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I was invited to the "Kangaroo is You" campaign for pro clima Germany. They wanted their logo adapted into a character for use across their educational brand. That would prove more complex than anticipated for an entirely different reason, but first, I had to deal with the elephant in the room, and it was German.
My elephant, the thing that was stopping me from accomplishing my goals, had nothing to do with drawing. It was language. This entire project would be in German. At the time I had been living in Berlin a handful of years with even fewer language courses under my belt. I had only ever worked professionally in my native English.
I knew that I had the creative and artistic chops to tackle the project, but I doubted whether I could express myself and communicate professionally in a language I was still learning. Instead of preparing myself for the project I found myself procrastinating, feeling pessimistic about my language skills, and creatively frustrated.
The thing that turned out to be the real problem wasn't my language but doubt about my language. That doubt was stopping me from putting all of my energy into this project. I decided then and there that relying on my doubts had to stop preventing me from doing the things I wanted.
Here's a peek at the Kangaroo campaign from Instagram.
If you've made it this far, you are probably wondering what any of this has to do with character design. The truth is, it doesn't. What it does have to do with, is moving past the kinds of doubts and hesitations that derail you from progress and success. I am not suggesting that you eliminate doubt. Instead, make a decision about how to deal with doubt.
To elaborate, I realized that I was 70% prepared to work in German – I would love to practice and strengthen my skills even more, but I had enough experience to get by. Next, if I wanted to get better I had to practice, and what better way than working in German? Finally, and I'll repeat this point for impact, I am not alone. Asking for help is not cheating, but you have to ask.
Your doubts will be just that, your own. You can recognize them by drilling down deep into the stumbling blocks and arguments you make for yourself. It is up to you to identify that uncertainty and decide whether it makes senses. I haven't stopped doubting, but I have stopped believing in my doubts.
Thank you for joining me on this trip back to the start of the Kangaroo campaign. Project reviews like these are helpful for me because they are a reminder of not just the lessons I've learned, but also how I arrived there in the first place.
Now that you've read my story, I want to hear yours. What are some of your elephants and how have you tamed them? I look forward to feedback, questions, and comments in the comments below.
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Helsinki conference focuses on the role of advanced nursing practice in a changing world
The potential for advanced nursing practice to expand access to health care and improve health outcomes is the main theme of the 8th Conference of the International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network of the International Council of Nurses (ICN INP/APNN), which opened today (18th August) in Helsinki, Finland.
by Fran Weaver
The conference has attracted some 740 participants from more than 40 countries. During the opening session Merja Merasto, President of the Finnish Nurses Association, who are hosting the conference, emphasised that the rapidly changing operating environment for health care providers around the world is imposing new challenges.
"To cope with change we must dare to move out of our comfort zones, and build up brave new forms of cooperation and dialogue with different stakeholders," she said. "I hope this conference will strengthen the ways we work together to realise the common aspiration of nurses worldwide: to be able to fully draw on their skills in the treatment and care of patients."
Advanced practice nurses in demand in Finland
Former Finnish health minister Paula Risikko highlighted the urgency of finding a future role for advanced practice nurses in the context of the ongoing radical structural reform of the provision of social services and health care in the host country Finland. As in many other countries, the cost-effectiveness of health care is crucial for Finland, since the country faces problems including an ageing population and the increasing prevalence of non-communicable and lifestyle diseases.
"In developing our social and health care services, we should boldly draw on the skills of advanced practice nurses. There is ample scope for this in our legislation, and the experiences we have already gained are positive," said Risikko, who has a nursing background herself. Finland is targeting improvements in health care aspects including mobile care units, nurses' consultations and e-health solutions.
Finnish nurses are already gaining new responsibilities. New legislation enabling nurses to issue prescriptions in certain cases was passed in 2010, and more than 150 nurses have now obtained the qualifications giving them the limited right to prescribe medicines.
Merja Merasto explained that trial schemes in several health centres and three health districts where advanced practice nurses have been utilised have led to benefits including enhanced patient outcomes and more reasonable workloads for health care providers. "About 80% of respondents to a health ministry survey, including physicians, nurses, patients and planners, felt that using advanced practice nurses improved access to health care, quality, and patient satisfaction," she explained.
Seeking new forms of collaboration
Anna Green, chairperson of the ICN INP/APNN, added that in a rapidly changing world health care professionals need to be constantly aware of opportunities, challenges and risks, as exemplified by the recent ebola outbreak in West Africa. She also emphasised the need to keep close contact with stakeholders including physicians to ensure that everyone fully understands the role of AP nurses and the benefits they can bring.
"We must find new ways to collaborate in a networked world and challenge ourselves to expand our services as advanced practice nursing continues to grow," she says.
The President of the Finnish Nurses Association Merja Merasto. Foto by Tuomo Antikainen.

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Q: OR operation on all bit array member on a vector of objects I have a class Item with a vector of another class SubItem.
SubItem class has a bit array that stores subItem's states. Each state of subitem class is set/reset independent of other states and other subItems. The states are set/reset in an event driven environment.
I want to create a state in Item class also that depends on an OR operation of subItem's states i-e if ANY of the subItems's state, for example,  State1=1 then Item's state1=1 and if ALL of the subitems state1=0 then item's state1=0.
The complication is, the subitem vector size in Item class can be large and I dont want to loop through all SubItems to set the Item's states whenever subitem's state changes.
One option is I make an array of ints in Item and keep a count of how many legs have a given state set to 1 and whenever the count is 0 I know all subItem's state1 is set to 0 so I can set Item's state1 also to 0. This however is not space efficient.
I had another solution in mind but dont know how to do it without looping through subItems.
The solution is that Item also has a bitarray. So to decide if ITem's state1=1 I get the state1 of all legs and do an OR with a const unsigned int = 0 (00000000) if the result of this OR operation is a non-zero then I know item's state1 is also 1 and when the result is 0 then item's state1 is also 0 but I just dont know how to do it without looping through all the subItems whenever a subitem's state is modified.
//this enum refers to subitem's and item's states
    enum class flags
    {
    state1, state2, state3, state4
    }

    class SubItem
    {
//The bitarray that stores states of subItem
  unsigned int bitarray;
    }

    Class Item
    {
    std:vector<SubItem> m_arrSubItems;
    Item(size_t size)
    {
    m_arrSubItems.Reserve(size)
    }
    /*The Item wants to create an array of states here.Each index of this array is an OR operation of the same state across all SubItems.*/
    }

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One option is I make an array of ints in Item and keep a count of how
  many legs have a given state set to 1 and whenever the count is 0 I
  know all subItem's state1 is set to 0 so I can set Item's state1 also
  to 0. This however is not space efficient.

It is space-efficient (only one counter per state to add), but you'd have to make sure that the bit-set operation can only be done through a function that sets the bit and also change the corresponding counter, to keep everything in sync.
Otherwise, the only other option I see is to delegate the counting to a data structure, but for that you would have to change the way the bits are stored. For instance, using two sets of integers for each state, one for items with bit=1 and another for items with bit = 0 - but using that particular structure would use (a lot) more memory and probably also be slower.

I had another solution in mind but dont know how to do it without looping through subItems. The solution is that Item also has a
  bitarray. So to decide if ITem's state1=1 I get the state1 of all legs
  and do an OR with a const unsigned int = 0 (00000000) if the result of
  this OR operation is a non-zero then I know item's state1 is also 1
  and when the result is 0 then item's state1 is also 0 but I just dont
  know how to do it without looping through all the subItems whenever a
  subitem's state is modified.

I don't see how that could solve the problem (and x OR 0 is alxays x, so what's the point ?).
PS and before spending any time making your code more complex, you should profile your process to see if the counting from the vector is actually an issue. It might only eat 0.1% of the total processing time.

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Were all planned milestones finished on time?
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These questions and many others can be answered with comprehensive historical data. ShareAdvance Project Intelligence stores unlimited snapshots of project data which are available through the Power Query model. Below are some example trend reports.
This visualization shows the trend for the custom field Project Health, along with planned cost. Over time, cost over runs cause planned cost to increase. Eventually the project manager changes project health from green to red, showing that help is needed. It is likely a health state of yellow should have preceded the change to red s that senior management had better insight into increasing issues.
In this second line graph we see how planned cost, actual cost and baseline cost changes over time for the project. While actual cost increases as expected, note the stepped changes in planned cost over time. The baseline cost remains the same for a long period, indicating that the project will be over budget. In November a baseline change is approved, corresponding with the change in project health from red to green.
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Rosemary's Baby (1968) ****
by Sonal Sher | Oct 10, 2011 | 1 comment
Horror is a genre that I am not that fond of, nor the least because of the scary faces. The lack of story is a disease that has found equal number of victims here as it has in the romantic comedy genre. I mean how many times am I supposed to be fearful when some messed up dude tries to slash up some girl because of a reason which is just not good enough! Times like this, going back to the classics is what is best suggested.
Rosemary's Baby, is one such movie. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, by Ira Levin, the story is the biggest strengths of this horror thriller. The screenplay, which was done by director Roman Polanski is tight and keeps the viewer hanging on till the very last minute. It is one of those stories, which doesn't give any answers till the very end, so you watch not just because the movie is entertaining but also because it combines the elements of a thriller, horror and drama so well that it is hard to switch off the movie, even if you are running late for office! Not to mention, the movie is all you will think about all day long if you had managed to do that.
The story is of a young couple, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and Guy (John Cassavetes), her husband and a struggling actor, who move into the Bramford, a Gothic 19th-century New York City apartment building. We are soon introduced to their nosy neighbors, Minnie and Roman Castevet (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer), who manage to become friends with Guy. The story progresses as, Guy and Rosemary decide to have a baby. After conceiving, Rosemary is put on a specific diet by the doctor Abraham Sapirstein (Ralph Bellamy) who is recommended by the Castevets. But soon enough, she figures out that there is something wrong. I would rather keep the rest of the story under wraps, if any of you would watch the movie after the review.
Mia Farrow, was chosen to play Rosemary in the movie after much deliberation. And there was as much drama going on behind the sets as during filming. Nonetheless, Farrow is brilliant as Rosemary. She is quaint yet spirited in the beginning but her slow transition into a frail, disturbed and pregnant woman is a fantastic. Not many movies, have shown the protagonist in such a condition which intrigue the audience as much as they do the characters playing them. And that is what makes this movie such a great piece. Ruth Gordon, as Minne Castevet, is so convincing that you are irritated just by her presence on screen. She plays a nosy old woman, pretending good intent to the hilt. The moment she enters the frame, you know something is up, only you are as unsure about it as Rosemary herself. But it is the combination of the talents of Polanski, Farrow and the music of Krzysztof Komeda that makes this movie so gripping. The first frame of the movie has the voice of a woman singing a lullaby. While, it is supposed to be a soothing sound, the shot of a disturbed apartment combined with that sound sets the pace of the rest of the movie. You know that you are up for something that will quietly creep up on you while you are engrossed in the story.
The movie is a must watch for not just the people who love a good horror movie, but everyone who likes a good movie.
Up (2009) ****
There are two kinds of people i know who watch movies: One, who watch animated movies. Second, who will watch an animated movie only is they get a DVD. "Who goes and watches those in a movie theatre," they say. This review is for both of them. Watch 'Up'. It's gone off the movie theatres long back but you'd definitely get the dvd. If it makes any difference, it's the only animated movie (other than the Beauty and the Beast) which is nominated for the Best Picture at the academy awards. And more importantly, it's entertaining as hell. It tells…
Carrie (1976) ****
Carrie is not really horror movie, in the sense that there is no supernatural evil powers at work but human beings, I believe can be quite horrifying on their own. This Brian De Palma film based on the book 'Carrie' by Stephen King explores the dark side of human nature and how sometimes it can do more damage than even the anti-Christ. The movie tells the story of a tormented high school teenager called Carrie (Sissy Spacek). Carrie lives with her overly religious, abusive and almost psychotic mother Margaret (Piper Laurie) and is additionally teased by people in her school.…
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) ****
I first thought i would write one of my usual eloquent reviews which has a lot of paragraphs which usually puts people off. Instead i have chosen to do the following: Why is 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' so awesome? 1.) It is not directed by Michael Bay. (This should be enough.) 2.) Man with assault weapons vs Apes with assault weapons (What else do you need?) 3.) For the more intellectual, Apes with assault weapons - A comment on America's stand on guns anyone? 4.) Its not directed by Zack Synder. (OMG this is TGTBT [too good…
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Nicely done. If anyone actually takes your word and sees the movie, they won't know what hit 'em 🙂
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FOR Tamworth's Jerramaine Nean, 2019 has been a year of success after success. In this year alone, the 15-year-old has signed a contract with Pacific Sports Management (PSM), trialled for the NSW rugby league side, was selected in the Indigenous invitational squad and the under-15 Australian squad. Now the Peel High School student can add one more honour to his growing resume. Nean has been signed to a four-year contract by the North Queensland Cowboys, which will also allow the talented youngster to attend Nudgee Boys School. Read Also: Photos and video from round three of Monday night oztagNines sparks passion for tackle league for Kootingal-Moonbi flyer | Photos Affectionately known as Jerry, the talented centre said playing in the NRL would be "a dream come true". "It's something I've always wanted to do since I was a little kid," Nean told the Leader. "I just love playing footy and I'm really grateful to my mum, my dad, my stepdad and all my coaches for helping me get to this point." Plying his craft at junior level for the North Tamworth Bears, Nean said the club had also been influential in shaping his ambitions. "The club is like a big family, to be honest," he said. "It is a big opportunity, but it will be a bit sad to leave, that's for sure." Have your say, send a letter to the editor. North Tamworth Bears junior president Nick Hodgson said Nean was very deserving of the opportunity to be a part of the Cowboys' structure. "He's a great kid and does things on the field that can leave you in awe," Hodgson said. "He always seems to be thinking a step or two ahead of everyone else and can find gaps that just leave you wondering how he found them. "Honestly, he is a very special player and the whole club wishes him well for the future." Nean's mother Alicia Cook said her son would enjoy the "experience of a lifetime" while with the Cowboys. "We are all just so proud of him," Cook said. "He likes to keep all of his footy medals on the curtain rail in his room, but I'd say this achievement would be the biggest. He has worked really hard and it's just such a big thing for him." Support the local news that keeps you informed - subscribe today. Cook said her son would focus on finishing off the school year in Tamworth, before making the move to Queensland next year. "In December he will head off to a training camp hosted by the Cowboys, which should be really good," she said. "Then in January, he will move up to Nudgee and begin the new school year. "It should be really great for him in terms of both his footy, and his education as well. Honestly, we are also really excited for him." Sign up to receive The Leader's breaking news and top stories straight to your inbox.
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FROM SCHOOL YARD TO BIG TIME: Peel High School's Jerramaine Nean has signed a deal with the North Queensland Cowboys. Photo: Billy Jupp
FOR Tamworth's Jerramaine Nean, 2019 has been a year of success after success.
In this year alone, the 15-year-old has signed a contract with Pacific Sports Management (PSM), trialled for the NSW rugby league side, was selected in the Indigenous invitational squad and the under-15 Australian squad.
Now the Peel High School student can add one more honour to his growing resume.
Nean has been signed to a four-year contract by the North Queensland Cowboys, which will also allow the talented youngster to attend Nudgee Boys School.
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Affectionately known as Jerry, the talented centre said playing in the NRL would be "a dream come true".
"It's something I've always wanted to do since I was a little kid," Nean told the Leader.
"I just love playing footy and I'm really grateful to my mum, my dad, my stepdad and all my coaches for helping me get to this point."
Plying his craft at junior level for the North Tamworth Bears, Nean said the club had also been influential in shaping his ambitions.
"The club is like a big family, to be honest," he said.
"It is a big opportunity, but it will be a bit sad to leave, that's for sure."
Have your say, send a letter to the editor.
North Tamworth Bears junior president Nick Hodgson said Nean was very deserving of the opportunity to be a part of the Cowboys' structure.
"He's a great kid and does things on the field that can leave you in awe," Hodgson said.
"He always seems to be thinking a step or two ahead of everyone else and can find gaps that just leave you wondering how he found them.
"Honestly, he is a very special player and the whole club wishes him well for the future."
Nean's mother Alicia Cook said her son would enjoy the "experience of a lifetime" while with the Cowboys.
"We are all just so proud of him," Cook said.
"He likes to keep all of his footy medals on the curtain rail in his room, but I'd say this achievement would be the biggest. He has worked really hard and it's just such a big thing for him."
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Cook said her son would focus on finishing off the school year in Tamworth, before making the move to Queensland next year.
"In December he will head off to a training camp hosted by the Cowboys, which should be really good," she said.
"Then in January, he will move up to Nudgee and begin the new school year.
"It should be really great for him in terms of both his footy, and his education as well. Honestly, we are also really excited for him."
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Q: IPv6 Strongswan IPSec + NAT I have a VPS with an IPv4 (/32) and an IPv6 (/128).
I've set up Strongswan and my IPv4 IPSec server works just fine - I'm using it all the time.
I'm trying to get it to work with IPv6 and so far it's not working at all. Since I only have a /128 IPv6 address and no prefix, I need to use NAT.
My server is listening on IPv6, and it is possible to connect using IPv6 exclusively. I'm assigning a Unique Local Address (ULA) to my clients, and they receive it properly.
I've configured NAT to translate my ULA prefix into my server's address - exactly like I did in IPv4. But it doesn't work, and the NAT rule has 0 hit.
I believe there is a routing problem. For my IPv4 IPSec network, a routing rule is added like this in table 220 by Charon:
ip route show table 220
 172.28.0.3 dev eth0  proto static

... but for my IPv6 ULA network, it shows like this:
ip route show table all
 fd00:dead:dead:dead::1 via 2001:29da:405:5f00::1 dev eth0  table 220  proto static  metric 1024

with 2001:29da:405:5f00::1 being the IPv6 default gateway of my server.
Here is what I have in IPSec.conf:
leftauth=pubkey
    leftcert=X.crt
    leftsendcert=always
    leftsubnet=0.0.0.0/0,::/0

    rightsourceip=172.28.0.0/23, fd00:DEAD:DEAD:DEAD:0:0:0:0/64
    rightdns=208.67.220.220,208.67.222.222,2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:1111,2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8888

Has anybody got any idea ? Where should I look at ?


When a 12-year-old girl goes missing, detective Rachel Willow discovers that human trafficking can happen anywhere, even in her small town.
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When a 12-year-old girl goes missing, detective Rachel Willow discovers an alarming pattern in her sleepy county involving human trafficking. What starts as a simple "missing person" case ends up deep in an underground world where people are commodities and your worst fears can be realized anywhere, even in a small town.
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Chobi (Georgisch: ) is een kleine provinciestad in het westen van Georgië met 3.414 inwoners (2022), gelegen in de regio Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti en op de rechteroever van de rivier Chobi. Het is het bestuurlijke centrum van de gelijknamige gemeente en ligt 20 kilometer ten zuiden van de regionale hoofdstad Zoegdidi en 300 kilometer van hoofdstad Tbilisi.

Geschiedenis

Het gebied rond Chobi is al sinds de oudheid bewoond. Het lag in een centraal deel van het oude Colchis, en er zijn veel archeologische vondsten gedaan. Na de val van het Koninkrijk Georgië halverwege de 15e eeuw werd het gebied van Chobi onderdeel van het vorstendom Mingrelië (of ook wel Odisji) tot de annexatie in de 19e eeuw door het Russisch Rijk.

Halverwege de 19e eeuw, met de consolidatie van alle delen van Georgië onder Russisch gezag en de bestuurlijke herindeling van Transkaukasië, kwam Chobi in het Gouvernement Koetais te liggen, waarbinnen het in de bestuurseenheid Oejezd Zoegdidi kwam te liggen. Pas in 1930, met de bestuurlijke herindelingen van de Sovjet-Unie, werd Chobi het centrum van een eigen bestuurseenheid, het rajon (district) Chobi. In de jaren 1930 en 1940 ging de spoorverbinding via Zoegdidi en Soechoemi naar Adler in de Russische SFSR in delen open, waarmee Chobi aan de westelijke spoorpassage van de Kaukasus kwam te liggen. In 1961 werd Chobi gepromoveerd tot 'nederzetting met stedelijk karakter' (, ), en in 1981 tot stad (, ).

Geografie
Chobi ligt op een hoogte van ongeveer 25 meter boven zeeniveau op de rechteroever van de Chobi, die ten noorden Poti in de Zwarte Zee uitmondt. Ten noorden van het stadje ligt een kleine maar significante heuvelrug, e gemeente, de berg Oerta met 466 meter boven zeeniveau. Chobiu ligt op de overgang van het Colchis laagland en het Odisji plateau, een verheffing ten opzichte van het laagland, met een hoogte tot ruim 200 meter boven zeeniveau, dat zich tot de voet van het Egrisigebergte strekt.

Demografie
Begin 2022 had Chobi 3.414 inwoners, een daling van ruim 19% ten opzichte van de volkstelling van 2014. De bevolking van Chobi bestaat vrijwel geheel uit Georgiërs, met name Mingreliërs.

Bezienswaardigheden
In Chobi en directe omgeving zijn enkele historische bezienswaardigheden zoals het middeleeuwse Chobi klooster. Het complex geldt als een van de historische hoogtepunten uit de 13e-14e eeuw, en ligt een paar kilometer ten noorden van de stad in het dorpje Nodzjichevi.

Het stadje heeft een groene uitstraling, de hoofdweg is omgeven met grote naaldbomen, wat Chobi een aangenaam klimaat geeft. Er staan diverse Sovjet-era bestuursgebouwen, en het Huis van Cultuur is een stereotype voorbeeld van brutalistische late Sovjet bouw. Dit gebouw stamt uit 1981 en heeft een grote theaterzaal voor 600 personen en een kleine zaal voor 130 personen. De sculpturen op en rond het gebouw zijn door de beroemde Georgische kunstenaar Zoerab Tsereteli gemaakt. Het werd in de periode 2016-2018 gerenoveerd na jarenlange verwaarlozing.

Vervoer
Chobi is gelegen langs de centrale Georgische hoofdweg S1 en is derhalve goed bereikbaar vanaf hoofdstad Tbilisi en de regionale steden Senaki, Zoegdidi en Poti. Er kruisen ook enkele regionale hoofdwegen zoals de Sh48 naar Poti en de olieterminal van Koelevi aan de Zwarte Zee en de Sh87 richting Tsjchorotskoe. Chobi ligt aan de Zoegdidi - Tbilisi spoorlijn en heeft een station en het dichtstbijzijnde vliegveld is de internationale luchthaven Koetaisi (55 kilometer).

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Zie ook

  Website Chobi

Stad in Georgië
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

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Posted on November 27, 2019 by Troy Daily News
Piqua girls open season with win over Graham
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Piqua's Aubree Schrubb battles for a rebound against Graham Tuesday night.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Piqua's Elise Cox pressures Graham's Katelyn Nash Tuesday night.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Piqua's Karley Johns makes a move to the basket against Graham Tuesday night.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Piqua's Kathy Young and Graham's Lauran Bailey go after the ball Tuesday night.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Piqua's Tylah Yeomans makes a move to the basket against Graham's Lexi King Tuesday night at Graham High School.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today Kenzi Anderson goes up for two points against Graham's Katelyn Nash.
By Rob Kiser
Piqua Daily Call
ST. PARIS — It didn't come easy for the Piqua girls basketball team.
Playing a much improved Graham team, the Lady Indians were up to every challenge thrown at them and came away with a 56-40 victory to open the season Tuesday night.
Piqua was already dealing with Chloe Stewart being lost for the season and Andrea Marrs being out for several more weeks with injuries.
Then, the Indians were thrown another curveball when sophomore point guard Reagan Toopes injured her knee during warmups.
"We have dealing with quite a few injuries," Piqua coach Greg Justice said. "Then, we lost our starting point guard when she was injured warming up. Kathy Young was the girl who stepped in for her and she was fantastic. She may not have had big numbers in stats, but she did a lot of little things for us."
Then, Graham's Katelyn Nash and Brooke Shoemaker combined for five 3-point field goals in the opening quarter to turn an early 6-3 Piqua lead to a 15-9 Graham advantage after one quarter.
"We got off to a rough start," Justice said. "But, Graham hit five 3-point field goals, which we weren't expecting. It wasn't that we didn't play good defense. They just hit shots. But, they only finished with seven (3-pointers), so we did a pretty good job defensively after that."
Piqua didn't help themselves in the early going, making just three of eight free throw attemptsin the opening quarter and finishing of 23 from from the line for the game for 44 percent.
"What I can tell you is we led the GWOC in free throw attempts and free throws made," Justice said. "So, we are going to be going to the line. That is the strength of our game. To get the ball inside to Tylah (Yeomans) and Aubree (Schrubb)."
Yeomans took over in the second quarter, scoring 10 of her game-high 22 points.
Piqua scored the first nine points of the quarter and limited Graham to two field goals in the second quarter — using a 22-7 advantage to open a 31-22 halftime lead.
"It is nice to have a player like Tylah (Yeomans), who can score in the paint, come out and handle the ball on the perimeter — and even score from the perimeter."
While Piqua was in control throughout the second half, they faced another challenge midway through the third quarter when Yeomans picked up her fourth foul.
After Graham got within 35-26, Kenzi Anderson immediately answered with a dish inside to Schrubb and hitting a three on the next possession to make it 40-26, before Graham's Nash closed the third quarter with a three to make it 40-29.
Graham could never get closer than 11 in the fourth quarter, as the Piqua guards did a great job of finding Schrubb inside for some easy baskets.
"I thought what we were able to do is spread the floor and open things up inside," Justice said.
Yeomans also grabbed five rebounds, while Schrubb had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds and Karley Johns scored 11 points, while taking over the point guard duties and dishing out five assists.
Young had three assists, while Yeomans had four steals and Schrubb added three.
"I thought one of the big things is we only had eight turnovers," Justice said.
Nash was the lone Falcon in double figures with 16 points, while Lexi King had 11 rebounds and Lauran Bailey dished out four assists.
Along with the free throw shooting, Piqua was 22 of 50 from the floor for 44 percent, including just two of 10 from 3-point range for 20 percent.
Graham was 12 of 42 from the floor for 29 percent, including seven of 19 from long range for 37 percent. The Falcons made nine of 15 free throws for 60 percent.
The Falcons also took care of the ball, with just nine turnovers.
The Lady Indians won the battle of the boards 28-27.
Piqua will return to action Saturday night, with a road game at Bellefontaine — again looking to answer all the challenges..
Piqua (56)
Tylah Yeomans 10-2-22, Aubree Schrubb 6-1-13, Kathy Young 2-0-5, Karley Johns 3-5-11, Kenzi Anderson 1-1-4, Elise Cox 0-1-1, Adde Honeycutt 0-0-0. Totals: 22-10-56.
Katelyn Nash 4-4-16, Lauran Bailey 3-0-7, Brooke Shoemaker 2-0-6, Elise Kemp 1-0-2, Lexi King 1-3-5, Arial Cupps 0-0-0, Abby Yukon 1-2-4, Blair Werner 0-0-0, Marlee Kite 0-0-0. Totals: 12-9-40.
3-point field goals — Piqua: Young, Anderson. Graham: Nash (4), Bailey, Shoemaker (2).
Score By Quarters
Piqua 9 31 40 56
Graham 15 22 29 40
Records: Piqua 1-0, Graham 0-2.
Reserve score: Graham 24, Piqua 21.
Contact Piqua Daily Call Sports Editor Rob Kiser at rkiser@aimmediamidwest.com.
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When Did L.A. Become a Nanny State?
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The L.A. Times ran a story today about a proposal floating around Los Angeles City Hall: banning new fast-food restaurants in certain parts of the city.
First of all, when did Los Angeles City Council become the San Francisco Board of Supervisors? This nanny state approach is definitely not L.A. The logic behind this is that someone has noticed that people in South Los Angeles have a high obesity rate — higher than people in fashionable Brentwood or Hollywood or Malibu.
Now what is not said in this story is the fact of who it is living in South Los Angeles. They are talking about minorities, particularly Hispanic and African-Americans.
So the L.A. city council thinks Latinos and Blacks are too fat, and they're thinking of doing something about it by banning permits for new fast-food restaurants. This intrusion into the lives of ordinary people who have done nothing wrong, nothing illegal, nothing immoral, is justified by implying that people in South Los Angeles don't know what's good for them.
Now the obesity rate for South L.A. is 29 percent. For the rest of the county it is 23 percent. Is six percent such a huge difference that people in South Los Angeles must be told they may no longer have what they have been choosing up until now? Does the L.A. City Council realize that lower-income people might need places to eat that are inexpensive?
But it strikes me the Los Angeles City Council doesn't have enough to do. Or worse, it is trying to mandate what the marketplace does not support without government mandates.
A guy named Mark Vallianatos said: "While limiting fast-food restaurants isn't a solution in itself, it's an important piece of the puzzle." Vallianatos is the director of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College.
The Center for Food and Justice? Who knew there was such a thing?
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August 8, 2019 S.R. Kheas Fantasy Movies, Key Movies of My Life, Superhero Films
Key Movies Of My Life: Superman II (1981)
After the incredible Superman The Movie I was hooked. Thankfully it would not be long for the VHS of Superman II to make it into my home and I found myself continuing the story that began in Superman The Movie.
Today's Key Movie:
Spinning from the story that began with Zod (Terrance Stamp) and his crew being cast into the Phantom Zone, The three evil Kryptonians find themselves freed on Earth and facing the Last Son of Krypton in a battle for Earth itself. Additionally, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) returns for vengeance on Superman for his foiled plan to destroy California.
Why this movie?
As I mentioned earlier, I fell in love with the original film after seeing it on television for the first time, having been too young to see it in theater (something I have since remedied). The first film was a mind blowing experience for a kid under 10 and I knew from that point on I had to have more superheroes in my life. While I am not 100% sure, I may have seen this one in the theaters but I do know that when I found Superman II on VHS, I begged for my dad to rent it so very excited for the adventure on that tape.
You like it, but is it really a 'good' movie?
This is one of the rare cases where a sequel lives up to much of the expectations set forth by the original film. I say much of because, while it is a very enjoyable followup, it is certainly far from perfect.
The film opens with a world that is very aware of Superman and his abilities. After foiling a terrible disaster in France, the resulting explosion inadvertently frees Zod, Ursa and Non from their prison in the Negative Zone. Immediately it is clear that this is Zod's film. Although created in 1961 by Robert Bernstein, it is Stamps portrayal as the villainous Kryptonian General that defined the character for generations to come. The other evil Kryoptonians, Non and Ursa, played by Jack O'Halloran and Sarah Douglass respectively, are a fantastic addition to the Reeve Superman canon. While Non serves as little more than the dumb muscle, Ursa shows herself to be the tremendous and sadistic right hand to Stamp's Zod.
In an ironic twist, at the same time Zod leads his conquest for world domination, Lex Luthor, played by returning actor Gene Hackman, escapes from prison with an agenda of his own.
Once again, Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder nail their roles. Reeve continues to nail the duality of the Superman/Clark Kent dynamic. This time, he and Kidder continue the relationship between Clark and Lane developing a story that might spell the end of Superman as we know him. Theirs is a dynamic that is perfect on the screen giving their characters a very authentic feeling relationship that reverberates throughout the film.
The music is wonderful yet again but sadly John Williams did not return for a full arrangement and was replaced by Ken Thorne. To the naked ear, you can hardly tell that Williams did not return as Thorne does a wonderful job using some of Williams original material to flesh out his own. Thorne would also go on to compose Superman III's soundtrack
I mean, seriously, what is this even supposed to be?
Everything that you could want from a sequel to the original Superman film is here and it does a marvelous job as a continuation from that story. The thing that makes this film less than perfect is the additional touch of 'slapstick' humor brought in by Richard Lester as he replaced Richard Donner in the directors chair. Lester, who was best known for his Beatles films A Hard Days Night and Help!, had a tendency to inject physical humor in his films and, while it worked on most of his other movies, that kind of humor just felt out of place in a Superman film. Interestingly, much of Superman II had already been filmed along side the original, leading to rather jarring moments that makes the film feel disjointed at times. This includes a terrible scene involving a cellophane Superman 'S' that adds one of the strangest powers to Superman's arsenal. This was all mostly corrected later in what has since been released as the 'Richard Donner Cut' but, for the purposes of this review, I watched the original theatrical release.
OK, where do I get this movie?
You can get all four of the classic Reeves Superman Films for around $10 here. Otherwise, just look for them on your favorite streaming service. While I do have some issues with this particular release, it is still one of my favorites as it was when I was a kid.
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Definitely not a bad sequel at all, but one that like you I also enjoyed for the most part. It had some flaws, but the fight between Supes and Zod was really cool. All in all a great and enjoyable film and one that I occasionally return to, to watch😊 As always great post!
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A comprehensive bill that would provide workers compensation coverage under the presumption of Montana firefighters with cancer and other benefits is headed to the State House of Representatives for vote, after a Senate legislative committee took presumption of post-traumatic stress disorder off the table in February.
2 conditions, including 11 cancers and heart blockages, and provides guidelines and exclusions for eligibility for several of them . For example, a firefighter with cancer is only covered if the firefighter has worked for more than five years, is under the age of 40 and is not genetically predisposed for the cancer.
The measure has not been placed on the calendar for vote.


StillAlive Studios' Son of Nor will make telekinesis a reality using the Emotiv EPOC.
The crew at StillAlive Studios gave us one of the best interviews we've had.
This week we have a wonderful selection of deserving projects to feast your eyeballs on!


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The Underground Youth was started in 2008 as the creative project of Craig Dyer. Since then the band have released 10 albums and 3 EPs, slowly developing their unique sound, ranging from cinematic landscapes through to a raw and blistering style of post-punk. Over their decade long existence, The Underground Youth have developed a loyal global following and a cult fanbase, built by their extensive touring schedule through Europe, Asia and the USA. Signed to independent record label Fuzz Club since 2012, The Underground Youth currently consists of Craig (Vocals/Guitar), Olya Dyer (Drums), Max James (Bass) and Leonard Kaage (Guitar/Producer).
In 2016 Craig and Olya relocated from Manchester to Berlin, Germany, shortly followed by bass player Max James, who having previously played for The Smiths guitarist, Johnny Marr, joined The Underground Youth in early 2015. In Berlin the band recruited Leonard Kaage on guitar, the four piece live band that remains to this day. In their new Berlin based studio, and with Leonard as producer, The Underground Youth recorded and released on Fuzz Club their eighth album, 'What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This?', in early 2017. As with all their albums, this release was met with acclaim by the underground press. As a band that have somehow avoided the commercial lure of mainstream journalism, The Underground Youth consistently release albums that please and increase their cult fanbase around the world. While the band generally steer clear of supporting other artists in favour of playing their own headline tours, they have in the past chosen to support bands that inspired them, such as The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Slowdive.
The Underground Youth again toured extensively around Europe in support of the album and played sold out shows for the first time in Russia, through the Balkans and in Tel Aviv. Festival slots at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Levitation France, Grauzone Festival and Synästhesie Festival built the band's European presence further than the scene they were already established within.
In late 2018 the band entered the studio to begin recording again and were joined by Kristof Hahn from the inspirational band Swans, who featured on the album playing lap steel guitar. In March 2019, ninth album 'Montage Images Of Lust & Fear' was released and the band took to the road on their longest tour to date, touring for the first time through China, Japan and Taiwan and returning to Europe to spend over two months playing non stop through over twenty countries. On returning, The Underground Youth spent time between festivals building a new studio in Berlin where they intended on recording their tenth album on return from a tour of the USA and Canada in early 2020. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was cut short and cancelled and the band had to return to Berlin for the lockdown period. During the isolation of 2020, Craig and Leonard each set up home recording spaces in their respective apartments and recorded their tenth album, 'The Falling', which will be released on 12th March 2021 and has already, ahead of release, developed high praise with print reviews in magazines and publications such as Uncut Magazine, Shindig! and Mojo Magazine.


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CORREOS LAUNCHES 'PROTEST STAMPS', STAMPS FEATURING THE VOICES OF A GENERATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
• To mark the Climate Summit, Correos launches 'Protest Stamps', a collection of stamps that reflects the voices of discord and protest of thousands of young people fighting for the environment • The 'Protest Stamps' messages will also be available in the form of postcards that can be purchased from Correos' website and in its central office, which is located opposite the IFEMA conference centre where the Climate Summit will be held • To energise the initiative, Correos will be holding a competition on Instagram in which users will be encouraged to create their own design for a protest stamp under the hashtag #ProtestStamps • Correos will also be publicising the initiative through a vinyl made from special materials that reduce concentrations of NOx in the environment, thus improving the quality of the air we breathe. It will be installed on the façade of its central office during the Summit.
Madrid, 26 novembrer 2019.– Correos, to mark the upcoming Climate Summit, launches 'Protest Stamps', a collection of stamps illustrated with the messages of awareness and protest of a generation that is concerned about, fights against and is committed to stopping global warming and climate change.
The series will feature ten different illustrations and designs, all of them representing the voices of thousands of young people as the protagonist. That way, messages of protest usually enshrined on banners will be transferred to stamps to travel freely around the world.
The 'Protest Stamps' collection will be issued through 'Tu Sello', a Correos service that enables the printing of personalised self-adhesive stamps with full validity for postage. This series will be available to everyone from Correos' website and branch in its central office, which is located opposite the IFEMA conference centre where the Climate Summit will be held.
In addition, anyone who wishes to create their own design and illustrate it with their own awareness messages can do so by entering a competition that Correos will be running through its Instagram profile from 10:00 am on 27 November until the following day at 7:00 pm. The winning design from among all of the entries shared under the hashtag #ProtestStamps will be selected and used on a stamp that will be issued in early 2020.
'Protest Stamps' messages will also be available in the form of a postage paid postcard that can be purchased from Correos' website (https://tienda.correos.es) and in its central office. All profits from purchases of the postcard will go to Correos' sustainable forests project, Línea Bosques.
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Grigaitis ist ein litauischer männlicher Familienname, abgeleitet vom Namen Grigas.

Weibliche Formen
Grigaitytė (ledig)
Grigaitienė (verheiratet)

Personen
 Alfonsas Grigaitis (1929–2004), Politiker,  Bürgermeister von Alytus
 Juozas Grigaitis (1881–1947),  Richter und Generalleutnant

Siehe auch
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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Birds/Wood Pigeon
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Columba palumbus (Wood Pigeon)
Bird call
The Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a member of the family Columbidae, doves and pigeons.
In the colder northern and eastern parts of its European and western Asiatic range the Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident.
The three Western European Columba pigeons, Wood Pigeon, Stock Pigeon, and Rock Pigeon, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the Wood Pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size at 38-43 cm, and the white on its neck and wing. It is otherwise a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast.
Juvenile birds do not have the white patches on either side of the neck. When they are about 6 months old (about 3 months out of the nest) they gain a small white patch on both sides of the neck, which gradually enlarge until they are fully formed when the bird is about 6-8 months old (approx. ages only). Juvenile birds also have a greyer beak and an overall lighter grey appearance than adult birds.
It breeds in trees in woods, parks and gardens, laying two white eggs in a simple stick nest which hatch after 17 to 19 days. Wood pigeons seem to have a preference for trees near roadways and rivers. The nests are vulnerable to attack, particularly by crows, the more so early in the year when the leaf cover is not fully formed. The young usually fly at 33 to 34 days; however if the nest is disturbed some young may be able to survive having left the nest as early as 20 days from hatching.
Its flight is quick, performed by regular beats, with an occasional sharp flick of the wings, characteristic of pigeons in general. It takes off with a loud clattering. It perches well, and in its nuptial display walks along a horizontal branch with swelled neck, lowered wings, and fanned tail. During the display flight the bird climbs, the wings are smartly cracked like a whiplash, and the bird glides down on stiff wings. The noise in climbing flight is caused by the whipcracks on the downstroke rather than the wings striking together.
The Wood Pigeon is gregarious, often forming very large flocks outside the breeding season. Most of its food is vegetable, taken from open fields or gardens and lawns; young shoots and seedlings are favored, and it will take grain.
The call is a characteristic cooing (coo-coo-coo-cu-cu). This species can be an agricultural pest, and it is often shot, being a legal quarry species in most European countries. It is wary in rural areas, but often quite tame where it is not persecuted.
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The surge of power and well-being I feel in my body when I get over that hump, where I'm no longer trying to defend anything (including all the ways I was actually right in my wrongness) feels so good, so right. I feel so capable, so nimble, and so available for connection and service.
What I am also realizing is that it's not enough to rest at that point, to call it good, to slip back and self-admire. I have to double-down on the increased capability I earn with that learning – and keep that muscle firing – if I truly want to grow the size of the lessons (and opportunities) that will next be made available to me. If I want to move up a level.
Because the real prize isn't self-knowledge. It's other people TRUSTING you with that self-knowledge.


Jane Stevenson describes the results of usability testing for the Archives Hub Web site.
For online services, the importance of developing user-friendly and accessible Web sites is of paramount importance. This article is about user testing recently carried out by the Archives Hub , an online service run by Mimas , which is a national data centre that provides access to a whole range of online services for research, learning and teaching.
The Archives Hub is a JISC-funded service that provides a gateway to search descriptions of archives for education and research, enabling researchers to discover unique archival sources held in repositories across the country. One of our challenges is to create a site that primarily meets the needs of academic researchers but also works well for a whole range of users, from experienced researchers to family historians who may not be so familiar with using online services. But describing archive collections in an online environment in a way that is both immediate and informative presents substantial challenges. An archive usually consists of a whole range of records, accumulated over the course of an individual's lifetime or during the day-to-day running of a business or organisation . Records are often interrelated in complex ways, forming hierarchies that reflect the creation and use of records over time. But there can be a tendency to assume that archival structure and hierarchy are self-evident. Conveying this structure to a user, especially one who is not an experienced user of archives, is not easy to do. It is therefore important to understand how users react to the presentation of information on the Archives Hub, and whether the layout, design and terminology help to clarify to users what they are seeing. In addition, it is all too easy to design a Web site and build in functionality based upon perceived ideas about users, rather than engaging users directly.
This usability testing was carried out prior to a planned redesign of the Archives Hub Web site, and therefore we wanted to get valuable feedback that would help to inform any changes that we might make. It was intended to be fairly small-scale and low-budget, and focused on our core academic users. Rather than engage external consultants, we particularly wanted to have direct contact with users, or potential users, in order to gain a better understanding of their perspective and how they viewed the Archives Hub. We could bring to the process our detailed knowledge of the service and experiences that we have had with users over time, and we could also carefully control the focus of the sessions.
We decided to create a questionnaire that we would use to interview each participant. This would bring some level of consistency and help to provide focus. At the same time, we intended to ask fairly open-ended questions to encourage participants to give us their own thoughts in their own words. We felt that this would yield reasonably structured data, but that it would essentially be qualitative than quantitative. At several points during the sessions, we asked participants about their impressions of the page display, and we tended to ask follow-up questions designed to allow them a free and discursive response. We also asked a number of more specific questions, particularly about terminology used and the layout and content of the actual descriptions.
A questionnaire does introduce a certain level of artificiality, not least because we asked all participants to look at the same descriptions, which we deliberately picked as being fairly typical of the average Hub description. This meant they would not be using the service in a way that reflected their research interests and therefore it might make the service seem less relevant to them. However, if we asked them to enter a search term randomly they may come to atypical descriptions which might lead off into unforeseen tangents and it might be difficult to stick to the questions that we wanted to ask.
We had ten participants involved in the user testing sessions. Five were academics from various disciplines, one was a research associate, one was a first-year student, one had just completed her degree and two were PhD students. This article provides the text of some of their answers pretty much verbatim, though with some editing for the sake of clarity.
The first question that we asked participants was about their understanding of the term 'archives'. This is the sort of question that may easily be overlooked, but it is clearly central to the use of the Hub and it yielded some interesting responses. The Archives Hub Web site essentially assumes that people understand this term: our tag line describes the site as providing 'a national gateway to descriptions of archives'.
Question: What do you understand by the term 'archives'?
There was a general feeling that archives are usually old or historical stuff, and reference was also made to an archive as a store or repository. Some responses were determined by individual experiences: the participant who was involved in family history research talked about census records and marriage records, and the participant who had been working on an oral history project relating to people living in institutions referred to the life and workings of institutions. Overall, there was a general understanding that archives may consist of a broad range of types of sources and that they are usually historical rather than current. But it was clear that some participants did not entirely appreciate the distinction between published and unpublished sources, between archives, monographs and articles. The term 'archive' is increasingly being used in diverse ways, not least with the rise of digital information and issues surrounding the long-term access and preservation of a whole range of digital materials. An e-prints repository will often be described as a repository of archives, so it is little wonder that people are increasingly thinking of journal articles as archives. Therefore, the onus must be on us to clarify what archives are in the context of the Archives Hub service.
When we asked about using archives for their research, some participants continued to group published sources together with archive sources. Seven of the participants did use a range of primary source materials to varying degrees: one had a particularly detailed knowledge of older archive sources, having worked with Anglo-Saxon charters, one had experience of using archives in Russia, and another participant was familiar with family history sources.
There was not a great deal of common ground in the way that people search for archive sources, and it very much depends upon their experience, general knowledge of archives and type of research. A number of our participants referred to making direct contact with relevant people or organisations as a preferred option and two of our participants referred to phoning round appropriate bodies; for example, contacting theatre companies (for performance history research). One participant referred to building up bookmarked favourites through following Web links, references in journal articles and generally serendipitous searching. For one researcher, whose work focuses on local history, the main approach is to contact the appropriate local record office. Some participants did refer to online sources: the participant with an interest in family history talked about Web sites such as ancestry.com, and a participant working on the literature and history of the 1640s and 1650s referred to The National Archives  and British Library Catalogue  as well as various dictionaries and guides. We did ask whether participants were confident using online services generally: five were positively confident, three were fairly confident and two were not really confident. Not surprisingly, those who were most confident had used the greatest variety of online resources.
Most participants did not mention any kind of cross-searching networks - only one mentioned the Archives Hub as a service that they had previously used.
One of our key aims was to get immediate reactions to the Archives Hub home page. Whilst it is true that people increasingly access services like the Hub from different locations, the home page is still 'the most desirable real estate'  of the site. It should clearly convey the identity and mission of the site as well as what it has to offer, where to start and what the search options are. It should also create a good impression visually, so that it engages people's attention. There is a difficult balance to strike here. The site needs to sell itself well enough to entice visitors into trying out a search, but too much content can clutter the page and people will not read, and may be put off by, substantial amounts of text. The Hub includes a 'Collections of the Month' feature, highlighting collections by featuring a new subject each month. The two subjects covered during the time our sessions took place were Stanley Kubrick, the film director, and British Women's Emigration.
Question: How would you describe what this site is, and what it is for, from looking at the home page?
The answers given to this question were quite diverse: a good illustration of how people look at the same Web site in different ways. Half of the participants did seem clear about what the site is for, although there was some feeling that understanding of what the site is can only really come from trying out some searches. Two of the participants were misled by the 'Collections of the Month' feature, which illustrates the natural tendency people have to scan a page quickly and make assumptions. It was interesting that several participants did not read the tag line; 'Providing access to archives in UK universities and colleges', even when specifically asked what the site is for (whilst a couple of participants seemed suspicious of what they thought was such an obvious question!). We were left wondering how we can effectively convey what the site is for when people so often do not read the text, not even one short line that defines the content.
We went on to ask participants 'what do you think you will find if you carry out a search?' There was a general feeling that there would be a broad range of material, although a few participants still focused on the Collections of the Month feature. Two participants seemed to be thinking in terms of typical University administration records (minutes of meetings, conference records, staff records), whilst another was not confident that universities and colleges would actually hold archives. On the whole, participants were uncertain what they would find, but there was no indication that this deterred them from using the site. The impression was that they would simply try a search and find out.
The Archives Hub is primarily for the education and research community, but at the same time, we want to attract a broad range of users, and we wanted to find out from the participants whether they thought that the site was of general interest or whether it looked quite specialised.
Question: Do you have any thoughts about who you think the site is aimed at?
'University students, post-sixth form, or adults – quite a wide audience.
Aimed at academic researchers and maybe their partners in research work.
'Specifically at academics and researchers, but also an amateur audience, a non-specialised audience and a professional audience, so archivists and librarians.
Four participants thought the site is aimed at academics/researchers. Most did refer to academics, students and then possibly broader users as well. The answers given generally do reflect our intention that the site has a general appeal, but with an academic and researcher bias.
We ended this general section by asking them if they had any further thoughts about the site.
Question: Can you tell me anything more about your initial impressions of the site?
'It might be useful to be more explicit on what the site does' [although the participant found it clear herself].
These reactions suggest that the Archives Hub home page needs to be more explicit about what people will find when they search, and they also show that reaction to design is always a very individual thing - we had a few participants who praised the simplicity and the colours used on the Web site and a few who wanted more complexity and a more vibrant design.
I do not have the space here to provide a detailed analysis of the whole questionnaire , so instead I will sum-up by listing a number of observations and recommendations that we took from the study.
When we asked participants about the search options available, including the advanced search, there was a strong consensus that the options were what they expected: 'A good list of options here. It's the kind of thing we're used to'. The sessions certainly confirmed our assumption that a prominent and simple quick search box is an essential feature of the home page. Seven out of the ten participants said that the first thing they would do would be to use the quick search, two thought they might use the browse option and one did actually say that he would use the 'About the Hub' option to find out more about the service.
The collection description also generally met expectations, or participants said that they did not really have any expectations against which to measure it. Overall, there were a number of references to things on the site being as they would expect, and therefore being reasonably familiar and intuitive to use.
We asked several questions about the content available via the Archives Hub, and each question drew different responses, clearly showing a degree of uncertainty. When we asked what would be displayed when participants ran a search, the answers given showed that people did not really know what to expect. Maybe asking a question like this is a little artificial in that people do not typically think that carefully about what they will see beforehand, but the fact that participants referred to articles, pictures, newspapers, museum archives, exhibitions and William Wilberforce (the search was for anti-slavery) does suggest that the Hub needs to be more explicit about the type of content users will find.
When looking at the hit list for a search, one participant questioned how comprehensive the list was: 'Is this everything to do with this subject?' A couple of other participants assumed the list was a comprehensive list of archive sources. This, of course, is always a difficult issue because we want to promote the Hub as an effective service for locating archive sources, particularly those held in university and college archives, but that does not mean that we describe all of the archives on a particular subject. The challenge is to find a way to describe the content accurately, and ensure that users are aware that there may be other valuable sources relating to their research area.
We were very keen to focus on terminology in this study, as we were aware that some terms are archival, with headings often taken from the International Standard for Archive Repositories, ISAD(G) , which provides guidance on standard elements of description, although it does not recommend headings to use for user interfaces.
Amongst those terms questioned were 'unpublished handlist', 'access points', 'related units of description', 'item-level', 'level of description' and 'fonds'. 'Item-level' is a very commonly used term to distinguish individual items within a collection, as opposed to a whole collection or a series of items within a collection. Five participants said it did not mean anything to them, two said it was to do with searching for something specific, one said it was to do with only matching a keyword as opposed to every word in text and one thought it would provide some kind of fuller explanation. The participant who had used the Hub before did understand the term in the archival sense. It is not surprising that there was a lack of understanding, although how to refer to items within an archival hierarchy in a way that the majority of people can understand is certainly a challenge.
A term that was almost universally unknown was 'fonds', which is archival terminology for a collection of material accumulated by one individual, family or organisation. In a user study by Duff and Stoyanova , several respondents thought that 'fonds' was part of the name of the record creator, as the collection they were assessing was labelled 'Margaret Laurence Fonds'. Archivists have tended to carry the term from the professional sphere, where it is useful, into the public sphere, where it simply causes confusion.
Figure 2: Screenshots showing the top of a search results page, the top of a collection description and the Access Points at the end of the description.
Access Points are, in fact, index terms such as names and subjects that become hypertext links within descriptions, and they lead to a browsing list where users can find other descriptions that use the same index terms. There was a general impression that Access Points would lead to more resources of some kind relating to these subjects: some participants felt that the links might go to external Web sites, others thought that they might relate to the current collection. Whilst it does seem worth rethinking this terminology, when asked whether they would click on the links, all participants said that they would. So the impression was that as long as it was clear that they were links to other related resources of some kind, people would be happy just to click and see what they got. In fact, whilst it would certainly be preferable to simplify some terminology, we did find that participants tended to accept that there was some language that was not clear to them and as long as it didn't impede searching then they simply ignored it, or assumed its meaning from the context. The only problem with this is that they might therefore make false assumptions that would lead them to misinterpret what they were seeing.
Inevitably, there were differences of opinion during the sessions, in particular about the design of the site, which some people praised and others criticised. Participants disagreed on some of the content of the descriptions, such as how useful the biographical information was and whether it would be better to have it further down the order, with the scope and content nearer the top. Two participants were happy that the description was not too long, so that it was reasonably easy to scan through, one thought that maybe there was too much information all at once, whilst one wanted as much information as possible. In general, the feeling seemed to be that the description was about right in terms of length and content. This particular description was about average in terms of what is on the Hub - many of the descriptions are much longer.
Running this questionnaire gave us a chance to find out, at least as far as you can with a small sample of people, how people commonly use the 'Back' button to navigate through Web sites such as the Hub. Breaking the Back button was one of Jakob Nielsen's top 10 Web design mistakes back in 1999 . In fact, all participants without exception said that they would use the Back button when asked how they would return to their results set, so the rule certainly still held for our sample of users.
Are Features a Help or Hindrance?
Clearly, the relevance rankings confused several of the participants; yet at the same time, many of them liked the idea of ranking results in order of importance. The algorithm responsible for ranking results on the Hub looks at the frequency that a word occurs in different descriptions and then looks at other subject terms within that description. Whilst this may produce accurate relevancy rankings in a strictly technical way, it doesn't necessarily reflect human perceptions of relevance between subjects.
The browse list probably caused the most confusion, particularly linking to it from the access points: ' I'm not sure why some stuff is there - it doesn't seem relevant to anti-slavery as a subject.'; 'I was expecting to be taken to another Web site…so I think these are keywords? I'm not sure to be honest…'. Clearly some of the participants expected the display to be related to the subject that they had clicked on (anti-slavery) and were thrown by the other terms that were being listed. However, even when their expectations were not met, participants seemed to re-orientate themselves quickly to what they were seeing, and accepted the list to be some kind of keyword or category list for material about different subjects.
The overall impression was that participants were gradually orientating themselves and working out what they could see in front of them. They were thinking aloud and adjusting their view of what they were seeing as they absorbed the information. It may be that academic users are more likely to exhibit this behaviour, although a study by Wendy Schier also noted a similar finding with novice users of archive Web sites, who, she noted, tend to go through a fairly rapid process of self-education; once they understand the structure the process becomes fairly straightforward .
The last section of the questionnaire asked participants to sum up what they felt about the site, and here some participants explicitly stated that even if some aspects of the site were not clear, this would not be a barrier to use, and it is fine for there to be some level of learning process involved.
Question: Having looked at the site, what is your overall impression of it?
This is, in fact, something we are planning to introduce into the Hub over the next year.
Whilst numerous studies point to the fact that users will give up on Web sites if they do not find what they are looking for relatively quickly, our study rather emphasised the self-learning behaviour of the participants, and many of them suggested that they would be keen to browse around the site and just see what they could find. It may be that when seeking primary source material to support research, users are prepared to spend longer, as the search is part of the research process and researchers will want to ensure that they locate as many relevant sources as possible. It may also be the case that a user may spend 20 minutes happily browsing through the Hub's collections even though they have not found what they were looking for, and often users will be performing open-ended searches anyway, where they do not have a specific aim in mind. Certainly, people have very different perspectives and it is not easy to accurately predict what people are going to think and how they are going to behave; but we found a real tendency for people to want to just click and find out what they got, without thinking much about it beforehand. We found that our participants wanted to learn about the site through exploration rather than reading text. They were happy to explore and learn as they went along, as long as they found the content worth exploring.
W. Duff and P. Stoyanova, Transforming the Crazy Quilt: Archival Displays from the Users' Point of View, Archivaria 45.
Wendy Schier, Report on a Qualitative Exploratory Study of Novice User Experience with Online Finding Aids, Journal of Archival Organization, 2005, 3⁄4.


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The Civil Wars va ser un duo compost pels cantautors Joy Williams i John Paul White. Després de llançar un àlbum de presentació en viu i un EP de quatre cançons, el seu primer àlbum Barton Hollow va sortir el 2011. La banda va guanyar el premi Grammy al Millor Duo / Grup Performance Country i Millor Àlbum Folk de l'any 2012.

Història

2008 a 2012
Williams i White es van conèixer el 2008 durant una sessió d'escriptura en un estudi de música a Nashville a l'estat de Tennessee. En una entrevista exclusiva, Williams va dir que el nom de la banda es va generar «mentre conduïa per la ciutat mirant tots els monuments de la Guerra Civil, vaig pensar en totes les guerres que ens enfrontem» Segons el seu web oficial, el nom del grup, The Civil Wars, i la seva cançó «Poison and Wine», resumeixen bé llur temàtica preferida. Tenen a veure amb el bé i el mal de les relacions.

El duo va enregistrar la seva actuació a la ciutat de Decatur a l'estat de Geòrgia el 8 d'abril del 2009 i va crear un EP Live at Eddie's Attic, que va ser descarregat gratuïtament més de 500.000 vegades a internet. Al novembre, el duo va llançar «Poison & Wine», produïda per Charlie Peacock. La cançó va ser inclosa al programa de televisió, Grey's Anatomy.

2011
L'1 de febrer del 2011, The Civil Wars va llançar el seu àlbum debut, Barton Hollow. L'àlbum va aconseguir el número 12 als Billboard 200 èxits i primer al Billboard Album Digital charts. En van vendre 25.000 còpies en la primera setmana i es van mantenir al primer lloc a les llistes d'iTunes durant nou dies.

El duo es va presentar a The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, al Sundance Film Festival i al Music Cafè d'ASCAP. Joy i John van aparèixer al All Things Considered de NPR i es van presentar al diari Los Angeles Times. Van aparèixer també a A Prairie Home Companion i el seu vídeo «Barton Hollow» va ser emès pel canal de televisió VH1. Van ser nominats per als premis CMT Awards en la categoria «Vídeo de l'any per un duet» i van aparèixer a la portada de la revista Pollstar. The Civil Wars va tornar una segona vegada a The Tonight Show with Jay Leno al maig, van ser teloners a la gira per Nord-amèrica de la cantant anglesa Adele, i nominats per Americana Music Awards a les categories «Duo de l'any» i «artista revelació de l'any». Van tocar en un concert a benefici per les víctimes del tornado d'Alabama de 2011.

L'estiu del 2011, el duo es va presentar a l'emissora de ràdio de Los Angeles KCRW, va obrir diversos espectacles de Emmylou Harris, i va tocar en el Newport Folk Festival de Rhode Island. Al setembre van tornar a unir-se a la gira d'Adele per Gran Bretanya i van ser nominats pels premis de la Country Music Association en la categoria «Duo de l'any». A l'octubre, durant el seu pas per Regne Unit, van tocar al programa Later... Live i posteriorment, el seu àlbum Barton Hollow va debutar en el lloc número 22 en l'UK Download Chart i número 54 en l'UK Albums Chart la setmana següent.

Al novembre de 2011, el seu àlbum Barton Hollow va ser nomenat en els Grammy en les categories «Millor album folk» i «Millor actuació country per grup/duo».

Al desembre, The Civil Wars es va presentar en el Grand Ole Opry, i van llançar el senzill «Safe & Sound» amb Taylor Swift i T-Bone Burnett per a la pel·lícula Els Jocs de la fam.

Barton Hollow va ser inclòs en diverses llistes de millors àlbums del 2011, incloent NPR Music, Paste, American Songwriter, Rough Trade, Times, iTunes, The Huffington Post,< Associated Press, The Tennessean, Allmusic.com i The Wall Street Journal. Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today i Yahoo! Music van escollir al duo com a «Millor artista revelació».

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Guanyadors del premi Grammy


Money is little comfort when you hate your job. As a salesman for Verizon Wireless, the only part Robert J. Fangman liked about his job was the travel, said his mother, Ruth. So he kept the travel, threw out the selling, and took a 50 percent pay cut to become a flight attendant with United Airlines last November.
He had found his calling, enamored with the people and the lifestyle. Thirty-three and single, Mr. Fangman traveled extensively, walking on and off planes as if they were buses. One week it would be to Texas to visit his brother, another it would be to Delaware to visit his mother. He carried flashcards so he could study the information about the various planes.
Mr. Fangman loved foreign cities, dancing and fine wine, Mrs. Fangman said. It bothered him that unfinished wine in first class had to be poured down the sink, so he would ask others attendants to do it for him.
On Sept. 11, he was assigned to Flight 175. His ambition was to be assigned to international flights and he chose to be based out of Boston because he could move up more quickly there.


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Today I joined Patric for a bit of downhill biking on the lovely island of Ekerö, just West of Drottningholm. We had a blast and I posted 64 great photos from the day.
We biked at Ekerö Bike Park, using the ski lift to ride to the top, and then riding down on a narrow trail that snaked through the woods. I was really impressed by the number of talented riders on the trail. A girl named Lina was there too, and she was faster than many of the guys! You go, girl!
The trail was a bit steep in a few places, and I noticed that I had a tendency to tilt forward over the handlebars. I lowered my bike seat as far as it would go, but it was still to high and I wasn't able to get my body low enough to ride the steep sections safely. The design of my bike makes it impossible to lower the seat beyond a certain point, because the rear shock absorber is in the way.
After a few frustrating runs, I ended up sawing off a few inches from my seat post. There was a little workshop at the bottom of the slope, and I was able to use their hacksaw and metal file to shorten the seat post. After lowering the saddle a bit, I had a lot more control on the hill.
Next time I'll take a few more inches off the seat post. I think I'll also try with regular flat pedals instead of SPD pedals. SPD pedals are great for uphill and cross-country riding, but they're a bit too confining for fast downhill runs. It's nice to be able to put one's foot down when sliding around a steep turn, and clip-in pedals make that difficult. Finally, I need to get some pads! I dared not go fast, because I wasn't wearing any protection aside from my helmet.
Oh, that reminds me — I need to chat with the folks at Specialized and see what can be done about my "Deviant" full-face helmet. After just a few rides with the new helmet, the inside part came unglued from the shell. Very odd.
Today's ride was a lot of fun, and I look forward to going back to Ekerö soon! For discussion about today's ride (in Swedish), visit happymtb.org.


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This resource was developed for administrators, managers, or other professionals involved in running school-based health centers (SBHCs) in New Mexico. Much of this information, but not all, translates very well for SBHCs in Maine. It is not intended to be an exhaustive manual, but instead an introductory tool.
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Many people find it helpful to use a simple checklist to reflect on the assets young people experience. This checklist simplifies the asset list to help prompt conversation in families, organizations, and communities.


Last week Governor Ron DeSantis, surrounded by a number of high-profile cannabis influencers, announced that if legislation surrounding Amendment 2 does not change by mid-March he would take action himself.
The State of Florida, under the direction of former Governor Rick Scott, has been involved with several appeals regarding recent rulings made by Tallahassee Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers. Last May, Gievers determined that the state's ban on smoking medicinal cannabis was unconstitutional and had the ban overturned. However, the State's Department of Health immediately filed the appeal that patients have been fighting ever since.
With pressure mounting from both sides of the political aisle to intervene in this matter, Governor Ron DeSantis publicly addressed the issue. DeSantis was joined by congressman Matt Gaetz who helped pen one of the original CBD bills, his Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez, and one of the founders of Amendment 2 John Morgan, showing a united front in favor of complying with the will of Florida voters.
Smoking medical cannabis isn't the only appeal Florida is dealing with at the moment, DeSantis indicated that he also plans on dropping the State's involvement in the vertical integration and limited licensing appeals. As it stands, Florida Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers are responsible for each step their product takes from farming, cultivation, and processing, all the way to marketing and selling. This is a major stressor on streamlining the cannabis life-cycle as well as making it difficult to ensure quality. Also, with only 14 licenses made initially available, there is no room for competition and puts an enormous share of the market into the hands of a few powerful people.
Although he was absent from this meeting, Florida Senate President Bill Galvano released a statement mentioning, "A legislative solution has always been my preferred course of action … Many Senators share these concerns and have ideas they are interested in advancing, which include smokable forms of treatment. I look forward to continuing those important discussions in the coming weeks." This indicates that the Senate intends to comply with the governor's request and readdress this hot-button topic. DeSantis did make it clear that if the legislature moves too slowly, he will step in and completely remove the state from these appeals.
The governor is already trying to prove that actions speak louder than words with some major decisions coming from his office in just the first week. DeSantis has appointed three new Florida Supreme Court Justices and unveiled an extensive $2.5 billion to combat major issues facing Florida's waterways.
Nearly 20 lawsuits are still active regarding Florida's cannabis industry, mainly from business trying to get their hands on one of the rare licenses available. John Morgan, however, says his fight is "finished" and now only hopes people will be able to access their newly legal medication through their insurance policies, making it more affordable for low-income patients.
Currently there are over 150,000 patients in Florida who qualify for Medical Marijuana with just under 2,000 physicians available to write those prescriptions, but there are only 83 dispensaries capable of selling the product. Increasing the availability of licenses will give more companies the ability to treat patients more conveniently, as well as giving patients more options on where to purchase.
New Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried thinks that mid-March is too long for these changes to begin in Florida. Fried heavily campaigned under the notion that she would help expand the cannabis industry and give patients more access to their medicine.
Fried has been calling politicians out on these practices since the initial ban began under Governor Scott. She recently made a video urging new governor DeSantis to succeed where his predecessor failed.
Another proponent of altering the state's current cannabis practices is State Senator Jeff Brandes who not only wants to increase the number of available licenses and eliminate the vertical integration requirement, he also says not allowing patients to smoke has gone on long enough.
A long time medical marijuana advocate, Sen. Jeff Brandes also believes the state should already be preparing for what many see as the inevitable introduction of recreational cannabis.
This marks a significant turning point in Florida's cannabis industry. While Governor DeSantis is urging the legislature to make changes to the state policies, we will have to wait and see how soon these changes are made, and what the changes will be. Voters, patients, doctors, and politicians are all eagerly looking forward to the next step in Florida.


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