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23 December 2012 by Aaron
New Order: Yale's Fashion Phenomenon
The link to this has been broken on the Herald's website for a while, so I've re-posted it. I took a photo of the hair: you'll see it soon enough. (Note that all this is nearly a year out of date at this point; the site has only gotten cooler since.)
Bass Café is a terrible place to meet up. Because it's such a great place to meet up, the tables are packed, and I'm wandering fruitlessly in search of Dorian Grinspan SY '14. Yale Facebook tells me he's a worried, bushy-haired brunette who looks nothing like the future king of college fashion. No one seems to fit—but then I turn and see someone who could indeed be that king.
His smile brings extra sunlight into the underground coffee shop, though he hasn't picked up a tan from the glow. His sweater looks hand-woven. And his hair is spectacular—a waterfall in defiance of gravity, it pours away from his forehead and washes over his temples.
I'd planned to ask Grinspan about his new project—Out of Order, the online culture mag that spammed Yale College and reads like a mashup of Pitchfork and Vogue—but that hair is my first priority.
"Who cuts it for you?" I ask. By now, we're wandering Harkness in search of an empty room.
He considers the question for a moment. "Actually… I had it done in New York." He sounds a bit embarrassed. "I go there a lot. I wish I got to stay in Yale more often." He opens yet another door onto yet another study session. "Is this place always so busy on Sunday afternoon?"
Finally, we sit down and I get my curiosity in gear. "What should we tell people Out of Order… well, is?"
Grinspan tells me Yale lacked a "comprehensive culture magazine": a blend of music, film, art, and fashion (not to mention architecture and blurry photos of Yalies' nights out). "It might be a bit confusing, but it's meant that way—you see a lot of random things, maybe you'll be interested in something new."
He's right—Out of Order overwhelms the reader at first glance. As I type this, its top stories are an exclusive interview with Woody Allen; a discourse on prison design; coverage of London's Fashion week; a lengthy explanation of how the Academy awards its Oscars. Its Tumblr, titled "Love" on the main site, is a disorderly wall of photos: models, landscapes, abstract paintings, and a pair of bloody eyeballs staring one another down. The site (designed by Bolz of Berlin) resembles a luxury version of Tumblr, which is exactly Grinspan's intention.
I've never seen a Tumblr, however, with such skilled legalese covering every possible violation of the site's terms of use. Make no mistake: Out of Order is a business, and Grinspan means to expand it beyond the scope of any other Yale publication.
"The idea is to bring magazines from the other world inside the college world," he says. But the magazines he cites—Purple, Monocle Man, Dazed and Confused—are foreign to me. I look them up later, to find that Out of Order is a near copy of the last, from the writing style to the website design. But Dazed and Confused started up in 1992 and has existed online for at least six years; Out of Order launched three weeks ago. Come April, 20,000 copies of the print edition will flood the East Coast and possibly overwhelm Yale's magazine racks. Grinspan estimates the first issue will be 220 pages—none of which will have appeared online.
How did a project so enormous appear so quickly?
Grinspan's life to this point seems to have prepared him to launch exactly this magazine. His parents move in the loftiest circles of the French fashion scene. His godmother owns a style monthly called Numero, which has—of course—a stunning website. Even when summer vacations removed him from his native Paris, Grinspan made connections; he met Out of Order's film editor, now at the University of Michigan, in a California cinema camp.
Other connections aren't so accidental: The Woody Allen interview came about when Grinspan's mother put him in touch with a founder of The-Talks.com. The site had Bill Murray, John Malkovich, and Ben Kingsley on call, so they happily spared Allen to help out an acquaintance.
The hair! The smile! Grinspan can be charming even in front of a blackboard.
In many ways, Out of Order seems too big for Yale. The Herald asks writers to review the new Chairlift album; Out of Order interviews the band's frontwoman. Weekend covers the latest art school exhibit; Out of Order reports on the Da Vinci show in London's National Gallery. Managing editor Juliet Liu, SM '14, in fact, does her job studying abroad in London; OOO went behind the scenes at that city's Fashion Week (along with those of Paris and New York, Grinspan's usual haunts).
"My job, at the moment, is manifold," Liu tells me. Despite its massive scope, Out of Order's staff is a third the size of the Herald´s. The site relies on freelance writers in several cities in addition to Yale students, and photos are streaming in from Harvard, Emerson, and RISD, with more universities on the way. Somehow, Liu finds the time to arrange all her content in an orderly fashion, hunt down interviews, and handle her course load without falling behind on another key responsibility: "The job requires that I stay updated with all things cultural. Reading New York Magazine or Variety or Pretty Much Amazing all contribute to my role [at Out of Order]."
Much of OOO's staff comes from Cavort, an undergraduate fashion magazine that folded last year but gathered some of Yale's top culture hounds in the process. Cristina Vere Nicoll, SY '14, a London native who helps handle the workload for that city while shuttling between New York and New Haven, lives and breathes art, just as Grinspan does fashion and Liu film. Vere Nicoll's position is narrow enough that she has time to double-major in Art and Art History, work in the YCBA archives and give tours at the YUAG, and she's enthusiastic at Grinspan's management of her workload: "I never have to think about what fashion is doing or how advertising is going. It's ideal!"
Vere Nicoll is the only staffer who openly hopes for a career with Out of Order after college—and all of them, even the editor-in-chief, hesitate to speak too boldly of the magazine's future. I ask Grinspan what he'd think of making Out of Order his life's work. He thinks for a long time.
"I don't know." Pause. "I really don't want to be an editor!" He laughs, but it's only a sound. "If I had to do it all again, I don't think I would. But it's a love/hate relationship." When I follow up the next day, he e-mails to tell me he's boarding a flight to Paris. In our conversation, I ask what he thinks of Yale after a life spent in the world's cultural capitals.
He's quick to defend his Yale pride: "You can't compare New York and Yale—they have nothing to do with one another." He's passionate about dorm-room conversations, low-key parties, and even our little slice of nightlife. "Toad's sucks—but it's great!"
Despite its student writers and audience, however, Out of Order is clearly the product of a world beyond any college. In Out of Order's world, magazines hire professional website designers, shoot moody videos of models lounging in armchairs, and invest small fortunes in travel and fashion show tickets. Grinspan gave OOO its start-up funding, without applying for fellowships or asking for help at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, and seems to regard the practice as natural. He loves high society and college culture; why wouldn't he start a magazine combining the two and give it away for free?
We step out into the February sun—Cross Campus looks like a Gant ad—and I ask Grinspan if he thinks the magazine will start to turn a profit soon. "It's not we're looking for," he casually replies. "But ideally, it will be self-sustaining."
As the publishing industry chokes and sputters, Out of Order might just survive. The website is beautiful, and I'm just cultured enough to recognize that their content (excepting a few studies of old, classy films) is close to cutting-edge. They review college music as it arrives, fashion three months before it arrives, and art shows that might seem foreign to Yalies but would thrill students at Cambridge or Columbia. Their photographs, especially those given to them by art galleries, are a match for anything else on the Internet; clicking through the sum of the content so far, I find more than a few shots to add to my "things to buy when I have money" bookmark.
On the other hand, the magazine's superb style serves as a gateway to writing that is often less engaging. The music reviews are awash in awkward metaphors ("the sonic equivalent of a motorcycle gang") and excess adjectives (I count eight in one sentence, including "quick" twice). The art show write-ups are more skillfully done, but sometimes lack content: often, the image introducing an article is the only art sample you get, and OOO refuses to provide outside links to further context. This is intentional—to "emphasize the magazine aspect," says Grinspan—but often frustrating, especially when I can visit other sites that pair equally strong or stronger text with an easy way to learn more about what interests me. Sometimes, an intriguing piece ends early or abruptly shifts direction, like the rough draft of a college essay that would be great with a little rewriting.
And then there's the paradox any college fashion site must confront when it imports topics from the outside world: its target audience isn't likely to feel a strong connection to many aspects of the luxury world it presents. Romain Le Cam jewelry (tacky-on-purpose gold chains are a major element) isn't my thing, but even if it were, I can't find where to buy them even with a search engine. "New York Fashion Week: Where to Party" is extremely detailed, but how many Yale students need or want to know such a thing? How many rich and/or fashionable people would use Out of Order instead of one of the fashion world's more established sources of information? Why are all those cool "love" photos presented entirely without descriptive text, or even searchable artist names? A great painting by someone named "Maddsor" suddenly saddens me when the word returns exactly two web pages.
But I'm pretty sure I'm overthinking this. Without seeming to try, Grinspan peppers his conversation with fashion factoids and observations that prove his impeccable knowledge of high culture. Some of Out of Order's pieces are brilliant (those film studies, for example), and while most of the content echoes what a thousand other blogs are doing, an amazing quantity of writing has appeared in the first few weeks, and the flow will only accelerate as the magazine grows. More exclusive features are sure to follow Woody Allen's conversation, and the first paper issue will be one of the biggest college-run magazine launches in history, with advertisers salivating at the thought of 20,000 young consumers immersing themselves in Out of Order's stylish world.
Or it could fail to attract attention, lose money and eventually vanish (the website has no ads, and 20,000 copies times 200 pages is expensive math). In a way, it's funny that Grinspan is taking this risk. Before he departs for a meeting in Atticus, I ask him if he has a general philosophy of fashion. He tells me he doesn't mind when people don't care about clothes. "I would judge someone more," he finishes, "who really tries hard, but fails." Few Yale students are trying harder than Grinspan to get a project up and running—but somehow, I don't see failure in his future.
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Great Expectations: An Interactive Workshop with Richard Peck
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A veteran children's book author offered candid insight into the writing process during a workshop called "You Are Only as Good as Your Opening Line," held June 10 at the Anthroposophical Society in New York City. Richard Peck, who received a 1999 Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago and won the 2001 Newbery Medal for A Year Down Under, spoke to a crowd of writers about voice, character, and crafting first lines that capture the soul of a piece of children's literature.
Despite the accolades awarded over the course of his career, Peck said that he, like so many, experiences writer's block: "If I knew how to write the novel I'm writing now, I'd be home writing it. I'm here because I'm hiding from a manuscript – just like you are," he joked.
Self-deprecation aside, diligence, patience, and dedication are keystones of Peck's creative process: he writes each novel six times on his electric typewriter and, he said, "after I find out how it ends, I write the first chapter that really belongs with the story." Establishing a character's voice from the very first line of the book, he stated, is a must.
By way of example, Peck turned to the opening passage of Huckleberry Finn, explaining how, when novelists write, "we write in the voices of characters. This is not Mark Twain's voice."
He then read the opening sequence of Charlotte's Web, which contains one of his favorite first lines of all time: "Where's Papa going with that ax?" Both passages spoke to Peck's larger points about where, when, and how a story should begin: "We have to be very clear about where our stories are set, but we don't start with setting." He held up the Twain and White novels as paragons of what he believes great children's literature should do: "We are writing survival manuals for people who aren't sure they will."
Along the way, he said, there are pesky details like plot – "a coherent shape to offset chaos in a reader's life" –and the often arduous process of crafting riveting sentences that serve the ultimate purpose of the characters and story that they embody.
Peck, who spends an hour each week perusing bookstores and inspecting first lines of books, believes that a "story must be going on before you start," and must shoot off like "a grenade with the pin already pulled." He shared numerous openings from contemporary YA novels, including Francine Prose's After, which begins "after gunfire, not with gunfire"; M.T. Anderson's Feed; and Tracy Holczer's The Secret Hum of a Daisy.
There is no manual, Peck said, by which to write a particular novel, but he did supply the audience with a "10-point first impressions checklist," and invited the audience to compare their opening lines against it. Among the criteria on his checklist: Is the first sentence a line and a half long at the most? If it's not written in first-person, why not? How are adult characters kept off the page and off the stage? Where are the unnecessary 20 words? Is there a good reason to turn the page?
After his talk, attendees shared the opening lines of their works in progress, which might have been an intimidating prospect were it not for Peck's grace, humor, and warmth. With great finesse, the author suggested which words to cut, which to shuffle, and where, exactly, the language loses its authority. In other cases, he urged the writer to take a step back and allow the words to germinate for a while; perhaps the opening lines of the book were not there to be found yet.
The resounding message Peck provided to the audience: it's through the process of rewriting and reshaping that authors arrive at their characters' epiphanies, as well as their own: "Where'd we get the idea that we have to get it right the first time?" Peck wondered aloud. In other words: go home, write, rewrite, repeat.
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By lawrenceq - November 28th, 2020, 6:53 pm
Man! Good win. I like this team, a lot.
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2-0 in SEC.
Does anyone know what radio station this game was on ?
By Dr. Sheh - November 28th, 2020, 7:42 pm
Great team win! 5 guys in double figures against an SEC team is tremendous, especially given what we lost last year. The way we controlled the game in the second half also shows we're mature even if we're pretty young. Have we ever beaten two P5's in the regular season before? Potentially a chance for #3 tomorrow if we get TCU & #4 against Missouri later in the season.
Still haven't seen Jackson yet so we likely have more upside than what we're even seeing right now. That's crazy to think about.
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This has been pleasant and professional.
I've made a huge mistake.
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Dr. Sheh wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 7:42 pm Great team win! 5 guys in double figures against an SEC team is tremendous, especially given what we lost last year. The way we controlled the game in the second half also shows we're mature even if we're pretty young. Have we ever beaten two P5's in the regular season before? Potentially a chance for #3 tomorrow if we get TCU & #4 against Missouri later in the season.
AAC counts as a major conference in basketball, so I'd consider Tulsa a major conference win too. Maybe less so since UConn left.
Speechless. The way we are shooting the rock in new arenas is insane. Of course hes been building to this for several years now. I literally cant wait until we see jackson in the mix as well which is another shooter.
It feels like a team that each player knows their role and adapts to what that role is each game. If they can keep shooting like this and keep this unselfish attitude then holy cow this programs ascension is just going to keep going
Happy mcdowell had some success and happy for mckay. He has to be proud sitting back watching this. Still work to be done and we may lose tomorrow but this has been impressive.
By olldflame - November 28th, 2020, 8:05 pm
So much versatility on this team. For several minutes down the stretch today, when they were trying to press us, Ritchie went with Rode in the post along with Cuff, Keegan, Darius and Parker for maximum ball handling and FT shooting. There were times in the Miss. St. game we had Preston, Abii and Rode all on the court. We just beat a good SEC team by 16, and Our best player had his worst game of the year.
Everyone on this team can handle the ball (aside from Preston). That's a huge asset, especially against a team that wants to press.
Kyle Rode looking better than he has since he flew back from the Bahamas.
How about this line for Blake Preston in just 12 minutes.
4 rebounds
4 assists
0 turnovers
olldflame wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 8:05 pm Our best player had his worst game of the year.
Olldflame, who is that? We had 4 players in double figures.
Cider Jim wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 8:19 pm
It was a Darius McGhee reference. Not that he was awful, just not as productive as his first 2 games, but he didn't need to be.
For the record, we actually had 5 in double figures, and he was one of them.
By lueer - November 28th, 2020, 8:31 pm
Really been happy with Parker. He brings a lot more
than I expected. He's a player. He Abii and how well McDowell is playing have been 3 huge pleasant surprises.
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In clearing the bench at the end of the game, there was not an appearance by Marten Maide. Jackson as well, but we know he is injured. Hadn't heard anything about Marten.
lueer wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 8:31 pm Really been happy with Parker. He brings a lot more
He is just really steady. I have really enjoyed his point guard play.
olldflame wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 8:24 pm
McGhee was impressive in other ways this game. His defense in the first half was great. He was everywhere.
McGhee was flying around the court doing a lot of little things which you haven't always seen from him. He had gotten better in a lot of different areas of his game including finishing at the hoop.
The announcers even said McGhee could play in the SEC.
Cider Jim wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 9:26 pm The announcers even said McGhee could play in the SEC.
Apparently quite a few of our guys could. We are 2-0 against the SEC.
By olldflame - November 28th, 2020, 10:15 pm
The other semifinal game is a tight one, with TCU up 53-52 over Tulsa with about 6:00 left.
By Cider Jim - November 28th, 2020, 10:37 pm
TCU with the WIN, 70-65. Championship game against LU will be on ESPN2 at 3:30.
Tomorrow's final will be against TCU, who beat Tulsa 70-65. In their only other game they beat Houston Baptist by 24. HBU is pretty bad. They won 4 games last year, and their best player transferred out.
By Geraldos Mustache - November 28th, 2020, 10:42 pm
Great to watch the game on ESPN2 here in the Chicago market.
The announcers were very complimentary of Liberty. They had done their homework on the Flames and came prepared to discuss how impressed they were with us. Then we played dominant basketball. Announcers talked about Liberty "putting on a clinic" and several references about us playing "self-less basketball". My favorite was the contrast of other teams with 5-star athletes, Liberty is a team with 5-star culture.
Announcers making statements that Liberty looks like they belong here. Really good stuff to see Liberty and McKay finally stepping into their potential. With even better recruits coming, the ceiling is pretty high.
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olldflame wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 10:41 pm Tomorrow's final will be against TCU, who beat Tulsa 70-65. In their only other game they beat Houston Baptist by 24. HBU is pretty bad. They won 4 games last year, and their best player transferred out.
Liberty vs. TCU @ 2:30 PM CST on ESPN2.
By Ill flame - November 28th, 2020, 11:19 pm
flamehunter wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 9:42 pm
We probably could do decent in the SEC . That conference isn't exactly known for being good at basketball.
Ill flame
By Purple Haize - November 28th, 2020, 11:24 pm
Ill flame wrote: ↑November 28th, 2020, 11:19 pm
They are top heavy. I mean Kentucky cheats like it's second nature but they are pretty good. Have a decent history. Auburn has had a nice run recently. LSU had some goof squads. Pretty sure Arkansas won a tournament game or two. The Gators have represented a time or 3. Vandy any Mississippi school or Texas school is an also ran though
By stokesjokes - November 28th, 2020, 11:43 pm
We are going to have our hands full with TCU's big guy in the middle. Pulled down 18 boards in the game, and apparently that wasn't even a career high


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Q: How to copy an array from a function to an array in the class in Swift? I have an array in a function. Look below.
    var HeadlinesString:NSString = Headlines["text"] as NSString
    var headlinesArray: NSArray = HeadlinesString.componentsSeparatedByString("\n") as NSArray

I also have an empty array inside the class. Look below
var headlinesLabels: NSArray = NSArray ()

I want to copy the headlinesArray to the headlinesLabels so I can use the array in another function. How can I do this? Should I copy the headlinesArray to the headlinesLabels?
Is there a better way to do it?
I am not sure what to do and how to do it. All suggestions welcomed.
Thanks

A: You've got different possibilities. First you can add a return-value to your function and return your string-array.
func yourFunction()->[String]{
    var headlinesString:String = Headlines["text"] as String
    var headlinesArray:[String] = headlinesString.componentsSeparatedByString("\n")
    return headlinesArray
}

var headLinesLabels = yourFunction()

Or you can just set the value of your headLinesLabels in the function itself:
func yourFunction(){
    var headlinesString:String = Headlines["text"] as String
    var headlinesArray:[String] = headlinesString.componentsSeparatedByString("\n")
    headLinesLabels = headLinesArray
}

That way you don't need to return a value but you set it right in your function. But I would recommend to use the first possibility.
As you maybe noticed, I've edited your existing code a bit. First you should use String instead of NSString if you are using Swift.
Also variable-names should always be camelCase. So change HeadlinesString to headlinesString.
Also you don't need to cast your objects you receive from the componentsSeparatedByString method into an NSArray, but you can use [String] to cast it to an array with String elements. The same with the headLinesLabels variable. Just initialize it like that:
var headlinesLabels:[String]!

That way, Swift knows that this array should contain String elements and you can set it at anytime later like that:
 headlinesLabels = /*yourStringArray*/

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After inspection this week, the water has dropped a couple of feet.
There is nothing we can do to prevent this occurrence, but we can be prepared for the work ahead of us in the spring. Luckily, the potential for an ice jam this winter is fairly low as the water level drops. But there is always some concern when the river is frozen over. Until next week, have a great day.


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Проспе́кт Гага́рина — проспект в Нижнем Новгороде, названный в честь первого советского космонавта Юрия Гагарина (1934—1968).
Проходит с севера на юг через Советский и Приокский районы.

Начинается от площади Лядова и идёт мимо парка Швейцария, Мызы, Щербинок и за городом раздваивается. Одна дорога ведёт на Арзамас и является частью федеральной магистрали Р158 Нижний Новгород — Саратов, другая на Богородск и Павлово и входит в региональную трассу 22К-0125 Нижний Новгород — Муром (часть автодороги Р125 Нижний Новгород — Муром — Касимов — Ряжск).

Прежние наименования
 Мызинское шоссе (по имени предместья Мыза).
 Ворошиловское шоссе (по имени К. Ворошилова).
 Арзамасское шоссе (по имени города Арзамас).

 В 1992 году часть проспекта Гагарина (от улицы Ларина и до его окончания), проходящая мимо дома, где жил академик Сахаров, была официально переименована в «проспект академика Сахарова». Однако фактически переименование так и не было реализовано, так как не были изменены адреса домов. В 2010 году переименование было официально отменено.

Известные здания и сооружения

Транспорт
В 2015 году в конце проспекта был открыт автовокзал «Щербинки»

 Автобусные социальные маршруты:
 № 1 (Площадь Минина и Пожарского — пл. Свободы — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — трасса Р-125 — пр. Олимпийский — ул. Приокская — ул. Богородская — ул. Гагарина — ЖК «Окский берег»)
 № 2 (Верхние Печёры — ул. Родионова — Сенная пл. — ул. Белинского — пл. Лядова — пр. Гагарина — Автовокзал «Щербинки»)
 № 12 (Автовокзал «Щербинки» — пр. Гагарина — пл. Лядова — Комсомольская пл. — Комсомольское шоссе — Московское шоссе — ул. Рябцева — ул. Ярошенко — Светлоярская ул. — пр. 70 лет Октября — пр. Кораблестроителей — ЗКПД-4)
 № 15 (станция Петряевка — пр. Молодёжный — ул. Краснодонцев — ул. Львовская — пр. Бусыгина — Мызинский мост — проспект Гагарина — Автовокзал «Щербинки»)
 № 26 (Улица Долгополова — пл. Революции — Похвалинский съезд — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — ул. Бекетова — ул. Ванеева — Кузнечиха-2)
 № 27 (посёлок Высоково — ул. Белинского — пл. Лядова — пр. Гагарина — Артельная ул. — Сады)
 № 28 (Улица Усилова — Сенная пл. — ул. Белинского — пл. Лядова — пр. Гагарина — ул. Нартова — Щёлоковский хутор)
 № 30 (Улица Горького — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — ул. Кащенко — посёлок Черепичный)
 № 37 (Кузнечиха-2 — ул. Козицкого — пл. Советская — ул. Бекетова — пр. Гагарина — ул. Ларина — Ближнеконстантиново)
 № 43 (Улица Долгополова — пл. Революции — Похвалинский съезд — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — Автовокзал «Щербинки»)
 № 51 (ЗКПД-4 — пр. Кораблестроителей — ул. Баренца — ул. Сутырина — ул. Коминтерна — пр. Героев — Комсомольское шоссе — Комсомольская пл. — Молитовский мост — Окский съезд — пл. Лядова — пр. Гагарина — ул. Бекетова — ул. Ванеева — ул. Рокоссовского (обратно: ул. Козицкого) — Кузнечиха-2)
 № т63 (мкр. Юг — бульвар Южный — ул. Шнитникова — ул. Веденяпина — пл. Киселёва — пр. Ленина — Мызинский мост — пр. Гагарина — ул. Горная — ул. Полярная — ул. академика Сахарова — ул. Рокоссовского — ул. Ивлиева — ТЦ «Жар-Птица»)
 № 68 (Площадь Минина и Пожарского — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — Мызинский мост — пр. Ленина — пл. Киселёва — ул. Лескова — Космическая улица)
 № 80 (Улица Долгополова — ул. Литвинова (обратно — ул. Долгополова) — пл. Революции — Метромост — ул. Одесская — пр. Гагарина — ул. Бекетова — ул. Нартова — ул. Корейская — ш. Анкудиновское — ул. Цветочная — ул. Сахарова — ул. Ванеева — ул. Рокоссовского — мкр. Кузнечиха-2)
 Троллейбусные:
 № 13 (Площадь Минина и Пожарского — пл. Свободы — Советская пл. — пр. Гагарина — Щербинки-2)
 № 31 (Площадь Минина и Пожарского — пл. Свободы — пл. Горького — пр. Гагарина — Щербинки-2)
 Маршрутное такси: № т29, т31, т55, т76, т81, т82, т91, т94, т97, 322, 374;
 Трамвайные:
 № 5 (Улица Маслякова — ул. Ильинская — пл. Лядова — ул. Пушкина — ул. Нартова — ул. Терешковой — пр. Гагарина — Мыза)
 № 19 (Трамвайное депо № 1 — ул. Бекетова — ул. Нартова — ул. Терешковой — пр. Гагарина — Мыза)

См. также
 Щербинки
 Станция электрички «Проспект Гагарина»
 Мызинский мост
 Молитовский мост
 Метромост

Примечания

Ссылки
 Проспект Гагарина на сервисе Яндекс.Панорамы.

Гагарина проспект
Советский район Нижнего Новгорода
Приокский район Нижнего Новгорода
Нижний Новгород

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Q: Issue in MetaKeyword,MetaDescription information in JSP using Java <meta name="description" content="${metaDescription}" />

In case the user is in the french culture, When I view the page source
<meta name="description" content="Trouvez des pneus fiables et s�curitaires pour votre auto, VUS ou camionnette. Canadian Tire offre un grand choix de pneus d'hiver, toute saison et performants"/>

In place of ?, It should be é
I tried to put equivalent UTF-8 code for é. I got the same UTF-8 code in view page source.
Does anyone know what I've done wrong?

A: This normally indicates that you are looking at a UTF-8 encoded document using ASCII decoding. You might be missing he correct content type definition in your html file, try adding
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

to the <head> in the HTML document.
Hope that helps.

A: You need to set the JSP page encoding to the desired charset. Add the following to the top:
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This will do two things:

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*It tells the server that it should treat the characters in JSP as UTF-8 by response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8").

*It tells the browser that it should interpret the characters from the server as UTF-8 by response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8").
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Q&A with Patty Barbra
Posted on September 15, 2022 January 24, 2023 by Tatiana Lewis
Patty Barba is far from "picture perfect." In fact, it's a concept she hates…with a passion.
If you were to spend just a few seconds on Patty Barba's Instagram page, you'd instantly know you are getting the REAL Patty. Also known as @stilettosandsincity, Patty makes no qualms about who she is as a person, as a businesswoman, and as a mom and wife.
Photo Courtesy: Patty Barbra
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Patty's life has been filled with lessons that have made her who she is today. From raising a son with a disability to becoming a successful business owner, Patty has continued to be a strong voice for the Hispanic community through it all. Her journey has led her to social media platforms where you will find her creativity on full display.
She focuses on lifestyle including thrifting, DIY, and repurposing furniture. Her colorful approach to life is hard to ignore and will bring a smile to your face instantly.
"I am not the monochromatic, everything in order, perfect kids, perfect house type of influencer," stresses Patty as we chat about what sets her apart from the crowd.
Her fans/followers keeping coming back for more because she is relatable and approachable. She credits her Hispanic upbringing, which instilled in her a lot of cultural values, traditions, and pride about her background. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in September, we wanted to take a closer look at how Patty is using her platforms to help empower the Hispanic community.
I am smart, practical, and curious. Smart because I get it…I get things. I absorb information. I'm practical because unnecessary things do not make me happy. People and memories do. I know money brings security and comfort to a lot of people, but I would rather always LOVE WHAT I DO. Curious because I like learning new things constantly. Adapting is in my nature, and it requires curiosity for learning how things work.
Tell me about your professional journey.
Professionally speaking, I co-founded a pretty large fashion boutique company in Las Vegas for 10 years. It grew so fast. I learned a lot during that time, from how to buy clothes to managing people, but the biggest thing I learned was how to market and promote what I was doing. Social media really started to become big at the end of the business journey, but I knew I was going to need it wherever I was, so I just kept using it as a tool. Think about it…if you aren't on social media, do you even exist? (She laughs)
Currently, I have two businesses that are parallel and yet intertwine sometimes. First, I thrift and resell. I love that sustainable fashion is a thing right now. Then, I also repurpose furniture and do a lot of DIY projects. Colorful is the best way to describe my fashion sense and interior design projects. I want things that make me smile in my home and in what I wear.
In this social media world right now, I feel like people are either a minimalist or you go all out. I definitely maximize on everything. I think my followers appreciate that about me. My kitchen is full of framed photos of my family eating food. They aren't all flattering photos, but they all make me smile and I just set it up in a stylish way.
Who are your fans?
My fans/followers are the people who want to hear the truth. They want to see me cry because they can relate to honesty. I would say more than 50 percent of my followers are Hispanic. Hispanics are not embarrassed and ashamed of who we are. We are proud of how we were brought up. We had parents that spanked us, yelled at us and chained us into our Catholic religion. We were brought up in a hardcore way, but we are proud of that. We were not coddled and there is a respect among Hispanics knowing that we were raised in the same way.
I started to realize that I was a "Hispanic" influencer just by constant communication with my followers. Latinas who I never met started asking me serious life questions. They would seek out my advice and that's when I realized I was making a difference. Hispanics feel like we are related to each other.
People tell me their problems all of the time and they KNOW I'm going to give them my honest opinion or advice, but that is what we do culturally. We always help each other. We rely on each other, and it makes our community very, very strong.
Who are your biggest role models?
I have a huge Mexican family so my mom and my aunts were definitely my role models. They're loud, voice their opinions and are all hard working. I learned valuable lessons from each of them. Still, there are some generational habits in the older generation that I feel need to be broken. Sometimes our culture doesn't like to be too confrontational, and a lot of Hispanic women live their lives to please others. I really feel like this younger generation is pulling away from that. We are more vocal now. We are speaking up and I personally think the older generation is welcoming it.
Do you try to cater your content specifically for the Hispanic community?
No, I'm just myself which is why I think people like my social media platforms. I like to connect with people through food. I love cooking things and sharing recipes on social media, focusing on food we can all relate to because of our culture. I'm also a very practical person so I do my own nails, cut my own hair…that kind of thing. DIY is big in our culture. I grew up with a grandma who made fresh tortillas, a mom who altered all my clothes. These are skills that have been passed on to me and so I still use them to this day. People relate to that.
What do you think is the biggest misconception about the Hispanic community?
People think we settle or don't covet bigger positions in life. I have a feeling that people are just used to us not making an uproar about things, but let me tell you, we do care! Our community has been through a lot, and I think this younger generation is finding their voice even more and making waves, which is great. People need to understand how much color, love, emotion, and passion we have as a community. We have a great ancestral resilience.
Do you have any future goals?
I always want to continue to grow as a person, find my purpose, and use all of my God-given talents. On the business side, I want to catapult myself into a larger brand in the social media marketing sector and maybe even be an inspirational speaker one day. I just know I have to continue to focus on things that make me happy. I am the type of person who has to love what I do. I won't settle for less.
A very special thank you to Patty Barbra for taking the time to speak with us.
Please continue to follow her beautiful and creative journey on all social media platforms @stilettosandsincity and her website Stilettos&Sincity.com
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Kids from impoverished sections of my city don't often get to play in natural settings, since they typically live in apartment houses and buildings with little to no yard space. That has recently changed for some lucky preschoolers at the Webster Square Day Care Center here in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The center, which operates out of the lower level of a church, wanted to update their playground, which then consisted of scattered equipment within a sand surface. Originally their goal was to simply change the surfacing to a safer material that would be acceptable under current state requirements for day care centers. However, I convinced them to take the renovation a step further and add some nature-based features for a more enriching play experience.
My firm developed plans for this playground, and the day care center received several grants which funded the improvements over a period of a couple years. Since the budget was fairly limited, we retained the existing play equipment, keeping the larger pieces in their pre-existing locations and moving the smaller items. Plants, rocks, stepping stones, logs, water and sand play tables, musical chimes, and a vegetable garden were added to the space.
Although the playground is used exclusively by the day care center during the weekdays, it is open in the evenings and on weekends for use by neighborhood children. The kids get a lot of enjoyment out of this space, and I'm told that the natural features are particularly popular. A few "before" and "after" photos are included below to illustrate the improvements.
BEFORE: A couple of play panels, sand surfacing, weeds, and an ugly fence (owned by the neighbors) were all that existed on the west side of the playground. The wooded area behind the play area is on adjacent property.
AFTER: Relocated play house, plants (including shrubs which will grow to hide the fence), stepping logs, & chimes. The drums are portable, stored in a nearby shed.
AFTER: Rocks and plants create a space for imaginative play.
AFTER: Existing play equipment was retained, engineered wood fiber safety surfacing was installed, and a sand table was added. An at-grade sand play area is situated behind the table.
Early in the spring, I visited a creatively-designed playground at the Pier 6 section of Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City. The day of my visit was unseasonably warm, so the playground was swarming with people. This play area is divided in several zones: an active area for school-age children with slides and climbers; a sand area for younger children with small climbing sculptures, play houses, and other elements; an area featuring numerous swing-sets situated between small hills; a water play area; and a natural vegetated area. I was pleased to see that much of the playground includes lots of plants – great for play, shade, and beauty!
A play structure and stepped seating are included in the school-age children's zone, which is called Slide Mountain.
This is the longest of several slides located in Slide Mountain.
Swing Valley includes grassy hills along the walkways.
This natural area, which includes several paths and seating areas, is rather isolated from the other play zones. Very few people were visiting it when I was there. Fencing off the vegetated areas from access makes it less inviting to children also.
A children's playground doesn't have to be a boring flat area of safety surfacing with a couple of climbing structures plopped the middle. Interesting elements can be included that don't add a lot to the cost of the project. Below are examples of a few fun features that enhance play environments by providing more of a variety of activities, fostering creative play, and adding visual appeal.


Enviroscreening is a certified environmental labatory which exists to provide very affordable lab screening services. We are apart of a bigger network of professionals who care deeply about the health issues people are experiencing due to poorly built homes and buildings.
Enviroscreening exists to support a network of trained professional indoor air quality inspectors who have been certified in areas of mold, mold remediation, indoor air quality, drinking water contaminants, and a host of other health issues associated with contaminated buildings. We are also wanting to provide a retail front for homeowners wishing for do-it-yourself testing for indoor air quality.
We are looking for a clean and simple logo that communicates professionalism. The products that we sell promote the "green" environmental movement but that color doesn't necessarily have to be used. Attached is a logo that shows an example of a "green" environmental look we're hoping for. Busy logos with too many fonts are bad. Clean and simple, yet creative. Have at it!


Speed needs to be getting towards 1000 components an hour to be competitive with manual placement.
Note that there is no automated vision system. The machine simply follows a predefined sequence of instructions. The sucess of this approach depends on the accuracy and repeatibility of the machine.
This requires accurate calibration and for this purpose where-ever possible we use the web cam attached to the front head array to perform calibration of offsets.
Initially we will address 1-4 above.
Of the functions above, only 1 is provided by the stock CNC Router / Stepper controller PCB purchased on EBay.
We will use Mach 3 to control the machine.
We will use Mach 3 with GCode generated from a MS Excel spreadsheet.
Mach 3 communicates with the CNC machine via the parallel port. To enable us to provide functions 2-6 per above, we will breakout unused Parallel Port pins to our own interface PCB.
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Cascade United Methodist Church will present $22,000 to Morris Brown College during its 8 a.m. service Sunday and, according to church leaders, fulfill the college's goal of paying off a $500,000 debt to the U.S. Department of Education.
The funds represent the exact amount needed to help the 130-year-old landmark institution reach its goal of eliminating its current federal government debt, according to a news release from church officials about the funding.
Morris Brown College President Dr. Stanley Pritchett will attend the service to accept the donation.
According to Cascade UMC members, the effort began last month when Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Marvin A. Moss received a letter from Pritchett announcing the U.S. Department of Education's offer to settle the college's multi-million dollar debt with an amount of $500,000.
On Sunday, July 3, Pastor Moss explained the fundraising effort during the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. In the weeks following, two special offerings were taken; and members continue to donate during services and online.
According to the church, Dr. Pritchett has said that the college has now raised $480,000.
With Cascade's donation this morning, Morris Brown will have more than enough funding to pay the settlement, due Wed., Aug. 24th.
The donation will take place on "United Methodist Student Sunday," and the church fundraiser falls in line with Cascade's goal of supporting indivduals pursuing higher education.
Stay tuned to Cascade Patch for more on the Morris Brown College debt elimination deadline.


The research suggests that men's productivity can be increased simply by setting goals and it's through providing men in the workplace with specific targets that leads to increased motivation.
The data also points towards women requiring a different management technique with women's productivity being increased when fewer targets are set.
Leicester University studied hundreds of participants by forming them first into groups and then asking the groups to perform simple challenges.
In those groups where targeted goals were set up, the males in the groups tended to perform better whilst in the groups where no goals where set.
Samuel Smithers, PhD student from the University of Leicester's Department of Economics explained: "The focus of this research was to determine how to motivate people.
"When we are given a goal, we feel a sense of purpose to achieve it; it naturally helps to focus us. The findings demonstrate that setting a goal induces higher effort. My research found that women perform better than men in the no goal setting, but men thrive in both of the goal treatments.
The research points to gender specific motivation to improve productivity, however setting better targets for men in the workplace is only part of the solution and implementation of new HR strategies need to be in line with gender equality legislation. At HRonline we are huge advocates of providing a fun working environment in which people are happy and engaged. By coupling employee engagement with targeted motivational techniques, whilst monitoring and managing core element of HR including absence management an HR professional can give the company a significant productivity boost.
In order to tackle the issues of productivity in the UK, which has one of the lowest productivity rates of all the developed economies, it's essential for business management and especially HR professionals to understand how to better motivate and engage different employees, in order to maximise their employees' productivity.


Like I've had enough sleep okay that's supposed like a distraction to what I'm actually feeling. Awesome it is.
Ummm! Ummm! No idea what I'll be up to, but in case anything comes up, I won't really turn it down … trying to be random.
This ↓ is long overdue … eish!
This, that and that…lol It's one of those days I have so many things I want and pray for I just can't select one to put here.


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by NELSON MANDELA | PML Daily Reporter
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The new and former Chief Justices, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo (R) and Bart M. Katureebe cutting a cake (PHOTO/Courtesy).
KAMPALA – Sky's Protea Hotel was the venue of a memorable evening as Supreme Court Justices formally welcomed the new Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo and also bid farewell to CJ Emeritus, Bart M. Katureebe.
The Justices also used the dinner to commend retired Justices of the Court, thanking them for a job well done.
Justice Stella Arach Amoko pointed out that the dinner had been planned earlier but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant problems.
The Chief Justice thanked the Justices for the kind gesture to bid farewell to the now-retired CJ. He said, "We shall remember you for the many things you have done including fighting for us to have a home for us the appellate courts, the passing of the Administration of the Judiciary Act…"
Justice Owiny-Dollo went on to thank the Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera (who was in attendance for his exemplary leadership skills. "I have no doubt that the current DCJ will do a better job than I did as DCJ. I will appreciate his guidance because he has spent longer in the Supreme Court than I have and has more experience (at the Court)."
He also thanked God for his position which he described as "the pinnacle of a legal career".
The Chief Justice Emeritus shared how his time in as the head of the Judiciary was an enriching and learning experience.
He added, "we do a lot as Justices and sometimes we are not appreciated. However, when you look at the work and the appreciation and the consultancies Justices get after retirement, then you realise that indeed you you are appreciated."
He added, "the Judiciary of Uganda is very strong even though there are challenges, our judges are second to none…stay strong and we shall be able to continue flying high."
The retired CJ also applauded the role of the administrative staff for ensuring that he enjoyed a seamless tenure in office.
Justice Esther Kisaakye who spoke on behalf of the Supreme Court Justices, equally thanked the retired justices for serving their country in different capacities. She appreciated the fact that in spite of their differences in opinion, they maintained a cordial working relationship.
On behalf of the retired justices, Justice Jotham Tumwesigye said the Bench was "one of the best places that he had served". He urged the Judiciary administration to consider creating offices for retired Justices to read, work and continue interacting with their colleagues.
The climax of the evening's merrymaking was when the Chief Justice cut cake together. This was followed by a plaque which was handed to Justice Katureebe in appreciation of his service as Chief Justice. The other retired Justices were each given tokens of appreciation for a job well-done.
Justice Mike Chibita and retired Justices; Augustine Nshimye and Eldad Mwangusya took part in the celebration. Also present was the Court's Registrar; Harriet Ssali-Abrahams.
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Problems Women Entrepreneurs Face While Scaling Up
Ria Das
When it comes to entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs face multi-layered challenges. Here are some women entrepreneurs who share the challenges they faced while scaling up their ventures:
Integration Between All Stakeholders
Asha Khaitan, co-founder of Pure Nutrition (an online nutraceutical start-up) avers, "Scaling up operations of our business in a cost-effective way involved a progressive integration between all stakeholders of the company – employees, vendors, and customers."
When asked about the problems she faces on a daily basis, she replied, "The challenging part is mostly ensuring the transition is smooth and coherent. Shaping employee perceptions and keeping it in line with the company's larger mission of a healthier, happier society posed to be an equally crucial challenge. That said, the appetite for risk and uncertainty keeps me upbeat to take the problems head-on."
The appetite for risk and uncertainty keeps me upbeat to take the problems head-on.
Diversity & Building a Team
Vidushi Daga CEO of Whizjuniors (an edutech platform that uses social-gamified technology to educate students) says, "As an entrepreneur, I too have faced many challenges and continue to face them. Initially, my struggle was to get across my idea/vision to people of a digitally literate India which require cooperation to spread across the word. After having met with some success through like-minded people now the bigger challenges I face is to diversify my work and reach out to more people across the country which requires both monetary and management assistance."
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Adding that she still considers Teamwork as the most crucial aspect of her business, Vidushi thinks, "being codependent on the team is important as they will be the sole drivers to spread across my vision and also its credibility, to build a team, instil your vision and manage it, is one long-term effort."
SURVEY: What challenges do women entrepreneurs face?'
Quality and Performance Management
Salma Moosa a high school dropout, founded Startups Club to mentor start-ups and providing them business solutions. She believes growth happens when you face the problems. "As a mentor to thousands of entrepreneurs in our community, a founder myself, the top challenge that I have seen in my journey within us and other start-ups is the performance by the team. With growth, new people get added, and as this happens as the pace of the growth is so aggressive, keeping a close watch on the quality and performance of the people in the company becomes next to impossible. We have been putting all efforts to balance it out with teaming together great performers and low performers to ensure that it does not impact the company adversely. This strategy of teaming up even helps the (low performance) individual in gearing up. It's a day-to-day struggle to the management of the company to make sure the performance overall is not affected for us a community and a brand."
With growth, new people get added, and as this happens as the pace of the growth is so aggressive, keeping a close watch on the quality and performance of the people in the company becomes next to impossible.
As a responsible entrepreneur or a leader running a business smoothly, being aware and being hands on are just enough. It is important to expose yourself to challenges. Then de-challenge whatever it is bothering your business.
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A great day in the Abacos!!!
I worked for a Bluewater dealer. Also have worked for dealers selling some of that other junk. Stopped by the plant and Paul took me all through the boats under construction. I now live in Mosquito Lagoon. wish I could afford one of their new Back Bay boats. When People ask who builds the best boats? BLUEWATER Worth every penny.


as i can literally count my family members on one hand, i really needed their support at this happy but stressful time. but no. my own mother is swanning off to benidorm for a week about two weeks for my big day (for context our wedding is in pisa for a week which we've only asked for contributions for), but the most annoying thing is that she said she couldnt afford to stay over for my hen do which is next weekend... my dad and i dont speak, its better for both of us, my little brother is traveling care free around oz and my big brother only seems to care about crashing our wedding party for the pool and kitchen use.
so yes, feeling a little abandoned by my family members and not sure why i have to be the one to keep them in check. cant wait to change my name and leave them all to it. fed up of being the person ppl only come to for help doing something or as a sound board.
Are you expecting them or given them key roles and responsibilities for the big day? Or will they just really be guests?
Someone said to me today. Your family are those who you choose to be around, the rest are just related to you.
Enjoy your wedding day you're making a new family and can leave behind those who aren't.


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Brainwave Entrainment - Brainwave entrainment, refers to the hypothesized capacity of the brain to naturally synchronize its brainwave frequencies with the rhythm of periodic external stimuli, most commonly auditory, visual, or tactile. It is widely accepted that patterns of neural firing, measured in Hz, correspond with states of alertness such as focused attention, deep sleep, etc. It is hypothesized that listening to these beats of certain frequencies one can induce a desired state of consciousness that corresponds with specific neural activity.
Chiropractic - a collection of natural hands-on techniques to improve function of the musculoskeletal system.
CranioSacral Therapy/ Cranial Work - is based on the principle that by feeling the intrinsic flow of the craniosacral rhythm, the therapist can help relieve any restrictions in the flow of cerebral spinal fluid around the body which may be causing ill health. They often focus on the bones in the skull and any restrictions between them.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) - An energy meridian based therapy in which specific energy meridians are 'tapped' at their end points to encourage emotional wellbeing.
Hypnotherapy - based on the principle that patients are able to relax into an 'altered state of consciousness' in order to utilise enhanced suggestibility to help treat psychological conditions and to effect behavioural changes.
Lymph Drainage Therapy - focuses on congested areas of lymphatic fluid movement and uses manual techniques to aid the removal blockages and encourage the free flow of lymph fluids.
Massage Therapy - hands on body therapy which addresses areas of muscular tension and often gives an all over feeling of health and well being.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) - a therapy which encourages the client to bring about positive change in their lifestyle.
Physiotherapy - a therapy which uses physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, joint mobilisation and exercise to promote, maintain and restore physical health.
Reflexology - involves the massage of specific zones, usually of the feet, that are believed to correspond to areas or organs of the body.
Shiatsu - a healing art combining stretches, pressure and support to encourage the free flow of energy around the body.
Sunflower Method - a multifaceted approach developed originally for children with a focus on learning difficulties.
Visceral Manipulation - a gentle, hands-on therapy which considers the natural function of organs and visceral tissues.