What is Freedom to Create?
Freedom to Create was founded in 2006 to harness the power of art and culture to build creative and prosperous societies. Freedom to Create plants the seeds for human flourishing by unleashing creativity and fostering harmony for everyone, everywhere. The Prize was established in 2008 and celebrates the courage and creativity of artists who use their talents to promote social justice, inspire the human spirit and transform communities. It is open to artists in all creative fields.
The Freedom to Create Forum is a platform for global dialogue between women, to identify the opportunities and challenges for women in building creative and prosperous lives, families and communities.
Our co-founder and executive director, Kimberle Crenshaw, was asked to serve as both judge for the awards and on a panelist on the forum panel focusing on Female Empowerment.
Kimberle was also asked to award the Imprisoned Artist Prize. Kazak author and poet Aron Atabek was awarded the 2010 Imprisoned Artist Prize for his literary works, including 'Nazarbayev's Regime and Revolution', which laments the lack of democracy in Kazakhstan. Atabek, who has been in jail since 2007, received an 18-year sentence after being convicted for his role in a violent riot that resulted in the death of a police officer, a charge he strongly contests.
The 2010 Freedom to Create Forum is a platform for global discussion to identify creative opportunities for the inclusive empowerment of women.
Women have a special role to play in society. As individuals, they comprise half the world's creative capital. As mothers, they are uniquely positioned to guide the next generation with an understanding and empathy that is uniquely their own. In many societies, women have fewer opportunities than men to contribute to society through creative self expression, whether in the arts, entrepreneurship or political leadership.
The life-long suppression of women based on the misuse of traditional cultural tenements and the central dogmas of religion hinder opportunities for women to contribute and participate as equal members of society. These factors remain an issue across diverse cultures and communities, preventing women from flourishing in religious, cultural, political, social and economic spheres.
Investing in girls will yield asymmetrical returns. Educating a girl empowers her to enter the labour force, creating prosperity for herself, her family and her country. It improves the family's health. It is also associated with greater democracy and improved civic participation. The cost of female discrimination to the world is staggering, not only in human terms but also in economic terms: lost human capital and cyclical poverty.
The next round of prizes for Freedom to Create 2011 will begin accepting applications in May of 2011 here.


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Going 70's? Not without Pam Grier's influence. You would'nt dare.
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier became famous in the early 1970s after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films like The Big Bird Cage (1972), Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974) and Sheba Baby (1975). Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in Jackie Brown. Grier is also known for her work on television, for 6 seasons she portrayed Kate 'Kit' Porter on the television series The L Word. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in the animated program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second greatest female action heroine in film history and Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that she may have been cinema's first female action star.
If you're thinking of going for a timeless 70's look, Ms. Grier is our go to vixen. From the big feathered curls to her soft afro. We love it and you should too.
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The National Action Plan has been as counter-productive as Pakistan's blasphemy law
Following the ghastly December 2014 Taliban attack on 132 schoolchildren, Pakistan's government unanimously passed a National Action Plan (NAP) so that, "No room will be left for the extremism in any part of the country." Among its 20 points, NAP outlaws radical literature and funding, calls for restructuring in the FATA region and Balochistan to address regional grievances, and lifts the moratorium on the death sentence for convicted terrorists. But well over a year into its execution, NAP has been less effective and more counter-productive than meets the eye. As one of numerous examples, consider the case of 81-year-old optician Abdul Shukoor. This past January, Shukoor, an Ahmadi Muslim, and ...
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Everyone loses when mental health research is not diverse. But how do we measure diversity?
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By Dr Yasmin Ahmadzadeh
Mental health research should help us to better understand, promote and support all of our mental wellbeing. To achieve this, it must include all sections of society. But how do we measure that?
When researchers describe the populations that they have studied, they typically refer to people's race, ethnicity, or ancestry, alongside other standard descriptions such as age and gender. The problem is, the categories used for measuring race, ethnicity, and ancestry remain inconsistent and can be harmful. When researchers use these terms incorrectly, they reinforce and perpetuate inaccurate and often racist narratives.
Race, ethnicity and ancestry are related, but they are not all the same. They should not be used interchangeably to define groups of people in research. Unfortunately, they often are.
Race categories were developed as a taxonomic grouping of humans during the heyday of European colonialism. They are typically associated with physical characteristics such as skin colour or hair texture (e.g., 'Black' or 'white'). They are not valid indicators for any underlying biological differences between us (e.g., genetics). Racial categories are a social construct. There are no observable, biological measures that can be used to reliably classify people within racial groups. Race is the invented product of racism.
Ethnicity refers to groupings based on cultural expression and identification (e.g., 'Latino', 'European', 'Chinese'). This can include factors such as shared ancestry, language or traditions. As with race, ethnicity is a social construct. There is no consensus on what constitutes an ethnic group, and membership is self-defined and subjectively meaningful only to the person concerned.
Ancestry typically refers to the geographical origin of populations (e.g., 'European ancestry' or 'African Americans'). It can also be used in terms of the heritage or descent of a group (e.g., 'Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry'). Ancestry is considered the most objective of the three defined terms, but it is not without flaws. Populations are never homogenous in their ancestry. There is no such thing as a population with a single direct (or, as some have put it, 'pure') ancestry. Therefore, the borders that we place around ancestries are arbitrary and, again, socially constructed.
The 'ethnic group' categories currently recommended for use in the UK (by the ONS) are outdated and unsystematic. They were not designed for research. They pool a range of racial, ethnic and ancestry terms within single categories (e.g., 'Black/African/Caribbean/Black British'). They include some cultural groups (e.g., 'Arab', 'Gypsy or Irish Traveller'), but not others. Some nationalities are listed (e.g., 'Irish' or 'Indian'), while others are clustered across large geographical regions (e.g., 'African' or 'Asian') or by skin colour (e.g., 'any other white background'). The options for 'Mixed/Multiple' groups are limited. Personally, I must select mixed 'white and Asian' – so my British family are described by colour and my Iranian family by continent.
We cannot remain complicit by continuing to use harmful categories which fail to represent people equally and fairly. We need to develop new tools for mental health research that enable us to identify and address racial injustice and inequity. We must not stop talking about race, but we must understand and use racial terms correctly.
So here's a call for action in mental health research.
First, we need to correct our vocabulary:
Racial terms (e.g., 'Black') are only appropriate when discussing the racialisation of participants. (Read more about why many are now deciding to capitalise the B in Black).
By using racial categories in the wrong context, we risk reinforcing the notion that they are biologically and scientifically valid.
Stop referring to race, ethnicity or ancestry as 'risk factors' for mental health problems. There is no evidence to suggest that ethnicity is a causal risk factor for mental health problems. There is evidence to suggest that racism and marginalisation are risk factors.
Stop using the term 'Caucasian' in research. This is a pseudoscientific term, derived from an 18th century racist classification system. You should use either 'white' or 'European ancestry', depending on your context. (Learn more)
Second, let's consider how the data that we collect will be used in mental health research. Is it valid? Who will it serve? What can it really tell you? Wherever possible, be specific.
Do not pool all 'Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic' (BAME) groups into one category. The BAME label (and related acronyms, such as BME) is insufficient to reflect, and therefore help, the many groups captured within that definition. It creates a dichotomy of 'white' versus 'non-white' (or 'majority' versus 'minority' groups), which serves to reinforce racism in research. If you must refer to multiple communities under a single label, the terms 'marginalised groups' or 'racialised communities' are preferable. (See further critique of the BAME label).
Categories need to be consistent across research and mental health services if research is going to make a difference in the real world. But categories also need to capture what it is that matters for the study at hand. So, researchers must consider if it is race, ethnicity or ancestry data that matter for their research question.
Where possible, research should seek to reflect the multiple identities that individuals hold, encapsulating different forms of privilege or disadvantage in society. Information on participant race, ethnicity and ancestry cannot tell the whole story. Within groups there is diversity of experience: for example, by gender, age and wealth.
Individuals who are not of European descent – i.e., the majority of the global population – remain under-represented in mental health research. Their narratives are frequently excluded and their data under-reported. To change this, we must confront the systemic racism that exists in human research.
We must be meticulous in our planning as to what we need to know and why. We must hear people's own perspectives in this process. We must be honest about the limitations of the terms that we use, and communicate how we intend to use any data that we collect. And we must see this as an active learning process, requiring constant reflection and challenging of assumptions that are so deeply ingrained in our practice and institutions.
Saini, A. (2019). Superior: the return of race science. Boston: Beacon Press.
Rutherford, A. (2020). How to Argue with a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality. London: Hachette UK.
Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist: One world.
Miika Tervonen, historian and social scientist, on the "the myth of a monocultural Finland".
Professor Dorothy Roberts, professor of law and sociology, on race-based medicine.
Recording of a recent webinar chaired by the Mental Elf: "Mental health research is racist, so what are we all going to do about it?".
NB: the last national survey of racial and ethnic minority mental health in the UK was published almost 20 years ago, in which researchers pooled all "Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic" (BAME) groups into one category.
A version of this post was originally published on the EDIT Lab blog, run by a research team that Yasmin is part of at King's College London
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Install the extension and restart firefox. The extension will now be in the profile specific extensions folder. Move the extension from the profile folder into /usr/lib64/firefox/extensions (alter if you are using a 32 bit system /usr/lib/firefox/extensions).


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Imagination Celebration Reminds Us the Arts are Important. Are Schools Listening?
Photo courtesy of Arts OC
1000 Pieces of Art on display at South Coast Plaza.
By Paul Hodgins | April 19, 2019
Orange County's Imagination Celebration, a gargantuan annual spring festival that celebrates the arts throughout Orange County and emphasizes the creativity of kids, is celebrating its 34th anniversary in 2019 – a remarkable testament to the vision and passion of people who believe that art makes a crucial difference in the lives of the county's children and teens.
This year's Imagination Celebration will last well over a month and features more than 100 events, most of them free, in 29 Orange County communities.
By far the biggest and most high profile part of the festival every year is the 1,000 Pieces of Art exhibition, a juried art show that celebrates the work of pre-K through 12th grade students from all over Orange County. The art includes traditional mediums, including photography; last year, digital and graphic design were added.
The winners chosen by the jury can be seen at the South Coast Plaza Crate & Barrel Wing through May 19th. It's free to see the exhibit anytime during mall hours.
1,000 Pieces of Art Exhibition
WHEN: May 1 – May 19
WHERE: South Coast Plaza, Crate & Barrel Wing, Costa Mesa
TICKETS: Free
"We get about 4,600 works of art for the show, which we track with a computer data system," said Steve Venz, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator for the Orange County Department of Education. "We take a day where we will have various experts in visual arts, teachers and artists. They go through everything and select the pieces to show in South Coast Plaza. At the same time they select other pieces that will then go to Festival of the Arts in Laguna." All told, about 1,400 works are singled out for display.
Venz thinks 1,000 Pieces of Art epitomizes the goals of Imagination Celebration. "We like it because it's an event that recognizes children throughout the county and, even more importantly, connects kids with arts and arts education."
Arts Education Lights the Flame
While it's hard to fault the organizers of Imagination Celebration and other community-level arts programs for children and teens, such huge endeavors could be seen as an indication of the shrinking role of K-12 education in the arts. How much do we value arts education if we leave it to well-meaning but often cash-strapped volunteers to provide it?
Imagination Celebration is just one of many programs offered by community organizations and not-for-profit arts groups to keep an appreciation for the arts alive; in many cases they are counted on to counteract public education's diminishing role in the area. And after years of widespread cuts to public school arts programs in many communities, the question has become increasingly relevant: does learning about paintings, sculpture, music, theater and dance help children become better students generally?
Over the last 15 years, the evidence increasingly points to yes.
A 2006 study by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum found that arts education had measurable positive results in a range of literacy skills among students who took part in a Guggenheim program that sent artists into the classroom.
In the study, hundreds of third grade students in the New York City school system were interviewed. Some had benefited from the Guggenheim program, called Learning Through Art; others had not. The former group scored better in six categories of literacy and critical thinking skills — crucial cognitive areas such as description, hypothesizing and reasoning.
Another benefit of arts education, of course, is that it lights the flame – those exposed to the arts as kids are more likely to develop a lifelong love of the arts and participate in them more regularly as adults.
A 2008 study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that arts education had a strong relationship with adult arts participation. "Having had any childhood or adult arts education was significantly correlated with attendance at 'benchmark' arts events," the study concluded.
A more recent survey by the Brookings Institute, released earlier this year, offered even more dramatic proof of the benefits of basic arts education.
Using Houston's public school system as its laboratory, Brookings helped to roll out the first two years of a program called Houston's Arts Access Initiative. More than 40 elementary and middle schools with over 10,000 third- through eighth-grade students participated. Students at 21 schools received, on average, 10 arts educational experiences across dance, music, theater, and visual arts disciplines during the school year. Those at the control-group schools did not.
The results were significant:
"We find that a substantial increase in arts educational experiences has remarkable impacts on students' academic, social, and emotional outcomes," the report concluded. "Relative to students assigned to the control group, treatment school students experienced a 3.6 percentage point reduction in disciplinary infractions and an improvement of 13 percent in standardized writing scores."
Among elementary school students, the report noted other advantages among the kids who benefited from arts enrichment: "Increases in arts learning positively and significantly affect students' school engagement, college aspirations, and their inclinations to draw upon works of art as a means for empathizing with others," it concluded.
So with all its apparent benefits, why did the arts fade from public education in the first place? Fingers are often pointed at school boards that are openly hostile to arts education, but according to the Brookings Institute and other sources, the shift in attitude is largely the result of fundamental changes in educational philosophy that took place over the last generation.
According to the Brookings and Guggenheim studies, the expansion of standardized-test-based accountability is a major culprit. The push for widespread testing forced schools to focus narrowly on the subjects to be tested. Since the arts were not among them, they were neglected academically.
A federal government report found that under the No Child Left Behind program, schools that were designated as "needing improvement" were far more likely to decrease the time spent on arts education.
Perhaps it's unfair to think of Imagination Celebration and other community arts events as a substitute for a hobbled system of arts education in the public schools. 1,000 Works of Arts is a wonderful way for the larger community to acknowledge work that's performed within the school system, after all.
But there's a symbolic value to learning about the arts in the classroom rather than outside it. Among other benefits, it makes the world's great artistic and cultural achievements as important as anything else that's studied within the curriculum, and it presents the arts as the normal expression of a culture and a means of interpreting and making sense of the world.
Sure, improving math and language skills are important, and arts education does help with that. But as the Houston study proved, its more important benefits could be about making us more open-minded and compassionate.
Paul Hodgins is the senior editor of Arts & Culture at Voice of OC. He can be reached at phodgins@voiceofoc.org.
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Q: unit-test zsh extendedglob functionality How can I, in a c program, perform a glob by using the function provided by the z shell?
I have created a README of my explorations so far. It is for use in an open source library.
https://bitbucket.org/sentimental/zsh_source_experimentation/src/master/README
I copy it here:

Start
Lets get the sources
apt-get source zsh
apt-get source zsh-dev

I've discovered by using ldd that zsh does not produce any library files::
#ldd /bin/zsh4

        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7775000)
        libcap.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0xb7751000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0xb774c000)
        libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0xb772c000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xb7700000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xb755b000)

I think I will have to use the source files directly.
Lets locate the files containing references to extended globbling
(I'm using zsh as my shell).::
grep -ir EXTENDEDGLOB . |  egrep "\.(c|h):"  | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u

./README
./zsh-4.3.17/Etc/ChangeLog-3.0
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/glob.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/Modules/zutil.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/options.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/pattern.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/utils.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/Zle/complist.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/Zle/zle_tricky.c
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/zsh.h

Lets consider a couple of those files
zsh.h

In here EXTENDEDGLOB is defined as part of an anonymous enum
There are publications
here
http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/chapter6/enums.html
and here
http://bytes.com/topic/c/answers/63891-enum-within-function-standard
detailing the use of enum in c
An example of its use is probably the method arguments for the function
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 static int
    bin_zregexparse(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))

Found in the file
.................
./zsh-4.3.17/Src/Modules/zutil.c

Lets see what's calling that function. Hmm only one call. The only reference to that call is in that file.
grep -r  bin_zregexparse . |  egrep "\.(c|h):"  | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u

./zsh-4.3.17/Src/Modules/zutil.c

Hmm.... How does it work if nothing calls this function?
Ok lets see if there is some conditional configuration that sets up or aliases this code somehow?
 grep -i regex ./**/conf*

/zsh-4.3.17/config.h.in :/* Define to 1 if you have the `regexec' function. */
./zsh-4.3.17/config.h.in :#undef HAVE_REGEXEC
./zsh-4.3.17/config.h.in :/* Define to 1 if you have the `regexec' function. */
./zsh-4.3.17/config.h.in :#undef HAVE_REGEXEC
./zsh-4.3.17/configure :       regcomp regexecc regerror regfree \
./zsh-4.3.17/configure :       regcomp regexec regexecerror regfree \
./zsh-4.3.17/configure.ac :       regcomp regexec regerrorror regfree \

Lets investigate these files.
 config.h.in

Doesn't seem to exist, perhaps it is generated?
There seems to be a block in
 configure

 8148 for ac_func in strftime strptime mktime timelocal \
 8149          difftime gettimeofday clock_gettime \
 8150          select poll \
 8151          readlink faccessx fchdir ftruncate \

 etc etc etc ..

 8178          htons ntohs \
 8179          regcomp regexec regerror regfree \
 8180          gdbm_open getxattr \
 8181          realpath canonicalize_file_name \
 8182          symlink getcwd
 8183 do :
 8184   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 8185 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
 8186 if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"; then :
 8187   cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 8188 #define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 8189 _ACEOF
 8190
 8191 fi
 8192 done

}}}
I've no idea what that is doing. TODO: Investigate!
In
  ./zsh-4.3.17/configure.ac

  1167 dnl ---------------
  1168 dnl CHECK FUNCTIONS
  1169 dnl ---------------
  1170                                                                                |     rglobdata.gd_gf_noglobdot
  1171 dnl need to integrate this function
  1172 dnl AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
  1173                                                                                |     rglobdata.gd_gf_listtypes
  1174 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strftime strptime mktime timelocal \
  1175          difftime gettimeofday clock_gettime \
  1176          select poll \

  etc etc etc

  1205          regcomp regexec regerror regfree \
  1206          gdbm_open getxattr \
  1207          realpath canonicalize_file_name \
  1208          symlink getcwd)
  1209 AC_FUNC_STRCOLL

Not really sure at this stage how I can do this, consider that I perhaps want to unit-test that function, how might I do so?

A: The function bin_zregexparse is the implementation of the zregexparse builtin provided by the zsh/zutil module. It is used below its definition in zutil.c:
static struct builtin bintab[] = {
    …
    BUILTIN("zregexparse", 0, bin_zregexparse, 3, -1, 0, "c", NULL),
    …
};

zregexparse is intended to be used in the implementation of _regex_arguments. This isn't the most promising entry point.
If you want to implement zsh's globbing features, you'll have to pull in almost all of the zsh code into your program, since glob patterns can contain arbitrary embedded code. You can exclude the line editor during build, but that's about it.
I would recommend using a separate zsh binary and feeding it requests through a pair of pipes.
setopt extended_glob null_glob
print -Nr -- **/*(.Om+my_predicate) ''

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Riversand Appoints Michael Robinson as Vice President of Marketing to Grow Its Global MDM and PIM Business
By PRNewswire	 On Jan 9, 2020
Riversand, a leading cloud-native SaaS Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM) solution provider, announced today the appointment of technology marketing veteran Michael Robinson as vice president of Marketing.
Robinson is responsible for the global marketing strategy and oversees Inside Sales, Product Marketing, and Corporate Communications. He brings more than 25 years of B2B marketing experience to Riversand, driving awareness, consistent branding, and repeatable growth for software and professional service category leaders such as Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Associa, and Allegro. He has also led marketing strategy consulting with global companies and startups across all major industries. He will report directly to the CEO and founder, Upen Varanasi.
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"We are delighted to bring onboard a leader of the caliber of Michael with his depth and breadth of knowledge in sales and marketing," says Upen Varanasi, CEO and founder at Riversand. "Riversand is experiencing rapid growth, and we expect him and his team to provide further, sustained growth and awareness to our markets."
Riversand's delivery of its cloud-native data management platform in 2018 created an opportunity to accelerate business growth in the U.S. and Europe. Riversand recently secured an additional $10 million investment from Crestline Investors after successfully raising $35 million in Series A funding. The additional funds were raised to support expansion initiatives including marketing activities in the U.S. and Europe.
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For example, if you're creating a homepage for your business, talking to your customers will help you see the world from their perspective – and craft your copy to appeal to them.
But to get the most out of your conversations, you need to be an accomplished interviewer. Here's how to get the best answers out of people.
If you need an exact, word for word, record of what they say, then go ahead and record.
For example, if they're an astrophysicist or a philosopher, I like to have a recording so I don't need to follow up with embarrassing questions because I didn't catch some technical term or can't quite make sense of my scribbled notes.
And always ask for permission. A quick 'do you mind if I record this interview?' beforehand is polite. I've never had anyone refuse.
Having to replay and transcribe an audio file is time consuming. So if you can get away with not taping your interview, then do. If you just need the gist of their answers, or they're going to be reviewing the copy anyway, before publication, scribbled down notes should be fine.
Make sure your recording device works and has fresh batteries or is fully charged. And always familiarise yourself with how it works beforehand, so you're not fiddling about wasting the interviewee's time and getting all flustered. I always take along two devices just to be sure!
Do your background research on who they are, what they've done and what they may have said in previous interviews.
If someone else has commissioned the interview, ask them why they've chosen this particular person. Why are they seeking your interviewee's perspective? This will help you ask them the right questions.
How do I get them to open up?
If you've chosen the right interviewee, you should have no problems getting them to talk – you'd be amazed at how animated people get when they're asked about something they care about. You just need to ask the right questions in the right way.
You'll want to keep the conversation natural and fairly spontaneous-seeming. But having a list of questions to refer to will ensure that you get the information you need.
You don't want to leave the interview and realise that you forgot to ask one crucial question you really needed an answer to.
To get great answers, phrase your questions so they're open-ended. In other words, ask questions that encourage your subject to elaborate. It's best to ask questions beginning with words like: Who? What? When? Why? How?
In other words, don't ask questions likely to result in a monosyllabic 'yes' or 'no' answer – because chances are, that's all you'll get!
Even though you'll have prepared a selection of questions in advance, you don't want it to appear like you're interrogating them like a robot who can't depart from the script.
So listen actively to their answers and be prepared to ask follow up questions if the interview takes an unexpected but interesting turn.
What if I don't understand their answer?
When you're interviewing a subject matter expert, there's often a risk they'll descend into impenetrable tech talk or biz babble. And if you don't understand it, you can't write about it compellingly.
So If that happens, ask your interviewee for examples that illustrate their point.
Trust me, your readers will thank you for providing a something concrete they can picture rather than this dry drivel about leveraging solutions.
What if their answer is boring?
If your interviewee gets bogged down in a lot of boring detail, help them consider the larger context.
If ever I'm getting too-much-information, I often ask: 'what's the one key message you'd like our readers to know after reading this piece'.
Let's say you've been commissioned to craft a new company mission statement based on interviews about the firm with each board member. This 'key message question' is a great way to get your interviewee to distil their most important comments – so you don't have to.
At the end of every interview, I always ask the interviewee if there was anything we haven't covered – a topic they haven't had a chance to address. It's partly politeness but also ensures you haven't missed the most important story.


Annotation: This manual provides introductory instruction on the functions of a crime laboratory and the main tests performed in it; problems and worksheets to be completed by the student are included.
Abstract: The manual is intended to be supplemented with a textbook, lectures, or both. An introduction defines criminalistics and outlines the measurements and instruments used in crime laboratories and the basic tests performed. FBI guidelines for preserving and transmitting a variety of types of evidence to a crime laboratory are also given. Additional chapters explain the analysis of finger, palm, and sole prints; the study of blood and body fluids; the identification of human hair; and the analysis of toxic substances. Further chapters focus on firearms and explosives, toolmarks and metals, casts and molds, fiber identification, glass and soil identification, paint identification, and document examination. Photographs, drawings, charts, and suggested readings for each chapter are included. Appendixes present addresses of chemical suppliers, problems, and worksheets.


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8 Times 'Miss Congeniality' Was Inspiring For All Women Everywhere
"She's beauty and she's grace, she's queen of 50 states..."
Kirsten Murray
If you're familiar with the infamous 4/25 day, you know that "Miss Congeniality" is one movie that is very, very hard to top.
From the perfect casting of Sandra Bullock as our lovable Gracie Lou Freebush, the perfect humor of Stan Fields, and the impeccable grace of Michael Caine, the wild, untamable spirit of Gracie Hart lives within all of us. S
he has taught viewers everywhere about how to stand up for yourself, take a stand, break the rules, follow your gut and above all, remain fiercely loyal to those who have always had your back. I've seen this movie countless times, but every time I still get that feeling of watching it for the first time all over again.
There are a number of scenes within this movie that are impossible to top, and these not only brought the greatest laughs throughout the movie but also taught me the most about just who Gracie Hart of the FBI really is.
Just remember: wear the crown, be the crown, you are the crown!
1. When she took over a NYC Starbucks "on official FBI business."
This scene inspires me every time, not just because she busted into a Starbucks, but also because she teaches women how to not be a pushover. Unfortunately, not all of us are female federal officers, but if you're on a mission to go get a PSL after class and someone cuts you in line, you wouldn't take that, now would you?
Neither would our Gracie. No matter whether that line-cutter is male or female, you better go do that mission like it's your job!
2. When she looked like a pageant queen, but spoke her mind like an agent.
This scene is the ultimate transformation for our leading lady, no longer frizzy, disheveled FBI agent Gracie Hart, but well-spoken, clean and pristine Gracie Lou Freebush!
But don't be fooled -- she may look the part, but she's still got the same attitude from back in NYC. I love how she encourages women to speak their truth here and defend their feelings, especially from the obviously gawking Eric Matthews behind her.
In life, it is so important to communicate how you feel in an assertive manner, and this is a scene that can't be ignored.
3. When the beer and steak lifestyle finally got the best of her.
This scene makes me laugh devilishly every time, and this is because it is such an effective way to point out the importance of ladylike manners, as which we know matters TREMENDOUSLY if you're going to be competing in The Miss United States Pageant.
Though not pictured, Gracie responds to this clever comment in the best way, demanding to know "what his problem is."
She demonstrates here that no woman should have to take any crap from a man, and especially not to let anyone, male or female, point out your shortcomings in a cruel manner, though this scene was portrayed in good fun with a bit of that charming Michael Caine flair.
4. When Victor gave her a "gliding" lesson in the streets of NYC.
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Though it may be an unpopular opinion, I would have to argue that this scene is funnier than the 4/25 one! The reaction from Gracie is absolutely priceless here, and yet again, she proves to all women that you don't let anyone disrupt your groove!
There is nothing more dissatisfying than when your mojo gets thrown off in the middle of the day, and if those haters could just GET THE MESSAGE, there would be no problem, now would there?
Unfortunately, that's not how the world works, but no matter how you glide, don't let anyone stop you!
5. When they could take the girl out of the FBI, but couldn't take the FBI out of the girl.
I love this scene because it stresses such an important message for women: don't ever say something that someone else is obviously trying to get you to say.
Before Gracie speaks here, several other contestants have answered with the phrase, "world peace." Though Gracie knows this, she speaks her mind anyway, resulting in some awkward cricket silences before she also adds "world peace" to her answer.
Our minds are all unique, and no matter what answer pops up, as long as it isn't too offensive, say it and speak your peace, girl!
6. When she taught ladies everywhere how to S.I.N.G.!
One of Gracie's greatest scenes in the movie, this is the most inspiring moment for women all over the world. In the scene, Gracie Lou is supposed to play the water glasses for her talent, but fellow contestants got a little too thirsty, leaving her with only one option: improv how she knows best.
She teaches the audience how to "sing" in self-defense: Solar Plexus, Instep, Nose, and Groin, aka the four most sensitive areas of the body.
I have this movie to thank for preparing me to defend myself in any dangerous situation, and I would bet that it has helped women from all over the world feel more protected, confident and alert as they walk through life.
7. The bagel prayer at the Orientation Breakfast.
This scene is relatable for nearly all women everywhere in the fact that it teaches a very important lesson: fake it 'til you make it.
In life, things are going to go askew and throw you completely off guard, much like this mic resonance did for Gracie. She couldn't blow her cover as an agent, so she put together her bagel and the Lord's name to pull off a believable excuse for her loud outburst at the breakfast.
If this is you one day down the line, don't worry about the unwanted attention -- it might just work out in your favor.
8. When she proved her loyalty to her girls on national TV.
Last but not least, even as a pageant queen, Gracie has an innate sixth sense of knowing when her friends are in danger and is not afraid to take anyone out that stands in her way of protecting them.
In the movie, her response is a little intense for being on national television, but it seems to do her due justice in the end.
This scene has taught me, as well as many other women, that loyalty is the most important quality in a person, and that can make someone very, very memorable.
As you can see, Gracie's truth is not defined by anyone other than herself. She goes above societal standards and shows everyone that who you are is not defined by how you appear or what you wear.
Rather, it is determined by what you do and how you make others feel. Yes, there were times when Gracie struggled with this, but her inner beauty shone most when she didn't care about outer beauty, and shouldn't we all want to think about ourselves that way, too?
When you are truly and uniquely yourself, that is when a true, lasting impression is made upon others and made upon yourself.
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Conservative gains in Sefton and Harlow
13 years ago / October 30, 2007
On Thursday 25 October the Conservatives won the byelection in Manor ward, Sefton borough council, gaining a seat from Labour. They also won Toddbrook ward on Harlow district council, while Labour held on in Little Parndon and Hare Street ward, the other Harlow ward to have a byelection. The Conservatives also kept Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East ward on Penwith district council and Witheridge ward on North Devon district council.
Labour made a gain from the Liberal Democrats in Stansty ward of Wrexham county borough council, and held on to Nelson ward of Great Yarmouth borough council.
The Liberal Democrats kept their seat at Penrith East division of Cumbria county council.


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Home Home Buyers Guide Hong Kong crisis could boost Vancouver's housing market
Hong Kong crisis could boost Vancouver's housing market
By Geraldine Grones | this page was last updated on the 24 Jun 2019 Font size :
With the ongoing political crisis in Hong Kong over the proposed extradition bill to China, there's a possibility that Canadians living in Hong Kong will return to Vancouver.
If protests over the bill worsen and the bill is passed, a significant number of the estimated 300,000 Canadians currently residing in Hong Kong could quickly return to Canada, especially to Metro Vancouver. That potential influx could prompt a resurgence in Metro Vancouver's housing market as, within the past few weeks, interest in local homes from Hong Kong buyers has increased.
Dan Scarrow, Macdonald Real Estate Group's president, said that his firm has seen a "noticeable uptick" in the number of Hong Kong buyers at open houses since the protests in Hong Kong started on June 4.
"Because these protests only started recently, I would suspect that most already have strong ties to Canada and this is motivating them to deepen their ties here," Scarrow told Daily Hive.
As these people are Canadian citizens, and for the most part dual citizens of Canada and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, they are exempted from the foreign buyers' tax and will not be subject to the new speculation and vacancy tax. Canadians living in Hong Kong may also own homes in the former British colony, where average home prices are currently around $1.63 million even for small living spaces.
Canadian homeowners in Hong Kong, where housing is in high demand, could also sell their property there quickly and move their capital to Vancouver to buy a property.
Scarrow said that since foreign currency exchange rules only apply to Mainland China, Canadians returning from Hong Kong will "have no problem moving a significant amount of money back to Canada."
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Q: How can I reference a registered variable from one ansible play in another? I need to check if VMs exist or not. The check is registered in one play, 'control' and referenced in another, 'production'.  What is the correct format for this?
create_vm.yml:
---
- hosts: control
  tasks:
  - name: Check VM
    virt:
      command: "list_vms"
    register: vms

- hosts: production
  tasks:
  - name: Create VM
  STUFF
  when: inventory_hostname not in groups['control']['vms']

I've tried different 'when' formats but they've all failed.
I have various errors depending on the format of when condition used; the following is for the specified condition.
fatal: [prod-operator]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "The conditional check 'inventory_hostname not in groups['control']['vms']' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (inventory_hostname not in groups['control']['vms']): Unable to look up a name or access an attribute in template string ({% if inventory_hostname not in groups['control']['vms'] %} True {% else %} False {% endif %}).\nMake sure your variable name does not contain invalid characters like '-': argument of type 'StrictUndefined' is not iterable\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/root/micks-ci-setup/production/virtual_machine/create-vm.yml': line 29, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n  - name: Create Production VM\n    ^ here\n"}

A: From what I've seen I should be able to reference the registered value form another task using a reference to host but it just won't work for me.  I'll move on with a workaround of performing another check in the hosts: production play as follows.
(I'm doing a round-robin deployment of VMs hence the delegate_to complexity)
---
- hosts: control
  tasks:
  - name: Check VM
    virt:
      command: "list_vms"
    register: vms

- hosts: production
  tasks:
  - name: Check VMs
    virt:
      command: "list_vms"
    register: vms
    delegate_to: '{{ groups["control"][play_hosts.index(inventory_hostname) % groups["control"]|length] }}'

And when condition as follows:
when: inventory_hostname not in vms.list_vms

If anyone can provide the "correct" method or a reason why it's not working for me then please feel free to post another answer.


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