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Chancellor Nemenzo: 'compassion and academic excellence...will help us survive this crisis'
Dear Members of the UP Diliman Community,
The novel coronavirus has given me an unusual welcome at the start of my term as Chancellor. Within a week, I had to form the UPD COVID-19 Task Force, composed of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, University Health Service personnel, students, staff and faculty from the different disciplines to plan and carry out our university's community response to the pandemic.
The Task Force has been monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Diliman, coordinating with the LGU (local government unit) and barangay health officials, attending to the needs of residents, students and other personnel stranded in the campus, and issuing regular information bulletins through the UP Diliman Information Office.
I would like to report that we have transformed many of our buildings into COVID-19 facilities. Among these are the NISMED Hostel, which provides accommodation for Quezon City health frontliners; the Asian Institute of Tourism building, which serves as a testing center for Quezon City District 6 residents; and the Palma Hall, which has now been equipped as our University Health Service quarantine facility for the UP community. We hope that we will not have to use more than a few rooms of Palma Hall, but we need to be ready in case the situation escalates in the UP Diliman campus, which is surrounded by some of the city's COVID-19 hotspots. These are just a few of the several COVID-19 response initiatives of UP Diliman. I will write more about these initiatives in a separate letter.
We have entered the seventh week of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. It has also been this long since we suspended online classes and work on campus. During this period, the University, at both the Diliman and System levels, embarked on a process to determine how the semester would proceed given the uncertain situation. Student, faculty and staff surveys were conducted. Memos have been issued to explain UP's emerging guidelines and last week, the Office of the President released the implementing guidelines of the Board of Regents (BOR)-approved UP System Policy on the Second Semester AY 2019-2020 in the time of COVID-19.
I understand the anxiety and confusion among our students and faculty that this whole protracted process has created.
This is the last thing that we want to happen at a time when everyone is already under great stress. All I can say is that policymaking in the time of a pandemic is a novel process for the university.
While we have tried to consider perspectives, it is far from perfect. Still, we in the administration are learning from this process and will strive to do better.
I wish to address an issue that developed in the debates on how we should continue or close the semester. In some of the statements and exchanges in social media, I noticed the emergence of a split between compassion and academic excellence. This is a false dichotomy and one that we should not fall for.
Compassion and academic excellence are twin values that our community upholds. The challenge now is how to uphold both values despite the constraints of our context.
Our duty as a university is to provide our students with quality education. However, the discharge of this duty during the pandemic must be tempered with compassion, solidarity, and understanding, especially because, in this situation, our traditional tools and platforms for education do not work. The grading scale we used before the pandemic cannot properly measure the performance of students in a time of upheaval and disruption. Grades lose their meaning during an existential crisis. This is why the UP Diliman Executive Committee has requested the BOR to allow faculty to give a grade of "P" to students this semester.
We have to begin developing strong bridging programs to help transition our students into the coming school terms, even as we await how the pandemic situation unfolds. The crisis has compelled us to explore non-traditional modes and platforms of teaching and learning while recognizing the diverse curricular requirements of our students, the uneven access of faculty and students to technology, and the differences in personal circumstances within which people find themselves. In short, a strict single approach to concluding the academic year may not be possible.
Having said this, the BOR has set the University policy regarding the closure of the current semester and the academic year. This is our policy context.
I am enjoining our faculty in the various departments and colleges to re-imagine our ways of teaching and grading, exploring all the possible spaces provided by the policy that would enable you to carry out the most compassionate and feasible solution in consideration of the needs and welfare of our students in these precarious times.
Let us demonstrate that both compassion and academic excellence are mutually reinforcing values that will help us survive this crisis and face the challenges of the post-COVID-19 world with honor, integrity and solidarity.
Fidel R. Nemenzo
Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman
This letter was originally posted in the website of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The graphic header was adopted and cropped from the image posted in the official Facebook page of the UP Diliman. To learn more about the university policies, memos, and responses to Covid-19, visit the KapitDiliman portal — Information Office, UP Asian Center


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Julie Ann Kornak
Julie Ann Kornak is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of BrightSide Theatre. As a native of Chicago's suburbs, Julie has been surrounded by theater and music her whole life. From an early age, she began studying voice and was classically trained for 15 years. As an actress, some of her favorite musical roles include: Christine in "Phantom" (Kopit & Yeston) at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center (JPAC) and playing both Penny & Judy in the original musical farce "Danger Will Robinson" , based on the TV show "Lost in Space", also at the JPAC. Favorite roles in non-musicals include: Jean Perkins in "Funny Money" at the JPAC, Jacqueline in "Don't Dress for Dinner" and Diana in "Lend Me A Tenor" with Summer Place Theatre, Elvira in "Blithe Spirit" and both Marlo & Patsy in the original interactive comedy "Patsy's Bridal Shower" with Theatre Eclectic.
Julie is a professional singer throughout Chicagoland and most often can be heard singing at Sts. Peter & Paul and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Churches in Naperville. With her BA in Psychology & Sociology and a minor in Theatre from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Julie brings not only her love for the theatre but a background in Human Resources to the BrightSide Theatre. Julie is happily married to her husband, Adam, and is a proud mom to her oldest son, Ryan, and to her twins, Aidan & Amanda.
Paul Santucci
Paul Santucci has a BS in Communications and a Minor in Theater from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, he also has a MS in Recreation Administration from Aurora University and an Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Beginning his theater performance at the famed Oak Park & River Forest HS in 1980 as a dancer, chorus member and actor, Paul continued his love for theater after college, being a part of too many shows to list, as a Producer, Director, Actor, Dancer, Stage Manager, Art Director, Set Designer (Nominated for a "Boonie Award" for Set Design for "Man Of La Mancha"), Set Builder, Lighting Director and Sound Director. Paul as an adult has performed on many stages in the Chicagoland area for dinner theater, professional theater, community theater and university theater. His favorite role in a musical was Tommy Djilas, from "Music Man", his favorite acting role was Dr. William Chumley in "Harvey," and his favorite overall show he performed in was as a Scottish Sword Dancer in "Brigadoon!"
Paul is a supporter and defender of the arts in his professional and volunteer efforts in the Naperville area. He believes in giving back to the community and has sat and sits, on many boards currently, as an elected Township Trustee in Naperville, on the board of advisors with a non-for-profit adult education resource center, and with the West Suburban Irish group in Naperville. Paul is also a member of three school PTA's as well as a life long soccer player, coach and referee.
Paul is currently the owner of a communications and IT consulting company, Santucci Communications and is a licensed Commercial Real Estate Broker as an investment and development broker for Dolan & Murphy in Aurora. Paul lives in the Naperville area with his wife Jenny and is very proud that his three children Gabi, Nikki and Dylan are all in the arts, including music, fine and performing arts, continuing in their fathers footsteps.
Michael J. Schroeck
Retired – Vice President/Partner, Global Big Data Analytics Leader
IBM Business Analytics and Optimization, Global Business Services
Mr. Michael J. Schroeck is the former Global Big Data Analytics Leader for the IBM Business Analytics and Optimization Consulting Practice. With more than 30 years of consulting experience, he has a proven track record in Analytics, Information Management, Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management. Mr. Schroeck is considered an industry luminary and thought leader. He has authored several articles on Big Data and Analytics, has co-authored the 2012 IBM Big Data Study as well as a book on Enterprise Information Architecture, has been a featured speaker at many industry conferences and major seminars, and is frequently quoted in leading business and technical publications. Mr. Schroeck has guided project teams in the design and successful implementation of large, complex enterprise-wide analytics solutions for a wide range of clients in areas such as: big data, information management, customer relationship management, financial reporting and analytics, enterprise risk management, supply chain optimization, and operational intelligence. Mr. Schroeck was twice named as one of the world's top "25 Most Influential Consultants" by Consulting Magazine and was named a Distinguished Engineer by IBM for his outstanding and sustained technical achievement and leadership. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Schroeck was a Partner in the Consulting Services Division at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Currently, Michael serves on the Board of Directors for the following agencies:
Hesed House – Treasurer
VeracityIQ – Board of Advisors
Biddle – Board of Advisors
He has also served on the following Boards:
Naperville CARES – Vice President/President-elect
Stonebridge Community Association – President
Fox River Trail Runners – Treasurer
Mr. Schroeck has earned the following certifications:
CPA – Certified Public Accountant
CMA – Certified Management Accountant
CMC – Certified Management Consultant
CPIM – Certified in Production and Inventory Management
Jeffrey Cass
Jeffrey Cass holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater Performance from Roosevelt University where he also studied lighting design and stage management. He previously served as the Producing Director for Circle Theatre of Forest Park/Oak Park, IL where he was a company member for 4 years. Directing Credits include: The Who's Tommy (6 Joseph Jefferson Nominations including Best Musical and Best Director) Bashand The Distance From Here (Midwest Premier) by Neil LaBute, Burning Blue (Midwest Premier), Crazy for You, Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Urinetown, Peter Pan and New Plays Festival 2 and 3 at Circle Theatre. Chicago acting credits include: Mystery of Edwin Drood (Jeff Nominated – Circle), Jekyll & Hyde, Is There Life After High School, Evita as well as Joseph (Jedlicka Performing Arts Center) Joseph… (Oak Park Village Players) Man Of La Mancha, The Cradle Will Rock, Lady In The Dark, As You Like It, Measure For Measure, Al Pachino!, Bring Them Home and Rhinoceros (Roosevelt University). He has toured with American Eagle Productions in 1776, Joseph and Tom Sawyer, and with Green Light Performing Company in numerous original educational musicals.
Joe Messina
Joe is a Co-Founder of BrightSide Theatre. For over the past decade, Joe was the Managing Director/ Resident Producer at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center (JPAC Theatre). During this time Joe produced several plays and musicals, including "Nefertiti -The Musical" (World Premiere), "We Will Rock You!" (Regional Premiere), and the Premiere Chicago Productions of "Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical", "The Who's Tommy", "Blood Brothers" and "Aspects of Love". In addition, Joe had directed and produced the Regional Premieres of numerous plays by Neil Simon, Ray Cooney and Rupert Holmes.
JPAC's ability to secure high-profile premieres with top-end production values garnered the attention of the Chicago Tribune, which called the JPAC "…The most aggressive, producing theatre in the suburbs." and WGN Radio to deemed it "..a cultural treasure". Joe has also been featured in articles on Playbill.com.
From 1998-2002, Joe was the co-founder and artistic director of the Cenacle Theatre Company, which was located in Chicago's booming Pilsen Art District. During it's brief, but acclaimed run the Chicago Reader called the Cenacle Theatre "…the perfect acting ensemble."
He is also the co-author of the original musical parody and cult hit, "Danger, Will Robinson!" Joe is happily married to his wife, Kathy, and is a proud parent of 2 sons.
Tin Penavic
Tin Penavic is a Co-Founder of the BrightSide Theatre and is on the Board of Directors. He developed an interest in theatre while attending the University of Illinois at Chicago as an Economics major. After being cast in a series of successive shows he was awarded a talent tuition waiver from the Department of Theatre and switched his major. Soon he was accepted in Northern Illinois University's Bachelor of Fine Arts program and continued his studies in the Meisner acting and the Williams movement technique. Upon graduation Tin, along with the summerNITE ensemble performed "Scenes From American Life" by A.R. Gurney in Harlow, England.
Tin studied improv at I.O.(formerly Improv Olympic) in Chicago and sketch comedy at the Next Stage Theatre in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, Tin continued working in film, television and theatre and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild. His recent credits include Robert Dubedat in "Don't Dress for Dinner" at the Summer Place Theatre, C.K Dexter Haven in the "Philadelphia Story" and Ben Hecht in "Moonlight and Magnolias" both at the Albright Theatre and Nikola Telsa in "Electrocution" at Stage Left Theatre. He also completed the short film "Mattress World" for Blue Damen Pictures in 2009.
He currently resides with his wife Leslie and sons Ivo and Adrean in Downers Grove.
Melanie Greenberg
Melanie Greenberg, a native of Aurora, has been living in Naperville for 16 years. Melanie volunteers extensively in the community, for her children's schools, and as a board member at Congregation Beth Shalom of Naperville. She and her husband Mark, are both supporters of the arts in all forms: the Chicago Lyric Opera, Lifeline Theatre and for many years on the Patron Circle of the Sundance Film Institute. Melanie was introduced to Brightside Theatre by her youngest of three sons, Ben, who has acted in all of the BrightSide Theatre's Youth Project productions and had his professional debut as "The Kid" in Bleacher Bums.
Joseph Ender
Joseph Ender is a principal of Corcoran, Ender And Associates, LLC. Mr. Ender has over 28 years of experience in the areas of accounting, tax preparation, audits and forecasting. His past experience includes 12 years as a tax professional in the banking industry as well as over 15 years in a corporate accounting environment. Joe's expertise includes extensive work with start up companies and also non-profit organizations.
Joe is actively involved in his community as a Treasurer for the Knights of Columbus, a member of the St. Frances of Rome Parish Finance Committee and a Board member of the Cicero Berwyn Council on Aging. Additionally, Joe is a past President of the Chicago Metro Chapter of the Illinois CPA Society.
Mr. Ender holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northwestern University and a Masters Degree in Accounting from Roosevelt University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker and a member of the Illinois CPA Society, the Chicago Tax Club and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Philip John Watson is one of Chicagoland's most successful, influential and, respected Wealth Advisors. He is the President of Watson & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services. Phil is passionate about providing knowledge, strategies and resources to help others be financially independent and reach their goals. Fueled by this passion, he has served individuals, families and Fortune 500 companies for over 22 years. His success has earned him the honor of being named a member of the Ameriprise Chairman's Advisory Council (2012-present) and the National Franchise Advisory Council (2002-2004). He has received numerous industry awards and is quoted often. Philip and his beautiful wife Anne have been married 19 years. He is the proud parent of four amazing ladies, Coray (24), Madison (16), Samantha (14), and Gabrielle (13). Philip has tremendous passion for both local andworld missions, serving on the board of several prominent charitable organizations. Phil is an active member of Habitat for Humanity and has served on the board of its Northern Fox Valley Affiliate since 2009. He is also the Director of Global Missions for the Willow Creek Community Church, DuPage Campus. He uses these platforms to impact lives all over the world. Learn more about him at Philip J.Watson on Facebook, LinkedIn or philipjwatson.com.

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In a tiny village, cut-off from the outside world, unnatural events are menacing the populace. Apparitions of vampires and zombies terrorise the townsfolk and they come to believe that the Devil occupies the abandoned castle looming over their town. A visitor to the region, a young Count, vows to... read more liberate the town from this thrall - pitting his reason against the forces of superstition. But his limits of reason are breached when he sees his long-lost dead loved one. In a brilliant new translation, this gripping, genre-creating story is again brought to life.


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Q: Proof Verification for Almost Uniform Convergence implies Convergence in Measure I shall attach my proof for the statement "Almost Uniform Convergence Imply Convergence in Measure" here. I know this is a lot longer than what it is necessary to be, but I want everything in the proof to be crystal clear to me. I also bolded the part that I am unsure about:
Let $(X, \mathcal{F}, \mu)$ be the measure space. Suppose $f_n \xrightarrow{a.u.} f$. That is, for all $\epsilon > 0$, there exists $E_\epsilon \in \mathcal{F}$ such that $\mu(E_\epsilon) < \epsilon$ and
$$
\lim_{n \to \infty} \sup_{x \in X - E_\epsilon}|f_n(x) - f(x)| = 0.
$$
We wish to show for all $c > 0$ that
$$
\lim_{n \to \infty} \mu(\{ x \in X: |f_n(x) - f(x)| \geq c \}) = 0.
$$
To this end, for all $c > 0$ and $n \in \mathbf{N}$, we define $A_c^n = \{ x \in X: |f_n(x) - f(x)| \geq c \}$. Then for all $c > 0$ and $\epsilon > 0$, we must have $A_c^n \cap (X - E_\epsilon) = \emptyset$ for $n$ large enough.
To see this, let $\epsilon > 0$. Then we must have some $E_\epsilon \in \mathcal{F}$ such that $\mu(E_\epsilon) < \epsilon$ and
$$
\lim_{n \to \infty} \sup_{x \in X - E_\epsilon} |f_n(x) - f(x)| = 0.
$$
Therefore, for all $a > 0$, there exists $N(a, \epsilon) \in \mathbf{N}$ such that if $n \geq N(a, \epsilon)$, then
$$
\sup_{x \in X - E_\epsilon} |f_n(x) - f(x)| < a.
$$
Thus we must have if $n \geq N(a, \epsilon)$, then for all $x \in X - E_\epsilon$ that
$$
|f_n(x) - f(x)| \leq \sup_{x \in X - E_\epsilon} |f_n(x) - f(x)| < a.
$$
In particular, for all $c > 0$, there exists $N(c, \epsilon) \in \mathbf{N}$ such that if $n \geq N(c, \epsilon)$, then for all $x \in X - E_\epsilon$ that $$
|f_n(x) - f(x)| < c.
$$
Thus for all $\epsilon > 0$ and $c > 0$, there exists $N(c, \epsilon) \in \mathbf{N}$ such that if $n \geq N(c, \epsilon)$, then $x \not \in A_c^n$. In particular, this implies for all $\epsilon > 0$ and $c > 0$, there exists $N(c, \epsilon) \in \mathbf{N}$ such that if $n \geq N(c, \epsilon)$, then $A_c^n \subseteq E_\epsilon$. Therefore, we have for all $\epsilon > 0$ and $c > 0$, there exists $N(\epsilon, c) \in \mathbf{N}$ such that if $n \geq N(\epsilon, c)$, then
$$
\mu(A_c^n) \leq \mu(E_\epsilon) < \epsilon.
$$
Thus, we have for all $c > 0$ and $\epsilon > 0$ that
$$
\lim_{n \to \infty} \mu(A_c^n) \leq \epsilon.
$$
Thus we have for all $c > 0$ that
$$
0 \leq \lim_{n \to \infty} \mu(A_c^n) = \lim_{n \to \infty} \mu(\{ x \in X: |f_n(x) - f(x)| \geq c \}) \leq 0.
$$
In particular, we must have for all $c > 0$ that
$$
\lim_{n \to \infty} \mu(\{ x \in X: |f_n(x) - f(x)| \geq c \}) = 0.
$$
This proves that $f_n \xrightarrow{\mu} f$ by definition.
My Question:
Is the part that I marked above correct? I am unsure because our $N$ is dependent on $\epsilon > 0$. However, since $\epsilon$ is fixed and given, I think the inequality should be fine by, for example, this result: Comparison for Sequences. How about other parts of the proof? Is the proof correct?

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North Florida is facing an increased risk of wildfires after Hurricane Michael, and the first major one has broken out in Bay County. The fire is 50 percent contained, but officials worry with all the downed trees on the ground, more frequent and severe wildfires could be on the way.
There are 24 active wildfires in the state of Florida as of 4/1/2019.The largest is the 668 acre Allenton fire in North Florida, near the city of Calloway.
Over the weekend, the Allenton Fire broke out, scorching more than 650 acres of land in Bay County. It's 50% contained. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says, what would have been a small fire grew quickly because of both weather conditions and the amount of "fuel" on the ground.
"Under the normal conditions it would have been a few hours and a few acres," she said during a press conference with reporters Monday in Bay County.
For months there have been warnings about the increased risk of wildfires following Hurricane Michael. The October 10th storm damaged nearly three million acres of land, according to the Florida Forest Service. Most of what the agency deemed as catastrophic damage occurred in Bay, Calhoun and Gulf Counties.
Cleaning up all those downed trees has been slow going, despite multiple agencies stepping in to assist. It's simply too much land to cover, and that's created a giant, three-million acre fire hazard -- about the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
There have been 61 wildfires in the Panhandle area hit by Hurricane Michael since the storm. Most have been small and confined to a dozen acres or less. Another 11, including the current one are presently active. State forester Jim Karels worries, if the state can't get the trees off the ground, worse could be on the way.
Karels says conditions were dry, but not that dry. In fact, the ground was wet. He and others worry what happens when the state enters the dry season which is starting now and extends through late July.


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Q: Find new coordinates after the rotating an image in 90/180/270 in c# I am having an image(w:10, h:15) and some drawings(a rectangle A(6,4), W:2, H:4) in a XML file. I need to find out new coordinates of A (ie: A'(11,6)) after 90/180/270 degree rotation of the image in C#.
Original Image
After 90 degree rotation
I tried following code, but I am getting A' relative to original image. I need A' coordinates in rotated image.
public static PointF RotatePoint(double x, double y, double pageHeight, double pageWidth, int rotateAngle)
    {
        //Calculate rotate angle in radian
        var angle = rotateAngle * Math.PI / 180.0f;

        //Find rotate orgin
        double rotateOrginX = pageWidth / 2;
        double rotateOrginY = pageHeight / 2;

        var cosA = Math.Cos(angle);
        var sinA = Math.Sin(angle);

        var pX = (float)(cosA * (x - rotateOrginX) - sinA * (y - rotateOrginY) + rotateOrginX);
        var pY = (float)(sinA * (x - rotateOrginX) + cosA * (y - rotateOrginY) + rotateOrginY);

        Console.WriteLine($"Rotate {rotateAngle}\tX: {pX}\tY: {pY}");

        return new PointF { X = pX, Y = pY };
    }

A: If the rotations are only ever 90°, 180°, or 270° using Math.Sin() and Cos() is overkill.
At 90° rotations the coordinates can be manipulated quite easily...
W  : Image width before rotation
H  : Image height before rotation
x  : X coordinate in image before rotation
x' : X coordinate in image after rotation
y  : Y coordinate in image before rotation
y' : Y coordinate in image after rotation

For 0° CCW:
x' = x
y' = y

For 90° CCW:
x' = y
y' = W - x

For 180° CCW/CW:
x' = W - x
y' = H - y

For 270° CCW:
x' = H - y
y' = x

In C#:
public static PointF RotatePoint(float x, float y, int pageWidth, int pageHeight, int degrees)
{
    switch(degrees)
    {
        case 0: return new PointF(x,y);
        case 90: return new PointF(y, pageWidth - x);
        case 180: return new PointF(pageWidth - x, pageHeight - y);
        case 270: return new PointF(pageHeight - y, x);
        default:
            // Either throw ArgumentException or implement the universal logic with Sin(), Cos()
    }
}


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Armonia Western Caribbean 25 Aug - 2 Sep 2019
Carolyn Jane:
Armonic Experience 25 Aug - 2 Sep 2019
MIA - Roatan - Costa Maya - Cozumel - Key West - MIA
25 August JAX - MIA. Sunday. We were off to JAX by 0900. So faar no rain. Drive was uneventful. Found a good space in long term covered parking. Going to cost a bundle, but certainly a lot less than cruise port parking. Checked in at the gate - had checked in for flight online, had boarding passes on phones as well as printed. Got 'valet check' tag for rollaboards. Actually, we could have checked them for free from my credit card, or at the gate because bins on this 1x2 plane are not large enough for even rollaboard suitcases.
Plane left on time, arrived on time. It was raining in Miami, lightly. As we glided into Miami I had a good view of the port and Breakaway in for turnaround, and Grandeur on a port call. Made our way to the terminal exit and called for the shuttle to the hotel. Did not have to wait too long. Not much longer than it took me to get through in the first place.
Checked into the hotel, this year Hampton Inn Miami Airport East. Room is kind of minimalist. Missing a lamp in the corner by the couch. Bathroom has a barn door that slides to close the closet or bathroom. No nightlight in bathroom. Must remember not to leave mine behind.
I went back down to the desk to register for the shuttle to the port. $12pp. Probably what a cab would cost. We are not in to Uber or Lyft yet. Also got a list of suggested dining in the area.
Took a nap as we had a baseball game on, and when I awoke there was a thunderstorm going on. Hard to tell if I was hearing thunder, or the landing path for the airport had changed.
Got on my ipad and browsed through the menus for the suggested venues. Lots of focus on Cuban cuisine. We settled on a sports bar, and it was good. The hotel called a cab for us, and when we got there the driver gave me a card. When we were done, we went out and I called the company and they were there in five minutes. It was raining again.
Back in the hotel, we are again watching football.
I think airports are cutting down on a/c. Definitely not cold in JAX, and the plane could have been a tad cooler. Coldest place was the terminal for gate 60 in MIA. We always freeze there waiting for our flights home. As we entered, a lady walked by with a blanket around her. The hotel lobby is cool, as is the room, but the hallways are hot! Had a new experience in the elevator. You have to wave your key card over a spot on the wall before you can punch in your floor.
Our ship awaits :bounce: ;D
26 Aug 2019 Miami Early morning for me. Up before 7am. Awake earlier than that. We hav been down to breakfadt, which was standard hotel fare, and crowded. We should have waited 20 min. Lots of table hogs, like in the buffet... Bet a lot of them are on the 1000 shuttle to POM. Sunny day, although there was rain about 0600.
Later. This has been a most interesting day. We got the 11am shuttle to the port. There was some confusion about paying, as when I booked it he said they could charge it to my hotel bill, and I said okay. Apparently he was supposed to give me a voucher, and she finally got it from them..When I checked my bill later in an email, they had not charged me for it, and the room charge was quite a bit less than I was told when I reserved...
We got to the port about 1130. The shuttle had two other groups that were going to Carnival Victory, so they let them off first. We walked around to the front of the building and right in. No lines at all. They waved us to the not too long line, but when I said Black Card we were waved to a line that wasn't - just us. We went through security and Mary's hip didn't ding it. And I didn't have to take out my computer. Then up the escalator and the long walk to checkin hall. I don't remember this hall, and we only sailed MSC last Feb. Of course, there was no Yacht Club tent out front, as Armonia doesn't have Yacht Club. But it all seemed different. No lines at checkin, and we were rolling right along. Straight onto the ship, as we had priority boarding and they were already calling group 3, and by the time we were walking in, up to group 7. The ramps were downhill...
We boarded the ship on deck 6, and walked aft some before we just collapsed into chairs along the windows opposite the casino. We sat awhile, and Mary really needed something to drink, so we started aft again, and ran into a bar that was open, and they filled her bottle with ice and water. Then we headed for the elevators to deck 11 and the buffet. Which was a madhouse. Not just the lines, but finding a table. There was a place checking bags, but we just kept rolling ours. We grabbed a table being vacated by a single guy, and I went to the buffet and got salad. When I came back, Mary went and got soup and some salad and fruit. She refilled her water bottle, and off we went, to find a less crowded place to sit and wait for our cabin to be ready. They said they would be ready at 2pm.
We took the elevator down and wandered through the Marco Polo restaurant and found our assigned table, 541. It is a 9 or 10 top. Depends on how they squeeze on the settings. The restaurant is odd, as it is in two parts, separated by an elevator bank. To get anywhere from it, you either have to take the stairs/elevator up one floor, or walk forward theough the other part of the restaurant. Which we did.
We found a lounge with lots of seating and sat for a spell. Then I got up and went exploring farther forward, and found the White Lion Pub which is sort of a sports bar, and one of the screens had the US Open tennis on. I also found the theater, and went in to take pictures. There were a few people sitting in there, watching one of the performers practicing on the large hoop.
I went back and rejoined Mary, and at 1:30 they announced that the cabins were ready. WE came to the cabin, sat and rested and explored it, and then I unpacked. There is lots of storage. Even though it is quite small. One odd thing is that there are quite large nightstands, but we can't use the storage. They are fitted with lamps that the shades are hemispheres, and when the beds are together, the stands have the lamps against the side walls. So there are doors that open and a shelf inside. But when you split the beds, they put the side with the lamps under the window, and the doors are against the side of the bed and can't be used. One could pull out the stands and turn them so that the lamps are back to back in the middle of the stands, and then have use of the storage, but I guess they thing people wouldn't like that... I know it is hard to imagine, but I will post pictures.
After awhile, Mary decided she needed to eat, so she went up to the buffet. I went out shortly after and headed for the gelato place. I thought hey, I'm just on deck 9, I'll take the stairs op to deck 11. Ummm...the nearest stairs only go to deck 10. So it was take the elevator to deck 11, or walk forward to another set of stairs.... I took the elevator, which let me out by the pool area. I went forward, taking pictures...It had started to storm earlier while we were eating, making the crowding in the buffet even worse as people couldn't sit outside. It was still raining lightly, but there were kids in the play area and in the pools. I found the gelataria and had the stracciatella (chocolate chip), which was pretty bland. Not much taste to the vanilla part. I then walked further forward and found the kids area (under threes, and over threes...), and the spa. Then went down each deck, and glanced down the hallway to the Medical Center, which is on deck 7. Odd, since they are usually below the lowest passenger deck.
I walked back across deck 6 to the elevator closest to our cabin, taking pictures as I went. When I got back to the cabin, Mary was in bed...a little bit teary. Less than five hours on the ship and she had eaten something with her allergen in it. Probably a roll. She had eaten a little of a sandwich and realized she was having trouble swallowing. Came straight back to the cabin for benadryl. By this time it was 4:30, and muster drill was at 5:15. But we made it okay.
Muster on Armonia is out on deck under your lifeboat (like on HAL). We were station W. They go all the way to Z. Of course, they were scanning cards to make sure everyone attended, but some didn't, so immediately after they announced a drill in the business center for those who missed it...
We had time to relax a bit before going to dinner. Hmmm... No dress code tonight. LOTS of shorts, but then, a few who really dressed up. During the evening we saw people in dresses that would certainly be called gowns. There are several scooters...One of the waiters was having fun with one, which had been accessorized. REd lights across the base at the back, a fan on the tiller, as well as a horn and rear view side mirrors, as well as one of those found green fans on the base pointing up. He rode it up and down the dining room tooting the horn...
Our table was set up for 10, seven chairs and three on a curved banquette. We took the banquette, as first there. Three young girls and a fellow joined us, but then he and one of the girls went off, and when he eventually came back, he had arranged a whole table for a full group, and it was right next to us. That left Mary and I, and an older man who had joined us. Eventually, our orders were taken, and we were served pretty fast. Hope some new people show up tomorrow. Elegant night.
After dinner, we wandered forward and through the shops which were now open. There is one strictly MSC logo shop, small and crowded. There is an apparrel shop that seems to be aimed at Europeans, of which there are a lot onboard. Lots and lots of watches; the Inch of Gold will be available tomorrow... The jewelry store was packed, too. We ended up in the White Lion Pub and watched tennis until time for the show.
The cruise director dragged out introductions and welcomes too long, and Mary was falling asleep, so she left before the real show started. I stayed and the show was pretty good. Four singers, four male and six female dancers. No cirque stuff tomight. After the show, I wandered through the jewelry shop, then headed back to the pub to watch more tennis. There is a decent singer there, and when she went on break, one of the staff came around with the opening round of progressing trivia. Surprise! I won. Got 11 of 16. Then it was time to come back to the cabin and start in on this opus.
Before we left 'Verizon waters' I was able to upload all my pictures from my camer into Shutterfly via the app. Glad I figured out how to do that, and had set up the folders ahead of time.
I must say that the ship is beautiful, she doesn't look old and worn, although I believe she is from 1999 - although stretched at one point. Still, she is smaller than the Fantasy class of Carnival. I have a lot more exploring to do...
We gain an hour of sleep tonight.
27 Aug 2019 Tuesday, at sea. Of course, I was up much earlier than Mary, and went up to the buffet for breakfast. It was not terribly busy, so I was able to find a table. I found that this ship does have cottage cheese, so I had some with fruit. Along with eggs and sausage. I went around taking more pictures, mamaged to find a machine working to register my credit card, and sat outside the Red Bar waiting for the Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle to start. I watched them set it up with the cake, and little plates of hors d'ouvres and martini glasses with chocolate strawberries. We were offered drinks...chanpagne, mimosa, wine, bloody Mary. I had the latter. I think you could have asked for other things. The cruise director welcomed us, and introduced some of the senior staff. I joined a couple who were talking with the asst. hotel director, and he told us that at the end of next year, Armonia would be going to Tampa. And that they hoped to have a dozen ships sailing in the Caribbean. I suggested that the Armonia class was the ideal size to sail from many US ports, those that could not handle the larger ships because of bridges (Baltimore, Jacksonbille, Tampa and that the ships currently serving those areas are the oldest in their respective fleets...
We also had a chat with the head of housekeeping, and soon after, they were knocking on our door to remove the duvet (too hot) and replace with a top sheet. They also delivered our chocolate ships, chocolate covered strawberries, and bottle of prosecco. But back to the M&G: they told us there are 1900 Americans onboard, and 900 Europeans. Tonight at the show they introduced the senior officers, the captain (from the Faero Islands of Denmark) read a list of how many guests were from which countries. Quite an amazing array. Not all of the non-Americans are from Europe.
I came back to the cabin after the meeting and Mary got sressed and we went to get her some brunch. It was really crowded, and we ended up at a table outside. There was a breeze so it wasn't too bad. I went down to the pub and watched whatever was on the tV, although it wasn't tennis. Did a little crocheting. Came back to the cabin and got a little nap before we showered for Elegant Night.
I must say that this shower makes Princess seem roomy. But it works.
In the dining room tonight, there were still people trying to find their tables, and to change them. There was a continual crowd around the Maitre 'd desk. And people came it very late. The people at the next table, some didn't show until 7:10, when dinner is at 6:30 for early seating. I think many can't adjust to not having anytime dining. We are to be only three at our table, unless someone asks for a change and are assigned to us. We have a good view of the passing scene, and the dress code was nowhere in evidence. Ragged short shorts and t-shirts alongside evening gowns. And everything in between.
We went from dinner back to the pub to watch tennis again, until time for the show, French Follies. It ran a little late, as the captain took up so much time reading the list. He has a sense of humor...or maybe that is humour... Lot of dancing, not much singing, but the acrobats were there in full force. After the show, we went back to the pub and did night 2 of the trivia. Tougher tonight, very random, but I still won with 6 out of 15.
We gain another hour of sleep tonight, not arriving in to Roatan/Coxen Hole until noon. The captain said we are making good time because the chief engineer has figured out how to harness the treadmills to the engines to increase efficiency...
28 Aug 2019 Coxen Hole, Roatan, Honduras. I went up to breakfast after 9am. Still crowded at the Brasserie. But I managed to grab a tables a a lady was leaving. While I was eating, the captain came on and said that since we had had 25 kt winds and seas, we would be delayed into Roatan by 45 min. But that he would keep the ship in port another hour and tours would not be affected. We were due in at noon, already. I finished eating and headed back to the cabin. Mary headed up to find something to eat. Before noon! I rested a bit, and while I was sleeping we arrived in Roatan.
The port is outside our window, so I grabbed my cellphone and went out to get some pictures. I wanted to get to deck 6 and go outside, so I went all the way aft where there is a door to the outside and a small deck area with stairs. I went down to sseven, and there were a few loungers there, and a couple of people. There were stairs down to deck 6, so I went down. There were tables there, set for dining, a a couple taking pictures. I think they belong to either la Pergola restaurant (Aurea and Fantastica Suite guests) or the Surf & Turf restaurant. I didn't think I would dare go through those doors, so I went back up to deck 7. There I went back down the inside stairs to deck 6. I walked forward through the lounges but all of the doors either said crew only, or were tied off for 'high winds'. I finally found one where the sign had been put aside, and was able to go out.
It was still quite breezy. I took pictures from the railing, lots of people gathered on the dock behind guides with signs. The gangway was all the way forward. on deck 4. From there, I went back inside and went up to deck 12 in the elevator. I went to the railing and took more pictures, then went aft, taking pool area pictures (without people, wonder why...). Aft, I went up to deck 13 and found the mini-golf course, and then went up the stairs to deck 14 and the basketball court. Then it was time to go back to the cabin. It was quite warm and humid. The wind up top blew my visor off but I managed to catch it before it could blow away. Later, on the pier, we would see a man race across the pier to grab his hat before it could blow into the water.
I came back to the cabin and gathered Mary, and we went ashore. I don't think there is much more here than there was the number of years ago when I was here before. The upper level of the shopping mall is being renovated, so there is nothing there but a restaurant. We did find t-shirts with lizards on them, and I bought a ring in Colombian Emeralds. But it is not an emerald, just a silver ring. We were hot an sweaty, so came back to the ship to cool down and rest.
Supper was disappointing for me, as there were no entrees that I liked, so I ordered the always available New York strip steak. I have been disappointed in MSC beef before, and this was no exception. Not much taste, and very tough. Half a dozen bites and the rest a waste. But the appetizer and salad were good.
Back to the White Lion to watch Serena Williams at the US open, then to the show. The Addams Family. Not much point to the show, the acrobats and juggler were out in force. Then back to the pub for more tennis and trivia. Guess what. We/I didn't win tonight - we tied for the lead. Bit I still lead the totals by 6 points. By that time, it was 11:45 and we lose an hour sleep tonight. Have to pay back what we borrowed last night. Costa Maya tomorrow. We dock as 0800, but we are there until 1730, so we will probably be off the ship after noon.


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The two tracks from This Ends Here that kick off this split are both 7+ minute belters. Sharp Elbows, Sharp Knees (Part 1) starts with pulsing, piercing noise and rumbling bass. It's sludgy intro gives way to a lot of groove and more up-tempo metal, coupled with bleak screams/bellows. Their sound reminds me of early music by bands like Knut, Johnny Truant and Opium Lord combined. Sharp Elbows, Sharp Knees (Part 2) is no different in it's approach either. Crusty and raw with a production to match. The subtle use of melody that sits within the mix is great and adds to the DIY feel of the tape. The next six tracks belong to Wolfbeast Destroyer and they're a lot shorter and faster. There Is No Hope is scathing with a wall of instrumentation that doesn't let up. The riffs and the vocal barrage remind me of the aural attack of bands like Totem Skin and Geist. Thrown To The Wolves contains more of the Scandi-crust vibe and a solo for good measure. Like with This Ends Here, the bass is prominent on Wolfbeast Destroyer's recordings and it makes No Turning Back all the heavier. It definitely brings out the punk influence in their music and I can imagine Carved Into Bone accompanying a VHS skate video (if VHS was still a thing). They're stupidly catchy on The Triumph Of Death, with stomping riffs and even some twin-guitar heavy metal worship. Split closer Whistlers & Mortars forsakes all of that though and just slays. This Ends Here don't just ape the current post-metal/doom craze that's sweeping the UK at the moment and their noisy rock marks them out as a band that's refreshing, while Wolfbeast Destroyer restore my faith in UK crust with their catchy (and fun!) sound. Two bands that deserve more attention."


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Jim'll Watch It
Kill Command (2016)
March 21, 2020 Jim McLennan action, reviews, sf
Rating: C
Dir: Steven Gomez
Star: Thure Lindhardt, Vanessa Kirby, David Ajala, Mike Noble
This is proof that a film can do all the little things right, yet still manage to fail because it doesn't have a good enough handle on the basics of plot and characters – the factors which matter above everything else. The central plot is about a group of marines, sent to a remote island on what is supposed to be a "training missing", where they will face the next generation of soldiers. These are sentient machines, and have the capability to learn from their experiences, as well as share that data [CoughBorgCough]. Their name, S.A.R.. stands for Study-Analyze-Reprogram, so having them go up against real soldiers is a good test. Along with the Marines is Mills (Kirby), who has a few cybernetic enhancements of her own, and works for the Harbinger Corporation that made them. Which should probably be a clue as to what is going to happen, since the word "harbinger" is usually used only in conjunction with terms like "of doom."
And, to no-one's surprise – except for all the characters in the film – communications are cut off and the robots go a bit mental. What you have here is, basically, Aliens crossed with Short Circuit. The marines are the usual mix of stereotypes: the snarky one; the gruff Black guy; the gung-ho soldier; the cowardly one who melts under pressure. They're accompanied on their mission by a female civilian, whom they don't trust. But she turns out to be the only one who can figure out what's going on, and gets to face off against the big bad at the end. Instead of acid-blooded extros, you've got caterpillar-tracked killing machines. Neither are exactly going to listen to reason. The problem with this kind of thing is, as always, if I wanted to watch a low-rent copy of Aliens… Well, I wouldn't. I WOULD JUST WATCH ALIENS. And when you set yourself up beside the greatest action film of all-time, the resulting comparison is unlikely to end up being in your favour.
Which is a shame, since as noted, the stuff on the edges is by no means badly-done. Especially given the budget, the robotic elements the rest of the technology (from the surveillance drones to the craft on which the team are flown to the island), are impeccably well-executed. They look menacing just sitting there, and seem the sort of thing which the military-industrial conglomerate would come up with. Even Mills' eyes have an intermittent blue glow, due to the display she has implanted in them. Whoever worked the production design on this, is surely designed for bigger and better things. Writer-director Gomez? He handles the latter part of his hyphenate reasonably, and keeps things moving forward at a decent pace. But the script here is not so hot. Maybe it should have exploited the tension hinted at after an early skirmish the soldiers and their robotic opposition, in which Mills is never targeted. "They're trying to work out if I'm one of them or not," she says. "Yeah," responds one of the grunts. "So were we."
David Ajala
Mike Noble
Steven Gomez
Thure Lindhardt
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Open Borders (2019)
Top 10 Films: 2020
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Jack's Apocalypse (2015)
Danny's Doomsday (2014)
Slave Girls (1967)
The Invisible Man (2020)
Code Name Phoenix (2000)
Mark Stirton: More Highland than Hollywood
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Asylum (1972)
Residue (2017)
Grindhouse Nightmares (2017)
Possum (2018)


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The University of Iowa is hosting a full week of events focused on celebrating and raising awareness of first-generation students and their successes.
VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers addresses panelists on their struggles as first-generation students during the First Generation Summit in the Iowa Memorial Union on April 7, 2018. UISG hosted the first-ever first generation summit where students could learn about ways to manage life as a first-generation student.
The University of Iowa is participating in the National First-Generation College Celebration for the first time this year from today through Friday, celebrating with an entire week of events planned in part by the First-Generation Task Force.
UI colleges, campus organizations, faculty and staff, and other programs will participate in the week, hosting panels, screenings, and several informational sessions to help spread awareness and celebrate first-generation students — a population that makes up nearly a quarter of undergraduate students at the UI, President Bruce Harreld said.
"We value our first-generation students very highly, and we are proud to celebrate their accomplishments," he said.
The celebration week is a campus-wide initiative brought to the UI's attention by the First-Generation Task Force, a group convened in 2017 to support first-gen students.
Angela Lamb, a specialist in Student Success Initiatives in the University College and a member of the task force, said the group had no problem piquing the interest of UI leaders about participating in the national celebration.
Senior and first-generation student Tristan Schmidt helped plan the first First-Generation Summit last spring, an event led by UISG to increase awareness and understanding of what it means to be a first-generation student. He said he believes the summit acted as a kind of steppingstone for what the university is doing to recognize those students now.
Schmidt will host a First-Gen Latinx Panel and Social on Tuesday as part of the week's events.
He said that although all first-gen students have different pasts and experiences, his transition to the university as the first of his family to attend college definitely faced challenges.
Results of Provost Office Director of Assessment Wayne Jacobson's survey would suggest that Schmidt's particular experience is not unusual for first-generation students. The most recent survey, taken by first-gen students last spring, gathered institutional data about all aspects of a students' experience on campus.
While Jacobson said results of overall satisfaction with classes and interaction with faculty was about the same between first-generation and other UI students, differences emerge when it comes to involvement outside of class and retention rates.
"The biggest difference that shows up in the survey is how many hours a week [first-gen students] work and how much more likely they are to report financial concern," he said.
According to the survey, first-generation students report lower levels of comfort in being able to ask for help when it comes to their academic course work.
While acknowledging the challenges, Lamb said, she believes the university and the Task Force have taken huge steps toward raising awareness and increasing support for students.


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Compass Girls, Book 1
Sometimes life doesn't go according to plan. Sometimes it's better.
Sienna Compton has it all figured out. Her life's goals are set and it is all systems go. At least, it was. Until her long-time boyfriend Josh threw a ringer into the master plan, requesting a "break" from their relationship. Now she's left alone during the long, cold Wyoming winter, questioning what her heart has always believed to be true love.
Daniel Lennon is facing an uncertain future. When a tragic accident leaves him unable to pursue his career as a professional bull rider, he finds himself at Compass Ranch, working to help Sienna's father, Seth, build his horse breeding business. One look at Sienna has Daniel envisioning things he never imagined wanting—a permanent home, love, marriage—and he's willing to use all the red-hot tricks in his sexual arsenal to melt the ice surrounding Sienna's broken heart.
When lust turns to genuine emotion, can Daniel convince Sienna to take a chance on something different and unexpected? Can he persuade her to consider a new path, one that will lead her directly to his arms…forever?
Warning: Roping and riding, past and future, cold winter and fiery desire, lust and love all come together in this new Compass series. Saddle up and hang on. The Comptons are back!
Ebook: 978-1-941785-46-1
Paperback: 978-1-941785-50-8
What will grow from the seeds of desire?
Hope Compton never considered her parents' unconventional relationship a dangerous thing. Until, after a few too many drinks in a crowded bar, she admits her desire for a ménage to her college boyfriend—and uninvited guests try to turn her fantasy into a nightmare.
When Wyatt catches some thugs harassing the pretty daughter of his bosses, he doesn't hesitate to call on his partner Clayton to kick some asses. But then he realizes what a temptation the sweet, sheltered Hope presents. Especially her naughty wish to unleash her inner vixen—with both of them.
Hope has no doubt her playmates want to fulfill her every desire, but something's holding them back. She has an idea what those somethings are. With luck, and a little help from her Compass cousins to hold her fathers off, she'll find what she needs in the shadows of the past—and convince them she's found two men of her own who are worthy of her love.
Warning: Compass books bring love in every direction and every season. But not all of life's moments are filled with joy. Take the good with the bad, and the steamy.
JR's Shop
Summertime and the lovin' is easy…until it's not.
Too much love and loss taught Jade Compton to protect her heart and her sanity by steering clear of all that romance nonsense. She's doing just fine, working two jobs, hanging out with her cousins and her best friend, Liam.
But when a combination of unbearable heat wave and a case of the boredom blues knocks her down, she longs to do something spontaneous…maybe even a little bit reckless.
Liam Harrison met Jade when she was sixteen—in the local cemetery. If he's learned anything after eight years of friendship, it's that Jade has a wild streak a mile wide. And while he doesn't want to tame the adventurous woman, he wouldn't mind showing her a few sexy ways to channel some of her impulsiveness. With him. In the bedroom.
When he proposes a sexy, no-strings-attached summer fling, Jade jumps at the chance to spice things up and indulge some pretty kinky fantasies. Then summer ends…and Jade comes to the uncomfortable realization that there's only one place she's comfortable in her own skin—Liam's arms.
Warning: Excessive heat in this story—in the bedroom, the barn, the kitchen, the bar. Drink lots of water. Stay hydrated!
Darkness has crept into Sterling Compton's charmed life, relentlessly stealing what's left of her grandmother's memories. When she happens upon a compelling stranger leaning against a broken-down pickup in the middle of nowhere, grief and a gut-deep attraction spur her to take that too-safe life by the horns.
From the instant Sterling emerges from her Jeep, Viho is drawn to her carefree spirit. Her innocent offer of a ride turns into the ride of his life in his truck bed—and he forgets why he meant to avoid Compton Pass at all costs.
He should have known that karma was waiting to laugh in his face. Especially when Viho figures out Sterling's father is the one who stood between him and the man he should have called "father."
Yet it's tough to hate someone who offers him a job. Especially when he and Sterling realize there's a living tie on the way that will bind Viho to her family forever—if he can convince her she's much more to him than an obligation.
Warning: Sometimes it's hard to let go, but every story has an ending. This one has a Native American hero with a chip on his shoulder the size of Wyoming and a vulnerable heroine who has a gift for polishing up diamonds in the rough. Some scenes may tug heartstrings so hard it'll hurt, but the oh-my-god orgasms make up for it.


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Was the Air War in Libya a Victory?
Karl P. Mueller / July 28, 2015
In 2011, during the heady early days of the Arab Spring, a coalition of a dozen Western and Arab states led by France, Britain, and the United States conducted a seven-month military intervention in Libya that led to the defeat of Muammar Qaddafi's dictatorial regime. A newly-released study of this campaign describes in detail why and how the operation was conducted. But was it a success?
On one level, this seems an odd question. Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector not only achieved their military and political objectives but did so at an exceptionally low cost. For the price of a few billion dollars and no coalition casualties, airpower prevented the Qaddafi regime from crushing the nascent Libyan rebel uprising, and then made it possible for that popular movement to overthrow its oppressor. In contrast to the ruinously expensive, bloody, and frustrating wars underway at the same time in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Libyan intervention worked as advertised, and in the process it defied the expectations of critics who authoritatively declared that military success would be impossible unless the West joined the fight on the ground, that bombing would kill large numbers of civilians, or that the war would inevitably devolve into yet another quagmire.
Yet in some ways Libya does not feel very much like a victory, because the conflict was ultimately followed by a national descent into the chaos of a second civil war. Military success created the opportunity to build a better and more humane Libyan state, an opportunity that the rebels failed to seize and the intervening powers did little to advance. Would devoting more resources and attention to building a stable post-conflict Libya have produced a better result? It did following the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s, though Iraq and Afghanistan stand as vivid illustrations that digging a hole and then pouring money into it is not guaranteed to make flowers grow.
Airmen can and should look to the Libyan campaign as a success story with many lessons to teach. Some are all too familiar—for example, once again low-density-high-demand assets such as tankers and especially intelligence and targeting capabilities were in embarrassingly short supply. Others are less so, such as the value of developing in peacetime strong working relationships among air forces that are not formal allies yet may be important co-belligerents in future conflicts. Libya was a highly improvisational operation that was made to look easier than it was, and its success owed much to the ability of airmen to find solutions to problems on the fly—this is an ability we should work hard to cultivate, while also working to reduce the number and size of the obstacles before they must be surmounted.
Yet the 2011 experience is also a cautionary one. The "Libya model" of intervening with airpower to assist local partners who are fighting on the ground is potentially very powerful. It is worth noting that Libya was in many ways close to a best case scenario, due to considerations of geography, politics, the weakness of the Qaddafi regime, and the characteristics of the Libyan rebels. Similar air campaigns elsewhere will often be even more challenging and in many cases strategically unpromising—not because the enemy forces are difficult to destroy from the air, but because it is often hard to find competent and palatable local partners with whom to work.
AV-8B Harrier on USS Kearsage During Operation Odyssey Dawn in March 2011
(USMC Photo, LCpl Michael S. Lockett)
Looking beyond the immediate success of an intervention, the real strategic question is whether its ultimate results will be worthwhile, and what the intervening powers will need to do in order to make them so. Libya, like Afghanistan and Iraq, is a stark reminder that it is a simpler matter to destroy a toxic regime than to replace it with something more wholesome. A military intervention that does the former and then lets the post-conflict chips fall where they may runs a high risk of ultimately leading to strategic disappointment. This does not mean that interventions in which the West supplies airpower and leaves the ground combat to local partners are a bad idea—indeed the prospect of thus achieving victory at low cost is very attractive. But planning to disengage from the tasks of post-conflict stabilization does not need to be part of future applications of the Libya model.
It is therefore incumbent upon airmen not only to continue developing the capabilities needed for such operations, but to be able to offer political leaders a sound assessment of what airpower can and cannot realistically be expected to do. If they do not, recent experience suggests that the military potential of airpower will often be underestimated, while the desire for deus ex machina solutions to difficult strategic problems will tend to encourage excessive optimism about what military victory alone will accomplish.
Karl P. Mueller is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, and the editor of Precision and Purpose: Airpower in the Libyan Civil War.
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THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY
ANTI-JEWISH PERCEPTIONS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD5:17
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The debate regarding whether anti-Jewish expressions in the Greco-Roman world should be viewed as antisemitic is still ongoing. However, even those who identify antisemitic expressions in the Greco-Roman world would agree that the real turning point in the history of antisemitism came with the advent of Christianity 2,000 years ago. Jesus himself was a Jew who was born in the 1st century CE, into the Jewish world of the Roman ruled Galilee and Judea. The period was a turbulent one, and the Jewish community's relationship with the Roman rulers of the region was greatly agitated. In the Jewish society of the time there were several factions. The two leading ones were the Pharisees and the Sadducees, who were separated mainly by their perceptions of Jewish oral law, and smaller sects who held apocalyptic beliefs and ascetic lives. Jesus was especially influenced by these latter groups. Soon after coming into contact with them, he experienced his revelations. He then swept a crowd of Jewish disciples who followed him, while Jewish authorities, from both the Pharisees and Sadducees camps rejected him as a false Messiah. According to the New Testament, after three years of fervent religious activity Jesus made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where he defied Jewish priesthood and was subsequently extradited to the Roman rulers. The Romans soon executed him by crucifixion. The ordeals that Jesus experienced during the final days became known as the "Passion". Christianity at that time was still an inherent part of Judaism. It only crystallized as a separate doctrine and religion after Jesus' death. His early followers, known as the Apostles, were also Jews who mainly focused on spreading Jesus' words among the Jewish communities of the time, presenting his teachings as part of Judaism. However Paul, Jesus' later disciple, started spreading his word to non-Jews around the Mediterranean region. This signaled the beginning of the split between Judaism and Christianity. This process of "the parting of the ways," followed gradually over the course of several centuries. Eventually, even as each religion continued to develop separately, it did so in close relationship with the other. How were Jewish society and Judaism perceived by early Christians both before and after the split between the two religions? Let us examine this crucial period. Paula Fredrickson mentioned the tendency of Greek and Roman ethnographers to write about the "other" as a way of teaching about other groups, but also as a way of defining one's own identity and values. And I think that this notion can help us understand something that happens very early on in the history of Christianity, in the evolution and crystallization of Christian attitudes towards the Jews. In a word the Jew becomes the quintessential "other" in Christian theological discourse from the middle of the 1st century, and continues to play this role for centuries, perhaps even until today. So we find that Christian theologians from a very early period tend to assert Christian beliefs and values by negating those of the Jews, in a tradition of discourse and teaching that eventually becomes known in the Western tradition as "Adversus Judaeos" - "Against the Jews." The earliest example of this Christian self-definition in terms of the negation of the beliefs of Jews and Judaism is in the writings of the Apostle Paul, perhaps the first Christian author whose writings have made their way down to us, and specifically in the fourth chapter of his Epistle to the Galatians, in which he argues against the missionary tactics of more Jewishly observant Christians, believers in Jesus, who argued that in order to become a member of the faithful in Christ one had to convert to Judaism. Paul maintains that the new testament of Christ has completely replaced that of the old in the sense that one no longer need observe, one shouldn't observe, the precepts of the Law if one is not Jewish. And this contrasting, this othering process, this contrast of Christianity with Judaism becomes a basis for a kind of binary opposition between Christianity and Judaism that is developed later in the New Testament and by subsequent Christian writers, where Judaism is old, Christianity is new; Judaism is earthly Christianity is heavenly; Judaism is bodily, Christianity is spiritual. And the list of contrasts goes on - darkness light, evil and good. And this idea of negation as a way of self-assertion and self-definition becomes the bedrock of the "Adversus Judaeos" - "Against the Jews" tradition in Christian theology. This idea of asserting Christianity by contrasting it with Judaism, by defining the identity of the Christian against that of the Jewish "other", is something that is inherited by by church fathers during the first Christian centuries in their preaching, in their writing "Against the Jews" - "Adversus Judaeos", even if there are no Jews in the vicinity - as often there're not - as a means of justifying, asserting, validating Christian beliefs by negating the teachings of and the practices of the Jews.


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R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS, DL (30 May 1823 – 8 January 1914), known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross, was a British statesman and Conservative politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1874 and 1880 and 1885 and 1886.
The Right Honourable
The Viscount Cross
GCB GCSI PC FRS DL
Home Secretary
21 February 1874 – 23 April 1880
Sir William Harcourt
24 June 1885 – 1 February 1886
The Marquess of Salisbury
Hugh Childers
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
29 June – 4 July 1895
The Lord Tweedmouth
The Lord James of Hereford
(1823-05-30)30 May 1823
Red Scar, Lancashire
8 January 1914(1914-01-08) (aged 90)
Georgiana Lyon (d. 1907)
1 Background and education
2 Political career
4 Arms
Background and educationEdit
Cross was born in Red Scar, near Preston, Lancashire, the son of William Cross (1771–1827) and his wife Ellen, daughter of Edward Chaffers. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was the President of the Cambridge Union in 1845. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple, in 1849, attaching himself to the Northern Circuit.
Political careerEdit
R. A. Cross caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in 1874.
Cross entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Preston in 1857, a seat he held until 1862. He was out of Parliament for the next year. While out of Parliament, Cross was a partner at Parr's Bank, of which he became chairman in 1870. In 1868 he was elected for South West Lancashire, topping the poll and defeating Gladstone, and continued to represent this constituency until his elevation to the peerage in 1886.
Cross first came to prominence as Home Secretary in Disraeli's second government (1874–1880), to which post he had been appointed without first holding junior office. He remained Home Secretary in Lord Salisbury's first government (1885–1886). The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Cross, of Broughton-in-Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster,[1] and was moved over to the India Office (1886–1892), where he oversaw the passage of the Indian Councils Act 1892. Lord Cross was very briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Salisbury's third government (1895–1902) before being elevated to the sinecure post Lord Privy Seal. In 1898 he chaired the Joint Select Committee on Electrical Energy (Generating Stations and Supply), which recommended granting compulsory purchase powers for the building of power stations. He retired in 1900.
In 1884, Cross was elected to the Board of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway,[2] and he remained a Director of that company, and of its successor the Great Central Railway (GCR), until his death.[3] During Board meetings, he would occasionally murmur "Where is the money to come from?"[4] In June 1909, when he was senior Director of the GCR, that railway named one of its class 8D express passenger locomotives The Rt. Hon. Viscount Cross G.C.B., G.C.S.I. in his honour.[5][6]
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Lord Cross married Georgiana, daughter of Thomas Lyon, in 1852. His eldest son, the Hon. William Cross, represented Liverpool West Derby in Parliament. Lady Cross died in January 1907.
Lord Cross survived her by seven years and died in January 1914, aged 90. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his grandson, Richard Assheton Cross, the only son of the Honourable William Cross.
ArmsEdit
Coat of arms of R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
A Griffin's Head erased Argent gorged with a Double Chain Or therefrom pendant a Mullet pierced Sable in the beak a Passion Nail of the last
Gules a Cross flory Argent charged with five Passion Nails Sable a Bordure of the second
On either side a Pegasus Argent holding in the mouth a Passion Nail Sable the dexter gorged with a Chain Or therefrom pendant a Cross flory Gules the sinister gorged with a Double Chain Or therefrom pendant a Mullet pierced Sable
Crede Cruci (Trust in the Cross) [7]
^ "No. 25618". The London Gazette. 20 August 1886. p. 4080.
^ Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864–1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 195, 351. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
^ Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 229, 356. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0.
^ Dow 1965, p. 28
^ Dow 1965, p. 133
^ Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Hoole, Ken; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Platt, E. N. T.; Russell, O.; Yeadon, W. B. (November 1979). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 3A: Tender Engines—Classes C1 to C11. Kenilworth: RCTS. p. 87. ISBN 0-901115-45-2.
^ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/cross1886.htm
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BOPCRIS database entry on Cross Committee
"Archival material relating to R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross". UK National Archives.
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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Rob Schneider to Bring His I Have Issues Tour to ABT
Outback Presents Media Release | August 10, 2021
Outback Presents has announced that actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director, Rob Schneider, will be bringing his I Have Issues Tour (which kicks off on September 24, 2021 in Springfield, IL) to Billings on February 6, 2022 at Alberta Bair Theater. Tickets for this Billings appearance go on sale to the public on Friday, August 13 at 10am.
GET YOUR TICKETS: WEBSITE | 406.256.0652
About Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider is an accomplished actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the award-winning NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in films, television and continues his worldwide standup tour.
Schneider's first Netflix comedy special, Asian Momma, Mexican Kids, premiered globally on August 11, 2020. Filmed in February, the special gives viewers a look at Schneider's family and personal life through hilarious anecdotes. The special ends with a surprise duet performance with Schneider's daughter Elle King.
Born in San Francisco, Schneider's family is of Filipino and Caucasian descent. His father was Jewish and his mother Catholic. His mixed background has been a common theme in his comedy acts. Schneider started his stand-up career in high school opening for the popular San Francisco band "Head On," and was a regular guest on local radio. An opening slot for Dennis Miller garnered him an appearance on HBO's "13th Annual Young Comedians" special also hosted by Miller. The special led him to a coveted position as a writer for SNL in 1988. Schneider swiftly moved from a writer and featured player to a full cast member with a cast that included Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and the late Chris Farley.
After leaving SNL in 1994 Schneider went to roles in film and television including a starring role in the NBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, and starring roles in feature films DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO, THE ANIMAL, THE HOT CHICK, DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGALOW and THE BENCHWARMERS. DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO has the distinction of being the second highest grossing DVD in the US in 2000.
Schneider's early film roles also include JUDGE DREDD, DEMOLITION MAN, BEVERLY HILLS HILLBILLIES and DOWN PERISCOPE. He also co-starred in numerous comedies that were some of the biggest films in the past 20 years, including GROWNUPS, THE WATERBOY, LITTLE NICKY, THE LONGEST YARD, 50 FIRST DATES, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY, YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, and narrated the animated film 8 CRAZY NIGHTS. He also recently appeared in Netflix's THE WRONG MISSY and the recently released HUBIE HALLOWEEN.
On television, Schneider starred in the CBS comedy Rob, loosely based on his real life. In 2015 he produced, directed and starred in Real Rob, that followed his life and co-starred his real-life wife Patricia and daughter Miranda for Netflix. Real Rob was a milestone for the comedian as he starred, directed, produced, and financed the entire season.
Schneider's directorial debut was the comedy BIG STAN, in which he also starred in the title role. In 2010 he released his first comedy album, Registered Offender, a collection of audio sketches and songs. That year Schneider also revived his stand-up career with an international tour and has continued to tour nationally and internationally ever since.
Schneider is currently co-starring in Netflix's Home Team, starring Kevin James and is embarking on his stand-up comedy tour throughout the summer. In addition, Schneider recently completed production on the film Daddy Daughter Trip, which he produced, directed, and starred in.
The three-time Emmy nominated writer for SNL is having the best time of his life, enjoying raising his 7 and 3 year old girls, Miranda and Madeline, with his wife Patricia. Schneider is also the father of singer/ songwriter Elle King.
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RETHINKIN_
Solidarity between partners
Upwards solidarity
Incapacitated partners
Doctoral projects
Non-traditional Kinship and the Law
Non-traditional Kinship and the Law: Socio-Legal Perspectives
Organized by the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Law; La Sapienza University of Rome, Philosophy Department and the Scientific Research Network RETHINKIN (Rethinking Legal Kinship and Family Studies in the Low Countries – www.rethinkin.eu) at the Academia Belgica (Rome) on the 17th and 18th of May.
Alison Diduck, UCL, professor of Law https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/people/prof-alison-diduck
Eric Widmer, University of Geneva, professor in Sociology http://www.edwidmer.org/
Frederik Swennen, University of Antwerp, Professor in Law, https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/personeel/frederik-swennen/
Mariano Croce,La Sapienza University of Rome, Professor in Philosophy, http://www.lettere.uniroma1.it/users/mariano-croce
Jacqui Gabb, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The Open University, Professor in Sociology, http://www.open.ac.uk/people/jag539#tab3
Seminar Scope
The way in which we label, name and 'speak of' family, as well as how the changes in contemporary family making have been reflected within the legal domain, are becoming important questions for the future of family law and of kinship studies.
In this seminar, we are interested in exploring the interplay between (multiple) parenthood, kinship terminology, as well as the role of law.
We particularly welcome early-career scholars to present their research on the broad topic of non-traditional kinship formations, kinship terminology, and family-making from socio-legal perspectives. Selected early career scholars will be coupled with renowned scholars in the field, making a fruitful exchange possible.
Possible research questions could include, but are not limited to;
How does kinship terminology manifest itself within families of non-traditional forms?
How does the duality of the family (two parents) evolve in light of new reproductive technology (ART)?
What are the tensions between modern family law and the changes in contemporary family making?
How can we critically assess the future of family law with regards to modern parenthood?
The conference will be held at the Academia Belgica in Rome (Italy) on the 17th and 18th of May.
The language of the conference is English. There is no registration fee. Coffee breaks, reception on 17 May and lunch on 18 May are offered.
The conference will be open to public.
Presenters will be selected based on the submitted abstracts.
Paper proposals should include:
I. your full name, e-mail address and institutional affiliation
II. the title of your paper
III. max. 300-word abstract in English
Proposals should be submitted to Nola.Cammu@uantwerpen.be
Application deadline: 31 January 2018
Notification of acceptance: By 15 February 2018
Conference dates: 17-18 May 2018
CONTACT RETHINKIN_
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Skylanders Academy's Netflix Premiere Lands On October 28th
Netflix has announced that Skylanders Academy will premiere on Friday 28th October, becoming the streaming service's newest Netflix original animated kids series.
With darkness threatening the balance of peace in the Skylands, Master Eon is forced to assemble a group of heroes to protect the universe from Kaos and the Doom Raiders. That will see the series rally Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel the vast Skylands universe, working together in seeking to maintain harmony.
Promising humour, heart and memorable moments, it is led by showrunner Eric Rogers (Futurama), and will feature the voice talents of Justin Long (DodgeBall) as Spyro; Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) as Stealth Elf; Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad) as Eruptor; and Norm MacDonald (Saturday Night Live) as Glumshanks.
Additional voices include that have recorded for the series include Susan Sarandon, Daniel Wu, Bobcat Goldthwait, The Diamond Minecart, Parker Posey, James Hetfield, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Diamantopoulos, Harland Williams, and more.
Skylanders Academy Season 1 will launch exclusively on Netflix on Friday 28th October, with Season 2 landing in late 2017.
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Our Suite designed to offer to the guests a unique and unrepeatable experience. Who choose this accommodation also enjoy the exclusive and exclusive access to a terrace with Jacuzzi, built inside the olive grove adjacent to the little church. Our advice: a good glass of wine, a relaxing bath and open your eyes on a breathtaking view.
Our Suite consists of a central nave, where the bed is located with a relaxation area, and two side rooms in which the bathroom is located on one side and the closet with bathtub in the other. The central nave was kept in the original state, with hand-made low relief decorations on the sidewalls and gorgeous vaulted ceiling frescoes. The structure of the large bed was handmade by a local carpenter as well as all the other furnishings inside it. The side niches, paved with Carrara marble, feature a very exclusive gold-plated bathroom. The baroque style bathtub, also golden, gives the environment a touch of magnificence and elegance.
In addition to the exclusive value, our Suite is a historical and artistic heritage of our territory that we want to offer our guests for a unique and authentic experience. Tuscany.
Our new Suite is the result of the restoration of the small chapel that Francesco Scatena built inside the property in the mid 1800's for exclusive private use of the family.
The project of the Spanish architect Lucia Gimenez, is aimed at one side to preserve the historical and artistic elements and on the other side to create a really luxurious and comfortable accommodation, with elegant and prestigious finishes, according to the original style of the chapel. The guests who choose our suite will have a private and direct access to the wonderful olive grove, located behind the chapel. Inside the olive grove, there is a private terrace, with sun chairs, Jacuzzi and bar service.