for an uplisting to a listed exchange, such as Nasdaq or the NYSE. Such an application would be subject to approval based on several factors, including satisfaction of minimum listing requirements."
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From the Parc de la Tête d'Or to the Parc de Gerland, since 2007 the walkers on the banks of the Rhône have been able to experience several atmospheres. With their playgrounds and shaded lawns, family or friends can meet up to relax or play on this nice riverfront.
Just before the Pont de Lattre-de-Tassigny, below the Quai de Serbie, a string of small lights flutters 6 metres up, as if preparing to fly away. These customized, iridescent air vents are like illuminated banners, showing visitors a waymarked trail to the Tête d'Or Park. Continuing towards the park, just before Pont Churchill, a second clique of coloured candles leads the public back up onto the road to walk into the park.


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Hundreds of domestic abuse incidents reported in Ayrshire in months.
A SHOCKING 100 domestic abuse incidents are reported to police every MONTH in South Ayrshire.
And since April this year, officers have dealt with 2789 reports across the county.
The startling figures are among the worst in Scotland – only North East Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire has a higher rate.
Police have also expressed fears the reality could be much worse as hundreds more could be suffering in silence.
It has led to top cops branding domestic abuse "Ayrshire's shame".
In the last seven months, 861 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police in East Ayrshire, and 776 in South Ayrshire.
Now a new unit has been set up specifically to target those who physically or mentally abuse their partner.
The six-strong Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) has been created to help tackle an issue that often goes unreported.
It means that police are better equipped than ever to deal with the bullies who commit this all too common crime.
Detective Sergeant Maxine Gallacher leads the DART unit.
Maxine, who has 18 years police service, said: "Domestic abuse is Ayrshire's shame. For every report we receive, many more incidents go unreported.
"The police are much better at dealing with domestic incidents than we have ever been in the past. Continued partnership working with groups including Women's Aid and prosecutors has rightly made the old attitude of 'it's only a domestic' a thing of the past."
But Maxine said it is important not to assume that only women suffer at the hands of their partner.
She continued: "More women than ever are reporting domestic abuse, but the issue is not confined to women.
"Men can also suffer and there's no reason for them not to report this.
"By focusing on the perpetrator the DART unit does all it can to stop the abuse taking place.
"However, our intervention will also provide time and space for those being abused to seek assistance from either us or our multi-agency partners."
The DART unit's main focus is those who have abused their partner more than once.
Perpetrators who fail to adhere to bail conditions face a night in a police cell before a subsequent appearance in court.
And police say it is the responsibility of the whole community to stamp out domestic abuse.
Maxine explained: "The reporting of incidents of domestic abuse is everyone's responsibility.
"If relatives, friends or neighbours see or hear signs of abuse, I'd urge them to make their concerns known so that those being abused can be helped."
Anyone concerned about domestic abuse is encouraged to contact the Domestic Abuse Helpline anytime of the day or night on 0800 027 1234 or their local police office.
Alternatively, women can contact South Ayrshire Women's Aid groups on 01292 266482. In an emergency, dial 999.
Further information and advice on domestic abuse can be found in the Stay Safe section of the Strathclyde Police website (www.strathclyde.police.uk).


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Q: Need to make a particular filter on a list (Android Kotlin) I have 2 lists with 2 differents Object.
First list ==>
data class ObjectA (
val id: String?,
val label: String?,
val dueDate: LocalDate?
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Second list ==>
data class ObjectB (
val id: String = "",
val clientLabel: String = "",
val productLabel: String = "",
val amount: ColoredAmount
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And I need to filter the ObjectA list with the ID common values between ObjectB List and ObjectA.
I don't find the simple solution.
Thanks very much for your help.
Regards
Bomatch

A: This is the simplest approach I could find. The lists are named listA and listB:
var filteredList = listA.filter { objectA -> listB.any{ objectB -> objectB.id == objectA.id} }

I'll try to decompose and explain it step by step:

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*listA.filter { objectA -> ... }traverses objects in listA (renamed as objectA) and returns a new list containing only the objects that fulfill the condition on the right (...)

*istB.any{ objectB -> objectB.id == objectA.id}returns a boolean indicating if ANY of the objects in listB (renamed as objectB) fulfill the condition of "being equal to the id of objectA"

So overall, for each object on listA you traverse listB to check if it contains and item with the same ID.
Hope it helps. Filtering lists can be complex to understand at first, so if you have any question leave them in the comment and I'll try to help again.

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Jackson (Jack) and Anne Carroll, residents of Croasdaile Village for 14 years, have been married for over 68 years. A native of South Carolina, Jack graduated from Wofford College, while Anne, who grew up in Ellerbe, N.C., received a degree from Greensboro College. They were married in 1954 after Jack's first year at Duke Divinity School and Anne's first year teaching second grade in a Durham public school. Following Jack's graduation from Duke, the couple spent a year in Dumfries, Scotland, where Jack served as Assistant Minister of St. Michael's Church (Church of Scotland).
Returning to South Carolina, Jack was appointed as pastor of Mt. Holly Methodist Church in Rock Hill, the town where Anne gave birth to their two daughters. After four years in SC, Jack was invited to become the Methodist Chaplain at Duke, and the family moved to Durham. Anne, an accomplished pianist, taught piano to many Durham children.
Jack greatly enjoyed his ministry with Duke students, but felt a growing sense of calling to a teaching ministry. An opportunity to do graduate study led to a move to Princeton, NJ, where Jack received a Ph.D. in Religion and Society from Princeton Theological Seminary.
After Princeton, Jack assumed a position at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in the Religion and Sociology program and directed the Religious Research Center. Anne taught second grade at the Westminster School in Atlanta during this time. One of her students, whose father owned the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team, brought Pete Maravich to class for show-and-tell!
The Carrolls left Atlanta in 1974 when Jack was invited to teach and begin a research center as part of an innovative new program at the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. There he spent 19 years, during which time the Center for Social and Religious Research became nationally known for its research on American religious life, using sociological research in the service of the church. Jack was named McKenzie Distinguished Professor and served for a year as the seminary's interim President. While there, Anne began a new career in real estate sales.
In 1993, Jack was invited to return to Duke as the Williams Professor of Religion and Society and Director of the J. M. Ormond Research Center. He continued his teaching and research until his retirement in 2004.
Throughout his career, Jack received numerous foundation grants that enabled him and his colleagues to research issues and trends in American church life. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of 15 books. He was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wofford College and Duke Divinity School's Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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At Croasdaile Village, both have sung in the Croasdaile Chorale and have served on numerous committees. Jack spent two terms as CVRA President and two terms as Treasurer. Making new friends among Croasdaile residents has been a great gift they continue to enjoy.
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Q: AWS AutoScaling Incremental tagging instances I'm setting up an auto-scaling group and to dynamically tag instances, is it possible to auto-increment name tag?
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A: Yes, it possible. But not directly using any AWS functionality.
You have to embed a function where in as the instance is launched by AutoScaling Group a notification (AWS SNS) is triggered and is stored in SQS.
You will have to use a Program/Script which runs on a server and keeps a constant watch on the SQS, get the latest notification and Information regarding the Instance. Then change the Tag Name of the instance using a incremental functionality.


What is the semantic web and why should we care? Essentially the Semantic web is all about words and information. Specifically it's an idea cooked up by legendary internet creator Tim Berners Lee who's concept is about to set the world of web searching and the current state of search engine optimization on it's ear. As you continue reading you'll get a quick preview of what's going to be possible. In some cases it's already possible now if we look hard enough. My guess is that we won't be looking too hard in the near future as these new services and technologies take hold. SEO is all about getting found in the search engines and ideally we (the website owner and SEO company) want our sites to be found because we feel that our information is highly relevant. Google and Yahoo have done a decent job at this so far but after reading below you'll see that we're just at the beginning of a wild frontier. In the future, web searching will be highly specific, incredibly relevant and much less in the vein of the current Google and the concept of "I'm feeling lucky".
1) We'll access collections of data and software that will easily determine the connections between words and subjects. Obviously this is an oversimplified way to put it but these databases of information will be similar to sites like Wikipedia where the content is built by a shared community of knowledge, cooperation and technology where software brings it all together to present you with the information that you seek.
2) Meaning and knowledge will get extracted from content automatically and the results returned will be highly relevant. For example, you could ask the question "Who has set foot on the moon in the past 50 years?" and it will return the names of the people plus a short summary of their accomplishments. This is much different than the current way we search on Google. An example of this type of service is Powerset and you can read more about it in this great article by Read/Write Web.
3) Semantic web services will "tag" content that is submitted to it, found by indexing the web or by direct "machine learning" where the application will learn about subjects directly from another information site that is well respected. Based on the information gathered and how the services deals with the data we'll be sitting pretty with the information that we've sought. This is not completely different than what Google currently tries to do but it will be much more accurate and based on information instead of websites.
4) Semantic web applications will turn unstructured information into structured information. An example being text links. You will hover over a link and it will return a pop up with a lot more information on the subject on the fly. This has obviously been used before but never automatically on a scale such as this. An example of this is SmartLinks from Adaptive Blue.
6) The semantic web will advise you and specifically guide you based on the information that you submit. For example, you can send information about your ideal dream trip to Tripit.com and it will return the perfect, step by step vacation guide for you based on it's knowledge of the area, information from Wikipedia and other databases of information. I haven't checked this out yet but it does sound interesting. I just have a bad feeling about something like this and I envision a slew of bad advice similar to some of the wild goose chases that Google Maps and Mapquest take you on. Fears like this are unfair at this point though and services like this should be highly anticipated. My guess is that they'll be in beta for a good while once they're officially released to the masses though. It's one thing to tell you how to get from point A to point B (and still screw up) but to effectively anticipate what you would want to do in between your start and end points during a week is a huge (and very cool) step.
What's cool about True Knowledge is that it will give you your answer plus it will tell you how it arrived at the answer. As far as the subject of SEO is concerned I have no idea how it will work exactly but it uses what's called Query Detection and Extraction (QDEX) to analyze sentence structure and it uses what they're calling the Semantic Rank Algorithm which relates concepts to each other within the search engine logic.
There are many more parts and exciting things happening within what we're calling the Semantic Web. The overall goal of all this is to present the user will more meaningful and relevant information. Based on what I've read so far these new services will make the current Google look like it's from the stone age and all our SEO knowledge about how Google ranks sites will be out the window for the most part. I'm guessing that the goal of these smaller companies are to be purchased by Google. In 5 years you won't be typing in Hakia.com. Those guys will be sitting on a beach somewhere spending bucks and sipping brews and you'll just access another link within Google to ask it a question and nobody will know that we talked about it here back in the ol' days.
Check out what's going on in the semantic web community by visiting sites like Read/Write Web. The developments in this world will certainly affect the world of SEO and how people find your website. We'll definitely be paying close attention over the next few years.


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Дело о попытке государственного переворота против Мило Джукановича в 2016 году (в сербских СМИ событие обычно именуется «Наводни државни удар у Црној Гори» — «Предполагаемый переворот в Черногории») — расследование предполагаемого заговора смешанной группы из граждан Сербии, Черногории и России, имевший целью, согласно заявлениям правоохранительных органов Черногории, отстранение от власти премьер-министра Черногории Мило Джукановича, лидера Демократической партии социалистов; переворот предположительно был назначен на 16 октября 2016 года, день выборов в Скупщину Черногории.

Контекст и реакция оппозиции в Черногории и в Сербии
Предполагаемая попытка государственного переворота была пресечена правоохранительными органами Черногории; в феврале 2017 года правоохранительные органы страны заявили о причастности к заговору российских государственных органов. В апреле 2017 года официальные обвинения в связи с предполагаемым заговором были предъявлены, в частности, лидерам оппозиции Черногории. Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации отвергло какую-либо причастность РФ.

Значительную часть доказательств по делу о попытке государственного переворота Черногория, по заявлению властей последней, получила от правоохранительных органов Сербии.

Министр внутренних дел Черногории Горан Данилович фактически поставил под сомнение факт попытки переворота, уточнив, что при попытке госпереворота нужно было бы «провести внеочередное заседание правительства, Совета национальной безопасности или Совета обороны. Ничего этого сделано не было… Это о многом говорит».

Один из лидеров оппозиции Черногории Андрия Мандич заявил, что «на самом деле в Черногории 16 октября не было никакого госпереворота. Лучшим свидетельством этому является тот факт, что в Черногории в этот день не разбито ни одного оконного стекла, не пролита ни одна слеза, не говоря уже о капле крови. В Черногории в этот день на улицах не было никаких вооружённых людей, заговорщиков, организованных формирований, кроме одного — а именно полиции Черногории и главного специального прокурора Миливое Катнича. Они в тот день исполняли инсценировку, которая транслировалась в прямом эфире телевидения как предполагаемое предотвращение госпереворота в день выборов».

Лидер общественной организации «Наша Сербия» Младжан Джорджевич, отрицая факт попытки переворота, заявил, что «цель этого фарса заключалась в том, чтобы обеспечить победу партии Джукановича на парламентских выборах, результаты которых были сфальсифицированы. Другая цель — обвинить Россию и таким образом оправдать вхождение Черногории в НАТО».

Бывший командир жандармерии Сербии Братислав Дикич, обвиняемый в попытке переворота, перед судьёй заявил, что невиновен и считает обвинение «сфабрикованным и незаконным», и отметил, что не знает никого из оппозиционного «Демократического фронта» и других обвиняемых в подготовке переворота.

В конце мая 2017 года Высший суд Подгорицы снял обвинения в попытке переворота с двух деятелей оппозиционного «Демократического фронта» — Андрии Мандича и Славена Радуновича, однако 9 мая 2019 года Высший суд в Черногории признал их виновными.

Заговор и участники
Около полудня 16 октября, в день проведения парламентских выборов, правоохранительные органы Черногории отчитались о задержании «двадцати иностранных террористов» и обвинили их в попытке дестабилизировать ситуацию в стране. По заявлениям правоохранительных органов Черногории, в начале декабря 2016 года, всего в перевороте должны были участвовать до 500 человек, разделённых на три группы. Первая группа боевиков должна была проникнуть в парламент, другая — смешаться с толпой протестующих против результатов выборов сторонников оппозиции, а третья — блокировать полицию. В назначенный час вторая группа должна была начать беспорядки в толпе, первая — открыть по людям огонь, а третья — застрелить премьер-министра Черногории Мило Джукановича.

Руководители заговора (согласно прокуратуре Черногории):
 , руководитель Патриотического движения Сербии, полковник полиции, бывший глава жандармерии МВД Сербии.
 Саша Синджелич, лидер движения «Сербские волки».
 Эдуард Шишмаков (первоначально назван «Широков»), бывший заместитель военного атташе в Польше, и Владимир Попов, российские граждане.
 Неманья Ристич, лидер сербского движения «Заветницы».

Расследование и уголовное дело
В конце октября 2016 года премьер-министр Сербии Александр Вучич сообщил, что в Черногории 16 октября, сразу после выборов, готовился государственный переворот, который был предотвращён; он заявил: «Арестованные нами лица действовали в координации с иностранцами. Существуют неопровержимые доказательства, что определённые лица следили буквально за каждым шагом премьера Черногории и информировали об этом других людей, которые должны были действовать в соответствии с их инструкциями. Мы нашли у них €125 тыс., специальную униформу, другие вещи. За премьером Черногории следили с помощью самого современного оборудования». Согласно прессе Сербии, несколько граждан РФ были депортированы из Сербии «за участие в подготовке террористических акций в Черногории». В ноябре Прокуратура Черногории назвала имена россиян, которые подозреваются в подготовке покушения на Мило Джунаковича и попытке государственного переворота.

В начале декабря 2016 года черногорская пресса сообщала, что Черногория объявила в международный розыск по линии Интерпола двух граждан России Эдуарда Широкова и Владимира Попова, а также трёх граждан Сербии по подозрению в организации попытки вооруженного государственного переворота.

19 февраля 2017 года спецпрокурор Черногории Миливое Катнич сообщил, что обвинительное заключение по делу о попытке дестабилизации Черногории и захвате власти будет готово к середине апреля; он также сообщил, что настоящая фамилия российского гражданина, подозреваемого в участии в заговоре, «Эдуарда Широкова» — Шишмаков, что он был ранее заместителем военного атташе в Польше, откуда он был выслан. Эдуард Владимирович Шишмаков был идентифицирован властями Польши как сотрудник военной разведки России. Согласно заявлению Катнича, следствие получило доказательства, что за планом по свержению Джукановича стоят «националистические структуры из России»; черногорским властям «также стало известно, что в нём были замешаны и российские государственные органы».

13 апреля 2017 года стало известно, что Специальная прокуратура Черногории направила в Высший суд страны обвинительный акт в отношении 16 участников попытки переворота в стране 16 октября 2016 года, включая лидеров оппозиции Черногории Андрия Мандича и Милана Кнежевича и двух граждан России. Защищённым свидетелем обвинения выступал участник заговора, непосредственно получавший приказы от руководившего операцией офицера ГРУ Эдуарда Шишмакова, гражданин Сербии Саша Синджелич, ранее осуждённый в Хорватии за убийство и скрывающийся от правосудия, — обстоятельство, давшее оппозиции повод для критики в адрес гособвинения.

8 июня 2017 года Верховный суд Черногории в Подгорице подтвердил обвинительные заключения в организации попытки переворота 14 подозреваемым, в число которых входят россияне Эдуард Шишмаков и Владимир Попов и лидеры пророссийской оппозиции Мандич и Кнежевич.

9 мая 2019 года Высший суд в Черногории вынес обвинительный приговор в отношении 13 человек, в частности, российских граждан Эдуарда Шишмакова («Широков») и Владимира Попова (предположительно, сотрудник ГРУ Владимир Николаевич Моисеев) — заочно, так как их местонахождение неизвестно, а также Милана Кнежевича и Андрии Мандича.

5 февраля 2021 года Апелляционный суд Черногории отменил решение Высшего суда Подгорицы и отправил на повторное рассмотрение приговор по делу о «госперевороте» 2016 года, по которому оппозиционные политики получили в совокупности 60 лет тюрьмы. Как говорится в заявлении Апелляционного суда — вердикт отменен из-за многочисленных нарушений судопроизводства, а также что «существование преступлений, в которых подсудимых признали виновными, не было доказано»Апелляционный суд Черногории отменил приговоры по делу о «госперевороте».

В рамках своего расследования о деятельности российских шпионов в Европе, Der Spiegel приводит в пример данные события как попытку ГРУ организовать госпереворот в 2016 году.

Реакция в мире

Реакция России
Российское правительство в ноябре 2016 года заявило, что не имеет отношения ни к каким противоправным действиям в Черногории.

В мае 2017 года в ответ на присоединение Черногории к антироссийским санкциям Россия дополнила введённые с 2015 года санкционные списки Мило Джукановичем, сменившим его на посту Душко Марковичем, спикером черногорского парламента Иваном Брайовичем и рядом других черногорских политиков.

6 октября 2017 года Анание Никич, против которого черногорские власти выдвинули обвинения в попытке организации государственного переворота, получил политическое убежище в России.

Реакция в США
Резкой критике за события в Черногории подверг РФ в июне 2017 года председатель комитета Сената США по вооружённым силам Джон Маккейн, призвавший законодателей, ввиду такого рода деятельности руководства России, к ужесточению американских санкций. В июле 2017 года Комитет Сената США по вооружённым силам возложил на РФ ответственность за организацию попытки антиправительственного путча в Черногории в 2016 году.

В начале августа 2017 года вице-президент США Майк Пенс, находясь с визитом в Черногории, по сообщению пресс-службы Белого дома, «выразил неизменную поддержку Черногории, нашего самого нового союзника по НАТО, и восхищение решимостью Черногории перед лицом российских попыток увести Черногорию в сторону от евроатлантического пути»; он заявил: «Намерения России стали ясны в течение прошедшего года, когда поддерживаемые Москвой агенты пытались сорвать выборы в Черногории, напасть на парламент и даже убить вашего премьера — дабы увести черногорский народ в сторону от вступления в союз НАТО».

См. также
 История Черногории

Примечания

Октябрь 2016 года
Политические заговоры
2016 год в Черногории
Конфликты 2016 года
Российско-черногорские отношения
Разведывательные операции России