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Behind the Byline | Michael X. Wang
Welcome to "Behind the Byline," the column in which we share conversations with our current NER writers in all genres. NER interns Leah Sarbib and Alyssa Taylor speak with Michael Wang, author of "Further News of Defeat," which appears in NER 36.2.
LS/AT: You were born in China and moved to the US when you were six years old. How are you influenced by your early years in China and what memories do you have of living there?
MW: I remember being in Beijing in 1990 when the city was making a bid for the Olympics. I was sitting on a bench in front of a newly built stadium with my mother and grandfather, and on my lap was a laminated poster of the flags of every country in the world. Staring at all the strange designs, I was picking and choosing which of those places I'd like to travel to. I didn't know it then, but my adolescent and adult life—along with my writing—have been sort of a reversal of that search. I think my fascination with Chinese history lies in having my birth nation taken away from me through immigration (though, of course, done so with the best of intentions in giving me a better life in America).
I think of myself less as an Asian American writer—although I am that, too—than as a writer who enjoys investigating the historical periods of my birth country.
LS/AT: When did you first become interested in Chinese history, specifically the Japanese massacres of Chinese towns? How historically accurate is "Further News of Defeat?"
MW: A skeleton of the story had been told to me again and again as I was growing up. My father belonged to a family of farmers, and my grandmother had married into his family during the 1950s, riding from her village on a donkey with a band marching behind. The historical incident that "Further News of Defeat" is loosely based on occurred in my grandmother's village, and San, the protagonist, was supposed to be my great grandmother.
Of course, like all stories passed down in this way, there are a number of discrepancies in the versions my father had told me. The story changed from all of the villagers having been thrown into the well to a half and then to a third. Sometimes my great grandmother escaped before the Japanese came and had only heard about it through hearsay. Sometimes she was there, like in the story.
My version of the story tried to make sense of all the different narratives as logically as I could. I did go back to China the summer after I finished the first draft and asked people living in the village next to my father's whether something like this had happened, and I can confirm that an event like the one depicted did occur in a village outside of Yuncheng City—but with so many atrocities having been committed at the time, it can be difficult for people who still remember that period to differentiate one from the other.
LS/AT: The story has touching moments but focuses on a deeply unsettling historical moment. How did you navigate this delicate balance?
MW: To me, the most difficult thing that a writer needs to do when his material includes scenes that are shocking to the point of being sensational—and the one that tends to be forgotten the most—is to balance the deeply unsettling with the quietly intimate. All stories need to be grounded in moments of character-revealing quietude, but especially those that eventually depict violence and bedlam. The contrast will only make those moments even more powerful.
LS/AT: The Japanese soldier who takes an interest in San is morally ambiguous. Can you elaborate on the creation of this character?
MW: Right now, the mainstream Chinese media has many TV shows and movies that depict the Japanese as the root of all evil (much in the same way that Western media portrays Nazi Germany). I wanted a more nuanced approach to my depiction of the Japanese—at least in one character—and I thought it was powerful to have a Japanese soldier save San while a Chinese soldier—the returning runner—just walks by and does nothing. War, as we all know, often degenerates into a type of chaos in which there is no clear sense of hero or villain, good or evil. Defeat is imminent for all who are involved, and that was what I wanted to depict in this story.
Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, China. He received his MFA from Purdue, has a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University, and won a 2010 AWP Intro Award in fiction. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review, Cimarron Review, Prick of the Spindle, Day One, Driftwood Press, and Juked, among others. His chapbook, A Minor Revolution (StoryFront, 2013), is available from Amazon. He began teaching at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, this fall.
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The Durant Community School District is a rural public school district in Cedar County, Iowa. Based in Durant, it spans areas of southeastern Cedar County, northeastern Muscatine County and western Scott County.

Durant consists of a high school, a junior high school and elementary school, all located in a centrally located building in Durant. The  district is governed by a five-member board of directors, which meets monthly at the district's administration center in Durant. The superintendent is Duane Bennett.

The district is a participant in a whole-grade sharing agreement with the nearby Bennett Community School District. Each district is responsible for its own elementary school, while Bennett sends its junior high and high school students to Durant. This agreement has been in place since the 2005-2006 school year.

The school district is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Iowa Department of Education.

History

Monica Rouse - Dismissal, Reinstatement, Legal Actions
In the fall of 2009, Durant High School principal Monica Rouse was placed on administrative leave, beginning years of turmoil in the Durant community. Durant school officials cited a failure on Rouse's part to maintain accurate student records, a lack of professional judgement and inability to be a positive leader or role model; and the school board agreed to consider firing Rouse.[1] Rouse had the case appealed to the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, and in March 2010 an administrative law judge issued an 86-page decision declaring Rouse should keep her job.[2] On March 30, the school board agreed to terminate high school principal Monica Rouse's contract; Iowa law allows entities such as school boards to reject administrative law judges' rulings, since they are non-binding.

Rouse appealed the Board's decision in Cedar County District court. On March 11, 2011, Judge Nancy Tabor sided with Rouse and ordered the district to reinstate her as principal, saying, "Ms. Rouse was a competent and devoted principal". The courts re-affirmed this ruling on May 11, 2011.

The Board appealed this decision to the Iowa Appellate Courts. On January 19, 2012, The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's ruling that Rouse should get her job back. The Durant School Board appealed this to the Iowa Supreme Court. On April 11, 2012, the Iowa Supreme Court voted not to hear the appeal, affirming the lower courts decisions. [1]

The board allowed Rouse to return to active employment, but in a reduced capacity. The board placed restrictions on Rouse's access: to the building, educational records, and communication with students and staff. Rouse filed an action against the board claiming a hostile work environment asking that the board be held in contempt.
On September 28, 2012, Judge Mark Smith cited the school board members for contempt for failing to restore Rouse as principal with all duties, responsibilities and privileges she enjoyed prior to the board's termination actions, and ordered the district to pay $12,000 of Rouse's legal expenses.

Other suits against the board, initiated by Rouse, were settled on December 17, 2012.  The Board agreed to pay Rouse approximately $850,000 in addition to her salary and benefits from the 2009 through 2012 school years, bringing her total compensation to about $1.25 million; she also agreed to step down as principal of the high school.  In addition the Board's legal representative released a statement saying, "...The legal conflict over the past few years has been an unfortunate circumstance for Mrs. Rouse and the District. The Board acknowledges that a prior press release regarding this matter may have contained inaccurate information.  The Board takes this opportunity to recognize Monica Rouse as a dedicated and qualified school administrator." The settlement ended the three-year legal battle between Rouse and the district.

See also
 Lists of school districts in the United States
 List of school districts in Iowa

References

External links

School districts in Iowa
Education in Cedar County, Iowa
Education in Muscatine County, Iowa
Education in Scott County, Iowa

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The American Nursery & Landscape Association awarded Dr. Bonnie Lee Appleton, professor of Horticulture and Extension Nursery/Landscape Management at Virginia Tech's Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Beach, Va., its prestigious Nursery Extension Award.
Given annually, the Nursery Extension Award recognizes outstanding and valuable contributions to the green industry made by extension specialists or agents. Appleton's winning of this award shows the industry's gratitude for her tremendous efforts.
During her tenure at Virginia Tech, Appleton coordinated the only off-campus Masters' of Science in Horticulture program in the United States when she expanded Virginia Tech's program to the Hampton Roads Research Station.
When not in the classroom, Appleton has devoted time to the research of root modification of container-grown nursery stock; alternative nursery production methods and systems; utility easement compatible trees and shrubs; use of mycorrhizal fungal inoculants in nursery production, landscape installation and management; cut holly production; and landscape installations systems—wire basket modification, staking and guying.
Appleton is also the educational advisor and member of the Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association's Certification Committee, where she played an instrumental role in creating VNLA's certification manual and assisted in setting up the association's certification exam; educational advisor for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, the Mid-Atlantic Horticulture short course, the Hampton Roads Tree Care Association and the National Tree Trust. Appleton also participates on the Advisory Board of Horticultural Programs at Tidewater Community College and Norfolk Vocational and Technical School, and is on the Board of Directors of the Garden Writers Association, where she is a multi-award recipient of GWA's Quill & Trowel Award and Certificate of Merit.
She also played a key role in starting the Virginia Flower and Garden Show in Virginia Beach. Her vision was so successful that the Flower Show now fills the entire convention center in Virginia Beach and attracts thousands of consumers each year.
Appleton also has written five books and more than 500 articles in trade publications, including NMPro, American Nurseryman, Grounds Maintenance, Landscape Architecture, Arbor Age, Landscape and Irrigation, and many consumer publications, including Better Homes and Gardens.


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function [iTargetMatches, iDistractorMatches] = MatchSaccadeProperties(x,iTargetSaccades,iDistractorSaccades)

% Takes a squares dataset and a set of target saccades and finds a set of
% distractor saccades with matching properties.
%
% Properties:
% - squarenum
% - (target squares so far) - not implemented yet
% - (following fixation duration) - not implemented yet
%
% Created 11/15/11 by DJ.

% Set up
if nargin<3
    Constants = GetSquaresConstants;
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end
t = 50:100:1500; % fixation duration range

figure;
nT = MakeHistograms(x,iTargetSaccades,1,t,'Targets');
nD = MakeHistograms(x,iDistractorSaccades,4,t,'Distractors');

% Find distractor trials that match squarenum distribution of targets
ratio = nD./nT;
if min(ratio)>1
    % Pick multiple distractors per target
    nDisPerTar = floor(min(nD./nT)); % for every target trial in a bin, get nToGet distractor trials.
    fprintf('Randomly Selecting %d matching distractor trials for every target\n',nDisPerTar)
    nDis = nDisPerTar*nT;
    for i=1:numel(nDis)
        pool = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iDistractorSaccades); % find pool of matching distractor trials
        orderedpool = pool(randperm(numel(pool))); % randomly re-order pool
        picks{i} = orderedpool(1:nDis(i))'; % pick top nDis(i) samples from pool
    end
    iTargetMatches = iTargetSaccades;
    iDistractorMatches = [picks{:}];

elseif max(ratio)<1
    % Pick multiple targets per distractor
    nTarPerDis = floor(min(nT./nD)); % for every target trial in a bin, get nToGet distractor trials.
    fprintf('Randomly Selecting %d matching target trials for every distractor\n',nTarPerDis)
    nTar = nTarPerDis*nD;
    for i=1:numel(nTar)
        pool = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iTargetSaccades); % find pool of matching distractor trials
        orderedpool = pool(randperm(numel(pool))); % randomly re-order pool
        picks{i} = orderedpool(1:nTar(i))'; % pick top nDis(i) samples from pool
    end
    iTargetMatches = [picks{:}];
    iDistractorMatches = iDistractorSaccades;

else
    % In each bin, eliminate the extras from whichever group has more
    fprintf('Eliminating trials in smaller category that don''t match in each bin\n',nTarPerDis)
    for i=1:numel(nD)
        if nD(i)<nT(i)
            pool = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iTargetSaccades); % find pool of matching distractor trials
            orderedpool = pool(randperm(numel(pool))); % randomly re-order pool
            Tpicks{i} = orderedpool(1:nD(i))'; % pick top nD(i) samples from pool
            Dpicks{i} = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iDistractorSaccades)';
        elseif nD(i)>nT(i)
            pool = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iDistractorSaccades); % find pool of matching distractor trials
            orderedpool = pool(randperm(numel(pool))); % randomly re-order pool
            Dpicks{i} = orderedpool(1:nT(i))'; % pick top nD(i) samples from pool
            Tpicks{i} = intersect(find(x.saccade.squarenum==i),iTargetSaccades)';
        end
    end
    iTargetMatches = [Tpicks{:}];
    iDistractorMatches = [Dpicks{:}];

end

figure;
nTM = MakeHistograms(x,iTargetMatches,1,t,'Target Subset');
nDM = MakeHistograms(x,iDistractorMatches,4,t,'Distractor Subset');

function nS = MakeHistograms(x,iSaccades,iPlot,t,titlestring)

% Get properties
squarenum = x.saccade.squarenum(iSaccades);
targets_sofar = zeros(size(iSaccades));
for i=1:numel(iSaccades)
    targets_sofar(i) = x.trial.target_squares_sofar(x.saccade.trialnum(iSaccades(i)), x.saccade.squarenum(iSaccades(i)));
end
fixation_dur = x.saccade.start_time(iSaccades+1) - x.saccade.end_time(iSaccades);

% Make histograms
subplot(2,3,iPlot)
nS = hist(squarenum, 1:5);
bar(1:5,nS);
xlabel('squarenum')
ylabel('# saccades')
title(titlestring)
subplot(2,3,iPlot+1)
hist(targets_sofar, 0:4)
xlabel('targets so far')
ylabel('# saccades')
title(titlestring)
subplot(2,3,iPlot+2)
hist(fixation_dur,t)
set(gca,'xtick',0:200:max(t));
xlabel('fixation duration (ms)')
ylabel('# saccades')
title(titlestring)

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"Mushroom Walk" is scheduled for Saturday, April 28th, 2018 at Tenhave Woods beginning at 10:00 am. Park at the Marais/Lexington lot & meet at the park entrance. Mary Fredricks, a member and botanist/mycologist of the Royal Oak Nature Society, will lead the walk. Anyone with an interest in learning more about mushrooms and other fungi of the urban woods is welcome. There is no pre registration or cost for this walk.
"Pond Life" program is being held on Saturday, April 28th, 2018 beginning at 2:00 pm at Tenhave Woods. Park at Lexington/Marais lot, go to the Lexington entrance & follow the Pond Life signs. We will be sampling the vernal pond for what is living in it. We will have viewing trays to examine what we find. For those interested small aquarium nets will be available for you to catch your own pond life and have us identify. Come and learn about the interesting aquatic wildlife of Dragonfly Pond. There is no preregistration or cost for this program.


Anna is currently working as a Project Manager at XL Axiata Tbk. With more than 15 years experience in IT, Anna has led a number of projects as Project Manager, and supervised these projects as Program Manager. Prior to this assignment, she worked as a Senior Technology Advisor at Deloitte Consulting South East Asia, Mitra Integrasi Informatika (Metrodata Group), Danamon Bank, and Mitsubishi Group.
Beside working, Anna is also currently teaching Project Management, in Postgraduate Program in Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia, while pursuing her PhD in US and Germany.
Anna graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia; and she holds a Master's Degree from the International University of Japan with a major in E-Business Management. Currently she is pursuing PhD in Project Management from the Duisburg-Essen Universität, Germany. She started her volunteer work in the PMI Japan Chapter in 2009. Shortly after completing her studies in Japan and returning to Indonesia in 2010, she began to contribute her time and effort to accelerate the growth of PMI Indonesia Chapter.
Anna has also been invited to be a speaker at international conferences in US, Europe and Asia Pacific. She is fluent in English, German and Japanese.


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Auditor Criticizes Education Department for Poor Oversight
Interim report highlights attendance scrubbing in a minority of school districts
By German Lopez on Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:51 am
State Auditor Dave Yost
The state auditor today criticized both the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and a handful of school districts in an interim report. The report, which will be finalized in the coming months as the investigation is completed, gave some early findings for the ongoing investigation into attendance scrubbing, the practice of "removing students from enrollment without lawful reason."
Dave Yost, Ohio's state auditor, has been investigating claims that schools are scrubbing attendance data for better results in Ohio's school report card, which grades schools and school districts around the state. The grading process helps establish policies for different schools, such as funding needs and whether they require local or state intervention.
The early results of the investigation, which began after Lockland Schools in Hamilton County was caught reporting fraudulent data, found a fundamental conflict of interest in a system in which schools are "on the honor system" to report their own data.
"The current system relies upon local schools and school districts — but these are the very entities that are interested in the outcome of the accountability measures," the report said, before labeling the setup "a classic conflict of interest."
The report advised the state government to reform ODE to introduce "independent oversight." Specifically, Yost asked for oversight to be transferred to "an independent agency or commission appointed by the General Assembly" instead of relying on schools to be honest. This oversight should be conducted throughout the year, not just at the end of the school year like it's done today, according to the report.
The state auditor's report also asked ODE to develop better methods for tracking students. In particular, the report suggested using SSIDs — ID numbers that are given to students in the Ohio's school database — to track all withdrawals and transfers for students.
But those were only a few of the many suggestions. The report laid out other proposals: Set clear attendance rules for school boards, provide due process to students being kicked out for poor attendance, require stricter attendance records at each school, stop providing school report card data early, create a centralized source or manual for accountability resources and establish a statewide student information system with clearer uniform rules and standards.
John Charlton, spokesperson for ODE, says the state will look into enforcing "additional safeguards." He says ODE already "upgraded" EMIS, which is the system used by schools to report data, this year, but more is coming.
"We've been cooperative with the auditor's office, and we've established a productive working relationship about his inquiry," he says. "We'll take the input that's provided from the auditor's office into consideration when we make upgrades for next year's (EMIS) manual."
But the report did not just blame ODE and the state government for failures. It also singled out a few school districts with evidence of school scrubbing. Columbus City School District, Toledo City School District, Cleveland Municipal School District, Marion City School District and Campbell City School District were the main offenders. Other school districts were found to have errors but no scrubbing.
"We're actually encouraged but not surprised that this interim report shows that most Ohio schools and districts that have been visited to date have been following the rules for reporting data to the state," Charlton says.
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) was partially investigated as part of the auditor's interim report, but results for CPS were found to be "indeterminate" as the school district finishes gathering all its data.
The full report can be read here.
Cincinnati news,
state auditor

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Filed under: Israel and Palestine - In Jerusalem,Locations — Tags: 30, Ascension, Church of the Ascension, Crusaders, Dome of the Ascension, footprint, Imbomon, Jesus, Lutheran, mosque, Mount of Olives, Muslim, Russian Orthodox — 4:39 pm
Dome of the Ascension (© Israel Ministry of Tourism)
The shrine marking the place where Jesus is believed to have ascended to heaven offers Christians a disappointing experience.
All that remains of the several churches built to celebrate the Ascension is a small octagonal structure on a property that is now part of a mosque.
Plain and unadorned, the Dome of the Ascension stands in a walled compound east of the main road that runs on the top of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The location is just north of the Church of Pater Noster — which is built over a cave that the first Christians used as a more secluded place to commemorate the Ascension.
The last church on the site was captured by the Muslim sultan Saladin when he defeated the Crusaders in 1187. Since Muslims also believe in the Ascension of Jesus, it was converted into a mosque.
An unusual feature of the tiny building is that it contains what has been traditionally regarded as the last impression of Jesus' right foot on earth before he ascended into heaven.
First church was open to the sky
Footprint stone in Dome of Ascension (Seetheholyland.net)
The first church on the hill was funded by Poemenia, a wealthy Roman woman who was a member of the imperial family, around AD 380.
Known as the Imbomon (Greek for "on the hill"), it was a rotunda, open to the sky, surrounded by circular porticos and arches. In the centre of the stone floor was a rock on which it was believed Jesus' final footprints could be seen in the dust.
By 670 the original structure had been destroyed and rebuilt but the English pilgrim Arculf reported to his countrymen that the footprints were still to be seen in the dust of its floor.
In the 12th century the Crusaders rebuilt an octagonal chapel, set within a fortified monastery. From this strategic position on the crest of the Mount of Olives, the Crusaders controlled the road between Jericho and Jerusalem.
The footprints were still venerated, but now they were reported to be carved into the face of the rock.
Part of this rock remains today in the Dome of the Ascension, although the Muslims have moved it adjacent to a mihrab they inserted to indicate the direction of Mecca. They took the section bearing the left footprint to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, where it was placed behind the pulpit there.
Christian celebrations are allowed
Celebrating the Ascension at the Dome of the Ascension (© Custodia Terrae Sanctae)
The Muslims also walled in the open spaces between the columns and put a dome over the opening in the roof.
The ornately carved capitals on top of the columns are well preserved. The designs depict foliage and fabulous animals.
The various Christian communities are permitted to hold celebrations here on their Ascension feast days. Hooks in the courtyard wall are used to erect their awnings, ribbons and flags on these occasions.
To the right of the entrance to the Dome of the Ascension is a small mosque built in 1620.
An underground tomb near the entrance is revered by all three monotheistic religions, although they differ about its occupant. Jews believe it contains the Old Testament prophetess Huldah; Christians regard it as the grave of the 5th-century St Pelagia; Muslims maintain it is the tomb of the Sufi holy woman Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (for whom the mosque is named).
Three more recent Ascension churches
Three more recent churches on the Mount of Olives commemorate the Ascension.
At the summit is the Russian Orthodox Church of the Ascension, dating from the late 19th century. Its tall tower, one of Jerusalem's most prominent landmarks, was built to enable pilgrims to see the Jordan River.
On the north side is the German Lutheran Church of the Ascension (also known as Augusta Victoria, after the wife of the Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany who initiated plans for the church in 1898), dating from the early 20th century. Its fortress-like compound with a tall bell tower now hosts a hospital for the Palestinian population of Jerusalem.
Between the Russian and Lutheran churches is the Greek Orthodox Viri Galilaei Church. Its name means "men of Galilee", a reference to the question posed to the apostles by two men in white after the Ascension: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven…?"
Related site: Church of the Ascension
In Scripture:
The Ascension of Jesus: Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:4-11
Administered by: Islamic Waqf Foundation
Open: Daily (if door is not open, ring the bell)
The Ascension of Christ, by Pierre Reymond (St Louis Art Museum), depicting footsteps left in the rock
Inside the Lutheran Church of the Ascension or Augusta Victoria Church (© Israel Ministry of Tourism)
The Ascension of Christ, by Garofalo (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome)
Interior of Dome of the Ascension (Yoav Dothan / Wikimedia)
Hooks for feast-day awnings at Dome of the Ascension (© Custodia Terrae Sanctae)
Night-time celebration of the Ascension at the Dome of the Ascension (© Custodia Terrae Sanctae)
Tower of Russian Orthodox Church of the Ascension (Seetheholyland.net)
Franciscan friars arriving at the Dome of the Ascension (© Custodia Terrae Sanctae)
Procession celebrating the Ascension at the Dome of the Ascension (© Custodia Terrae Sanctae)
Dome of the Ascension (Seetheholyland.net)
Christ ascending in the dome of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Ascension (Seetheholyland.net)
Bagatti, Bellarmino: " 'Footprints' of the Saviour on the Mount of Olives", Holy Land, winter 2005.
Bar-Am, Aviva: Beyond the Walls: Churches of Jerusalem (Ahva Press, 1998)
Inman, Nick, and McDonald, Ferdie (eds): Jerusalem & the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guide, Dorling Kindersley, 2007)
Gonen, Rivka: Biblical Holy Places: An illustrated guide (Collier Macmillan, 1987)
Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome: The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Walker, Peter: In the Steps of Jesus (Zondervan, 2006)
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The Ladies and Gentlemen complete portfolio by Andy Warhol consists of ten screen printed portraits of Black and Latinx drag queens and trans-women. Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino commissioned the portfolio, suggesting that Warhol create a series of "impersonal, anonymous" portraits of drag queens and trans-women. A nod to the theatrics of drag shows, Anselmino supplied the title, "Ladies and Gentlemen." The Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio is one of Warhol's most unique works, although it employs many of his trademark methods.
Warhol's colleague and Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello scouted many of the models from a nearby club called The Gilded Grape. Located on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, the bar became a popular establishment with local Black and Latinx trans-women and drag queens. It was also close to Warhol's studio, The Factory, where the photo shoots for the series took place.
Rather than using what he termed "readymades," Warhol took hundreds of Polaroids of the fourteen drag queens and trans-women that Colacello recruited. This series is one of the earliest instances in which Warhol developed his own source images: instant photos from his trusty Polaroid camera. This process and his famed Polaroid camera later became integral to his artistic practice. (Warhol is known for using the Polaroid Big Shot, and the SX-70.)
Out of the hundreds of photos, Warhol carefully selected which ones he would use for the ten prints that make up the Ladies and Gentlemen complete portfolio. He used many of the photos not included in this portfolio for other series. He then enlarged the portraits, screen printed them, and added his signature color block details.
The Ladies and Gentlemen complete portfolio contains portraits of eight of the fourteen models. Many of the sitters were unknown until 2014 when the Andy Warhol Foundation uncovered the names of thirteen of the fourteen models. In the initial photo shoots, Warhol asked that the sitters remain anonymous. They were compensated $50 each for their participation in the photo shoots, and many never saw the finished portraits.
This particular suite features portraits of Easha McCleary (128), Alphanso Panell (129), Wilhelmina Ross (130, 136), Iris (surname unknown; 131, 135), Monique (surname unknown; 132), Marsha P. Johnson (133), Vicki Peters (134), and Broadway (surname unknown; 137). Among these names, Marsha P. Johnson is the most well-known, largely due to her activism and advocacy for gay and trans rights. Johnson was a vanguard participant in the Stonewall Uprising, and a co-founder of the radical activist organization S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries). There is little known of many of these sitters beyond the signatures on a few Polaroids and the likenesses captured in these portraits.
Although Anselmino commissioned the project, Warhol's realization of Ladies and Gentlemen went far beyond Anselmino's suggestions. The title Anselmino proposed, however, stuck. It proved even more fitting as Warhol leaned into the vibrant personalities of his models and explored the way that they navigated and performed gender, which Warhol highlighted with color-block accentuations.
The series is sometimes compared to Warhol's 1985 Reigning Queens series. Athough the sitters of Ladies and Gentlemen are not royalty—in many cases, in fact, they lived in relative poverty—they are portrayed in the same style as the monarchs of the later series with the same grace and elegance. The hardships that these drag queens and trans-women faced in real life were rendered invisible by the glamour Warhol's vision granted all of his subjects.
In the world created by this portfolio, all of Warhol's sitters appear as larger-than-life characters. The sitters are not "real" people, but appear instead as posed and apart from the worries of the mundane. Though the ethics of the series have rightly been called into question, there is something striking about the way that Warhol elevates his subjects to the position of the cultural icons of their time with the Ladies and Gentlemen complete portfolio.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AS PART OF ANDY WARHOL'S LARGER BODY OF WORK
The Ladies and Gentlemen complete portfolio is comprised of portraits of drag queens from a New York City nightclub called The Gilded Grape. Warhol took their portraits with a Polaroid Big Shot camera and then transferred the image onto silk screen. This was the same process he used on celebrities and other famous figures. Warhol told the models to dress and pose however they wished. None of the subjects are famous but Warhol brings out the style and glamour in each portrait. The idea for the Ladies and Gentlemen series came from a protégé of art dealer Alexander Iolas named Luciano Anselmino. Anselmino had previously commissioned Warhol to do an edition of one hundred prints of Warhol's Man Ray portrait. When Warhol went to Torino to sign the prints, Anselmino suggested he do a series of drag queens. Warhol took his advice and used models found at the The Gilded Grape on West 45th Street, frequented by Black and Hispanic members of the transgender community.
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Mali beat Tunisia in controversy-mired tale of two penalties, poor timekeeping
Mali's Massadio Haïdara is challenged by Hannibal Mejbri of Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations match at Stade Municipal de Limbe in Limbe, Cameroon, on January 12 2021.
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Mali completed a 1-0 victory over Tunisia in a controversial Group F game at the Africa Cup of Nations that was ended prematurely by referee Janny Sikazwe, who later tried to play the final four minutes only for the north Africans to refuse.
Zambian Sikazwe, who officiated at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, initially blew for the final whistle on 85 minutes as he got his timekeeping all wrong. But after playing on, he repeated the error when he blew for full time once more before the clock had ticked over to the 90 minutes.
Tunisia were furious and officials stormed on to the pitch in protest, but the man of the match trophy was handed out and the post-match news conferences were in full swing when Confederation of African Football (CAF) officials decided the remaining four minutes should be played.
Mali came out on to the pitch again 40 minutes after the controversy began, but Tunisia refused to play on and Sikazwe ended the game for a third time.
"The players were taking ice baths for 35 minutes before they were called back out again," Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier said. "I've been coaching for a long time and have never seen anything like it. Even as the fourth official was preparing to lift the board [to show how many minutes of injury time should be played] and then the whistle was blown."
The match was also a tale of two penalties as Mali forward Ibrahima Kone converted his attempt after a handball, but Tunisia's Wahbi Khazri could not follow suit as his effort was saved by goalkeeper Ibrahima Mounkoro 13 minutes from time.
After a dull first half, Mali made a bright start to the second and after only a minute were awarded a penalty when Boubacar Kiki Kouyate's shot struck the hand of Elyas Skhiri as the Tunisia midfielder turned his back on the ball. Kone stepped up to convert the penalty to give his side the lead.
Tunisia earned a penalty after 77 minutes as Moussa Djenepo handled the ball and after consulting VAR, Sikazwe awarded the spot kick. But Khazri's fierce shot was beaten away by Mounkoro with an excellent save.
Mali finished the game with 10 players after a harsh red card for El Bilal Toure when he challenged for the ball with Dylan Bronn and was fractionally late.
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Police seek help in identifying San Jose homicide suspects
Victim found fatally shot at El Rancho Liquors on Dec. 14
By Jason Green | jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2019 at 7:59 pm | UPDATED: January 17, 2019 at 4:59 am
SAN JOSE — Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects in the shooting death of a man in San Jose last month.
The shooting was reported at El Rancho Liquors on the 1400 block of Almaden Road about 9:50 p.m. Dec. 14. Officers arrived to find Nathan Johnson-Harper, 34, of Fresno, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
San Jose police on Tuesday released surveillance camera images and video of the suspects.
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The first suspect was described as a possibly Latino man in his 20s with a medium build, curly, medium-length hair, moustache and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black T-shirt and light-blue jeans.
The second suspect was described as a possibly black man in his 20s with a slender build. He was last seen wearing a knit cap, black hooded sweatshirt and white gym pants.
In the video, both men arrive at the liquor store on push scooters.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, according to Officer Gina Tepoorten.
Anyone with information about the suspects can contact Detective Sgt. Bert Milliken or Detective John Figone of the San Jose Police Department's Homicide Unit at 408-277-5283.
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Ян III Благочестивый (, , ок.1425 — между 1482 и 1485) — князь Глубчицкий (1445/1449 – 1482/1485), до 1454 совместно с братом Янушем.

Биография
Ян был младшим сыном опавского князя Вацлава II и Эльжбеты Краваржской. Принадлежал к побочной линии чешской королевской династии Пржемысловичей. В источниках он впервые упоминается в 1438 году, когда во Вроцлаве его посвятили в рыцари.

После смерти отца, которая наступила между 1445 и 1449 годами, Ян и его старший брат Януш унаследовали Глубчицкое княжество. Януш также получил в управление город Фульнек. От отца братья также унаследовали право на 1/3 Опавского княжества, но фактически княжеством управляли братья Вацлава II Вильгельм и Эрнест. В 1454 году Януш умер, и Фульнек также перешёл Яну.

Ян был женат на некоей Катаржине, которая умерла в 1463 году, так и не родив ему детей. Так как став вдовцом, он не стал жениться повторно, то в хрониках получил прозвище «Благочестивый». Не имея наследников, Ян III в 1464 году решил продать свои права на Опавское княжество чешскому королю Йиржи из Подебрад, а Фульнек уступил некоему Йиржи Крумшинову.

Когда началась война за чешскую корону между Владиславом II Ягеллоном и венгерским королём Матьяшем Хуньяди, то Ян поначалу принял сторону первого, но когда в 1479 году венгерские войска заняли Силезию, принёс вассальную присягу венгерскому королю.

Ян III скончался между 1482 и 1485 годами. После его смерти Глубчицкое княжество, как лён без владельца, Матьяш Хуньяди по праву сюзерена присоединил к землям Чешской короны, а впоследствии передал его своему внебрачному сыну Яну.

Источники
 Ludwig Petry et al.: Geschichte Schlesiens, vol. 1, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5, p. 191 and 212
 Hugo Weczerka: Handbuch der historischen Stätten — Schlesien, Stuttgart, 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3, genealogical tables on p. 600/601
 Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech, Prague, 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8, p. 438

Ссылки
 Генеалогия силезских Пржемысловичей
 Charles Cawley SILESIA, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Пржемысловичи
Князья Фульнекские


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OpenGLAM Principles: ways forward to Open Access for cultural heritage
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In the early 2010s, OpenGLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) was set up: a network that supports exchange and collaboration between cultural institutions that support Open Access. OpenGLAM is an initiative and working group of the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), currently known as Open Knowledge International, and was co-funded by the European Commission. Creative Commons, the Communia Association and the GLAM-Wiki community were allies from the start.
Especially in Europe, several local OpenGLAM groups were formed. The network does outreach via several communication channels: a dedicated website, and the OpenGLAM Twitter account; and it has worked together with the Public Domain Review, another OKFN initiative but is now independent.
In order to outline the shared values behind free and open access to digital cultural heritage, the working group drafted a set of OpenGLAM Principles in 2013, with the aim to define what being an open institution in the cultural heritage sector meant.
Screenshot from the OpenGLAM Principles as drafted in 2013
As Open Access has become broadly adopted in the cultural sector, the need for stronger collaboration between stakeholders in this area has grown. In 2018, a group of people connected to Creative Commons, the Wikimedia Foundation and Open Knowledge International took initiative to revitalize the OpenGLAM network and to think about next steps. Creative Commons is doing fundamental work in this space, helping cultural heritage institutions release their content through their standard licenses and by offering training, such as the Creative Commons Certificates. The first step was to breathe new life in the @OpenGLAM Twitter account through an open call for contributors, and to run a "temperature check" survey on the OpenGLAM Principles. Here, we want to present some conclusions and next steps to be taken. You can access and comment on the full analysis of the survey here.
Surveying the OpenGLAM Principles
We publicized the survey through social media, mainly through the @OpenGLAM account, and we reached out to specific people whom we wanted to take the survey. We received a total of 109 responses. Most of the participants belonged to Europe (30%) and Oceania (25%), followed by North America (19%) and Latin & Central America (19%). We obtained a very low number of responses from Asia and the Middle East, and no response from Africa. Aside from the flaws of our outreach strategies, this also speaks to one of the problematic aspects of the Principles: they are only available in English, therefore adding an extra barrier to participation.
We also wanted to know the relationship that respondents had with GLAM institutions. Librarians were the most active in the survey (27%); followed by museum professionals (11%), academics and community organizers, i.e., Wikimedians in Residence (23%). Only 7% belonged to Archives, followed by 8% of people working as advisors or external consultants with a GLAM organization. 21% responded that they occupied more than one role or that were working for an institution that comprises more than one function.
We discovered that the Principles are not well known — almost half of the respondents (45%) weren't aware of them before taking the survey. Then we asked participants to state whether they thought the Principles could be useful for their work, obtaining a vast majority of positive answers (72%), with 25% considering that "maybe" and only a small percentage claiming that they didn't consider them they could be useful (3%).
Among those that did not consider them useful, most of the critiques were around the lack of support from an official organization, their lack of communication and connection to cultural heritage institutions, and the absence of a support structure for them. As one respondent summarized:
"Open Data, etc. are not relevant organizations in the cultural field. They need to be supported by relevant organizations. We need to have guidelines and values to discuss; to build up a better structure and network."
Of those who considered them useful, most of them indicated the utility of having a framework and a set of values to use as a guide for their work. However, in their current version it seems that the Principles offer little to no guidance. Alongside with the limited scope of the examples provided, their primary focus on the release of data, the lack of acknowledgement of the tension between open access and the interests and rights of other stakeholders, such as marginalized groups or indigenous communities, and the absence of a broader, global perspective on cultural heritage, were signaled as concerns that need to be addressed in a possible update. As one respondent put it:
"Information with personal, cultural or social constraints, such as traditional knowledge, should not just be 'released'. We require some acknowledgement of the complexities of cultural knowledge."
Participants of the survey were also asked whether they thought the Principles needed to be updated, and if so, how. Respondents indicated that they wanted to see more guidance on how to apply the principles in practice. They would appreciate more and better examples of a more diverse set of institutions working with Open Access. Participants also expressed the need to set up a better structure that accounts for the maintenance of the Principles. The lack of connection with values and broader useful declarations also appeared as a weak point of the Principles. As another participant said:
"Greater emphasis must be placed on the human rights perspective. Access to cultural heritage is a right enshrined in several human rights charters and declarations."
Beyond this immediate evaluation of the OpenGLAM Principles, we need to ask ourselves: what is their broader function and usefulness? We know that cultural heritage institutions need more and better guidance to apply Open Access policies to collections. There is a growing amount of evidence that backs this statement, including the reports commissioned by Europeana around the accuracy of rights statements and the survey of GLAM open access policy and practice made by Andrea Wallace and Douglas McCarthy, that show the disparity in the application of Open Access policies across cultural heritage institutions. And while more training, such as the CC Certificates, and better advocacy and tooling can be set in place, recommendations and declarations could also be useful elements for advocates working within or with institutions.
The list of Declarations that support Open Access maintained by the Open Access Directory has a strong focus on Open Access publication of scholarly communication and scientific data, and shows a clear gap in principles or declarations that address cultural heritage specifically, including some of the concerns around traditional knowledge, indigenous rights, or other problematic aspects of digitization & open access release.
We hope that we can come together to work in a broader conversation with the cultural heritage sector around better guidelines for open access. As part of this broader conversation, we are currently working on a draft and having monthly calls with advocates and practitioners. We will have more follow-up strategies during the year, in order to involve as much people as possible.
If you are interested in joining the conversation, please get in touch through the OpenGLAM mailing list, join the monthly open community call that is announced there, or join the #cc-openglam channel on Creative Commons' Slack.
You can read, and comment on an extensive report of the OpenGLAM Principles survey here.
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3 cities in 'late-stage' talks to win Amazon HQ2
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Amazon has reportedly advanced to "late-stage talks" with three finalist cities — New York, Dallas and Crystal City in Arlington County, VA — for its planned second headquarters (HQ2), according to The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and others.
The Post suggested Crystal City may be crowned the winning location, reporting that JBG Smith, a top real estate developer in the area, has "pulled some of its buildings off the leasing market" in preparation for the announcement. Amazon's Director of Economic Development Mike Grella, however, tweeted that such speculation is "not doing [the city] any favors," and hinted folks may be violating nondisclosure agreements regarding the selection.
Memo to the genius leaking info about Crystal City, VA as #HQ2 selection. You're not doing Crystal City, VA any favors. And stop treating the NDA you signed like a used napkin. https://t.co/wqrZLqr8MQ
— Mike Grella (@MikeGrella) November 3, 2018
During an event last week hosted by global nonprofit FIRST, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told journalist Walter Isaacon that he's trusting his gut in making the final decision. "Ultimately the decision will be made with intuition after gathering and studying a lot of data — for a decision like that, as far as I know, the best way to make it is you collect as much data as you can, you immerse yourself in that data but then you make the decision with your heart," Bezos said.
For weeks, reporters have speculated the final HQ2 location to be in the DC region, mostly due to its educated workforce and its reputation as a growing tech hub, as well as Amazon's recent membership in the Washington, DC Chamber of Commerce and Bezos' ownership of The Washington Post.
And since the company announced its 20 HQ2 finalists in January, the DC region has been positioning itself as the ideal location for HQ2 in ways both discreet and forward. In late 2017, the city rolled out its "#ObviouslyDC" initiative on social media, accompanied by a not-so-humble website detailing the many reasons Amazon should choose DC: its "vibrant, diverse, and growing economy," its title as the "third most livable city in the country," and its "culturally-rich culinary and entertainment corridors," among other assets.
While Crystal City is not located in DC proper, its proximity to the District — just over the Potomac River that runs along Washington's Southwest Waterfront — will have drastic impact on the District itself. The company has made it clear the facility will take up at least a half-million square feet of space by the end of 2019, and will eventually host approximately 50,000 employees — which means DC would need to immediately prepare for an influx of new city residents and their families. And while WMATA has invested an increasing amount of money and time in metro improvements, and the city has prioritized shared mobility services such as bike- and scooter-share systems, increased traffic and congestion is an issue that would likely loom over the city for years.
Dallas and New York would experience similar benefits and struggles in becoming the host city of HQ2. In Dallas, the city is also welcoming an influx of tech talent. However, service of its transportation system (DART) is often described as "underperforming," which would be an obstacle for an addition of 50,000 workers. New York, on the other hand, is the financial capital of the country and is arguably well-suited for such an impactful population increase. Yet housing prices are already climbing, even without the influence of Amazon (not to mention the city's subway system is under constant criticism for shoddy service).
Despite any speculation about where HQ2 will land, Amazon remains tight-lipped — and there is still the possibility that any of the other 20 finalists could be crowned victorious. The company is expected to announce a winner by the end of 2018, most likely after the midterm elections but before the holiday season.
The Washington Post Amazon in advanced talks about putting HQ2 in Northern Virginia, those close to process say
CNBC Amazon is reportedly in the advanced stages of naming Crystal City, Virginia as its 2nd headquarters: Washington Post
Washington Business Journal Crystal City has company in the 'advanced' HQ2 search stage
The Wall Street Journal Amazon in Late-Stage Talks With Cities Including Crystal City, Va., Dallas, New York City for HQ2
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Unlimited use of Fujikyu buses between Gotemba and the Fuji Five Lake region and between Gotemba, Gotemba 5th Station, Yeti and Grinpa.
Unlimited use of the Fujikyuko Railway Line between Kawaguchiko Station and Shimoyoshida Station and of regular Fujikyu buses in the Fuji Five Lake region, including the retro buses around Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Saiko (but not including the bus to the 5th Station).
Discounted admission to selected attractions in the Hakone and Fuji Five Lake areas.
The Fuji Hakone Pass is valid on three consecutive days.
The pass is only available to non-Japanese passport holders.
Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center at Shinjuku Station in central Tokyo and Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center at Odawara Station.
Despite a massive price increase in April 2019, this pass still pays off if you visit both Hakone and the Fuji Five Lakes and make use of the buses around the Fuji Five Lakes. If you do not use buses in the Fuji Five Lake region, a Hakone Free Pass combined with regular tickets costs about the same.


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June for me has primarily been an epic season of change. For the last 3 months I have been residing in Southern California to assist a group of people with some help on various things I've acquired lots of knowledge and experience in throughout the years. This had been the case the whole time I had been here until the month of June came. Days before it did so, I notified the leaders of this organization which I had been volunteering my time and expertise towards, and informed them that I would be taking a time off. I wasn't certain why, but I had an extremely strong and assured suspicion that I would be resting for a time, roughly a month's worth, and then starting my "work" back up again.
Well, as the month went on and into what evolved to be what one could call an "Extended Sabbath", I began to get divine/intuitive feelings and unctions that my time in this place would be changing quite soon, along with the labor I've been offering, and doing so quite drastically. My studies have deepened well beyond my wildest dreams into the themes of Divine Union & Integration with the Divine Feminine (AKA the Holy Spirit, Divine Mother, Jehovah Shammah or Asherah) as well as all the few remaining aspects of the unintegrated self. It was in the midst of these new depths that I began sensing a relocation of my physical self, and possibly a new season for deeper study… Maybe even an awakening of sorts.


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Antique map of Istanbul by Braun and Hogenberg
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Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis
Cologne, 1572
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One of the finest and most sought-after views of Istanbul. Viewed from the village of Scutari, the City is shown with all its fortifications, the original Genouse district of Galata on the opposite bank of the Golden Horn to the right. European galleons and Turkish galleys fill the seas of the Bosporus and Golden Horn. The great buildings of 16th century Istanbul during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent can be clearly seen, including the "Suleymaniye Mosque" and the "Topkapi" palace. The lower center is filled with a parading Turkish horseman and troop of Janissaries.
The original of this map is often incorrectly attributed to Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, called Vadagnino, who created a fine view of Constantinople published in Venice in 1520. Vavassore's view is also said to have influenced the view published in the 1550 and subsequent editions of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia. Vavassore's view is in turn said to have been based on a 1480 view, now apparently lost, by Venetian artist Giovianni Bellini, who was invited by Mehmet II Fatih, i.e. 'the Conqueror' to Constantinople.
But a closer comparison of the Vavassore, Munster, and Braun & Hogenberg maps or views of Constantinople reveals significant differences. Most notably in the topographic details of the city-scape, especially the Roman remains such as the Hippodrome, today's 'At Meydan', which while not absent in the Vavassore map, is not clearly depicted, whereas it is very clear, detailed and accurate in both the Munster and Braun & Hogenberg maps, as are the locations of churches, palaces and other monuments which are more accurately depicted in the Munster and Braun & Hogenberg maps.
Compared with the Munster map, the Braun and Hogenberg map or view of Constantinople is in particular distinguished and made unique by the portrait of the mounted horseman identified as the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent (6 November 1494 - 7 September 1566) who claimed among other titles to be Roman Emperor, a title which even the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was forced to recognize in 1547.
[ Julian M. Stargardt, LL.B., F.R.G.S.; 1572 Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis – Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-90)]
Georg Braun (1541-1622)
Frans Hogenberg (c.1536-1588)
In 1572 Frans Hogenberg, who engraved maps for Ortelius, together with another noted engraver of the time, Georg Hoefnagel, compiled and issued in Cologne a City Atlas intended as a companion work to Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Entitled "Civitatis Orbis Terrarum" and edited by Georg Braun, the six volumes of this famous work were issued between the years 1572 and 1618 and contained in all more than 500 city plans and views.
The atlas provides a fascinating sixteenth-century picture of the principal cities and towns in Europe, Asia, Africa and even America and records details of public buildings, heraldic devices and rural and domestic scenes, besides many street names.
Towns are usually shown in bird's-eye view, set in picturesque and romantic backgrounds with figures of inhabitants in local dress placed boldly in the foreground.
Although some of the city views had been included in earlier works like Munster's Cosmographia, in most instances they were the first views to appear in print.
The Braun and Hogenberg plates eventually passed to Jan Jansson who reissued the plans in Amsterdam in 1657, having removed the costumed figures which, of course, by this time were no longer of contemporary interest.
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Dunk Hoop may seem like a curious name for a basketball-themed game, but once you learn how to play it, everything makes sense. This iOS-exclusive title from the master of casual games, Ketchapp, will have you dunking balls through a hoop, but not in the way you would normally think. This time around, you will be controlling the hoop. In this sense, it is more of a catching game than anything else. Just move the basket in order to catch the falling ball. The more balls you catch, the higher your score will be. There are several customizations waiting to be unlocked. You can change up the look of the net, the hoop, and even the ball. Just keep playing in order to unlock them all! If you need help in getting your scores up, make sure you read our Dunk Hoop tips and tricks for some important pointers!
While catching balls sounds easier than shooting them, you will quickly discover that the game is a lot more challenging than it seems. You will need to learn how to make perfect shots if you want high scores. Standard shots are only worth one point each. Perfect shots will start you off with two points for the first shot. The points will keep going up for every consecutive perfect show you make in a row. Keep making perfect shots in order to score some major points!
The game has a prize wheel where you can win various in-game customizations. It works a lot like slot machines in the sense that you need to have three matching icons in order to win something. You get a free spin every six hours. If you don't feel like waiting that long, you can also watch a video advertisement in exchange for a free spin. Make sure you have internet connection in order to take advantage of the ad offer. Spin as often as you can to increase your chances of winning new customizations.
The balls will go faster as you progress in Dunk Hoop, making it more difficult to catch them. The problem is, the speed goes up based on the time elapsed, not the number of points you have. That means the game will continue to get more difficult regardless of your score. Try to make as many points as you can in the beginning of the game. This way, you won't have as much trouble getting more scores even if the game speeds up.
The game will register your taps regardless of where you place it on the screen. That is why you should not hesitate to find the most comfortable position for your fingers as you play the game. You can even use your finger as a visual guide. Place it over, or under, the basket in order to get visual guide on when you need to tap.
Even though the shots will get faster the longer you play, you should not be reckless in catching the balls. You will be able to continue playing for as long as you don't miss. Take advantage of the slow ball speed at the start of the game to make a lot of perfect shots. This is a great way to rake in a lot of points early on in the game. Just take your time and focus on making perfect shots.
Catching balls with the hoop is a lot of work, but with the help of our Dunk Hoop tips, hints and tricks, you will be making top scores in no time!


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Iowa City students are striking for their lives
Students are demanding a comprehensive curriculum based on the science of climate change and that sustainability programs be implemented in schools.
Iowa City students are striking for their lives Students are demanding a comprehensive curriculum based on the science of climate change and that sustainability programs be implemented in schools. Check out this story on press-citizen.com: https://www.press-citizen.com/story/opinion/contributors/guest-editorials/2019/04/19/iowa-city-students-striking-their-lives/3518231002/
Miriam Kashia Published 1:27 p.m. CT April 19, 2019
Four South East Junior High boys, homemade signs in hand, hands a bit shaky, voices soft but determined, showed up for the fourth Friday in a row at the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) administration building to demand action from the Iowa City school board and its superintendent and administrators. Standing with them was an entourage comprised of three of their parents, a group of six members of the 100 Grannies for a Livable Future, and a few other supportive, concerned citizens
The kids read their declaration "Why We Strike" that included a statement of solidarity with Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish activist who started the global "Student Strike" movement and has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. They also point to a global movement of over one million students from more than 120 countries who are involved in these school strikes.These courageous and determined local students are demanding a comprehensive K-12 age-appropriate curriculum based on the science of climate change and action by school leadership to upgrade their schools with solar energy and other important sustainability programs.
Coincidently, that same day, the East Dubuque school system announced a solar project projected to save nearly $1 million over the next 20 years. There is a funding mechanism called a "power purchase agreement" that enables solar to be installed at a low cost to our education system and would save ICCSD a lot of money over the long term. The kids have done their research: "over 6,000 schools across the country are powered by solar energy, including schools in Kalona, Crawfordsville, Dubuque Cedar Rapids, Decorah, Burlington, Iowa Falls, and the Quad Cities."
It's past time for the ICCSD to assume leadership. Because of the recent United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientific report, plus a flood of news about climate-caused disasters in Iowa and around the globe, the public is now painfully aware that the remaining time to act is rapidly declining. Where better to move forward aggressively than in the schools where the very futures of the students are seriously at risk?
Two easy things we can do:
1) Urge our legislators to support The Climate Change Education Act (S.477) that was reintroduced in the Senate on February, but has been tabled. This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. It proposes that The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to increase the climate literacy of US citizens by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences and potential solutions. Among other things, this legislation would:
Apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and
Help people understand and promote implementation of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, and climate resilience; and
Include a grant program aimed in part at developing and improving educational material and teacher training on the topic of climate change.
Currently "Only 30% of middle school and 45% of high school science teachers understand the extent of the scientific consensus on climate change" (according to the NCSE/Penn State survey of climate change educators). This is woefully lacking considering the existential threat that looms upon our planet in the next decade.
2) The kids standing up at the ICCSD deserve to be respected, heard, applauded for their courage in speaking truth to power, and taken seriously by the district leadership. And they deserve our support every Friday at 12:15 at the ICCSD administration building for a half our or so while they repeat their demands and wait diligently for meaningful, effective, and immediate action.
from the bottom of their "Iowa City Youth Climate Strike" statement:
NO MORE EXCUSES. CLIMATE ACTION NOW. OUR FUTURE AS STUDENTS DEPENDS ON IT.
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Q: Combinations and Permutations in ice cream cones... what is the difference? The first two I am certain I have correct however c and d... I am struggling to understand the difference. I have done research on this site and have seen similar questions with explanations but I just want to double check my thinking.
A certain store sells 31 different flavors of ice cream.  How many different 3-scoop cones are possible if:
a. each flavor must be different and the order of the flavors is unimportant? $31 nCr 3 = 4495$
b. each flavor must be different and the order of the flavors is important? $31 nPr 3 = 26970$
c. Flavors need not be different and the order of the flavors is unimportant? (This is a nontrivial question.)
I think I need to use this formula $$\binom{n+m-1}{m}$$
where $n$ in the total numbers in the set, and m is how many numbers you want to choose.
So,  $$\binom{31+3-1}{3}=\binom{32}{3}=\frac{32\times 31\times 30}{1\times 2\times 3}=4960$$  Is this correct?
d. Flavors need not be different and the order of the flavors is important?
I am thinking this is $31 \cdot 31 \cdot 31 = 29791$

A: I think your (c) is wrong. You can count it by considering $3$ different cases: 1) $3$ flavors $X_3$; 2) $2$ flavors $X_2$ and 3) $1$ flavor $X_1$.

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*The case of $3$ flavors is easy:
$$
X_3 = {31 \choose 3}
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*The case of $2$ flavors. You first choose $2$ flavors, then choose one of them to be the $2$ cones and another as the remaining cone.
$$
X_2 = {31 \choose 2}\cdot 2
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*The case of $1$ flavor.
$$
X_1 = {31 \choose 1}
$$

A: part d) is correct
part c) should be:
all different: $\binom{31}3$
two the same: $31\times30$
all the same 31
total $5456$

A: For c, you may use star-and-bar model, that is
$$\Large\star \star \star \normalsize \underbrace{||...||}_{30},$$
with $3$ stars and $30$ bars. The stars represent the $3$ scoops and the bars form $31$ slots, which represent the $31$ flavors. As the flavor can be the same and the order of the scoops is unimportant, there are
$${31+3-1 \choose 3}={33 \choose 3}$$ ways, which is the same as the sum of the $3$ cases which Echo presents. In addition, there seems to be a minor math error in your answer for c.

A: (d) is correct.
For (c), you had the correct idea and formula, but you made an arithmetic error. $31 + 3 - 1$ is $33$, not $32$. Using $\binom{33}{3}$ would give you $5456$, which is the correct answer.

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