On the 30 Nov. our Peace was Signed. On the 28. March We dont know that you have Yet heard of it.1 A Packet Should have been Sent off. I have not yet received the Ratification of the my Dutch Treaty.2 I know not when I Shall be able to embark for home. If I receive the Acceptance of my Resignation, I Shall embark in the first ship, the first good ship I mean, for I love you too well, to venture my self in a bad one, and I love my own Ease to well to go in a very Small one.
Revocation of my Commission3 to King George, may be afraid I shall do them more harm in America, than in England, and therefore of two Evils to choose the least and manoeuvre to get my me sent to London. By several Coaxing hints of that Kind, which have been written to me and given me in Conversation, from Persons who I know are employed to do it, I fancy that Something of that is in Contemplation. There is another Motive too—they begin to dread the Appointment of some others whom they like less than me. I tremble when I think of such a Thing as going to London. If I were to receive orders of that sort, it would be a dull day to me. No Swiss ever longed for home more than I do. I Shall forever be a dull Man in Europe. I cannot bear the Thought of transporting my Family to Europe. It would be the Ruin of my Children forever. And I cannot bear the Thought of living longer Seperate from them. Our foreign Affairs, are like to be in future as they have been in times past an eternal Scaene of Faction. The fluctuation of Councils at Philadelphia have encouraged it, and even good Men Seem to be Seized with the Spirit of it.
The definitive Treaty is yet delayed, and will be for any Thing I can see till Mid Summer. It may however be signed in a few Weeks. If it should be signed I could go home with the Dutch Ambassador,4 in a Frigate which will sail from the Texel in June. But So many Points are uncertain, that I cannot determine on any thing. Dont think of coming to Europe however, unless you should receive a further desire from me, which is not at all probable. My present Expectations are to pay my Respects to you, at Braintree, before Midsummer.
My Son, has been another Source of Distress to me. The terrible Weather has made his Journey from Petersbourg very long. But I have a Letter from him at Hamborough the 14th.6 and hope he is at the Hague by this day. I am much relieved on his Account. My Charles and Thomas how are they? Fine Boys I dare Say? Let them take Care how they behave if they desire their Fathers Approbation. My Mother and your Father enjoy I hope a good Share of Health and Spirits. Mr. Cranch's Health is perfectly restored I hope, and Uncle Quincy7 and Dr. Tufts as good and as happy as ever. Why should not my Lot in 111Life be as easy as theirs? So it would have been if I had been as wise as they and staid at home as they do. But where would have been our Cod and Haddock, our Bever skins Deer skins and Pine Trees?8 Alass all lost, perhaps. Indeed I firmly believe so, in a good Conscience. I cannot therefore repent of all my fatigues, Cares, Losses, Escapes, anxious Days and Sleepless nights.
Nothing in Life ever cost me so much Sleep, or made me so many grey Hairs, as the Anxiety, I have Suffered for these Three Years on the Score of these Objects. No body knows of it: Nobody cares for it. But I shall be rewarded for it, in Heaven I hope. Where Mayhew, and Thatcher and Warren9 are rewarded I hope, none of whom however were permitted to suffer so much. They were taken away from the Evil to come.
I have one favour for you to ask of Mr. Adams the President of the senate. It is that he would make a compleat Collection of his Writings and publish them in Volumes. I know of no greater service that could be rendered to the Rights of Mankind. At least that he would give you a List of them. They comprize a Period of forty Years.10 And although they would not find so many Rakes for Purchasers, as the Writings of Voltaire, they would do infinitely more good to mankind especially in our rising Empire. There Posterity will find a Mass of Principles, and Reasonings, Suitable for them and for all good Men. The Copy, I fancy would Sell to Advantage in Europe.
Yours most affectiatly and eternally.
On 22 Feb. the Boston Evening Post had printed George III's speech of 5 Dec. 1782 opening Parliament, which "admitt[ed America's] separation from the crown of these kingdoms," and mentioned "provisional articles agreed upon." The newspaper also included a separate report that the articles of peace were signed. Capt. Joshua Barney of the packet Washington, who left Lorient on 17 Jan. arrived in America with the preliminary articles on 12 March (Burnett, ed., Letters of Members , 7:71). Definite news of the completion of the preliminary treaty, though without the text of the articles, arrived in Boston within a few days (Boston Evening Post, 15 March). Finally, on 1 April, "by a gentleman immediately from the Southward," Bostonians learned of the contents of the treaty (MHi Broadside Coll.).
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the Netherlands, negotiated and signed by JA on 8 Oct. 1782, was ratified by Congress on 23 Jan., but JA did not learn of its ratification until late May. See vol. 4:381; JCC , 24:64–82; JA, Diary and Autobiography , 3:135–136, note 1; and JA to AA, 4 Feb., and note 2, above.
See JA to AA, 4 Feb., and note 4, above.
Pieter Johan van Berckel, who sailed for America on 23 June (JA, Diary and Autobiography , 3:17, note 2). JA had written to van Berckel on 11 March (JA, Works , 8:46–47), congratulating him on his appointment as minister to the United States, and advising him to sail to Boston and travel overland to Philadelphia to familiarize himself with the country.
This sentence appears crowded into the space separating this paragraph and the next. AA quotes "whereever She can find enough of these" in her letter to Royall Tyler, 14 June, below.
JQA to JA, 12 March, above, whose date 112 JA misread (see note 1 to that letter).
See JA to Richard Cranch, 15 Dec. 1782, and note 1, above.
Rev. Jonathan Mayhew (1720–1766), Boston's fiery Whig preacher, Oxenbridge Thacher (1719–1765), an ally of James Otis in the early 1760s, and Dr. Joseph Warren, twice Massacre Day orator, who died at Bunker Hill. JA had been a good friend of Thacher, and of Warren, who was the Adams' family doctor when they lived in Boston. See AA's moving letter to JA on the occasion of Warren's death (vol. 1:222–223, and note 3).
Samuel Adams, chosen president of the Massachusetts senate in 1781, could be said to have begun his political writings in 1743, "a Period of forty Years" prior to this letter, by arguing the affirmative in his M.A. thesis, "Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved." In 1748 he began contributing political pieces to the short-lived Public Advertiser. But these early works either did not survive or cannot be positively identified, and his extant political writings begin in 1764.
The genesis for this first expression of interest by JA in seeing his second cousin's work published is not certain, but he proposed this project to Samuel directly in a letter of 5 April (NN: George Bancroft Coll.), stating, more briefly, the same reasons given in this letter. JA's weariness with Europe, his longing for retirement from public life, and perhaps a belief that his sixty-year-old cousin would soon leave the public scene, may all have contributed to a desire to see Samuel's public achievement preserved. On 10 April, in a letter to William Lee (LbC, Adams Papers), JA reiterated this desire, and gave the additional reason that the publication of Samuel Adams' works would show how important a role he had played in the Revolution. Such an edition, JA implied to Lee, would also help place the inflated reputation of Benjamin Franklin in perspective.
Samuel Adams did not respond to JA's suggestion, however, and he made no attempt to publish an edition of his writings. The only editions of his work appeared much later, the first by his grandson William V. Wells, in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams, Boston, 1866, 3 vols.; the fullest by Harry Alonzo Cushing, ed., The Writings of Samuel Adams, N.Y., 1904–1908, 4 vols.


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De Patat was een culinair reisprogramma dat werd uitgezonden op de Vlaamse zender Canvas, tijdens de winter van 2011-2012. De presentatie en samenstelling was van de hand van Jeroen Meus, restauranthouder, tv-kok en uitgever van kookboeken.

In de Canvas-reeks van zeven afleveringen bracht Meus het verhaal waar de aardappel in de 16e eeuw werd ontdekt door de Spanjaarden. Daarna volgde Meus de weg die de aardappel heeft afgelegd, zowel fysiek als naar product. Het programma wordt onder meer onderbouwd met interviews van historici, voedingsdeskundigen en gerenommeerde chef-koks. Deze weet hij telkens te verleiden een aardappel te schillen, als inleiding tot hun gesprek. De afleveringen worden aangevuld met de aanmaak van gerechten, die bepalend zijn geweest in de verspreiding van de aardappel.

De Patat was een programma van Het Televisiehuis, het interne productiehuis van de VRT.

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Today the pool matches were played under excellent conditions.
Scotland and Ukraine who were relegated last year from GPS showed good form today, and scored some fascinated tries. They start in pole position for the quarter final tomorrow. Czech Republic and Poland finished day 1 with a thriller : in the first half, Czech Republic took the lead with 2 tries, just before Poland came back strongly to win the game 10-17. Home team, Norway will have to raise their level in the semi final of the bowl, to excite the home fans.


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67 Misty Run had about 150 open house visitors yesterday. We had the usual lender prequalification station – this time on the patio. Rudy spoke to many potential buyers who loved the looks of the seller's staged home. Buyers have until 7:00pm to get their offers in today. The seller is in a hurry and will accept one by tomorrow.


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Acta Adriatica : International Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 51 No. 2, 2010.
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Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms
Bojan Hamer orcid.org/0000-0002-3142-8128 ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Davorin Medaković ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Dijana Pavičić-Hamer ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Željko Jakšić orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-6929 ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Mauro Štifanić ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Vedrana Nerlović ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Ana Travizi ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Robert Precali ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Tjaša Kunduč ; Jožef Štefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Hamer, B., Medaković, D., Pavičić-Hamer, D., Jakšić, Ž., Štifanić, M., Nerlović, V., ... Kunduč, T. (2010). Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms. Acta Adriatica, 51 (2), 181-194. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/64366
Hamer, Bojan, et al. "Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms." Acta Adriatica, vol. 51, no. 2, 2010, pp. 181-194. https://hrcak.srce.hr/64366. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.
Hamer, Bojan, Davorin Medaković, Dijana Pavičić-Hamer, Željko Jakšić, Mauro Štifanić, Vedrana Nerlović, Ana Travizi, Robert Precali and Tjaša Kunduč. "Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms." Acta Adriatica 51, no. 2 (2010): 181-194. https://hrcak.srce.hr/64366
Hamer, B., et al. (2010). 'Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms', Acta Adriatica, 51(2), pp. 181-194. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/64366 (Accessed 01 February 2023)
Hamer B, Medaković D, Pavičić-Hamer D, Jakšić Ž, Štifanić M, Nerlović V, et al. Estimation of freshwater influx along the eastern Adriatic coast as a possible source of stress for marine organisms. Acta Adriatica [Internet]. 2010 [cited 2023 February 01];51(2):181-194. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/64366
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Seawater salinity changes and thermal stress have been considered to be among the most important determinants of rocky intertidal zone organism distribution. The aim of present study was to determine the freshwater influx and evaluate the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis shells as indicators of natural environmental conditions by comparing δ13C of shell carbonate layers with seawater salinity and tem- perature values measured over the 1998-2007 period. Our results show that the salinity was relatively constant in the open sea, with typical values of the northern and southern Adriatic being 37.65 ± 0.40 and 38.37 ± 0.19 respectively. It varied in intertidal zones, estuaries, locations close to under-sea freshwa- ter springs and during rainy days in closed lagoons on different locations along eastern Adriatic coast. Sa- linity and temperature variations at investigated sites showed freshwater influx which was also reflected in lower δ13C values of mussel M. galloprovincialis shell carbonates. Based on the measured parameters, three groups of locations in the investigated area (25 locations) can be defined: locations with strong to medium freshwater influence (9), with minor freshwater influence (6) and marine environment locations (10). Our results confirm that mussel M. galloprovincialis responds sensitively to subtle changes in the environmental conditions. Results of the isotopic analyses presented in this study support the hypothesis that the δ13C in mussel's shell might be used as an indicator of environmental salinity conditions and hypo-osmotic stress. Therefore such investigations might represent an additional tool for waste water management and environmental protection.
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Mark Your Calendar for Live Art Events
Read on for four Georgia Tech Arts events to add to your calendar.
Traveling While Black
Article By Emma Ryan
From "Traveling While Black" to a scientific take on modern ballet, Georgia Tech Arts is offering a variety of engaging events to get you out of the lab and classroom this fall.
"The arts are a fount of creativity and innovation that allow us to enhance the work we're doing on campus," said Aaron Shackelford, director of Georgia Tech Arts. "But they're also a source of well-being. The arts allow us to connect, reflect, experience, and feel, and that's what makes you a successful student at Tech — and a successful person of the world."
Read on for four fall arts events you'll want to add to your calendar.
Traveling While Black VR Documentary. This is a documentary that revisits a time when traveling in America could be a life-or-death affair for a Black person. The film is inspired by The Green Book, which listed safe spaces for Black people to stay (used during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s). Viewers experience the documentary wearing Oculus headsets and sitting in a replica of booths at Ben's Chili Bowl, a civil rights landmark in Washington, D.C. "This is the ultimate intersection of arts and technology," Shackelford said. "Technology is deployed to tell these incredibly important stories in ways that would not normally be accessible in our everyday lives." The documentary plays every hour on the hour from 12-7 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday, until Nov 12. Tickets are $6.
Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre: InterActions. On Oct. 1 at 8 p.m., Atlanta's Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre (TMBT) will take to the stage of the Ferst Center for the Arts for "InterActions," an exploration of the intersections between neuroscience, A.I., and dance. The work is a collaboration between choreographer Troy Schumacher and scientists and researchers from Tech and Emory University. The artists, research scientists, and audience will participate in discussions accompanied by performances from the dancers of TMBT. "In this experience, the choreographer and the researcher are asking the same questions and presenting them in different ways," Shackelford said, "Questions like 'who are we?' and 'how do we move and think?'" Tickets are $10.
Kaki King's DATA NOT FOUND. Guitarist Kaki King is known not only for her virtuosic technique but also for the light and color projections that transform her performances from auditory to visual. On Oct. 23, King will return to the Ferst Center for a performance of "DATA NOT FOUND," which incorporates her signature projection mapping with the audio-responsive technology that she uses to push the limits of her instrument. "Kaki is asking what the relationship is between the science and data that pervades our world, and who we are as human beings," Shackelford said. "She is fascinated by the questions that are going to solve the problems of the world about who we are as humans, and how the data and technology that surrounds us shapes us." Tickets are $10.
Black Nativity. From Dec. 2-19, "Black Nativity" will present the story of the birth of Christ, told from the African-American perspective. Based on the work of Black poet and playwright Langston Hughes, the play incorporates dances from the African-American community, African costumes, and gospel music and spirituals. "Tech values having an equitable and inclusive space," Shackelford said. "And 'Black Nativity' is one way to make our campus accessible to the larger community. It's building the association of the school not as a walled research center but as an open place for the community to experience arts and creativity." Tickets range from $35-$75.
To purchase tickets and for more information, visit arts.gatech.edu.
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The Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail
November 26, 2013 by Wine Food Explorer
By Teri Tith Concannon and Denise Creek Garcia
Make no mistake, though you have probably never heard of it, the Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail does exist. There's even a map and an app to boot. You can find them at www.CheeseTrail.org. As with all things printed, the map is a bit out of date, but we highly recommend the app. This is a great day or weekend trip spent exploring the backroads of Sonoma and Marin Counties and tasting handmade artisan cheeses along the way. Plan your trip well in advance and be sure to call the cheesemaker before you visit.
Cheesemaking is tied to the seasons because cheese is made from the milk of animals that are tied to the land, something you don't think about when buying commodity cheese at the grocery store. Ewes lamb in the spring and milk production is at its highest volume at this time. Milking and cheesemaking becomes a daily practice – seven days a week – during the peak months, which is approximately six months for sheep, eight for goats, and longer for cows.
Freshly molded cheese rounds at Bleating Heart show their signature heart-shaped stamp. Photo by Teri Tith Concannon.
Our first stop was Bleating Heart in Tomales, Calif. We wondered if we would ever get there. There were few road markings as we traveled up the final path – a windy road taking us past tall rows of Eucalyptus and Cypress trees, across three cattle guards, and finally to be greeted by two Great Pyrenees dogs who act as guardians of the sheep. At last we got to meet Dave Dalton and Seana Doughty, the cheesemakers/owners. Bleating Heart makes primarily raw sheep milk cheese, and this season they made just seven pilot batches of a new raw sheep's milk blue cheese called Ewelicious.
Seana was in the middle of making an experimental batch of cow's milk blue cheese from Jerseys when we arrived. She said she was thinking about naming it Moolicious. Seana is known for creating cheeky names for her cheeses as she is also the maker of Fat Bottom Girl, a cheese whose distinctive shape was a happy accident. Every wheel she produces has a heart-shaped stamp on it. Every cheese is made with love. The blue cheeses, for example, are hand-filled into hoops to form the rounds, then each one is rubbed with salt, pierced to allow the blue veins to develop in approximately seven to 10 days, then set on California redwood planks where they age to ripeness. For the holidays, several batches of Shepherdista were getting a special rind treatment in vats filled with zinfandel grape pumice, where they will continue aging for about a month.
Our next stop was the Petaluma Creamery. We joked that we were going to be cheesemakers for Halloween as we once again donned hairnets, white smocks and disposable booties to keep the cheesemaking environment protected. Sarah Lanatti lead us on a tour of this larger-scale production environment where they make organic pressed cheeses such as specialty Monterey Jack and Cheddars and a lesser known commodity, cheese curds. Cheese curds are relatively new to the California marketplace. They melt well and make excellent grilled cheeses according to Sarah. "The Firehouse Cheese Curds are great in lasagna because they already have some seasoning," she added.
The Petaluma Creamery also produces an organic Spring Hill labeled line of butters and cheeses. Owner Larry Peter has helped local dairymen thrive by making available their production and equipment to foster the industry. Petaluma Creamery cheese is made from the milk of many local farmers. When he bought the creamery in 1986, there were only 73 dairies left in the region; now the count is at 300. A large contributor to this change is the consumer-driven demand for locally grown and produced food products and the interest in organic. At the end of our tour we got a special treat when visiting their onsite store. You can grab a quick lunch there and sample more than a dozen handmade ice creams that Sarah has produced. She also does custom flavors for clients upon request. You may see her specialty Maple Bacon Ice Cream at casinos in the near future.
Denise gets some hands on experience in goat milking at Achadinha Cheese Company, which is a family affair at Pacheco Ranch. Photo by Teri Tith Concannon
The last stop of our day was Achidinha Cheese, where Donna Pacheco makes fine goat's milk and goat-cow cheeses with the help of her entire family. Her sons Daniel and David, and daughter Elizabeth were on hand to demonstrate the goat milking. They have all six varieties of goats in their herd. The eldest son, William, is very proud of the 40 Jersey cows that he maintains for the family business.
Bröncha and Capricious, which won Best in Show at the American Cheese Society in 2002, are two of their semi-hard cheeses. These cheeses are aged on locally-harvested Cypress planks, using only indigenous, naturally-occurring molds to create the unique flavor for her cheese. The aging room smells wonderful, and is currently stacked higher than you can reach with her hand-formed cheese rounds. They resemble irregular loaves of bread lined up vertically on end, row after row.
"Loaves" of cheese are stacked to the roof in Achidinha Cheese's aging room with Donna Pacheco and Denise. Photo by Teri Tith Concannon
Donna and husband Jim shared their favorite recipe, made using their own label California Cheese Curds stuffed and baked inside a mushroom button. We shared these, along with some fruit and wine in their party barn at the end of our cheese-filled day.
Marcia Barinaga of Barinaga Ranch with Denise in the milking parlor at Barinaga Ranch. Photo by Teri Tith Concannon.
Exhausted but determined, we set off the next morning to find Barinaga Ranch home of Basque-style sheepsmilk cheesemaker Marcia Barinaga. Marcia tends two kinds of sheep in her flock, East Fresian and Katahdin. We got to see her milking parlor, and an impressive cheesemaking set up cleverly done in three customized shipping container vessels. The containers are elevated, with a complex system of capture pipes underneath to collect runoff and whey, which is fed to her market pigs. Nothing goes to waste. Her operation is sustainable and environmentally friendly. She has been awarded a special animal welfare approval certification.
You can visit this farmstead operation year-round. Marcia offers farm and cheesemaking tours once or twice a month on Saturdays, but she warned they fill up months in advance. Ask your local cheese monger for a taste of her Baserri and Txiki (pronounced "cheeky") cheeses. You'll become a customer.
The cheese case at Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, showing their red ribbon winning cheese. Photo by Teri Tith Concannon.
The sign in the cheese shop at Nicasio Valley Cheese Company reads: "Cheese Trail Starts Here," but it was our last stop along the cheese highway. Two cheese mongers can only take in so much information in an intensive 24-hour period! We lucked out and got to meet cheesemaker Brian Ackerly, who was just finishing his shift in the cheesemaking room. This room can be viewed from the store through a large window, which has been thoughtfully installed so visitors can view the cheesemaking operation. This year they won a second place ribbon from the American Cheese Society for their San Geronimo cheese, a cross between a Fontina and a Raclette. Brian makes an impressive array of bloomy-rind and wash-rind cheeses for the Lafranchi family, which owns the company. They are located just around the corner from the Nicasio Ranch Bar and Restaurant, a music venue and great place for lunch and dinner, located just across from the Lafranchi baseball field.
Artisan cheesemaking is artfully handmade by passionate farmers and dedicated cheesemakers, using the freshest milk possible, when it is plentiful. Not all cheesemaking operations are big enough to handle special tours, or sell their cheese direct to the public. But if you're lucky, you can find their cheeses in a cheese case near you. Or, head out on the backroads of Sonoma and Marin and experience the cheese trail for yourself.
Teri Tith Concannon and Denise Creek Garcia are co-founders and proprietors of an emerging cheese business, Cheese Therapy, in the San Francisco East Bay, based in the Livermore Valley. Look for their Artisan Cheese plate at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore and check out their facebook page to mark their progress.
Filed Under: Cheese, Day Trip, Food, Sonoma/Russian River Valley, Taste Northern California Tagged With: Achidinha Cheese, Barinaga Ranch, Bleating Heart, Cheese, Cheese Tasting, Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Petaluma Creamery, Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail


So the holidays are over. I usually make it a point not to make New Year's resolutions, but for some reason this year, I was moved to make a few, most in regards to my blog and my reading.
2. Decrease my TV and internet/Facebook time and increase my reading time. I feel like I literally stare at my phone for hours, refreshing and surfing. Even with my iPad right beside me, I stare at my phone. Case in point, I just took a break from typing this blog to check my phone. It's an addiction.
3. If I start a book and don't want to pick it up and continue reading it within a week, I'm not finishing it. I actually got this from my friend, Windee, who is very wise. I struggle with not finishing a book, no matter how much I'm not enjoying it. I have an almost compulsive need to finish reading a book util the end. Which then delays me from reading other books, because I'm avoiding that book.
4. To update my blog appearance and headers.
5. To show more of my true self in my reviews. I won't be mean because I have admiration for anyone who has written a book and gone through the work to have it published. But I haven't wanted to be part of the blogger/author wars, so I haven't always used my real voice in my blog for fear of being seen as a blogger that publishers don't want to deal with. And I think there have been times where I could have shown my true voice.
With the holidays, I haven't added a whole lot to my overflowing TBR pile, but here they are.
romantic. She's spent most of her life falling in love over and over again…with the men she finds in the pages of her favorite novels.
When Miko meets Liam Ashton, it's love at first sight. At least, for her. Sure, the two of them are polar opposites, and yes, he seems to be dating someone new each week. But Miko knows what true love is and that you can't rush it—after all, what she lacks in real-world experience, she makes up for in book smarts. With novels as her guide, and her best friends by her side, she knows she can get Liam to love her back. But just like any good romance novel, fate has a few plot twists in store. Will Miko get her own happy ending? Will she find the strength to stand up for what she deserves even if it means breaking her own heart?


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Q: Is there a performance hit when methods returning JSX are called in render function of React component whenver any state is changed? Everytime I type something in input, state.addTodo is updated, resulting in calling render, which also calls allTodos even though it doesn't uses state.addTodo. Is this giving a performance hit? If yes how can I fix it?
(Does calling a function in render degrading performance or it is not because it is only updating V-DOM and not the DOM?)
Also, is there any easy way to reset a form as well as reset all variables (here only state.addTodo) to default values which are associated with that form?
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    this.setState(prevState => ({
      todos: {...prevState.todos,
        [timestamp]: {
          todo: prevState.addTodo,
          done: false
        }
      },
      addTodo: ""
    }));
    e.target.reset();
  };

  onChangeHandler = e => {
    const name= e.target.name, value = e.target.value;
    this.setState(prevState => ({
      [name]: value
    }));
  }

  render() {
    return (

All todos

{this.allTodos()}

        <form onSubmit={this.onSubmitHandler}>
          <input type="text" name="addTodo" onChange={this.onChangeHandler}/>
          <button type="submit">Add</button>
        </form>

    );
  }
}

A: You are correct in noticing that all of the todos are being re-rendered even when you don't make changes to state.todos. If you don't want to re-render those todos, you can make make an entirely new component that just renders those todos. EX:
const TodoList = ({ todos }) => {
  if(Object.keys(todos).length === 0)
      return null;
  const todoList = Object.keys(todos).map(timestamp => (

{todos[timestamp].todo}

  ));
  return todoList;
}

class App extends Component {
  state = {
    todos: {},
    addTodo: ""
  };

  ...other handlers are the same

  render() {
    return (

All todos

<TodoList todos={this.state.todos} />

        <form onSubmit={this.onSubmitHandler}>
          <input type="text" name="addTodo" onChange={this.onChangeHandler}/>
          <button type="submit">Add</button>
        </form>

    );
  }
}

This is a very common case for React and is exactly why React is considered 'compositional'. Now that the todos are in a new component, React can tell that the props (todos) for the component have not changed and they will not be re-rendered.
As far as your second question, if you want to reset more than one variable you can always call setState with default values for those variables.
EX:
this.setState({
    todos: {},
    addTodo: "",
})

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Gavin Green is responsible for design at theatre consultancy Charcoalblue. He explains how he came to work on major renovations of theatres across the globe, in this interview for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide.
Green applied for a job in theatre consultancy after finishing his architecture degree, despite not having a theatrical background. He soon found himself working with Michael Wilford on the Lowry in Salford and Behnisch and Behnisch Partners on the failed Harbourside Centre in Bristol, and "was hooked".
It was working under renowned lighting designer Richard Pilbrow that Gavin met the future co-founders of Charcoalblue, and the company has since worked on the major overhaul of London's Royal Opera House and the Stirling Prize-winning Liverpool Everyman. He says his career highlight was working on St Anne's Warehouse in Brooklyn, "a highly unconventional theatre built inside an old Civil War era warehouse which has the most beautiful brick walls sandwiched between Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, looking across the East River."
Green's team consists of architects, engineers, lighting and sound designers, and set designers. "We seek out people with a passion for performance," he said. "We ask about the shows they've seen in interviews as a test, to get them to describe how the production sat in the theatre."


Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines has resulted in catastrophic loss of life and deprivation and our hearts go out the people and towns affected. Response to this crisis (as in the case of Hurricane Katrina, the Haitian Earthquake and Hurricane Sandy) includes a range of efforts that leverage user-generated data and the volunteer mapping efforts of individuals and organizations. We thought it useful to highlight some of these unfolding efforts here as resource for our readers and ourselves. At present this is just a listing of some of the things we've seen in our feeds, please add additional ones to the comments.
MANY of these Maps are actively seeking volunteers so please join in.
Goodchild, Michael F., and J. Alan Glennon. "Crowdsourcing geographic information for disaster response: a research frontier." International Journal of Digital Earth 3.3 (2010): 231-241.
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Zook, Matthew, Mark Graham, Taylor Shelton, and Sean Gorman. "Volunteered geographic information and crowdsourcing disaster relief: a case study of the Haitian earthquake."World Medical and Health Policy 2.2 (2010): 7-33.


The number of students choosing to study an international degree has dramatically increased. Industry experts expect this trend to continue.
Academic heads at some of the world's leading universities see a growing demand for internationally accredited degrees. Due to ongoing financial hardship in many countries and the greater need for global communication skills, they expect more students to be looking abroad for their education.
A dual degree is a qualification offered by two or more universities, commonly at a masters or postgraduate level. The student receives a certificate from each of the institutions involved. A joint degree means the student receives only one certificate from all the partner universities.
International degrees are becoming more and more popular. A report from the Institute of International Education, developed among 245 higher education institutions in 28 countries, supports this idea.
In 2011, double degree programs appeared to be more common than joint programs. 84% of responding institutions offer double degree programs, while only 33% offer joint degree programs.
According to the report, 95% of institutions report that double and/or joint programs are an essential part of their internationalization strategy for the future.
In terms of types of courses, an overwhelming number of institutions said they are planning to offer more business and management courses (45%). This was even more true in Australia, where 73% said business and management courses were part of their future strategy. In the UK, more institutions were planning social sciences courses, with 55% claiming that was what demand called for.
Universities with international programs proclaim a range of advantages for their students. "Studying an international degree allows you to become a global citizen", says Dr Kaat. "And if you're a global citizen, the world is your oyster.


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2 to 5 minute short games with regular interaction between the coach and players to discuss positives and negatives that can be improved on.
Link pitches together by removing cones or line restrictions to create 4 v 4 and add targets ie ball on cone that they have to knock off or small goals/no goalkeepers.
Keep players in original square/pitch in defensive and attacking roles then allow one defender at a time to cross halfway line to create 3 v 2 overload in attacking areas.
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Luck and auspicious coincidence are a part of life, and the partnership which is BigFish Studio is the proof in the pudding. Two people are the driving force behind BigFish Studio: Jeff Cairns, Canadian bagpipe champion, flautist, jazz saxophonist, has over the last two decades in Japan become one of the leading international teachers and players of shakuhachi. Richard Gilbert, guitarist, poet, and audio engineer, has over the last two decades in Japan become a noted international haiku-research scholar, educator and sound crafter.
Our studio, a labor of love, is located on a virgin mountainside 15 minutes from the city, surrounded by Hinoki (Japanese Cypress) trees — a naturally relaxing setting to inspire. A place where you can breathe.
Our first major CD project, "Silent Letters, Secret Pens" (shakuhachi and koto), was recorded at Mashiki Concert Hall in 2006. Following this project, our energy has gone into the creation of an environment through which musicians may find the peace and space to draw in, speak out, perform and contemplate. We too take this approach in our engineering.
One of the primary inspirations and goals of BigFish Studio is that of cultural preservation: many expert players of traditional Japanese instruments have yet to be recorded, and it will not be long before significant living cultural aspects of millennial traditions will be lost. We feel that cultural preservation is both a significant and timely mission.
Our project studio has been built from the mind of a musician, yet with the hands of a craftsman to create a sonic environment sculpted with cutting-edge acoustic treatment, resulting in a balanced, live-room sound complementary to the most demanding acoustic instruments and vocals. Working with a careful selection of microphones, our goal has been to achieve a natural and organic representation of live performance, capturing the full dynamic range and image of each instrument and player.
We warmly welcome you to BigFish Studio.
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Everyone has different objectives for their holiday home, and when it comes to selling, sometimes a strategic refurbishment is the best way to achieve your goals, as was the case at Combehaven in Salcombe.
Having owned and let their Salcombe property for many years, the owners of Combehaven, an apartment at the top of the town, approached Pebbles Refurbishment team to prepare their apartment to sell this summer.
Close to the centre of Salcombe, the apartment is the ideal private second home or holiday home for anyone who knows and loves the South Hams area. However, as we all know, letting a property creates an amount of wear and tear that will not present a house or apartment in its best light to potential buyers.
After discussing the objectives and thoughts of the owners, who knew the property and its best aspects, and understanding their goals including value, time frames and proposed style, Head of Refurbishment, Katherine Spencer, and her team put together a proposal to redecorate Combehaven and focus on key details of interior design that made it shine. This included a fresh coat of paint, sanding the floors and installing new soft furnishings.
The cosmetic changes, including suggested fabrics and colours, were organised by Katherine and her team, who have experience and knowledge in project management and preparing properties for the specific holiday market in Salcombe. This process made it easy and efficient for the property owners to action their requests from a distance but without having to manage the project themselves. Timing was important. In order to be ready for the spring market there was a short turnaround period, which we were able to meet through our close working relationships with a network of partner specialists and our in-house maintenance team.
The result was a smart and tidy property that potential buyers could easily envisage their own happy holiday memories in. Once on the market with Marchand Petit, the property sold within a few short weeks at the owner's asking price.
Outstanding personal service from Katherine, especially given that I was 550 miles away in Scotland. We've recently had to sell the property however we did so for a significant profit thanks to the quality of the Pebbles refurbishment.
What do you want to achieve for your property?


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NHK News Enters Yokosuka, the first Japanese Navy ship to participate in the Self-Defense Forces view ship ceremony | NHK News
A ship that participated for the first time as a Chinese navy in the SDF observation ship ceremony held on 14th of this month entered Yokosuka Port, and a welcome event was held. Maritime Self-Defense ...
Ship entered Yokosuka for the first time in the Chinese Navy to participate in the Self-Defense Forces observation ship.October 10 at 12:04
A ship that participated for the first time as a Chinese navy in the SDF observation ship ceremony held on 14th of this month entered Yokosuka Port, and a welcome event was held. As a Maritime Self-Defense Force, we will continue to be cautious about China's marine advancement, while deepening exchanges at the unit level to prevent accidental collisions at the site.
The Yokosuka Port entered the Taiyuan, a Chinese navy missile destroyer. On the 14th of this month, we visited Japan in conjunction with the Self-Defense Forces observation ship ceremony held in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture, and welcomed events were held by senior officers of the JMSDF.
In this, Mr. Gojiro Watanabe, Director of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces, said, "I want to deepen exchanges between the same sailors and strengthen the relationship between Japan and China."
At the viewing ceremony held almost once every three years, the Navy of each country has been invited to participate since 2012, and Taiyuan will participate for the first time as a ship of the Chinese Navy.
According to the Maritime Self-Defense Force, it is the first time in 10 years since 2009 that Chinese naval vessels have come to Japan.
The defense exchange between Japan and China has been stagnating for a long time around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, but in April the Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched a ship for the first time in seven and a half years to participate in the international naval observation ceremony of the Chinese Navy. , The exchange is gradually resuming.
On the other hand, the Maritime Self-Defense Forces has been increasingly wary of China's vigorous ocean advancement, and for Taiyuan, it has confirmed that it has entered the Pacific Ocean through the sea between Okinawa Island and Miyako Island. doing.
As the Maritime Self-Defense Force, the relationship of trust is enhanced through exchanges at the unit level like this time, and when both ships approach each other on the spot, close contact is established to prevent accidental collisions. I would like to promote the "
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Less a detailed recipe, as an add featuring a thoroughly delicious way to use maple syrup, this 1950s breakfast idea sees crisp slices of bacon sandwiched between two slices of homemade French toast, all of which is doused liberally in maple syrup.
Yep, told you it wasn't exactly as healthy as an apple. That's ok though, most of us can squeeze a special meal into our lives every once in a blue moon, and if you're like me, you tend to hold onto those kinds of treats for the most important days of the years.
Not the least of which, I'm sure, is because I'm a born and breed Canadian, I positively adore Canada Day! As a youngster it fell right after the school year ended and ten days before my birthday, making it the absolute marker of the start of summer vacation. There on July 1st with so much of the season still ahead of us, Canada Day made it seem, if only as briefly as a celebratory firework's burst of luminous colour, that summer was going to last forever.
As we'd gather for a picnic, backyard barbeque or beach party, donned in red and white, often with maple leaves painted on our cheeks, there was an unmistakable sense of patriotic pride, enthusiasm, and joy that spread like wildfire across the population, and which - then as now - I could never get enough.
We sorely lack holidays in this country, if you ask me, and loving special events as I do, it's no wonder that July 1st has always been one of my favourite holidays of the year. Whether with a breakfast such as this fabulously tasty 1950s one, or a plethora of other wholeheartedly Canadian culinary options (salmon steaks, buffalo burgers, butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, Saskatoon berry jam, Okanagan peach pie - you name it!), I always go to town (or sea, farm, orchard, etc!) in the kitchen for this marvelous summer celebration.
Whether you're a proud flag waving canuck too or just a fan of our vast, beautiful country, I hope you'll join me this week as we get in the spirit of Canada day on Sunday, with help from a mouth-wateringly awesome vintage maple syrup breakfast sandwich recipe. It's nothing short of swoon-worthily delicious, eh!
Wow that is just wow. My brother and sister would probably love this recipe. They love dipping their sausage in syrup. I can't do it. I'd feel really grossed out.
Happy Canada Day (well, a bit early)! I hope you have a great weekend. I am actually going to be making my way back up to Montreal from Boston Friday 'til Monday night, and I'm so excited to be able to be up for the holiday. This looks like something the (both male) former roommates I'm staying with would scarf with enthusiasm, so maybe...?
I think that I can fit this lovely one into my Canada Day menu! It cant hurt once a year!
I really enjoy vintage food product advertising, I always look forward to your recipe and vintage menu posts.
By the way, my birthday is on July 11th!!!
I agree, making this sandwich vegetarian wouldn't take away from it's spirit in the least. You could even go vegan, if you had a good vegan French toast recipe on hand and (of course) dropped the pork bacon.
I really hope you get to visit Canada one day, dear girl, there are so many fantastic corners, big and small, to explore, and even if one traveled night and day for a lifetime, there would still be countless places and sights to visit and take in. I've been to parts of five different provinces (and have lived in three of those), and hope to see all ten (and the three territories, too, of course) in my lifetime, hopefully returning to some more than once.
Thanks for the lovely Canada Day wishes, I hope you really enjoy this delightful breakfast treat if you give it a go.
Is Canada day equivalent to America's celebration of Independence Day? I don't know a lot about Canada, though I am a huge Anne Shirley fan, that's about the extent of my knowledge.
Hi Sean, great question! Canada Day is somewhat akin to the 4th of July in America (both are marked by many with things such as fireworks displays and yummy barbeque feasts), but is not a carbon copy by any means. It's an annual celebration of the date, back in 1867, when the founding provinces of Canada joined forces to officially become the nation of Canada. I wrote more about the history of Canada Day back in 2009, if you're curious to know even more, dear gal.
I know it is bad for me, yet, I still want to eat it!!! Give me!!
uh oh... if i let it, this could easily become my new guilty pleasure. sweet syrup with salty, crispy bacon... i am undone!
I have a friend who is coming to visit the weekend after Canada Day, and he LOVES bacon, so I was going to surprise him with a bacon filled meal, and I can't wait to add this to the menu! Thanks for the idea!
Yay, the Dutch girl is sweet and the poem even more so!


If you specify a cell reference with the ROW function, it will return the row number of that cell reference. #3 Getting the Row Numbers of a range of cells... In the first sheet that you need to get the row count from, highlight a cell in the range that holds the data that you want the number of rows from. In the ribbon (at the top of the worksheet) find and click the Format As Table button.
The OFFSET function returns a range that is a specified number of rows and columns from a reference cell or range. Complicated? Yes! So, we made it easy...... Description. The Microsoft Excel ROW function returns the row number of a cell reference. The ROW function is a built-in function in Excel that is categorized as a Lookup/Reference Function.
9/12/2003 · Using FIND to return row number (VBA Excel 2000) - I was reading a web page which was extolling the virtues of using inbuilt Excel functions over loops. Of …... Excel Tables have a Total Row that can be toggled on and off from the Ribbon. Several functions are available when the Total Row is turned on. In Excel 2010 and 2007 (Windows) select a cell inside the Table, then choose Table Tools and click the check box for Total Row.
In Excel, you can apply the MATCH function to return the number of the row where the specified value is found. Please do as this: For example, I have a range of data as following screenshot shown, I want to find the row number which ID is AA1005:... Where [reference] is an optional argument that specifies the Excel reference that you want to return the row number of. If the [reference] argument is omitted, the function returns the row number of the current cell (i.e. the cell that the function is entered into).
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Practiced by adults and teens all over the world, tennis is an enjoyable low-impact sport. This form of exercise is also fulfilling and very easy to play with the help of a few essential equipment. If you are an enthusiast, for instance, you need a comfortable pair of tennis shoes. You also need a suitable playing kit, tennis balls, and most importantly, a quality ratchet. While most people have the required shoes, playing kits, and balls, the sheer number of ratchets in stores often confuses players. Do not buy the cheapest model. Do not buy the most expensive model too. To improve swing and your overall performance in tennis courts, the 10 products listed herein work best. They are light. They also have efficient pre-strung heads and comfortable padded handles that improve the experience of users.
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Slave Play
Theatre Review by David Hurst - December 9, 2018
Teyonah Parris and Paul Alexander Nolan
You've got to hand it to the talented and fearless cast of New York Theatre Workshop's latest offering, Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play, which opened December 9 in a production as provocative as it is uneven. They bare their souls, and their bodies, in an exploration of interracial, sexual dysfunction that turns the tables on our preconceived notions of race, pleasure, subjugation and white empathy. Already the subject of two profiles in The New York Times, playwright (and sometime actor) Harris is making his professional New York debut this season with not one but two productions, the first being Slave Play at the Workshop and the second being Daddy, a coproduction of The New Group and The Vineyard coming this winter starring Alan Cumming. And all of this while he's still a third year student at Yale School of Drama. Clearly, he's got talent and has developed a flair for pushing buttons, but does the theatrical result live up to the ballyhooed hype? In the case of Slave Play, the answer is yes and no. But it's possible the problems with this production are equally attributable to its director, Robert O'Hara, himself a talented provocateur (Bootycandy and Barbeque), who doesn't seem to trust the material Harris has written and has left his editing pencil at home.
It's impossible to engage in a cogent discussion of Slave Play without divulging its plot, so if you don't want spoilers you should stop reading now. Set at the MacGregor Plantation just south of Richmond, Virginia, Slave Play is separated into three, intermission-less acts played on a set of mirrored panels by designer Clint Ramos. These mirrors reflect back not only the faces (and color) of the audience members, but also a painted drop of an antebellum plantation house that hangs above the audience's heads. The first act is titled "Work" and opens with a beautiful, black slave Kaneisha (Teyonah Parris) doing a dismal job of sweeping a cabin when she's interrupted by the sexy, white overseer Jim (Paul Alexander Nolan) who's transfixed by Kaneisha's twerking to Rihanna's "Work." Jim has plans for Kaneisha and becomes visibly aroused when he forces her to eat a cantaloupe on the floor. Cut to our second couple, the plantation's white mistress Alana (Annie McNamara) summons her strapping, mulatto servant Phillip (Sullivan Jones) to play his violin for her. Phillip wants to play Beethoven but Alana wants a spiritual instead. Soon she's stripped off her heavy dress to reveal thigh-high black boots and she's sodomizing Phillip with an enormous black dildo passed down to her from her dear mother. Our third couple finds a white indentured servant Dustin (James Cusati-Moyer) being bullied by the black foreman Gary (Ato Blankson-Wood). Gary quickly has Dustin literally licking his boots, which brings him to a shattering climax that leaves him unable to breathe.
For all three couples, the southern accents are ladled on thick and heavy. But we know something is amiss because of all the contemporary musical choices and verbal (and costuming) anachronisms. Just for a moment, we see all three couples at the same time, engaging in their heated trysting until, out of nowhere, Jim says the word Starbucks several times and all the action is brought to a halt. It seems Starbucks is a "safe word" for the three couples that are participating in a workshop entitled Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy, "a radical therapy designed to help black partners re-engage intimately with white partners from who they no longer receive sexual pleasure." The therapy is being run by Teá (Chalia La Tour), "a mulatto who is studied in her black and her white," and Patricia (Irene Sofia Lucio), "a light brown woman who knows many lives," themselves an interracial, lesbian couple whose research has grown out of their time at Smith and Yale.
We learn all this in a second act entitled "Process" which lasts an hour but feels much longer. The three couples, each of whom have serious obsessive-compulsive disorder issues, are joined by Teá and Patricia who moderate a Q&A session in which the participants are encouraged to open up about what's happened and to get in touch with their feelings about what they've experienced during their antebellum role-playing. It's at this point Slave Play loses its focus in terms of tone and style. Harris has laid out an interested premise, but he and director O'Hara don't have the courage of the writing's convictions. In the script, Harris says his play is a comedy of sorts and wants it played as such. But here's the problem. The actors in this production are so good it feels wrong to laugh at their attempts to make sense of what they've gone through and are feeling. The second act is played as satire, specifically through the characters of Teá and Patricia, who spout endless streams of psychobabble therapy "speak" that elicits laughter. But the point of Slave Play is to give voice to the challenges people of color face living life every day in a racist world when they're the only ones who are seeing and acknowledging that racism. To frame it through satire undercuts the message. Slave Play would be an entirely different play if its second act was played seriously, instead of for comedic effect. It also needs editing, which both Harris and O'Hara seem unwilling to do.
The third act, called "Exorcise" finds Kaneisha packed to go home when Jim makes a final effort to connect with her and to understand what she needs from him sexually and intellectually. It's a riveting scene in which both Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Paul Alexander Nolan (Bright Star, Doctor Zhivago and the recent Escape to Margaritaville) do beautiful work. Kaneisha relates a childhood story of going to visit plantations as a child growing up in Virginia, including the dress her mother put her in and the advice she gave her daughter before going. At its conclusion, Jim, who has stripped himself naked, initiates another attempt at the antebellum role-playing that opened the first act. As their lovemaking spirals out of control, Kaneisha yells for it to stop and begins to sob. Jim is horrified, but gradually Kaneisha's sobbing turns to laughter and it's Jim who begins to cry. Kaneisha gently kisses him and thanks him for finally "listening" to her.
It is a shocking conclusion but what does it tell us about what has come before and, more importantly, what Harris wants us to think about after seeing his play? If the insert in the program courtesy of the production's dramaturg, Amauta Marston-Firmino, provides any answers, it's that "there is an erotic pleasure in being racially objectified" and that Americans, in particular, are still working thru their obsession with black people where issues of submission and dominance are concerned. The insert may be pretentious, but Harris's play definitely is not. But he undercuts his message by failing to address the issue with the seriousness it deserves. Laughter doesn't always make the message more palatable.
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All believers are united in Christ. Baptism by immersion serves as a symbol of this new position. Once we were in the world, but now we have been taken out of the world. We are so immersed in Jesus that He touches every part of who we are. Then the Bible says that His righteousness is imputed to us. That means that all of His perfections are deposited into the accounts of His people. We are wrapped with and clothed with His righteousness.
When the scripture says, you are "all one in Christ Jesus," it means that we are united with every other person who is also united with Jesus, in a position of immersion and imputation.
Our "oneness" in Christ is true on a global level. Through our connection to Christ, we are united with Christians all over the world and all throughout history – most of whom we have never met. Wherever we are, we are never far from the family of God. The people of God have family everywhere! However, it's difficult to do life together on a global level or to be in fellowship with historical figures that are already in heaven. There is an immediate spiritual family that requires our most focused attention.
Our "oneness" in Christ is best expressed and worked out in the context of the local church. Our church family at home gives us the most opportunities for service, equipping, training, and fellowship.
When we are "in Christ" that means we are connected to and responsible for other believers. You can't be a healthy part of God's family while avoiding the needs of the body. I hope it's becoming clear that the church is not just a meeting you attend on Sundays, it is a family that you belong to.
If God is your Father, then His people are your family. We show love for Jesus by treating God's family the way our Father tells us to treat them. On the other hand, if we mistreat God's family, it is as if we are mistreating Jesus Himself. Consider Jesus' words to Saul on the road to Damascus.


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Why parents shouldn't worry about violence in video games
People are aware that video games aren't reality.
Image: REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation
Stephanie Lind , Associate Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Last week in my music of video games course at Queen's University, we examined first-person shooter (FPS) games. As might be expected, the discussion turned to the subject of violence in video games, but also about what it really means to be "immersed."
My students pointed out that immersion involves both emotional and imaginative components, but they also said an important part of immersion for them was that it generated a sense of "escapism and freedom from reality."
Opponents to violence in video games believe players are more violent than non-players. They believe that because players replicate violent actions in a game they will do so in real life. For example, the U.S. governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, said this last week:
"I'm a big believer in the First Amendment and right to free speech, but there are certain things that are so graphic as it relates to violence …There is zero upside to any of this being in the public domain, let alone in the minds and hands and homes of our young people… (These games) celebrate the slaughtering of people. There are games that literally replicate and give people the ability to score points for doing the very same thing that these students are doing inside of schools, where you get extra points for finishing someone off who's lying there begging for their life."
While many of these games could be seen as being in poor taste, studies on whether violent games cause real-life violence have had mixed results at best.
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What is the immersive fallacy?
How can video games be confused for reality when its players view them as escapism and freedom from reality? In their book Rules of Play, scholars Katie Salen Tekinbaş and Eric Zimmerman argue that there are significant flaws in our understanding of video games and what exactly constitutes immersion.
The idea video game players can reach a state where they forget they are playing a game is a common misconception. Salen and Zimmerman call this the "immersive fallacy." That is, the idea that players believe their gaming "reality is so complete…that the player truly believes that he or she is part of an imaginary world" is false.
Instead Salen and Zimmerman say players are "well-aware of the artificiality of the play situation." In fact, this artificiality is one of the things that makes games so entertaining.
Let's take an example.
In this scene from Battlefield 1 (2016), a first-person shooter is set during the First World War and player action and interaction shifts between several roles. Players start by driving a tank and firing at enemies, but when the tank gets stuck in mud an enemy attack at close quarters quickly follows.
Ominous, indistinct music begins as the player is trapped in the tank, but the sounds of gunshots overwhelm the action. Soon, however, the character is deafened by a gunshot. Ambient noise of weapon fire is silenced to reveal underlying music featuring trumpet and trombone flares, giving it a militaristic feel.
The player releases a messenger pigeon, and a shift of character occurs. Keenly aware of this shift because the style of gameplay completely changes, the player's role is now to fly the pigeon to its destination, seeing the world literally from a bird's-eye view.
The style of the music also shifts significantly, morphing from a claustrophobic, dark atmosphere (in the tank) with percussive gun hammering and low-register brass and strings to a calm, serene piano melody for the bird flight.
The bird is oblivious to anything but its destination. The clear, simple harmonies of the music during flight suggest it is revelling in its freedom. Once again, the atmosphere is in stark contrast to the men trapped below. When the bird lands, the music returns to its previous ominous brass swells and more chaotic rhythm.
Battlefield 1 is often called an immersive game by its players, but an understanding of immersion that relies on players believing that the game is reality would imply that players identify as First World War-era soldiers. In such a situation, the shift to a bird's eye view would be jarring and would break the gamer's sense of immersion.
My students observed the dramatic shift of music immediately upon becoming the bird, an observation also made by players online. This musical contrast — the softer, more tonal music and the shift to a brighter sky — heightens the sense of peace during flight. The contrast with the dark tank environment further reinforces the sense of otherness that being the bird entails.
Salen and Zimmerman explain that "players always know that they are playing," and are therefore free to move among the different roles. Players embrace this flexibility and can come in and out "of moments of immersion, breaking the player and character frames."
In other words, players are completely aware that they're playing within a fictional world, and that this fiction can provide experiences and viewpoints not possible in real life. The shift of viewpoint and complete unexpectedness of playing as a bird in the middle of a wargame is a flexibility that makes the pigeon scene extremely effective, creating the dramatic contrasts that boost our emotional response to this part of the game.
Players know their games are not reality
It's not surprising the general public is confused about immersion. Even gamers don't really have a consistent understanding of what "immersion" means, partly because they use the word in two different ways.
Anecdotally, gamers often use the term to refer to the depth and level of detail of the game world, but colloquially it's also used to refer to how addicting a game is. This ambiguity is also brought up in a 2008 study in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies that examines how exactly to measure immersion.
Players might describe how they were "totally immersed" in a rousing game of Tetris, but this hardly means they believe they exist in a universe where four-unit blocks might crush them at any point while accompanied by a Russian folk song, for example.
Gamers talk about Skyrim as having an immersive game world, with its own politics, religions and even literature (reading the books you find in Skyrim is surprisingly entertaining). But part of the appeal of Skyrim are the unique features of that game world: The ability to cast spells, treasure hunt and play as non-human races.
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The players' questing is made easier by the text menus that they regularly access to complete most actions in the game. The constant visual presence of the menus on the screen is a clear and regular reminder that this definitely isn't reality.
As my students and I have been exploring the interaction of game plot, visuals and music over the last few weeks, I've become increasingly convinced that it's actually the escape from reality that creates effective gameplay. And as Salen and Zimmerman argue: "The many-layered state of mind that occurs during play is something to be celebrated, not repressed…."
Much like a good book or movie provides the framework for a world to give the audience a unique viewpoint, games provide a frame for the imagination, while still remaining firmly fictional.
Stephanie Lind, , Associate Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation.
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