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AS IT IS - Deadly Drought in Southern Africa Leaves Millions Hungry
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A months-long drought affecting most of southern Africa has led to serious food shortages for millions of people.
The United Nations estimates that more than 11 million people are currently facing crisis levels of food insecurity. The World Food Program says southern Africa has received normal rainfall in just one of the past five growing seasons.
Among the hardest hit areas is South Africa's Northern Cape province. There, many farmers are struggling to keep their families and animals alive as they lose money and debt grows.
Sheep farmer Louis van der Merwe told The Associated Press he had lost more than 400 sheep and 450 springboks over the past two years. He said the current drought is the worst he has seen during his 45 years of farming.
Some of his animals died of hunger. Others were harvested earlier than normal to reduce the number of animals he had to feed. Van der Merwe got emotional while explaining that he now accepts donations of animal feed so he can keep the rest of his animals alive.
"If we didn't have hope, we would not be here anymore," he said. "We have to have hope and faith. There are a couple of times when we have felt it is not worth it."
One farmers' organization estimates that South Africa's Northern Cape province will need at least $28 million over the next three months to assist 15,500 affected farms. So far, South Africa's government has promised $2 million.
Gertruida Buffel lives in the Northern Cape town of Vosburg. She told the AP that things have gotten so bad that she now shares her family's food with their animals.
For two weeks, she fed two small lambs a mixture of dried corn and water after their mother starved to death. But she said one lamb ended up dying, likely because the corn mixture was not part of the lambs' usual diet.
Small children are hungry, too. At Vosburg's only school, Delta Primary School, large groups of children line up every morning for what becomes both breakfast and lunch. The meal usually includes corn meal, vegetables and soup.
The school food program began before the drought. But teachers say it has become increasingly important for the town's struggling families. "It's very hard for the parents to actually feed their children at home," one teacher said.
In Kimberley, the capital of Northern Cape, government officials give out money from the $2-million disaster aid program. The job can be difficult because some farmers live in places that are not easy to get to.
Farmers Jan Louw and Martiens Tieties are among those hoping to receive government-provided animal feed. But they are not expecting any assistance until January. Until then, they plan to keep sharing feed with other farmers to keep their animals alive.
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drought - a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain
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For other uses, see Little Giant (disambiguation).
Little Giants is a 1994 American family sports comedy film, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill as brothers in a small Ohio town, coaching rival Pee-Wee Football teams.
Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a Heisman Trophy winner and a local football hero. They live in their hometown of Urbania, Ohio. Kevin coaches the local "Pee-Wee Cowboys" football team. Despite being the best player, Danny's tomboy daughter, Becky (Shawna Waldron), nicknamed Icebox, is cut during try outs because she is a girl. Also cut are her less-talented friends, Rashid Hanon (who can't catch anything), Tad Simpson (who can't run), and Rudy Zolteck (who's overweight and quite flatuent). After being ridiculed by the other players who made the team, she convinces her dad to coach a new pee-wee team of their own.
At first, Danny is reluctant to do so, but later accepts in an attempt to show Urbania that Kevin is not invincible, and that there is another O'Shea in town capable of winning. Kevin mockingly reminds him of the "one town, one team" rule and with the help of the locals, they decide to have a playoff game to determine the lone team that will represent Urbania. Among Becky, Hanon, Tad, Rudy, and Nubie (an intelligent boy who becomes assistant coach), Danny also gathers other children that have never been given a chance and dubs the team the "Little Giants." One such player is Junior Floyd (Devon Sawa), a strong-armed quarterback who turns out to be the son of Danny's childhood crush, Patty Floyd (Susanna Thompson). Becky slowly develops a crush on him and struggles with her newfound feelings as a girl.
Two old-timers, Orville (Harry Fleer) and Wilbur (Dabbs Greer), encourage the rivalry between Danny and Kevin by reporting to them that a new star player, Spike Hammersmith (Sam Horrigan), has just moved to Urbania. Danny succeeds at recruiting him by tricking his overzealous father, Mike (Brian Haley), that he is the famous "Coach O'Shea", but this is a problem as Spike proves to be rude, arrogant, and refuses to play on a team with a girl. The deception is later discovered and he switches over to Kevin's more well-structured team. Kevin also encourages his daughter, Debbie (Courtney Peldon), to be a cheerleader and later convinces Becky that a quarterback will want to date a cheerleader, not a teammate. Realizing it is her best chance to win over Junior, she decides to quit the team and pursue cheerleading.
Just as Danny's team start to lose hope, a bus arrives carrying NFL stars John Madden, Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith, Tim Brown, and Steve Emtman. They teach and inspire the young players into believing they can win.
On the day of the game, Kevin chastises Danny into making an impulsive bet. If Danny wins, he gets Kevin's Chevrolet dealership; if Kevin wins, he gets Danny's gas station. Facing a 21-point halftime deficit, the Giants are lifted when Danny asks them to individually recall a time when they had a proud accomplishment and reassures them that all it takes is "one time" to beat the Cowboys. With this, they begin to make a big comeback with a series of outstanding and unexpected plays. Realizing that Junior is the main threat to them, Spike, under orders from Mike, injures him by spearing him with his helmet after the whistle, which even Kevin considers disgraceful, unsportsmanlike conduct. Witnessing from the sidelines, an enraged Becky drops her pompoms and suits up for the game. She immediately makes an impact when she forces a fumble after a jarring hit on Spike. Other Giants make touchdowns in tandem with overcoming personal problems, such as Hanon's fear of dropping passes and making a reception, or another one running towards the goal line when his little-seen dad has come to watch him play. In the game's closing seconds with the score tied at 21 all, the Giants make a goal line stand and stop Spike. With time remaining for one final play, their offense steps back onto the field and uses a trick play Nubie calls "The Annexation of Puerto Rico," inspired by one of Madden's plays at Super Bowl XI. Kevin shouts out its actual name as it occurs, shouting "Fumblerooski, Fumblerooski!" The play includes three different ball carriers, utilizing the hook and lateral from Zolteck, to Junior, and finally to Berman, who scores the Giants' 99 yard game-winning touchdown.
Afterwards, Danny says that rather than having the Giants solely represent Urbania, they should merge with the Cowboys, and both he and Kevin can coach the team. Danny and Patty rekindle their childhood romance. He also decides not to hold Kevin to the prior bet, on the condition that the town water tower be changed from "Home of Kevin O'Shea" to "Home of The O'Shea Brothers," reflecting a much earlier promise that Kevin made to Danny from their childhood.
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The film was inspired by a 1992 McDonald's Super Bowl commercial developed by Jim Ferguson and Bob Shallcross. According to the Baltimore Sun, after seeing the commercial, Steven Spielberg contacted them and said, "I want that commercial made into a movie. I want my 'Home Alone.'"
The film received mixed reviews. Stephen Holden remarked, in The New York Times, that "anyone who was ever rejected or picked last for a team can relate to the concept behind "Little Giants," a slickly contrived family movie about an inept junior football team that succeeds in spite of spectacular liabilities [...] In typical Hollywood fashion, "Little Giants" raises issues about competition, machismo and sexism in American sports, then blithely skirts them in confrontations that let everyone have his cake and eat it too [...] "Little Giants," which was directed by Duwayne Dunham, devotes much of its energy to such comic antics as balls getting stuck into face masks, and wispy little kids practicing looking intimidating." The Washington Post stated that "if "Little Giants" were in a beauty pageant it might win votes for Miss Congeniality, but it definitely wouldn't take the crown." Conversely, the Los Angeles Times suggested that the film was "smarter than many of its ilk. Clearly a great deal of care and thought has gone into making special a picture that could so easily have been routine family fare." Little Giants currently holds a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film had a budget of $20 million, but barely abled to recoup with a total of $19.3 million in box office sales.
In a 2010 NCAA football game, Michigan State defeated Notre Dame on a fake field goal touchdown pass in overtime to end the game. Head coach Mark Dantonio said the play was called "Little Giants."
The uniforms worn by the Cowboys in the film were the same ones worn by the Dallas Cowboys during the 1994 season as part of the NFL's 75th anniversary. From 2004-2007, the New York Giants' alternate jerseys were red with white numerals, similar to the jerseys worn by the Little Giants in the movie.
The Annexation of Puerto Rico play was actually used during the December 18, 2011 game between the Carolina Panthers and the Houston Texans.
↑ Judy Brennan (1994-08-21). "PEEWEES' PLAYHOUSE : New Quarterback Takes 'Little Giants' Toward Goal - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ "8 Things Even Football Fans Don't Know About The Super Bowl". Huffington Post. 2015-01-30.
↑ Holden, Stephen (1994-10-14). "Little Giants (1994) FILM REVIEW; Extra Points For Trying". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ "'Little Giants' (PG)". Washingtonpost.com. 1994-10-17. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ Thomas, Kevin (1994-10-14). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Giants': A Comedy Worthy of Cheers - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ ROBERT W. WELKOS (1994-10-18). "Weekend Box Office : 'Fiction' Outdraws 'The Specialist' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ ROBERT W. WELKOS (1994-10-25). "Weekend Box Office : 'Pulp Fiction' Stays in No. 1 - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ ELAINE DUTKA (1988-01-26). "Weekend Box Office : 'Stargate' Has MGM Starry-Eyed - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ ROBERT W. WELKOS (1994-11-08). "Weekend Box Office : 'Stargate' a Back-to-Back Champ - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.


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The Parker School supports and encourages study of foreign and comparative law at Columbia Law School. It awards certificates at graduation to students who have included international and comparative law in their J.D. or LL.M. studies. Currently, the Parker School is headed by Professor Benjamin Liebman.
The Faculty of Law has authorized the award of a recognition of achievement in international and comparative law to students who meet the requirements set forth below. The award was first made available to graduating students in May 1975. The award will be made at the time of graduation in conjunction with the award of the J.D. or LL.M degree.
1. Have earned a J.D. or LL.M degree.
2. Complete the application by the stated deadline.
3. Earn ten credits of academic work in the international or comparative law areas.
The application deadline for Spring 2019 graduates has now passed. The application will re-open for Spring 2020 graduates in March of 2020.


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Visualizing Insider and Institutional Ownership with LazyFA
ckz8780 on Sept. 16, 2019
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Many investors know that tracking insider and institutional ownership in a publicly traded company can provide significant insight into company happenings and potentially even predict significant company events before they're announced publicly. Unfortunately, many times the ownership breakdown of a large company can be difficult to understand due to the complexity of the SEC filings that document it, the number of insiders and institutions that have a financial interest in the company, and the sheer complexity of the structure of the company itself. The situation is further complicated by the constant change in this internal ownership structure, as insiders and institutional investors exercise options, pay taxes on their holdings, and buy and sell shares in the open market.
On a quest to better understand what a company "looks like" internally, LazyFA developed and recently released a tool to visualize time series insider and institutional ownership, and present it in an easy to absorb format:
Johnson & Johnson Top 10 Insiders, Non-Derivative Holdings
The above displays the time series data captured from SEC form 4 filings filed by the top 10 Johnson & Johnson insiders, from 2005 to present. The top chart shows the breakdown of the company's ownership based on number of units held, while the bottom plots each insider's holdings over time. To generate time series data, individual transaction records from the form 4 filings were followed and extrapolated out to the next transaction date, allowing insider ownership to be shown for all significant insiders, in comparison to one another.
The legend across the top allows selecting/deselecting any individual insiders to see the comparison of any combination of interested parties, and any point on the bottom chart can be clicked to update the distribution above to that point in time. Another chart displays similar information for derivative holdings such as options, warrants and other derivative securities:
Johnson & Johnson Top 10 Insiders, Derivative Holdings
Insiders aren't the only concern for astute investors though; those investors want to understand institutional behavior as well. For that, LazyFA now allows Pro subscribers to search over 6500 institutional investors, and can display their ownership of eight different types of securities and derivatives over time. For example, here's a quarterly breakdown of Vanguard Group's ownership of Johnson & Johnson common shares:
Johnson & Johnson Vanguard Ownership - Common Shares
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Johnson & Johnson Susquehanna Ownership - Call Options
Being able to easily visualize the ownership of major players in a company's stock price - those that have huge financial stakes and significant voting power - is an important factor in making sound and profitable investments. Hopefully, with the help of this new feature, you'll gain a better understanding of exactly who's controlling the purse strings of the investments in your portfolio.


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Rest & Recovery
The Only 4 Ab Exercises You'll Ever Need
By K. Aleisha Fetters
Reduce your risk of injury—and work toward the six-pack you've always dreamed of—with these non-crunch moves.
When it comes to fitness goals, defined abs are near the top of most people's wish lists. Hey, they look cool.
But reasons to train your abs go way beyond aesthetics. From getting out of bed in the morning to just helping you stay upright, your core literally powers and supports your entire body in everyday life.
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Connecting your lower and upper body, abs consist of both the rectus abdominis muscle (the six-pack) as well as the transverse abdominis. The latter supports the spine and acts like an internal weight belt, keeping you strong and stable, says exercise physiologist Pete McCall, M.S., C.S.C.S., C.P.T., host of the All About Fitness podcast.
Technically, the internal and external obliques, pelvic floor muscles, and multifidus and erector spinae muscles of the lower back aren't "abs," but they are important components of the greater core that includes the abs. And to really benefit from strong abs—both aesthetically and health-wise—you need your core to be strong as a whole.
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Here are four of the all-time best exercises for your abs and core. You'll notice that this list doesn't include crunches or situps, both of which put excess pressure on the lower back and can lead to spinal issues down the road.
Ab-Building Exercise #1: High Plank
Planks are part of most people's ab routines, but McCall says that high planks—those performed with your arms fully extended––are superior to the on-your-elbows variety.
That's because pushing your hands to the floor activates multiple muscles up and down your arms. Plus, your shoulders and upper back get a burn too, helping to increase stability, improve spinal alignment, and better brace your core.
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How to do it: Get down on all fours with your hands as wide as and just behind your shoulders. Extend your legs behind you, bracing the balls of your feet on the floor so that your body forms straight line from head to heels.
Keep your shoulders pulled back away from your ears, and squeeze your core, glutes, and thighs. Pretend you're digging your forearms into the floor and pulling them toward your feet. Hold for a maximum of 20 seconds, working up to five sets total.
Ab-Building Exercise #2: Glute Bridge
Glute may be in the name, but this exercise is about way more than building your backside. "Glutes are the foundation of the core," McCall says, explaining that they control the positioning of the pelvis and base of the spine.
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How to do it: Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, hip-width apart, about 6 to 8 inches from your glutes. Brace your core.
From there, squeeze your glutes and push through your heels to raise your hips until your body forms a straight line from shoulders to knees.
At this top position, your shins should be completely vertical. Pause, then slowly lower your hips to return to start. That's one rep. Work up to four sets of 20 reps, then perform fewer reps while holding a dumbbell across your hips.
Ab-Building Exercise #3: Half-Kneeling Pallof Press
Whenever you're standing, walking, running, or taking the stairs, your core and abs keep your body upright and prevent it from falling over like a limp noodle. This exercise capitalizes on that role by requiring the core to resist rotational forces (stay stable!) from a half-kneeling position.
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How to do it: Start in a half-kneeling position to one side of a cable station or anchor point of a resistance band. The back knee should be on the floor under your hips, and the front knee should bend at a 90-degree angle.
Hold the cable's handle in front of you, close to your body, with both hands clasped. Make sure there is resistance in the cable. From here, press the handle straight out in front of you, making sure your body doesn't turn to one side as you do so. Pause, then slowly reverse the movement to return to start.
Perform 12 to 15 reps, then repeat with the opposite leg bent in front of you. When you can perform three sets of 15 reps per side with proper form, increase the resistance.
Ab-Building Exercise #4: Curl-Up
If you're still concerned with isolating your abdomen's glamour muscles (because why not show off all your hard work?), this exercise is a spine-safe version of the traditional crunch that develops the rectus abdominus, according to McCall.
Like the crunch and situp, a curl-up works the spinal flexion (for which your six-pack muscles are responsible). However, it does so with a smaller, more targeted range of motion that keeps the spine in healthier alignment.
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How to do it: Lie flat on your back with one knee bent and that foot resting flat on the floor. The other leg should be extended straight. Slide your hands under your lower back for support, then raise your elbows just slightly off of the floor. Brace your core.
Keeping a neutral spine, squeeze your abs to raise your head and shoulders one to two inches off of the floor. Hold for 10 seconds, then lower your shoulders back to the floor. That's one rep. Do 12 to 15 reps, then repeat with the opposite knee raised. Perform three sets.
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It was a delight to visit with The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show again, this time to talk about Fletcher and Massinger's genius romp, The Sea Voyage! Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Molly is thrilled to share that she has accepted a position as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head Costumer at Mary Baldwin University. She teaches for the undergraduate Theatre department as well as for the Shakespeare and Performance MLitt/MFA graduate program.
Molly will be teaching three classes this spring for James Madison University's Theatre Department -- Performance Analysis and two sections of World Theatre History I.
This fall, Molly returned to Mary Baldwin University as Guest/Visiting Faculty with the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program. In August, she collaborated with Assistant Professor Doreen Bechtol to co-teach the summer term module on devising for the current MFA company, Bards Ablaze Theatre Collective. She also co-directed their devised show titled #ThursdayNext. In Fall term, Molly is co-teaching REN670 (Dramaturgy) for the M.Litt program as well, in collaboration with Dr. Kerry Cooke.
Molly appeared as a guest on The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show at the invitation of hosts Aubrey Whitlock and Jess Hamlet to talk about First Quarto Hamlet and all the ways it is awesome. The episode is available online and is also available through iTunes, Stitcher, etc. Please listen and subscribe today!
Molly had the tremendous honor and pleasure of serving as the Assistant Director for Antigone the American Shakespeare Center's Hand of Time national touring company. This production will tour the United States throughout 2018-2019 before returning to the Blackfriars Playhouse in April 2019 to be in residence for the Spring Season. Click here to find out more about this production or to book the tour to come to your university, high school, or hometown!
After a rewarding winter in Omaha, Molly returned to the warmth of Virginia and directed Sophie Treadwell's Machinal for Mary Baldwin University's undergraduate theatre as part of the May Term intensive course in Theatrical Production.
Molly is thrilled to be working as Visiting Theatre Instructor/Artist-in-Residence at College of Saint Mary (Omaha, NE) for Spring semester, where she will be teaching devised theatre and company collaboration, through the development of a new devised performance based on "The Enchanted Bluff" by Willa Cather. For more details, see click here!
Seasons in Robin Hood is Dead. Photo by Lauren Reed (2017).
In collaboration with the Staunton Irregulars, Molly will be co-directing Paul Menzer's new play Robin Hood is Dead in the stunning outdoor theatre space at Oak Grove (Staunton, VA). She will also be performing as Seasons in this production. This performance will be part of the biennial Blackfriars Conference hosted by the American Shakespeare Center in late October.
Molly is currently Visiting/Guest Faculty at Mary Baldwin University (Staunton, VA) in the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program. She is pleased to be collaborating with assistant professor Doreen Bechtol to direct Beyond(er) for Motley Shakespeare Players, the 2017-2018 MFA company. This new devised performance draws inspiration from As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, Dr. Faustus, Knight of the Burning Pestle, and Pericles and explores the tensions and joys of being happy while we wait for happiness.
Molly is thrilled to be returning to American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp to direct Fletcher and Massinger's Sea Voyage in Session I. This will be Molly's third summer directing for camp!
Molly is excited to announce that she is the first-ever two-time recipient of the Andrew Gurr Award for Outstanding Thesis at Mary Baldwin University. She is proud to receive this award for her MFA thesis titled "This Is and Is Not Cressida: Un-Writing the Un-Documented Object," which explores object-oriented ontology, feminism, and cyborg theatre through the lens of her work of #fivebodytroilus with Compass Shakespeare Ensemble.
Molly will be attending the Shakespeare Association of American annual conference in Atlanta, GA. She is part of the "Shakespeare and the Anthropocene" working group and will be presenting a paper on reciprocal performing objects and cyborg interventions into Shakespearean performance praxis. This paper grow out of her work on Quietus: A Variation on Q1 and Troilus and Cressida (images available on her "Directing Portfolio" page).
Titania, Compass Shakespeare Ensemble. Photo by Miscellaneous Media (2017).
Molly is currently preparing to play Hippolyta/Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Compass Shakespeare Ensemble (the 2016-2017 MFA Company at Mary Baldwin University in conjunction with the American Shakespeare Center), directed by John Bellomo. She is also co-directing and choreographing a production of Lorca's Blood Wedding (translated by Caridad Svich) with Doreen Bechtol for Mary Baldwin University's undergraduate department.
November & December 2016
Molly is directing a five-bodied Troilus and Cressida for Compass Shakespeare Ensemble, Staunton, VA. This small-scale, 90 minute production uses an economy of actor bodies in collaboration with several key performing objects to magnify the scale of Shakespeare's epic and anti-heroic narrative
Molly travels home to New York City at the beginning of the month for an intensive First Folio workshop with Shakespeare Ensemble. She'll also spend time at NYC's Crossing the River Festival, seeing Romeo Castellucci's Julius Caesar: Spared Parts and Forced Entertainment's Tomorrow's Parties.
July & August 2016
Introducing The Sea Voyage for ASCTC. Photo by Miscellaneous Media (2017).
Molly is thrilled to be directing A Midsummer Night's Dream for Session I of the American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This one hour cut will feature the extraordinary talents of 11 teenage actors, developed over the course of their intensive three weeks of study at the ASC. Molly will also be teaching workshops in Laban and Viewpoints throughout both sessions of camp.
Molly is the proud recipient of the 2016 Andrew Gurr Award for Outstanding Thesis at Mary Baldwin College (now Mary Baldwin University). She received this honor for her work on her M.Litt thesis entitled "The Prosthetic Hamlet: Reciprocal Performing Objects and Cyborgs in Q1."
Thanks to generous funding from Mary Baldwin College (now Mary Baldwin University), Molly will spend a week in London to observe Forced Entertainment's London premiere of Complete Works: A Tabletop Shakespeare at the Barbican Centre. She will see 24 of 26 performances as a research initiative for her practice-as-research M.Litt thesis, provisionally titled "The Prosthetic Hamlet: Reciprocal Performing Objects and Cyborgs in Q1."
Molly is currently the assistant director for Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Doreen Becthol, for Mary Baldwin College's undergraduate theatre department.


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Three different countries; three separate lives; three stories. Chen Bolin is the lead actor in all three segments. In 'The Son', a successful yet troubled manager goes on a business trip and finds himself drawn to an elderly man who may be a key missing figure in his life. He embarks on a investigation into the man's life, only to find answers he was not ready for. 'The Lake' tells the story of a young Taiwanese father who receives an alarming letter that brings him to a foreign land. Hoping to achieve a sense of closure, his arrival unearths old memories and even buried emotions of a childhood gone too soon. In 'The Goodbye', an attractive professor goes to Bangkok for a series of lectures. His arrival not only ignites desire in the heart of one of the students, but in that of an old acquaintance as well.


YANKTON, S.D. - The NIACC baseball team splits its season-opening ICCAC series with Northeast CC.
NIACC, which split the first two games of the series on Monday, dropped the first game to Northeast on Tuesday 3-1 and gained a 5-1 victory in the second game.
In the first game, Northeast scored one run in the first inning and pushed across two runs in the fourth frame.
Patrick Pridgen (3-1) took the loss for the Trojans. He allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in six innings of work.
NIACC's lone run came in the fourth inning on an RBI triple by Kyle Pike.
In the second game, NIACC's Tom Skoro (2-3) gained the win. Skoro allowed one run on five hits with four strikeouts and four walks in six innings of work. Harrison Beethe pitched two scoreless in innings and relief and Brodie Pauslon tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
Skoro collected his 10th career win and became 13th pitcher in school history with at least 10 career wins. Skoro improved his career strikeout total to 108, which ranks sixth on the school's all-time career list.
NIACC plated three runs in the fourth inning and added insurance runs in the sixth and ninth innings.
NIACC received a solo home run from Fox Leum, who now has 13 career home runs. The Trojans received RBIs from Ben Fitzgerald, Leum, Anthony Catalano, Carson Parker and Ross Cochran.
NIACC (9-10 overall, 2-2 in the ICCAC) returns to action Saturday and Sunday in an ICCAC series against DMACC in Boone.


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/* nettle, low-level cryptographics library
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Niels Möller
 *
 * The nettle library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 *
 * The nettle library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with the nettle library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 * MA 02111-1301, USA.
 */

#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include "config.h"
#endif

#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "umac.h"

#include "macros.h"

void
umac96_set_key (struct umac96_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t *key)
{
  _umac_set_key (ctx->l1_key, ctx->l2_key, ctx->l3_key1, ctx->l3_key2,
		 &ctx->pdf_key, key, 3);

  /* Clear nonce */
  memset (ctx->nonce, 0, sizeof(ctx->nonce));
  ctx->nonce_length = sizeof(ctx->nonce);

  /* Initialize buffer */
  ctx->count = ctx->index = 0;
}

void
umac96_set_nonce (struct umac96_ctx *ctx,
		  unsigned nonce_length, const uint8_t *nonce)
{
  assert (nonce_length > 0);
  assert (nonce_length <= AES_BLOCK_SIZE);

  memcpy (ctx->nonce, nonce, nonce_length);
  memset (ctx->nonce + nonce_length, 0, AES_BLOCK_SIZE - nonce_length);

  ctx->nonce_length = nonce_length;
}

#define UMAC96_BLOCK(ctx, block) do {					\
    uint64_t __umac96_y[3];						\
    _umac_nh_n (__umac96_y, 3, ctx->l1_key, UMAC_DATA_SIZE, block);	\
    __umac96_y[0] += 8*UMAC_DATA_SIZE;					\
    __umac96_y[1] += 8*UMAC_DATA_SIZE;					\
    __umac96_y[2] += 8*UMAC_DATA_SIZE;					\
    _umac_l2 (ctx->l2_key, ctx->l2_state, 3, ctx->count++, __umac96_y);	\
  } while (0)

void
umac96_update (struct umac96_ctx *ctx,
	       unsigned length, const uint8_t *data)
{
  MD_UPDATE (ctx, length, data, UMAC96_BLOCK, (void)0);
}

void
umac96_digest (struct umac96_ctx *ctx,
	       unsigned length, uint8_t *digest)
{
  uint32_t tag[4];
  unsigned i;

  assert (length > 0);
  assert (length <= 12);

  if (ctx->index > 0 || ctx->count == 0)
    {
      /* Zero pad to multiple of 32 */
      uint64_t y[3];
      unsigned pad = (ctx->index > 0) ? 31 & - ctx->index : 32;
      memset (ctx->block + ctx->index, 0, pad);

      _umac_nh_n (y, 3, ctx->l1_key, ctx->index + pad, ctx->block);
      y[0] += 8 * ctx->index;
      y[1] += 8 * ctx->index;
      y[2] += 8 * ctx->index;
      _umac_l2 (ctx->l2_key, ctx->l2_state, 3, ctx->count++, y);
    }
  assert (ctx->count > 0);

  aes_encrypt (&ctx->pdf_key, AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
	       (uint8_t *) tag, ctx->nonce);

  INCREMENT (ctx->nonce_length, ctx->nonce);

  _umac_l2_final (ctx->l2_key, ctx->l2_state, 3, ctx->count);
  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
    tag[i] ^= ctx->l3_key2[i] ^ _umac_l3 (ctx->l3_key1 + 8*i,
					  ctx->l2_state + 2*i);

  memcpy (digest, tag, length);

  /* Reinitialize */
  ctx->count = ctx->index = 0;
}


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Star Wars:The Last Jedi Review
Movie ReviewsBy CJ Johnson December 15, 2017 Leave a comment
Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi is the most artful film in the whole series. Working with his usual (but new to the franchise) cinematographer Steve Yedlin, and Series Legend sound designer Ben Burtt, he creates images, moments and sequences that have more visual flair and sonic innovation than the other films. In doing so, he…
The Disaster Artist Review
Movie ReviewsBy CJ Johnson November 27, 2017 Leave a comment
Director James Franco's The Disaster Artist is enormously proficient as a comedy – in terms of laughs out loud, it's one of the funniest films I've seen in years – while also displaying epic chops as a faithful adaptation of an intriguing memoir, an odd-couple buddy movie, a Tale of Hollywood, and a meditation on…
Blade Runner: 2049 Review
In Theaters, In Theaters, Movie Reviews, Movie ReviewsBy CJ Johnson October 5, 2017 Leave a comment
Visually, sonically, thematically, tonally, Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi masterpiece is absolutely spot-on, mimicking the very particular look, sound and feel of the earlier film with eerie specificity. As with J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens, which felt like Star Wars: A New Hope, this absolutely feels like Blade Runner, including buying into that film's more ponderous aspects, and certainly into…
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Review
John Denver's Annie's Song was used very prominently in this year's Free Fire and Okja. His song Take Me Home Country Roads was used very prominently in Alien Covenant and Logan Lucky. Now, Kingsman: The Golden Circle uses both, very prominently. Channing Tatum was in Logan Lucky and is now in Kingsman. Co-incidence? I don't think so. I think Matthew Vaughn, director and co-writer of Kingsman, is having a sly joke, and it's perfectly in keeping with the tone…
47 Meters Down Review
Unlike last year's fresh and visually gratifying The Shallows, this year's shark indie takes place 47 Meters Down, and is very much the worse for it. Since our protagonists, young sisters-in-Mexico-but-now-in-trouble Kate (Claire Holt) and Lisa (Mandy Moore), are trapped in a shark cage 47 Meters Down, the atmosphere is underwater-gloomy, the sisters' faces are obscured by their diving masks, and…
Mother! Review
In Theaters, Movie ReviewsBy CJ Johnson September 8, 2017 Leave a comment
Darren Aronofsky's phantasmagoric fantasia on art, fame, success, religion, politics and the cult of celebrity erupts relentlessly and furiously. It is the angriest, most dynamic film I've seen this year, and probably the best film hailing from the US (although it seems to have been shot in Quebec). A fable or parable rather than a…
It Review
Contrary to the brilliant trailer-cutting department at Warner Bros., It is not a scary movie. What It is, is a young-teens-on-bikes small-town-USA '80s-set adventure yarn, like Netflix's Stranger Things, with which It shares much in common. Stranger Things, as an intellectual exercise, imagines a Stephen King-like story as directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on a Stephen King novel and is directed in the style of…
American Made Review
In TheatersBy CJ Johnson September 1, 2017 Leave a comment
The more you know about the connections between cocaine, the CIA and Central America in the early 1980s, the less fascinating American Made, Doug Liman's contribution to the Coke-Dealer-In-Peril sub-genre, will be to you. If you know very little, the true subject matter alone will blow your mind. But even if you've hoovered up Cocaine…
Atomic Blonde Review
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There are some movies you just can't imagine with a different actor in the leading part. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Cool Hand Luke, Dirty Harry, On The Waterfront, Raging Bull. The central performance carries these films, bears all their weight. So it is with Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde, and she is magnificent. She lifts a…
The Big Sick Review
In TheatersBy CJ Johnson July 27, 2017 Leave a comment
I'd given up on RomComs because it felt like RomComs had given up. Formulaic, uninspired, derivative, implausible and lacking in able and likeable talent (with the possible exception of Mila Kunis), RomComs for at least a decade (since Knocked Up) have been almost entirely crappy. But The Big Sick wins on every level. It has…


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Students explore art themes in Re/LAUNCH/ing, vol. 3
With school back in session, a new collaborative art project has been launched.
Re/LAUNCH/ing is aimed at hitting the same high notes that its predecessor with.draw.all did, but with the added emphasis on the intrinsic value of art to the artist.
Each month, StAlbertTODAY.ca will be displaying an online gallery of art created by high school students. October's rendition features 12 creations from students at Paul Kane, Bellerose and St. Albert Catholic High.
Artist: Aisling Conneely
Title: Bike Rack
Artist's Statement: "This is an ink pen project of a bike rack. The most challenging part of this project was the amount of pens I went through!"
Artist: Sienna McEachern
Title: Bikes
Artist's Statement: "My art displays the gears and parts of a bike. At times I struggled to capture the intricate details within the gears and spokes."
Artist: Morgan Petras
Felt pen wash
Title: Suburbs
Artist's Statement: "This is a perspective drawing done in the suburbs, then I used water based markers to create the felt pen wash."
Artist: Caitlyn Kurylowich
Title: Treehouse
Artist's Statement: "This treehouse/boat is created using water based markers."
Artists: Adam Steffes, Josh DeWitt and Taeghen Brezovski
Graphite pencil and charcoal
Title: Still Life
Artists' Statement from Sam Mudryk and Josh DeWitt: "When COVID-19 unexpectedly hit our society, life felt so uncertain and stressful. Having the option to stay creative at home was a great way to keep busy during the lockdown. However, when school ended in June, it was hard to pick the pencil up again with the world moving at such a fast pace. Coming into art this second quarter has allowed my imagination to generate so much creativity and has been such an artistic release. I feel very fortunate to be able to have the chance to express myself and relax during such a difficult time."
Artists: Sam Mudryk and Robyn Hickle
Title: Still Life Start Up
Artists' Statement: (see above)
Artist: Lauryn Taylor
Soft pastel and NuPastel
Title: Gunter
Artist: Claire Beauchesne
Title: Cow
Source:- St. Albert TODAY
How This Saint John Art Gallery Is Making Its Exhibits 'Pandemic-Proof' – country94.ca
'Imagine Van Gogh' art show coming to Vancouver with 'exceptional COVID-19 measures' – Agassiz-Harrison Observer
Banned art project depicting Winnipeg as a queer paradise revived 23 years later – CBC.ca
Lorri Millan and Shawna Dempsey set out more than two decades ago to depict Winnipeg as a safe haven for the LGBTQ community — a Winnipeg that didn't exist — through a mock advertising campaign.
It never saw the light of day then. But now, after more than 23 years, their art work is finally being displayed where it was always intended.
Posters heralding Winnipeg as "One Gay City" have been plastered on three bus shelters in the downtown, as part of a new art project from the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery.
"I think it's pretty fantastic," Millan said.
"It's great to see work that, for a whole lot of reasons, has never been seen before in the setting it's meant to be seen in."
Imagining city as 'mecca for queerness'
It was 1997 when the two collaborators sought to riff on Winnipeg's "One Great City" slogan by promoting the city as a "mecca for queerness," as Millan put it.
One print was to show a man pouting while dressed as the Golden Boy. "Where everyone is light in their loafers!" the headline proclaimed, above a revised take on the city's slogan, "Winnipeg: One Gay City."
In another, a smiling woman would be seen carrying fish she caught. "Where the fishing is great!" the caption declares.
Lorri Millan and Shawna Dempsey's mock advertisements were inspired, in part, by Winnipeg's then-mayor refusing to recognize what was then called Gay Pride Day. (Jaison Empson/CBC)
The duo was inspired by then-mayor Susan Thompson, who refused to acknowledge Gay Pride Day.
People they knew had suffered violence from strangers, or verbal abuse, based on their presumed sexual orientation. Winnipeg was hardly a mecca for them.
"In many ways, Winnipeg is a dystopia for gay people," Dempsey told the Winnipeg Free Press at the time. "Violence committed against gays has resulted in murder."
The bus shelter ads, however, were never installed. Some Winnipeggers caught wind of the advertising campaign and an outcry ensued.
The advertising agency objected to the queer content, backed by the Canadian Advertising Standards Council, and barred the posters from running.
The duo filed a human rights complaint. They reached a settlement with the ad agency in 1999.
By then, Winnipeg had elected Glen Murray, the first openly gay mayor of a large North American city.
It didn't feel right to recreate their exhibition, Millan said.
Lorri Millan, left, and Shawna Dempsey have received international accolades for their performance art, which is largely presented through a feminist and lesbian lens — with a sense of humour. (Submitted by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan )
"We felt that if we put [the posters] up, it somehow would be seen as a response to having a gay mayor rather than the larger cultural issues, which were still in play," Millan said.
The idea was cast aside, until the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery approached the two artists — among Canada's most renowned performance art duos — about staging an exhibition of some kind.
They settled on a show where Millan and Dempsey's art would reclaim their home on bus shelters.
"We're thrilled that this work is finally being seen," Dempsey said.
"But more than that, we're thrilled that the world has changed. And now Winnipeg is a much, much, much more inclusive place than it was 23 years ago for LGBTQ, two-spirited, asterisk folks."
Two of the duo's art pieces can be found at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Donald Street in Winnipeg. (Jaison Empson/CBC)
Alongside their prints, the exhibition commissioned other bus shelter ads from a crop of Winnipeg queer artists: Jean Borbridge, Mahlet Cuff, Dayna Danger, Ally Gonzalo and Larry Glawson.
Dempsey said the intergenerational collaboration is gratifying.
"We're in this context of community with other artists who are out there, visible and queer and celebrating all of our diversities in public space — and it's supported now," she said.
"Lorri and I, we're really glad we're here, and we're really glad we're not alone."
The One Queer City exhibition, curated by Blair Fornwald, will run on eight Winnipeg bus shelters until Feb. 14. A map of the locations is available here.
'There's so much pain': Art shows mental toll COVID-19 taking on youth, expert says – Global News
A collection of children's drawings made during the pandemic illustrates the mental toll it's taking on Canadian youth, says the researcher behind a project analyzing their artwork.
Many of the submissions by kids and teenagers on childart.ca depict people alone, haunted by shadowy spectres, or worse, their own thoughts.
READ MORE: Ontario parents, children dealing with stress of virtual learning
Collectively, the images paint a stark picture of how the trials of young life under lockdown could shape the next generation, says Nikki Martyn, program head of early childhood studies at University of Guelph-Humber.
While the study is still underway, Martyn said initial observations suggest that coming of age during the COVID-19 crisis can create an emotional maelstrom during a critical period of adolescent development.
Being a teenager is tough enough at the best of times, she said, but finding your place in the world while stuck at home has left many young people feeling like they have no future to look forward to.
"The saddest part for me … is that kind of loss of not being able to see through to the other side," she said.
Coronavirus: Mental health impact of virtual learning
"There's so much pain and so much struggle right now that I think needs to be shared and seen, so that we can support our youth and make sure they become healthy adults."
Since September, Martyn's team has received more than 120 pieces from Canadians aged two to 18, submitted anonymously with parental permission, along with some background information and written responses.
Martyn marvelled at the breadth of creative talent the project has attracted, with submissions ranging from doodles, sketches, digital drawings, paintings, pastels, photos and even one musical composition.
Researchers circulated the call for young artists at schools and on social media. While the collection includes a few tot-scribbled masterpieces, Martyn said the majority of contributors are between the ages of 14 and 17.
As the submissions trickled in, she was struck by the potent and sometimes graphic depictions of adolescent anxiety, despair and isolation.
Recurring themes include confined figures, screaming faces, phantasmic presences, gory imagery and infringing darkness.
An example of a child's artwork during the COVID-19 pandemic is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-childart.ca.
Some images contain allusions to self-harm, which Martyn sees as a physical representation of the pain afflicting so many of the study's participants.
Just as unsettling are the words that accompany the images. Some artists transcribed the relentless patter of pandemic-related concerns that pervade daily life, while others expressed sentiments like "I'm broken," "this is too much" and "what's the point?"
Martyn said many participants wrote of struggling to keep up in school, while some were dealing with family problems such as job loss, illness and even death.
Many of these feelings and challenges are common across age groups, Martyn noted. However, while adults are more accustomed to the ups and downs that life can bring, young people are less likely to have fostered the coping skills to help them weather a global crisis.
A coalition of Canadian children's hospitals has warned that the pandemic is fomenting a youth mental-health crisis with potentially "catastrophic" short- and long-term consequences for children's wellbeing and growth.
READ MORE: Coronavirus pandemic taking its toll on children's overall safety and health, report says
This would be consistent with research from previous outbreaks suggesting that young people are more vulnerable to the negative psychological impacts of quarantine, including increased risk of post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and behavioural problems, according to an August report by Children's Mental Health Ontario.
An online survey of 1,300 Ontario children and young adults last spring found that nearly two-thirds of respondents felt that their mental health had deteriorated since COVID-19 hit, with many citing the abrupt end of school, disconnection from friends and uncertainty about the future as significant stressors.
Lydia Muyingo, a PhD student in clinical psychology at Dalhousie University, said when she looks through the images in the childart.ca gallery, she can see how these concerns are confounding the typical turmoil of being a teenager.
Adolescence is a time for young people to figure out who they are through new experiences, interests and social interactions, said Muyingo.
This transition tends to bring about intense emotions, she said, and the pandemic has exacerbated this upheaval by replacing familiar anxieties about fitting in with fears about mortality.
Muyingo said she's encouraged to see that the childart.ca project is giving young people an outlet for these difficult feelings they may not even be able to put words to.
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She encouraged adults to keep an eye out for children's silent struggles, perhaps setting an example by sharing their own vulnerabilities.
"I think parents are sometimes scared of talking about dark themes, but the reality is that kids know a lot more than we think," she said. "I think art like this can be used as a tool to communicate that it's OK to feel this way."
Martyn said the study has given her hope for what a future led by the quarantined generation could look like, because while pain pervades many of the illustrations, there are also symbols of resilience, connection and compassion.
"One of my visions from the very beginning of this was to have this as an art exhibit in a gallery, and to be able to go and be enveloped by it, have it around us and fully experience that lived idea of what children in Canada experienced."
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People are asked to make a work of art on this year's theme, Celebrating Black Lives, for the gallery's digitally based installation.
They can work in any medium. Once they've drawn, painted, designed or written their piece, they're asked to send a photograph of it to ckartgallery@chatham-kent.ca.
Gallery staff will print and assemble the works into a community art "quilt" to be displayed during February in the ARTspace window at 165 1/2 King St. W. in Chatham.
"Almost nine months after George Floyd's death, the rise of Black Lives Matter, and (Chatham-Kent's) own peaceful march down King Street, we want to keep carrying it forward," gallery curator Phil Vanderwall said in a statement. "Creativity can help us to confront and overcome our challenges. Art can help us create the world we want to live in and what better way to focus our energies than to join together as a community and participate in a positive vision for 2021?"
A donation will be made for each participating artist to support distribution of the film The North Star: Finding Black Mecca.
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International postdoc grants within development research are funded by the Government's development aid funds, and the research shall be relevant to the fight against poverty and for sustainable development in low income countries. The Swedish Research Council rewards research of the highest scientific quality in national competition.
Individual researcher who completed a doctoral degree no more than 2 years ago.
No participating researchers may be invited to join the application.
International postdoc grant within development research is a new grant for 2019. A condition of the grant is that at least two thirds of the grant period is spent abroad, of which at least one third of the grant period in a low or lower middle income country.
The goal of the call for international postdoc within development research is to reinforce Swedish research with particular relevance to the fight against poverty and for sustainable development in low income countries. This means that the research shall be relevant to the overarching goal for Sweden's international development collaboration; to contribute to creating prerequisites for better living conditions for people living in poverty and oppression, and thereby contribute to the goal for the policy for global development of fair and sustainable global development.
Within the framework for this grant, the project shall be relevant to one or several of the countries classified as low income countries according to the OECD's Development Assistance Committee DAC's list (columns "Least Developed Countries" and "Other Low Income Countries").
This means that the project's questions and results shall be of benefit for these countries, but collaboration and other research activities may be carried out in other countries also.
The applicant for an international postdoc grant within development research must be an individual researcher. You must hold a doctoral degree from a Swedish HEI or the European University Institute, EUI, awarded no more than 2 years before the deadline for this call.
To apply for an international postdoc grant, your doctoral degree must have been awarded no more than 2 years ago, that is to say awarded no later than the deadline date for the call and no earlier than 9 April 2017. The degree award date we use is the date you fulfilled all the requirements for a doctoral degree, such as mandatory courses, oral defence and an approved doctoral thesis. For applicants with Swedish doctoral degrees, the award date (date of completed studies) listed in Ladok applies. You will not be able to complete your application if your doctoral degree was awarded more than 2 years ago.
You may only submit one application for this grant under this call. You may apply for this grant even if you are simultaneously applying for the Swedish Research Council's other grants for international postdoc, but if several applications are approved, you must choose only one of the grants. Other restrictions on the grants you may apply for during the same year are shown in the table below.
If you are the project leader for an ongoing project grant within development research you may apply, but must choose one of the grants if your applications are approved. Please see the table below for further information and any restrictions relating to grants you may apply for if you have an ongoing grant.
The grant period is 18–36 months, starting in January 2020. The first payment will be made in January 2020 at the earliest.
A condition of the grant is that at least two thirds of the grant period is spent abroad, of which at least one third of the grant period in a low or lower middle income country according to OECD's Development Assistance Committee DAC's list (columns "Least Developed Countries", "Other Low Income Countries" and "Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories"). This time may, however, be divided up into several shorter periods. The mobility condition shall be confirmed by means of a letter of invitation from the foreign host university or corresponding research institution, and a description and justification of your choice of this institution. Both of these must cover the period stated in the application.
It is possible to state more than one host country/host department. The first host country stated must fulfil the requirement of being a low or lower middle income country according to OECD's Development Assistance Committee DAC's list (columns "Least Developed Countries", "Other Low Income Countries" and "Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories").
Please state any interruptions in your active research time after your doctoral degree caused by any of the grounds recognised by the Swedish Research Council. The interruption shall be calculated as a full-time equivalent and be rounded up into full calendar months. Please see the recognised grounds for deductible time under the heading "Career age" above.
State which of the 17 global goals for sustainable development (according to Agenda 2030) your project is linked to in particular.
The research plan shall consist of a brief but complete description of the research task. The focus of the research plan shall be forward-looking, and it shall cover a maximum of 8 page-numbered A4 pages in Arial, font size 11, single line spacing, including references and any images.
Postdoc projects within development research shall be relevant to the fight against poverty and for fair and sustainable development in low income countries (for further information, please see under the heading "Focus" above). The relevance description shall state how the project contributes to new knowledge aimed at creating prerequisites for better living conditions for people living in poverty and under oppression. Please also indicate for which low income country/countries (alternatively low-income countries in general) the project is relevant.
Please sort the publications under each heading in reverse chronological order, so that the latest publication is at the top of the list. Please only include articles or corresponding that are published or accepted for publication at the time of applying. The author order shall be identical to that of the published work and your name shall be marked in bold. The application cannot be supplemented with publications after the deadline for the call.
1. Selection of publications: List the maximum 5 publications of greatest importance to your application. For each publication, please state how you contributed to it, and its relevance to the research project described (maximum 4 lines per publication). Highlight your name in bold in the author list. State "Part of PhD thesis" in bold in brackets for the publications included in the doctoral thesis.
2. Total number of publications: Sort the publications, with your name highlighted in bold in the author list, under each heading (publication type) in the following order: State "Part of PhD thesis" in bold in brackets for the publications included in the doctoral thesis.
Please attach an invitation covering no more than 2 A4 pages from the Swedish HEI where you will be employed, showing that you are welcome to carry out your planned research there.
The appendix shall include information on the host department abroad and a formal invitation from the host department showing that you are welcome to carry out your planned research there. The information and invitation shall cover a maximum of 2 A4 pages in total. You may include a maximum of 2 A4 pages per invitation in the event you will be staying at more than one host department abroad.
The invitation shall be addressed to you as the applicant from the head of department or equivalent of the host department abroad where the research will be carried out. The name and contact details of the inviter shall be included.
Please attach a description and justification as described below, covering no more than 1 A4 page.
Merits and awards: Docentship/associate professorship, supervisees (doctoral and students; state the overall number of each category and list the 10 most relevant to you), up to 10 of your most relevant grants awarded in competition, up to 10 of your most relevant prizes and awards, and up to 20 other merits relevant to the application.
The evaluation of the scientific quality of your application is made based on four basic criteria (Scientific quality of the proposed research, Novelty and originality, Merits of the applicant, Feasibility). The purpose of using several components is to achieve a multi-faceted evaluation. Postdoc grants are further assessed according to a fifth basic criteria; Internationalization and the research environment. The criteria are assessed on a seven-grade scale, except for feasibility and Internationalization and research environment, which are assessed on a three-grade grade scale.
In addition to the basic criteria, your application is also evaluated using two additional criteria (Relevance for the call) on a three-grade scale. This grade is not weighed into the overall grade.


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Q: windows.forms and redrawing bitmaps I'm implementing a gameboy emulator as so many before me.
I'm trying to implement the PPU and to do this I'm using a class representing the screen.
// needed because VS can't find it as dependency
#r "nuget: System.Windows.Forms"
open System
open System.Windows.Forms
open System.Drawing

type Screen(title, width : int, height : int) as screen =
    inherit Form()

    let mutable canvas = new Bitmap(width, height)

    do
        // set some attributes of the screen
        screen.Size <- new Size(width, height)
        screen.Text <- title

    interface IDisposable with
        member S.Dispose() = (canvas :> IDisposable).Dispose()

    override S.OnPaint e =
        e.Graphics.DrawImage(canvas,0,0) // here
        base.OnPaint(e)

    member S.Item
        with get (w, h) = canvas.GetPixel(w,h)
        and set (w,h) pixel = canvas.SetPixel(w,h,pixel)

But I can't get it to update the screen after I have redrawing the bitmap, it does not show the redrawn image.
the redraw
let main () =
    let screen = new Screen("gameboy",800,600)
    Application.Run(screen)
    // test example
    for i in 0 .. 300 do
        screen.[i,i] <- Drawing.Color.Black
    (screen :> Form).Refresh()

i.e. How do I make it to redraw after update of the bitmap?

A: You can't do anything graphical after Application.Run has been called, because it doesn't finish until the user closes the main form. Instead, you can create an event handler that is called once the main form is loaded, like this:
let main argv =
    let screen = new Screen("gameboy",800,600)
    screen.Load.Add(fun _ ->
        for i in 0 .. 300 do
            screen.[i,i] <- Drawing.Color.Black)
    Application.Run(screen)
    0

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Royal Mail blip adds books to EU banned list
Art and antiques dealers were temporarily banned from sending items to certain European countries after a botched list was published by the Royal Mail.
The Royal Mail website where the incorrect banned list for sending items to France was published.
For over a week an incorrect 'Banned list' of items was circulated online preventing British export from post offices to countries including France, Netherlands, Portugal and Ireland.
The list included "printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans" as well as "fabrics", "glass and glassware" and "toys, games and sports requisites". The Royal Mail, after being alerted to the error by ATG, acknowledged on December 1 that it was an administrative mistake and planned to rectify the issue as soon as possible.
Part of the list that appeared on the Royal Mail website showing the incorrect items that were banned from being sent to France.
A spokesman said new lists will be published detailing exactly what type of items were prohibited in which countries and many items on the current list will, of course, no longer be included.
Although many people attempting to post items that featured on the incorrect banned list knew instinctively the information was wrong, they were prevented from posting them by staff at their local Post Office who were following the 'rules' as detailed on their computer systems and online.
Map and book dealer Daniel Crouch, who is also the spokesman for The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, said: "It is an unfortunate and unwelcome error, and has caused some disruption for a couple of days, but we are pleased Royal Mail has acknowledged the error and look forward to them removing the offending articles from the website and notifications to offices."
The long list of more than 45 'banned' categories included "all live animals, except bees and leeches". Leeches were allowed if enclosed with "marsh soil or moss in a canvas bag carefully sealed and placed in a second container (wooden box or basket) packed with hay or straw".
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Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future
5. The Case for Immediate Action
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Commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China, this report identifies a scientific consensus framework for directing global energy development. It lays out the science, technology and policy roadmap for developing energy resources to drive economic growth in both industrialized and developing countries while also securing climate protection and global development goals. The report was produced by a study panel of 15 world-renowned energy experts, co-chaired by Nobel Laureate Steven Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in the United States, and José...
Commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China, this report identifies a scientific consensus framework for directing global energy development. It lays out the science, technology and policy roadmap for developing energy resources to drive economic growth in both industrialized and developing countries while also securing climate protection and global development goals. The report was produced by a study panel of 15 world-renowned energy experts, co-chaired by Nobel Laureate Steven Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in the United States, and José Goldemberg, former Secretary of State for the Environment for the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Lighting the way establishes the best practices for a global transition to a clean, affordable and sustainable energy supply in both developing and developed countries. The report addresses incentives that can accelerate the development of innovative solutions, provides recommendations for financial investments in research and development and explores other transition pathways that can transform the landscape of energy supply and demand around the globe.
In addressing mitigation of the environmental impacts of energy generation and use, Lighting the way informs global action on climate change, such as implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, agenda setting for the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, and ongoing multinational talks on future global action to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Lighting the way also confronts the unequal access to energy experienced by the one-third of the world's population without access to basic energy services, and makes recommendations for addressing this disparity as well as for promoting national and global energy security.
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1. The Sustainable Energy Challenge
1.1 The scope of the challenge
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1.4 Summary points
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2.2 Barriers to realizing cost-effective energy savings
2.3 The buildings sector
2.4 Industrial energy efficiency
2.5 Transportation energy efficiency
3. Energy Supply
3.1 Fossil fuels
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3.3 Non-biomass renewables
3.4 Biomass
4. The Role of Government and the Contribution of Science and Technology
4.1 Policy options
4.2 Policy choices in context
4.3 The importance of market signals
4.4 The role of science and technology
4.5 The role of policy and technology in a developing country context
Annex A. Study Panel Biographies
Annex B: Acronyms and abbreviations
Annex C: Common energy unit conversion factors and unit prefixes
Annex D: List of boxes, figures, and tables
While the current energy outlook is very sobering, the Study Panel believes that there are sustainable solutions to the energy problem. Aggressive support of energy science and technology must be coupled with incentives that accelerate the concurrent development and deployment of innovative solutions that can transform the entire landscape of energy demand and supply. Opportunities to substitute superior supply-side and end-use technologies exist throughout the world's energy systems, but current investment flows generally do not reflect these opportunities.
Science and engineering provide guiding principles for the sustainability agenda. Science provides the basis for a rational discourse about tradeoffs and risks, for selecting research and development priorities, and for identifying new opportunities—openness is one of its dominant values. Engineering, through the relentless optimization of the most promising technologies, can deliver solutions—learning by doing is among its dominant values. Better results will be achieved if many avenues are explored in parallel, if outcomes are evaluated with actual performance measures, if results are reported widely and fully, and if strategies are open to revision and adaptation.
Long-term energy research and development is thus an essential component of the pursuit of sustainability. Significant progress can be achieved with existing technology but the scale of the long-term challenge will demand new solutions. The research community must have the means to pursue promising technology pathways that are already in view and some that may still be over the horizon.
The transition to sustainable energy systems also requires that market incentives be aligned with sustainability objectives. In particular, robust price signals for avoided carbon emissions are critical to spur the development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies. Such price signals can be phased in gradually, but expectations about how they will change over time must be established in advance and communicated clearly so that businesses can plan with confidence and optimize their long-term capital investments.
Critical to the success of all the tasks ahead are the abilities of individuals and institutions to effect changes in energy resources and usage. Capacity building, both in terms of investments in individual expertise and institutional effectiveness, must become an urgent priority of all principal actors: multi-national organizations, governments, corporations, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and the media. Above all, the general public must be provided with sound information about the choices ahead and the actions required for achieving a sustainable energy future.


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Irish Data Forum in November puts the 'I' back into IT
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Gartner fellow, Steve Prentice, will deliver a keynote address at the Irish Data Forum in Dublin on 22 November
Cloud computing, big data, data analytics, open data, data science – these are just some of the key areas that will be tackled when leaders gather at The Irish Data Forum, hosted by Silicon Republic in Dublin's Convention Centre on Friday, 22 November 2013.
Stephen Prentice, VP at Gartner Research, and Gartner fellow, has already been confirmed to keynote. He and other international keynotes will set the global scene, while local leaders in the sector will take part as panelists in this major event. The Irish Data Forum: Putting the 'I' Back in IT will examine the data revolution and how Ireland can be at its heart.
Prentice focuses on the evolving relationship between technology, business and society – interpreting the complex interactions and trends for a business audience. He combines technical understanding with human and behavioural factors to build a compelling perspective on how technology is changing the world, and frequently delivers keynote presentations at high-profile events around the world. He works primarily with senior business executives across multiple industries around the world to help them build effective business strategies for the digital age. With a broad background in telecommunications, hardware, software and professional services covering more than three decades, he has a wealth of experience and expertise to bring to delegates at the forum.
Panelists will include leaders from IBM, OVH, TibusHost, Science Foundation Ireland, Interxion and TelecityGroup, among others.
Overall, the themes of the morning will include:
• Cloud Evolution
• Big Data
• Data strategies, Large and Small
• The Power of Analytics
• Innovative Data-Driven Business Models
• The Future of Connected Health
• Open Data – Oil for Innovation
• Connected, Open Government
• Data Protection, Security and Privacy
Keep an eye on the Irish Data Forum website, as new names will be added to the line-up in coming days.
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Q: Most variables not displayed when debugging VC6 code in VS 2005 and 2010 Visual Studio 2010 is unable to display anything but the values of local concrete variables (i.e. int, bool, etc.) when debugging code that was built using Visual Studio 6.
The Visual Studio 6 build is generating a pdb file, "Debug info" and "Microsoft format" are selected as suggested in response to the following question: Browse VC6 DLL variables content (DEBUG)
For example in the following code, the only variable which I can see the value for is 'var'. By 'see' I mean that the variable appears in the "Locals" or "Auto" window with a value, I get a value in a tool tip, or that the variable name is resolved when I enter it in the Watch window.
It seems I cannot see 'num' as it is an argument to the function, I can't see 'm_member' as it is a class member. I can't see 'stackMem' or 'heapMem' as they are not simple types.
class MyClass
{
public:
MyClass() : m_member(0) {}
int aMethod(int num)
{
    m_member = m_member + num;
    return m_member;
}
private:
int m_member;
};

void main()
{
MyClass* heapMem = new MyClass();
MyClass stackMem;

int var = heapMem->aMethod(5);
var = stackMem.aMethod(10);
}

Is there anything I can do to better be able to debug old VC6 code in a newer debug environment like VS 2010?

A: I don't remember how VC6 used to work; but in VS2005 and more recent Visual Studio editions, there are be different views (tabs/windows) available when debugging that you can dock.
Watch, Auto (auto variables), Locals, Callstack...
They are (should be) available from the Debug menu when you start debugging.


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Yealink T29G Phone Guide - Revised 4/2/16
The photo above is the Yealink T29G IP Phone. This document will guide through various features and how to use each feature. Your phone may not be programmed with all of the features as this is a general guide for all features.
Screen - The T29G is equipped with a 4.3" color screen. To the left and right of the screen are soft buttons that can be assigned to various tasks such as Line Buttons, Call Park, Call Retrieve and Busy Lamp Fields which allow you to see what other extensions in the system are doing. Along the bottom of the screen are 4 soft keys which will change to different options based on different tasks in the system. If your phone has more than 9 buttons configured, the bottom button on the right side becomes a Page Button which allows you to scroll through the pages of the buttons on the phone.
Directional Buttons - In the center of the phone is an Up, Down, Left, and Right button. Use these buttons to navigate through menus on the phone. Press the OK button to select. Press the X button to cancel or go back a menu.
Dialing - When dialing you do not need to enter a 1 for long distance calls and after dialing the 10 digit number, press the # key (also labeled send) to start the phone call.
History- When the phone is idle, the first soft button at the bottom of the screen is the History button. Press this button to view recent incoming and outgoing calls. Use the Up or Down Arrow to scroll through the list and press the Dial soft key to return a call that you missed or redial a call you made.
DND - This is the Do Not Disturb Button. If you press this button, your phone will not ring and all calls will go directly to voicemail. When the phone is in DND mode, a red icon appears in the upper right corner. Press the DND button again to remove from DND Mode.
Menu - The Menu button allows you to edit settings of the phone such as ring tone, display picture, etc.
Line Buttons - Your phone should be configured with the first 3 buttons on the left side of the screen showing your extension number. The purpose of this is to be able to handle up to 3 incoming out outgoing calls at one time. This means each phone can do this and each phone has it's one 3 lines. Putting a call on hold on one phone will not allow you to go to another phone and press one of the 3 buttons and pick up the call.
Call Park - Call park is used to be able to put calls onto a "System Hold" where the call can then be picked up by another phone. For example if you answer a call on one phone and need to pick it up another phone. Or if you want to Park a call for another person to pick up without transferring and risking it going to voicemail. You would Park the call and then tell the person they have a call parked.
While you are on a call, press Call Park. The system will ask you for an extension number. Enter the extension number of where you want to park the call.
Call Retrieve - To retrieve a parked call. Press the Call Retrieve button and enter the extension number where you parked the call.
Volume Control - The volume control is located in the center at the bottom of the phone. The phone has 3 volume controls.
Ringer Volume - To adjust the volume control, with the handset on the base. Press the left or right hand side of the volume control to lower or raise the Ringer Volume.
Speakerphone Volume - When using the speakerphone, press the left or right hand side of the volume control to lower or raise the Speakerphone Volume.
Handset Volume - When using the handset, press the left or right hand side of the volume control to lower or raise the Handset Volume.
Message - Press the message button to check voicemail messages. If you have a message waiting, the light will be on. The default password for your voicemail box is 0000. You will be required to record your name the first time you login. Follow the prompts to also record your greeting people will hear when they are leaving a message.
Headset - The headset button is used in conjunction with a wireless headset, if equipped.
CONF - The CONF button is used for conferencing in multiple calls. To use, while talking to the first person, press the CONF button. Then press another Line Button not in use. Dial the number and after talking to the second person, press the CONF button again to join the 2 calls with you into a 3-Way call.
HOLD - The hold button puts calls on a private hold and no one can pick up the call except the original person/phone that put the call on HOLD. While on HOLD the person calling in will hear hold music.
MUTE - The mute button is used to mute the microphone when using the Handset, Headset, or Speakerphone. This mutes the microphone to the other party cannot hear what you are saying, but does not put them on hold to where they hear hold music.
TRAN - TRAN is used to transfer calls to another extension. You will need to know the phone extension you want to transfer to. When you press TRAN and enter the extension number. The other extension rings first and you will talk to that person first. When you hang up, the transfer is completed. You can also press TRAN, dial the extension and hang up. Then the extension you transferred the call to will ring. When they answer, they are talking to the original call or it will go to their voicemail.
RD - The RD button is used for Redialing calls. Press RD two times to call the last person you dialed. Press once to bring up the History and select the call you want to call and press the Dial Soft Key or the OK button in the center of the directional pad.
Speakerphone - This is the button on the lower right side corner of the phone. Press this button before or during a call to talk over the speakerphone.


Streetsense seeks an Art Director to provide art direction for branding and marketing projects and help set the standard for dynamic, industry-leading graphic design across multiple platforms, print, digital, experiential, and environmental. This person will be a talented, experienced designer who balances hands-on creative work with mentoring and collaborating with the next generation of great design talent. The Art Director insists on timely delivery of high-quality projects to the client and drives continuously adopt and improve upon best practices within the brand studio. The Art Director will report to brand team leadership and will work across and with multi-disciplinary experts to conceptualize, design, and produce creative solutions that achieve strategic goals for each project and client.
Work closely with a collaborative team of designers, providing creative leadership as well as oversight of client deliverables.
Contribute high-quality creative work, from conception to execution, that demonstrates an innovative, market-leading approach to graphic design.
Work with clients to interpret their marketing briefs and become familiar with clients' products and services, the target audience, and their competitors' activities.
Devise and develop original ideas that engage the target audience and address the client's business issues.
Help oversee the design and development of a wide variety of project types including but not limited to: pitches, presentations, logo/brand identity, website design, social media, print collateral.
Accountable for the project design deliverables and quality control; use strong information presentation (visual and written) skills for internal team and clients.
Manage and grow direct reports to execute client's vision and develop leadership skills for department growth.
Stay informed of design trends and new technologies; provide innovative ideas for design solutions in support of objectives and initiatives.
Bachelor's degree Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, or other related field required.
7+ years experience in art direction.
3+ years experience in a leadership role.
Strong, dynamic portfolio showcasing creativity and versatility.
Strong knowledge of web design best practices.
Effective time management, analytical, and organizational skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative.
Ability to multi-task and work cross-functionally with creative, strategy, and account executives.
Familiar with entrepreneurial and tech-driven creative environments.
Outstanding written and oral presentation skills; ability to be client-facing.
In depth working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash.


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