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package org.apache.camel.spring.config;
import org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException;
import org.apache.camel.spring.SpringTestSupport;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class SpringRouteNoFromTest extends SpringTestSupport {

    @Override
    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        createApplicationContext();
    }

    @Test
    public void testRouteNoFrom() {
        // noop
    }

    @Override
    protected AbstractXmlApplicationContext createApplicationContext() {
        AbstractXmlApplicationContext answer;
        try {
            answer = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/apache/camel/spring/config/SpringRouteNoFromTest.xml");
            fail("Should have thrown exception");
        } catch (RuntimeCamelException e) {
            IllegalArgumentException iae = (IllegalArgumentException) e.getCause();
            assertEquals("Route myRoute has no inputs: Route(myRoute)[ -> [To[mock:result]]]", iae.getMessage());
            return null;
        }

        return answer;
    }
}


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Q: Find an item in list and change the next item in list as 'RD_PUNC' My code is:
for i in range(0,len(mylist1)):

        dot=str(i)+'.'
        print dot , mylist1[i]
        if dot in mylist1:
            print "find"
            mylist1[i+1]='RD_PUNC'
mylist1=['1.alen','N_NN','2.','N_NP','3.abr','N_NNP','4.london','N_NST','5.','N_NNP']

I want to find 2.,4., any number followed by a'.' and change the next item in list as 'RD_PUNC'.
my desired output is:
mylist1=['1.alen','N_NN','2.','RD_PUNC','3.abr','N_NNP','4.london','N_NST','5.','RD_PUNC']

A: Using itertools:
from itertools import izip
import re
mylist1=['1.alen','N_NN','2.','RD_PUNC','3.abr','N_NNP','4.london','N_NST','5.','RD_PUNC']
newList = []
def pairwise(iterable):
    a = iter(iterable)
    return izip(a, a)

replaceX = False
for x, y in pairwise(mylist1):
    if replaceX:
        x = 'RD_PUNC'
        replaceX = False
    elif re.match(r'\d+\.$', x):
        y = 'RD_PUNC'
    if re.match(r'\d+\.$', y):
        replaceX = True
    newList.append(x)
    newList.append(y)

print newList

Output:
['1.alen', 'N_NN', '2.', 'RD_PUNC', '3.abr', 'N_NNP', '4.london', 'N_NST', '5.', 'RD_PUNC']

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VP Harris' plane forced to land soon after take-off
US Vice President Kamala Harris' plane, making its way to Guatemala, forced to land soon after take-off due to a technical problem.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris' plane was forced to land soon after take-off on Sunday due to a technical problem on her way to Guatemala for her first international trip, AFP reported.
"I'm good. I'm good," Harris told reporters, giving a thumbs-up after exiting the plane when it returned to Joint Base Andrews on the outskirts of Washington.
"We all said a little prayer, but we're good," she added.
The Vice President's spokeswoman Symone Sanders said that Harris would switch planes and no major delays in her itinerary were expected.
"It is a technical issue. There are no major safety concerns," Sanders said.
A journalist onboard reported "an unusual noise" from the landing gear when the plane - known as Air Force Two - took off, but said that the landing was "completely normal."
Harris is taking her first trip abroad as President Joe Biden's deputy with an eye towards tackling the root causes of migration from the region.

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August 2, 2017 April 21, 2014 by Timothy Judd
Recently, I ran across Rob Kapilow's fascinating What Makes it Great analysis of Stephen Sondheim's Send in the Clowns. Kapilow shows how elements of the song's melody and harmony evoke a complex mix of emotions.
Written for the second act of A Little Night Music , which opened on Broadway in 1973, Send in the Clowns may be the ultimate anti-romantic ballad. It's a song about the bitterness, disappointment and the regret of missed opportunity. In an interview, Sondheim offered this description:
Send in the Clowns" was never meant to be a soaring ballad; it's a song of regret. And it's a song of a lady who is too upset and too angry to speak– meaning to sing for a very long time. She is furious, but she doesn't want to make a scene in front of Fredrik because she recognizes that his obsession with his 18-year-old wife is unbreakable. So she gives up; so it's a song of regret and anger, and therefore fits in with short-breathed phrases.
Send in the Clowns is sung by the character Desirée Armfeldt, a once glamorous but now fading actress. Throughout the song she uses theater references to talk about the failures and regrets of her life. "Sending in the clowns" relates to bringing on the jokes to save a show which isn't going well. Desirée is also saying, "aren't we the fools?"
A Little Night Music, based on Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, is simultaneously a comic and tragic farce in which romantic couples are hopelessly mismatched, but eventually find their compatible partner. The show opens with a Greek chorus of five singers and the Night Waltz. At the end, we magically dissolve back into the night, putting human follies in perspective.
With this dramatic context in mind, let's listen to Judi Dench's extraordinary 2010 performance of Send in the Clowns. The performance was part of a BBC Proms concert celebrating Sondheim's 80th birthday. Notice the melancholy loneliness of the opening clarinet solo and listen for those special expressive chords which Kapilow highlights:
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Thank you for providing Rob Kapilow's fascinating analysis of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" and Judi Dench's riveting performance at the 2010 BBC proms.
I had the privilege of attending "Fanfare For Elizabeth" in 1986, at The Royal Opera House, a celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday. The extraordinarily talented Judi Dench participated in many excerpts.
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Lakes District timber for Lakes District mills
A committee of MLAs in the midst of a whirlwind tour to consult on timber supply issues arrived in Burns Lake last week.
Rebecca Billard
Jun. 27, 2012 1:00 p.m.
Hundreds of local residents gathered at the College of New Caledonia's parking lot last week for a rally following the special committee on timber supply meeting.
Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, special committee on timber supply chair promised locals during a rally following the meeting that he is committed to doing everything he can to help Burns Lake move forward.
The committee's terms of reference are to consider recommendations that could increase timber supply, including changes to land use objectives and rates of harvest and the conversion of volume based tenures to area based tenures.
The committee will also consider whether any changes to current legislation is required.
The all party committee that includes four B.C. Liberal and three NDP MLAs was appointed in May 2012 to make recommendations to address the loss of mid-term timber supply due to the mountain pine beetle epidemic, and its decision will ultimately determine the rebuilding of Babine Forest Products, that was completely destroyed in a tragic explosion and fire on Jan. 20, 2012.
Hampton Affiliates, the majority owner of Babine Forest Products is requesting a one million cubic metre annual fibre supply in order to make a rebuild of the sawmill economically viable.
A discussion paper that the special committee on timber supply recently released, outlined the issues. It is projected that in 10 to 15 years, overall provincial timber supplies will be 20 per cent below the pre-infestation levels and that this reduction may last for up to 50 years.
The report lists options, including lifting visual constraints and increasing the harvest of marginally economic timber, allowing trees to be harvested sooner and managing forests more intensively.
The committee is seeking guidance from 15 communities, including Burns Lake, on what they see as the priorities for the timber supply issue and what should be considered when the committee make their final recommendations, expected Aug. 15, 2012.
During the committee meeting 16 local residents and groups made use of the 15 minutes allocated to those who pre-registered to present to the committee.
Mayor Luke Strimbold said, "I want to emphasize the importance of local input into the decision making process. We're the ones who live here and spend the most time here, so we hope that we have the strongest voice when the decision process is in place. He said, "We have had a commitment from government to ensure that a mill can be rebuilt and we believe in keeping Lakes District timbers for Lakes District mills. The rebuild of Babine Forest Products promotes healthy competition and a robust regional forest economy. After Jan. 20, 2012, log prices dropped $8 to $10 a cubic metre in the neighbouring communities, which has a significant impact for the logging community."
Cowichan Valley MLA and committee member Bill Routley said, "I was a bit taken aback by the statement that government has given some kind of commitment to the community. I think you used the phrase that you had a commitment from government that the mill could be rebuilt?"
Mayor Strimbold replied, "We worked hard with government on many different opportunities to develop hope in the community. I think part of it was looking at the opportunity in our Lakes timber supply area and also looking at the opportunity to have a mill rebuilt."
Burns Lake Band Chief Albert Gerow made a presentation to the committee in support of the rebuild of Babine Forest Products.
He said, "At present there is 900,000 cubic metres that has been issued in various licenses throughout the lakes timber supply area. The majority of those licenses are short term. Hampton Affiliates has maintained that in order to rebuild the sawmill, they require approximately one million cubic metres annually. The six First Nations, with the support of the Village of Burns Lake, have proposed to the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations to direct award a forest license to the six First Nations for the balance of the unallocated volume of 1.1 million cubic metres, for at least 20 years, which would then secure the wood fibre supply for Hampton Affiliates to be able to make a decision to rebuild the sawmill."
Chief Gerow said, "We're deeply concerned about the time that this committee is taking away from Hampton Affiliates to be able to make their decision to rebuild. The window of construction is short and any delays pushes us back potentially another year."
Lake Babine Nation Chief Wilf Adam said, "There's enough timber supply to meet the needs [of Hampton Affiliates] and there is enough processes already in place to make a decision. This decision has become a political football. The communities around Burns Lake that are objecting have never gone through what we've gone through, and to listen to them and give them time is wrong. Every time I think about it, it really angers me that we have to sit here and let things move at a snail's pace."
Ron Zayac, vice president of the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce said, "Overnight the price of timber dropped after the Babine Forest Products disaster. Removing Hampton Affiliates from being a regional player will permanently alter the competitive landscape."
He said the community has also been impacted and added that many local businesses have laid off staff. "Businesses have decreased wages and a lot of businesses have seen decreases in revenue and in sales and, obviously, in profits. We need to look at long term solutions. Economic development and diversification is a long term thing. You may think that tourism is an option but we're in a pretty remote place in the province. We don't have access to population. We have a transitory tourist corridor that some folks go by, but it's not going to provide those huge community sustaining jobs that an industrial player will."
Locals Bob and Roseanne Murray presented a history of the mountain pine beetle to demonstrate to the committee that the issue is something locals have been battling for a long time. They presented 14 options to the committee including area based licenses supporting Babine Forest Products, the unallocated volume in the Lakes Timber supply area to be directed to local area First Nations, with a commitment that this volume will support local processing plants and the government continuing to work with communities on protection plans to develop fire management plans and mitigation activities.
During his presentation to the committee local resident Miles Fuller said, "When old growth management areas and the visual quality management areas were set up they were thriving, living ecosystems, and they're not now. I consider it almost blasphemy that they have been maintained as these things. 'What about fire hazard do you not understand?"
He went on to say, "With the loss of Hampton Affiliates, the day after the fire, the log prices in our area dropped $8 to $10 a cubic metre. We had very low prices for purchased wood, basically about the price of logging and hauling them. Now across the North, from Fraser Lake to Smithers or Hazelton, we will not have a competitive log market if Hampton Affiliates does not come back. There are approximately 300 wood lot licensees, about half a dozen community forests, all kinds of First Nations forest tenures and B.C. timber sales, which sells about a million cubic metres a year in this area. If we do not have a competitive log market, none of those tenures will have any profit in them at all. There will be no way that they can return any money to our local communities."
The committee wraps up their final meeting in Kamloops on July 12, 2012 and is expected to hand down their decision on Aug. 15, 2012.
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Make a Wish Upon 2 Stars at a Tanabata Decoration Near You! (again) The Tanabata Festival Today and in History- a deeper look 2 July, 2011
You might have noticed the colorful Tanabata (七夕) decorations- young bamboo stalks with slender branches adorned with colorful strips of paper, set up at supermarkets, community centers, city-offices, schools and kindergartens around town. If you look carefully, you will also notice a box filled with blank sheets of colored paper (tanzaku), and some pens or pencils which have been placed somewhere nearby. These are there so that anyone so inclined can write down their wish (or poem) and then tie it onto the tree. These days, it is mostly little kids who enjoy doing this, but you will still see plenty of hopeful teenagers and adults writing their prayers for family health, success in exams, protection from earthquakes, finding romance, etc. Since language is no problem in the Land of Wishes, you should pick up a colored sheet yourself and feel free to write in your native tongue.
Tanabata decoration in Hojo, Tsukuba- summer 2011
As with most other Japanese traditions, the history of Tanabata is complex, and tracing its roots can be confusing. The way it has been celebrated has also transformed DRAMATICALLY over the centuries. Matters are made even worse when you find out that different cities celebrate the festival on different dates, a month apart.
Simply put, the 7th day of the 7th month on the lunar calendar is the day the the stars Vega and Altair are closest in the night sky, and the ancient Chinese developed a romantic story based on this celestial event. Separated for a year by the heavenly river (the Milky Way) two lovers, a cowherd and a weaver-girl get a chance to meet for only one night before being separated until the same time next year. It was on this night that the women weavers and other craftswomen of the ancient Chinese court made supplications to the two stars in the hope of improving their skills. It seems logical enough that wishing on two stars would be more efficacious than wishing on one.
A close-up of the Tanabata tansaku at the IIAS Shopping Mall in Tsukuba (2011)
In 8th century Japan, everything Chinese was the rage among the aristocracy, so naturally this star festival was adopted at the Japanese court in Nara. Members of the leisured class made offerings of colorful foods and enjoyed viewing the stars to the accompaniment of koto music. On the other hand, the reading of the characters 七夕 as tanabata, came from an indigenous story about a weaver girl Tanabatatsume (棚機津女), who sat by the riverside weaving beautiful fabrics for the gods. The Tanabata Festival as celebrated in Japan today is a product of the coming together of these these two currents.
The custom of writing wishes or poems on colored paper originated in China. The paper colors used today are still those favored in ancient China: blue, yellow, white, black and red. However, the other traditional paper decoration designs on the bamboo trees as well as the famous Tanabata decorations of Sendai are based on the story of Tanabatatsume.
Another completely different aspect of the Tanabata celebration in Japan was that it marked the beginning of preparations for the O-Bon Festival and on that day it was customary to wash hair, religious implements, animals etc. in anticipation of the return of ancestral spirits.
It also became customary in Japan for boys and girls to pray for better skill in calligraphy and poetry. Many older Tsukabans, as children,would wake up early Tanabata morn and gather the dew from the leaves in the garden. This water would be used to make ink for that day`s calligraghy on the tanzaku. The day after the festival, the tanzaku (strips of paper) were cast off into rivers or the sea. These customs remain almost only as fond memories in the minds of older generation.
In the Edo Period (1600-1868) Tanabata decorations experienced a GOLDEN AGE with townspeople trying to outdo each other in putting out the more outstanding decorations. This tradition lives on at the famous Tanabata festival in Sendai, where merchants line the shopping district with spectacular decorations.
A strange turning point in the history of Tanabata was surely the adoption of the western calendar by the Meiji Government after 1868. The seventh month is August according to the lunar calendar, but is July in the new calendar. These days the 7th day of the 7th month is NOT the time when Vega and Altair meet. This occurs in August. And more to this, the beginning of July is still the rainy season and stars can rarely be seen at all! Sounds ridiculous, but it is true. The festival is celebrated a month too early.
The great Sendai Festival, however sticks with the correct timing, as do the festivals in Yamaguchi City and Oita. For major NEW CALENDAR events (I mean in July) head for the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival in Kanagawa.
There are many historical details which I have left out and you are probably glad for that. The important thing is that if you spy a colorfully decorated tree in this season, remember the story of the lovers. Maybe you too will be inspired to jot down a poem, or a special wish.
Author: Avi Landau
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Helen Wildy
Helen Wildy is a stand up comedian and producer based in Seattle, WA. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Helen moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. Helen has performed her act about growing up an Irish, lesbian immigrant at festivals all over the country including Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Louisville. She was nominated by Pittsburgh Magazine as "Pittsburgh's Best Comedian" and was featured in an article "5 Funniest People in Pittsburgh (You Haven't Heard Of)." In June 2020, she won Blue City Comedy's Comic of the Month online competition, based in Boise, Idaho.
She has worked as both a feature and an MC at The Pittsburgh Improv and has shared the stage with many incredible comedians including Cameron Esposito (Person of Consequence Tour), JC Coccoli, Erik Griffin, Aaron Kleiber, Joe Dombrowski (Mr. D), Poppy Champlin, and Dana Goldberg.
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Premiered his one-hour comedy special "Grown @%$ Dad" on Amazon Prime in 2020, reaching over half a million - also with regular rotation on SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify. Made his TV debut on 'Gotham Comedy Live,' including their 'Best of Season 2', shortly thereafter, NUVO's 'Standup and Deliver.'
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Katie Jane Ewer is a British immunologist and Professor of Vaccine Immunology at the University of Oxford's Jenner Institute.

Early life and education
When she did not get into medical school, Ewer pursued a career in biomedical science and became interested in infectious diseases. She was interested in a career in biology for she was "fascinated by seemingly endless processes that occur in our cells and organs every second of our lives without us knowing about it. Ewer earned an undergraduate degree in biomedical science, which included a year of microbiology training. She then began working as a biomedical scientist at the microbiology department of the John Radcliffe Hospital in 2000, before pursuing a PhD on the immunology of tuberculosis (TB). Ewer earned her PhD at the Open University as a result of her research with Ajit Lalvani on novel diagnostic tools using T cells for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.

Career
Upon earning her PhD, Ewer joined the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency where she studied the effectiveness of TB vaccines in cattle and managed the roll-out of interferon-gamma-based diagnosis for bovine TB in the UK herd for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. While in this role, she co-published Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study with Susan Liebeschuetz.

In 2008, Ewer became a Senior Immunologist at Oxford University's Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research. While there, she continued to study the effects of TB on populations and led clinical trials in an effort to discover a vaccine for Ebola. The aim of her research was to define vaccine-induced immunological parameters that correlate with protection from malaria and understand why vaccines do not always work as well as expected. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led clinical controlled trials in an effort to find a vaccine, which was published in a 2020 study titled Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial.

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The current state of the ransomware underground is versatile enough to spawn crypto infections whose objectives are blurred. The classic file-encrypting Trojans pursue the sole goal of ripping off their victims by making them pay ransoms for data recovery. Culprits like the Hermes 2.1 ransomware, though, are nastier than that.
What is the Hermes 2.1 ransomware?
There is an intricate story behind this blackmail malware sample. Its original variant was discovered in February 2017 and hardly made it to wide distribution over the following months. This hiatus was temporary. The perpetrating program showed its ugly fangs big time in mid-October last gyear. It was used in a high-profile bank heist targeting the Taiwan¬-based Far Eastern International Bank. The threat actors, who are believed to be from North Korea, leveraged the ransomware as a red herring, that is, to distract the target from the theft of funds. The Hermes 2.1 edition currently in rotation, though, appears to operate as garden-variety ransomware.
Every single file spotted in the course of this scan is subject to encryption. Hermes 2.1 ransomware utilizes a fusion of asymmetric RSA cipher and CryptGenRandom function that's part of the Microsoft CryptoAPI. As a result, the victim can no longer work with their files – neither opening nor editing them is possible. The pest also appends the .HRM extension to every encrypted object while keeping the original filenames unaltered. To instruct the victim regarding data recovery, it drops a ransom note named DECRYPT_INFORMATION.html. According to this how-to, the infected user is supposed to send a message to a specified email address, attaching a file named UNIQUE_ID_DO_NOT_REMOVE to it.
Just like in the average ransomware scenario, Hermes 2.1 demands a certain amount of Bitcoin for the private RSA key. The size ranges from 0.1 to 1 Bitcoin and depends on whether it's a home PC or a computer network that got hit. It is strongly recommended to abstain from submitting any funds to the crooks, because it is likely to end up being a waste of money. Instead, try the steps below to see whether alternative techniques can do the trick.
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How do you evaluate #int x^2 + x + 4dx# for [0, 2]?
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Q: Jquery Mobile: Dynamically change the text of the header of a collapsible div?

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How can I dynamically change the text of the
 header ('Place:') in the collapsible div?
I tried:
$('#collapsePlace').children('h3').text('new text');

And it changes the text - but loses all of the styling!

A: In 1.3.2, the following seem to work:

My Header

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$("#MyID h3 #MyHeaderID").text("Your New Header");

Happy Coding!

A: The actual HTML structure of a collapsible in jQuery Mobile 1.0RC2 is the following (after the framework has made its pass on the HTML):

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The nested  element within the  element makes this a little tricky. If you want to preserve the structure of the  element you will need to save the nested  element, overwrite it, and then replace it:
//run code on document.ready
$(function () {
    var num = 1;
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        //cache the `<span class="ui-btn-text">` element and its child
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        $btn_text.text('New String (' + num++ + ')').append($btn_child);
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});

Here is a jsfiddle of the above solution: http://jsfiddle.net/jasper/4DAfn/2/

A: A simple solution would be
$('#collapsePlace .ui-btn-text').text("hello ");

Check out the fiddle at http://jsfiddle.net/AQZQs/1/

A: An easy option is to give the h3 a custom id/class, for example:

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That way you only will need to do:
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Films which focus on the maturation of their protagonists from youth to adulthood (Wikipedia entry)
Criterion Sunday 276: The River (aka Le Fleuve, 1951)
Published on 29 December 2019 21 November 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
There's a hint in this Jean Renoir film, made in India in the English language, of contemporary Powell and Pressburger films. Not just from the lush and almost anti-realist colour, but also in a certain colonialist attitude: it's set amongst British settlers, presumably in the past when it was a colony of the Empire, and concerns three young women and their affections towards a one-legged American ex-serviceman called Capt John (he limps a bit). It's narrated by the youngest of the three, Harriet (Patricia Walters), who is a writer of sorts, and creates her own narrative for the oldest, who is half-Indian. It all has a languorous air, perhaps because it's about the last vestiges of colonialism in a newly independent country, or perhaps because of its Western gaze, although it feels like a benign vision of the country compared to some other more orientalist portraits (or a film like Black Narcissus), but I would imagine that's largely down to Jean Renoir's sensitivity as a director and writer. Certainly a film that will reward another viewing, I suspect.
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There's an interview with Martin Scorsese, whose Foundation helped in the restoration of the film, and who is unabashedly a big fan of the film. He speaks about his childhood experiences seeing it, about the colour and the staging, about Renoir's collaboration with Rumer Godden and the humanity that Renoir has for his characters, as well as touching on the colonialist aspects.
Renoir introduces the film in a 7-minute filmed introduction made in 1962 (there are similar ones included on other Renoir films in the Criterion Collection). He relates some stories about the production in an avuncular manner, and hints at his (perhaps troubled) collaboration with the producer Ken McEldowney.
Director/Writer Jean Renoir (based on the novel by Rumer Godden); Cinematographer Claude Renoir; Starring Patricia Walters, Radha Burnier, Adrienne Corri, Thomas E. Breen, Esmond Knight; Length 99 minutes.
Seen at home (Blu-ray), London, Sunday 17 November 2019.
Categories Classification: U, Country: India, Criterion Sunday, Rating: GOOD•Tags 1951, adrienne corri, claude renoir, coming of age, criterion collection, drama, esmond knight, film reviews, films seen at home, france, india, jean renoir, patricia walters, radha burnier, relationship drama, sight & sound 2012, thomas e. breen, usa
Published on 28 December 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
Well, I've done my due diligence now and have watched Gillian Armstrong's 1990s adaptation of this perennial classic. It's as white as the snow that adorns the Christmastime landscapes, but has many of the same delights as the most recent adaptation by Greta Gerwig.
Watching this for the first time after seeing the latest adaptation, and it feels in retrospect like that was a remix of this one (not least because the two adaptations share the same producers). Gerwig's version cuts up the narrative, and reimagines what some of the leads might be like with different actors, but they have a certain fidelity in some respects. For my money, Christian Bale here has exactly the same dandyish energy as Timothée Chalamet in the new one and controversial as it may be, I like Saoirse Ronan more than Winona Ryder, although I don't think it can be overestimated just how much Ryder embodied the 1990s in cinema. I feel sad that Trini Alvarado never had much of a (film) career after this, because she is every bit as good as everyone else in this ensemble cast. There's a lush, almost nostalgic glow, but the film doesn't dwell in this comfort, acknowledging the hardship and the sadness of life that surrounds the family. And then of course there's Beth, who surely never had a better rendition than that by Claire Danes. Somehow director Gillian Armstrong's choice to cut from her final bed scene to the nanny harshly ripping apart roses feels perfect, and in many ways this film may come to be viewed as one of the finest of the decade.
Director Gillian Armstrong; Writer Robin Swicord (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott); Cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson; Starring Winona Ryder, Christian Bale, Susan Sarandon, Trini Alvarado, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Gabriel Byrne; Length 118 minutes.
Seen at home (DVD), London, Friday 27 December 2019.
Categories Classification: U, Country: USA, Rating: EXCELLENT•Tags 1994, 19th century, christian bale, claire danes, coming of age, directed by a woman, drama, film reviews, films seen at home, gabriel byrne, geoffrey simpson, gillian armstrong, kirsten dunst, period drama, rural film, susan sarandon, trini alvarado, usa, winona ryder, written by a woman
Published on 28 December 2019 8 January 2020 by Ewan MLeave a comment
Given this film has only just been released, it's a late entry into my contenders for favourite of the year. To my shame, I've never seen a previous adaptation, and I've had the book unread on my shelf for half my life. I intend to remedy both points, as I've now ordered a copy of the much-beloved 1994 version by Gillian Armstrong; I was a teenager when it came out which may be why I didn't see it then. Still, this latest film convinces me that it'll be worthwhile.
I've seen some criticisms of this that mostly follow along the lines of the way it's put together — not just the tricksy narrative conceit of bridging a seven year gap in the sisters' storylines by constant cross-cutting, and the way that the death of [you all know which one right; we all know that surely by now, this story having been made so very many times?] becomes so emblematic of the death of their childhoods, as they move into a world of adult responsibilities… but also the way that the editing feels rather choppy, as if in a rush to move through this story. I can understand that some might suggest it would make a better miniseries, but honestly I think there's little need to dwell too long on such a familiar story.
Despite not having read the original or seen any previous adaptation, the character arcs feel somehow very familiar, even as director Greta Gerwig brings something modern to the story. I imagine the older sister Meg has always felt a little bit underpowered (and requires someone of the iconic stature of Emma Watson to even bring a little bit of pathos to a very telegraphed storyline). Beth has humanity here, ironically a little bit more life to her than I had expected, but as presented it feels as if Little Women is canonically all about the conflict between Jo and Amy — and those more familiar with the story can put me right if this isn't the case. Both Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh are wonderful actors, perhaps the best of anyone in the cast (and this is a cast with Laura Dern and Meryl Streep in it), but they capture the most attention, and there's as much nuance in both performances as in any of recent memory (as much as in Streep's, doing some of her finest work in years I think for the number of scenes she has). There are, for example, inflections to Ronan's face in certain scenes that pull me back strongly to Cate Blanchett in Carol (if only because I've seen that film so often and so recently, not that I'm suggesting anything about Jo, though it certainly did cross my mind).
Aside from the acting, there's a heavy emphasis on the monetary, proprietorial nature of marriage in this era, the sense of romantic partnership as transaction, which is what makes Amy's storyline in particular so freighted with pathos. There's this short scene where Streep's elderly aunt calls Amy in from painting, something she loves and enjoys and wants to make a success out of (despite her self-awareness of her own limitations), to baldly inform her that the fate of the family basically rests on her making a good marriage and to forget about the frivolity of learning and artistic endeavour she's currently engaged in. There are several scenes of this nature — in which women are confronted matter-of-factly with the reality of their world — that pass by almost subliminally, given the aforementioned speed of the film and its editing, but which resoundingly linger as these contrapuntal notes in what is otherwise a beautiful, warm and enriching film about life, with all the autumnal beauty and familial warmth you'd expect from a U-rated period drama. I suppose it could feel a little heavy-handed, but I think it all works enormously well within the context of a properly family film to make clear the constraints within which the characters live.
Director/Writer Greta Gerwig (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott); Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux; Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Eliza Scanlen, Meryl Streep; Length 135 minutes.
Seen at Odeon Holloway, London, Thursday 26 December 2019.
Categories Classification: U, Country: USA, Rating: EXCELLENT•Tags 19th century, 2019, coming of age, directed by a woman, drama, eliza scanlen, emma watson, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, florence pugh, greta gerwig, laura dern, meryl streep, period drama, rural film, saoirse ronan, timothee chalamet, usa, written by a woman, yorick le saux
Released last year in the States, and garnering most of its awards attention at that time, this teen film was released earlier this year in the UK. It at times has the feel of a film about the kids made by a sympathetic older brother figure, but the key is that it is sympathetic and not too judgmental about what is, after all, a very emotionally turbulent time.
I don't know anything about being an 8th grader (which is I believe age 13/14) in the United States, and I'm too old to really understand the kids now, but this film captures some what we might nowadays call "emotional truths" of being at that age, just before reaching high school, the awkwardness and the desperation, which feel very real and understandable. In a sense, it's the base of just about every American coming of age high school movie, about the cliques and the fitting in, and the dealing with your parents, but this is done not so much as a boldly-coloured satirical comedy, but as something a little deeper and more complex. It has a lot of laughs (although some of them are laughs of anxiety in the face of potential humiliation), but it's also pretty gruelling at times. When I think about it, nothing particularly awful really happens, but the way it's framed, it's all turmoil and heartbreak and so every detail feels a lot more life-threatening than any individual one might be, and that's where I think the strength of the film is. Also, there are lots of canny shots and nicely-realised scenes that make it seem as if the director has a great sense of how to set up these moments.
Director/Writer Bo Burnham; Cinematographer Andrew Wehde; Starring Elsie Fisher, Emily Robinson, Josh Hamilton; Length 94 minutes.
Seen at Curzon Bloomsbury, London, Sunday 21 April 2019.
Categories Classification: 15, Country: USA, Rating: EXCELLENT•Tags 2018, andrew wehde, bo burnham, comedy, coming of age, drama, elsie fisher, emily robinson, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, high school, josh hamilton, teen film, usa
Passe ton bac d'abord (aka Graduate First, 1978)
Not all my favourite films of the year are new films, and I'm always discovering films from the past to love. The BFI ran a small season dedicated to French post-New Wave director Maurice Pialat, and this 1978 piece — a follow-up of sorts to his L'enfance nue of 10 years earlier — was one that I managed to catch on the big screen, though all his films that I've seen have had much to commend them.
The title suggests the (sadly rather well-worn) genre of 'old man director wags his finger at the teens for not applying themselves' and I suppose there would be something to that. After all, it's about a bunch of late-teenage kids studying for their university entrance exams, who seem largely less than interested in such high-minded educational application and — as teens are in movies everywhere — more interested in making out with one another, or smoking, or just hanging out. Some of them have jobs (not great jobs), some of them have dreams and plans, some just settle down because there's little else to do and very few options in their small French town. I'd say what elevates it above run-of-the-mill coming-of-age exploitation is the sensitivity with which these situations are played out, and (title aside) the general lack of judgement that seems to be passed here. Everyone is played naturalistically and there's no forced narrative that pushes everyone into particular places. Indeed it feels like it evolves in an almost documentary manner, in a way that's both true to the characters and ultimately satisfying, though without tying everything up neatly.
Director/Writer Maurice Pialat; Cinematographers Pierre-William Glenn and Jean-Paul Janssen; Starring Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud; Length 86 minutes.
Seen at BFI Southbank (NFT1), London, Sunday 10 November 2019.
Categories Classification: 15, Country: France, Rating: EXCELLENT•Tags 1978, coming of age, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, france, jean-paul janssen, maurice pialat, philippe marlaud, pierre-william glenn, sabine haudepin, small town, teen film
The Beguiled (2017)
Published on 27 November 2019 12 December 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
Sofia Coppola's career has taken in a lot of hothouse environments of young women, guiding and socialising with one other largely independent of men, from her debut feature The Virgin Suicides. Her 2017 feature, from a novel already adapted in 1971 by Don Siegel, received a lot of criticism at the time for its elision of Black people in its southern US Civil War-era story, and there may of course be merits to those criticisms but there are other films that deal with these events, and Sofia Coppola is probably not the best-placed director to do justice to such themes. Instead, it takes the setting as a backdrop for another of her stories about young women's coming of age, in difficult circumstances.
Sure, there are plenty of valid criticisms you could make, but I like Sofia Coppola's work and I like what she's doing with this film. A group of women isolated from their country and society isn't exactly new territory, and if it's not quite the masterpiece that The Bling Ring (2013) and Marie Antoinette (2006) were, it's still very assured. Beautiful cinematography turns on a tightly judged acting performance from each of the women (and Colin Farrell), in which allegiances and sympathies shift markedly with only very subtle changes in the relationships (until it becomes less subtle and then the film just ends, rather swiftly). I don't know if it says anything really about the period of the Civil War-era America or the end of the antebellum South, but I would venture that it's more about sex and desire in a cloistered environment.
Director/Writer Sofia Coppola (based on the novel The Painted Devil by Thomas P. Cullinan); Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd; Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice; Length 94 minutes.
Seen at Living Room Theaters, Portland OR, Friday 30 June 2017.
Categories Classification: 15, Country: USA, Rating: EXCELLENT•Tags 19th century, 2017, american civil war, angourie rice, colin farrell, coming of age, costume drama, directed by a woman, elle fanning, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, gothic, kirsten dunst, nicole kidman, period drama, philippe le sourd, sofia coppola, southern usa, usa, written by a woman
Criterion Sunday 269: けんかえれじい Kenka Ereji (Fighting Elegy, 1966)
Published on 10 November 2019 27 October 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
Certainly a striking film from Seijun Suzuki, though he's not exactly a director known for being boring. It's set in the 1930s, as Japan teeters on the brink of militaristic nationalism, and the hero Kazoku (Hideki Takahashi) seems to be a prime candidate for making that particular journey. He's raised Catholic and in love with a girl at his boarding house, but repressed sexuality and masculine bravado means he gets into lots of fights with his peers at school. Being Suzuki, these are all choreographed with an almost comic glee, though they do go on rather a bit as the film progresses. It feels both comically satirical about Japan's recent past, but also imbued with the confusion of youth. It's rather a marvel.
Director Seijun Suzuki 鈴木清順; Writer Kaneto Shindo 新藤兼人 (based on the novel by Takashi Suzuki 鈴木隆); Cinematographer Kenji Hagiwara 萩原憲治; Starring Hideki Takahashi 高橋英樹; Length 86 minutes.
Seen at Close-Up Film Centre, London, Saturday 21 September 2019.
Categories Classification: 15, Country: Japan, Criterion Sunday, Rating: GOOD•Tags 1930s, 1966, black-and-white, coming of age, criterion collection, drama, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, japan, period film, seijun suzuki
LFF 2019 Day Twelve: So Long, My Son and Bombay Rose (both 2019) and House of Hummingbird (2018)
Published on 13 October 2019 13 October 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
My final day of the London Film Festival sends me to three films from Asia (two directed by women), and all of which deal with families in their various guises, though Bombay Rose has more of a romantic flavour than the other two. All three represent reasons why I continue to love contemporary cinema, and value the films that the LFF presents.
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LFF 2019 Day Four: A Thief's Daughter, The Sharks and The Orphanage (all 2019)
Published on 5 October 2019 6 October 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
Day four of the London Film Festival is the first weekend, and so the first day on which I have bought myself tickets to more than two films — only three, mind, and with fairly generous spacing, so there's no running from screen to screen today. Two of them are in Spanish (one is Catalan although mostly in Castilian, the other Uruguyuan) and two are coming of age stories (The Sharks and The Orphanage). Oh, and all three are directed by women of course.
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Published on 20 September 2019 12 September 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
With The Farewell in UK cinemas today, another recent film by a Chinese-American filmmaker was one of the finest documentaries out last year, although it only touches on themes related to the Asian diaspora experience (as when its director, who is a fellow skateboarder, appears on-screen). There have been a number of recent films about kids expressing themselves and finding a community through skateboarding (like Skate Kitchen), and this documentary is a fine addition to this burgeoning sub-genre.
I guess the obvious thing to say is that this isn't a film about skateboarding, though the first shot of them gliding through the streets — a kinetic moment of movement and light and joy — is repeated throughout as a sort of motif. It underlines the film's real point, which is about the precarious transition between entrapment and escape. Some of what keeps these men stuck in their lives (and there are three of them including the director Bing Liu) is partly down to society, but is also it turns out somewhat reflective of the domestic situations in which they all grew up, and that starts to become the focus of Bing's questioning. This leads to scenes which are both heartbreaking and also really very painfully confrontational, such as Bing putting his mother under the spotlight, or about Keire's relationship with his father, which feel sometimes like things that are too abjectly personal to be on camera. And then there's Zack's own patterns of domestic abuse, which Bing never really confronts his friend directly about, and which he leaves largely unresolved, while suggesting (perhaps more hopefully than anything else) that he could yet have matured. In any case, there's a lot of material here, a lot of painful, confrontational material, nakedly emotional, but also there's that through-line: the joy of skateboarding that brings these men together and makes them — they hope; we hope — better people, and helps at least some of them to break free from their pasts.
Director/Cinematographer Bing Liu 劉冰; Length 93 minutes.
Seen at ICA, London, 27 March 2019.
Categories Classification: 15, Country: USA, Rating: EXCELLENT, Theme: Asian Diaspora Cinema•Tags 2018, bing liu, coming of age, documentary, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, skateboarding, usa


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Mission of the State Universities
Fitchburg State University Core Values, Mission, Vision
Institutional Learning Priorities
Established in 1894 by an act of the Massachusetts Legislature, the State Normal School in Fitchburg opened in temporary quarters in the old high school building on Academy Street. Principal John G. Thompson, aided by a teaching staff of three, implemented a two-year teacher training program for women that had 46 participants. In December 1896, the school expanded into a new building, known as Thompson Hall, and set up the State School of Observation and Practice in city buildings on Day Street and Highland Avenue.
In the next decade the school was a trendsetter for programs in education. The Edgerly School opened, originally as an eighth-grade model and practice school. In 1910, it became one of the first junior high schools in the United States. The following year the school initiated the first practical arts teacher training course in the country for men.
In 1930, the State Normal School was authorized to offer a bachelor's degree in practical arts, and in 1932, when it became the State Teachers College at Fitchburg, four-year degrees were offered in all areas of education.
Under the auspices of the State Division of University Extension, summer courses were first offered in 1915, marking the beginning of the university's commitment to Continuing Education programs. In 1935, the college was also authorized to establish graduate programs and in 1954 the first evening courses were offered.
In 1960, the college changed its name and expanded its mission. The State College at Fitchburg diversified its programs to include degrees in disciplines other than education. In 1965, its name was officially changed to Fitchburg State College. In July, 2010 the governor signed legislation renaming us Fitchburg State University. Within our 15 academic departments, we offer more than 25 degrees, 50 concentrations, and 45 minors, as well as three certificate programs at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, we offer more than 12 master's degree programs, and over 40 concentrations. In addition, we offer two Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study programs, four post Baccalaureate certificate programs, and seven graduate-level certificate programs. Enrollment is up to 3,626 full-time and 3,740 part-time students which include 903 matriculated graduate students. The campus has expanded from a single structure on High Street to 45 buildings on 278 acres of which 113 acres make up the main campus, becoming the educational center for the Montachusett region. The University proudly offers traditional and non-traditional programs to serve the educational needs of its students as undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students.
There are six comprehensive state universities—Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University—and three specialized colleges—Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The six comprehensive state universities integrate liberal arts and sciences programs with professional education, and the three specialized colleges also focus on academic areas identified in the college's name.
Each state university places a special emphasis on teaching and lifelong learning and promotes a campus life that fosters intellectual, social and ethical development. Committed to excellence in instruction and to providing responsive, innovative and educational programs of high quality, they seek to develop each student's critical thinking, quantitative, technological, oral and written communications skills and practical appreciation of the arts, sciences and humanities as they affect good citizenship and an improved quality of life. The state universities provide a campus environment where the ideas, values, perspectives and contributions of all students are respected.
Massachusetts state universities are strategically located to facilitate access to baccalaureate and master's degree programs for Commonwealth residents who meet their high standards for admission. In recognition of their responsibilities to Massachusetts taxpayers to manage their resources efficiently and to maintain tuition and fees at a level as low as possible, each university has a distinctive academic focus based upon its established strengths and regional and state needs. Each university is a leader and resource for the community and contributes to the region's cultural, environmental and economic development.
Offering equitable access to high-quality programs and services to people of varying cultural backgrounds living within and beyond our diverse community of North Central Massachusetts
Providing opportunities for students of varying socioeconomic backgrounds to pursue an affordable, quality education
Forging partnerships with businesses and community organizations within the region to enhance quality of life Enrichment Sustaining a supportive campus environment for students, faculty, staff, and alumni in which all members can grow and excel in their personal and professional lives
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Striving for excellence in academic programs and services through innovative teaching and professional practices
Fitchburg State University is committed to excellence in teaching and learning and blends liberal arts and sciences and professional programs within a small college environment. Our comprehensive public university prepares students to lead, serve, and succeed by fostering lifelong learning and civic and global responsibility. A Fitchburg State education extends beyond our classrooms to include residential, professional, and co-curricular opportunities. As a community resource, we provide leadership and support for the economic, environmental, social, and cultural needs of North Central Massachusetts and the Commonwealth.
Fitchburg State University will be nationally recognized for its excellence in teaching and learning in current and emergent fields, for its commitment to transforming lives through education, and for its dedication to public service.
In order to achieve this, we will:
Prepare students for a global society through curricular innovation and program development;
Achieve academic excellence by investing in our faculty and librarians in their pursuit of knowledge, professional competency, and scholarship;
Employ innovative uses of technology in the library and across our campus to maximize student learning;
Create a culture of diversity to meet the needs of the region and enhance the personal and academic lives of the university community;
Build partnerships within our community to provide real-world opportunities for our students and collaborative solutions to community issues.
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Through their complete educational experience, Fitchburg State graduates will be creative and critical thinkers who integrate and communicate their learning from a variety of disciplines and experiences in ways that enhance their civic, personal and professional lives.
1. Graduates have a deep understanding of the world
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Students will demonstrate attainment of the Learning Outcomes of the General Education program.
1B. Mastery in a Defined Body of Knowledge
Students will attain the specialized academic objectives of their major or programs.
1C. Engagement with Campus and Community Life
Students will develop personal and professional skills, goals, and ethical standards of behavior through co-curricular experiences.
2. Graduates know how to learn and how to apply their knowledge
2A. Creative and Critical Thinking
Students will use evidence and context to increase knowledge, reason ethically, assess the quality of information, solve problems, and innovate in imaginative ways.
2B. Effective Communication
Students will carefully consider and clearly articulate ideas for a range of audiences and purposes in written, spoken, technology-mediated, visual, or other forms of communication.
2C. Integrative Learning
Students will apply their breadth and depth of knowledge, skills, and experience to address complex issues.
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3A. Respect for People and Cultures
Students will appreciate the contributions and needs of diverse individuals and groups and understand themselves in solidarity with others locally, nationally, and globally.
3B. Civic Participation in Wider Communities
Students will demonstrate their ability to work within and across communities, to apply their knowledge in the service of others, and to promote social justice.
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Students will approach the world with confidence and curiosity, appreciate the complex identities of themselves and others, and reflect critically on their experiences throughout life to make informed choices that advance their own well-being and that of the larger community.


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Analysis: Southwest's outreach on Twitter
Known for its social media savvy, the airline tweets with its passengers, especially those with gripes. The author decided to take a close look.
By Garrett Heath
Sometimes flying the skies is not so friendly.
Weather and mechanical delays can put a damper on your travel, not to mention losing your luggage or having that close talker sit next to you on a cross-country flight. Irritated passengers air their grievances on social media.
Though you might think the social media managers of an airline might prefer to ignore all those complaints, Southwest Airlines continues to engage their passengers on Twitter, creating a loyal following and lending a sympathetic ear to those having a bad travel day.
Often seen as one of the Twitter superstars, the company adopted the platform in 2007. As an avid flyer and fan of Southwest, I have tweeted a handful of complaints over the past five years, but I've never received a response.
This got me thinking, "Do you have to be a Twitter superstar yourself to get the attention of @SouthwestAir?" To answer that question, I analyzed each tweet that came from @SouthwestAir this past July and August and noted:
• Whether the tweet was sent to the entire follower base, a reply, or a retweet;
• Whether it was a reply, the amount of influence the recipient had based on the number of their followers;
• Whether the vibe of a tweet was positive, apologetic, promotional, informational, a question, or response to a crisis;
• When it was sent and whether an agent's initials were appended.
To help visualize the data I used Infoactive, a startup specializing in interactive infographics. You can click around on the graphs and charts below to further slice and dice the data in a unique way, enabling you to discover your own insights. My observations of how Southwest used Twitter over those two months are at the bottom of the infographic.
The infographic gave me a glimpse into this social media rock star. Here's what I found:
1. You don't have to be an influencer to get an apology from Southwest; 48 of the 67 apologies were issued to users with fewer than 1,000 followers.
2. The airline seems to be more sympathetic to vacationers; most apologies were issued on Saturday and Sunday.
3. Southwest overwhelmingly favors positive interaction, with more than 75 percent of their tweets looking on the bright side.
4. Because multiple people have access to the Twitter account, it appears that Southwest employs the best practice of requiring the messaging agent to append their initials to the tweet; on a typical day only one or two people are replying to passengers.
5. However, even at Southwest there is frequent neglect in appending initials; there were 227 replies that did not have the sender's initials.
6. At the end of August, someone got really @reply happy, which resulted in almost 30 percent of the total tweets over two months happening in the last 10 days of August.
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What did you discover? Click around on the infographic, and please leave your observations in the comments below.
Garrett Heath blogs for Rackspace and has experience as a technical project manager in the cloud. Read his personal blog on restaurants and culture in San Antonio, or follow him on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and App Dot Net.
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"I want people to speak with us directly, so we can guide them to the product that's right for them," says Donnie Staff, General Manager of Bud's Garage. Donnie stands at a stained wooden bar complete with classic black vinyl bar seating. Behind him antique road signs decorate the wall.
The refurbished garage has two glass paned doors and a friendly orange and blue shop sign. After passing several large tropical plants in the entryway, you'll see handcrafted timbered bars and tables. Model cars dot each surface, adding color to every angle of the room. Behind the register, Donnie or one his knowledgeable staff members is ready to set you up with the right product for your needs and lifestyle.
From Lazy Bee to High Tea, Bud's Garage carries a consistently high-quality array of products. A beautiful plexiglass display houses models of Vuber Vaporizers for sale. Their unconventional customer approach ensures that you'll leave with a product personally recommended for you. It's no doubt with a five star rating on Facebook that the buyer is Bud's Garage's top priority.
Bud's Garage is located conveniently near the intersection of Interstate 5 and Highway 2 in Everett. They are open Monday through Sunday, 10 AM to 10 PM. Stop by this offbeat shop loved by the locals for cannabis sold with heart.


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ACTS & FACTS EDITOR'S COLUMN
An Ararat Reunion
BY JOHN D. MORRIS, PH.D. |
Our Lord regularly showers us all with blessings, but some are so wonderful they must be shared. As part of the ICR family, may I share one with you?
My first foray into creation work was the 1972 expedition to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's Ark. That expedition, of which I was the leader, experienced many stunning answers to prayer, and was a defining moment in the lives of each of the five expedition members. Recently, the five of us got together for a reunion after some 31 years.
There had been a few expeditions in the 1960s and even before, mostly by Seventh Day Adventists, but the work was not well-known among evangelicals. The early groups had mapped part of the glacier and done geological and botanical studies, but the Ark search had not been their sole focus. Soon after ICR was founded in 1970, one search veteran,
an ex-Adventist by the name of Eryl Cummings, asked ICR to publish a book on the subject by his wife, Violet, entitled, Noah's Ark: Fact or Fable. It presented captivating eyewitness accounts of people who claimed to have seen the Ark throughout history. The research led to the inescapable conclusion that some man-made structure, the general size and shape of Noah's Ark given in the Bible, still remained high atop the 17,000 foot Mt. Ararat in Eastern Turkey. I was an engineer working in Los Angeles at the time, living a defeated Christian life. My father let me read the manuscript in hopes that God would use it to capture my attention and encourage me to return to God. Thankfully He did, and soon I had fully surrendered to Him.
Before long I had met several others involved in the search and was accepted on the 1971 expedition which never actually left for Turkey. The idea began to grow that I could lead a low-profile group of strong climbers with the search as our only goal, and so I made a preliminary trip to acquaint myself somewhat with the area. Several people heard about my plans and wanted to join; but four men stood out and were selected.
John Bultema, an industrialist from Michigan, was and still is one of the most likeable and sincere Christian men you'll ever meet. He was 49 at the time, while the rest were 19-28. His maturity and wisdom were invaluable.
Roger Losier, graduate of Dallas Bible College, grew up in Rhodesia as a missionary kid. He had climbed Kilimanjaro and seemed part mountain goat. Cross-cultural skills were a real plus.
John Seiter, an experienced out-doorsman and backpacker, became the unofficial "chaplain" of the group.
Bill Ellison, the youngest, was easily the most experienced mountaineer. An intensely spiritual young man, he was on the Southern California Mountain Rescue Team.
Together we saw abundant answers to prayer, especially preservation in times of mortal danger. Thieves shot at us on several occasions. We were often attacked by vicious packs of renegade wolf dogs. Three of us were actually struck by lightning at the 14,000-foot elevation and paralyzed for hours on the glacier. God provided impossible permissions to climb into forbidden areas. We acquired a "miracle minibus" for transportation after the one we had rented was taken away. The list could go on and on. The diary of that trip appeared as my first book, Adventure on Ararat in 1973 (now out of print). Some of the highlights are in my Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure.
The reunion consisted mainly of remembrances of God's provision and protection. The more we talked, the more we remembered. To compare each one's memories and perspectives was priceless.
Each expedition member has walked with God ever since. Bultema is now in his 80's and is a leader in his church and community. Losier has owned several businesses and is a lifelong adult Bible teacher in his church. Ellison still does mountain rescue, but has expanded this into work with the fire department and SWAT Team. Seiter has pastored several churches and seen fruit as a marriage counselor. All have successful lives, marriages, and ministries.
That 1972 expedition didn't discover the Ark, but it did mark a turning point in the search. Others that followed benefited by our trials and began on better footing. We did, however, discover more of God on that trip, His nature, His power, and how we could fit into His plan. It was truly a "mountain-top experience" for all of us, and the reunion was a special time of remembrance and praise.
* Dr. Morris is President of ICR.
Cite this article: John D. Morris, Ph.D. 2003. An Ararat Reunion. Acts & Facts. 32 (8).
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I have to confess I am obsessed with glitter! It's like a weakness for me. That's why I couldn't resist making this DIY glitter mason jar.
You may or may not know that my daughter and I love crafting. We could spend hours in the craft store and still be on the first isle. Yep, were craft store junkies! LOL!
I guess my love for crafting really comes from my early childhood though. I was a girl scout from preschool til high school and my Mother was my assistant troup leader. Every week we would do some craft for the season and it was my favorite part of the week. My head troup leader was like a craft gurue and so was my Momma. They taught us the funnest DIY projects and we had the best times giggling and just crafting away. Now that I'm an adult, Mom, Nurse, I guess I just feel like age shouldn't matter, everyone should have a weekly crafting time to unwind and just enjoy being in the moment. Right?!?
Here's the jar that I picked up from Hobby Lobby. It was $1.99 and I loved how plain and simple the jar is. Easy to paint. I have the typical old school mason jars as well, but I really liked these for the project.
These are the paints and sponge brushes I used(also from Hobby Lobby). I made a gray with the black and white to use as the under coat as I thought it would look good with the silver glitter on top of it, but any color you like is perfect.
I painted the jar half way with the gray paint at an angle as I wanted a chic look in the end. However, you could paint the jar whatever way you like. The whole jar, shapes, stripes, etc. I then set it on a paper plate to dry.
Next, I was concerned that the acrylic paint could come off in the future so I added a coat of high gloss modge podge on top of the gray paint. The modge podge looks like white school glue almost, but don't worry it dries clear. Note: there is a high gloss modge podge which I used as I wanted a blinged out effect, but there is also a matte modge podge if you are after a more subtle look.
I then immediately(before the modge podge dried) sprinkle glitter on to the wet modge podge. Note that anywhere you have the wet modge podege the glitter will stick. I then set the jar back on the paper plate to dry.
Once dry I repeated the process with another layer of modge podge and a second layer of glitter. Again, set aside to dry. When it was completely dry I added a top layer of just modge podge this seals the glitter so it's not falling off all over the house and you.
Or so I thought LOL! My daughter did not agree. See, she wanted to use the glitter mason jar to hold her makeup brushes, so she added a little something extra! That's my girl! LOL!
She took the lid and hot glued loose flowers all around the outer rim. Of course I helped, see below.
So here is the final, FINAL DIY Glitter Mason Jar! It's so adorable. I think I may have to make a whole set here very soon.
What do you think? If you have any questions let me know.
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