There is a story about a new arrival in Heaven who was being shown around by an angel. On the tour they come upon a playground for baby angels. They observe one baby angel in a sandbox full of sparkling sand. As they watch, the baby grabs a fist full of sand and tosses it into the air. As the sand falls back the baby squeals with laughter.
The new arrival turns to his guide and asks, "What is the baby laughing at?"
His guide says, "Do you see all that sparkling sand? That sand is truth. Each time the baby tosses some of it into the air a grain or two falls outside the sandbox to earth. A human comes along and picks up a single grain of sand and thinks he or she has found the whole truth! That is why the baby is laughing."
Many grains of the sands of truth have, indeed, been found, and out of each of them have sprung religions and teachings and scientific discoveries. We may look forward to the day when they will be placed in one sandbox here on earth. It will be called The New World Religion. We are told by the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul, that such a religion is in the offing. It will consist of the grains of truth found in all religions, philosophies and science. In addition, it will consist of the ancient mystery teachings.
In the past, and in the present, the fundamental truths given to man have been further adorned with man's speculations, extrapolations, interpretations and assumptions that he likes to call theology. These timeless truths must be discovered and recognized10 and brought forward into the new religion.
"11 but their work is completed and it is time to evolve to the next step in mankind's spiritual awakening.
Prior to the first coming of the Christ, religion was a mostly emotional process. Christ brought a new approach to one's inner divinity that was to replace the emotional approach that had existed since the Atlantean days. The search for inner divinity had been an individual quest. Christ came as an example, or prototype, of what we all must become if we are to reach that "visioned perfection" of the Christ consciousness He represented. The emphasized goal of humanity, then, became that of achieving that ideal embodied in Jesus Christ.
It is a polarized humanity that will face the future, as individuals within the existing orthodox religions begin to understand what is unfolding and to prepare for it. D.K. informs us that "
out of the wreckage will emerge those true and spiritually enlightened churchmen who—with vision and sure knowledge, free from dogmatism and hating ecclesiastical authority—will develop the new world religion."12 The fruition of what is being prepared for now will come after the reappearance of the Christ,13 but the foundation is being laid today.
Although it is referred to as the New World Religion, perhaps it could be more accurately referred to, in the future, as the New World Spirituality.
D.K. says, "The Buddha demonstrated the consummation of substance-matter as the medium of Light, hence His title of the 'Illumined One.' Christ embodied the underlying energy of Consciousness." The illumination of the Buddha helped man to recognize the Christ. As a result, the New World Religion will teach us how to use light scientifically to bring about a conscious unity that promotes the right "
• A "way" is an approach to Spirit that involves a total commitment and way of life.
• "A traditional religion is a system of beliefs and rituals which may or may not be a 'way' for any particular person.
Another purpose of the new religion will be to assist its practitioners to learn love—not a sentiment of character, but the love that is the cause of everything, the "glue" of all creation, and is the electromagnetic milieu in which we "live and move and have our being."
The New World Religion will promote the triangles meditation work as a part of developing right relationships and raising the world's consciousness.
Because of fierce partisanship and old loyalties on the part of many people to traditional doctrine, the process of the emergence of a New World Religion will be difficult. In this regard, there are two signs the Tibetan says are significant. First, the present-day theological quarrels are mainly over non-essentials. Second, the younger generation is basically spiritual, but not remotely interested in theology.28 It is significant that in the four Gospels of the New Testament, Christ never taught theology. He gave us only direct truth.
What might be the architectural form of this new religion? Will there be a specific architecture to the primary places of gathering—perhaps one that promotes the flow of energy with spires that serve as conductors? Perhaps. We can only conjecture, because the Tibetan gives us no clue about that.
Most certainly, the Science of Invocation and Evocation that will bring together great spiritual energies and step them down for the benefit of the masses will be practiced. 32 And, let us not forget the Great Invocation that we already use. It will "
As already practiced by followers of the ancient wisdom, much will be focused around the various full moons.34 Each month will be dedicated to the particular constellation that governs it.35 Each of the lesser full moons of the year will "
In addition to the Three Festivals of Spring, there will be a significant August festival which will, according to the Tibetan, have as its purpose the "
What holidays, or "High Holy" days will be observed by the new religion? As it is now, the Festival of Easter will be significant and will emphasize the Risen Christ, not the Crucified Christ.38 You may be surprised to know that the Tibetan tells us the present Christian celebration of the Pentecost will also be celebrated in the new religion. It will have a different emphasis, however. It will be "
What icons and symbols will be associated with the new religion? First, there is one that will not be a symbol any longer. Palestine will no longer be called the Holy Land. D.K. says, "
If I were a betting man, I would bet that the symbol of the unfolding new religion will be that of the Aquarian image of a man holding a water jug on his shoulder or, perhaps, pouring the "water of life" out of the jug for all to avail themselves. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to arrive at that possibility.
What kind of people will its followers be? Again, it doesn't take a genius to know that the aspirants in this new religion will be more intelligent and better educated than at any time in history. They will be free thinkers in pursuit of truth. It was the philosopher/scientist Bacon who remarked that "...a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind about to religion."
" and its demonstration. D.K. says it "
might be called Transcendental Mysticism."
2. "The fact of the divine quality of the Forces in nature and in man and the method of their utilization for divine purposes by man. This might be called Transcendental Occultism."
The concept of God will change from the anthropomorphized God of the past to that of "
Another development will be that the mystery teachings will be brought ever more into the light.
Also, there will be an end of separation and in its place will be a "
Need I point out the obvious point that meditation will be taught?
Our intuition will be developed. According to Alfred North Whitehead,47 religion has evolved from almost instinctive ritual to ritual that evokes emotion. Myths are a product of the need to evoke an emotional religious response from its followers. From there the world's religions evolved into increasing rationalism. The challenge was to bring man up from the purely emotional response to ritual, to a rational response to ritual. Modern religions are evolving to the degree that they become increasingly rational. It is my contention that the New World Religion will take the next evolutionary step to a primary focus on ritual, to induce intuition, both individual and group—the next step beyond rationalism.
• And service—we will be taught a new form of "basin theology" that Christ taught. Pilot used a basin in an attempt to wash his hands of Christ's Crucifixion. Christ used a basin to wash the feet of his disciples.
• Also the transcendent and eminent God. The Koran says, "Wherever you look, there is the face of God." Present-day mental science has an expression that says the same thing: "There is not a spot where God is not." The immanent God is within us and the transcendent God towers above us and outside us.
In summary, historically, traditional religion has anthropomorphized God, as I said; the New World Religion will, instead, lead to the "godization" of its followers. In the Bible, Hosea attributes the statement to Jehovah that "
We are assured the "
One of the things I most love to do is to walk my dog down by the river that borders my town of Sandpoint, Idaho. The town lies on one side of the path, while the lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains lies on the other side. The air is clean and fresh and being there does my heart good! But nothing makes me as joyful as being with all of you in meditation at the time of the full moon. It's been happening for so many years that I now look forward to it as a special time each month. It really does my heart good.
What do you think I mean when I say, "It does my heart good?" Do I mean that there is some actual effect on my physical heart? As many people as there are reading this, there are probably almost as many ideas of what that means. Language is so marvelous. It allows us to express ourselves and define ourselves, our world and our thought lives, and everything we can perceive as far as our sensitivity extends. It's a way of sharing and communicating everything; and, our language—the English language—is especially elastic, creative and magical. We have adopted tens of thousands of words from other languages and, therefore, ours is expanding constantly. But, communication is a two-way process that includes speaking and hearing. There is usually a big gap between what I think I've said and what others think they have heard, and vice versa. There seems to be a big lesson here about the importance of hearing to communication.
This article is called Language of the Heart because it's about language, and I've used the word heart as an example of how sayings, clichés and concepts grow up around one word or phrase. I want this to be fun and playful, so I'll try to make it lighthearted. Now, what on earth do you suppose I mean by that? Literally? A feeling? A holdover from childhood when we "tripped the light fantastic?" I'd sure rather be lighthearted than light-minded. No one wants to be thought of as a mental lightweight. But then, nobody wants to be heavyhearted.
just joy, laughter, fun. This state of heart increases circulation throughout the body, carrying oxygen to all the cells, sweeping away obstacles to free-flowing energy. So, lightheartedness is truly related to optimum health. Many verses in the Old Testament reinforce this concept. Gladness of heart and letting the heart rejoice are mentioned in both Psalms and Job. When doing spiritual healing, the healer should be able to lift the spirits of the patient—to make him or her more lighthearted. It is necessary that the afflicted one be able to lift his or her vision up and away from the body so that his/her thoughts present no impediment to streams of healing energy. That's why patients are often encouraged to talk or visit about other things when receiving an energy balancing, massage or other forms of ministration. And the healer needs to work from his own center of joy. The Bible teaches this view with the proverb, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." An old Irish saying proclaims, "If I keep a green bough in my heart, a singing bird will come."
The opposite of this, of course, is heavyhearted. What does that mean? That the physical heart actually gains in weight? Or that one simply feels heavier? Where does he feel it? In his mind? In the emotions? In his everything? If so, why do we call it heavyhearted? And what about hearty?—which is neither light nor heavy. If neither, then what is it? When we want to be strong, we eat heartily—a hearty meal. Is that about the heart? Or about stomach hunger? What's the relationship? And if we laugh a hearty laugh, aren't we really doing a big belly laugh? Not from the heart at all? Yes—but again, it's about how we feel, so the heart in all these examples is related to feelings. The Bible says, in St. Luke 21:26, "Men's hearts are failing them for fear of those things that are coming upon the world." I think this means, very clearly, that fear weakens one's heart. When we say, Take heart! we're saying, Be strong, be bold, be confident. You can do it! There is a power in you greater than whatever stands in your way. This has to do with courage. The word courage comes from the Latin core or old French coeur, which both mean heart. When I hear the word courage, I usually think of Daniel in the lion's den. Daniel must have been afraid—how could he not be? Yet, he literally rose above his emotions of fear and dread and faced the beasts with a peaceful heart. Where did this courage to rise above his emotions and enter into peace come from? I believe it came from his habit of daily prayer and his steadfast faith in God. The Bible tells us that Daniel prayed morning, noon and night as he had aforetimes, meaning as was his habit. From this, I surmise that courage, as a heart quality, can be cultivated through prayer and the exercise of faith. What do you think? Can you think of other meanings related to taking heart?
Solomon had this thought, given to us in Psalm 28:7, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song I praise him." So, obviously, he associated the heart with both strength and joy. Maybe those were Daniel's thoughts, too, as he faced his ordeal and emerged victorious.
During the Atlantean period and thereafter, humanity began to purify and control its emotional nature, which had the effect of lifting the solar plexus energies up toward the etheric heart center. The petals of the solar plexus center began to reverse and turn upward while the petals of the heart center were still turned downward. Thus began a growing interplay between solar plexus and heart. This, as always, was reflected in the language. Lower desire was linguistically transmuted into heartfelt desire. Mankind's consciousness has been registering and expressing this upliftment by attributing to the heart more noble and aesthetic aspects of love than raw emotion. Strong, self-preserving emotions such as fanatic loyalty (my country, right or wrong) are lifted by the heart into more tolerant and universal loyalties. The my softens into our. My world becomes the world and I yields to we. The ego becomes decentralized, no longer the center of my universe. This is the stage of transformation Khalil Gibran had in mind when he said, "Say not 'God is in my heart,' rather 'I am in the heart of God'." Ponder on this, for it represents a subtle, but major, shift in consciousness.
What about Have a heart!? What are we talking about? Have sympathy, empathy, sharing, caring—neighborhood, community; being sensitive to others' needs, where one's interests become broader? At this place in consciousness, competition (I win—but you lose) dissolves into cooperation (we all gain) and companionship (which literally means walking together). And, a person who has a lot of heart, whose heart is stretched to encompass and love and serve broadly, could break. He or she could have a heart attack. Our heart never attacks us, but we could possibly stretch so far and so fast that the physical heart could not endure the pressure. Negative, fearful and angry thoughts and emotions can attack our hearts. We read in Proverbs, "
the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord."
Today, the heart center of mass humanity is sufficiently activated that most qualities associated with it are considered good. Stouthearted (strong and courageous) is good. Pure-hearted (without deception) is good. Hardhearted and heartless are not good. Let's see what some of the scriptures say about these qualities. "Keep thy heart pure with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life," from Proverbs 4:23. What does that mean—to keep the heart pure? Pure from what? Or with what? I'm not sure I know, but it must be important because it's very clear that God wants us to do it. Proverbs 22:11 talks about "He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend." So, pure-heartedness is important—to be sought after. Another counsel, from Chronicles 28:9, is "Know thou the God of Thy Father, and serve Him with perfect heart and with willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of your thoughts." This would indicate that the purity of heart that we were questioning has to do with intent or motive. From an esoteric point of view, these qualities of heart—empathy, sharing, compassion, community, sensitivity, etc.—mark a very important space or episode in advancing consciousness; for, until those qualities are fixed in a person's character, there cannot begin a corresponding opening of the cave of the heart, the 12-petalled lotus at the center of the Brahmarandra, the 1000-petalled lotus, which is the exact replica of the etheric heart center in the energy matrix of the human body.
Throughout esoteric literature, the heart represents the life of the group. The Sun (the heart of the solar system) is Life to its group of planets, just as the heart within the body is life-giving to its group of major organs and energy centers. This is an accurate analogy. The heart of any working group is a 3-pointed nucleus (visioner, energizer, organizer) on which the others depend for sustenance. The heart represents the Source of Life, not only to the group, but to humanity. As a source, it is also the center—the deepest, most hidden, yet most real part of us. The language reflects our consciousness of this in such phrases as deep in my heart, at the heart of the matter or the heart of the city. If the Source is within the center, and God is within the center, and the Heart is within the center, then there is a major connection between the three: God, the Source, and the Heart. The heart is then seen as a contact point between man and God. See the Bhagavad Gita for more exposition on this concept.
When man's mind begins to develop and to register consciousness (including memory) the heart and mind come into close association. We then can learn things by heart. The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah recognized that heart learning was more lasting than intellectual learning and told his students, Lay up my words in your heart. (Memorize them.) The love of the heart interpenetrating with the light of mind leads to what Solomon called "Thinking in the heart." No matter how educated or intellectual a person is, no matter how many facts he may have stored in his memory, he cannot be wise unless his heart center is functioning freely. This may be one meaning behind II Timothy 3:7 which refers to those who are always learning but never able to come to an accurate knowledge of Truth. The intellect is one-dimensional and, by itself, is never whole. In the same respect, the feelings and emotions of the love nature alone are never whole. Wisdom watches over Love. When the head and heart cooperate and vibrate together, the result is this thinking in the heart—conscious, lighted, aware thinking. When someone says, I know it in my heart, they're pretty sure that they know that they know. I may not be able to prove it, reproduce it, or convince anyone else, but I know.
The heart of anything is its innermost part. We say we want to get to the heart of the matter. When we learn something by heart, we have learned it right to the core of our being. So, to think in the heart is to know it in the center of one's being. The reason some people say, I know it in my gut, or I just have a gut feeling, is that our language has not quite caught up to our consciousness. They really do know it in their heart, but still fall back on the old concept of the solar plexus being the center-most part of our being; thousands of years of development of that center has impacted our language very strongly.
In Esoteric Healing, the Tibetan says, "Thinking in the heart becomes truly possible only when the mental faculties have become adequately developed and have reached a fairly high stage of unfoldment. Feeling in the heart is often confused with thinking. The ability to think in the heart is the result of the process of transmuting desire into love during the task of elevating the forces of the solar plexus into the heart center." (p157.) Obviously, this heart thinking is very potent. For Solomon's teaching—"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he"—is universally accepted as the key to one's liberation into a truly spiritual life.
The soul-infused heart is always group and inter-group conscious because all souls constitute one Group. Was this possibly the Lord's meaning when, through Ezekiel (ll:19), He said, "I will give them One Heart and I will put a new Spirit within them, and I will take the stone heart out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and do them and they shall be my people and I will be their God?" It seems obvious, to me, from this verse and the other quoted passages, that this Love and Goodwill, associated with the heart are God's Will for his people, and that the heart center is associated with the soul's qualities of Light and Love. This is reiterated in the epic Indian poem, the Mahabarata, which counsels us, "If your heart breaks or closes up, if it becomes bitter, dark or dry, Thy Light is lost." And, of course, we know that a love-starved heart can neither teach nor heal.
everything. This is a wonderful sign for humanity because it means that we—humanity, the One Son of God and the One World Disciple—are lifting our collective consciousness up from the solar plexus and the lower centers, which govern family life and all that makes up the personality, into the higher, more communal consciousness. We're hearing words like commune, communication, community, and the petals of the heart center are collectively turning upward toward the soul so that we are hearing references to the spiritual heart center, and the twin heart within the Brahmarandra. I make a special point of the communality of this movement because, while we who read this are training to become Masters and Hierarchical workers, we are still very common and must work and live as part of the whole body of mankind until the full transition of forces carries us, liberates us, into a new realm of service. Here in this room, within the periphery of our Ashramic consciousness, we study and prepare to be Masters; and then, containing what we receive, we step out the door and become, once again, part of the common cause. It's not easy to be a bridge, but we are assured by the words of the Christ whom we serve, "Because you have been faithful in these few things, I will make you master over many."
and, therefore, a better communicator. Should you have been in consciousness where they now are, your life and consciousness can be a light on their path. Should you read by their light that you have not yet been where they now are, you may gather therefrom wisdom relating to your path. This does not apply just to individuals; one can also learn to read groups, public opinion, etc. The process of understanding one's language is very consciousness-expanding. So, even though this little word game has been "in fun," it may also be useful and practical.
In conclusion, I'd like to speak of the heart and all that we have just talked about in relation to healing, since the Tibetan has projected the activation of esoteric healing centers in our time period. To see how the heart relates specifically to healing, let's review how the soul is connected to the body. The consciousness aspect is anchored in the brain, and from there permeates the nervous system and cerebral/spinal system. The Life aspect is anchored in the heart, and it is permeated with God consciousness, which it circulates throughout the circulatory system. When one's heart is tranquil and open to the inestimable power of God's Love, which is Life itself, healing and regeneration take place. It is nourishment, not only to and from our souls, but to our bodies. It is the Bread of Life, and the Source of all that is Good, and good for us. And, we increase these powerful energies through conscious use and in being connected with the spiritual will.
Take these forces, these truths, into the Silence, where the greatest blessings and healing are to be found. Learn to open the heart to Divine Power and gratefully send it forth to be shared with all humanity. And so shall the heart of man be healed and the heart of the nations be opened to Justice, through Love—the Universal Life Principle.
The Sun is the Heart of the Solar System; so also the heart of man is the sun of his being.
Thus the heart, intent in silence, replete as a dynamo, beats out the rhythm of the Universe and personal desires are transmuted into the guiding Universal Will.
It is precisely the quality of the magnet that is inherent in the heart. Verily, the silver thread which links the Teacher with the disciple is the great magnet of the heart.
Not egotism dwells in the heart, but pan-humanity. Thus the heart is verily an international organ.
I hope you have kept this time we've had together lighthearted and light-minded. It has been a playground for thought—not a thesis. Psalms tells us "be glad in the Lord and rejoice you that are upright in heart." Oh, gosh, what does that mean—upright in heart?
Enjoy. My heartfelt love is with you now and always.


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Arda Turan: I have enjoyed watching Barça since I was little
The Turkish player has given an interview to the Club's official media The new signing highlights now that he is at Barça: 'I am where I always wanted to be"
10:00PM Sunday 12 Jul
Arda Turan has been a busy man in the days before he begins training with his new team mates. Monday is when the midfielder will start work under the watchful eye of coach Luis Enrique, following on from his official presentation as a Barça player on Friday. After signing his contract, speaking to the press and then emerging out on to the field at Camp Nou in a Barça shirt for the very first time, Turan also gave an interview to the Club's official media. Talking to Barça TV, the new signing spoke about his first few days in Barcelona and his initial impressions as an FC Barcelona player. The full interview will be available on Tuesday 14 July in Barça GamePass.
Here are the highlights of what he had to say:
On signing with Barça
"It's a wonderful feeling. I'm where I've always wanted to be."
"I've had my dream come true."
On what he thinks of Barça:
"I'm really happy, I knew Barça was more than a club. But it's much bigger than that."
"Barça is the best team in the world but, more than that, it's the team with the best football on the planet."
"Ever since I was a boy I have enjoyed watching Barça, and now I'm here."
On the reactions on Turkey:
"Turkey is watching me. I'm an example of how hard work can take you anywhere."
"I'm very proud to be able to help push Turkish youngsters to work hard every day to try and get to this level."
On his goals:
"If I can show that I deserve to be here by winning titles, I'll be even prouder."
On his past:
"Every time I've played against Barça I've played hard and tried to control the ball."
On Barça's rivals:
"Being here now demonstrates that I can play on this team, and I want our rivals to have a tough time against Barça."

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Headon, David & John Uhr, ed.: Eureka: Australia's greatest story
David Headon & John Uhr, ed.
Eureka: Australia's Greatest Story, Federation Press, Sydney, 2015; electronic version available
Papers from a conference held in Canberra, December 2014, plus some additional papers.
The editors of this book boldly proclaim that Eureka is Australia's "greatest story", and they have gathered together some of our country's finest historians to prosecute the case. Collectively, they compile a strong argument. In the late 19th century that acute American observer, Mark Twain, called the Ballarat rebellion "the finest thing in Australasian history" and, like all such milestone moments in any country's expanding tale, Eureka challenges because of the sheer number of interpretations that have been imposed upon it, both before Twain and after. During the sesquicentenary year of Eureka, 2004, one journalist rightly observed that Eureka "is not so much history as many versions of history". The question of who "owns" the Eureka story is destined never to be answered, but one thing is certain: the superb Charter of Bakery Hill, an irresistible sequence of goldfield events leading to tragedy, a cast of characters drawn straight from a classic novel, violence and murder on an early Sabbath morning in December 1854, and a never-ending aftermath that arguably has had more energy within it in the 20th and 21st centuries than it had in the 19th – these extraordinary elements of a grand narrative will forever stimulate the Australian imagination. Eureka: Australia's Greatest Story is certain to stoke the fires. (blurb)
Topics covered include what Eureka means to Australians today, the Eureka legacy, revolutionary influences on Australia in the mid nineteenth century, the American connection and the songs of Eureka. Authors include the editors, Clare Wright, Frank Bongiorno, Andrew Leigh, Anne Beggs-Sunter and John Molony. There is a select bibliography. Other Eureka material on the Honest History website covers Clare Wright's book on the women of Eureka, a miscellany to mark the 161st anniversary, Eureka lectures by Andrew Leigh and Humphrey McQueen and other material. Use our search engine under 'Eureka'.
The introduction to the book is available.
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Art Exhibition, Art in Europe, English
Caillebotte: Sugar Daddy of Impressionism
During his time, Gustave Caillebotte was known as a great supporter of the Impressionist movement. He had quite a bit of money due to a hefty allowance and inheritance from his father, which allowed him to purchase the works of his fellow Impressionists, subsidise several exhibitions, and even pay the rent for Monet's studio. It wasn't until after his death that Caillebotte was finally recognised as one of the great masters of Impressionism rather than simply a piggy bank for his friends. I suppose it's typical for artists not to receive recognition and acclaim during their time, but it's too bad that Caillebotte's groundbreaking style, a mix between Realism and Impressionism, was clouded by his role as the Sugar Daddy of Impressionism.
Although classified as an Impressionist, Caillebotte's style clearly differs from his counterparts such as Degas, Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro with whom he displayed his works at the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876. Many—myself included–consider him more of a Realist than an Impressionist. Due to Caillebotte's passion for photography, his paintings often resemble photographs, capturing a single, fleeting moment in time quite realistically.
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day, 1877.
Oil on canvas, 212 cm x 276 cm.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
Like his contemporaries, Caillebotte captured images of a rapidly changing Paris, the result of Napoleon III and Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann's urban renewal project. Beautiful, tree-lined boulevards, green spaces and gardens, and modern public facilities arose, paving the way for the beautiful, dreamy Paris we all know today. However, unlike his fellow Impressionists, Caillebotte attempted to depict the new Paris in a more realistic way; his paintings often create a feeling of alienation and sorrow (Paris Street, Rainy Day, above). For him, the new metropolitan city, with its meticulously planned layout and design, was something like a SimCity—perfect from the outside, lonely from the inside.
Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers, 1875.
Oil on canvas, 102 cm x 146.5 cm.
Musée D'Orsay, Paris.
Caillebotte is also known for introducing a new subject matter: the urban working class. As a result of the new railway and the Industrial Revolution in France (1815-1860), there was a huge migration of workers from the countryside to Paris. This new social class, la class ouvrière or the working class, became a fascination of Caillebotte's. However, up to this point, the only portrayals of working-class life had been of peasants and farmers from the countryside. Hence, it came as no surprise that the Salon rejected The Floor Scrapers (above) in 1875, deeming it vulgar and offensive. They simply did not want to accept the reality—the sorrow, the poverty, and the brutal working conditions—of their new and improved Paris that Caillebotte so desperately wanted to portray through his work.
Want to see Caillebotte's works and some outstanding photography from the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Head over to Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt between 18 October 2012 and 20 January 2013 for their exhibit Gustave Caillebotte. An Impressionist and Photography. You can also check out our ebook on Impressionism by Nathalia Brodskaya to learn more.
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This USSSA Qualifier, held high in the Colorado Mountains, featured extreme cold, stormy snow falls, and plenty of servings of hardmountain snowshoeing – just the ticket to win extra servings of the post event feature: Hot baked pasta.
One of the most rigorous courses on the 21 USSSA Qualifier circuit, the finish times reflect the devious challenges this Tennessee Pass layout offers. Overall winner of the 2008 edition of the Colorado State Championships was Travis Macy, 24, with an amazing 1:10:56 reading.
Finishing less than 90 seconds later, with the overall silver: muti-year USSSA National Team member Bernie Boettcher, 45, a great race considering the age difference.
Taking men's bronze , Seth Wealing, 29, at 1:18:18 finished fourth overall.
Sizzling finish by the Women's overall winner and third overall in the entire field was Keri Nelson, 26, with a 1:16:51. Laying down a notable time, this USSSA National Team Member from Grand Junction, CO, and 2007 National Championship runner-up, is a real factor to challenge for the 2008 PowerSox National Championship to be raced March 8th at Snowbasin, Ogden, Utah.
Anita Ortiz, 43, women's silver medalist in this race and two time USSSA National Team Member, finished an impressive fifth overall just behind fourth place Logan Wealing's 1:22:59 by 19 ticks.
Katie Mazzia won bronze in the women's overall.
35 men and 20 women completed this 10km USSSA Qualifier test.
Special mention for the performances of Jim Mykleby, 61, and Bill Moyle, 68, finishing as the 'most senior' of the snowshoers today.
Russ Post (see picture), founder of Northern Lites, when asked why they would be working so well in these conditions, answered, " Our shoes typically have the most 'inches' on the ground to provide flotation. We're as light as any others, getting our savings not by skimping, but using very expensive tubing for the frames to get the weight out.
Darren Brungardt won the five kilometer overall as the only finisher under one hour with a time of 59:03. Gilberto Montiel took overall silver at 1:02:06 followed a few minutes later by Innes Isom.
Colleen Gregory won the women's overall with a 1:16:45 only one second in front of Laura Wolf's silver performance, in the best race of the day.
Heidi Soweto captured the bronze. Five men and six women finished the race.
Food, warmth, friends, achievement, snowshoes stacked by the door . . . almost makes one forget about the seriously tough challenge today's racers faced in this Rocky Mountain high country snowshoe course.


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1. The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is a reliable system for conduct of elections in which one person has to be elected out of many candidates.
2. EVM consists mainly of two units – (a) Control Unit (CU) and (b) Balloting Unit (BU) with cable for connecting it with the Control Unit. A Balloting Unit caters upto 16 candidates. Four Balloting Units linked together catering in all to 64 candidates can be used with one Control Unit.
3. EVM uses a modern microcomputer and other Large Scale Integration (LSI) chips. It operates on a special Power pack. It is tamper-proof, error-free and easy to operate. It is easily portable. The polling information once recorded is retained in its memory even when the Power pack is removed.
4. The machine, which is according to the design approved by the Election Commission of India, is manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited. It is the end product of considerable experience and extensive trials in Indian Elections under the guidance of the Election Commission of India.
6. The Balloting Units and Control Units are supplied in separate carrying cases. A carrying case can be opened by pressing the latches simultaneously, on both sides of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1.


Let's get this out of the way up front: I was prepared to dislike Jelly after its reveal. After all, when Twitter co-founder Biz Stone described the new startup as experiment designed to "make the world a more empathetic place," – yes, a mobile Q&A service – it's hard not to roll your eyes. And if you look at some of the usage in Jelly's first days, it's at least equal parts enlightening and ridiculous.
But despite my preconceived notions, and despite the tendency for some in the community to respond to inquires with dumb jokes or snark, and despite a handful of minor user interface complaints, I think Jelly has…well, something.
And that's intriguing because, let's face it, the app hasn't really broken new ground. It's not the first Q&A service by any means, with Yahoo Answers dominating today's search results, Quora returning "brainier" long form content, and even good ol' ChaCha (which just adopted Jelly's color scheme! uh-oh!) still chugging along.
Jelly has not introduced any new social interactions, either, like the 140-character tweet, the social network status update, or the disappearing photo.
Instead, the service is a mishmash of concepts that have already been proven to work on mobile: image-based messaging, truncated text (like Twitter, there's a character limit on Jelly as well), an addictive, swipe-able interface (reminiscent of Tinder), and the ability to dive in and participate in spare moments of time. These characteristics have been blended together in a way that immediately makes the app feel both familiar, and yet, somehow still fresh.
More importantly, there's the utility of Jelly itself. Does a mobile Q&A service like this make sense? I'd argue that it does. It's the embodiment of the so-called lazyweb – the "dear internet" call-out, which invites responses by nature of posting to a public network.
Meanwhile, Jelly also fits into the more modern paradigm of passive, lean-back – yes, lazy! – search, propelled forward by things like Google Now. On Jelly, you throw your question out there into the void, and then it's no longer your responsibility to dig through and analyze a list of links to find the answer. You just swipe, swipe, swipe.
Of course, the answers on Jelly may not be scientific, they're sometimes even factually incorrect, but they give you a sense of the right answer or the general sentiment. It's the "good enough" version of search that takes much less work.
In fact, Biz Stone has even gone so far as to declare Jelly a "Google alternative." Speaking with Bloomberg Television on Tuesday, he said, "I'm not necessarily trying to take them on… I just think there are some percentage of queries that are better answered by a human mind than retrieving a document that's already been published." When you ask a person a question, you get more nuance he explained. It's the differentiation between information and knowledge.
The early opinion surrounding Jelly has been positive – and I don't mean just from so-called "tech pundits," to be clear. According to measurements from Digimind, during the first couple of weeks of January, 77% of Jelly's early adopters were speaking favorably about the service in online conversations, while 19% were negative.
Early adopters were found in the U.S. (33%), U.K. (11%), Spain (6.5%) and India (4.2%) in the early part of this month, adds Digimind. But remember – they only tracked those mentioning the service elsewhere on social media, not downloads or rankings.
Mobile analytics firm Distimo cast a wider net, however, and found different trends: while the U.S. is still tops on iOS and Android, Russia was the #2 country on the Apple App Store, but not a top 10 country in Google Play. Spain, meanwhile, was #3 on Google Play, but not a top 10 country on iOS. Other countries like Turkey, India and Mexico appeared on both lists.
In the top countries, Distimo saw over 300,000 downloads for the iPhone version of the app, to give you a sense of traction.
But now the buzz of the launch has worn off, and downloads have slowed, notes app analytics firm App Annie. You can see that Jelly's downloads had first jumped up, then fell within the last couple of weeks since its inception, which is a pretty tight frame for a drop, they note.
It's also interesting to compare Jelly with competing apps, like Quora for example. The Quora app has been around since 2011, but Jelly has already scored more downloads in several markets within its fist couple of weeks than Quora has seen to date. That's a promising start, despite the downward trend on downloads.
Meanwhile, when you compare Jelly with other social apps like Vine or Pinterest, you can see that while each has experienced post-launch dips of their own, in time they were able to maintain their positions in the top charts on the App Store.
In any case, Jelly's trajectory is too short for now to make sweeping judgements about its long-term staying power. The question for the startup going forward is whether they'll be able to quickly add the functionality users demand, tap into more viral growth, while also spending more on app marketing to help the app push its way back up the charts again.
Jelly also needs to address the issues with the low-quality questions and answers, which turns users off from the service entirely, as the experience degrades. Whether Jelly can accomplish all this remains to be seen, but I wouldn't be one to count it out just yet.


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Try as I might, I did not see a better film this year than Samuel Maoz's Lebanon. A cinematic gut-punch depicting the atrocities of war through the perspective of four terrified young soldiers, the film says more about the nature of modern warfare—and the people fighting them—than most films, and it does it in a way that's never preachy. From the claustrophobic atmosphere to the tense performances to the harrowing conclusion, Lebanon makes war look like the worst thing anyone could ever be involved in.
Easily the darkest kids' movie since Babe: Pig in the City (certainly as dark but not quite as depraved), Toy Story 3 pushes Pixar's increasingly challenging story to the next level, using the familiar Toy Story menagerie to tell an incredibly sad story that's simultaneously about growing up, losing innocence, and realizing a once passionate relationship has ended. It's also extraordinarily funny, but the dark undercurrent permeating the film grows steadily as the story moves toward an ending simultaneously happy and upsetting. Seriously, it'll make you cry, which I consider the hallmark of a great film.
It might be a cheat to include a film that's still on the festival circuit in search of distribution, but I consider Norman an opportunity to look ahead at 2011 as much as look back at 2010. You might notice a pattern in my top three when I say this film starts out seeming like a relatively innocuous teen comedy but heads into dark, unexpected territory. It could have easily relied on lazy genre clichés, but the script by Talton Wingate and direction by Jonathan Segal refuse to make anything easy for Norman or the audience.
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it theatrical release followed by a quiet DVD exile is no way to treat one of the year's best comedies. I can't explain the baffling marketing decisions that led to the burial of The Winning Season, but I can tell that few things in life are better than watching Sam Rockwell play an alcoholic, verbally abusive girls' basketball coach. The film has some superficial similarities to The Bad News Bears and Hoosiers, among other sports movies. Like those films, it tweaks the genre conventions and takes its characters seriously enough to transcend the genre and feel like real people living real lives that just happen to fit the beats of a sports movie. A perfectly cast (in addition to Rockwell, Margo Martindale and Rob Corddry play supporting roles, and the players include Emma Roberts, Rooney Mara, and Emily Rios), richly observed comedy that's ultimately about a cranky drunk learning how to deal with women (after failing miserably as a husband and a father).
A tremendous achievement, Rabbit Hole manages to make a film about grief that doesn't rely on eye-rolling histrionics or relentless darkness. Rabbit Hole actually has a sense of humor, allowing its suffering central couple to trade barbed quips without diminishing the sense of deep loss they both feel. It lets the audience understand grief without annoying or alienating them, and as the characters grow and leave us with some hope that they can move forward with their lives, we're allowed to feel something we rarely get the chance to in a grief-stricken downer: hope.
A perfect storm of talent combined to create a phenomenally compelling film about a presumably dull subject: the founding of Facebook. The combination of Aaron Sorkin's tremendous screenplay, David Fincher's subtly stylish direction, and terrific performances (notably Jesse Eisenberg, Armie Hammer, and Andrew Garfield, but there's not a false note in the film's huge cast of characters) allow The Social Network to rise above the problems endemic to docudramas.
I loved this movie, but I can absolutely see why I'd be a minority there. I find it hard to recommend, and I struggled with whether or not to put it on the list. Ultimately, the fact that it was kind of hard to find ten great movies this year led to me to take the gamble. Here, Edgar Wright takes his wild visual sensibilities to the big-budget level, making a painful comedy about early-20s romances so packed with information, it requires at least a dozen viewings to catch every joke in a given shot.
Even though I loved it, it strikes me as a bit esoteric and of-its-time. For me, the film felt like a trip down the uncomfortable Memory Lane of my hazy college years, but Wright doesn't make Scott or his problems easily relatable to anyone who hasn't shared similar experiences. I can easily imagine viewers who aren't males who hung out with a bunch of weird artsy types neither understanding nor enjoying the movie. I can also imagine future audiences feeling a bit alienated by the numerous pop-culture references, which are very much of my generation and may not translate to the next.
A grim neo-noir about tough-as-nails, overly parentalized teenager Ree (Jennifer Lawrence in one of the year's best performances) wandering her small, southern Missouri town in search of her missing father. Ostensibly, that's the plot, but the story's really about a girl uncovering dark family secrets, inadvertently forcing herself to make choices that will likely define the rest of her life. The fact that the film feels so real—so rich with production detail and so intimately familiar with the rhythms of ordinary life—makes it even more difficult to stomach as Ree heads down the dark road, but it's well worth taking the journey with her.
I never would have expected a documentary about street art made by Banksy would have the charm or entertainment value of Exit Through the Gift Shop. Forget the elaborate hoax conspiracy theories floating around—this is a film that operates on a half-dozen levels and accomplishes numerous goals. If it is indeed another Banksy conceptual-art hoax, it doesn't matter, because he achieved the impossible: He made me respect and appreciate street art. On top of that, he made me care about hapless documentarian and wannabe-artist Thierry Guetta, the most fascinating subject since R. Crumb. As interesting as it is laugh-out-loud funny, this is a monumental achievement in both documentary filmmaking and filmmaking in general.
Mother and Child has some tonal similarities with Rabbit Hole. It's a drama that could have easily slipped into over-the-top melodrama, and although it comes much closer to teetering off the cliff than Rabbit Hole, the film has enough restraint to remain consistently wonderful throughout.
It's an exploration of how the lives of three women are affected by the grueling process of adoption. Annette Bening, in a performance that I'll argue is better than her lauded acting in The Kids Are All Right, plays a woman who gave up a child for adoption because she was 16 and couldn't raise a kid. It has left her brittle and lonely, and pathologically terrified of men. Naomi Watts plays an adopted child (now an adult, obviously), a driven career woman with a sort of depraved obsession with winning the approval of older men and destroying marriages. Finally, Kerry Washington plays a barren woman hellbent on adopting a child. The lives of the three women weave in and out of each other, often thanks to coincidences that even Charles Dickens wouldn't buy, but Rodrigo García's script and direction has enough detail and richness to overcome its occasional problems. All of this is aided by a supporting cast of ringers like Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson, Marc Blucas, David Morse, Amy Brenneman, Carla Gallo, Brittany Robertson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lisa Gay Hamilton, and Cherry Jones, most of them giving career-best performances.
This isn't really an "honorable mention." Each year, I'll see a movie I mostly like, and then I discover it sticks with me. In the long term, I find myself thinking about it more and recommending it more often than movies I initially thought I liked more. This year, those films are as follows: Knight and Day, Going the Distance, Monsters, and Golden Slumber.


Distinguish, differentiate, compare and explain what is the difference Between Sampling and Quantization. Comparison and Differences.
In order to create an image which is digital, we need to covert continuous data into digital form. There are two steps in which it is done, Sampling and Quantization.
1. The basic difference between these two processes is which axis or variable is discrete and which is continuous. In sampling, the values on the y-axis, usually amplitude, are continuous but the time or x-axis is discretized. In quantization, time is continuous and the y-axis or amplitude is discretized.
2. In sampling, one value of the amplitude is selected from different values of time to represent it. In the case of quantization, different values of time are rounded off to get a defined set of possible values of amplitude. Furthermore, sampling is always done before carrying out the quantization process.
3. The sampling rate determines the spatial resolution of the digitized image. The quantization level determines the number of grey levels in the digitized image.
4. Sampling reduces a continuous curve (Time-Amplitude graph) to a series of "tent poles" over time. Quantization, on the other hand, reduces a continuous curve to a continuous series of "stair steps" that exist at regular time intervals.
5. Sampling is done prior to the quantization process.


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On Applying Ontologies in Workflows : Ontology driven Workflows for increasing Flexibility and Quality and reducing Production Time and Cost
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Author: Gunnar Mosnik; Linnéuniversitetet.; [2010]
Keywords: TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; Ontology; workflow; workflow management system; effects on workflow; improvement of communication in workflows; network society; Terotechnology; Systemekonomi;
Abstract: The trend in business goes to higher flexibility of companies due to the manifold wishes of the customer, which challenges information systems. A consequence is the mass customisation, the effort to produce different variants of one product to meet the multifaceted needs of as many customers as possible. Supply-chains are not the only concept to take into consideration, but also value chains and value systems. The customer has to be willing to pay for a product, and every step in the value chain respectively value system has to add a value the customer is willing to pay for. For the companies to live up to these demands new structures have to be established, companies have to work in networks. Every company does what they do best, and are highly specialised.The focus in information systems has to be on the point where business partners communicate with each other, on a peer-to-peer basis, the interfaces. The transfer of information from one system to another can be a problem, especially when the system sending the information has other semantics than the receiver, leading to misunderstanding between the business partners. One possible solution for overcoming these problems is to explicitly consider ontologies – a shared agreement about the meaning of the concepts. The communication model shows how to ensure the transfer of content from one system to another, enabling business partners to transfer knowledge between each other, by using ontologies.This PhD thesis examines the effect and possibilities of the explicit consideration of ontologies in workflows, when used in a workflow management system. The investigation was done with help of a case with three units of analysis. The examination of the case was within an EU-project, having the goal to improve the quality and flexibility, as well as decreasing costs and time in companies in the automotive industry and their networks.A common process of all three units of analyses was the quotation process, which is presented in this PhD thesis. The first task was to investigate the ontologies of the companies, on a social level. The goal was to deliver the information necessary for the four ontologies, using amongst others the Socrates analysis.A second task was to evaluate the ontologies used in a prototype. The goal was to get the opinion of the future users about the prototype, in particular about the functions offered by the prototype using the investigated and formalised ontologies. The main goal within the evaluation was to compare the way of working and accomplishing results with and without the prototype. The prototype was evaluated, amongst others, according to the four dimensions quality, flexibility, cost and time.The measuring of effects by using the prototype of the workflow management system was one of the challenges of this PhD thesis. The data collected in the evaluation was categorised first according to the four phases of the global architecture, and second according to the four dimensions of the project. A matrix shows in what stage what dimension is occurring. The conclusion is that there are positive effects on the workflow when using the ontology-based prototype. The combined use of the workflow management system and the use of the developed ontologies showed clear and positive results on the four dimensions.Last but not least the PhD thesis provides suggestions for improvements when investigating ontologies and designing general ontology based systems. Two models, and how they interplay, are presented, first the 4-Level-Ontology-Model, and then the Intelligent Ontology Translator. The 4-Level-Ontology-Model provides suggestions how to classify ontologies of an organisation vertically, while the Intelligent Ontology Translator considers the transfer of content on a horizontal level. These two models, together with the global architecture, open up for a new architecture for communication between systems, the ontology driven architecture (ODA).
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Liv Boeree is an icon in the poker industry.
Young, good-looking and female, Boeree's rise in the poker industry has been meteoric.
Since winning EPT San Remo for $1.6 million in 2010, Boeree has been a fixture on the international poker circuit and one of the most well-known PokerStars' pros.
PokerListings' own Esther Diaz Amores caught up with Boeree at EPT Barcelona and asked what advice she would give to other women getting started in the game.
Leo Margets isn't a fan of ladies' events.
What do you think about the participation of woman in poker in general?
Liv Boeree: I think it is increasing. We see more girls in poker, typically young, educated women. I think we are gonna see more in the future. That said, it is still very underrepresented.
I think it has been mostly the social environment that plays into women's psych to play. Women are less encouraged to compete, less encouraged to play games. Fortunately I was always encouraged by my parents and that is what makes me who I am.
What do you think about ladies' tournaments? Leo Margets is quite offended by ladies' events because she thinks it's discrimination. Do you support that opinion?
LB: No. I can see her point but if there's a market, you know it is positive so we need them.
Women should be equal players but they are not and if a woman's event gives them a setting to sit down and play that's what we want. Otherwise they are never going to play. We should be encouraging women to play.
So you see this as very positive?
LB: It is positive I think. There are pro's and con's but I think there are more pro's than con's.
What unique skills can a woman use at the table?
LB: Women are very intuitive. You know as a gender we have just a little more emotional intuition than men. But otherwise there's not really much difference. If a woman studies the same material and works harder on the theory and the backend of the game, there's no reason they'll be any different than a man.
Someone will have natural skills that works better than others. The game is kind of gender irrelevant in my opinion. General speaking the good players are the ones who are putting in the most work.
And do you think it is an advantage to be pretty at the table because you can intimidate men.
LB: I mean people can be affected by image, yes. If the girl is getting a lot of male attention because the way she looks and expecting her to play a certain way, good for her.
How do you convince a woman to play in open tournaments?
You have to have a passion for the game. If you really love the game then work hard and study hard. If you don't like competition then poker's not for you but I know a lot of women who are very competitive.
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We saw you playing in Galway.
LB: Yes, I little bit but I haven't really played for 7 years.


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The original intent of the Ferguson to Palestine panel, covered by Kylie Fitzpatrick in a story that ran online Thursday under the headline "UT Palestine group discusses connections between Ferguson, Gaza," was to facilitate a discussion on the shared experiences of institutionalized racism and militarized state violence. By connecting the recent events of Ferguson, Missouri, to what is occurring in Palestine and Gaza, the panelists and audience began a critical discussion on these pressing issues. However, the article covering the event a) failed to recognize black student voices, b) mislead readers in the title and c) failed to adhere to journalistic integrity and objectivity.
The voices of black students at this event were entirely excluded from the coverage or even noted as participating members of this discussion. The original article failed to note that the event was co-hosted by the Pre-Law National Black Law Student Association and Association of Black Psychologists. The article failed to include any means of representing black students in this discussion. This is ironic because a substantial proportion of the discussion related to how the media lacks coverage of (or misrepresents) the struggles of minority groups. Rather, the author made the choice to include a volunteered comment by an individual from the organization Texans for Israel who was not in attendance.
I found the title, "UT Palestine group discusses connections between Ferguson, Gaza," to be misleading. "UT Palestine group" suggests only pro-Palestine students organized this event. The title also suggests that the reader might learn more about what "connections between Ferguson and Gaza" were addressed in the discussion. Unfortunately, nowhere in the story does it explain the actual content discussed, which included the use of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles on civilian populations, how media coverage portrays minority struggles of racism and the respectability politics of minority groups that turns the victims into the responsible parties.
As an unaffiliated participant in the event, I can say the author did not present a true representation of the event and its purpose. The author failed to adhere to journalistic objectivity by focusing more on the overlapping of the event with a religious holiday than on trying to convey the scope of the discussion that took place. She did this while largely ignoring the black student organizations that co-sponsored this event and the black students who participated in the discussion by not quoting them.
As readers we must always question the integrity of the journalist, any journalist. It is the responsibility of the journalist to be objective and accurate when reporting on what takes place in the day-to-day. All consumers of any kind of media have to ask themselves how the facts are represented, what sources were used and whose voices are included or excluded. If the motto of UT is "What starts here changes the world," then we need our journalists coming from UT to ensure that world is represented accurately.
— Megan Maldonado, an international relations and global studies and sociology junior from Houston, in response to a Thursday news article that ran under the web headline "UT Palestine group discusses connections between Ferguson, Gaza."
Article leaves out black voices
Coverage of panel shows bias
After reading the article, I felt compelled to express my disappointment with this newspaper. Wednesday's event was co-hosted by two black student groups and discussed struggles of African Americans, but Ms. Fitzpatrick failed to include comments from any black voices. She did, however, decide to include comments from Texans for Israel, who had no involvement in the event.
As a reader, it suggests to me that Ms. Fitzpatrick, the editorial staff and possibly even the entire organization, The Daily Texan, are heavily biased against the Palestinian human rights cause, the movements in Ferguson and speaking out about blacks' struggle in America.
The whole lot of you ought to be ashamed of such an article and the message The Daily Texan has sent by approaching the article the way it has.
Black voices matter and, without question, should have been included in this article. The Daily Texan obviously disagrees.
— Moureen Kaki, a UTSA student, in response to the same article.


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Q: could not serialize access due to concurrent update while creating pos picking from a job Impacted versions:
12.0
Steps to reproduce:
I have made a customization to postpone the creation of pos order picking
and delegate the task to a job
some time i get the error below
Current behavior:
2020-06-18 17:49:24,588 1370 ERROR cafe9.rabeh.io odoo.addons.base.models.ir_cron: Call from cron POS Orders: Process Pending Orders for server action #610 failed in Job #24
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_cron.py", line 102, in _callback
self.env['ir.actions.server'].browse(server_action_id).run()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions.py", line 569, in run
res = func(action, eval_context=eval_context)
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_actions.py", line 445, in run_action_code_multi
safe_eval(action.sudo().code.strip(), eval_context, mode="exec", nocopy=True)  # nocopy
allows to return 'action'
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/tools/safe_eval.py", line 350, in safe_eval
return unsafe_eval(c, globals_dict, locals_dict)
File "/opt/rabeh-12/rabeh_addons/pos_pending_session/models/pos_order.py", line 68, in pending_picking_creation
po_order.create_picking()
File "/opt/rabeh-12/rabeh_addons/pos_pending_session/models/pos_order.py", line 36, in
create_picking
res = super(PosOrder, orders).create_picking()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/point_of_sale/models/pos_order.py", line 841, in create_picking
order._force_picking_done(order_picking)
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/point_of_sale/models/pos_order.py", line 856, in _force_picking_done
picking.action_done()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/stock/models/stock_picking.py", line 631, in action_done
todo_moves._action_done()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/purchase_stock/models/stock.py", line 96, in _action_done
res = super(StockMove, self)._action_done()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/stock_account/models/stock.py", line 389, in _action_done
res = super(StockMove, self)._action_done()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/stock/models/stock_move.py", line 1137, in _action_done
moves_todo.mapped('move_line_ids')._action_done()
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/stock/models/stock_move_line.py", line 445, in _action_done
Quant._update_available_quantity(ml.product_id, ml.location_dest_id, quantity, lot_id=ml.lot_id, package_id=ml.result_package_id, owner_id=ml.owner_id, in_date=in_date)
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/addons/stock/models/stock_quant.py", line 216, in _update_available_quantity
self._cr.execute("SELECT 1 FROM stock_quant WHERE id = %s FOR UPDATE NOWAIT", [quant.id], log_exceptions=False)
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/sql_db.py", line 148, in wrapper
return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/rabeh/odoo/odoo/sql_db.py", line 225, in execute
res = self._obj.execute(query, params)
psycopg2.errors.SerializationFailure: could not serialize access due to concurrent update
Expected behavior:
i think this line should generate could not obtain lock
i was just wondering when it could generate "could not serialize access due to concurrent update"

A: It could have obtained the lock, as the lock is currently available.  But it had been locked at some previous point which overlaps with the current transaction's snapshot.  So obtaining the lock is possible, but would create a serialization problem if it were to acquire it.  Reporting that as a serialization failure seems like the correct outcome.
Using FOR UPDATE NOWAIT in a transaction with elevated isolation level seems inconsistent, or at least unnecessary.  What are you hoping to accomplish by doing this?  Your description of "while creating pos picking from a job" doesn't elucidate this for me.  Is that some odoo-specific jargon?

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Home News Buzz The Arsenio Hall Show Cancelled
The Arsenio Hall Show Cancelled
Despite valiant efforts, The Arsenio Hall Show has been cancelled. The veteran television show host, comedian and actor, who had a successful run with The Arsenio Hall Show in the early ?90s said, "I'm gratified for the year we've had and proud of the show we created."
CBS Television Distribution announced the cancellation citing low ratings among the 18-49 audience.
The news came as a surpise to some viewers because CBS had previously announced, earlier this year, that there would be a second season.
The original show ran from 1989 to 1994. Hall received acclaim for appealing to a young, urban audience that quickly expanded to a mainstream audience. The format consisted of stand-up comedy, interviews and musical performances.
The last episode of the show's second run, which premiered in September 2013, aired on May 21.
Read more at Variety.
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It was raining in downtown Dallas, which made it a great time to see art. At eleven, the doors to the Dallas Museum of Art opened, and we walked into a great open space with sterile walls, an information desk, and a graceful staircase sticking out of the side of the wall in the lobby leading to the fourth floor. The staircase gives you great views of the cafe below, as well as a glass-blown mural on the window showcasing assorted colors. We took a right at the top and bypassed the Ancient American Art exhibit and toured the Art in the Americas gallery, which showed colonial and modern American art.
A Peruvian cabinet used in Lima to show off collectible items.
This wing was very neat to tour, because it shows you all kinds of art, from furniture to portraits, silverware, and paintings. It's a versatile collection, not just focusing on one theme or media. You can see a mahogany cabinet from 17th-century Lima, a chalice from Guatemala, and Edward Hopper paintings of lighthouses. Another part of the American wing presented paintings of the Dust Bowl. One of them was"Drouth Stricken Area" by Alexandre Hogue, which was a bizarre, starkly-colored scene depicting an abandoned farm in the middle of the American heartland that was asphyxiated by a dust storm. It looks like the Sahara in the background, with a dust cloud over the horizon. A house, halfway obscured by a sand dune, sits behind a broken wooden windmill. The only two living things in the frame include a scrawny unfed cow, ribs visible, staring at a water trough that will never be filled. The other creature in the scene is a buzzard overseeing its eventual prey, ticking down the time before the cow's starvation. The painting, an oil on canvas, does a great job describing the derelict state the central US had become during the Dust Bowl, the sheer hopelessness and desolation of the area. No people, no plant life, just an abandoned cow and a buzzard. If you read the plaque next to it, it talks about the 1934 work and how it talked about Hogue's accusation that the culture had in fact caused the disaster by living out of balance with nature. And you can see that, from the color palette of brown and grey and- my all time favorite- beige. I thought this painting was so profound, I took home a souvenir postcard of this picture to commemorate its interesting features and critique on society.
Another highlight was The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church, which debuted in 1861 at a Civil War fundraiser to critical acclaim. This picture, showing an erosion-rocked seascape of icy waters showing icebergs, glacier-like outcroppings, natural bridges of ice, and the decomposing mast of some unlucky ship. Church did research on this masterpiece by going out for a month on a chartered boat off of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, where there obviously are a bunch of icebergs. Anyhow, the painting was a huge hit, and from the US it went to England, where after awhile it ended up in a schoolhouse before being recovered, and it smashed all American art records when it went up for auction in the 1970's.
From the Art in the Americas, we visited the Ancient American Art gallery, which featured art from Mesoamerica and civilizations like the Maya. There were also jade ornaments, statues that looked like they came straight from "The Broken Ear," as well as figurines from the ancient Mexican site of Teotihuacan. One of such artifacts included a cylindrical vessel from the Maya civilization showing a guy wearing a jaguar hide while another guy disembowels a sacrifice victim. But the latter must've had a positive outlook on life, because he was smiling. Isn't that nice?
One story lower (via elevator or stairs from the Art of the Americas) is the gallery for Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. The Africa section was great, with sharps spears, knives, and ceremonial figurines. But the Pacific Island exhibit may have been the neatest place of all. There were Maori artifacts from New Zealand, a giant wooden trunk statue from Vanuatu, and -coolest of them all- artifacts from Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is a weird, mysterious place north of Australia that is so interesting, so fascinating, that nobody talks about. In movie terms, I'd call Papua New Guinea "The Adventures of Tintin" of countries. I always want to hear more about it, but never do. Which is why it was so strange to see tribal artworks from this remote archipelago end up in an art museum in Dallas. Anyways, I was shocked to come across a display case full of headdresses used in the malagan– which I had learned about, unintentionally, the day before while studying art history. How convenient!
These statues are a great way to examine South Pacific culture.
So here's what happens in Papua New Guinea. After a person dies, there is a mourning festival called the malagan in which a special statue commemorates the dead. The souls are said to inhabit and then leave the statues to move on into the spiritual realm after unveiling. These statues were an important way of remembering and sending off the dead, and keeping society stable even in times of death and despair. These statues are a great way of representing woodwork, artistry, and how societies rationalize death and the departed.
I had a wonderful time in the Dallas Museum of Art, and as a souvenir I purchased a magnet of the mural out in front of the museum. What better way to remember this great international display of places around the world.
MASTER TRAVELER TIP: This museum is awesome! But, in case you bring kids along, please know that there are certain human statues (specifically in the Pacific and Africa) that display the whole human body. So maybe consider leaving the kids behind as to avoid any premature anatomy lessons. Please understand that I was amazed by this art showcase, and I respect all of these advanced cultures and their expressions of people. They represent human society, as well as human features and fertility. The art here is awesome, I just want future visitors to know that their may be some material to which sensitive youth may be exposed.


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Doug Wheatley fans can bid on his original Usagi Yojimbo piece for the Stan Sakai Auction on eBay.
Chicago Tonight interviewed Dave Dorman to coincide with the news of The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art heading to Chicago. You can watch it here.
Last chance to back the kickstarter for The Art of Ralph McQuarrie: ARCHIVES.
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's All the Colors of Time is out.
In case you missed it, Del Rey is offering their SDCC 2014 Star Wars Sampler for free on Amazon!
Random House has a listing now for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (Being the Story of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the Rise of the Rebellion) unabridged compact disc by R.J. Palacio which will be out on March 31, 2015.
edelweiss has a look at The Star Wars Deluxe Edition.
Suvudu has a 50 page preview of Troy Denning's latest book The Sentinel which takes place in the Forgotten Realms.
Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller has been nominated for the 2014 Scribe Awards Speculative Novel Original category.
The Dance Like A Monkey kickstarter is raising money to benefit author CJ Henderson. The anthology will include short stories by authors such as Timothy Zahn, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Michael A. Stackpole, and even Ed Greenwood.
Star Wars author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff was interviewed as part of an article on religious themes in science fiction films. It's kind of interesting and worth a look.
Billy Dee Williams is heading to Star Wars Weekends. Billy Dee will there for the weekend of July 7-9.
Star Wars artist Dave Dorman did an interview with From the Booth which covers a variety of topics. You can listen to it here.
Course of the Force details have been released for this year's lightsaber relay along the California coast. Registration is also open if you plan on participating. The relay will start at Skywalker Ranch and end at San Diego Comic Con.
Star Wars Book Worms has a new episode out interviewing video game and comic writer Alexander Freed. Also in interview news, SciFiNow spoke with actor Ian McDiarmid discussing the possibility of more Palpatine.
The Last Jedi by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff has made The New York Times Best Sellers list at #11. Congratulations to Michael and Maya!
The Last Jedi has hit the web and the word is in. Here's a roundup of reviews and interviews for fans to check out.
Maya also wrote up a nice post for the Star Wars Blog covering some common questions as well as Jax and Vader's roles in the book.
To help celebrate the release of The Last Jedi, we took some time with co-author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff to get a closer look at the fourth book in the Coruscant Nights series. The first half covers more general topics, while the second half delves into serious spoiler territory.
How did the story for The Last Jedi come about?
The long awaited forth novel in the Coruscant Nights series brings back Jax Pavan and his cohorts for yet another adventure. But in this era of the Dark Times, can they prevail? Click here to read our full, relatively spoiler free, review.
Today The Last Jedi hits stores. Written by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, this marks the fourth book in the Coruscant Nights series. The Last Jedi is available in both paperback and digital formats.
Next week Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's new Star Wars novel The Last Jedi will be out, but Star Wars isn't the only thing the two authors have worked on together. Their first collaboration was Mr. Twilight, a paranormal adventure that takes an interesting look at devils, angels, and occult detectives. Click here to check out our full review.


Western Artist Al Shelton is known as the "Cowboy Artist to the Stars." Al began his artistry as a leather craftsman in Colorado. In 1944, Al moved to Hollywood, California and worked directly for Bohlin Saddlery and the famous Nudie Western Tailors (as a subcontract artist). In the late 1950's, Al began painting in watercolor an oil.
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I'm a stressed mess right now. In addition to life's normal level of stresses, I'm studying for the CISSP exam (which it is turning out to be much more intense than I anticipated) and I'm I short handed at work (if you are an entry-level developer in the NH Seacoast area contact me!). I've been here before though, so the occasional sleepless night and general grumpiness is expected. What's apparent to me for the first time though is how this is clearly effecting me physically.
I'm a consistent gym-goer. I work out at a local CrossFit gym, which means my workouts are somewhat random. This makes an accurate measure of my performance over time difficult. However, I work out with the same group most mornings and measuring how I do against them is a fair enough measure and it is clear my performance has been declining.
It's well documented that exercise is a good tool to help manage stress. However, apparently, if my anecdotal evidence is to be believed, the opposite is true as well (stress causes athletic performance to suffer). This seems like common sense: when your stressed, your cortisol levels are high for a prolonged duration which leads to all sorts negative effects on the body.
It follows that if stress (and the resulting high levels of cortisol) is causing a decrease in muscle tissue and gain fat, then athletic performance suffers. But, as is my wont, I wanted to find some solid research to back this up. I want to know that my performance drop wasn't solely caused by sleepless nights and poor food choices from emotional eating.
Which, I guess, proves my thesis enough for my own satisfaction but I would have really liked to see something comparing the stress-relieving benefits versus stress-induced problems of exercise or at least some guidance on a tipping point between the two. If anyone has their hands on this type of information I'd love to hear from you.


EL-CSID Blog is now available!
The EL-CSID project will disseminate its research findings through a number of innovative channels, among which the EL-CSID blog. The aim of this communication tool is to promote collaboration amongst all project partners and interaction with the readers. This online platform will be used to share stories about the work being undertaken by the consortium and daily developments in the field of cultural and science diplomacy. It will also allow for interactions with the public as blog readers have the opportunity to comment, raise questions or start a discussion.
The EL-CSID blog can be consulted here.


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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/AleksandarFaraj/PersistableObject.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/AleksandarFaraj/PersistableObject)
A JS object which you can persist easily.

## Installation:

PersistableObject is available through npm

    npm install persistable-object

## Usage:

PersistableObject provides you an object which can be persisted.

#### Example:

    var persistableObject = require('persistable-object');

    // load yourpo.json
    var po = persistableObject("yourpo.json");

    // use po as any other object.
    po.hello = "world";
    po.obj   = {a:{b:1},c:{d:{e:5}}};
    po.int   = 5;

    //persists the object to yourpo.json
    po.save();

[![MIT License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)


Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Taddy Blazusiak has secured the runner-up result at his home round of the World Enduro Super Series – Red Bull 111 Megawatt. Putting in arguably his best performance of the series to date, Blazusiak led his teammates across the line to finish second in the Polish hard enduro. Enjoying his best result in this year's WESS, Nathan Watson raced his way to fifth, placing one position ahead of teammate Josep Garcia in sixth.
Marking the start of the second half of this year's World Enduro Super Series, the fifth edition of the Red Bull 111 Megawatt took place in Europe's largest coal mine. With 1000 riders entered, Saturday saw competitors battle it out for a place in Sunday's feature race. Contesting a 30-kilometre lap, ridden three times, the 500 qualified riders fought their way through deep sandy terrain and some punishing climbs and quarry descents.
After what's been a frustrating start to his WESS campaign, Blazusiak was determined to turn things around at his home race. Qualifying strongly in fifth for a front row start — despite nursing a broken finger sustained at round four's Red Bull Romaniacs — the KTM rider showed his pace.
Getting off to a good start he immediately placed himself inside the top three. Enjoying a race-long battle with rivals Wade Young, Billy Bolt and Watson, Blazusiak worked his way into second on the third and final lap to secure a memorable result in front of his home crowd.
Delivering his best result of the series, Nathan Watson looked most comfortable in the sandy terrain, despite it being his debut ride in the race. Setting the pace to claim the fastest time in Saturday's qualification, he then backed that up by grabbing the holeshot and leading an early portion of lap one. Always in the mix for a podium result, the young Brit ultimately crossed the line in a confidence-boosting fifth.
Also making his debut ride at Red Bull 111 Megawatt, Josep Garcia rode strongly in Poland. Second fastest in qualification, he pushed hard throughout the race to finish just behind Watson in sixth.
Entering Poland with a 185-point WESS championship lead, Jonny Walker was hungry to extend his advantage having won Red Bull 111 Megawatt for the last three years. Leading Sunday's race, he initially looked like the rider to beat. At the beginning of the second lap, Walker unfortunately crashed in the dust raised by lapped traffic and was forced to retire from the event.
The World Enduro Super Series continues with round six in Great Britain on September 22/23.


Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today tweeted about the big Windows 10 event Microsoft has yesterday. Microsoft revealed Windows 10 OS, new Office experience, Surface Hub and the revolutionary HoloLens. He tweeted that Microsoft employees are proud, customers are excited and shareholders and salivating on the announcements. And the obvious thing, he still loves Microsoft.
I'm sure most of things we saw yesterday were projects he initiated when he was the CEO. Especially, the HoloLens project was in development for more than 5 years. Kudos to him for backing such ambitious project.