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Obama: Hispanics Ignore Trump's Racism Because They Oppose Gay Marriage And Abortion
Anders Hagstrom White House Correspondent
November 25, 2020 11:14 AM ET
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Hispanic evangelicals overlook President Donald Trump's "racist" statements because they are opposed to gay marriage and abortion.
Obama made the comments during an appearance on the Breakfast Club radio show, where he discussed the outcome of the 2020 election. Exit polls showed that Trump won a far larger share of the Hispanic vote than any Republican presidential candidate in recent history, a demographic shift Obama argues is due to Hispanic American's religious opposition to gay marriage and abortion. While Trump has said he is pro-life, there is no reason to believe he is against gay marriage.
Obama on @breakfastclubam: "… There's a lot of evangelical Hispanics who, the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans, or puts undocumented workers in cages, they think that's less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion." pic.twitter.com/8OpocwYrLV
Obama also pointed to the Trump administration's detaining of illegal immigrants in "cages" while they are in U.S. custody, a practice that began under the Obama administration.
Exit polls from 2020 showed Trump making huge gains among Hispanics over his performance against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Clinton won the demographic by 27 points, 40 points, and 41 points in Florida, Georgia and Ohio respectively, while Biden won by just 8 points, 25 points and 24 points respectively, according to CNN. (RELATED: Twitter Flags Trump Campaign Tweet Calling South Carolina Race For President Trump)
The shift has more to do with Hispanic's views on Trump's economy and his law-and-order message than with socially conservative leanings, according to NBC News.
"This year, the law-and-order rhetoric used during the campaign really resonated with an already predisposed population to question things like Black Lives Matter," Bernard Fraga, an associate professor of political science at Emory University told NBC. "If your starting point is that not a single Latino should vote for Trump, then of course you are going to need a more complex explanation for understanding why Trump would win 25 to 35 percent of the [Latino] vote."
Obama also dissected the Republican Party along racial lines, arguing Republican politics increasingly revolve around the idea that "white males are victims."
Obama on @breakfastclubam: "You've seen created, in Republican politics, this sense that white males are victims … Which obviously doesn't gibe with both history and data and economics … How you unwind that is gonna be not something that is done right away." pic.twitter.com/V7q58uIsMV
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Small Business Owner Gives President a Piece of Her Mind
Connellsville, PA store owner participates in tax roundtable in Minneapolis
Anne Linaberger
04/16/2019, 05:56PM EST
Kristen Ranker has done a lot in her lifetime, and now she can check one more thing of her to do list: meet the President of the United States. That's her, far left in the picture above from the White House Facebook page.
Kristen Ranker behind the counter at her small business, Schaeffer's Corner Market in Ruffsdale, PA.
Ranker, from Connellsville, an hour southeast of Pittsburgh, was among 14 small-business owners from across the country invited to meet with the president to discuss the impact of his 2017 tax code reforms. The rountable was held Monday, tax day, in Minneapolis. The president touted the tax reform and how he says it's benefited small businesses.
(Video: White House Facebook page)
Ranker owns Schaeffer's Corner Market in Ruffsdale, near her home. "When you say small business, I'm super small. I have four or five employees, including me. I told the president, I didn't get to buy a bunch of equipment or hire a bunch of people," because of tax reform, Ranker told the Greensburg Tribune Review. "But there are people who did, and I get to sell them their milk and bread."
"I think it's been a good thing. It's helping me sustain a business in a rural area." -- Kristen Ranker, small business owner who met with President Trump
Ranker told the Trib the president was running late and rushing off the stage when she realized she hadn't had an opportunity to shake his hand. "So, I stepped out in front of this guy, reached out, shook his hand and said, 'Thank you.' I don't agree with everything he does, but most of it has been good," she said.
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When we describe how we think, we usually do so in terms of an internal conversation. Indeed, some have even called language the stuff of thought. But if you can fill up a bathtub with just enough water to submerge your body without flooding the bathroom, you've accomplished something remarkable: abstract thinking without using any words at all. In Mind in Motion, psychologist Barbara Tversky reveals that spatial cognition isn't just an aspect of thought, but its foundation, enabling us to draw meaning from our bodily senses and the world around us. Spatial reasoning helps us to use maps, turn strategy into plans, design skyscrapers and spacecraft, even create mathematic abstractions.
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Since Virtual Reality is becoming known in the industry, it is just essential considering several virtual reality applications for iPhone and Android devices. Below is a list with a brief description of top 10 VR applications for your iPhone/Android phones.
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If you want to have more controls on videos, here we recommend using VR video editor FilmoraPro. It is designed to edit professional videos in an easy way. You can use it to edit animated filters and effects to make it amazing. Plus, auto sync audio is also a highlight you can use while editing. You can import and export video up to 4K videos. Just download it to have a try (free)!
This is primarily known for being keen on 360-degree videos including virtual reality. The good thing is that there is a growing catalogue of videos that you can watch out for this service. The list of videos can range from music to wildlife videos.
This is described as the first download that gets the interest of everyone who has a headset called as Google Cardboard. This introduces someone to those things available from zipping above the Arctic Ocean to the Google Earth.
As per this app, it is considered to be a decent listing of compatible applications available these days. In fact, newer apps are now emerging each week.
VRSE usually consists of the best virtual reality such as music videos, short films, documentaries and comedy provided with Vice, U2, Saturday Night Live and the New York Times. To understand it better, it can actually be considered as a storytelling platform.
As per its screenshots, it highlights "Walking New York", "The Click Effect", "Waves of Grace", "Song for Someone" and "Evolution of Verse".
The NYT VR experiments virtual reality as its news format showcasing its virtual reality reports. For all those viewers, they can be taken to the surface of Pluto and the depths of the ocean. This is especially by means of the presence of World Trade Center.
Google Cardboard is the VR platform developed and intended to be used for this app. This can also be used for their Smartphone displaying an immersive VR and journalism-focused environment.
In connection with this, it is also a useful and free news application intended to be used for iPhone. A total of six screenshots have been recorded so far including "The Displaced", "Take Flight", "Vigils in Paris".
Orbulus is a convincing VR application that gives people a newer perspective about the real-world places that are not visited in person. This gallery usually consists of images that are created through the use of photo sphere technology from Google. This also highlights the best and most famous hotspots to visit by tourists.
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Supermassive black holes eventually stop star formation
Supermassive black holes slowly eject cold gas.
by Francesca Schiopca
in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Remote sensing
Researchers analyzed the correlation between the mass of supermassive black hole and the history of star formation in its galaxy. They found that the bigger the black hole is, the harder it is for the galaxy to generate new stars.
Scientists have been debating this theory for a while, but until now, they lacked enough observational data to prove or disprove it.
Via Pixabay/12019
Researchers from the University of Santa Cruz, California used data from previous studies measuring supermassive black hole mass. They then used spectroscopy to determine how stars formed in galaxies featuring such gargantuan black holes and correlate the two.
Spectroscopy is a technique that relies on measuring the wavelength of light emerging from objects — stars, in this case. The paper's lead author Ignacio Martín-Navarro used computational analysis to determine how the black holes affected star formation — in a way, he tried to solve a light puzzle.
"It tells you how much light is coming from stellar populations of different ages," he said in a press release.
Via Pixabay / imonedesign.
Next, the research team plotted the size of supermassive black holes and compared them to a history of star formation in that galaxy. They found that as the black holes grew more and more, star formation was significantly slowed down. Other characteristics of the galaxies, such as shape or size, were found irrelevant to the study.
"For galaxies with the same mass of stars but different black hole mass in the center, those galaxies with bigger black holes were quenched earlier and faster than those with smaller black holes. So star formation lasted longer in those galaxies with smaller central black holes," Martín-Navarro said.
Star gas from Carina Nebula, source: Pixabay/skeeze
Scientists still trying to determine why this happens. One theory suggests that the lack of cold gas is the main culprit for reduced star formation. The supermassive black holes suck in the nearby gas, creating high-energy jets in the process. These jets ultimately expel cold gas from the galaxy. Without enough cold gas, there is no new star formation, so the galaxy becomes practically sterile.
In the press release, co-author Aaron Romanowsky concluded:
"There are different ways a black hole can put energy out into the galaxy, and theorists have all kinds of ideas about how quenching happens, but there's more work to be done to fit these new observations into the models."
The paper was published in Nature on the 1st of January 2018.
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STM Director Wins Casio Award
By Christian Perry
Congratulations to our Senior Director of Programs & Policy, Chiho Feindler, for receiving the Leadership in Music Education Award presented by Casio Music Gear! "We looked at a number of very worthy possibilities for this award, but felt that what Chiho and the Save The Music Foundation were doing continued the rich heritage of fostering creativity by keeping music and the arts alive in schools across the nation in a very consistent way," said Stephen Schmidt, Vice President of Casio's Electronic Musical Instruments Division.
Press release: NASHVILLE, TN, July 14, 2017 – Casio America, Inc.,(Opens the Casio America, Inc., website in new window)(Opens the website in new window) a leading electronic musical instrument(Opens the electronic musical instrument website in new window)(Opens the website in new window) manufacturer, kicked off Summer NAMM 2017 with the presentation of its 'Leadership in Music Education Award'. The award was presented to Chiho Feindler, Senior Director of Programs and Policy for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. Feindler and the Save The Music Foundation were recognized for establishing the Keys + Kids grant program, which provides qualifying schools with piano grants to bolster their music, drama and community programs.
"We are thrilled to honor Chiho and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation with Casio's Leadership in Music Education Award," said Stephen Schmidt, Vice President of Casio's Electronic Musical Instruments Division. "We looked at a number of very worthy possibilities for this award, but felt that what Chiho and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation were doing continued the rich heritage of fostering creativity by keeping music and the arts alive in schools across the nation in a very consistent way."
The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring music programs in America's public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education. The Foundation provides grants of instruments and equipment to public schools nationwide to advocate music education in schools. Feindler, in working with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, has always focused on the more challenged school districts and also promotes keyboards as part of the foundation for music learning.
"We are truly honored to receive this award in recognition of our deep work in advocating music education in America's public schools. We certainly cannot do this alone and we are so fortunate to have a great manufacturer partner like Casio." said Feindler.
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Scientists Organize Worldwide Hosting Network for Banned Colleagues
Ruth McCambridge
"Old Lab" by Michael Pereckas
February 2, 2017; Atlantic
"Neuroscience lab: systems electrophysiology/imaging. Desk and some lab space, access to facilities and help with finding accommodation."
"Proteomics, genomics, protein homeostasis lab; bench and desk; access to equipment; assistance in finding housing
"Toledo is 30 min from Madrid in train. At the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry we have a Plant Molecular Biology Lab. We offer bench, growth chambers and other equipment, consumables, computer, etc. Housing in Toledo is inexpensive. We can also help finding living places in Madrid."
What are these odd listings?
On Saturday, Samira Asgari was boarding a plane in Frankfurt en route to Boston where he was to start a postdoctoral fellowship on tuberculosis when he was stopped and prevented from boarding—and he is among perhaps thousands of scientists so treated as a result of the United States' recently imposed temporary travel ban affecting citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations.
Two Austrian-based scientists began mulling over on Twitter how to host the stranded scientists in laboratories where they could continue their work, but the movement to provide refuge has moved beyond individual commitments. In Portugal, the Gulbenkian Institute declared it would "provide what aid we can to scientists trapped by [the immigration ban]." The Brain and Spine Institute in Belgium vowed it was "ready to welcome all our colleagues who are in France, in Europe, and who need a place of reception during this difficult period."
Shortly thereafter, Maria Leptin, the director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), decided to help organize the offers. "I felt that words are one thing, but we need deeds," she says. "I thought: 'Let's get people together and do it in a big way.'" Ed Yong of The Atlantic calls EMBO "the perfect organization for it; it's a prestigious network of European biologists, and one of its goals is specifically to 'enable international exchange between scientists.'"
This self-organized effort is now called the Science Solidarity List, a register of "scientists offering temporary bench or desk space, library access and possibly even accommodation for U.S.-based scientists who are stranded abroad." At last report, there were almost 600 offers like the three listed above from 31 nations, including not just European countries but also Canada, Israel, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Singapore, India, Brazil, and China.
"This has obviously struck a nerve," says Leptin. "[The immigration ban] contravenes anything that science stands for, the international spirit of science. We feel sorry for the scientists who are affected, and all the labs in the U.S. who don't want this."—Ruth McCambridge
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When you were playing in that time period as the Hawks, after Ronnie Hawkins, what kind of music were you playing?
Robertson:
We were trying to, uh, become more accomplished musicians. And we wanted to be if we could a cut above the bar band level. And uh, we were not interested in playing, uh, yeah, hit parade songs or something. We wanted to, first of all we didn't care too much for what we heard on the radio. Of course there was always a good song here, a good song there, but the majority of it was not challenging. What it meant to us was when we heard something was were he hearing something that challenged us musically. And it could be not, I don't mean in a necessarily complicated or sophisticated way, it could be just a feel, that you say, jeez, I've never heard anything like that, looking for freshness, looking for something that was just not the obvious. And it was not the best thing to do in those days. Your job was to play for people, to play music that they wanted to hear, and what most people wanted to hear was what they were familiar with. They didn't want a music lesson, you know, on an obscure songs that no, nobody ever heard. But we needed to do this for ourselves, to educate ourselves. And so it was a combination of all kinds of stuff meshed together. And when we started mixing all of these things, we started to discover ourselves, and we started to find out what we were really good at. And it was like our schooling, our musical schooling, and we just, we did it on the road instead of in Berklee. And then when it came time for us to make records, all of a sudden the whole thing made sense. When I started writing these songs, all of this stuff came to the surface then, and all this musicality that we'd picked up along, and pieces along the sides of all these back roads, started to fit into this music and when we made records, people said, woo, where did this come from? And for us it wasn't unusual at all. When we made "Music From Big Pink" although it wasn't a record like what we had, the music that we had played on our own, with Bob Dylan, or with Ronnie Hawkins, or anything, it wasn't like any of that, but it was a real culmination of like I said bits and pieces of what we had picked up along the way and what we had taught ourselves. And it was very difficult for us to even recognize it. When you make a record, your own record, and you don't even recognize it yourself, it's hard to think if anybody else is going to recognize. So when "Music From Big Pink" came out and people did accept it, you know, and in some cases embraced it, it was a tremendous relief, but it was, it was all of that stuff paying off.
Did you have any reaction when the Beatles did America, or was that just happening in a different world?
When the Beatles showed up?
Yeah, in America.
It didn't mean nothing to us when the Beatles showed up. When the Beatles became experimental and started breaking the rules it meant a lot to us. We could relate a lot to that. But in the beginning, it was just, it was just more of the same to us with longer hair.
And British accents.
So, we want to talk about the intersection of the Hawks and Bob Dylan. Were you aware of Dylan before you met, before you got the phone call that he was interested in working with you guys? Had you heard his music?
We didn't have much of a background in folk music. Only in like some obscure mountain music we were interested in, the Carter Family or things like that. But folk music was, uh, from a different side of the tracks, and then, that was happening in coffee houses and we were in bars. We were on a much more dangerous side of town than they were. And so when we did get the call from Bob Dylan, I felt embarrassingly unaware of not just what he did, but any of the people that, you know, because, there was kind of a folk thing happening, we knew about that, but it wasn't on our agenda really. So when I, when I went to meet with Bob, uh, I was trying my best not to let on that I, how unknowledgeable in all of this. And then pretty soon I realized, you know, when I talked about influences like he talked about influence, that uh, it didn't matter to him that much at all. He really didn't care if, uh, if we knew about what he had done in the past because he was thinking about something new anyway. And, and he would tell me about all kinds of people, the folksingers and writers that did stuff, and I remember in some cases he played me some music and I didn't care for it very much. But when he sang those songs or did those songs, I liked it. But by those other people it didn't do nothing for me. And I didn't know yet, why it was when he did it, it seemed to work. He also had a way of singing other people's songs and making it sound like he wrote it, early on. Before I became a little bit more aware of different people's songs in the folk music area. But uh, I liked the idea that he had no idea what he had in mind. Only that he wanted to just mix it up and try some stuff. And uh, when I talked to him about the, the, the violence in music, and the dynamics in music, and the, and exploding and becoming like really quiet, uh, I could see that it pushed a button in him, that was something he was very interested in. It's the dynamics actually that I was talking to him about that's become popular again lately. Nirvana, um, does this a lot in their songs. They get very loud, then they get soft, they build, and they take on different moods and textures, so it's funny, I don't know when, this was probably 1965 or '66 that we were talking about that same kind of talk. Um, and there wasn't a lot that came before us, back then that we had this example of. You know, there wasn't people playing music that did that, you didn't hear it. They just kind of kicked it into gear, whatever the tune was, and it just went brrrrrrrrrrrrp to the end, and it was like that. But the idea of doing something that had these builds, these gushes of emotion that go up and down. And I thought it might be a clue to making all of these lyrics work because I thought this is going to be going on for a while. These songs are ten minutes long. So it seemed at the time. I'd never heard anybody with such long songs and so much to say before. So, how can we, how can we go from here to here without it just becoming this kind of monotone, humdrum, just mmmmmmm, you know. So we started experimenting with this, and then we did this tour and discovered it. It was a strange discovery because while we thought we were getting somewhere, we thought we were like this thing with dynamics, had this intro that kind of builds, builds, builds, and then when the singing comes in the music will drop down like this, and the singing comes on, the song's going on, we get to this section and it builds there, and it comes down, and it goes to this and then explodes up to the instrumental, and then it comes way down, all of this stuff, and we were trying to figure out this little system. And when we were doing it, people were throwing things at us and booing. And so it doesn't do much for your confidence, you know, when you're thinking, I think we're on to something, I think we've got, I think this music is starting to work. Because we didn't know what to compare it to. And uh, but uh, it's quite shattering on the confidence, you know, when people are throwing banana peels at you and booing, an saying get out, get out! You know, like, what me?
Do you think it was confrontational by design, that when the music exploded, do you think that there was, Dylan was after confrontation with his audience?
Well, I think he was willing to challenge the rules for sure. I think that he probably discovered that if everybody's going north and I go south, you know, I'm more apt to do something interesting.
Can you talk about the Forest Hills concert for example? What was that experience like?
The first job that we played with Bob Dylan was at Forest Hills, the tennis court thing in New York. And um, this was a rude awakening because we'd heard a little bit about that his people, the people that liked his music and everything, the folk scene and everything, they weren't really keen. He had tried something I think at the Newport Folk Festival, and they already got a reading on it that people weren't really keen on the idea of mixing electric music with folk music. But I had no idea that it was this extreme. I mean people went berserk. They were so upset and so angry and screaming and with red faces and charging the stage, and wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen. It was like -- well, we weren't very good then either. I mean we were just kind of figuring out how to do this thing. Um, maybe it was just as well they didn't listen, but it was like, you know, when someone, when you're talking, you're trying to explain something to somebody or you're trying to show them how you feel about something, and they're just kind of plugging their ears and going ahhhhh -- you know, they just don't want to buy into it in principle? It was like that. It was like playing for people where everybody had that attitude. And I thought the whole thing was pretty silly, this whole thing that was going on, but it was done with such attitude that, you know, you had to take it seriously. But I thought, oh God, this is goofy that people are like on this trip. And I don't know, he did pretty well. Most people would've said, well, I guess they're not going to accept it, you know, hand me Martin back again, this isn't working. Uh, but he didn't give up. And we went all over the world. We played all over Europe and Australia, and they booed us everywhere we went. And you know what, after we would play at night, there was somebody who taped the shows, and uh, we would sometimes listen to these tapes and they didn't sound that bad. Because from the reaction, you had in your mind, this must be horrible. And we would go and we'd listen to these tapes and think, this is actually pretty interesting. I don't know, you know, what the big problem is. So, eventually people turned around on it. But it took a while. And it's so funny in something like that. It went away, when it went away, it was like nobody even remembered that it was ever a problem. So it was pretty commendable for him just keeping his sights on what he was trying to accomplish and not caving in from the banana peels and the eggs.
We've read about you playing Curtis Mayfield songs and Percy Sledge songs for Dylan or something like that? To talk to him about songwriting. What was that about?
Well, this is what I was telling you about. You know, when, a lot of times when musicians get together from different sides of the tracks, they play their influences. And um, and I was going through a thing right now with the other guys in the band where we were experimenting with harmonies, and Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions did some really harmonies. And I also liked his guitar playing too. Because everybody, I could seem this thing coming that everybody was going to be playing a certain, aiming in the same direction pretty soon and I was starting to look for other attitudes besides -- I'd been playing from, when I joined Ronnie Hawkins, I was playing screaming blues guitar when I was 16 years old, up until this point, and when we were with Bob Dylan I was playing screaming blues guitar, and I'm now seeing on the horizon that there's going to be a lot of this coming, and it just made me want to look in other directions. And I was looking for real melodic subtleties. And Curtis Mayfield did just some beautiful things. So…
Yeah, when people get together that come from different musical backgrounds, a lot of times there's is a good ... it's very enjoyable to say somebody, let me turn you on to some things, and the other person does the same thing. And they play you stuff that maybe you weren't that familiar with and likewise. So we were doing some of that. And I was, I was trying to, like, like anybody does, that person, you want to bring them more over to where you're coming from, and they want to do the same to you. And I thought there was just more to be had in what we were doing in some soulful sel…, subtleties. And uh, it's very difficult to des-, describe these things without actually getting stuff and playing it. It was like I couldn't have explained to Bob or anybody else, or him to me what we were talking about without playing it. You can't describe it in words very well, I can soulful sel…, subtleties. What does that mean, you know, really, unless you say, you know something like this. And I remember playing this song "I've Been Trying" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. And uh, the look on his face when he was listening to this. And he thought we've got to get some of this thing, what you're talking about. And we're not talking about copying somebody. We're talking about a mood or a feeling that could be incorporated into what we're doing too. Because the initial thing with some, with him was the excitement of the power, of having this band, this loud band all of a sudden, after all these years of just playing with a guitar and harmonica I guess. At first, the new toy part of it. It's like, well, I know, it's like a fast car, the first thing you want to do is you just want to drive it fast all the time. And later on you want to cruise, you know? We'd been playing together already a long time, so always, every time we started playing, putting the pedal to the metal was, you know, was not necessarily always the most exciting thing to do with it or the best use of it. So that's what we were, we were just kind of trading influences and trading notes and that. And uh, and, and it came out in what we were doing, the things that we were talking about, and the way we were playing, and stuff that we went on to do in the Basement Tapes and things like that. It was, you know, what he was teaching us and we were teaching him and, you know, it all kind of gets thrown into the soup.
Do you think that opened the door in rock 'n' roll when you were touring with Dylan, do you feel like it was -- we read something that said essentially it challenged the audience to listen, and to redefine the rock concert experience.
The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all. I mean the Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason. And when we were playing with Bob it wasn't the same thing at all, it wasn't about girls screaming, it was about girls booing. Men booing. But it was like people felt the need to just make a noise of some kind while these things were going on. And eventually it might have been like, well, if you would just listen to this thing, you might get something out of it. I don't know about it opening any doors or anything. It's hard to tell when you were inside the door. You know what I mean, it's hard to tell from that point of view, and it feels pretentious to say, oh, before -- you know I mean? I just, I don't know. I think the times, I think everything has something to do with it, it all makes a contribution. And uh, but it was not the same old pop-rock routine. This was more thinking people's music for sure. This wasn't hum along with Bob. So, um, that was evident. And later on when people did get next to the idea and accept it, it was really kind of extraordinary to see them reacting to a music that I'd only seen maybe in, in jazz, where somebody would do a particular thing and the people would react to that. They'd play an amazing thing and people would, you know, acknowledge it.


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#define __mod_h2__h2_config_h__

#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
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#undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT

typedef enum {
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    H2_CONF_MAX_WORKER_IDLE_SECS,
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    H2_CONF_SER_HEADERS,
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struct apr_hash_t;
struct h2_priority;
struct h2_push_res;

typedef struct h2_push_res {
    const char *uri_ref;
    int critical;
} h2_push_res;

/* Apache httpd module configuration for h2. */
typedef struct h2_config {
    const char *name;
    int h2_max_streams;           /* max concurrent # streams (http2) */
    int h2_window_size;           /* stream window size (http2) */
    int min_workers;              /* min # of worker threads/child */
    int max_workers;              /* max # of worker threads/child */
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    int alt_svc_max_age;          /* seconds clients can rely on alt-svc info*/
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    apr_int64_t tls_warmup_size;  /* Amount of TLS data to send before going full write size */
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void *h2_config_merge_dir(apr_pool_t *pool, void *basev, void *addv);
void *h2_config_create_svr(apr_pool_t *pool, server_rec *s);
void *h2_config_merge_svr(apr_pool_t *pool, void *basev, void *addv);

extern const command_rec h2_cmds[];

const h2_config *h2_config_get(conn_rec *c);
const h2_config *h2_config_sget(server_rec *s);
const h2_config *h2_config_rget(request_rec *r);

int h2_config_geti(const h2_config *conf, h2_config_var_t var);
apr_int64_t h2_config_geti64(const h2_config *conf, h2_config_var_t var);

void h2_config_init(apr_pool_t *pool);

const struct h2_priority *h2_config_get_priority(const h2_config *conf,
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Author [TwistedByTheStars]
Homepage › Stories › Rocks Painted Gold
‹ Prequel: Promise Me The Stars
Status: This story is on hold right now as i'm in the process of editing the prequel Promise Me The Stars. Check it out for better chapters!
Rocks Painted Gold
The past doesn't always haunt you.
"Forest..." Forest winced, drifting between sleep and reality.
"Forest wake up." Forest groaned and turned over on his bed, feeling something poking his side.
"What do you want Shadow?" Forest mumbled, squinting at the sun shining in his face.
"Guess what! Okay so I went out, as myself, and bought this really awesome pizza…pocket thingy. And it was the awesomest food I've ever eaten. But then I found this guy…"
"Shadow what is the point of you waking me up?" Forest interrupted, covering his head with a pillow as the sun became too much to bear this early.
"Can you not be happy that I'm a real person that can go buy delicious pizza pockets?!" Shadow yelled, shoving Forest's shoulder.
"You're right, I shouldn't be so inconsiderate." Forest said sarcastically, his head still covered with a pillow making his voice come out muffled.
"You're a douche bag. I'm going to find Kylie or something." Shadow sulked. Forest glanced up from his spot on the bed and sighed.
"Fine, tell me your story." Forest mumbled, rolling over to stare at the ceiling.
"Okay!" Shadow yelled, much like an excited five year old. He bounced down onto the mattress, making himself comfortable by Forest's feet, and began his story.
Half an hour later and Forest was filled in on every little detail of Shadow's real life.
"Shit man, you're going to make me late for work." Forest yelled, scrambling up off the bed and digging through his pile of clothes to find something clean to wear to work.
"There's a red shirt in the living room." Shadow said cocking his head to the side as he stared at a pair of shoes.
Forest forgot clothes for a moment and stopped to gaze at Shadow.
"You alright man?" Forest asked.
"Yeah! Why?" Shadow asked, smiling at him.
"You seem...freaky, almost Domino freaky. Cut the shit and be normal when I get home, yeah?" Forest said heading towards the living room.
"Whatever you say." he called.
Forest sighed and grabbed his things before booking it out of the house as fast as he could without being suspicious. Shadow was freaking him out and he didn't really want to be near him any longer.
"Forest!" He turned sharply and almost slipped on the sidewalk, it was no doubt he was becoming paranoid.
"Hey Kylie." He said, letting a small smile grace his seemingly forever down turned lips.
"How have you been? Hows...Shadow?" she asked, almost scared to say Shadow's name. That's when Forest noticed that she was in clean clothes, that her hair wasn't dirty, that she was actually wearing make up.
"Holy shit Kylie. What happened to you?" he asked.
"Well that's what every girl wants to hear." Kylie muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Sorry." Forest mumbled, a blush creeping up his neck.
"It's fine Forest. Anyway, yeah I got a job. Kinda went to the women's shelter and they gave me a place to stay."
"Wow..." Forest mumbled.
"But it's so good to see you again!" Kylie yelled, hugging him tightly, "I mean Shadow is great and all but it's good to see you, really you."
"Yeah, I don't seem to get out much." he stated, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Well i'm glad you are. We should catch up over ice cream or something, coffee even."
"Yeah that'd be good. I have something crazy to tell you but I have to get to work so it'll have to wait."
"It better be good Forest." Kylie yelled as Forest hurried down the street.
"It is! You're going to freak out!"
"Well that's reassuring!" Kylie yelled back to him as he skidded around the corner.
"That's not possible Forest." Kylie stated before Forest scoffed.
"Why do I keep telling myself the same thing? It's not possible and yet there he is in my apartment talking to my roommate. He's REAL Kylie, I don't know why, I don't know how, but for some reason this world has something else planned for me that involves him." Forest stated, picking his cup of coffee up and taking a sip.
He glanced around the small diner that they were in. It wasn't too special, the food was cheap, the coffee didn't make you gag, and the patrons weren't ALL gangsters or drug dealers. Most of them were drunks coming out of their holes to chug back seven cups of coffee and get to work before their bosses saw their bloodshot eyes.
"More coffee?" the waitress asked. Forest glanced up and nodded before she filled his cup again.
"Thanks." he said, flashing a small smile to the older waitress. She grinned and walked away to take care of other customers.
"So, when do I get to meet this infamous Shadow for real?" Kylie asked, watching Forest pour sugar and cream into his black liquid.
"Whenever you want I guess. I don't control you, I don't control him." Forest paused as he stirred his coffee and looked up.
"What?" Kylie asked, looking down as her burger was placed in front of her.
"I'm not in control anymore. I mean, I controlled when Shadow came out, where he went, and now...I don't."
"Guess you're a bit shocked, seeing as you're stirring air at the moment." Kylie said, motioning to his coffee. Forest cursed and placed the spoon down on the table.
"Well a guy in your head doesn't just become real everyday."
"That's true. So, how are you holding up about it? I mean, it must make you feel insane." Kylie said, dissecting her burger to get the pickles off.
"I started feeling insane a long time ago Kylie, so it's not really that much of a difference." Forest shrugged and watched her eat, leaning over to steal a french fry.
"Ey! If you're hungry why didn't you order your own food?"
"Because i'm not hungry. I just wanted a taste besides coffee in my mouth." Forest shot back.
"Drinking coffee makes me want to brush my teeth right after I drink it." Kylie said pulling a face that clearly stated she was a tea drinker.
"Yeah well, I need it to live. I can bear with the taste."
"How was work today Forest?" Kylie asked, she had been jumping around on subjects ever since they had met up outside the park that sat between Forest's work and his apartment.
"It was work. Nothing too special." Forest shrugged and sighed.
"Something else is bothering you though...besides Shadow, and work, and anything else. I can tell by the way you won't look in my eyes." Forest glanced up at Kylie and knew it was time to fill her in on three years ago.
"I've told you all these secrets, can you handle one more?"
"You don't have another person in your head do you?" Kylie asked, worry crossing her face.
"No, I don't have anyone else dwelling in my dangerous mind. But I want to tell you, I think you should know...You remember when you met Shadow and he was chasing Mark?"
"Yes..." she trailed off.
"Well, he was chasing Mark because Mark was trying to turn me into my family. When I was sixteen my mother died of cancer. We didn't know about it, she was there one day and the next she was gone. That was when we found out about our father w-"
"Wait, sorry to interrupt, but we?" Kylie asked, Forest nodded at her question and scratched his chin.
"I have a sister, a twin sister. Now that you know that, we found out that we a had a father. A famous father. Does the name Zacky Baker ring a bell?" Kylie's eyes widened and she covered her mouth so she didn't scream and draw any attention.
"I knew you looked like him!" She whisper yelled. Forest laughed and made a face.
"You had no idea I looked like him."
"I just never told you I thought you looked like him." Kylie argued.
"Can I finish my story please?" Forest asked, leaning his chin on his hand.
"Fine, go ahead." Kylie said, sighing and sitting back as her argument was forgotten.
"Anyway, as I was saying, Zacky Baker is my dad, and that means that the rest of the guys are..I guess my uncles? I don't know. Back then I was taking pills to control Shadow, to keep him tucked away inside my brain. Zacky and everyone else didn't know about Shadow or the pills until I basically lost control. I nearly drowned myself in a bathtub of ice water to make Shadow leave me alone."
"Were you okay?!" Kylie asked. Forest stared at her.
"I'm sitting here aren't I?"
"Right..." she said, blushing like mad. Forest laughed and shook his head before stealing a french fry and going on.
"A bunch of other drama happened and I ended up going into a coma one night. I ended up in this twisted place called Byte City. It resembled Wonderland in the beginning, there was this insane...thing that called itself Domino," Forest visibly shuddered, "He tried to kill us, Shadow and I. Shadow ended up killing him after we got split up. It was so horrible there for awhile. But then we met this group of people. They were stuck there too somehow. I still don't know if it was just my subconsious mind creating a place for us to go and get away from the real world. Whatever it was, whoever did it, I thank them. Because there I could be myself without having to hide anything."
Forest trailed off after that and seemed to go off in his own little world.
"Do you wish you were still there Forest?" Kylie asked. Forest looked at her and smiled brightly.
"Everyday," He looked down, the smile still on his face as he played with his cold coffee, "Shall I go on then?"
"You probably should."
"Well I came out of the coma a year later. There was nothing wrong with me so I didn't know why I had been out for so long. A year without me did a lot to my sister. She changed so much, I didn't know who she was for a split second when she came into the hospital room. She did things she promised my mom she would never do. She did things she swore on her life that she would never do. She changed everything about herself to match the lifestyle of my father and them, and I hate her for that."
"Forest, you don't really hate your sister." Kylie said.
"No, I don't. I don't hate her, I hate the fake person she's trying to be. I wish all the time that we could go back to before my mom died. I wish we had, had enough money to treat my mother's cancer. I wish so many things that I know are useless to wish for because it's much too late for them to help anything. But I can't help but wish, that I was that had cancer and died instead of my mom. Then Hazel wouldn't be fake, she wouldn't live here and none of this would have happened."
"Oh Forest." Kylie said, moving over to sit next to him, "I'm glad you're not dead. If I hadn't met you I wouldn't have felt bad about being some homeless girl that you took care of. Because of you I went to that woman's shelter and got a job. You've impacted so many people's lives and you don't even know it." Kylie hugged him tightly and they sat there for a moment in silence.
"Want me to tell you the rest of the story now? Why i'm here and not there with them."
"You can tell me if you really want to."
Forest sighed and pushed the cup of coffee away as just the thought of it was annoying him in a way.
"Well when I went home, after I came out of the coma, Zacky wasn't being a father and Matt was Hazel's parent pretty much. They were so mean to Zack and I felt sorry for him when I was listening to them fighting. They said he could never be a parent to us, that he was just a drunk. I hated the guy but hell, to be told that by your best friends...I would have run away if I were him.
After that Matt came up and gave me this paper, splaying out my life in front of me like some toddler that couldn't make any decisions itself. I was going to have to go to a doctor, and take more medications, and see a therapist and I wasn't going to do that. I wasn't going to be held back from what I could or couldn't do. I didn't want to have to remember to take pills and rely on them to keep me going like I was. I just wanted to be me, and Shadow is part of me, well was."
Forest paused as the waitress came by and picked up the plate.
"More coffee for you?" she asked.
"No, I could use some water though."
"Right away." Kylie and Forest watched her walk away then Kylie turned back to Forest.
"Go on." she said.
"Yes Ma'em." Forest said, smiling slightly then went on with the story of his life, "After all that I wasn't going to deal with it anymore, so I packed up my stuff and left. I was at Zacky's house, Hazel was at Matt's since Zacky was 'unfit'. I called Hazel on a payphone after I left. Told her I wasn't going to be controlled by them, that I was leaving. She pleaded with me not to leave, said that everyone could work it out. But I knew we wouldn't be able to, just the thought of that day, that family, makes me mad. My biggest regret is when she told me what I promised her when we were fifteen. I promised if I ever ran away I would take her with me. And she brought that up that day, and you know what I told her? I told her that I also promised her the stars and then I hung up on her. I should have told her I loved her or something."
"You were upset." Kylie said quietly.
"But not upset enough to not tell her I loved her. She's my sister, I was all she had left of the past and I didn't tell her I loved her when I ran away. I'm her twin brother I should have said something besides that."
"I'm sorry Forest, but it's in the past now."
"No it's not, they found me. I went there for a barbecue and yelled at them again. I can't even talk to them without yelling. I was just so pissed that they were living this life that I could have had, but couldn't at the same time if I didn't give up all these things."
"Well it's over now, you're living your own life and you have friends and those friends are your family so you don't need them."
"You mean you're my family?" Forest asked laughing.
"Hell yes. Now, why don't we go home and see Shadow."
Forest sighed and nodded.
"Lets, i'm sick of all these people here." Forest stated, pulling money out of his pocket for the bill that had been set down along with Forest's cup of water. He grabbed the slip of paper and headed for the cash register.
"Does Shadow look funny?" Kylie asked, standing next to Forest as he paid.
"Well...I don't know, I guess. You'll probably think he looks way different then you imagined him. For one, he has blue hair."
"Blue hair?" Kylie asked with an incredulous look on her face.
"Yeah, we both dyed our hair when I ran. Shadow chose blue because he thought no one was going to be able to see it." Kylie laughed and followed him out into the sun.
"I cannot wait to see this." she stated.
"Me either." Forest smirked.
‹ Chapter 7
Chapter 9 ›
Haha so I actually edited this before posting it and i'm pretty happy with it. Not that i'm not happy with any chapter I post I suppose. Some of them i'm not happy with but hey, you can't have greatness in every chapter.
So we finally get some more Forest action. It's nice to finally just have him being semi-normal and hanging out with Kylie. Taking a little break from all the drama.
And I got the best inspiration for the way i'm going to end this here story. And from who? My 12 year old sister while we were on our way to Country Buffet haha. So thanks Paulie, you're like a life saver I swear.
And now, onto the people that make me happy, the Mibbians who commented!
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sweet like poison.
Only three but hey, they're pretty awesome people and I'm glad they like this story! :)
So i'm going to go on an editing spree and edit all the chapter in this story for mistakes. So it'll be niccerrr!


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Man dies in motorcycle accident in Fort Collins
By Reporter-Herald Staff |
FORT COLLINS — City police are investigating a single-vehicle motorcycle accident shortly after noon Friday that killed a man.
According to a press release, the 24-year-old man was driving his motorcycle south in right lane of southbound College Avenue when he made a lane change to the left and lost control and hit the center median curb.
The motorcycle and driver crashed to the ground, and he was taken to Medical Center of the Rockies with life-threatening injuries where he died.
The man, who was not wearing a helmet, was the only person on the motorcycle.
The motorcyclist's identity will be released by the Larimer County Coroner after notification of next of kin.
Several lanes of northbound and southbound College Avenue were closed for about three hours while the Fort Collins Police CRASH Team investigated the incident.
Anyone who has information about the accident and has not spoken to law enforcement is asked to contact Officer Tim Brennan at 970-416-2229.
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Strict Adherence to Traditional Masculinity Associated with More Severe PTSD in Vets
Emotional suppression, self-reliance, may also hinder access to and effectiveness of treatment, study says
23-Jan-2020 1:30 PM EST, by American Psychological Association (APA)
Newswise — WASHINGTON -- To help service members perform better in the field, military training emphasizes the importance of certain traits associated with traditional masculinity, including suppression of emotion and self-reliance. But when veterans return home, strict adherence to these traits can become detrimental, leading to more severe post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and making it more difficult to treat, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
"These findings suggest that veterans with rigid adherence to traditional masculinity may be at increased risk for developing PTSD, may have more severe PTSD symptoms and may be less likely to seek mental health treatment for PTSD," said Elizabeth Neilson, PhD, of Morehead University and the lead author on the study.
The research was published in the journal Psychology of Men and Masculinities.
Neilson and her co-authors analyzed data from 17 studies, comprising more than 3,500 military veterans, conducted in the last 25 years that involved, at least in part, measuring the relationship between adherence to traditional masculine ideals and trauma-related symptoms. The studies primarily focused on men, but one included both male and female participants. While most studies were conducted in the United States, the researchers also included studies from Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel and Vietnam.
"Overall, we found that strict adherence to masculine norms was associated with more severe PTSD symptoms in veterans, but more detailed analysis suggests that the association may specifically be caused by the veterans' belief that they should control and restrict their emotions. In other words, they should be tough," Neilson said. This held true for both male and female veterans.
While all members of society are exposed to aspects of traditional masculinity, members of the military receive messages that normalize, reinforce and instill values of masculinity as part of their training, according to Neilson.
"Previous research has found that military personnel report high levels of conformity to traditional masculine norms, such as emotional control, self-reliance and the importance of one's job," she said. "These values can promote self-confidence and skill-building in the field, but when a service member is confronted with physical or mental trauma, they can also contribute to more severe PTSD."
Traumatic experiences, including combat and sexual trauma, can lead to feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness, both of which are in direct opposition to what society expects of men: That they should be strong and in control. The discrepancy between reality and societal expectations can exacerbate PTSD symptoms. Research estimates as many as 23% of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan experience PTSD .
Adherence to masculine norms can also create barriers to getting necessary treatment, according to Neilson. Previous research on veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan found pride in self-reliance and a belief that one should be able to handle mental health problems on one's own kept service members from seeking help when they needed it.
And even if veterans did seek treatment, the emphasis on stoicism and mental fortitude within both military culture and traditional masculinity could make treatment more difficult, she said. The two most widely used, evidence-based therapies for PTSD require explicit discussions of emotions, thoughts and behaviors related to traumatic experiences. PTSD is perpetuated by avoiding stimuli associated with a traumatic experience, including emotions. Successful PTSD treatment involves breaking that cycle of avoidance and confronting those stimuli, she said.
"Both military culture and traditional masculine ideals lead to the avoidance of disclosure and speaking about traumatic experiences, which may interfere with appropriate treatment," Neilson said.
Another trend the researchers found was that veterans often try to reaffirm their masculinity following trauma, engaging in exaggerated stereotypical male behavior, such as aggression and increased sexual behavior, to compensate for the injury the trauma had on their identity, according to Neilson.
"In one study we reviewed, veterans reported engaging in frequent sex to avoid negative thoughts, because feeling sexually desirable temporarily suspended those negative thoughts about their self-worth," she said.
APA published voluntary guidelines in 2018 recommending that therapists consider discussing masculine ideology and the effects of cultural expectations of men and boys when treating male veteran clients. Neilson hopes that future research will examine how clinicians already are addressing conformity to masculinity ideology in their treatment of PTSD.
"It would not surprise me if some clinicians are already considering how a veteran's masculinity ideology contributes to their PTSD symptomology and treatment engagement," she said. "Consistent with APA's recommendations, I suggest that clinicians discuss beliefs and adherence to traditional masculinity ideologies with the patients. This information is important for conceptualizing patients' mental health and identifying specific behaviors to target in treatment."
Article: "Traditional Masculinity Ideology, PTSD Symptom Severity and Treatment in Service Members and Veterans: A Systematic Review," by Elizabeth Neilson, PhD, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, and Morehead State University; R. Sonia Singh, PhD, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas and South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center; Kelly Harper, PhD, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, and The National Center for PTSD at Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System; and Ellen Teng, PhD, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, published online Jan. 27, 2020.
Full text of the article is available online at https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/men-men0000257.pdf
Contact: Elizabeth Neilson can be contacted via email at ecneilson@moreheadstate.edu or by phone at (606) 783-2981.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA's membership includes nearly 121,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve lives.
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This past summer, I facilitated six classes on MIT's icon-based programming language, Scratch, and simultaneously helped fifth – ninth graders learn about computer programming. I taught four sessions of "Video Games From Scratch," and two sessions of "Create From Scratch." These last two sessions focused on creating conversations and stories with Scratch. I don't want to be a biased teacher, but these were DEFINITELY my favorite programming classes.
Our class met for eight days; each class was an hour. After a few days of basic concepts (animation, movement), I asked them to create a conversation between sprites. We started with storyboards.
Nothing too complicated – just a simple six-panel, hand-drawn storyboard to tell the events of their conversation. There was a lot of resistance to pre-planning. I asked anyway. Most of them complied (probably because they were locked out of their computers until they finished their storyboard).
Their programmed conversations were allowed to veer, twist and change from their original storyboard. The results were interesting and somewhat mixed, but it prepared them for the deeper challenge of recreating a classic fairy tale in Scratch.
When students returned from the weekend break, I asked them to work on their capstone project: a classic fairy tale. Students were free to retell the story, or add an alternate ending, fracture the tale, etc.
My class was a good mix of boys and girls, but both groups willingly accepted the assignment. Some chose to retell the story with a funny ending. Some made silly graphics which altered the story. Some spent a lot of time creating beautiful graphics, but didn't change the story arc. There was a lot of choice, creativity and fun.
Why was this my favorite class? Well…I am the mother of two boys. I am married to a man. All of the males in my household love to play video games.
I know! I feel terrible just writing that sentence, however, I have come to accept and embrace my biases. I like board games and card games. I enjoy learning about history, cognitive psychology and education. I love art and making art. I cannot live without reading books. I enjoy writing, though, not necessarily fictional stories. I love bringing art and writing together – with technology. That's why I love Scratch and that's why I loved this "Create" class more than the popular video game class. Hopefully, it left some of the students with a similar feeling – a way to embrace technology that doesn't revolve solely around video games.
This entry was posted in Computer Programming and tagged computer programming, Scratch, STEAM on September 26, 2016 by ArtisanEducation.
Have you ever wanted to like something, but just couldn't bring yourself to do so?
That's how I feel about the game, Code Monkey Island.
It has a lot going for it – it's pretty, it has a catchy name and it does a beautiful job explaining how code works. The accompanying "textbook" is just fabulous and is a wonderful resource.
Sadly, the game mechanics are somewhat lacking, and the game instructions are only 2-pages long. There is no description of how to move your monkeys from their start bubble and there are too many similar playing cards.
But the real deal killer?
It's tedious to play. It's right up there with Monopoly Jr., Chutes & Ladders and Candyland. All which were played once, and then banished from the house. It's annoying to play a game that can go on forever, just for the sake of continuing.
To be fair – Code Monkey Island did last for more than one playing. I had initially purchased it last summer for camp and my campers and I played it one afternoon. Unfortunately, those 8-10-year-olds found it a little too boring for their liking. Maybe that was because we had played (and enjoyed) Robot Turtles and Be the Robot.
However, before I gave up on it completely, I pulled it out last week and my own children and I sat down to play. We set up the game, skimmed the limited instructions and set off to immerse ourselves in the world of boolean logic, variables and monkeys. Sometimes we weren't sure what to do (like how and when our monkeys could leave their start circle), so we made up some rules. All of that would have been okay, but then my kids started to play the dreaded "remove one of the monkeys from the banana stand" card. This allows a player to take another player's monkey out of the "home" section. Thus, dragging on the game.
Of course, you could always remove those cards, but I still think the overall game play is too tedious. My kids likened it to the game, Sorry! That's a game they somewhat like, but that doesn't get played as often as Settlers of Cataan or Ticket to Ride. Plus, they said they liked it even less than Sorry!, so it won't be residing in the game closet.
Did I mention that it's pretty?
This entry was posted in Computer Programming and tagged computer programming, STEM on June 20, 2016 by ArtisanEducation.
In an effort to utilize my librarian background, I am embarking on a series of book reviews, to be published on Fridays. These reviews will cover art & technology books for and about children, as well as reality-based children's books for a Montessori lifestyle.
Valk, Laurens. The Lego Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book. No Starch Press, Inc.: San Fransisco, 2014.
This fabulous book is one of many in a sea of EV3 instructional books, all of which are designed to teach your young roboticist how to navigate the convoluted Mindstorms software. However, this one differs in that it is written directly to your young roboticist. It's not written to the robotics teacher (ahem), and while it is wordier than my budding roboticist would like, it does provide a lot of little "challenges" to help reinforce the programming concepts. We have been working with it for the last nine months. Plus, it's in color, which makes my visual-spatial learner very happy.
The target audience is the owner of the Lego Mindstorms retail kit (the ones sold at Toys R Us, etc.) I have the kit that comes from Lego Education, which means that I own the Educational Software ($99). However, the free version utilizes the same programming, and the only major difference is that it does not include Lego's video tutorials. Personally, I haven't been a huge fan of the video tutorials, also known as the 'Robot Educator,' though they may be more useful in a classroom setting.
For those that are unaware, the Mindstorms software was modeled after Seymour Papert's Logo turtle, and the first wave was created by a team at MIT (including Mitch Resnick, one of the creators of Scratch). Papert's theory being that children learn the best by playing and messing around and building new knowledge out of the stuff they already know. This became the constructionist learning approach.
Constructionism was built off the constructivist learning theory which asserts that if given the right tools and age-appropriate resources, kids (and adults) will teach themselves the knowledge that they need. Papert was especially strong on his feelings that computers should be used in schools, but not just as a tool to complete a typed paper, but rather as a discovery instrument.
Nowadays, the visual Labview computer language is the basis for the EV3 Mindstorms software.
With minimal instruction and guidance, it's easy for kids to get started with icon-based software. I see the same thing happening with my summer coding camps, where I use the icon-based programming language Scratch. I give a little instruction and let them playfully discover how the software works. However, learning without a mentor takes a lot of time (and frustration). It happens. It's very beneficial. But, it takes a lot of time. Our society values "well-roundness" and we don't always provide enough time for deep learning.
But, I think a skilled facilitator is invaluable at this early stage of learning and can get kids started on the path to deep learning, while still offering them a lot of self-discovery. A good teacher will ask questions to help their students to delve deeper into the materials, such as "I wonder what would happen if you changed the number of steps?" or "Is there a way to make your sprite stop at the end of the screen?" Yes, these are leading questions, but they also help children to retain their creativity, love for problem-solving and give them some direction so they don't become overwhelmed.
Many of the kids need a little bit of – just in time guidance – to make those deep learning connections. The depth of a multilayered language, such as the EV3 Mindstorms, benefits from a good facilitator standing nearby. This mentor should not be interfering, but should step in when a child is getting frustrated because there is not enough feedback in their learning loop. I also want to be quick to point out that the facilitator does not have to be an adult. It can be the more advanced kids teaching the inexperienced ones (and vice versa).
I think the Mindstorms EV3 Discovery book provides enough free choice and challenges to keep an interested student involved, without being stifled or overwhelmed. There are numerous colorful pictures and a lot of mini-lessons. Some of the lessons include the programming (or at least a guide to what needs to occur), and there are a lot of chances to get some direct instruction. Thankfully, there's also a chance to play around with the code, and be able to see how their "author-facilitator" did it.
You could work through the book in order. There are nineteen chapters and they teach a number of programming concepts. Valk also provides a lot of sample programs so that you can understand how some of the sensors work. Since I have an educational set, my sensors are a little different than the ones from the retail set, but the concepts are very similar and you can apply the knowledge to those as well.
I tend to veer toward the "work in order" theory of learning, but I have a visual-spatial learner who learns best when he has a lot of control and can follow his interests. So, after the first few lessons on movement, I gave him free reign to choose whatever he wanted to work on next. We started with the ultrasonic sensor and he made a "roomba" like robot that moved away from the wall.
Later, he decided that he wanted to learn more about the color sensors and flipped to chapter seven. He then proceeded to pick and choose random programs to test with the color sensor. This required a little bit of help from mom (to remind him to pay attention to the details of the sensor), but after realizing it was very similar to our line reading Ozobots, he was off and running. He tried a little experimentation – with black markers and hand-drawn lines – which surprisingly didn't work.
But, we remembered that we had some black electrical tape and he proceeded to try out his color-sensing robot.
After his success, I (strongly) suggested that we delve deeply into the color sensor and truly get to know it well before moving on to other programming and parts. He reluctantly agreed and we perused other ideas and opportunities from Valk's book. We printed out the pre-made circle track and my son wrote the program to make it stay within the lines.
All told, we love this book. He loves the colorful pictures and I love the creative challenges that require a deeper understanding of content.
A project from the book where the robot has to push out the pieces, but stay within the confines of the circle.
This entry was posted in Computer Programming, Technology and tagged Lego® Mindstorms on May 13, 2016 by ArtisanEducation.
Drawn by C, age 7. I'm especially fond of the underground magma.
It's fairly obvious that I love Scratch, the icon-based programming language developed by MIT. It's a fabulous way for kids to dip their toes into learning about computer programming and computer science principles.
I've been using it for almost 4 years and each time I mess around with it, I learn something new. In the beginning, we use it creatively – as it was intended to be used. We start with a few blocks and see what we can make. I do some guided learning, but there's a lot of choice and a focus on enjoying the language.
Then, we start moving into deeper and deeper concepts – variables, sending messages and conditional statements, etc. But, there still has to be an emphasis on being creative, flexible and offering a somewhat open-ended project.
Many of them get the concept, though they don't truly understand it until they try to make their own animation. It's at that point that they realize the slight differences are what truly matters in animation.
That usually works for most of my ten-year-old and up students, but I needed a more thorough explanation for my newly minted seven-year-old. He has been begging (for over a year) to work with Scratch and I finally relented in January.
We did the above background animation, but it still wasn't quite clicking, so I decided to start with a hand-drawn storyboard process. I went with an animated volcano in Scratch. That leaves a lot of personal choice options, but the key concepts remain the same.
I made a simple example and asked the younger kids to sketch out the various stages of a volcano. They were allowed ample time to view (and stop) my volcano program.
Once the steps were labeled, they set out making a different background (or sprite) with four different scenes – based on what they drew.
A simple introduction to storyboarding, and a way to keep the 'creative' in Scratch, not to mention a quick glimpse into how basic animation works. Creative programming at work!
This entry was posted in Computer Programming and tagged computer programming, Scratch on May 9, 2016 by ArtisanEducation.


Welcome to another edition of Remix Roundup, a segment in which we bring you the latest and greatest mixes circulating the interwebs. First up is a refreshing upbeat edit of Swedish duo Shakarchi & Stranéus' "Hissmusik" from fellow Swedish producer HNNY (pronounced honey). The track amounts to insanely infectious dance music, complete with playful bass, an addictive vocal hook and even a flute solo. Treat your ears to this aural nectar below.
In keeping with this breezy and convivial vibe, we take a short remix interlude to bring you this blithe electronic track from Sydney's Bag Raiders that we've had up our sleeves for some time. The now LA-based duo, Chris Stracey and Jack Glass import the tropics with "Nairobi," an instrumental track infused with marimba melodies and conga rhythms that make us anxious for summer. Although the track was released on an EP of the same name last year, the group is allegedly at work on their second album.
Lastly, Michigan producer Shigeto recently was tasked with reworking a Hundred Waters track for their Remix album of The Moon Rang Like a Bell. While "Cavity" is a dark and spectral tune perfect in it's own right, the Ghostly International-signed artist manages to add some levity to the original in a way that doesn't detract — but rather gives it a new form entirely.
Exquisite instrumentation with Shigeto's signature chimes and an intricate melody make for a revivifying final product, that sends our hearts soaring when the looping begins around 1:35 minutes in. Stream this Little Dragon-esque delicacy below, and be sure to pick up the entire Remix LP on iTunes while you're at it.


thats a good way to start the second half. i went 2-1 in MLB and hit each play in WNBA and CFL, so overall it was a +310 night. there's so much on the board that i like tonight i have to narrow it down. we'll heres my predictions and plays.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Maritime India Summit 2016 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
This is India's first ever Maritime Summit and the flagship event organised by Union Ministry of Shipping.
The first of its kind two day summit (from April 14 to 16, 2016) will be held at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai.
South Korea is the partner country for the summit and will be represented by a high level ministerial and business delegation.
It will be global summit that will comprise of an Investors' Summit along with exhibition and demo session. More than 50 other maritime nations have been invited.
On the occasion of this event, Union government also released a national perspective plan for the Sagarmala Project. The project involves more than 150 projects related to modernisation of existing ports, setting up 5-6 new ports.
It also seeks to enhance port connectivity through heavy haul rail corridor, freight-friendly expressways, inland waterways, coastal Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and industrial clusters, and so on. Its main purpose is to set sight on boosting India's exports by 2025, and create 40 lakh direct jobs and indirect employment for 60 lakh people.


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Oregon's New Red Flag Laws — State Confiscates Nearly 50 Gun Owners' Guns
Tim Brown November 16, 2018
The state of Oregon is full-blown Communists. These anti-Americans running the show in the Western state have implemented their newest man-made, constitution-violating laws in the form of Red Flag "laws," and those "laws" have resulted in nearly 50 people having their property stolen from them even though they were not charged with a crime nor were found guilty of a crime.
Oregon Live reports:
At least 46 Oregonians have been ordered to surrender their guns under a new type of court order intended to stop suicides and mass shootings, law enforcement and court officials testified to state lawmakers Wednesday.
Ten of the cases affect people in Multnomah County, where authorities have seized more than 50 guns from people found to pose a danger to themselves or others, Mike Reese, the county sheriff, told a joint meeting of the Senate and House judiciary committees. Washington County follows with at least eight cases, then Josephine County, with at least seven, according to documents submitted to the committees.
In a June news story "Shots Not Fired," The Oregonian/OregonLive reported on the first several dozen gun seizure orders issued under the new law. The newsroom's analysis showed judges ordered guns seized mostly from people affected by substance abuse, anger or mental health problems. Research presented to lawmakers Wednesday indicates that trend has continued.
While there were people in the midst of this who broke the law in issuing threats to commit mass shootings and such, not all of these people were doing so.
"I believe that this legislation is an important component of a comprehensive approach to gun violence reduction," Reese testified.
He also said that "most" of "extreme risk protection order" cases in Multnomah County arose from a person's threats of suicide. In several cases, people brandished weapons and threatened to shoot themselves or others.
Fair enough. If a person is brandishing their weapon, don't they have a law against that? If the person is threatening to shoot others, isn't there a law against that? OK, then why do you need this red flag "law"? It's because the devil is in the details.
Reese used the word "most," not all. That means there are a number of people who have their property stolen by the government when they have not actually committed a crime. This is very dangerous people.
Government, in general, has targeted our veterans over the very rights they fought to protect. They have denied them the right to purchase (keep and bear) arms of their choice, even when they had committed no crime.
Red flag "laws" are not constitutional. According to our Constitution :
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
I have no problem with people losing liberty if they have committed a crime and get due process, but it is not the job of government to take people's property if they have committed no crime.
However, this is what Oregon is doing. The Oregonian reported earlier in an article titled "Shots Not Fired":
On the heels of a gun suicide in one lawmaker's family and amid confessions of domestic violence in another's, the Oregon Legislature narrowly passed a law in 2017 giving judges discretion to pry guns from people not convicted of a crimewho show signs they might shoot themselves or someone else.
Under the new law, police, family members or roommates can petition a judge for an "extreme risk protection order" barring gun possession. If an order is granted, the person named in it has 24 hours to turn over all guns to law enforcement, a qualified third party or gun dealer. The order stands for a year but can be extended indefinitely by a judge.
Again, does that sound constitutional? Nope, not unless the person was issuing threats or brandishing their weapon or firing it indiscriminately at someone. Those things are crimes and as such, the person should be arrested, charged and if found guilty dealt with accordingly. That would be due process. This is not.
If the goal is simply to get guns out of their hands, but fail to charge them with a crime, isn't that telling to anyone reading this?
Stay tuned, this is going to get uglier, and not just in Oregon.
Article posted with permission from Guns In The News


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Q: What is the difference between LRU and LFU What is the difference between LRU and LFU cache implementations?
I know that LRU can be implemented using LinkedHashMap.
But how to implement LFU cache?

A: the main difference is that in LRU we only check on which page is recently that used old in time than other pages i.e checking only based on recent used pages.
BUT in LFU we check the old page as well as the frequency of that page and if frequency of the page is lager than the old page we cant remove it and if we all old pages are having same frequency then take last i.e FIFO method for that. and remove page....

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LRU is a cache eviction algorithm called least recently used cache.

Look at this resource

LFU is a cache eviction algorithm called least frequently used cache.
It requires three data structures. One is a hash table that is used to cache the key/values so that given a key we can retrieve the cache entry at O(1). The second one is a double linked list for each frequency of access. The max frequency is capped at the cache size to avoid creating more and more frequency list entries. If we have a cache of max size 4 then we will end up with 4 different frequencies. Each frequency will have a double linked list to keep track of the cache entries belonging to that particular frequency.
The third data structure would be to somehow link these frequencies lists. It can be either an array or another linked list so that on accessing a cache entry it can be easily promoted to the next frequency list in time O(1).

A:

*

*constant-time insertion only works for the LRU because we use a doubly linked list and insertion is based on time. We just add the
element to the tail of the doubly linked list. In LFU, we can
maintain constant-time lookup but we cannot have constant time
insertion. Because insertion depends on how often items have been
used, each element stores this info so when we add a new item we have
to sort the elements based on this variable.

*In LFU, the best way to keep order on entries based on their dynamically changing priority is, of course, a priority queue. It
might be a heap, a Fibonacci heap, or any other implementation. The
order of insertion does not matter here, our priority is how often
each element has been used and it is associated with each node.

*we have only two things to change in our caching implementation to switch from an LRU to an LFU:
1- The eviction policy     2- The data structure used to store elements

*To create LFU cache we use hashmap and treap. treap is the combination of binary tree and priority queue. The idea in treap, you
have two constraints, you structure one of them with binary tree and
another one with a priority queue. have a look at this graph:

Values of hashmap are pointing to treap nodes. In treap nodes, numbers in small blue rectangles are the number of accesses and this is the priority queue part of the treap. NOTE that children nodes always have a higher priority than their parents, but there is no ordering between siblings.

*

*if the LFU cache runs for long, the turnaround time for older entries that are not popular anymore could be very long.

Here is the Performance comparison:

reference

A: Let's consider a constant stream of cache requests with a cache capacity of 3, see below:
A, B, C, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, B, C, D

If we just consider a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache with a HashMap + doubly linked list implementation with O(1) eviction time and O(1) load time, we would have the following elements cached while processing the caching requests as mentioned above.
[A]
[A, B]
[A, B, C]
[B, C, A] <- a stream of As keeps A at the head of the list.
[C, A, B]
[A, B, C]
[B, C, D] <- here, we evict A, we can do better!

When you look at this example, you can easily see that we can do better - given the higher expected chance of requesting an A in the future, we should not evict it even if it was least recently used.
A - 12
B - 2
C - 2
D - 1

Least Frequently Used (LFU) cache takes advantage of this information by keeping track of how many times the cache request has been used in its eviction algorithm.

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