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A George III Silver Gilt Basket, Mark of Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith II
In the Egyptian taste, London (1805) hallmarks, retailed by Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell, further marked "Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis Et Principis Walliæ Londini Fecerunt;" oval wirework frame with applied grapevine ornament, the rim with egg and dart design, raised on four finely detailed legs modeled as a sphinx with spread wings and paw feet, the central petal form medallion with armorial engraving.
5.5 x 13 x 10 in.
54.3 troy oz.
The crest is that of Lord Foley, a title dating from 1776. The family seat was Witley Court in Worcestershire, on which the third Baron spent huge sums around 1805, including retaining the services of John Nash. The third Baron, Thomas Foley VII, succeeded to the title and house on his father's death in 1793 and was married in 1806 to the daughter of the Duke of Leicester. The grand Italianate manor house, Witley Court, was sold to the Earls of Dudley following Foley's death in 1833. The Dudleys were forced to sell the house after WWI and in 1937 a major fire left the manor a spectacular ruin. The ruins, gardens, and fountains are now maintained by English Heritage and Grade I listed.
We wish to thank Clive E. A. Cheesman, Richmond Herald, College of Arms, London, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
This ornate fruit basket was likely one of a pair in a large dessert service. The eclectic marriage of the Bacchic grapevines with the Egyptian sphinx were the height of fashion in Regency England. The silversmiths Scott and Smith were associated with the great firm of Rundells, which received the royal warrant in 1797 and was a personal favorite of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. In 1806, George IV, as Prince of Wales, commissioned "The Grand Service" from this same firm. This service included pieces wrought by Digby Scott, Benjamin Smith II, and Paul Storr, all in varying designs featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and neo-rococo motifs unified by a rich gilding and still in use by the monarchy today.
Very good estate condition - lacking glass liner.


So last time I checked in, with my 'End of an Era: What's Next for BBC's 'The Rap Show' article, the BBC's Radio 1, and 1Xtra, Rap Show had no host and previous host, Charlie Sloth, was laying low after getting fired from the BBC. Well a fair bits changed since then.
Tiffany's debut show was broadcast on January 5th and was titled 'The New Era' (can I just throw in that my article, from 3 months before, was called 'The End of an Era'! Coincidence? I'll just leave that here) and featured a nice mix of new, and classic, tracks (it opened with Jay-Z's, stone cold classic, 'P.S.A' for god sakes!!!). It was pretty dope and gives hope for the shows future!
On the flip side of things Charlie Sloth returned to announce his new show with Apple's Beats 1, 'The Charlie Sloth Rap Show', just over a week ago in a move half the world already knew about before it was announced but it was still BIG regardless. His 'Fire in The Booth' segment was coming back too and, on January 19th, his first show aired with the UK's Ambush, Headie One, K-Trap and Blade Brown holding it down on the returning FITB! Charlie still holds the UK down, big time, and proved it with his new worldwide platform!!!
So 3 months ago we had no national 'Rap Show' and now we have two (technically Charlie's show is regarded as 'worldwide', but in this case, I'll put it under 'national' as it's available in the UK)!!! Not bad at all!!!
It'll be interesting to see how Tiffany will make her show different from Charlie's. I say this because Charlie has an established brand, with FITB, so what will Tiffany produce to compete (that's if she even does)? Who knows and who cares because what I do know is that the 'Rap Show' hasn't just returned but now we have a choice of two and that's good for not just the audience but for up and coming artists to get heard!!!
Side note – Shout out Westwood as well who is still holding it down every Saturday night (for 4 hours!!!) on Capital XTRA! He maybe in his 60's but he's still the hardest in the game!!!


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Peyron prepares new cat for Jules Verne
Bruno Peyron's new maxi-cat Orange II will be on stand-by for a Jules Verne start from 15 February
Since her launch on 22 December 2003, Bruno Peyron's maxi-catamaran Orange II has been put through her paces in preparation for a Jules Verne Trophy attempt. Peyron hopes to shatter the record time of 64 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 24 seconds he set in 2002 sailing Orange I.
The new maxi-cat is currently in the process of being optimised and will be on standby for a possible start from15 February, after her christening ceremony at La Trinité sur Mer on 11 February.
Chatting about the his new multihull, Peyron said: "We sailed recently in stronger wind and sea conditions, in order to validate the choices made for the sail plan once and for all. We also had to finish working on details of the deck layout, on the mast foot and on deck hardware. The first technical evaluation is positive; everything is going well as far as structure, sails and deck hardware are concerned. There's still a bit of work to be done on the deck layout, and we need to optimise the rudder systems, as well as the rudder blades.
"The boat sails well and fast; I reckon she's faster than Orange I upwind, and her passage in waves is very satisfactory. It's the result of all the work we did on the hull shapes and on the overall power potential with Gilles Ollier's team. This catamaran seems to be cleverly designed, her dimensions are bigger then her predecessor's which makes things a bit tougher – but that's not surprising for such a big boat. I've always said that a boat over 50ft is a challenge for a crew of little bipeds like us, so with this one, we've reached another dimension.
"It takes method to sail it properly, because with such a powerful, heavy and fast machine, no mistakes can be made. We have to be cautious! But I'm not worried, a lot of time can be spared on our learning curve thanks to the fact that an important part of the crew has already sailed aboard Orange I. To make a boat this big race-ready in six weeks is not an easy task, and the only way to achieve that is to work with people who know each other and bring complementary expertise."
In the meantime, the unfavorable weather system has forced Steve Fossett and team aboard Cheyenne to abandon plans for a Jules Verne start today. See previous news story here.

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Arthur Black Shortlisted for a Third Stephen Leacock Medal!
Arthur Black, former host of the national CBC Radio show Basic Black, has just been honoured with an award nomination for his national bestseller Black & White And Read All Over. This laugh-out-loud collection of essays has been shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, which comes with a silver medal and $10,000 prize for the author and recognizes the best Canadian humour book of the year.
In Black & White And Read All Over, Arthur Black shows why he has already won two Stephen Leacock Medals for previous books. The beloved radio personality and newspaper columnist tackles a range of subjects from Sasquatch hunters to nose jobs to the legalization of pot. Known for his delight in the bizarre and derision of the absurd, Black holds nothing back as he comments on the caprices of a society in which people can leave a legacy by naming bugs after themselves, coffee beans initially "processed" by small Indonesian marsupials sell for $110 US a pound in San Francisco, and gambling and fitness machines have combined so "all those casino addicts steadfastly clutching the plastic buckets of quarters and loonies now have a chance to lose pounds as they lose their money." Black's irrepressible sense of humour, his unapologetic descriptions of the foibles of humanity and his delight in the bizarre shine through in this entertaining compilation that will keep you laughing until you'll want to read it all over—again.
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal was created in 1946 in memory of Stephen Leacock, the world-famous Canadian humorist and educator. Presented annually by the Stephen Leacock Association, the memorial medal is cast in silver and was designed by Canadian sculptor Emmanuel Hahn. The cash award of $10,000 is donated by the TD Financial Group. The winner will be announced at a luncheon at the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia, Ontario on April 20, 2005, and the award itself will be presented at a dinner at Geneva Park in Orillia on June 11, 2005.


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Q: How to install x11vnc in offline mode? I am trying to install x11vnc on linux machine which doesn't have internet on it.So i won't able to install using sudo apt-get install x11vnc command. Can someone please help me install x11vnc with all the required dependencies using offline mode?
I tried installing with .tar.gz file but i am getting below error when tried ./configure command.
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

A: If there is truly no way to connect this machine to the internet, you will have to go through the painstaking process of
(assuming you're running Debian or a Debian-based OS)

*

*Looking up the dependencies (link is for Debian)

*Downloading their .deb (use search bar to look up the dependence packages)

*Transferring the packages to the offline machine

*Manually running sudo dpkg -i pckg-name on them in the correct order, starting from dependencies and their dependencies then working up to x11vnc

A: STEP 1:
On some other online system first download all packages and requirements. Preferably the system will be the same distro and version as the offline host.
To download all required packages you could do something like this:
$ sudo apt update
$ mkdir x11vnc; cd $_
$ for i in $(apt-cache depends --recurse  --no-suggests --no-conflicts --no-recommends --no-breaks --no-replaces --no-enhances x11vnc | grep "^\w"); do apt download $i; done

The above will download all required packages into the x11vnc directory.
STEP 2:
Copy the entire x11vnc to your offline system. On my test run this was exactly:
$ du -sh x11vnc
21M     x11vnc

Just for an illustration this is what the content of the x11vnc directory might look like:
~/x11vnc$ ls

cdebconf_0.250ubuntu2_amd64.deb              libc6_2.30-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb                libgpg-error0_1.36-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb        libselinux1_3.0-1_amd64.deb            libxcb1_1.13.1-3build1_amd64.deb         perl-base_5.30.0-9_amd64.deb
coreutils_8.30-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb            libcap2_1%3a2.27-1_amd64.deb                 libhogweed5_3.5.1+really3.5.1-2_amd64.deb    libslang2_2.3.2-4_amd64.deb            libxdamage1_1%3a1.1.5-1_amd64.deb        sensible-utils_0.0.12+nmu1_all.deb
debconf_1.5.73_all.deb                       libdb5.3_5.3.28+dfsg1-0.6ubuntu1_amd64.deb   libidn2-0_2.2.0-2_amd64.deb                  libssl1.1_1.1.1d-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb    libxdmcp6_1%3a1.1.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb   tar_1.30+dfsg-6_amd64.deb
dpkg_1.19.7ubuntu2_amd64.deb                 libdbus-1-3_1.12.16-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb       libjpeg8_8c-2ubuntu8_amd64.deb               libsystemd0_244.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb   libxext6_2%3a1.3.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb    tcl8.6_8.6.10+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
fontconfig-config_2.13.1-2ubuntu2_all.deb    libdebian-installer4_0.110ubuntu3_amd64.deb  libjpeg-turbo8_2.0.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb      libtasn1-6_4.15.0-2_amd64.deb          libxfixes3_1%3a5.0.3-1_amd64.deb         tcl_8.6.9+1_amd64.deb
fonts-dejavu-core_2.37-1_all.deb             libelogind0_241.3-1+debian2_amd64.deb        liblz4-1_1.9.2-2_amd64.deb                   libtcl8.6_8.6.10+dfsg-1_amd64.deb      libxft2_2.3.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb         tk8.6_8.6.10-1_amd64.deb
fonts-liberation_1%3a1.07.4-10_all.deb       libexpat1_2.2.9-1_amd64.deb                  liblzma5_5.2.4-1_amd64.deb                   libtextwrap1_0.1-14.2_amd64.deb        libxi6_2%3a1.7.10-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb     tk_8.6.9+1_amd64.deb
gcc-10-base_10-20200202-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb   libffi7_3.3-3_amd64.deb                      liblzo2-2_2.10-2_amd64.deb                   libtk8.6_8.6.10-1_amd64.deb            libxinerama1_2%3a1.1.4-2_amd64.deb       ttf-bitstream-vera_1.10-8_all.deb
libacl1_2.2.53-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb            libfontconfig1_2.13.1-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb     libnettle7_3.5.1+really3.5.1-2_amd64.deb     libunistring2_0.9.10-2_amd64.deb       libxrandr2_2%3a1.5.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb  tzdata_2019c-3_all.deb
libattr1_1%3a2.4.48-5_amd64.deb              libfreetype6_2.10.1-2_amd64.deb              libnewt0.52_0.52.21-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb       libuuid1_2.34-0.1ubuntu5_amd64.deb     libxrender1_1%3a0.9.10-1_amd64.deb       ucf_3.0038+nmu1_all.deb
libavahi-client3_0.7-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb      libgcc1_1%3a10-20200202-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb   libp11-kit0_0.23.19-2_amd64.deb              libvncclient1_0.9.12+dfsg-8_amd64.deb  libxss1_1%3a1.2.3-1_amd64.deb            x11-common_1%3a7.7+19ubuntu13_all.deb
libavahi-common3_0.7-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb      libgcc-s1_10-20200202-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb     libpcre2-8-0_10.34-7_amd64.deb               libvncserver1_0.9.12+dfsg-8_amd64.deb  libxtst6_2%3a1.2.3-1_amd64.deb           x11vnc_0.9.16-3_amd64.deb
libavahi-common-data_0.7-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb  libgcrypt20_1.8.5-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb         libpng16-16_1.6.37-1_amd64.deb               libx11-6_2%3a1.6.8-1_amd64.deb         libzstd1_1.4.4+dfsg-1_amd64.deb          zlib1g_1%3a1.2.11.dfsg-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
libbsd0_0.10.0-1_amd64.deb                   libgmp10_2%3a6.1.2+dfsg-4_amd64.deb          libsasl2-2_2.1.27+dfsg-2_amd64.deb           libx11-data_2%3a1.6.8-1_all.deb        lsb-base_11.1.0ubuntu2_all.deb
libbz2-1.0_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb                 libgnutls30_3.6.11.1-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb      libsasl2-modules-db_2.1.27+dfsg-2_amd64.deb  libxau6_1%3a1.0.9-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb   openssl_1.1.1d-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb

STEP 3:
On the offline system enter the x11vnc directory you just copied and execute:
$ sudo dpkg -i *

This should install all packages including dependencies as well as the x11vnc package. Note: you might encounter some errors as some of the packages might already be installed etc.

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Take This roasted garam masala in a grinder jar along with 2ts of coriander powder +3ts of til/sesame/nuvvulu + Coconut powder 1ts and grind the mixture to a fine powder.
clean and wash the chicken drumsticks and make 3-4 deep cuts on each side of the drumstick so that they get perfectly marinated.
Now prepare the marination mixture with the above stated ingredients and drop the chicken pieces in the marination and allow them to marinate for 2-3hrs in a refrigerator.
Remove them from the refrigerator, and let them come down to room temperature.
Now take a skillet and heat 3-4 ts of butter/ ghee/ olive oil/ vegetable oil and add the marinated chicken pieces to the oil and cook them by closing the lid.
Cook by turning the pieces like this for about 15-20 min, until the chicken is half cooked.
Now add onions and cook them until they turn transparent, after the onions are done add tomatos and cook until they become mushy.
Add the above mentioned curry masala + ginger & garlic and also remaining marinated gravy and mix well, add water if required check for the taste add chili powder and salt if required.
Cook for few more minutes under simmer by closing the lid.
Now finally garnish with cilantro and the curry is ready to serve.
Enjoy this with Bagara/ white rice.
I like this recipe, and I note, you haven't used any cumin.. What Tanduri masala brand have you used? Anyway , I shall use your recipe and method without the tanduri masla to start with and will use next time.
Looks so inviting.. I believe you would be very happy on getting it right the first time..
Slurp,fingerlicking masala chicken drumsticks, soooo tempting..
Mouth watering chicken dish, yummy!
Thank you all for the wonderful comments!!!!
Wow! It looks like a delicious dish! A must try for me.


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Home » Psychology » "In A Heartbeat": A Wonderful Short Film About Two Boys in Love
"In A Heartbeat": A Wonderful Short Film About Two Boys in Love
What's the Mere Exposure Effect?
Health and Unemployment - A Relationship
Spiral Curriculum - What Is It?
"In a Heartbeat" is the title of a silent short film that's been a total hit on social media. That's because of how simply and accurately it shows the beginnings of love between two preteen, or teenage boys.
The video beautifully shows how one blushes when he sees the other, and how other people's looks move past what seems to be happening but isn't definite yet.
The key to its success is in how it boldly presents society with homosexual love at an early, complicated time. A time when interests start to bloom and kids still don't know where these intense feelings are coming from.
In a Heartbeat: Clarifying what "homosexual" doesn't mean
We live in a very tolerant society. But it's not that way with smaller groups since there's already a dominant model of sexuality. While we're tolerant of heterosexuality at a certain age, society isn't yet with homosexuality or teenage sexuality.
That means we're restrictive in ways while we're very expressive in others. All of this within what we consider an acceptable form of sexuality.
The problem is that there's too much ambiguity. We're not going to go into all the clarifications society needs to understand about sexuality, but it's important to clarify that sexual orientation:
Means recognizing and accepting you feel attracted to specific things surrounding the object of desire.
Means defining oneself around a socio-sexual category.
Shouldn't be limited to or confused with sexual behaviors.
Has multiple aspects: sexual attraction, erotic fantasies, sexual behaviors, emotional bonding…
That's why we want to knock down the myths. WHAT BEING HOMOSEXUAL DOESN'T MEAN:
That, in all cases, one feels attraction (desire, fantasies, emotions, behaviors…) EXCLUSIVELY towards people of the same sex.
That one ALWAYS feels attraction towards people of the same sex.
Confusion and society
Someone with an identity and orientation distinct from the heterosexuality normalized within the dominant gender binary (man-woman), may become sensitive about their feelings of attraction.
Then comes doubt, insecurity, fear… It's a time of confusion that they, their environment, and the society at large, should process naturally.
That's why things like "In a Heartbeat" help people understand and validate the feelings inside. Feelings that they don't always know how to think about.
Why? Because the little film normalizes love and attraction no matter towards who, no matter the sexual orientation.
In the majority of cases, years go by before a person accepts their own sexual orientation. This happens with the normalization of emotions, thoughts, and behaviors tied to sexuality.
But time by itself isn't enough. There are also several barriers that make an appropriate transition harder.
In a Heartbeat: the difficulty of being homosexual and a kid
These barriers come up because they don't come up in social learning. Most people of heterosexual orientation know how sexual behaviors between men and women usually go. But could we say the same about man-man, or woman-woman relationships?
This is evidence of how people with a homosexual orientation have to start at zero. Meaning, they have to turn to "special places" to explore their sexuality.
In fact, the existence of these places means there's a restriction of public affection or sexual behaviors that aren't traditionally accepted.
Socio-familiar tensions are an erupting volcano where people constantly spit out negative words and behaviors. It's often the root of sexual repression, undermining the person in a way that destroys their growth.
Unfortunately the making and success of "In a Heartbeat" is news. It's because there are still parts of society that don't understand or tolerate different kinds of sexual attraction. All they know is what's traditionally accepted: man-woman.
That's why it's so important for us to spread this information. Because when it comes to sexuality there's still a lot to understand and huge battles to fight.
Teen Self-Esteem: A Challenge For Parents
Menopause: A Natural Phase in Every Woman's Life
There comes a time in every woman's life in which maturity comes knocking. And menopause is the hand which turns the knob and lets it in. Thus, we're talking about a very important physiological moment with such transcendence that it…
The Value of Being Optimistic
We've always heard that being optimistic helps us be more successful in life. However, it's possible that we haven't received many logical answers to why this is. Or we might not be clear on exactly how to be optimistic. In recent years,…
Life is Constantly Changing
Life is a wonderful journey that's constantly changing. Everything has a beginning and an end, and things that were there yesterday might vanish tomorrow. Accepting this reality allows us to live in the here and now more peacefully, enjoying the things we have…
Are Love and Infatuation Two Sides of the Same Coin?
"It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love." David Levithan wrote that in his book, Everyday. Could he have meant there is a difference between…
Secrets Shared in Confidence Should Be Safe from Gossips
Gossips are everywhere. They dress up in sheep's clothing and feed on rumors as if their lives depended on it. They have that flock mentality, finding pleasure in other people's shortcomings. And they enjoy violating trust and telling stories behind…
Learning to Love in Balanced and Healthy Relationships
Two strangers pass each other on a train. Their eyes meet, and the magic is instantaneous. But a series of misfortunes separates them. Their families are at odds with one another. They find jobs in different cities. But, in the…


Antony is a Royal Designer for Industry. He is a member of the British Team of Designers who won the Golden Triga at the 2003 Prague Quadrennale for Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Bregenz Festival, and in 1991 for the 1989 Royal Shakesepeare Company Hamlet which starred Mark Rylance. He was also the winner of the Set Designer Award at the International Opera Awards 2013.
His opera direction and design includes Thomas Adès's Powder Her Face (NI Opera), Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre, Japan), Dvořák's Rusalka (Scottish Opera), Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Opéra national du Rhin), Wagner's Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera/Polish National Opera/ Greek National Opera), Gerald Barry's The Importance of Being Earnest (Wide Open Opera/NI Opera), Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges (Bolshoi Opera), Wagner's Ring Cycle, Massenet's Manon, and Tippett's King Priam (Nationale Reisopera, Netherlands), Jerry Bock's Fiddler on the Roof, Bernstein's Wonderful Town, Dvořák's Rusalka and Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades (Grange Park Opera), Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (Opera North), Tippett's The Knot Garden, Verdi's Aida and Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila (Scottish Opera).
His design work includes Verdi's Macbeth (Theater St Gallen), Mozart's La finta giardiniera (Glyndebourne Festival), Ein Reigen (Vienna State Ballet), Janáček's The Makropolus Case (Oper Frankfurt), Britten's Billy Budd (Oper Frankfurt/Nationale Opera, Netherlands/ Gothenburg Opera), Prokofiev's The Gambler (Royal Opera, London) and Alice, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker (Scottish Ballet).
He makes his Irish National Opera debut with Thomas Adès's Powder Her Face.


Welcome to the Electronic Music Studios at the University of California, Santa Cruz.This web site contains a collection of essays and technical articles about the art and practice of electronic music. They have been written over the last twenty years as supplemental materials to my courses in studio composition. The essays cover basic issues-- they will not replace your equipment and software manuals,but will provide information that the manuals take for granted.
[EMS Master Index] The Master Index is a complete and up to date listing of all documents resident on our server. If you have a specific area of interest you might want to try here first.
[Netscape is Not Necessary. Neither is Explorer] This website was designed to be used with any browser, including those accessible to the blind and visually impaired.The content is rather plain to keep loading time to a minimum. You won't get any cookies either.
We would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have about this project. Send Email to elsea@cats.ucsc.edu.
Check out a QuickTime clip of a performance done by one of our students.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to elsea@cats.ucsc.edu.


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Survivor Winner Richard Hatch Blames CBS for His Tax Woes
zAs previously noted (here and here), Richard Hatch, the winner of the first CBS Survivor reality show, recently backed out of an agreement to plead guilty to two counts of income tax evasion for failing to report the $1 million prize he received from the show. In press reports yesterday, Hatch claimed that it was CBS's fault for not withholding taxes on the prize. A CBS spokesperson responded:
"Richard Hatch was well aware of his obligation to pay taxes on his Survivor prize money. His argument against CBS wouldn't hold up in tribal council, much less court."
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Home Don't Miss How to Succeed in Business
The Hermiston Chamber of Commerce will host Chamber 101 on May 1. The workshop provides attendees with information on how the chamber can help local businesses grow and thrive.
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[quote style="2″]But You Really Do Have to Try – And the Chamber Is Here to Help[/quote]
Every single business owner, regardless of what product or service he or she has to offer, has one common goal – to be successful.
The odds, however, can seem stacked against success, particularly for start-ups. According to a study by the Small Business Administration, less than half of all new businesses are still operating within five years. Surviving, let alone thriving, in a business environment where competition can be stiff and the economy is less than robust can be a daunting challenge. A good business model and a willingness to work long, hard hours aren't always enough. Sometimes, like the song says, you need a little help from your friends.
One of the best friends a local business can have is the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is "to create and promote an environment in which current and future businesses thrive and where our members connect for the benefit of the community."
But simply becoming a member of the chamber is not enough to help a business succeed. The chamber offers a variety of services to help its members, but it's up to the individual business to take advantage of them. On Thursday, the chamber held a one-hour class, Chamber 101, which outlined the benefits it offers to its 408 members. The classes are offered semi-regularly by the chamber.
"I really believe the chamber can do a lot of things for your business," said Chamber President Phil Hamm. "But you can do a lot for yourself by taking advantage of what we offer."
But before you can take advantage of the chamber's services, you have to join, and the chamber offers six different levels of membership ranging from Bronze to Premiere. Each level comes with its own set of benefits. The biggest benefits, available to all members regardless of membership level, are the networking opportunities. The chamber holds events several times each month designed to bring business people together. These include:
•	Business to Business Luncheons – Held every month, the luncheons feature guest speakers and a catered lunch. At each event a chamber member is spotlighted, new members are introduced and business cards are exchanged.
•	Alive After 5 – A monthly evening event hosted at a chamber member's business. The business owner or manager has the opportunity to showcase their business and what they have to offer.
•	Morning Perk – Similar to Alive After 5, but takes place in the morning.
•	Ribbon Cuttings & Grand Openings – Have a new business, remodeled or re-located? This is your chance to invite the public and get the word out.
Marilyn Thomson, right, talks about the networking opportunities offered by the chamber.
"And bring your business cards," said Marilyn Thomson, chamber membership director. Thomson said when she was in business for herself, she would go to every chamber event, pass out her cards, introduce herself and ask for everyone else's cards. She would then follow up by calling the people whose cards she received and establishing business relationships.
"In four years, I was able to sell my business and play golf every day," she said. "It really works. Let them know what you can do for them. This applies to every single business. I can't think of a single business where this wouldn't work." Hamm agreed.
"If I had a business that was selling something, I'd be at every chamber function and passing out my card," he said. "Let people know who you are and what you do."
Along with networking, the chamber offers tools to promote your business. All members can submit items about their business for publication in the chamber's electronic newsletter sent out weekly to more than 800 readers. Gold members and above can have ads placed in the e-letters. Businesses can also post information on the chamber's Facebook page that reaches more than 1,000 chamber fans.
Chamber members also get listed in the chamber's annual directory as well as its website and every new member will have their business name displayed on the chamber's reader board for one week. Chamber members can also have their promotional materials displayed in the chamber lobby.
"It's just amazing," Thomson said. "People come in and browse and leave with business cards and pamphlets."
Chamber Executive Director Debbie Pedro said that, on average, 5,000 people come into the chamber every month. That's serious exposure for any business. Pedro added that between 600 and 800 people attend events at the conference center every weekend, further increasing the number of eyes that will see a business' promotional material.
The chamber also offers business referrals for chamber members only.
"About 50 to 100 people a day contact the chamber for a referral for one business or another," Pedro said. Silver members and above can have their materials, such as brochures, menus and coupons, included in the chamber's re-location packets.
"A lot of companies recruiting new employees come in and get 10 or 20 or more packets a time," she said.
Every member has his or her own reason for joining the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce. Pedro said some do so just to support the chamber.
"But a lot of other chamber members really do need us to help grow their business," she said. The biggest lesson learned from Chamber 101 was this: A toolbox is only helpful if the box is opened and the tools are put to good use.
"If you do take advantage of what we have to offer," said Thomson, "you will be a successful business."
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Kosmos 726, sovjetski vojni navigacijski i komunikacijski satelit iz programa Kosmos. Vrste je Parus.

Lansiran je 11. travnja 1975. godine u 07:57 s kozmodroma Pljesecka, s mjesta 132/1. Lansiran je u nisku orbitu oko planeta Zemlje raketom nosačem Kosmos-3M 11K65M. Orbita mu je 958 km u perigeju i 995 km u apogeju. Orbitne inklinacije je 82,99°. Spacetrackov kataloški broj je 7736 COSPARova oznaka je 1975-028A. Zemlju obilazi u 104,93 minute.

Iz misije je ostao još jedan dio koji je ostao kružiti u niskoj orbiti.

Izvori
А.Железняков. Энциклопедия "Космонавтика". Хроника освоения космоса. 1975 год. (rus.)
Heavens-above (engl.)
NASA (engl.)
Planet4589.org Tablični prikaz podataka o satelitima (engl.)
N2YO Satellite Database - Tehnical Details - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions (engl.)
Gunter's Space Page Parus (GLONASS-M, 11F627) (engl.)
Planet4589.org Tablični prikaz lansiranja (engl.)

Vanjske poveznice
N2YO.com Search Satellite Database (engl.)
Celes Trak SATCAT Format Documentation (engl.)
Kunstman Satellites in Orbit (engl.)

Sateliti Kosmos

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Wadsworth linebacker Mason McMillen has been named as Co-Defensive Player of the Year in Division Two when the All-Northeast Inland team was announced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
Joining Mason on the first team were teammates linebacker Jack Grice and defensive back Alec Miller.
Wadsworth players being named to the All-Northeast Inland second team were quarterback Trey Shaffer, running backs Brock Snowball and Dom Loparo, defensive back Jack Herbert and wide receiver Carson Risher.
Named honorable mention were defensive back Brett Randolph and offensive linemen Logan Egleston and Matt Gabel.


We know 3DS is still young, but it's time for developers to harness this system's potential.
Nintendo's latest portable system, the 3DS, is capable of some wonderful things, from glasses free 3D to motion control via the built-in gyroscope, as we've seen in the critically acclaimed smash hit, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
That said, video game developers have yet to take advantage of what the handheld has to offer. As a result, some of its best features feel more like parlor tricks and fun distractions, instead of tech that'll push the industry to new heights.
With this in mind, here's a short list of things that remain underutilized.
Thanks to the portable's front and forward facing cameras, designers can superimpose virtual objects into the real world, giving players the opportunity to put classic Nintendo characters like Mario and Link in their living rooms.
Nintendo got off to a good start by including a set of AR cards with each 3DS, but that's about the extent of it. We're still waiting for a dedicated and fun augmented reality video game. Shooting that dragon got old quickly.
We've ran (in place) while holding our 3DS systems to earn hundreds of Play Coins, yet there's little to spend them on. Hey Nintendo, this money's burning a hole in our virtual pockets.
We'll probably catch a little flak for this one, but come on. Thus far, StreetPass has been all about having wireless (and unseen) battles with passersby. This can't be the extent of it, right? We hope not.


Advice that works in Alzheimer's care, dementia care and for dementia professionals.
Learn more about Alzheimer's, dementia, and memory tests.
Learn more about the role of reassurance, end of life issues, and dementia care.
Learn more about how to get a person living with dementia to take a shower or bath; and, how to better understand your loved one.
Learn about the importance of touch and tactile communication in dementia care; and, how to connect and communicate with a person living with Alzheimer's.
After he retired from his life of white shirts and ties, he wore a full rainbow of golf shirts and owned more cardigans than Mister Rogers. But if you'd met him late in his dementia, you'd invariably see him in a stained plaid shirt and baggy, wrinkled gray trousers -- day after day after day.
One of the things that can be really hurtful to caregivers is the ability of their loved one living with dementia to change behavior like a chameleon changes colors. This can be embarrassing, frustrating, and disconcerting. Also read about how dementia can alter relationships in families.
The simple fact is many Alzheimer's patients don't like water because they no longer perceive water in the way that you and I do.
Alzheimer's and dementia patients often eat less, and have difficulty eating, because of problems like chewing, swallowing or digesting food. What color is your plate?
While caring for my mother, Dotty, I learned that new problems crop up all the time as dementia patients move through the stages of Alzheimer's. Have problems with the shower, or taking medication? Learn More.
If you are like most dementia caregivers you have problems. And, as Alzheimer's disease progresses new, different and more difficult problems. We have the solutions to many of these problems.


This is it! This centrally located and spacious 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom townhouse in Sundance is located in one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in South Surrey. Full of updates including white shaker style cabinetry, an oversized custom island with extra seating and storage, custom wainscoting and upgraded lighting to make this home one of a kind! The chef's kitchen and open concept layout is perfect for hosting guests and entertaining. Bonus flex space in the basement makes for the perfect play room, theatre or study area for the kids. The walk out back yard is also a bonus for the kids or dog. Rosemary Heights/Earl Marriott Catchment Tons of attention to detail in this home - don't miss it!


Following a Vatican-sponsored Sustainability Summit, the Pope reminded Christians of their duty to protect God's creation, and warned of dire consequences of avoiding this responsibility.
Architect Shigeru Ban won the 2014 Pritzker Prize – called the Nobel of architecture – for his unique use of local and reusable materials.
Earth Day 2014 will focus on how to make cities– which now house the majority of the world's population– greener.
A short film vividly captures the essential unhappy truth of the human condition, and what we can do to overcome it.


My new side-project "PasOpenVR" OpenVR-based Virtual Reality with Object Pascal, compatible with Delphi >= 10.2 and FreePascal >= 3.0.4.
First working versions of TpvGUIColorWheel and TpvGUIColorPicker in the PasVulkan GUI subframework, where the whole triangle color wheel is rendered by the GPU itself only with two GPU-triangles with help of fragment-shader-side 2D signed-distance-field-stuff, and where it can be also controlled purely with the keyboard.
First working version of TpvGUIVulkanCanvas in the PasVulkan GUI subframework, it works completely without render-to-texture tricks, so it is rendered directly to the final framebuffer, but which is a bit tricky with the two-pass front-to-back-opaque and back-to-front transparent GUI rendering strategy, so it is a three-pass GUI rendering strategy here, with a third back-to-front opaque VulkanCanvas render pass as "first" pass.
Admittedly, the Vulkan API calls could potentially be further optimized and merged.
PasVulkan GUI subframework Mali T760 MP8 non-working-fragment-discarding issue is workarounded with VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR now.
So it seems, that I could make PasVulkan maybe also compatible for macOS/iOS in the near future now, with that new Vulkan portability subset. which is another reason for the PasVulkan GUI subframework as a future cross-platform VCL/LCL/FireMonkey UI framework alternative (including Windows, Linux, Android, and so on), even if without a RAD WYSIWYG UI editor, at least for the first time, because the PasVulkan GUI subframework is rather modelled after the Java Swing & Android UI component model concepts, than after the VCL/LCL/FireMonkey concepts.


The changes that persist continuously around us are the normal results of your time passes. however this doesn't mean that we can not feel at once. At the time when we lived in a completely different way, when our concepts were very simple and our perspective was very much confused, There was no other way than this.
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Павел Бокша ТІ, варіант прізвища Бокса (; 1552, Слуцьк — 4 вересня 1627, Вільно) — церковний діяч Речі Посполитої, священник-єзуїт, богослов, педагог, ректор Віленської єзуїтської академії і університету в 1599—1602 роках, провінціал Литовської провінції єзуїтів (1608—1614).

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Народився 1552 року в Слуцьку. Син Петра і Ядвіги Сераковської. Вступив до Товариства Ісуса 20 листопада 1575 року на новіціят в Римі і там здобув богословську освіту. Був настоятелем у Кракові (1581—1582), професором гебрейської мови у Вільні (1582), віце-ректором Віленської академії (1582—1585), секретарем і заступником провінціала 1585—1595, проповідником у Познані (1596—1597). У 1597—1599 роках — ректор Браунсберзької колегії єзуїтів, а в 1599—1602 роках ректор Віленської академії і університету Товариства Ісуса. Віце-провінціал (1601—1608) і провінціал (1608—1614) Литовської провінції єзуїтів, препозит дому професів у Вільні (1614—1622).

Досконалий організатор, мав великий вплив на відокремлення Литовської провінції єзуїтів від Польської провінції, а потім і на її розвиток. Впивав також на мистецьку діяльність польських і литовських єзуїтів. Був делегатом на VI (1608) і VII (1615—1616) Генеральних Конрегаціях єзуїтів у Римі.

Помер у Вільні 4 вересня 1627 року.

Джерела
 Encyklopedia wiedzy o jezuitach na ziemiach Polski i Litwy 1564—1995, Oprac. Ludwik Grzebień i inni. — Kraków 2004. — S. 55-56.

Польські єзуїти
Білоруські єзуїти
Литовські єзуїти
Персоналії:Рим
Персоналії:Краків
Персоналії:Познань
Персоналії:Бранево
Ректори Вільнюського університету
Уродженці Слуцька
Померли у Вільнюсі


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is a railway station located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hisatsu Orange Railway. The station opened on November 21, 1896.

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Kyushu Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
Hisatsu Line
Hisatsu Orange Railway
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line

Platforms

Adjacent stations

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

External links

 Hisatsu Orange Railway website

Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896
Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway


There is "no evidence" that wind turbines or manmade structures caused the death of North Sea sperm whales, according to a chief veterinary surgeon.
An international investigation found "no manmade trauma" was responsible for the death of 27 whales killed in 2016.
The report by Utrecht University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine concluded that the deaths "most probably occurred due to several complex environmental factors", rather than one single cause.
According to the report, the 27 whales became stranded across five countries over a period of six weeks in early 2016, after entering the southern North Sea.
The investigation invented scientists from across Europe to consult on the whales, including the Zoological Society of London.
Lead author Lonneke IJsseldijk, from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University, the Netherlands said:"We found no evidence of manmade trauma due to entanglement or ship-strike, nor was there evidence of significant levels of chemical pollution.
The report found issues such as the whales being unable to feed in the southern North Sea as more likely causes of death.
Ms IJsseldijk said there was a high possibility the whales became stranded in an "acoustic dead zone".


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Q: Install OneNote 2016 on Windows 10 I have Windows 10 with OneNote pre-installed, but it's a very lightweight version of the real OneNote 2016.
How can I install OneNote 2016? If I go to www.onenote.com to install the full version, it says that OneNote was already shipped with Windows 10.
I have read that there is a difference between OneNote and OneNote 2016 (and 2010, 2013, etc.), and in the lightweight version, it seems I cannot insert equations, customize the layout, etc.

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I have read that there is a difference between OneNote and OneNote
  2016 (and 2010, 2013, etc.), and in the lightweight version, it seems
  I cannot insert equations, customize the layout, etc.

There is indeed a difference:

What's the difference between OneNote and OneNote 2016

How can I install OneNote 2016? If I go to www.onenote.com to install
  the full version, it says that OneNote was already shipped with
  Windows 10.

You can download OneNote 2016 at here, despite what the website says, you are eventually sent to the executable download.
Download OneNote 2016

A: Microsoft have further obfuscated the downloading of Office 2016 Onenote.  The only place I could find at Microsoft was here (32-bit) and here (64-bit).  These currently redirect to these download links (though for how long remains to be seen).
https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=OneNoteFreeRetail&platform=x86&language=en-us&version=O16GA&Source=O16ONF and
https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=OneNoteFreeRetail&platform=x64&language=en-us&version=O16GA&Source=O16ONF
These versions of the programs are very keen for you to login to a school/business account - I had to fiddle around to get it working with my personal MS account.
You can also download these from Softpedia, as well as an Office iso from there (although I've not tried that).
Access via the links in other current answers doesn't work for me.
Despite MS's promise to provide the same functionality in the MS Store version of OneNote, there remain significant differences e.g. tags are not fully supported - search is expected next month, and it looks as though the facility to save to local filestore will never appear.

A: Microsoft has hidden the download link somewhat recently, which could mean, that this version will not be there forever. But as for now you still find it here:
http://www.onenote.com/download
Ignore the big message which says that you already have OneNote installed.
Scroll down to <<Also available on>>
Click on the link "Windows Desktop" in this section to download the installer.


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THE DARK CRYSTAL is Back in a New Netflix Series!
by Alan Kistler | May 20, 2017 | News, TV
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Lin-Manuel Miranda made a name for himself with his musical In the Heights, but then blew Broadway and the world at large away with his brilliant musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton. Since then, Miranda has worked on music for Star Wars: The...
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Stan Buck didn't win a lot of fans over when he took over as showrunner for the series Dexter, and his co-writing the series finale didn't help considering how widely hated that episode became. His turn as showrunner on Netflix's Iron Fist resulted...
DOCTOR WHO is Back and Season 10 Looks Strong
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The Doctor has been on a break for a while. Doctor Who season 9 in 2015 took a toll on him. He was reunited with his people the Time Lords only to see that, just like in the old days, those in power would prefer to see him dead. He lost his traveling companion Clara,...
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Q: How to generate an ssh key for logging into a server without a password I have used servers on amazon AWS where they send me a public key .pem file and when I ssh in, all I have to do is:
ssh -i key.pem user@server

I now have a server of my own and am trying to figure out how I can do this with my server so I can automate commands to my server via ssh.
I imagine that I need to generate this key on my server and copy it to my client machine.  How do I generate this key?

A: On the client machine you wish to login from, run ssh-keygen.  For a quick and easy key, just hit enter on all of the questions.  This will create a key pair in ~/.ssh.  Specifically, ~/.ssh/id_rsa is your private key (keep this one safe), and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub is your public key (okay to distribute).
Copy your public key (~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) onto the server that you wish to login to (e.g. scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub me@myserver:.  On the server, run cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys.  To make sure that it has the correct permissions, you can run chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.  Also, you can now delete the id_rsa.pub file that you copied over.
That's it!  You should have password-less login from client to server.  You must repeat the process with client and server swapped if you want password-less login from server to client.
Notes:

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*If the ~/.ssh directory does not exist on your server, the best way to create it is to ssh from the server to some other machine (e.g. the client).  This will ensure that it has the correct permissions.

*If you are paranoid about someone getting access to the client, you can password protect the key (one of the prompts when running ssh-keygen), but then you will have to enter that password every time you log in.  The solution to this problem is to use ssh-agent.


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Supervisors might spike three-city homeless…
Supervisors might spike three-city homeless shelter plan in favor of a single facility in Irvine
A homeless encampment fills a plaza at the Civic Center in Santa Ana. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Jordan Graham | jgraham@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2018 at 8:22 pm | UPDATED: March 23, 2018 at 10:47 am
Facing the ire of residents of Laguna Niguel, Huntington Beach and Irvine, at least two county supervisors said Thursday they want to change a plan to put temporary homeless shelters in all three cities.
Supervisors Lisa Bartlett and Michelle Steel – who represent districts that include Laguna Niguel and Huntington Beach respectively — will introduce an item at the Tuesday, March 27, board meeting to reverse the three-city homeless plan. But Bartlett also proposed a plan to place a single 400-bed homeless camp in Irvine, though it's unclear when the board might consider that option.
The proposals come days after supervisors voted to spend more than $70 million on permanent housing for the county's growing homeless population and to establish the three temporary shelters in the interim.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said during a Thursday court hearing that he won't constrain the county to the three locations proposed in that plan. But he reiterated his desire to see officials create emergency shelters throughout Orange County, noting that many communities have pushed homeless people into Santa Ana and Anaheim.
"If Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel sites are not appropriate, certainly it's not my position to say" what's the proper location, said Carter, who's overseeing a lawsuit from seven homeless plaintiffs suing the county over its efforts to clear several hundred people from a former tent city on the Santa Ana River.
But Carter also told supervisors to "please try to find the emergency shelters… on a proportional basis."
Carter has said the county needs to have enough shelter space to house the former riverbed inhabitants who were moved to motels in February. Those people have been staying in motels on 30-day vouchers provided by the county, and those vouchers recently began to expire. The judge also told the county it needs to find shelter for the homeless who continue to congregate at and near the Santa Ana Civic Center.
County staff did not provide information about how many of the nearly 700 homeless people moved into motels still need to be sheltered. Officials have insisted the county has enough capacity for those people at existing homeless shelters, though attorneys for the homeless disagree.
On Thursday, Bartlett asked Carter for judicial relief to suspend the development of temporary homeless shelters. She said the proposed Laguna Niguel location is too close to schools and the Huntington Beach site is on a landfill that poses potential health hazards.
Carter said it would be OK if the county moved more leisurely in relocating the Civic Center homeless. And, acknowledging the recent public backlash, Carter called an April 3 court hearing, inviting mayors and city managers from across the county to exchange ideas on how to solve the homeless problem.
On Tuesday, two days after learning that the county might put temporary homeless camps on county land in their cities, hundreds of residents protested at council meetings in Irvine and Laguna Niguel. Both cities voted to sue the county, and Huntington Beach officials said they're considering a lawsuit.
Supervisor Shawn Nelson told Carter that no community is willing to accept a homeless shelter, and the supervisors' three-city plan was "the best choice among a series of bad choices." But he noted that the Irvine property – 108 acres just south of the Great Park – is zoned for a homeless facility, and that the county listed a homeless shelter as a possible use in a 2003 agreement between the city and county.
Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who has opposed all three locations, said he expects his colleagues to try to stick a 400-bed shelter in Irvine and no other community.
"They can try to push it in a city they don't represent, but it's not good for any city," said Spitzer, whose district includes Irvine.
Anaheim takes first step to turn motel into supportive housing for homeless people
County supervisors approve proposed homeless lawsuit settlement
Buena Park's 150-bed homeless shelter breaks ground, will serve all of north Orange County
Federal judge rejects bid to shut down San Clemente homeless camp
Fullerton moves closer to creating safe parking program for people living in their cars
Carter commended the recent collaboration between county officials and plaintiff's attorneys, but said more compromises will be needed to solve the homeless problem.
"We're going to find out right now how much goodness there is," Carter said.
"If you can't do this now, we're going to end up in endless litigation."
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Jordan Graham
Jordan Graham covers congressional politics and county government for the Orange County Register. He began his career reporting freelance civic and watchdog journalism in his hometown of Chicago before moving westward in 2013. He has previously covered Irvine, the San Fernando Valley and Costa Mesa for the Register. He is a graduate of University of Illinois and Northwestern University. Please email or call him with news tips.
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According to Gurmat, suffering arises through the misidentification of the ego-complex and its attachments, yet the cure also lies with the ego-complex.
Haumai (ego-complex) is the cause of one's suffering; yet required for its cure. (SGGSJ 466).
Gurmat recognises the current age, as the age of ignorance; ignorance of one true essential nature, purpose and meaning in life. This age is dominated by a "consensual collective trance" craving "I" gratification, and in its ignorance using cruelty and injustice to meet its objectives, gradually becoming isolated and separated from Existence and own true self.
However, Gurmat also provides a solution through Symran or Mindfulness of Naam (Presence), which gives rise to Gyan (wisdom-insight), enabling inner-transformation (Isnaan). The practical process prescribed within Gurmat is Naam, dhyan, gyan and Isnaan. Dhyan is another Sanskrit word for mindfulness, or cultivation of awareness, normally of breath or sound (mantra) as Symran.
Symran (Sym-recall, maran-death) is also the remembrance and acceptance of one's mortality. This is yet another key to healing, shifting ones intrinsic goals, engendering humility, change of priorities, experience of present moment, intimacy in relationships, innate sense of gratitude, acceptance and openness or optimism. (SGGSJ 581-582) Simran (skt. Smrti or mindfulness) is also translated as sim (mindful) + maran (death).
Anxieties and fear generated by this encounter with mortality is addressed internally through meditation on Naam (Naam Simran or mindfulness on Naam) and externally through engaging in ethical selfless service (seva) towards existence (SGGSJ 176).
The Presence moment awareness brought about the Symran erases the anxieties around mortality as the recognition of the indefinable all pervasive Presence is experienced as non-dual Oneness, without separation yet acutely aware of the continuous cyclic birth, preservation, death and rebirth in all aspects of existence, from ones breath to the Universe itself.
The process of healing involves the holistic approach to the realisation of the spiritual self. This process involves consciousness experiencing five realms. Ethical living and righteousness or Dharam Khand; Gyan khand (realm of wisdom), Saram khand (effort); Karam khand (grace or synchronicity) and Sach khand (Truth or authentic nature). (SGGSJ 7-8).
Dharam khand is the external sphere, while wisdom, effort and grace are regarded as the tri-dimensional inner sphere as consciousness progress through the tri-dimensional spheres, ones True Nature or original face is realised.
Contentment is achieved through the control of flow of sensory stimuli through dhyan sadhana (general term for meditation).
Gyan sphere requires the person to engage in spiritual dialogue, (Gurbani vichaar) in order to understand the nature of the human condition. Essential to the process of healing and self-realisation, is the company or community one engages in. Gurmat lays great emphasis to seek out Sadh Sangat (community of those seeking self-realisation) and discourages Kasangat, (community of those engrossed in semi-consciousness or maya) (SGGSJ 42).
Sangat (collective of those on the path of self-realisation) provides one with the support, enabling to get a better understanding of one condition and redirects the motivation to make an effort (saram) towards constructively change their life situation. Within the realm of effort, the person puts scriptural and intuitive knowledge into practice. Selfless or egolessness service or sewa help in cultivating new behavioural patterns and also combat the ego-complexes self-centeredness.
Sehaj can be described as an inner balance or harmony devoid of distraction from emotional or mental content, abiding in ones unchanging True nature. The practice of Naam Simran combined with Seva leads to this inner state of balance, of knowing and being.
Knowing and Being are intimately linked. Awareness of certain epistemological truths can only be available in certain epistemological states. Calmness to cognise emptiness (sunn samadh), ultimately these two are one, by Being is to know and being is, intrinsically, aware of being.


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Children's Education Group Urges State to Enforce "Substantially Equivalent" Laws
August 28, 2019 by helpdesk1
Rockland children's education was at the center of a press event at the County Courthouse in New City last week. New York State law requires all non-public schools to offer a general studies curriculum that is "at least substantially equivalent to that of public schools." The group Young Advocates for Fair Education, or YAFFED, has been urging state officials to be more aggressive in enforcing the statute, particularly in Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox communities. Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski says the law needs to be enforced…
Rockland state senator David Carlucci says testing and measuring among all schools can be difficult, but necessary…
One caller to "The Morning Show" yesterday suggested maybe the phrase "substantially equivalent" needs to be better defined…
Rockland County legislator from Ramapo, Aron Weider, has been a vocal critic of the push to enforce state laws in private schools. We reached out to him, but he did not get back to us with any comment.


On the heights of Morne gum a panorama of magnificent with breathtaking 360-degree view allows you to admire the Marin City and its port of pleasure, the Atlantic coast, its Caps, the breaker of the Macabou, Sainte Anne, the tip of the Saltworks, Saint Lucia, the diamond rock and the famous Lady Couchée of Morne Larcher, pitons of the Carbet, Montagne Peleethe mountain of le Vauclin, Holy Spirit dependencies, Morne Sulpice as well as the volcano heartbreaking. To better appreciate the view, with telescopes are made available to the public. You will find also a shop where you can buy souvenirs and tasting of local products. A guided tour will allow you to immerse yourself in the history of the southern peninsula, rich of events since the colonization until our days.


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Sacramento, CA – Phil Angelides, who served as Chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which conducted the nation's official inquiry into the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, today issued the following statement following the passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of S. 2155. That legislation would roll back key financial system safeguards and taxpayer and consumer protections put in place in the wake of the financial crisis. The bill was previously passed by the Senate.
The passage today of legislation by the House of Representatives to roll back key financial reforms put in place in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis will once again put our nation's financial system, economy, and taxpayers at significant risk. Today's action, coupled with Trump's embrace of financial deregulation and his appointment of regulators committed to the deregulatory agenda, will open the door to reckless risk taking on Wall Street to the detriment of families, businesses, and communities across the country.
It is particularly shameful that the House would pass this legislation on the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis that cost millions of Americans their jobs and their homes and wiped away trillions of dollars in household wealth, with all too many families and regions still struggling today from the fall-out of the crisis. Without any compelling public policy rationale – other than the deceptive guise of aiding regional and community banks – this legislation will put us on the road to re-creating the conditions of Wall Street excess and regulatory neglect that the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission concluded led to the 2008 crisis.
Sadly, it appears that the more than $3 billion in campaign spending and lobbying by the financial industry since 2008 has paid off handsomely for the recidivist banks, at great cost to our nation. With Trump's appointments in place and financial deregulation underway, the only missing ingredient for another crisis is Wall Street excess – as sure to come as the sun is to rise.


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Is Muscle Milk Good For You Before Or After A Workout?
November 11, 2020 November 11, 2020 by Your Health Remedy's Staff
CytoSport Muscle Milk is a high-protein meal-replacement supplement that is widely used by endurance athletes and bodybuilders.
In 1998, CytoSport was founded by the son/father of Mike and Greg Pickett as an American manufacturer of sports-oriented supplements or nutritional products, based in Benicia, California.
One scoop provides about 16 grams of protein (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, L-glutamine, L-carnitine, whey peptides, taurine), 150 calories, 6 grams of fat (of which 2g is saturated fat), 9 grams of carbohydrates (2g sugar and 2g fiber), calcium sodium caseinate, plus, other additives are included for texture and flavor, such as – maltodextrin, canola oil, sunflower oil, fatty acids, corn fiber, soy lecithin, and the sweeteners – sucralose, Ace K, and fructose.
In addition, a few products of this company contain heavy metals in quantities that are considered unsafe, according to tests conducted by Consumer Reports in 2010.
The lab testing established that the chocolate version contains lead, cadmium, and arsenic, and the vanilla version contains more than 12 micrograms of lead (lead poisoning may cause severe physical and mental impairment) when three servings were consumed.
This supplement is available as a ready-to-drink shake, powder, and bar, and it is recommended to consume before, during, or after a physical exercise session, or at any time, since is thought to increase speed recovery from physical exercise and strength.
Is Muscle Milk Good For You?
Before 2013, these supplements claimed to contain "healthy fats," however, it contained as much saturated and total fat as Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
In 2013 the company agreed to pay $5.3 million in a class-action lawsuit due to its marketing language using the word "healthy." Looking at the ingredients, you will notice that these supplements are not healthy for humans. Below we present a few detailed reasons:
SEE ALSO: What Are The Side Effects of Aspartame (E951)?
Casein is the most important protein in cow milk, with more than 75 percent of all the amino acids contained in it. It is known as the "slow" protein because is the slowest digesting protein there is, and this is why this protein is not recommended for the meals around your physical exercise session.
Moreover, this protein is known to stimulate the release of IGF-1 – insulin-like growth factor-1. One of the most usual side effects from the use of this hormone is hypoglycemia, a disorder that occurs when the level of blood sugar in your blood drops below normal.
At the moment, it is one of the most popular types of protein used in supplements worldwide. Even if it has some health benefits, there is a lot of controversy regarding its safety.
For instance, from a nutritional point of view, this protein does not have a natural equivalent. Also, a regular intake of this protein may cause acne. Also, lactose (the sugar found in milk) is present in whey protein, and many people will have digestive problems (according to statistics, about more than 50 percent of people have lactose intolerance).
In addition, while there is no conclusive study that whey protein causes kidney stones, it definitely doesn't seem to help prevent them, plus, it can worsen this painful condition if it is already present.
It is an additive that is commonly used to emulsify, thicken, and preserve drinks and foods. Side effects include – intestinal tumors and lacerations as well as substantial laxative effects (because it is made from seaweed).
SEE ALSO: Monocalcium Phosphate In Food – Uses, Vegan, Side Effects, Health Risks
Acesulfame-K
Acesulfame Potassium was discovered in 1967, however, it wasn't approved by the FDA as a general sweetener until 2003. Consuming foods and drinks containing Ace-K can lead to numerous adverse side effects, like – liver complications, headaches, cancerous developments, mental confusion, visual impairment, and some renal diseases.
This supplement requires sodium content as a preservative agent (it contains about 540mg of sodium per shake). An excess of sodium in the diet has a negative effect on our health. For instance, cutting salt intake lowers the risk of strokes or heart attacks, especially in patients with high blood pressure, according to a meta-analysis of 7 studies which was published in the American Journal of Hypertension.
More importantly, if we regularly consume too much sodium, the skin may start to dry out due to dehydration.
One shake has approximately 330 calories. Too many calories can lead to unwanted weight gain because of not enough fat burning and a high-calorie intake. For instance, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, adult men need 2,000 to 3,200 calories a day, and adult women need 1,600 to 2,400. Therefore, having 330 calories just from a single protein shake is probably too much.
It is a mixture of phospholipids which are derived from the processing of soybeans. Even if it has GRAS status, this food additive may not be as safe as food manufacturers make it out to be.
For example, the side effects of consuming foods with soy lecithin include – nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea, increased salivation, and hepatitis. Furthermore, it contains fenistein, a compound that may have an adverse effect on reproduction and fertility. Also, some soy lecithin is made from genetically modified soy.
SEE ALSO: Dextrose vs Maltodextrin – Which Is The Best Post Workout Carb?
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The American Founding Fathers and their Foreign Languages.
On this Fourth of July all Americans celebrate our independence. We know that on this day we recognize the immense wisdom and unlimited courage of a group of men who lived in the same right place at the same right time. Although most of us will spend the better part of the day watching baseball, having a hot dog, and attending some local fireworks tonight, I thought it would be interesting to talk about a little known aspect of the founding fathers' lives: Their knowledge of foreign languages.
It is undisputable that they were all bright, well-educated, and visionary heroes who crafted an idea and implemented a concept never attempted before: a country with no monarch where the people were in charge. We have read about their political, diplomatic, scientific, and military qualities, about how gifted they were. It is time to review their knowledge of foreign languages. George Washington did not speak any other language. No doubt because of his very little formal education and humble beginnings he just spoke English. Abraham Lincoln would fit the same bill. The emancipator was a self-educated attorney with a very modest upbringing and he never learned any foreign languages either. These two American heroes did not travel abroad in their lifetime.
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State under Washington, and our third President spoke English, French, Italian, Latin, and he could read Greek, and Spanish. Benjamin Franklin, America's first diplomat and well-known genius spoke English, French and Italian. Our second President: John Adams spoke English, French and Latin. President James Madison spoke English, Greek, Latin and Hebrew. James Monroe spoke English and French.
Although Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not speak any foreign languages, Hancock, the wealthiest of our founding fathers, and perhaps the most generous, founded a Professorship of Oriental Languages and Hebrew in Massachusetts. All in all, 21 of America's 44 Presidents have known at least a second language, and if you consider that America's first Nobel Peace Prize recipient: President Teddy Roosevelt spoke French and German, then we can say that two out of four Presidents sculpted on Mount Rushmore spoke a foreign language.
This may not be the most relevant aspect of a hero's life, but it is a good way for a linguist to wish all of my friends and colleagues, together with their families, a happy Fourth of July!
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Another well written and informative post. So easy to read.
I recommend offering this as a rebuttal to anyone who thinks that all Americans should just speak English. After all, we can't compete in foreign markets if every citizen is a monoglot.
I happen to be reading Washington's journals. I am only on the first and the time is 1754. He seems to have worked quite extensively with Native American Tribes. In your research of his language fluency, were any of the Native American languages considered?
Dear James, thank you for your comments. Although President Washington had many contacts with several Native American Nations, there are no records indicating he spoke any of their languages. He always communicated through an interpreter, and the notes and speeches to Native Americans that survived to this day talk about learning English as part of Native American education. This suggests he expected them to speak his language. The only record of a president speaking, at least some of a Native American language, is that of president Andrew Jackson who apparently spoke some Choctaw.
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Much of her work, she says, involves putting patients at ease and carefully explaining their options. "Patients can be overwhelmed, especially when it comes to infertility, because perhaps they haven't told a lot of people and it feels like everyone else around them is having kids," she says. "I try to validate these feelings and reassure them; to tell them I will be there for them, that I'm on their team, and that we will towards a solution together."
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She is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Kallen is also highly active with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), previously serving on the executive board as the national Junior Fellow Congress Advisory Council Chair. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that regulate hormone production and fertility, and she is the recipient of the Reproductive Scientist Development Program grant for her work.
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California manufacturers depend on cost-competitive electricity rates to stay in business and grow their operations. Since 2010 California's energy policies have steadily driven up industry's premium to purchase electricity in the state. The annual average in 2010 for the "industrial" rate was 44 percent higher than the national average, growing to a whopping 79 percent higher in 2015. The "commercial" rate that smaller manufacturers tend to pay has also steadily increased. That rate was 49 percent higher than the national average in 2015.
Coupled with data that shows California has attracted no more than two percent of U.S. manufacturing investments since 2010, this information tells us that we must make sure our energy policies take into account their impacts on high-wage manufacturing growth.
California's manufacturers paid 70 percent higher electricity rates than the U.S. average in 2014. What's worse is that our rates have seen a steady incline for the past five years starting at 44 percent higher premium than the U.S. average in 2010.
California has reached a new high in 2014. For the first time we are consistently paying 80 percent more than the national average in industrial electricity rates.
We looked at the most recent third quarter data for 2014 and compared it to each of the third quarters back to 2010. The trend is moving in the wrong direction. Up from 59 percent in 2010, we now pay 84 percent more than the national average.
The chart below shows the trend, and a Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy report -- written up this week by CMTA's Michael Shaw -- lays out an ever important path toward a comprehensive state energy plan for cost effective post-2020 climate change goals.
Affordable and reliable energy is essential to California's economy and the prosperity of our workers. Manufacturers are leading the way in investing in energy efficiency and new energy sources to help us meet future energy demands.
California manufacturers already pay 50 percent higher industrial electricity rates over the rest of the country. Because of a wide range of new energy policies, those rates are increasing for not just us but the rest of the different rate classes from top to bottom. Even our poorest will pay in both higher energy costs, as well as fewer job opportunities. It's not too late to fix this.
It's not just electricity costs of course. All of our energy needs will be more expensive over the coming months and years. The total bill is unknown. The true environmental benefits are not exact.
California can do this though. We simply need thorough analysis so we know which policies provide the biggest benefit for the least cost. This will allow us to prioritize and implement a statewide energy policy that grows our economy, meets our energy goals, and drives our environmental leadership throughout the country.
This is why the Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy coalition took the time this week to pen the following excellent blog response to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) reaction to a preliminary CARE and Navigant Consulting cost assessment study. We agree with CARE and EDF! California needs more analysis to ensure our energy cost effectiveness.
Yesterday, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a critique of Navigant Consulting's whitepaper, "Preliminary Assessment of Regulatory Cost Drivers in California's Energy Market." The CARE Coalition (Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy) agrees with EDF's assessment that the Legislature and state agencies must carefully examine the benefits and costs of our state's energy programs. But CARE would assert there is a void of information regarding the extent of state program impacts, and we believe that additional information is crucial in order for California legislators and regulators to adequately consider implementation of current programs and adoption of any new energy related mandates.
The CARE Coalition is focused on educating Californians about the energy challenges ahead as they relate to protecting an affordable and reliable supply of fuels and electricity. The California Department of Finance recently reported that unemployment increased for the second month in a row to a level of 8.9%, widening the gap with the U.S. unemployment rate of 7.3%. At the same time that unemployment is increasing around the state, communities are being informed about increases in energy costs. The CARE Coalition believes that a full investigation of the state's energy programs is necessary to understand the relationship between job creation and economic growth and rising energy costs.
Another aspect of energy policy that deserves careful examination is to assess the cumulative impact of the broad range of regulatory programs currently being implemented. The groundbreaking nature of many of these programs provides a compelling reason to not only assess the impact of a particular program, but more importantly, determine the impact of all the programs collectively to California consumers and economy.
The Navigant whitepaper encouraged more analysis and an understanding of existing state policies. We highly recommend that the Legislature and state agencies offer more clarity on the obligations of California ratepayers and taxpayers as existing programs are implemented in the coming months and years. CARE believes that there will be significant impacts on California energy users that cannot be avoided without a coherent strategy that organizes and prioritizes energy actions ahead.
"Californians are informed about the state's march towards being an environmental trailblazer. Unfortunately, they are uninformed about the associated costs that will be triggered across our economy. Navigant Consulting's whitepaper brought to light significant questions about cost impacts and potential unintended consequences. We encourage the state to do a more comprehensive evaluation in order to design a comprehensive energy policy that is consistent with the Governor's desire to encourage business investment and create jobs" said Rob Lapsley, President, California Business Roundtable.
As a part of our mission to educate, CARE contracted with Navigant Consulting to provide information regarding cost and reliability impacts on consumers as a result of energy policies and mandates. Navigant and its legacy companies have worked on energy market issues for over 30 years, and in all aspects of the utility planning, operations, and legislative and regulatory compliance, providing Navigant with a comprehensive understanding of the interplay of key market issues and drivers that impact the energy industry. Navigant's whitepaper relies primarily on previous public reports, studies and statements by California and Federal regulatory bodies for its references including: the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Air Resources Board, the California Independent System Operator, and the Energy Information Administration among others.
Navigant's whitepaper warns policymakers and stakeholders that "The cumulative effect on energy costs (electricity and transportation fuels) is only beginning to be understood by those most affected, which speaks to the need for a more informed dialogue."CARE believes this dialogue is worth having if we truly care about protecting business investment and job creation in the state. Energy costs and certainty are a major factor for businesses of all sizes that should not be underestimated in the state's energy planning process.
The Navigant whitepaper clearly articulates that it is examining the costs and is not a cost/benefit evaluation of recently passed policies and regulations. It makes clear that the purpose was not to examine already well-documented environmental and related benefits that have been outlined in other studies. Instead the whitepaper calls for a more detailed and comprehensive review of the cumulative impacts of a much larger list of policies and regulations than just the three examples examined in the whitepaper.
As cost increases are appearing in communities across the state for both fuel and electricity bills, consumers and business groups are asking questions about this trend and wondering what they are facing down the road. We hope the state takes these questions seriously and begins a process to evaluate energy policy impacts and provide more informative analysis regarding what businesses and consumers should expect as a result of California's energy programs.


These three lectures by Austin were quite interesting to me. The concept of a performative statement is one that I had not considered. Yes, there are actions that one says they are going to undertake and then they follow through with them. In my head, the words and the follow through were two separate things. Austin is definitely arguing that both are necessary, but I found the idea that the words themselves hold an actual performative action interesting. The two main examples of saying "I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife" and "I name this ship the Queen Elizabeth" were both great uses of the idea of a performative action. The act of saying something like this is a performative action, and he discuss that there are several ways in which this can be a false performance, or not hold weight. The easiest ones are where the actual ceremony or performance was invalid for some outside reason. In this case, the words still had a performative action and were doing the duty they needed to. The other case in which the person is not meaning what is being said is an entirely different story. It is interesting that the main cases in which these types of utterances are seen is in religious rituals and judicial cases. Both of these things want people to provide more than empty words, they want the truth, and both typically have a type of punishment and safeguard to try to make sure that they are not empty promises. Since these are being considered performances, I have a bit of a query. If these words are said to yourself and no one else, are they still performative? Can you perform to yourself? The validity of these utterances are predicated upon the understanding and expectation of others that your later actions will match your current words. In a way it could be seen as similar to the "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound" argument.
Munoz talks about Ephemera as anything left that is not the performance itself and a "modality of anti-rigor and anti evidence". I find his thoughts on ephemera interesting, because typically I would classify it as something that was intended for a fleeting period of time and is no longer useful. To him it is documented evidence of the event through scraps and pieces of the event. A playbill from a show, a movie stub, and a plane ticket can all count as ephemera, but to Munoz they are more powerful when they represent something that most people don't want to remember, or don't care about, in his case queer events. For me, I wanted to think of something I had hung on to in my life that represented a bad memory. Some sort of ephemera that I had kept to remember it, but not because it was someone wishing me happy birthday, or me going to an amazing Broadway play. Those didn't seem as interesting to discuss. I decided on my old car's insurance card. I kept it as a reminder that I had that car, and that I almost died in that car. A while back I was hit straight in the side of my car with two other passengers and luckily made it out okay, but that moment was ingrained within my memory. The car totaled, I could never drive it again, and it has made me hesitant of driving since. I hung on to that insurance card and put it in my safe as a reminder of the event and that life itself is ephemeral.
In Cuco Fusco's The Other History of Intercultural Performance Fusco reflects on performing The Couple in the Cage: A Guatinaui Odyssey with fellow performer Guillermo Gómez-Peña in which they "sought a strategically effective way to examine the limits of the 'happy multiculturalism' that currently reigns in cultural institutions, as well as to respond to formalists and cultural relativists who reject the proposition that racial difference is absolutely fundamental to aesthetic interpretation" (145). The essay chronicles the artist's basis for conducting this social experiment/art piece drawing historic inspiration from colonial times when Europeans would bring "exotic" peoples to Europe and display them in cages like zoo animals or freak shows. From this time onward whites continued to display non-whites to showcase 'otherness' and to fetishize the "primitive." The non whites were treated as objects and not as fellow human beings. Fusco's piece was meant to be a satire criticizing ethnocentrism. It was an unexpected result that audience members would truly by into this fictitious story line and believe them to be natives to this made up land. In observing those that believed this to be real, it is interesting to see how people even today are drawn to observing the exotic from outside of the cage, but not truly engage with the people. Fusco and Peña are put on display, still viewed as 'other' to all the observers. Not as much has changed as one might have imagined since colonial times.
3. Investigate: Time for a scavenger hunt at the Pratt library! Some of these books are rare and held in the special collections vault. Just ask the amazing reference librarians (at the big desk when you turn right just past security). Look through these amazing catalogues, scores and artist's books, hunting for inspiration.
4. Explore and observe: walk around campus and scout out potential locations for Happening events. Observe the ordinary activities already in play at that location. Imagine an action for this situation.
5. Write and post a proposal for a mini-Happening to be staged on campus next week. You will have thirty minutes to prepare at the beginning of next week's class, and each of you will have ten minutes for your Happening element. You can recruit your fellow classmates in the participatory action you devise.
In his book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, author Erving Goffman, discusses the aspects of human behaviour in social interactions and the way we portray ourselves, perceive others and perceive our own selves. "The expressiveness of the individual appears to involve two radically different kinds of sign activity, the expression that he gives, and the expression that he gives off" (2).
Goffman investigates the act of Self Presentation through the lens of performance and theatre acting – "When an individual plays a part he implicitly requests his observers to take seriously the impression that is fostered before them" (16). Hoffman further defines the two types of actors/performers: the "Sincere" and the "Cynical". The first extreme is a performer who completely believes and his taken by his own act- "he can be sincerely convinced that the impression of reality which he stage id the real reality" (17). The latter, the "Cynical" is a performer that does not believe in own act, and deludes his audience, either for his self interest or for their own greater good – "We know that it in service occupations practitioners who may otherwise be sincere are sometimes forced to delude their costumers because their costumers show such a heartfelt demand for it" (19).
What I found absurd is how Goffman pushes the limits of "Cynical" acting when he suggests that even inferior beings are cynically acting inferior "attempting to put the superior at ease by simulating the kind of world the superior is thought to take for granted". In other words, Goffnam injustice that social injustice is a form of acting, played by weaker layers of our society. This for me is a point that questions the validity of Goffman critique. It is a proof that his theory struggles beyond the world of theatre and role playing, and the failure of forcing such theories on other social spheres.
In Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life Goffman posits the easiest way to understand human is to view humans as actors on the stage of life. Actors present themselves in a specific way to convey to the audience the character which they are performing. When people act in the world, they are also presenting themselves to those around them in sometimes a constructed way to give off a certain impression. People manipulate setting, mannerisms, clothing and makeup all to convey a certain message to their "audience." People change these parameters based on the audience (one acts and dresses one way for work and another way at a bar.) People take on certain roles in order to fit into societal constructs. One must be constantly conscious of keeping up appearances if the role they are occupying is an unnatural one for one never ceases to give off impressions. Most social performances fall in the grey area between sincere and contrived. Most people invest their true self into these roles and add a little to make it more believable. This suggests that in order to truly know someone they must allow you "backstage" to see them no longer performing.


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Q: SQL : stored procedure: all columns are updated instead of the one's selected in the where I want only the risico columns adjusted where aantalDeelnames = 1 but the code sets them all to 1.
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create procedure VulRisico
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begin
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          from leden
          join autos on leden.lidnr = autos.lidnr
          join deelnemers on autos.autonr = deelnemers.autonr
          group by leden.lidnaam, autos.risico) as query
   where query.aantalDeelnames = 1
end

exec VulRisico

A: All the rows are updated because there is no "connection" between the autos and the query.
If you write the query like this, it is obvious that all (or no) rows in autos would be updated by the query:
update a
    set risico = 1
    from autos a cross join
         (select l.lidnaam, a.risico, count(*) as aantalDeelnames
          from leden l join
               autos a
               on l.lidnr = a.lidnr join
               deelnemers d
               on a.autonr = d.autonr
           group by l.lidnaam, a.risico
          ) query
   where query.aantalDeelnames = 1

Unfortunately, you have not provided an explanation of what you want to accomplish or sample data/desired results.  This explains your problem -- and answers this question.  If you want a working query, I would recommend asking another question with sample data, desired results, and an explanation of what you want to do.


The 10 Best Burgers in Kansas!
While the classic burger has been an American staple for over a century, the art of crafting up new and creative ways to make them has been a rising trend. And in Kansas, you can find some incredible options. Here are the 10 best burger joints throughout the state!
Eating at The Burger Stand at the Casbah in Lawrence is an experience and a very tasty experience at that. The best burgers, the best service and the best atmosphere can be found at this burger stand.
After you eat at Dempsey's Burger Pub in Wichita you will walk away with a beefy burger experience. Good food, good service and a good atmosphere make this a good burger joint!
A great iconic burger can be eaten at Cozy Inn in Salina. The history behind the burger attracts the customer, but the burger's flavor keep customers coming back for more.
A long-time favorite of locals, the Chuckburger in Topeka offers one of the best burger options in the state. Both the locals and newcomers can depend on a great burger made just the way they like it, always!
If you are in or around Pleasanton stop by Cookees Drive-In and order the best hamburger around. This remarkable hamburger drive-in has been voted the best in Pleasanton for eight years running.
Big Larry's Burgers in Valley Center won't disappoint hamburger lovers. Larry's burgers are served up hot and delicious with the best ingredients.
Stop by the BRGR Kitchen in Prairie Village and enjoy a new way to enjoy a classic hamburger. This restaurant prepares its popular burgers with the best ingredients in a classy atmosphere with the best service and all you have to do is enjoy a great burger.
The Bomber Burger is a known burger joint in Wichita and over the past 60 years has evolved into a great place to enjoy a celebrated hamburger. Today the hamburgers are prepared with special ingredients and cooked when you ordered it. Always served hot!
Enjoy a Bogey's hamburger once, and you will be back for more. Bogey's is located in Hutchinson and is a favorite of locals. Delicious food that is always served, in a superb atmosphere and with great service.
At King's Sandwich Shop in Iola, you will find one of the best hamburgers in Kansas. They fix great down-home hamburgers and the local fare is the best. Kings incredible service brings everyone back for more.