Behind the scenes at the New York City Ballet, where Marc Happel creates a new, Swarovski-encrusted look for the company's signature ballet.
A short documentary goes behind the scenes at the New York City Ballet, where Marc Happel, the director of costumes, creates a new, Swarovski-encrusted look for the company's signature ballet. The black and white color scheme references the original costumes for the ballet, set to Bizet's "Symphony in C." The short documentary was directed by Nick Bentgen.
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While Viet Nam has made significant progress over the past few decades in providing safe water for rural communities, the quality of sanitary facilities in households, schools and public areas, and a lack of safe hygiene behaviours remain issues of great concern. Some 88 percent of rural schools do not have latrines that meet the standards set by the MOH, and students in more than a quarter of rural schools have to defecate in forests, gardens, fields or along beaches, streams and rivers – creating health risks and environmental problems.


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ABC UNVEILS 2019-2020 PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE
Strength and Consistency Key to Fall Lineup, With Only Three New Scripted Series Added – 'Emergence,' 'mixed-ish' and 'Stumptown'
Most Stable Schedule in Over a Decade
In the Great Tradition of ABC, All New Series Have Broadly Appealing Concepts With Strong Female Points of View
New Dramas 'The Baker and the Beauty,' 'For Life' and New Comedy 'United We Fall' Set for Midseason
'America's Funniest Home Videos,' 'American Housewife,' 'American Idol,' 'The Bachelor,' 'black-ish,' 'Bless This Mess,' 'The Conners,' 'Dancing with the Stars,' 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'The Goldbergs,' 'The Good Doctor,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'How to Get Away with Murder,' 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' 'A Million Little Things,' 'Modern Family,' 'The Rookie,' 'Schooled,' 'Shark Tank,' 'Single Parents,' and 'Station 19' Also Set to Return Next Season
In her inaugural upfront presentation as president of ABC Entertainment, Karey Burke will unveil a slate of programming for the 2019-2020 season that is bolstered by the strength of established, fan-favorite shows and captivating new programs energized by bold characters and storytelling. Burke will present her plan to the advertising and media communities this afternoon as part of the first Disney Upfront Experience, which brings together the networks of Walt Disney Television and ESPN at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City.
"Since the beginning of the year, ABC has been the No. 1 network with a schedule that is working, and we are going to nurture it," said Burke. "Going into next season, our priorities are stability and launching shows in a way our audience will know we are committed to them. Add to that some of the most buzzed-about titles and top talent of the recent pilot season, and we have an enviable combination that sets the stage for us to win with women and grow our overall reach."
Only three new scripted series will debut in the fall – dramas "Emergence" and "Stumptown"; and the "black-ish" comedy spinoff "mixed-ish" – a remarkably fewer number, thanks to the consistent viewership that many of ABC's current shows continue to offer. In the current season, ABC claims six of the Top 20 broadcast entertainment shows, including two of the top four dramas – "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Good Doctor" – and the No. 1 new comedy, "The Conners" – all of which will return in the fall.
"A Million Little Things," which grew viewership following its move to Thursday nights and ranks No. 17 among the Top 20, will also return in the fall, along with the highly anticipated 11th and final season of one of TV's most celebrated comedies, "Modern Family," which rounds out ABC's entries on the Top 20 list at No. 19.
Additionally, fan favorites "America's Funniest Home Videos," "American Housewife," "American Idol," "The Bachelor," "black-ish," "Bless This Mess," "Dancing with the Stars," "Fresh Off the Boat," "The Goldbergs," "How to Get Away with Murder," "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "The Rookie," "Schooled," "Shark Tank," "Single Parents" and "Station 19" will return next season, as previously announced.
New dramas "The Baker and the Beauty" and "For Life," along with the new comedy, "United We Fall," will debut midseason.
On average since the start of the year, ABC is the No. 1 TV network among Adults 18-49 (entertainment only). For the entire 2018-2019 season, ABC ranks a strong No. 2 in entertainment programming, pacing within 175,000 Adults 18-49 of tying NBC for No. 1.
Fall premiere dates will be announced at a later time. Please note that shows picked up to series but not listed on the schedule below will debut later in the 2019-2020 season.
ABC's fall prime-time schedule is as follows (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific). New shows are in bold.
8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
10:00 p.m. "The Good Doctor"
8:00 p.m. "The Conners"
8:30 p.m. "Bless This Mess" (new time)
9:00 p.m. "mixed-ish"
9:30 p.m. "black-ish" (new time)
10:00 p.m. "Emergence"
8:00 p.m. "The Goldbergs"
8:30 p.m. "Schooled"
9:00 p.m. "Modern Family"
9:30 p.m. "Single Parents"
10:00 p.m. "Stumptown"
8:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
9:00 p.m. "A Million Little Things"
10:00 p.m. "How to Get Away with Murder"
8:00 p.m. "American Housewife" (new day)
8:30 p.m. "Fresh Off the Boat" (new time)
9:00 p.m. "20/20" (two hours)
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night Football"
7:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. (To be announced later today)
9:00 p.m. "Shark Tank"
10:00 p.m. "The Rookie" (new day)
NEW FALL AND MIDSEASON SERIES
Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?
Dean Georgaris writes and executive produces with Becky Hartman Edwards and director David Frankel. In addition, Keshet's Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan are executive producers, along with Assi Azar. Based on a hit Israeli show created by Assi Azar originally for Keshet Broadcasting, the series is produced by Universal Television and ABC Studios in association with Keshet Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Victor Rasuk as Daniel, Nathalie Kelley as Noa Hamilton, Carlos Gómez as Rafael Garcia, Dan Bucatinsky as Lewis, Lisa Vidal as Mari Garcia, David Del Rio as Mateo Garcia, Belissa Escobedo as Natalie and Michelle Veintimilla as Vanessa.
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A character-driven genre thriller, "Emergence" is about a police chief who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child's identity is at the center of it all.
Written and executive produced by Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters, Paul McGuigan directs the pilot and is an executive producer. "Emergence" is produced by ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Allison Tolman as Jo, Alexa Swinton as Piper, Owain Yeoman as Benny, Ashley Aufderheide as Bree, Robert Bailey Jr. as Officer Chris, Zabryna Guevara as Abby with Donald Faison as Alex and Clancy Brown as Ed.
Follow @EmergenceABC (#Emergence) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., "For Life" is a fictional serialized legal and family drama about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.
From Hank Steinberg, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson via G-Unit Film & Television, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan of Doug Robinson Productions and Isaac Wright Jr. The pilot is directed and executive produced by George Tillman Jr. ("The Hate U Give"). "For Life" is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Nicholas Pinnock as Aaron, Indira Varma as Safiya, Joy Bryant as Marie, Glenn Fleshler as Frank, Dorian Missick as Jamal, Tyla Harris as Jasmine with Mary Stuart Masterson as Anya and Boris McGiver as DA Maskins.
Follow @ForLifeABC (#Forlife) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Based on the "Stumptown" graphic novel series, "Stumptown" follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders) – a strong, assertive and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great PI, but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police.
Writer Jason Richman produces the series with Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad (The District), Greg Rucka (author of the "Stumptown" graphic novel series), Matthew Southworth, and Justin Greenwood (illustrators of the "Stumptown" graphic novel series).
James Griffiths is an executive producer and directed the pilot. The series is produced by ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Cobie Smulders as Dex Parios, Tantoo Cardinal as Sue Lynn Blackbird, Cole Sibus as Ansel Parios, Adrian Martinez as Tookie with Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Cosgrove and Michael Ealy as Detective Miles Hoffman.
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In "mixed-ish," Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the '80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow's parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they're perceived as neither black nor white. This family's experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one's own identity when the rest of the world can't decide where you belong.
Peter Saji and Kenya Barris are writers and executive producers along with Tracee Ellis Ross, Randall Winston, Artists First (Brian Dobbins), Cinema Gypsy (Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland) and Anthony Anderson. Anton Cropper directed the pilot. The series is produced by ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Arica Himmel as Bow Johnson, Tika Sumpter as Alicia Johnson, Gary Cole as Harrison Johnson, Christina Anthony as Denise, Mykal-Michelle Harris as Santamonica Johnson and Ethan Childress as Johan Johnson.
Follow "mixed-ish" (#mixedish) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
"United We Fall" is a profoundly realistic family sitcom that follows the trials and tribulations of Jo (Christina Vidal) and Bill (Will Sasso), parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day to day as a functioning family. Bill's very judgmental live-in mother and Jo's large, Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they're seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other's backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers and, especially, their kids.
Julius "Goldy" Sharpe ("Making History") wrote and executive produced the pilot. Seth Gordon and Julia Gunn are also executive producers. Mark Cendrowski directed the pilot, which was produced by Sony Pictures, Exhibit A Film and ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Cast: Will Sasso as Bill Ryan, Christina Vidal as Jo Ryan, Jane Curtin as Sandy Ryan and Ella Grace Helton as Emily Ryan.
Follow @UnitedWeFallABC (#UnitedWeFall) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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SUN America's Funniest Home Videos KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS Shark Tank The Rookie
MON Dancing With the Stars The Good Doctor
TUE The Conners Bless This Mess MIXED-ISH black-ish EMERGENCE
WED The Goldbergs Schooled Modern Family Single Parents STUMPTOWN
THU Grey's Anatomy A Million Little Things How To Get Away With Murder
FRI American Housewife Fresh Off The Boat 20/20
SAT Saturday Night College Football
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"Hello! I am a little disappointed because my Notes icon is missing on my iPhone. Please tell me what to do. How can I fix this problem?"
The Notes app is indeed a useful app for iPhone users as it helps the users to keep the important details or lists saved and make it convenient whenever they want to see that information anytime. The moment can be hard when you found Note app disappeared in your device. We have listed some suggestions and fixes that you can attempt to get the Notes app back in your iPhone.
First of all, please keep in mind not to restart your iPhone when you see Notes icon disappeared. Doing this may end up in losing the notes forever. So, the first advice is not to restart your device.
Secondly, go for trying iMyFone D-Back to recover your lost notes. iMyFone D-Back is an expert program that can do data recovery with just few simple steps. You are able to recover 20+ types of lost, deleted or missing data like messages, contacts, notes, photos, WhatsApp data, Viber data, etc from your iPhone/iPad/iPod or iTunes/iCloud backup. It also has "Fix iOS System" feature which makes it possible to repair various iOS issues without any data loss. The tool is suggested by lots of users and most popular media sites like Macworld and Makeuseof as well. The tool is completely able to support iOS 11.
Step 1 – Launch iMyFone D-Back in your computer and proceed to select "Recover from iOS Device" tab.
Step 2 – Hit the "Start" button now and you will observe the file types on the screen. Choose Notes from there and connect your iPhone to the PC.
Step 3 – The program will read your iPhone and you are required to click on "Scan" button to proceed.
Within a while, the program will display the deleted notes on the screen. You can preview them and then choose what you need to recover.
You can also reset your home screen layout if your Notes icon disappeared. To do this, head on to "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" > "Reset Home Screen Layout". Doing this will bring Notes icon back on the home screen. Check if this has worked. If not, there must be another problem. Just move on the next solution.
Sometimes you may not find the Note app when you put it in a particular folder especially when there are many apps and folders on your iPhone screen. The search feature can help you finding the app quickly when you find your Notes icon is missing in your iPhone (at least you think so). You just need to swipe down the screen from the top. Type and look for "Notes". The feature will show the result and you will be able to find the app. For example, in the image below, you can find the Note icon is the the "Productivity" folder.
When the Note app disappeared, the easiest way to get the app back is reinstalling it. This is only possible if you have earlier enabled the Notes app in iCloud setting. That means your notes have already synced to iCloud. Reinstalling will recover all your Notes if the app is synced with iCloud. Here are the steps for this.
Open "App Store" and touch on "Search".
Type "Notes" and look for the app.
Subsequently, re-download it and launch the re-installed app.
Tap on "Go to Settings" to let the app direct to iCloud.
Enable Notes in iCloud settings and your notes will recover.
Here is another and the most common fix to try and it has worked in nearly all issues. Reset your settings by going to "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" > "Reset All Settings". Enter passcode and tap "Reset All Settings" once again to verify the action.
You can either restore your device with iTunes or iCloud if your Notes app is missing on iPhone. However, the solution can't be considered as the ideal one but, you will get few of your notes back at least, but all the other data will be ovewritten with the backup.
Open iTunes on PC and connect iPhone with PC using USB cord.
Click on the phone icon at the top and go to "Summary" tab.
Now, hit on "Restore Backup" and you will get your Notes app back.
You need to erase all settings first. Just head to "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" > "Erase All Contents and Settings".
Now, reboot the device and then touch on "Restore from iCloud Backup" followed by signing in to iCloud.
After this, tap "Choose backup" and select the backup from the list of available backups.
The Settings and accounts will be restored from iCloud backup and the device will restart and will download your purchased music, apps, photos etc. This way, your Notes app will also be recovered.
We offered you some easy and helpful fixes you can go for when Notes icon is missing on your iPhone. Notes, as we mentioned in the beginning is one useful app and many people get depend on it to store some important details and information. Losing it or finding the Notes icon disappeared can be frustrating. Thus, we made an effort to provide the best you can do in the situation. Hope you found this post useful.


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Vivian May, Visionary Humanist
Humanities Center director an expert on black feminist educator Anna Julia Cooper
Jan 10, 2017 — Article by: Rob Enslin
Vivian May
The director of the Humanities Center is bringing national distinction to Syracuse University, thanks to a recent flurry of scholarly activity.
Vivian May, the center's director since 2015, is the author of a new article in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (2017) about the black feminist "love-politics" of Anna Julia Cooper, a 19th-century educator, writer and activist. The article comes on the heels of a December visit to Rice University in Houston, where May discussed Cooper's intersectional vision and its continued relevance for combating inequality and pursuing broad-based forms of justice.
Before that, May helped organize the annual conference of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) in Montreal. The conference, whose theme was "Decoloniality," coincided with the end of her two-year run as NWSA's president. The four-day event was the second-largest in the organization's 40-year history, drawing scholars, educators, activists and public intellectuals from around the world.
All in a day's work for May, whose Humanities Center is ramping up for another busy semester of events, not the least of which is the second half of Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this year is "Place."
"Public scholarship and community engagement are integral to our institutional vision," says May, a professor and former chair of the Department of Women's & Gender Studies. "In addition to fostering intellectual engagement and supporting interdisciplinary research, the University connects the humanities with projects to advance democracy, social justice and the public good. Our center showcases how the humanities provide essential intellectual frameworks for tackling problems of broad societal concern."
May says that humanists such as Cooper—who was born into slavery, only to become an internationally renowned author and educator, as well as the fourth African American woman to earn a Ph.D.—have long used intersectional scholarship to examine gender, race, class and nation, and to call for new ways of thinking about identity and the wider polity. (Intersectionality refers to overlapping systems of oppression, domination or discrimination.) "Love-politics" was Cooper's way of trying to dismantle structural forms of racialized sexism and sexualized racism in the United States.
With time, Cooper's work took up transnational questions more explicitly. At the first Pan-African Conference in London in 1900 and in her doctoral dissertation at the Sorbonne in 1925 (in which Cooper examined the treatment of slaves during the French and Haitian revolutions), she called for more "loving" forms of international political relations to combat the violent legacies of imperialism, colonialism and slavery.
"Cooper's work has been mostly overlooked in feminist and anti-racist thinkings on love, affect and social change," May says. "She thoughtfully analyzed love, marriage and gendered care-work in the domestic sphere. At the same time, she examined how notions of subservience or dependence in the family of nations had no place in an equitable world. Her notion of a reciprocal, political love-force sought to transform interpersonal relations, while fostering broad collaborative action to eradicate inequality."
In her Hypatia article and at Rice, May explored Cooper's views on elitist gender constructs, idealized notions of domesticity, gender's unnecessary constraints (reinforced by religion, economics, education and the law) and the problems with romantic-love ideology. She says Cooper believed that, if any of these areas were left unchecked, the fight for women's rights and civil rights would be undermined.
"Cooper felt that prevailing ideas about gender roles, romantic love and marriage not only led to inequitable relationships, but also set the stage for larger societal problems, such as white supremacy, xenophobia and imperial rule," May says. "Unfortunately, much of her work has been misunderstood or relatively unknown."
At Rice, May gave a keynote lecture about Cooper titled "Raising a Voice in Protest, Issuing a Call to Action," and then participated in a graduate colloquium. May drew heavily from her books "Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries" (2015) and "Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist: A Critical Introduction" (2007), both published by Routledge, and from some of her articles, including the current one in Hypatia.
"We considered Cooper's work and legacy, as well as her continued relevance for social transformation, political protest and collective organizing," says May, whose visit was sponsored by Rice's Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality. "Although Cooper died in 1964 [at the age of 105], the nuance and complexity of her ideas are becoming more fully appreciated."
Cooper is best known for "A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South" (1892), the first book-length volume on black feminist thought published in the United States. She also advocated for equal education for black women, called for a new African American literature that was grounded in black folklore and rejected ideas about justice that maintained hierarchy or pitted marginalized groups against one another.
A longtime resident of Washington, D.C., Cooper was the principal of and a teacher at the renowned Dunbar High School; co-founder of the Colored Women's League; president of Frelinghuysen University; and founder of the Hannah Stanley Opportunity School, in memory of her mother.
While May is comfortable on the international stage and enjoys delving into Cooper's contributions (one of her specialties), she is particularly excited about what is on tap this semester in the Humanities Center. May alludes to a spate of upcoming lectures, workshops, author readings and performances, along with a book-signing celebration and various events involving the center's fellowships and distinguished visiting professorships.
"Our goal is to foster research, promote intellectual exchange and emphasize the deep relevance of the humanities to wider publics," she concludes. "The Humanities Center cuts across the disciplines, as well as the schools and colleges on campus, to pursue enduring questions and to address pressing needs. We're part of the University's social contract."


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Aaron Cashman will get chance to fill in for Spencer Lee when Iowa wrestles Princeton
125-pounder wants to show he's more than just a backup
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IOWA CITY — Iowa wrestler Aaron Cashman has patiently waited in the wings.
The redshirt freshman has been ready to wrestle despite remaining a reserve to three-time world champion, two-time NCAA titlist and top-ranked Spencer Lee.
Cashman will finally get a call to step in to the top-ranked Hawkeyes lineup when they travel to No. 12 Princeton for a non-conference dual Sunday at Jadwin Gymnasium, beginning at 1 p.m. He is expected to face All-American Pat Glory, who is ranked fourth nationally by trackwrestling.com.
"I see it as a great opportunity for myself," Cashman said. "Just show my skills."
Some college wrestlers have elected to take an Olympic redshirt while preparing for next year's Olympic Trials. Lee's international and collegiate accomplishments made him eligible for one, but the Iowa coaching staff, Lee and his family decided to train for freestyle and compete in the college season simultaneously.
Others have done it in the past. Cashman learned he might have a chance to take the mat at times this season.
"I was super excited about it when I was told Spencer might not be wrestling a lot of the matches," said Cashman, a Minnesota state champion and two-time state runner-up who passed on his senior prep season to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. "You're going to be getting some matches in. That's why I came here. I came to wrestle for the Hawkeyes to perform. Show the fans I can be a top-ranked guy, too."
Cashman trains with some of the best lightweights in the country. In addition to Lee, the Iowa room has top-ranked 133-pounder Austin DeSanto, former starter Paul Glynn, highly-touted Gavin Teasdale and world-class competitors in the Hawkeye Wrestling Club.
"I just see it as a way to build every day," Cashman said. "There's no way I'm not getting better every day wrestling with those guys.
"It's great for me. Knowing that I'm wrestling with them also gives me confidence."
Iowa Coach Tom Brands wanted Cashman to get acclimated to the pre-dual routine. Cashman weighed in for the Iowa State and Wisconsin duals, even though Lee wrestled and earned technical falls. Cashman prepared for each match as if he were the varsity wrestler, getting used to the physical and mental adjustments with a one-hour weigh-in.
"Every week I've been doing the same thing," Cashman said. "The coaches never told me until the last second. Every week the past three weeks, I've been thinking I was the guy until five minutes before the match.
"Just going to do the same. Tom and (Iowa associate head coach) Terry (Brands) coach me very well. They know what they're doing, so I put all my trust in them and it will be a good outcome."
The Hawkeyes subscribe to the next-man in mentality. Brands said Cashman has done what is expected of him.
"That's his job (and) you do your job," Brands said. "He's handled it like a professional. He's handled it like we expect him to."
If you aren't aware of Cashman's style, he describes it as a mesh of quickness and physical technique. He has become stronger and developed offense from ties.
"I'm kind of a mix between Iowa style and being slick, a slick, fast style, too," Cashman said. "I've always kind of wrestled from space but I'm also trying to get in the grind of college wrestling."
Cashman was ranked No. 1 nationally at 113 as a prep at the same time Glory was top-ranked at 120. He wanted to move up to test himself against bigger guys, but didn't get the chance. This could be a chance to make an impression, proving he is more than Lee's backup.
"It's going to be a tough guy," Cashman said. "I respect him but I'm not going to respect him that much. I just see it as another match for me, especially wrestling with one of the best guys probably in the whole world, Spencer Lee, every day."
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Former Bihar Congress President Ram Jatan Sinha Joins Nitish Kumar's JD(U)
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Former Bihar Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha on Tuesday joined the ruling Janata Dal United and lavished praise on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the party
Ram Jatan Sinha had severed his ties with the Congress ahead of the 2015 assembly polls which he unsuccessfully contested as an Independent candidate.
PATNA: Former Bihar Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha on Tuesday joined the ruling Janata Dal (United) and lavished praise on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the party.
After joining the JD(U) at an auditorium in presence of top leaders like national vice president Prashant Kishor and state unit chief Vashishth Narayan Singh, Mr Sinha was felicitated at the party office by Mr Kumar.
Mr Sinha is not an ordinary leader and his joining our party will have immense consequences, Mr Kumar told reporters on the occasion.
Today, we see doors of political parties are closed on talented young people, which is regrettable. Our party, however, is different as it is not controlled by a family.
And, therefore, there is hardly any social segment which is not duly represented in the JD(U), the Chief Minister said.
Earlier, at the party function in Bapu Sabhagar auditorium, Mr Sinha had said Nitish Kumar is a leader who thinks of Bihars development all the time. And the state has prospered under his leadership since he has eradicated social strife along the lines of caste and religion.
A known baiter of Lalu Prasad, Mr Sinha also took potshots at the RJD supremos heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, whom he did not mention by name but remarked people without any formal education worth the name have the temerity to raise questions on the state of universities in Bihar.
Mr Sinha had severed his ties with the Congress ahead of the 2015 assembly polls which he unsuccessfully contested as an Independent candidate.
A three-time MLA from Makhdumpur assembly segment in Jehanabad district, now a reserved constituency, Mr Sinha had served as the BPCC president in 2003.
Speculations are rife that he may be fielded by the JD(U) from Jehanabad Lok Sabha segment, which has a sizeable population of Bhumihar community to which Mr Sinha belongs.
Mr Sinha is the second former state unit chief of the Congress to have joined the JD(U) in a year. In February last year, three Congress MLCs including former BPCC president Ashok Choudhary had crossed over to Nitish Kumars party.
Besides, another former state Congress president Mehboob Ali Kaiser is with Ram Vilas Paswans Lok Janshakti Party, a partner in the states ruling alliance.
However, Tariq Anwar who had served as a BPCC president in the 1980s but went on to co-found the NCP along with Sharad Pawar returned to the party last year.
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Arc Fatigue:
The development of Allen and the 14th Noah suffered this as a result of multiple breaks Hoshino took, and because of the writers real-life issues that have caused the manga to be on hiatus since December 2012. As a result Allen was suffering for years until finally being able to break free in a chapter that was released in 2017.
In an extension of the above fatigue, some often cite that the Arc Fatigue started from the moment of the weekly-to-monthly switch for the manga; having the story arcs going for much longer periods of real-time then previously before. The fans often debate if this is because Hoshino doesn't release enough content for a monthly release, and is stuck on a weekly release mind-set, or if it's because the fans themselves can't adjust to the new schedule and can't handle the, now slow, plot advancement then when the manga was on a weekly release.
Base-Breaking Character:
The Noah. Either they are a cool group of attractive and creepy badasses that contribute to the series Myth Arc, or a Spotlight-Stealing Squad that moves the series away from its original premise and their immortality causing them to long overstay their welcome. Even Skin, who died, is eventually going to be revived.
Johnny Gill. You either hate him for being completely irrelevant and a huge crybaby, or you feel sorry for him with all the traumatic experiences he's going through over the course of the story. Or both.
Creepy Awesome:
All Noah are this by default, but the Millennium Earl is particularly badass even by their standards.
Tyki Mikk. He's a sexy badass, yes, but he's a Noah, which means Nightmare Fuel is just part of the package.
Critical Research Failure: A priest marrying a nun. The anime fixed this, thankfully.
Die for Our Ship:
Lenalee gets this for getting in the way of Allen/Yu.
Eliade tends to get this a lot from Krory/Miranda fans, which is ridiculous, since she dies in Krory's introductory arc.
Ensemble Dark Horse:
Three words: General Cross Marian. Despite his relatively small participation in the series, he has always managed to rank high in the popularity polls, being almost always in the top 10 (in the 3rd one he ranked the 12th, still close). Reasons for his great acceptance within the fandom include his badassery (during his first fight in the series, he defeated the previously thought invincible Noah Tyki with ease, he later destroyed a bunch of Level 3 Akumas like nothing and was the one who ultimately killed the Level 4 in the next arc, has two Innocences, one a gun that never runs out of ammo and that always follows his target, and another in the form of the corpse of a beautiful woman that he controls with magic and that can use her voice to create ilusions and control the enemy, can use magic, has a cool Eyepatch of Power that apparently allows him to disguise as other people and features both a Badass Beard and an imposing deep voice), the mystery surrounding his figure, his good looks and that, despite his rocky relationship with Allen, he actually cares about him.
Komui is fairly popular for being a genuinely funny comic relief character, while also being a serious and professional leader everytime the Black Order was facing a big crisis. It also helps he's one of the few higher-ups who sees the Exorcists under his care as people and not as tools and that he worries about their well-being and safety, and that his reason for joining the Black Order was to reunite and take care of her traumatized little sister. He has fared well too in the popularity polls despite his role decreasing more and more as the series progresses, ranking in the top 10 in the first poll, and still managing to get into the top 20 in the next ones.
Krory and Miranda are loved by the fandom due their incredibly tragic backstories, as well as their progress throught the series, with Miranda becoming more confident and prettier the more the series advances (while still maintaining her charming gloominess from her introductory arc), and Krory turning into one of the most badass exorcists so far. A proof of their popularity is that, despite not having a great role after the Noah's Ark incident, they ranked the 5th (Miranda) and 6th (Krory) positions in the last popularity poll, surpassing other fan favourites who had a more active role in the latest arc, like Tyki and Road.
In the Noah's side of things, Devit has shown to have quite the following. He got the 6th spot of the 2nd popularity poll, and ranked the 13th in the 3rd one. His brother Jasdero has his share amount of fans too, managing to get into the top 20 in both polls (ranking 13th in the 2nd poll and 17th in the 3rd one). Even their combined form, Jasdevi, managed to get into the top 20 in the second poll, getting the 16th rank.
Evil Is Sexy:
Tyki Mikk. The author admitted that Tyki exists because she wanted to draw a handsome guy. One of the Creepy Twins, Devit, is also really popular among female fans (and perhaps even Jasdero). And new character Wisely appears to have been a big hit despite only appearing in the few latest chapters.
Road has been known to invoke this as well, even with non-Lolicon fans. And don't forget Lulu Bell!
Eliade fits this trope to a T, using her good looks to her advantage.
Fashion-Victim Villain: The Noah underwent some strange costume changes after the Japan arc, quite a few of the male characters going from rocking some awesome suits to wearing some kind of bizarre belly shirts.
Foe Yay: Road kissed Allen and claims to love him.
Growing the Beard: The manga starts off as a Monster of the Week story, regularly introducing new Exorcists, but did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask), to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump now.
Iron Woobie: Allen Walker. Why yes, that wide-eyed smiling boy was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him personally, was then taken in by Cross, who stuck him with all his debts, is constantly stuck with missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was betrayed by the organization he works for, and then found out his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but the soul of the evil 14th Noah that was sealed inside him. And then it's revealed as of late that Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person. Then his mentor was attacked, and supposedly killed, and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult figure in his life, far as he knows. He finally breaks after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.
Moe: Allen Walker. Among fandom, he's commonly described as "cute" and "very huggable." Also, being a wide-eyed Cheerful Child helps.
Moral Event Horizon: The Black Order upper echelons when they ordered the creation of both The Second and Third Exorcist projects. Or if not that, when they order the execution of Allen.
Narm Charm: Jasdevi's Fusion Dance. Relatedly, the Level 4 Akuma would look outright stupid if they weren't so terrifying.
One-Scene Wonder:
Despite only being in a couple of chapters before being killed, Daisya Barry was well received by the fandom, thanks to his sarcastic personality and unique way of using his Innocence like a soccer player. It is noteworthy to mention that he has always managed to place in the top 20 in the popularity polls (outranking other, way more active characters) despite his brief role in the plot. For that, the anime gave him more scenes, revealed his backstory and expanded the scene where he dies.
In spite of only appearing in a single fight, Eshi is remembered fondly by the fans due his spectacular fight with Lenalee, his memorable voice and for introducing the threat of the Level 3 Akuma to the audience.
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Quite a few people found Miranda Lotto to be incredibly annoying during the Rewinding Town arc. Fortunately, it doesn't even take until the end of the arc for her to get a lot better.
The Scrappy: Chaozii Han to a lot of the fans of the series, probably due to being one of the few non-bishonen male characters. His turning on Allen without question when the Order declares him an enemy didn't help matters, either.
Squick: Cyril is way too touchy-feely with Tyki (who may - pending canon confirmation to take this out of fanon - be his brother) and Road (his adopted daughter). Cyril loves "playing house" so much, it gives him a nosebleed. For their part, Tyki thoroughly dislikes Cyril's attentions while Road is either oblivious or doesn't care. Being way older than she looks and possibly being a paedophile might have something to do with that.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: The artistic changes done to the character designs in the Hallow anime, as well as some of the changes of seiyu, were met by unfavourable reviews most noticeably Yu Kanda's recast. It was probably inevitable, as most of the viewers had grown accustomed to the previous anime's designs.
Too Cool to Live: Eshii. He had Frieza as his seiyuu, beats two badass Exorcists, and forced a third to go all out, has gravity powers, and is a capable fighter. He's also the only Level Three, that doesn't get reduced to a humiliating state or beaten easily.
Uncanny Valley: The Level 4 Akuma. They look like mishapen dolls in the vague shape of children, have piercing beady eyes, and are the most dangerous level of Akuma there are.
Viewer Gender Confusion: Jasdero is very bishounen, and has long blonde hair, and without the makeup looks very feminine. His fusion with Devit, Jasdevi, takes this Up to Eleven, having long blond hair with black highlights, and now sporting black lipstick.
What an Idiot!: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything.
The Woobie: The series is filled with them:
Allen himself. Check the entry under Iron Woobie.
Lenalee. Her Dark and Troubled Past has left her pretty bitter and broken beneath her smiling facade.
Considering his past, Lavi could easily be counted as one.
Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and the nature of her Innocence doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a Stable Time Loop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her Innocence, is afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to The Medic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.
Kanda, falls in the Jerkass Woobie category after his horrible past is revealed. After the Second exorcist arc, he has also softened up to Allen, as he litelly risked his life to let Kanda bid a peaceful farewell to Alma, further garnering a lot of fans' sympathy for him.
The Akuma is general could be seen as this, though it would be more precise to put them in the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds category. At the end of the day, these are really, really tragic beings; not only have they been forced to kill their own loved ones(who were in mourning, no less), but then are made to inhabit that body... and have no option but to keep killing, as they have no control over their actions. All of this, while the soul is completely aware of all the things it's being forced to do. And the only way out of this torment is their destruction. Just thinking about it is horrifying enough. Allen definitely isn't wrong when he says that they are extremely sad beings that shouldn't exist.


How will your PCT measure up as a world-class commissioner?
PCTs face new checks on their commissioning abilities – including their support for PBC – under an assurance system launched last month. Practical Commissioning quizzed Dr David Jenner on what it all means for GPs. See how PCT performance will be measured in the factfile at the bottom of the article.
Last month the Department of Health unveiled details of exactly how PCTs will be assessed as 'world-class commissioners'.
Starting from this autumn, the SHA-led assurance system will measure performance in three areas – health outcomes, competencies and governance. Assessments will be undertaken through a mixture of PCT self-assessment feedback from local partners such as practice-based commissioners, and ultimately, an annual interrogation of PCTs by a review panel.
This will lead to a scorecard, giving regional and national rankings, although league tables will not be made public until the second year of the system, in 2009/10.
Why should practice-based commissioners and other GPs be aware of the new world-class commissioning (WCC) assurance system?
WCC is basically a huge fitness-for-purpose exercise for commissioning and it places clinical leadership right at the heart of that.
Shortly after the original WCC document was published in December, I did wonder whether WCC was designed to replace PBC. But now we've had the message about PBC reinforced by the final Darzi report (High Quality Care For All, published on 30 June) we can see that WCC is in fact a way of holding PCTs to account for enabling PBC to happen.
If you look at paragraph 27, page 53 of the Darzi report, it states that the assurance system will draw on evidence 'including a feedback survey from clinicians, the quarterly PBC survey and PBC governance arrangements'.
Will practice-based commissioners have any role in assessing PCTs?
They are named, in the WCC assurance handbook, as one of the potential partners, along with other local organisations and people in the commissioning game, who should give 360° appraisal of PCTs.
The NHS Alliance has proposed to the Department of Health that PBC consortium leads should be a mandatory partner because at present their involvement is only optional.
I think there would have to be very good reasons why consortium leads were not named as partners, and if they're not involved, it should prompt the SHA to ask why.
There is a huge danger that PCTs will choose to do their self-assessments without involving PBC consortiums because of the time pressures on implementing this system in the first year.
So I believe PBC consortiums need to be on the front foot and start approaching their PCT and asking how they are going to involve GPs in their self-assessment process.
Is the assurance framework measuring the right things?
It's nice to see the emphasis on quality and outcomes in WCC. Health outcomes are definitely what we want to measure, and the mixture of some national, and some locally chosen, makes very good sense.
Is it right that the first year's results won't be made public?
That information would probably be available under the Freedom of Information Act anyway. But maybe it's right to get people to be honest in year one so they're not asked to write their own death certificate.
How do you think most PCTs will be ranked in the first year?
I know of no PCTs that are world class – these are challenging targets. I think it is expected that the vast majority of PCTs will be at levels one or two [four being the highest level].
Wouldn't it have been better to get a watchdog-style body – in the same way as foundation trusts answer to the regulator Monitor – to run the assurance system?
I think there are dangers in moving too fast to that. The Healthcare Commission is in its sunset era, the Care Quality Commission is just coming in. The danger with external regulation is that organisations spend their time ticking boxes, not doing the work.
We know there will be an independent organisation on the panel assessing PCTs – probably someone from McKinsey or Humana [which is part of a consortium of private firms that have won a Department of Health contract to provide consultancy for the implementation of the assurance system].
Ultimately, do you think this assurance system will improve support for PBC?
Yes, I think there is a very good chance.
However I think there is a danger, given that SHAs are the key assurance bodies for WCC, that there are still some SHAs who are complicit with PCTs in not believing in PBC and who display a whole central command and control culture, by setting, for example, a range of 'local' targets that go beyond national ones and are not fully owned by the front line.
There has been a lot of talk about reforms being locally led and clinically driven – yet it often seems that locally led means 'at SHA level' and clinically driven means 'hand-picked members of PECs and medical directors'.
So I think it will need strong leadership from the DH and ministers, and I don't doubt the ministerial commitment to PBC.
Are practice-based commissioners strong enough to influence the WCC agenda?
There's still an each-way bet on whether practices will rise to the challenge of PBC.
If GPs don't the FESC contractors [the private companies pre-approved by the DH to advise PCTs on commissioning] introduced under WCC are waiting in the wings.
I think practices have to choose between being primary care providers or wanting to influence commissioning. If they want to be only providers, they will have to influence through third-sector organisations.
FESC contractors will commission for profit whereas practice-based commissioners cannot. So GPs will have to decide whether this is the best use of local resources.
What's encouraging is that we know from latest surveys that nearly 70% of practices still support the concept of PBC.
• up to eight locally set indicators, which must be agreed with patients, doctors and other community partners.
Scoring will recognise that improvements take time, so the focus will be on why the local priorities were chosen and how results will be produced. Scorecards will show current performance and improvements against SHA and national averages based on Office of National Statistics data. PCTs will also receive performance figures adjusted for local health deprivation.
11 make sound financial investments.
Performance on the first 10 will be measured under the competencies section of the assurance system; the 11th will be measured under the governance section. Three indicators apply to each competency, so on number four, a PCT would be measured on 'clinical engagement', dissemination of information to support clinical decision-making' and 'reputation as leader of clinical engagement'.
PCTs will self-assess from level one to four (with four being best) whether they meet the criteria. They must meet all three criteria at one level before moving up the competency ranking a level. The final ranking for each competency will be determined by the review panel, taking into account other evidence (such as a new PCT feedback survey).
Respondents must come from three groups: partners (such as practice-based commissioners, the SHA, local government, or patient groups), providers and opinion formers (such as the local press).
PCT governance will be measured by assessing three areas: strategy, finance and board. This will cover the PCT's five-year vision and objectives, long- and short-term financial planning and management, and organisational culture, structures and risk management.
PCTs will receive a green, amber or red (the worst) rating for each of the three areas. PCTs will be asked to self-certify their 'board' ratings but final decisions will be made by the review panel. Governance ratings will be informed by scores PCTs receive separately from the Audit Commission and the Healthcare Commission.
As well as ratings on the outcomes, competencies and governance, the final scorecard will include a 'potential for improvement' commentary.
• End of October: final deadline for PCT submission of self-assessments, documents and survey results.
• An SHA analyst prepares a briefing document in advance for the review panel, based on the PCT's submission and SHA insight. It should give the PCT's benchmarked position and suggested questions for the panel review days.
• November/December: panel review days take place where PCT board members are quizzed on their performance.
• PCT receives final scorecard and a final meeting takes place between the SHA and PCT to agree actions, and any incentives or sanctions against the PCT.
• February (from 2009/10): national ratings published.
• PCT (a PCT chief executive from another SHA area).
Top-performing PCTs will achieve 'world-class PCT' status and get 'a package of complementary incentives'.
• an overall positive commentary on potential for improvement.
PCTs that cause concern will be required to take remedial action set by the SHA. If they persistently fail, the NHS chief executive will deem the PCT 'challenged' and can sack the PCT board, bring in new staff and initiate a turnaround plan.


This past Friday, I shipped about a month's worth of extensive refactoring to the content editing infrastructure of the site. As with many refactoring projects, the best possible outcome would have been that no one would notice I'd done anything. The worst would have been visible breakage of the site for content authors or users. That launch was a success (whew!), and although it took a lot of effort and planning on my part to make that happen, I want to credit two powerful methodologies that ensured I wasn't working alone: unit tests and peer code reviews. I want to focus on code reviews here, because while the benefits of unit tests (especially in refactoring projects) are well-documented, I've found that subjecting code to peer review has subtly and unexpectedly changed the way I actually write my code.
too much fun on this code review.
Fewer bugs. Bugs won't reach production if they are caught in a review first.
Improved code quality. A strong check on coders' tendencies to take shortcuts, sacrifice code readability or understandability, or put in temporary half-measures that don't solve the underlying problem. In many cases criticism in a review caused me to rethink a problem and come up with a more elegant solution.
On-boarding of new developers. Getting your head around a new codebase can be challenging. By reviewing new devs' commits we catch redundancy, unwanted side effects, and potential conflicts, as well as enforcing our style guide and setting a standard for high quality code from the very beginning.
Diffusion of knowledge. Anything that facilitates communication between members of the team pays dividends over the long run. If nothing else, there will be a day when a critical developer will be on vacation/trapped in an elevator/at home with the swine flu and a reviewer will come to the rescue.
Fewer bugs. A bug not caught during review will still have to be found and fixed later on. Tracking down a bug in production takes significantly more time, and fixing it is more difficult.
Improved code quality. Quality code is easier to read, easier to implement new features on top of, and incurs less technical debt (TODO-laden code that will have to be revisited in the future). Of course, code reviews don't force this, they enforce whatever the team decides. If the team needs something done yesterday, then by all means do the quick thing and come back and fix it later.
On-boarding of new developers. Efficient mentoring of new developers bends the productivity curve in a positive way. Even experienced devs are less productive while they are learning a new codebase.
Diffusion of knowledge. Good documentation won't replace having multiple devs who understand any piece of code. Projects won't stall because the one developer who knows a system is busy doing something else and the code isn't clear. Our mantra is "anybody can fix anything", and it's critical that anyone be able to jump into any piece of code and understand it.
I won't go much further with this argument; in my mind it's a settled matter that compulsory code reviews are a Good Thing and they have helped us in many ways as an organization. What I hope to share here is a surprising and totally non-obvious fact: code reviews have changed the way I design and write code for the better.
It's actually night-time in this photo.
Such is the awesome power of teamwork at Khan Academy!
All the lessons I've drawn from this ongoing experiment have taken some time to understand and internalize. When we first instituted mandatory code reviews, I didn't notice any immediate changes. For trivial bug fixes, reviews are transparent: I make the fix, commit to stable, and send off the review after the fact. The fix might ship before the review is done, but bug fixes are high priority and that's OK.
Similarly for minor features: I make the change in a private branch, test and document, then send a review. Then there is a period of answering reviewer questions and iteration. In the meantime I might move on to other work, and when the review is accepted I merge to stable and deploy.
With larger projects and changesets, I began to notice breakdowns happening when I got to the review stage. Reviews were too large for reviewers to comprehend, or too convoluted to follow. By the time a reviewer responded to a review, I would have several more reviews open for subsequent commits, and it wasn't clear which review fixes should be assigned to. Reviewers were reviewing already-replaced or rewritten code. It became a real mess.
Make one conceptual change per commit. (As opposed to one functional change per commit.) When I started working on a change, I would often be thinking about a requirement: "The user can set a bookmark." I would add a UserBookmark object, write the get/set API calls, and some UI. Later I would come back and write some unit tests. This is all one functional change, but many conceptual changes, and they deserve their own commits: A new UserBookmark object, with full documentation and unit tests. Then the API calls, with their own documentation and unit tests. Each change is much easier to understand, can be critiqued on its own merits, and will tend to be confined to a particular part of the code.
Cut the thread. Many times, especially while refactoring, a change will have cascading effects: While testing I find multiple side effects from my change, fix them, and then those fixes cause more side effects, and so on. Sometimes fixing a side effect triggers another refactor, or fixing a totally unrelated bug, and when the code finally gets committed it is both unreasonably large and completely unfathomable. Even I can't remember exactly what prompted a particular change in a day-long marathon of bugfixing. I could try to split the fixes among several commits after the fact, but that's error-prone and difficult. A better solution is to "cut the thread" at some reasonable point, and start sprinkling TODO's liberally where fixes need to be made. It's clear to the reviewer that this code is not yet functional and just what the side effects of the change are without actually fixing those side effects in that commit. Best of all, it's clear from looking at the commit history what motivated each fix.
Write throw-away experimental code. When starting a project, I find it helpful to quickly iterate on a prototype implementation for a thorny code problem before settling on a final solution. These sketches are not useful to have reviewed; rather it is better to write up the proposed solution in a Google Doc or email and iterate on that with reviewers before sitting down to implement it for real. The second implementation takes into account reviewer feedback and is written more carefully, with documentation and unit tests that would be a waste of time during a prototyping phase. The prototype is eventually thrown away and doesn't become part of the commit history.
Work on multiple tasks in parallel. There is some inevitable downtime while waiting for reviewers to look at newly submitted code. Having a list of bugs or small tasks unrelated to my main project gives me something productive to do in that downtime. It's a great way to make sure that small, lower-priority tasks don't get crowded out by larger projects. I can assign the reviews for these smaller tasks to different reviewers, balancing the review load among the team.
Don't get too far ahead of the reviewer. I do my best never to push changes that build on unreviewed changes. When I can't switch to a different task, I keep new changes local and don't push them until they previous reviews are done. That way I can implement changes from reviews cleanly on top of the pushed commits and rebase my local changes on top. (I use Mercurial bookmarks or Git branches for this.) Sometimes after discussion with the reviewer changes will be made that force the later work to be rewritten, and that is fine. It's better than having to roll back later commits to fix something from a review!
Document everything, even if it's in progress. If I'm going to have to explain some complex bit of logic or a long list of method arguments to a reviewer, I may as well just do it in the code itself. Even if the code has ## TEMPORARY ## or // TODO(HACK) UGLY HACK all over it, it still gets documented. It never ceases to surprise me how long those things live in the codebase, and the short-term solutions are the ones that need the most explanation: Why do we need this? What should replace this? When can it safely be replaced?
I firmly believe that all of these techniques make my commit history easier for me and others to understand and make me more efficient as a programmer, and I probably wouldn't have adopted them if not for the practice of peer code reviews. I have also learned a lot about Python/JS/IE/life from my peers and maybe taught someone something they didn't know.
Even if you work alone or don't do code reviews in your team, perhaps you may benefit from these tips in your own work. If you do participate in code reviews, do you organize or think about your code differently to take full advantage of the review process? I'd love to hear from you.
Photo credits: Jason Rosoff, embedded Khan Academy documentarist and lead designer.


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Mailbox summit trail spares trees
The DNR has been building the new Mailbox Peak trail for several years and it's nearly complete. Work on the lower switchbacks began in 2012 using a small excavator while another crew worked by hand down from the top. A new parking lot was built in 2013 and by the end of that year the new trail connected with the old trail at 3900′, just below the big talus field. Work continued in succeeding seasons to add bridges, improve drainage at smaller creek crossings, and improve the tread.
In 2016 most of the work was focused on the section of trail through the talus field and continuing on an open ridge to the summit. The old trail alignment veered to the north side of the ridge line and passed through a grove of old growth hemlock trees. They were beautiful and stately, but the impact of thousands of boots stepping on the trail that was in large part roots of these trees threatened their health. Heavy duty rock work was required to construct trail switchbacks through the talus, but this trail will melt out sooner in the spring and is indestructible. Above the talus the tread is now restricted to a single path instead of multiple braids, and much of it has been improved with sturdy rock steps. Previously this was an erosion-prone dirty gully with rocks continually working loose from boot traffic.
Only a short section remains before the new Mailbox trail is completed, and we can expect that to occur in 2017.
Illustration of work done on this year on the upper section of the new Mailbox trail. The work on the final section to the summit is not complete yet.
Junction of the new and old trails. The new trail now goes straight ahead instead of steeply up to the left.
Easy section just past the new/old trail junction
New switchback on the south side below the talus field
The new trail enters the talus field on the south side of the ridge. This avoids the rooty trail through the old growth hemlocks which would have harmed them over time.
New trail through talus
Building a trail through the talus field. Photo courtesy of DNR.
The crew did a great job laying flat stepping stones here
This is the top of talus trail section where the trail leaves the talus field
The blocked old trail from the other side of the blockage. There's no reason for anyone to go this way now — the talus field has big views and secure footing.
Well done rock step work where it used to be semi-loose rocks in a dirty gully
Obviously this is beyond the point that the trail crew got to. This is what much of the ridge trail used to look like.
This entry was posted in Mailbox and tagged DNR, new trail, peakMailbox on 2016/10/25 by mvanderbilt.
DNR hosts Teneriffe trailhead forum
On January 26, 2016 the local DNR staff hosted a neighborhood forum to discuss early stage plans for a new trailhead at the base of Mount Teneriffe. The DNR had previously met with selected neighbors and scheduled a previous forum that was lightly attended because a strong windstorm hit the area that day. This event drew about 40 people, the higher attendance probably due to an article about the meeting in a local newspaper.
Neighbors filter in as the DNR staff prepares to start the meeting
After a brief overview, Doug McClelland of the local DNR office fielded questions and concerns from the audience for over an hour and half. Doug emphasized that the DNR is not trying to draw more recreation related traffic up the narrow SE Mount Si Road, rather it is trying to solve a problem of inadequate parking at the school bus turn-around as the Mount Teneriffe trails become more popular. This Mount Si NRCA project is only one part of a comprehensive Snoqualmie Corridor Recreation Plan including DNR lands on Tiger Mountain, the Raging River valley, Rattlesnake Mountain, and the Middle Fork Snoqualmie NRCA. Most of the trailheads being developed are close to I-90 and do not involve hikers walking or driving through a residential area. That makes this trailhead particularly sensitive and neighbors from the affected area were not shy to voice their concerns.
Parking and traffic on SE Mt Si Road and in nearby neighborhoods. A few spots along the road are legal to park on, but parking in areas where it's prohibited only incurs a $20 ticket which most felt is not enough of a deterrent.
Safety concerns due to hikers walking along the road when the Mt Si parking lot is full. There are no sidewalks and the shoulder is narrow so the hikers often walk in the traffic lanes
Increased traffic on a service level 4 road that receives only minimal maintenance. Most of these issues must ultimately be addressed by King County, but integrated planning by all parties and a coordinated request will probably yield the best results.
Concerns about visitors trespassing on private property and inappropriate behavior. One resident found visitors having a picnic on her lawn. Some hikers feel free to change clothes in the middle of the street. Ungated parking lots invite activities unrelated to hiking, including some users frequently staying overnight.
Concerns about levels of police patrols and enforcement. This is another issue that extends well beyond the DNR, but should be addressed as part of the plan.
Doug McClelland fields neighbors questions and concerns
Mitigations
These problems are not going to be easy to solve, but Doug emphasized that there is good cooperation between the various levels of government and other groups funding the projects. Visitation levels have been increasing for years and doing nothing is not a solution. Some of the possible mitigations discussed were
Installing a vending machine for purchase a Discover Pass to reduce pressure to park outside the designated areas
Continuing the experiment with a shuttle service started in the summer of 2015. It got a lot of publicity but very little use. Ultimately a shuttle service will be needed for both the Mount Si and Middle Fork areas because there will not be enough parking for the anticipated demand. The Middle Fork paving project actually reduces the number of possible parking places because the road is being raised to improve drainage and this results in steep shoulders.
Avoid building new trails beyond those that currently exist in the Mount Si NRCA and encourage use of trails in other nearby areas with better access.
Consider electronic surveillance to help safety and law enforcement. Automatically monitoring how full the lots are and making the information available online could direct hikers to less busy areas.
Improve signage for parking, pass requirements and purchase, and other nearby hiking options
Attendees got a chance to visit with the local DNR staff after the meeting
Work on the Teneriffe trailhead and other Snoqualmie Corridor facilities is being funded by a $100,000 grant – RCO 14-1841 Snoqualmie Corridor Facilities Design. The initial thinking when applying for the grant was to build a new parking lot uphill from the school bus turn around where hikers currently park.
An early trailhead concept from the grant application showed a multi-loop parking lot uphill from the school bus turn around, near the water tower.
Work done as part of the grant evaluated the possible trailhead locations more carefully and the preferred site shifted to area B shown below. The DNR staff stressed that these are still concept drawings. Actual plans require significantly more study to evaluate wildlife, drainage, traffic and other impacts.
Locations evaluated for a new trailhead. Relatively flat ground and distance from streams and wetlands are advantageous which made the C and D sites unworkable.
A comparison of the two most likely sites. Site A was initially favored but turned out to have steeper slopes and more difficult drainage problems than site B, the current front runner.
01/11/2016 Living Snoqualmie – New Hiking Trailhead, 70 Car Parking Lot Planned for Mt. Si Road, Residents Voice Concerns
This entry was posted in North Bend, Si and tagged DNR, new trail, parking, peakTeneriffe, road, trailhead on 2016/01/26 by mvanderbilt.
Work begins on Granite Creek shortcut trail
Work has begun on the new Granite Creek shortcut trail. This trail will start at a new parking lot the DNR plans to build near the concrete bridge and will wind up the ridge west of Granite Creek to join the old road, recently converted to a trail. The new trail starts out on an old logging road but leaves about 1/3 miles in on a new track that stays along the ridge line. For a number of years there has been a little know user-built trail that some hikers have used to shorten the distance to Granite Lakes by about 1 1/2 miles each way. Sections of that trail have always been steep and muddy and the new trail looks like it will be a big improvement when completed. But as of December 26 with recent rains and snow, the new trail is also very muddy and slippery and does not yet connect with the main trail above.
New Granite Creek shortcut trail route. The trail is still being roughed in. The dotted line is based on pink flagging indicating where the rest of the trail will probably be located.
In a 2009 planning document the DNR said "The new trail will follow the old logging road for half a mile, but then leave the road and wind its way up to the east amongst the various stream drainages west of the Granite Creek Canyon. Once above these deeply cut drainages, the trail will climb the dry ground available west of Granite Creek to meet the Granite Road-Trail, utilizing as few climbing turns and switchbacks as possible."
2009 trail route concept. Planning has been going on for a long time. The route as constructed deviates quite a bit from this early version.
The new trail currently leaves the old logging road about .3 miles from the main road
The new trail is roughed in with freshly cut banks for now
Amenities are already being built such as this bench at a spot with a view over Granite Creek
The new trail winds back and forth on a ridge and stays much closer to Granite Creek than the old user-built shortcut trail
Excavator that's handling the initial trail rough-in
This entry was posted in Granite Creek and tagged DNR, new trail on 2015/12/18 by mvanderbilt.
MTSG dinner features Middle Fork appeal
The Mountain To Sound Greenway held it's annual celebration dinner on December 2, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center. As always they presented a series of accomplishments over the year, with the acquisition of land around Valley Camp being of interest here.
Mountain To Sound Greenway Dinner & Celebration. Photo by MTSG via Twitter
Besides that acknowledgement, each seat had a flyer on it with an appeal for contributions to support needed infrastruction in the Middle Fork valley. Pages from that flyer are reproduced here and it's available as a PDF file from the MTSG website. If this is a cause you support, please consider donating to the MTSG which does an enormous amount of good work there.
Middle Fork 101 – Page 1
Of course, it was gratifying to see the use of two photos from this website's author.
Sunbathers on rock with Garfield Mountain in the background
Possibly a stump from what may have been Washington's biggest tree. 42.5′ circumference, 13.5′ diameter
This entry was posted in Conservation and tagged MTSG, new trail, parking, paving on 2015/12/02 by mvanderbilt.
REI funds Middle Fork trail maintenance
REI web page with final Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail totals
As part of it's "Every Trail Connects" campaign, REI invited its members and the outdoor community across the country to have a direct effect on the trails they love. Community votes determined how to invest $500,000 with 10 nonprofit partners to support 10 selected trails including the Middle Fork Trail on the Snoqualmie River. Each vote (one per day, per person) meant a $5 investment in the selected trail. The investment is part of $5.9 million that REI is granting in 2015 to more than 300 nonprofits working to create access to more than 1,000 outdoor places throughout the United States.
Because of the 3 hour time zone difference with the east coast, the Middle Fork Trail got off to a slow start, but as word spread on local hiking sites and social media the votes started coming in at a brisk pace. Ultimately, the Middle Fork trail got the 5th highest vote total, just 3,242 votes shy of the maximum 15,000. After the voting was done REI added a $10,000 bonus to each of the 10 trails, raising the total to $68,790.
Progress of voting during REI Every Trail campaign
The funds will help repair multiple washouts on the Middle Fork Trail from the severe November 2006 and January 2009 floods and reroute a section located on a rapidly migrating river bend to higher ground. The project also includes removing approximately 0.5 miles of washed-out trail segments to promote natural re-vegetation and repairing portions of the damaged wood boardwalks. Unfortunately, it's not enough money to add a badly needed bridge at the Thunder Creek crossing. The work will be done through a partnership with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and Washington Trails Association.
The unfunded 2012 PRISM Project #12-1743 details much of the work that has been deferred due to lack of funds. The plans for the reroute were published by the USFS as SOPA Project 94062 in July, 2013.
From USFS SOPA Project 94062 – Middle Fork Trail 1003 Relocation
This entry was posted in Middle Fork Trail and tagged new trail on 2015/08/15 by mvanderbilt.
Trail 1003 relocation
The Forest Service has proposed a minor reroute of the Middle Fork trail #1003 between the Taylor River and Dingford Creek. The reroute will avoid an area prone to washouts and landslides caused by normal channel migration of the Middle Fork river.
Washouts
Flagged trail partially follows the old railroad grade
Flagging along proposed reroute
Forest Service proposal PDF
This entry was posted in Middle Fork Trail and tagged new trail, USFS on 2013/08/01 by mvanderbilt.
National Trails Day on Mailbox Peak
A MTSG group gathers for work on the new Mailbox trail
This year National Trails Day, June 1, 2013, fell on a beautiful sunny Saturday. Volunteers gathered at many sites to contribute time to celebrate the day, but here we'd like to thank the group that gathered to continue work on the new Mailbox trail.
This entry was posted in Mailbox and tagged MTSG, new trail, peakMailbox on 2013/06/01 by mvanderbilt.
Granite Creek bridge railings
An old deteriorating log stringer bridge crossing Granite Creek was pulled out last year during the DNR road-to-trail conversion of the Granite Lakes trail last fall. Concrete pads were poured for a pedestrian bridge that will sit far above the creek even at high water, but it will not be installed until this fall, or possibly spring 2014. In the meantime, a temporary bridge constructed from pieces of the old log stringers was put into place. Last winter it was at times a hazardous crossing, especially when icy. Now railings have been added which should provide for a secure crossing until the new bridge arrives.
New railings for a safer crossing (photo by bikejr)
Temporary stringers shortly after trail conversion
Top is flattened, but still hazardous when icy (photo by Richard Perkins)
2012 creek crossing on old log stringer bridge
2012 view of old bridge from below
Pratt River Bar trail proposal
Precarious crossing to Pratt River bar trail
The Forest Service has proposed improved access to the Pratt river bar, including a new bridge across a creek and a toilet. Currently the trail to the river bar requires negotiating a few carefully balanced steps on logs spanning a small creek, then deciding which of several gravelly paths to follow to reach the river.
In their words this project will "provide safe access to the Pratt Bar, by converting 1,100 ft. of closed non-system road to a USFS system trail. A 35-40 foot bridge would be constructed over a creek and a toilet and trailhead sign would be installed in the existing parking lot." The comment period ends in March, 2013. Funding for this work is pending approval of a package of enhancements associated with the FHWA paving project.
photo by Mark Griffith
New toilet facilities along the Middle Fork road are always welcome. This old model near the bar follows the privacy-by-obscurity model — good luck finding it!
Pratt Valley view from the bar
Dispersed campsite by the river bar
Based on the number of fire pits, this is a popular area for dispersed camping and for good reason — the views on both sides of the river are outstanding. During low water periods, it's also a short-cut to the Pratt River valley if you're willing to ford the river.
Pratt River bar trail proposal map
Note: The Google satellite imagery has an offset error for most of the Pratt River valley and some outside of it. That's why the annotations on this map are off. The line for the road and other items are correct, the satellite imagery is shifted north.
View Pratt River Bar trail in a larger map
PDF archive of the Forest Service proposal
This entry was posted in Pratt River bar and tagged new trail, toilet, USFS on 2013/01/28 by mvanderbilt.
Granite Lakes road-to-trail
The Granite Lakes road-to-trail conversion is underway, with work currently being done on the road segment between the Granite Lakes fork and where the Thompson Lake trail took off. A large excavator is digging up the old road bed and removing culverts, leaving a roughed-in trail instead of a road. It will take a number for years for vegetation to re-establish itself along this trail, but it's currently mostly willows and slide alder that will come back fast.
Segment being converted
Fresh road-to-trail conversion
Large excavator used for heavy work
Green carpet underneath alders
New Garfield Ledges trailhead 2018/06/15
Middle Fork Road Grand Opening 2017/09/30
Blethen Lake property purchased for Mt Si NRCA 2017/02/03
Ice Circle by the Big River Bridge 2017/01/07
Middle Fork road gets plowed 2016/12/13
If a tree falls in a river … 2016/11/01
Mailbox summit trail spares trees 2016/10/25
First high water event this fall 2016/10/20
Road paving nearly completed 2016/09/21
More miles paved in August 2016/09/03
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Granite Creek
Grouse Ridge
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Pratt River
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