We're excited to announce our new App., BlastEm, is available as a FREE download in the App Store. Since it is a new App you will need to search the App Store by the exact name BlastEm. You can also find it on Google with the following search argument "BlastEm app on iTunes". It will be the second result returned.
Tired of being ignored and mistreated by large, faceless businesses? Has Holiday shopping already left you feeling angry and frustrated with no recourse? BlastEm is the answer!
BlastEm is a consumer-advocacy application that enables the underdog consumer to have their voice heard by business leaders who can make a difference. The application enables the consumer to have direct e-mail contact with executives of over 250,000 companies. The consumer can send a message – including text, photos, and video – to share a complaint, a great experience, or just a suggestion. BlastEm allows users to send copies of their communication to the press, social media, regulators, and business reviewers.
If you are frustrated and feeling powerless, BlastEm will be your voice… a voice that will be difficult to ignore.
We welcome feedback and comments to further enhance the app.
Over the past few months we have been blogging about issues of interest to consumers. We have also taken our vision to the next level by creating a Smartphone application. The application is called BlastEm. We at Consumer Angel want to thank all of you who have been following our blog for the last 8 months.
BlastEm allows the consumer to have direct email contact with the senior management of over 250,000 US businesses. The BlastEm user is able to send their communication directly to top management about a problem, a great experience or a suggestion. Additionally, the BlastEm user can copy the press, social media, regulators and business reviewers with their communication AND it can contain photos and videos to emphasize their point.
Consumer Angel, Inc. is excited to be launching an IndieGogo Campaign on Aug. 26, 2013 to showcase our BlastEm application. Indiegogo is a crowdfunding site that provides a forum for small businesses to raise money. We are looking to raise $50,000.00 on the crowd funding site IndieGogo to complete the application and roll it out to Smartphone users around the US.
Do you have lost money and how can you find it?
Perhaps you had an old bank account and you forgot about it. Maybe you were left money by a long lost relative but you could not be found by the estate. Perhaps you have a tax refund but you moved. You may have moved and been entitled to a refund by a utility and they did not have your new address.
The company or business does not get to keep your money. The laws vary from state to state. The process is called escheatment. If after a certain period of non-activity on a bank account or after a check has not been cashed, the funds are turned over to the state where they are held in trust usually in perpetuity. It is estimated that there is currently $41.7 billion waiting to be returned by state unclaimed property programs to their rightful owners or heirs.
How can I see if I have any unclaimed property?
There is a web site www.unclaimed.org where you can research to see if you have any unclaimed property. It may take a little work since each state is different and you will need to search each state that is applicable to you individually. While it may take a little time it can be well worth it.
Today it is easy to spend hundreds of dollars on new eyeglasses. This is especially so if you add options, such as bifocals, progressive no line lenses, anti-scratch coatings and UV protection.
One big question for many of us is how we look in the glasses; we can spend hours in eyeglass stores trying on dozens of frames until we find one we are happy with. There is a web site we highly recommend featuring great glasses at bargain prices. The company is Zenni and you can find it at www.zennioptical.com.
At Zenni's web site you can upload your picture and see exactly how you will look in dozens of frames in just a few minutes. You can even personalize your frames. If you want to speak with a representative, you can do so using Zenni's live chat feature or 800 number.
Talking with a friend a few days ago, I commented on his new glasses and how perfectly suited they were for him. He told me he had just bought them at Zenni and they cost him under $20.00. He was totally satisfied with the shopping experience and delighted with the savings. His previous pair of glasses, which he purchased at a discount eyeglass chain, had cost him over $100.00.
You can also try http://www.eyebuydirect.com and http://www.glassesusa.com, both of which look very interesting but with which we have no personal experience.
Today, when saving every penny helps, it is easy to go to your favorite search engine and type in "saving money on …" and see what options come up for the frugal shopper.
You can start by creating your own credit monitoring service by getting a free copy of your credit report from www.annualcreditreport.com , the only authorized site under federal law. You are entitled to one free report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. If you can order one from a different bureau every four months you are able to tabs on your credit over the entire year and the information is usually very much the same in each of the credit bureaus.
You should freeze your credit files at the three major bureaus; so that no company can look at your report, other than the institutions you already do business with. Since creditors typically will not open up a new account without accessing your report, this decreases the chances that a thief will be able to open up an account in your name. However, freezes are not bulletproof. A thief could try to open an account with a company you are already doing business with, or they might take over an existing account and redirect bills and e-mail to another address. You can put Freezes in place through each of the three bureaus' Web sites, www.equifax.com www.experian.com and www.transunion.com . The fees for freezes vary from state to state but they are usually nominal and well worth it and in many states they are free. Remember you will need to remove the freeze if you are applying for new credit like a mortgage.
Always check credit card and other financial statements for any suspicious transactions, and notify your financial institution immediately if you notice any. Consumers are not liable for any unauthorized use of their accounts. It is really a good habit to get into to check all of your accounts weekly because that way you stay on top of any problem. I can check six accounts in less than 10 minutes just by going to the institutions web site and checking my current transactions.
Like many of us I have become very dependent on the Internet. I work from home occasionally and I need my Internet access for that. Many personal financial activities are also done regularly on the Internet as well over my secure WiFi network. This past Friday at about 11:30 AM while I was working on a project for an important client my Internet service went down.
I immediately did all of the things I know that they do to fix the problem simply. I reset my DSL modem twice and I was still unable to connect. My next step was to call Verizon and they did the usual and ran I line test. I was told that they were uncertain if the problem was in their central office or on my side. I was asked about things like had I decently installed any new software and finally I was transferred to a network specialist. He ran diagnostics and told me the problem was definitely in the central office and it would be corrected in 12 to 24 hours. I explained that I needed the Internet to communicate with my client and he noted my records and said he would do what he could to get the problem resolved quickly.
When nothing had changed and I had no update by 4:00 PM Friday afternoon, I called back. I was given the usual runaround that Verizon gives to people by trying to talk over their head about how serious the problem is in words most people would not understand. The problem is I do understand this and I was not impressed when I was told they had a bad port or that they had to replace the DSLAM. I was again promised that the problem would be fixed in 12 to 24 hours.
I wake up Saturday morning and go to check to see if the problem has been resolved and low and behold my landline to which my DSL is attached is no longer working. I guess they must have switched out the DSLAM. Bad guess!! Many more conversations with Verizon representatives and supervisors, who promise to call back with status and never do and my phone service is restored by 1:00 PM on Saturday. I discovered this because the phone rang (Not Verizon calling). Still no Internet service.
On Sunday after many more calls and conversations with two more supervisors, I am finally told what the real issue is. Verizon outsources the maintenance of the equipment in their central offices to a third party but their contract with the outsourcing company is only for five days a week. When I heard this I was flabbergasted. I asked the supervisor if Verizon though of itself as an Internet company. Of course they do!! Well when I suggested that all other Internet companies I know run 24 x 7 operations 365 days a year there was no reply only an apology.
For those of us who are captive to a single provider, like I am we need some help with this irresponsible behavior by a monopoly.


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An excellent blog. Have posted on Fb. You really tell it the way it is, and clearly enough for even the stupidest politician to understand. But hey, they understand fine anyway, don't they?
They certainly do … and they think we don't. Thanks for the comment. Appreciated.
You're welcome. Actually, I think they do know we understand fine. They just don't give a damn.
It's good to see you back blogging again! I am hoping you find something soon!


One of the great enhancements of the new ActiveCollab is Updates feed on My Work page. When someone posts a comment in a discussion that you track or assigns you a task - this list will be updated and elements that have new updates will bubble up to the top of the list and be displayed in bold. That's great for keeping track of all the things that are happening in your projects.
Do you notice any difference? No? That's because there's no difference - nothing on that screen indicates that a completely irrelevant comment has been made. And that's a feature.
At some point during development, we discussed whether we should put a badge next to the My Work menu item that indicates a number of unseen items in the Updates section. Something new happens, and the badge lights up letting you know that there's something new for you to see.
"Hey, forget about what you're working on now and check this out!"
The little green dot or a simple (1) wouldn't indicate that what you're about to look at is of any importance. It would also completely ignore the fact that you might be writing an important comment that will significantly increase the open rate of your newsletter (and bring great business value).
With that in mind, we decided to skip the badge for the time being and build the first iteration of the new ActiveCollab with full respect of the context that you're in. If you're reading a note, fine, we won't interrupt you. Writing a comment? Same, no interruption. Working on a task? Again, the task is the main thing on the screen.
What about situations when you want to be interrupted with notifications? Keep What's New page open in a tab (it will automatically load all new notifications) or keep your email client open all the time.
Many smart people work very hard to make sure that you never miss an email.
So email clients usually have a badge that shows the number of unread messages, and they can also launch desktop notifications that can show little snippets and let you quickly reply.
If you disagree, please let us know. We want to hear your perspective because we want to make sure that ActiveCollab is the most comfortable project management tool on the market.


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Morning And Night Songs
Journey Songs
Lullabies and Baby Songs
Singing Games
King And Queen Songs
People and Children Songs
Fairy Land and Magic Songs
Animal Bird and Insects Songs
Aesop Fables
Festival Songs
Fingerplay Songs
Nursery rhymes history
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About Wheels On The Bus
"Wheels on the Bus" is a well-known American folk song for children. The nursery rhyme was written by Verna Hills in the year 1939. It is designed alongside an exciting storyline to keep the little ones entertained. Kids in United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada enjoy singing this joyful song on their school bus trips. Repetition is found in the rhythm of the song. Thus, the little learners can easily learn lyrics to the poem. In many parts of the world, it is sung in a way similar to the rhyme, "99 Bottles of Beer". Fun – Sung in various other languages, preschoolers and young children sing the song to keep themselves entertained on their bus trips. Learn lyrics to your favorite rhyme in a fun way by watching the video!
The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long. The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep, Beep, beep, beep; beep, beep, beep, The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep, All day long. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long. The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish, Swish, swish, swish; swish, swish, swish, The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish, All day long. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long. The door on the bus goes open and shut, Open and shut, open and shut, The door on the bus goes open and shut, All day long. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long. The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa, Waa, waa, waa; waa, waa, waa, The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa,All round the town. The mommies on the bus go shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh; shh, shh, shh, The mommies on the bus go shh, shh, shh, All round the town. The people on the bus go up and down, Up and down, up and down, The people on the bus go up and down, All round the town. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All round the town.
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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves federal court after reaching a plea agreement in New York City, Aug. 21, 2018.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to the press after a court hearing at the United States Courthouse, July 27, 2018, in Los Angeles.
Washington (CNN) Retired Admiral William "Bill" McRaven, the former head of Special Operations Command, resigned from the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board last month, just days after issuing a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday.
The Defense Innovation Board serves as an independent advisory committee to the Pentagon specializing in issues related to technology and innovation. McRaven's picture has been removed from the group's website.
While his departure was first reported by Defense News on Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed that McRaven officially resigned last month, just four days after he authored a blistering op-ed in the Washington Post slamming Trump's decision to revoke Brennan's clearance.
For President Donald Trump, the luster seems to have worn off Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Trump heralded the retired Marine general when he was picked for the top job at the Pentagon at the end of 2016.
Trump has praised him as "a true General's General" and has told donors, "The guy never loses a battle, never loses."
Trump has frequently referred to Mattis as "Mad Dog" — though Mattis has expressed an aversion to that nickname, telling senators during his confirmation hearings that it was given to him by the press and that "perhaps they didn't get it quite right."
Friends of Mattis told CNN last year that people who know Mattis do not call him "Mad Dog."
But reports have continued to emerge suggesting that Mattis is a moderating force in the administration, slow-walking Trump's directives and even ignoring the more incendiary ones (and, on at least one occasion, defusing confrontations between administration officials).
According to a Politico report published Wednesday, Trump has picked up on this dynamic, and it has affected how he views the defense secretary.
Behind closed doors, Trump has reportedly started calling the revered general "Moderate Dog," and he is said to have been considering replacing Mattis for months.
Mattis was not Trump's first choice for the job. But one of Trump's reported top choices, retired Army Gen. Jack Keane, and other national-security figures, like the late Sen. John McCain, spoke highly of Mattis, who headed US Central Command before retiring in 2013.
That NBC News report described Mattis as having been blindsided by Trump's decisions to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, pause military exercises with South Korea, and create a sixth military branch focused on space.
While rumors about Mattis' fate have circulated for some time, the Pentagon chief is now expected to resign or be dismissed after midterm elections in November, according to Politico.
The White House is said to have a shortlist of potential replacements.
Two people reportedly on the list — Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, both Republicans who are up for reelection in 2020 — have indicated they aren't interested, Politico said.
Others under consideration include Keane and former Sen. Jim Talent of Missouri, The Washington Post reported last week.
Trump and Mattis have both denied reports of a growing rift between them. Earlier this month, when asked about Mattis' future after reports that he had made disparaging remarks about the president, Trump said Mattis would remain.
"We're very happy with him," Trump said. "We're having a lot of victories."


Dominic Grieve is prepared to intervene in the debate over the death of weapons inspector David Kelly, he has confirmed.
A Catholic charity has lost a legal battle over whether it must open up the adoption process to gay couples.
The Conservatives' deputy leader on the London Assembly has branded Simon Hughes "a d*ck".
Gordon Brown could raise eyebrows by making after-dinner speeches worth $100,000 each, according to a report.
David Cameron believes his unborn child is a boy with the kicking skills of a certain well-known footballer.
Leon Brittan has been appointed as an advisor on trade issues to the coalition government.


Today American Airlines filed for bankruptcy. There is a huge difference between former airline bankruptcies and American because they have liquidity with $4.1 Billion in cash. How can you be bankrupt with four billion dollars in the bank? Simple. You owe more than you have. Sound familiar? The only difference is the size of the shortage.
Are the unions to blame? Or are they simply an excuse for poor financial management? Apparently American's decision was done to reduce labor costs. The other strategy is to delay payments to suppliers, order more fuel-efficient planes and reduce the number of leased aircraft. With losses nearing $1 billion for this year and hundreds of millions the year before should this decision have been made sooner?
This latest bankruptcy should help us focus on a larger range of difficult choices. If we are not more prudent our government, both local and state, will continue to raise their debt ceilings until the value of the debt has to be inflated away. And all of us 'little guys' will have to pay for it. We have to pay what we owe. It is time for more austerity. We can't continue to bail out business, banks, and governments. It all comes down to difficult choices. We can no longer remain neutral.
What happens to American will, I think, be different than most prior airline bankruptcies.
If you are like me you are working harder just to stay even. Each month is a challenge and next year looks like more of the same.
If American can reduce labor costs, that means their workforce earns less. Are they cutting management compensation as well? This reorganization will push more employees into a foundering job market as the grind of the recession continues. More people earning less, spending less and owing more.
We are in the midst of national and global challenges that demand our attention. Our country is becoming more diverse as the generational poor are merged with the situational poor.
It's time to deal with those hit hard by the recession and come up with a plan that works for housing and employment. It's time for everyone to rethink what they sell and more importantly what they buy. We have to cut back. We have to sell off what we don't use. We have to reinvent ourselves.


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Q: Concatenate TCHAR with char array? I am trying to receive the current directory of my project. After some time, I have found the function GetCurrentDirectory and it seems to work, but it only works with wchar_T, which to me, makes things a little more complicated.
Here is my code:
int main()
{
    TCHAR pwd[MAX_PATH];
    GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH, pwd);
    MessageBox(NULL, pwd, pwd, 0);
    std::wcout << pwd + "\\filename.so" << '\n';
}

As you can see, I am trying to append additional text to the placeholder for the current working directory, however it does not work. What can I do to successfully get the current directory while also being able to append the name of a file in that directory? If possible, I would also like to be able to use cout, I mean why is the directory even stored as wide chars? All the symbols are valid as chars?
Oh, and I am using Visual Studio :)

A: std::wcout << pwd + "\\filename.so" << '\n';

In using the + operator, you are not concatenating two strings. Instead, you are adding two pointers together. What you need to do is abandon TCHARs and char arrays. Instead, use std::wstring throughout.
Also, use the Wide (W) versions of the Win32 calls.
int main()
{
    wchar_t pwd[MAX_PATH];
    std::wstring finalPwd;
    GetCurrentDirectoryW(MAX_PATH, pwd);

    finalPwd.assign(pwd);

    MessageBoxW(NULL, finalPwd.c_str(), finalPwd.c_str(), 0);
    std::wcout << finalPwd + L"\\filename.so" << '\n';
}

The disadvantage of this approach is that you will constantly need to convert wstring to wchar_t and vice versa at API boundaries. But there is nothing you can do about that, except write some wrapper functions.

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Waltham Mills Open Studios is Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, from 12-6 pm. I've moved down a floor to River Street Artists, in Building 4, 3rd floor, studio #4. Please come by!
Waltham Mills Open Studios is Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, from 12-6 pm. My studio is in Building 4, 4th floor. Please come by!
I'll be presenting a session entitled Their Work, Not Mine at the Massachusetts Art Education Association annual conference in Amherst, MA, on Sunday, November 12, at 1pm. Check the conference schedule for location.
I am now working in a studio at Waltham Mills, in Waltham, Mass.
With my colleagues, I'll be presenting at the National Art Education Association national convention in New York City, on Thursday, March 2, at 4:00 pm, about our new choice based curriculum.
I'll have an installation of my plaid paintings at Carroll and Sons Gallery starting May 29 and running through the summer.
Three of my works on paper are included in Selections from The Boston Drawing Project at Hudson, in the South End.
TANGENT, featuring new work by Rebecca Roberts and Mary O'Malley, will be on view at 13Forest Gallery, in Arlington, from May 17 to July 5.
Opening reception: Friday, May 17, from 7-9pm.
HOVER, an exhibit of my new fabric paintings, will be on view at Proof Gallery, in South Boston, from April 14 to May 12.
Opening reception: Saturday, April 14, from 6-8pm.
My work is included in New American Paintings, out this month.
Order a copy online or pick one up at your local book store.
Now and Then, Echo, and Brooch were chosen by juror Jen Mergel, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to be in the exhibit Massachusetts Artists 2011: Contemporary Work by the Artists of Massachusetts, at Brush Gallery, in Lowell, Mass. The show will be on view from March 20 through April 30 and there will be a reception on Saturday, April 3, from 2-4pm.
Twelve new works on paper are now in the flat files as part of The Boston Drawing Project at Carroll and Sons Gallery.
My fabric painting, Now and Then, is included in Boston Does Boston at Proof Gallery, South Boston, on view from December 11 through January 29.
My fabric painting, Patio, is included in the exhibit Plenty at 13 Forest Gallery in Arlington, Mass, which will be on view from November 18 - January 28. The gallery will be showing my work on a regular basis as well.
My work was chosen by juror Dina Deitsch, curator at The DeCordova Museum, to be part of the Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show at The Newton Cultural Center, in Newton, Mass.
I'll be opening my studio to the public as part of Newton Open Studios, on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from 10-6 both days.
Click HERE to see Katie Rashid, director of Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, and juror of the 61st Art of the Northeast exhibit at Silvermine Guild Art Center in New Canaan, CT, talk about my fabric paintings which were included in the show, about four and a half minutes into the video.
Layer Cake, Trail, Flying Geese, and Suspension will be included in the 61st Art of the Northeast exhibit at Silvermine Guild Art Center, in New Canaan, CT, from April 30 through June 11. The opening is Friday, April 30, from 6-9pm.
One of my paintings on paper will be in the exhibit 10 Years On And Going Strong, at Carroll and Sons Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass., December 2- 20.
My fabric painting entitled From Here To There will be included in the exhibit Boston Paints at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Please come to the opening on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 from 5-7pm in the new arts center.
The exhibit will be open until Sunday, February 22. The gallery is open form 9am-5pm Monday through Friday.
My work is in the Faculty Exhibit at the school where I teach until October 15. The school is located at 791 Hammond Street in Chestnut Hill. Here's an article with photos from the school website.
Fourteen of the grocery bag paintings are now part of The Boston Drawing Project at Bernard Toale Gallery in Boston's South End.
On Friday, October 12, Flock, a show of my new work will be opening at Material Art Space in Memphis, TN.
On Thursday, October 11, I'll be giving a slide talk at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN (home of the great Hamlett Dobbins). I'll also visit studios for crits.
My new paintings will be at Harvest Co-op at 57 South Street In Jamaica Plain through the month of August as part of First Thursdays.
Thank you to Julie and Paul who will allow me to cover the walls of Foodie's Feast on Washington St. in Marblehead, MA with my work throughout the month of July.
As a new member of the Cambridge Arts Association I will have one piece in an exhibit that opens on July 13 from 6:00-7:30pm. The Kathryn Schultz Gallery is located at 25 Lowell St. in Cambridge, MA.
Three of my paintings are in the exhibit Paint! at Lynn Arts. Lynn Arts is located at 25 Exchange St. in Lynn, Ma. My painting entitled Puff won Best of Show and was bought by Steve Negron. Thank you Steve!


Based on your reading of this book, what piecs of advice would you give to someone younger than you, a peer, and someone older?
Do you agree that the 80-year-old man who refused to move from his home as Mt. St. Helen's began to erupt had a right to decide his fate. What are the implications for individuals and families when elder adults are given full autonomy over their lives?
What realities are captured in the story of Lou Sanders? What conflicts did his daughter face between her intentions and the practical needs of the family and herself? What does the book illustrate about the universal nature of this struggle for families?
Have you ever lost someone you care about to serious illness? What is the best way to empathize and comfort those facing life-threatening illness? How prepared do you feel to do and say the right thing?
How was your reading affected by the book's final scene, as Dr. Gawande fulfills his father's wishes? How do tradition and spirituality influence your concept of what it means to be mortal?
Dr. Gawande suggests we aren't taking advantage of the opportunity to make the experience of aging better. In what ways could we improve aging in our daily lives and as a culture?
Did you read Alice Hobson's story as an inspiring one, or as a cautionary tale?
What is your attitude toward old age? Do you think most people are in denial about their own aging?
What can be learned from the medical treatment choices that were made in the final days of Sara Monopoli's life?
What did you discover about the physiology of aging? What is your attitude toward aging?
Doctors, and probably the rest of us, tend to define themselves by their successes, not their failures. Is this true in your life? Should we define ourselves more by our failures? How can doctors, and the rest of us, strike a balance?
In chapter 8, Dr. Gawande describes the choices made by his daughter's piano teacher, Peg Bachelder. If you were facing similar circumstances, what would your good day look like?
As Dr. Gawande learns the limitations of being Dr. Informative, how did your perception of doctors and what you want from them change? What would you want from your doctor if you faced a serious illness?
What does it mean to you to treat someone with serious illness as a person and not a patient?
If you had to make a choice for a loved one between ICU and hospice, what would you most want to know from them? What would you be willing to endure and what would you not be willing to endure for the possibility of more time?
How do we strike a balance between our fear of dying and our hope for a long, healthy life, while still confronting reality?
What activities might you envision doing that would bring you fulfillment in your retirement when you might face some physical limitations?
What are your thoughts about assisted suicide?
What do you think Dr. Gawande means when he says that we've "medicalized" mortality? Do you agree? Why do you think that has happened? How can we shift to a more humane approach?
Why do you think it's so difficult for doctors and/or families to refuse or curtail treatment? How should priorities be set?
What are your feelings about hospice care? When is the appropriate time to introduce hospice in the treatment of those with life-threatening illness?
"It is not death that the very old tell me they fear. It is what happens short of death," In what ways do you relate to that fear or not? What do you fear most about what happens short of death?
Have you ever seen anyone die or been with someone in the final stages of life? Can you describe that experience? How did the experience affect your wishes for the end of your own life?
As you consider the life you want lead in old age, what does home mean to you?
BookBrowse Online Book Club: Join the discussion of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande.


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Back from the Brink: Black-Footed Ferrets
The westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century added millions of acres to our territory. Thomas Jefferson stated "The fertility of the country, its climate and extent, promise in due season important aids to our treasury, an ample provision for our posterity, and a wide-spread field for the blessings of freedom." Today, Americans still heavily depend on many resources and industries in the west.
However, with triumph often comes elements of tragedy. Learn more about the black-footed ferret's brush with extinction through videos, images, and news articles.
Kristin Black
Breaking Barriers: The Locomotive
This collection includes objects and resources related to transportation in the 19th century. The locomotive train broke barriers on transportation in the early 1800s. Travel was suddenly much faster than it used to be - the trip from New York to Boston, which by carriage would have been a day and a half, with the train was now less than a day. This allowed for easier travel not only of people, but of supplies such as food and raw goods, which helped in turn spur industry in the 19th century. Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting the National Museum of American History's online exhibitions at AmericanHistory.si.edu and History Explorer at HistoryExplorer.si.edu.
Each National History Day collection from the National Museum of American History includes selected resources to support NHD projects under the 2020 theme - Breaking Barriers. This collection is by no means comprehensive, but should be used as a place of inspiration for new projects or source of additional information for ones already in the works. For grades 9-12.
Breaking Barriers at the National Portrait Gallery
This Learning Lab collection has been created to support the 2020 National History Day theme, Breaking Barriers in History. Utilizing portraits and other resources from the National Portrait Gallery, this collection demonstrates the groundbreaking impact individuals had on American history. The collection is organized according to spheres of influence, including: science; arts; labor; women's rights; media; athletics; civil rights; politics; and education.
-Breaking Barriers In History Theme Book from National History Day 2020
Breaking Barriers: A Microscopic World
This collection includes objects and resources related to medicine in the 19th century. During this time, an incredibly huge scientific barrier was broken when scientists discovered bacteria and viruses, which could not be seen with the naked eye, could cause disease. This board will examine the scientific barrier that was broken into the microscopic world and how medicine and modern science changed due to such discoveries. Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting the National Museum of American History's online exhibitions at AmericanHistory.si.edu and History Explorer at HistoryExplorer.si.edu.
Each National History Day collection from the National Museum of American History includes selected resources to support NHD projects under the 2020 theme - Breaking Barriers. This collection is by no means comprehensive, but should be used as a place of inspiration for new projects or source of additional information for ones already in the works. For grades 6-8.
Breaking Barriers: Examining the Life and Work of Isamu Noguchi
This topical collection of resources can be used as a brainstorming tool to support student research on the National History Day 2020 theme of Breaking Barriers in History. This collection focuses on primary sources on the life and work of artist and designer Isamu Noguchi.
Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 - December 30, 1988) was a Japanese American artist, landscape architect, and designer. Noted for merging Western and Eastern influence, Noguchi expanded the definition of sculpture with creations that ranged from portraiture and abstract sculpture to graceful meditation gardens and sprawling landscapes. Drawing distinction between art and design, Noguchi also created furniture, theater sets, and other functional objects that demonstrated his desire to incorporate sculpture into daily life. On May 18, 2004, Noguchi was honored by the United States Postal Service with the release of five stamps depicting his work at a ceremony in Long Island City, New York. The selvage (edge of the sheet) also includes a photograph of the artist taken in 1952 and his quote, "Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture."
#NHD #NHD2020
Tag: Isamu Noguchi, sculpture, sculptor, stamp, design, furniture, World War II, Japanese American
Breaking Barriers: Innovation and Industry
This collection brings together EDSITEment and Smithsonian resources to support the initial research into a project for National History Day 2020, "Breaking Barriers in History."
These resources—including, objects, photographs, portraits, lesson plans, and articles—explore how technologies developed in the interest of advancing industrialization during the United States' Second Industrial Revolution made it possible to overcome economic and social barriers, while, in some cases, unintentionally creating new ones. Innovators who developed technologies and tools to make every day living easier and more enjoyable, along with transportation technologies that broke barriers in terms of travel and movement, are also included in this collection. Users are also asked to consider the legacies of these inventions and their significance to innovation and industrialization through to today. The second resource of this collection contains questions to help with the analysis of a chosen topic alongside photograph, document, artwork, portrait, and object resources.
This collection was created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access.
Share your National History Day collections and let us know what you think! Write to us on Twitter: @EDSITEment and @SmithsonianLab, #NHD2020. If you publish a collection on your National History Day topic, be sure to enter #NHD2020 in the description!
Tags: factory, industry, invention, innovator, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, telegraph, Christopher Latham Sholes, typewriter, telephone, communication, technology, workers, labor, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, David Dubinsky, Asa Philip Randolph, John Llewellyn Lewis, Frances Perkins, Samuel Gompers, strike, boycott, union, Transcontinental, railroad, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth, 20th, #NHD
Breaking Barriers: Navajo Code Talkers (NHD @ National Museum of American History)
This collection includes objects and resources related to the Navajo Code Talkers who served in World War Two. Navajo Code Talkers challenged racist stereotypes and used their unique cultural heritage to fortify the American war effort. Additional resources can be found by visiting the National Museum of American History's online exhibitions at AmericanHistory.si.edu and History Explorer at HistoryExplorer.si.edu.
Each National History Day collection from the National Museum of American History includes selected resources to support NHD projects under the 2020 theme - Breaking Barriers. #NHD2020. This collection is by no means comprehensive, but should be used as a place of inspiration for new projects or source of additional information for ones already in the works.
Breaking Barriers: Race, Gender, and the U.S. Military
These resources—including photographs, objects, portraits, lesson plans, and articles—explore how individuals overcame barriers during and following their service in the U.S. military. Resources address how issues of race and gender operated as barriers to equal treatment for all those who serve in the U.S. military, as well as circumstances endured by veterans following the end of major wars. The experiences of members of the armed forces during the American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, WWI, and WWII are highlighted; however, other wars and perspectives should be considered when exploring these resources. The second resource of this collection contains questions to help with the analysis of a chosen topic alongside photograph, document, artwork, portrait, and object resources.
Tags: military, soldiers, women, African American, Tuskegee, Airmen, Airwomen, war, World War One, World War I, World War Two, World War II, Red Jacket, Tayadaneega, Joseph Brant, Native Americans, American Indians, Horace Pippin, Theodore Milton Sullivan, J.W. Lucus, Buffalo Soldier, Charles Young, Carter Woodson, Willa Beatrice Brown, Bessie Coleman, Airforce, pilots, Jacqueline Cochran, Janet Harmon Bragg, Cornelia Fort, Nancy Love, WASPs, twentieth century, 20th #NHD
Cristi Marchetti
Breaking Barriers: Reconstruction
These resources—including photographs, primary source documents, portraits, lesson plans, and articles—explore the efforts of individuals and groups to overcome racial, economic, and political barriers during the era immediately following the Civil War known as Reconstruction. Resources highlight influential individuals and groups, the intentional and unintentional consequences of actions and policies that resulted in the construction of new barriers for some, and competing perspectives over the best path toward reuniting the United States after the Civil War. The second resource in this collection contains questions to help with the analysis of a chosen topic alongside photograph, document, artwork, portrait, and object resources.
Tags: civil rights, slavery, Freedman's Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Freedmen Refugees and Abandoned Lands, Fisk Jubilee Singers, African American, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Sojourner Truth, South Carolina, Congress, House of Representatives, Frederick Douglass, Robert Smalls, Hiram R. Revels, Benjamin S. Turner , Robert C. De Large, Josiah T. Walls, Jefferson F. Long, Joseph H. Rainey, R. Brown Elliot, Thomas Mundy Peterson, Sidney Taliaferro, John Roy Lynch, Octavius Catto, Edmonia Lewis, Laura Smith Haviland, John W. Menard, Harper's Weekly, Oliver Otis Howard, William T. Sherman, Howard University, W.E.B. Du Bois, nineteenth century, 19th, Washington, D.C., #NHD
Breaking Barriers: Reconstruction & African American Leaders
This collection is designed to support teachers and students exploring the 2020 National History Day theme: Breaking Barriers in History. Included in this collection is an overview of Reconstruction and three African American leaders aligned with the NHD theme.
These resources - including photographs, primary source documents, portraits, and articles - explore the efforts of Frederick Douglass, Hiram Revels, and Blance Bruce in overcoming social, political, and economic barriers throughout the era of Reconstruction following the Civil War. These men were influential African American leaders who exemplified what was possible for newly freed people in the United States and who continue to inspire African American leaders to this day. It also explores the violent backlash to these changes in the political and social spheres of the United States - most notably through the terrorist activity of the Ku Klux Klan.
By no means is this collection comprehensive; rather, it is intended to act as a starting point and provide inspiration for further research.
Abigail Burnett
Breaking Barriers: United Farm Workers
These resources—including photographs, objects, portraits, lesson plans, and articles—explore how the United Farm Workers, and leaders Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong, organized for worker and civil rights during the 1960s and 70s. Resources address how groups and individuals sought to bring attention to the mistreatment of farmers—particularly Chicano and Filipino workers—the barriers they sought to break, and the reforms they fought to establish through artistic expression, as well as organized boycotts and strikes. The second resource of this collection contains questions to help with the analysis of a chosen topic alongside photograph, document, artwork, portrait, and object resources.
Tags: UFW, Latino, Hispanic, California, Fred Ross, art, grapes, lettuce, farmers, immigration, citizenship, labor, laborers, workers, unions, protest, twentieth century, 20th, #NHD
Breaking Barriers: Women's Suffrage
These resources—including photographs, objects, portraits, lesson plans, and articles—explore how women during the 19th and 20th centuries organized, petitioned, marched, and spoke out for the removal of barriers to full voting rights for women. While the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920, the extent to which this law led to equity for all women remains a point of debate. Resources address how groups and individuals sought to bring attention to the disenfranchisement of women, highlight the often overlooked perspectives and actions of women of color during the suffrage movement, and offer insight into the legacy of the suffrage movement on the larger fights for women's and civil rights. The second resource of this collection contains questions to help with the analysis of a chosen topic alongside photograph, document, artwork, portrait, and object resources.
Tags: voting, protest, African American, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells, Belva Ann Lockwood, Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune, Anna Julia Cooper, Jeannette Pickering Rankin, Victoria Woodhull, Wyoming, Suffragette, Suffragist, Fannie Lou Hamer, Felisa Rincón de Gautier, Zitkala-Ša, Susette LaFlesche Tibbles, Alice Paul, ERA, civil rights, women's rights, Edith Mayo, protest, boycott, twentieth century, 20th, #NHD
Conflict and Compromise at the National Portrait Gallery
This Learning Lab collection has been created to support the 2018 National History Day theme, Conflict and Compromise. Utilizing portraits and other resources from the National Portrait Gallery, this collection is organized by Topics within the Conflict and Compromise theme.
-Conflict and Compromise In History Theme Book from National History Day 2018
Conflict and Compromise: Japanese Incarceration during World War II (NHD @ the National Museum of American History)
This collection includes objects and resources related to Japanese Internment during World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 through which tens of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry were moved into relocation centers. Additional resources can be found by visiting the National Museum of American History's online exhibitions at AmericanHistory.si.edu and History Explorer at HistoryExplorer.si.edu.
Each National History Day collection from the National Museum of American History includes selected resources to support NHD projects under the 2018 theme - Conflict and Compromise. #NHD2018. This collection is by no means comprehensive, but should be used as a place of inspiration for new projects or source of additional information for ones already in the works.
#APA2018 #NHD
Conflict and Compromise: People of the Vietnam Era
The Vietnam Era is rife with people of controversy and topics worth studying. This collection aims to introduce individuals who played a role in both conflict and compromise during that era. It is not a complete list of every person, but rather a diving off point to get the discussion started. (http://www.vvmf.org/teaching-t...) #NHD2018 #NHD
Callie Wright
Conflict and Compromise: Pittsburgh's Labor History
This collection connects the 2018 National History Day theme of "Conflict and Compromise in History" to a selection of labor strikes that occurred in Western Pennsylvania. This region has a long history of labor strikes, some of which led to successful negotiations, while others led to violence. The collection also includes information about the Pittsburgh Survey to illuminate the living and working conditions that were often the reasons that compelled workers to strike.
These objects, images, and sources can be used to help form an idea for a project, provide a new angle on an existing project idea, or lead to new ways of including primary sources into NHD projects. The Heinz History Center blog features additional information about the Homestead Strike and Railroad Strike images.
Conflict and Compromise: Religion in America (NHD @ the National Museum of American History)
This collection includes objects and resources related to Religionin Early America. The many peoples who called early America home represented a great variety of spiritual traditions. Additional resources can be found by visiting the National Museum of American History's online exhibitions at AmericanHistory.si.eduand History Explorer at HistoryExplorer.si.edu.
#NHD
Conflict and Compromise: The Vietnam War
This collection brings together EDSITEment and Smithsonian resources to support the initial research into a project for National History Day 2018, "Conflict and Compromise in History."
Tags: ho chi-minh; lyndon b. johnson; richard nixon; walter cronkite; henry kissinger; veteran; oral history; viet cong; protest; peace; 50s; 60s; 70s; 20th century; 1900s; national endowment for the humanities; nhd; #NHD
Susan Ogilvie
Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos
Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos shares the compelling story of legendary activist and leader Dolores Huerta (b. 1930) and the farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s. It is a quintessentially American tale of struggle and sacrifice, of courage and victory.
As a complement to the exhibition, these educational resources explore Huerta's public life as an activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. In her life as a communicator, organizer, lobbyist, contract negotiator, teacher and mother, Huerta's unparalleled leadership skills helped dramatically improve the lives of farm workers.
Users will broaden their understanding of the farm workers movement through a careful look at Dolores Huerta's significant - but often under-acknowledged - contributions. The exhibition and educational resources also explore how workers of different ethnic and racial backgrounds came together to empower the movement and how the arts played an essential role. In addition, users will come to understand Huerta's far-reaching impact and important legacy.
The resources in this collection include a bilingual community engagement resource to promote dialogue on issues that relate to social justice, activism, leadership, etc. A few activities that can be used in the classroom or when you visit the exhibition at your local museum. In addition, you can learn more by listening to Dolores Huerta by downloading the free downloadable App "Dolores Huerta" on Google and Apple. Please remember that the App takes a few minutes to download.
#NHD #NHD2020 #BecauseOfHerStory
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Influential Americans
This collection is designed to support teachers and students exploring the 2020 National History Day theme: Breaking Barriers in History. Included in this collection is an overview of influential Americans aligned with the NHD theme.
These resources - including photographs, primary source documents, portraits, and articles - explore the efforts of people from Pocahontas to Walt Disney in breaking social, artistic, gender, and economic barriers throughout American history.
Labor Movements, Unions, and Musicians
Smithsonian resources that relate to labor movements, trade unions, and worker protests. The collection includes sites, sounds, and education materials. Topics include union leadership, labor music, historic advances in labor policy, service workers, and agricultural labor. The collection also includes creative depictions of kept figures in various labor movements and renowned labor musicians such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Joe Glazer.
#NHD2018 #NHD #SmithsonianMusic
Meredith Holmgren
Larry Itliong: Breaking Barriers in the Labor Movement
Larry Itliong (October 25, 1913- February 8, 1977) was a Filipino American labor organizer. Itliong immigrated to the United States in 1929 at the age of fifteen. Itliong worked throughout the country as a farm laborer and in the salmon canneries of Alaska. In response to oppressive treatment of Filipino farmworkers, Itliong organized labor strikes. Itliong contacted Cesar Chavez and asked Mexican farmworkers to join the strike with the Filipinos. He believed that all workers had to stand together in their fight for justice. The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) voted unanimously and the Mexicans joined the Filipinos in the Great Delano Grape Strike. A year later, AWOC and NFWA merged to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). The Delano Grape Strike lasted for five years. As director of the UFW, Chavez took the limelight, but co-founder and former assistant director Larry Itliong has been cast in the historical shadows.
The media and sources in this collection can be used alongside the National History Day SEARCH Historical Context Graphic Organizer and the Ethnic Studies Praxis Story Plot from the Journey for Justice Teachers' Guide. Both resources help students think critically about Larry Itliong's life, accomplishments and activism and help provide context for the labor movement more broadly.
#NHD #NHD2020 #EthnicStudies *This collection was created to support Unit 2: What is the history?, Civil Rights Movements of the Austin ISD Ethnic Studies Part A course.
This Smithsonian Learning Lab collection received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.
National History Day 2018 - Compromise After Conflict
How has compromise been used to end ongoing conflict? U.S. History sample topics for National History Day 2018 includes an overview about treaties from the exhibition "Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations", "The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794", and "The Indian Removal Act of 1830". Use the objects, videos, and online lessons in this collection to help inform your National History Day project.
National Museum of the American Indian Education Office


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TRAGEDY AT SEA
British mum dies in front of her daughter in banana boat accident at Egypt resort where two Brits mysteriously died at hotel
Thomas Cook said it is now investigating after it emerged the woman was on a holiday booked through the travel firm when the incident occurred
By Ellie Cambridge
Updated: 1:34, 3 Sep 2018
A BRITISH mum has died in front of her daughter in a banana boat accident on a family holiday in Egypt.
The woman, thought to be in her 50s or 60s, had to be pulled from the water after the inflatable flipped and reportedly trapped her underneath.
The woman was riding on an inflatable before she got into trouble and died (file photo)Credit: Alamy
The tragic death happened in Hurghada on August 28 - exactly a week after a British couple were mysteriously found dead in their hotel room in the same resort.
Thomas Cook said it is now investigating after it emerged the woman was on a holiday booked through the travel firm when the incident occurred.
One holidaymaker - who was on the boat at the time - told how the group had been on a dolphin-watching tour before they took turns to ride inflatables on the way back to shore.
The man, who did not wish to be named, told The Sun Online how the banana boat flipped after the speedboat "bombed out" on the water.
Hurghada is an Egyptian beach resort town on the Red Sea coastCredit: Alamy
Do you know the victim? Get in touch at danny.collins@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368
All riders were thrown from the inflatable but he said the victim remained "trapped" underneath.
He eventually saw her pulled from the water and rushed back to the main boat where passengers desperately performed CPR.
He told the Sun Online: "I could hear the woman's daughter wailing, as she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her mum.
"They got the lady back on an they were doing chest compressions, but at no point were there any breaths given.
"I'm screaming at them 'open her airways' but they pushed me back."
The British witness, an ex-army veteran, said a doctor was brought to the boat but the woman could not be saved.
He told the Sun Online another woman on the banana boat said the victim was trapped under the inflatable for a matter of minutes.
Inside Egypt's Aqua Magic hotel where John and Susan Cooper died after falling ill
The resort has been a favourite with British tourists for yearsCredit: Getty - Contributor
Susan Cooper, 64, and John, 69, died while on holiday with their daughterCredit: Facebook
Thomas Cook evacuated all holidaymakers from the Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel in HurghadaCredit: Booking.com
The dolphin-watching tour has been suspended while investigations take place.
A Thomas Cook spokesman said: "We can confirm that one of our customers sadly died last week while on an excursion in Egypt.
"We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family, and our welfare team continue to do all they can to support them at this time.
"We are urgently investigating what happened."
The Foreign Office confirmed the death of a woman in the Egypt holiday resort.
A spokesman said: "Our staff are assisting the family of a British woman who has died in Hurghada."
Egypt hotel deaths – how did the British couple John and Susan Cooper die, where is Hurghada and what did Thomas Cook say?
It comes just a week after British couple John and Susan Cooper died at the nearby five-star Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel.
Their daughter Kelly Ormerod, who came back from a walk to find her dad dead and mum dying, claims there was a "funny smell" in their room. It has still not been confirmed how the pair died but has been suggested they may have been gassed to death by poisonous fumes after the neighbouring hotel room was fumigated.
Others have since come forward with tales of their horror holidays at the same resort, with it emerging Thomas Cook gave a family £26,000 in compensation following a stay in 2016.
And last week we reported how British man was feared dead in Portugal after being thrown from a banana boat and hitting his head while on holiday.
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Megascavenger – As Dystopia Beckons (Selfmadegod)
Wednesday, 2nd March 2016 By Katarina McGinn
From the '80s-inspired cover, you can tell you are in for some throwback with As Dystopia Beckons, even if you are unfamiliar with the name Megascavenger. There are also a ton of guest appearances of the usual, death metal inspired variety. But what this Rogga Johansson project may not prepare you for though, it the permeation of industrial influences that are just as prevalent as the old school death metal worship.
It does not take long to hear the added industrial elements that been added to Megascavenger's repertoire. The guitars are thick, the vocals are burly and upfront, but the industrial edge is unmistakable. It's as if the old school death metal formula – lots of murky mid-tempo riffage and slight melodies, was hijacked by Soul of a New Machine-era Fear Factory, Godflesh, and The Berzerker. "Dead City" really amps up the sounds and effects from the get-go, and is one of the album's strongest tracks, alongside the visceral "Steel Through Flesh Extravaganza." What's most impressive about this album is just how seamlessly the industrial and death metal sides meet. Obviously, this isn't the first album to do this, but it's been a long time since there's been such a strong merger. The formula doesn't stay static either, with "As the Last Day Has Passed" using more hooky, melodic death metal influences and clean(er) vocals to toss a welcome curveball. Later on, another curveball is thrown with the more gothic-flavored "The Harrowing of Hell," which again uses more clean vocals and near-danceable beats in the verses.
An old school death metal album given the industrial treatment, As Dystopia Beckons was a welcome surprise to hit these ears. It feels suitably retro in every sense of the world, but also refreshingly unique at the same time. A real win-win for those into either the industrial or death metal side.
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Megascavenger – Descent of Yuggoth (Selfmadegod)


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tri.token
=========

tri.token provides enriched enum functionality. tri.token enum structures are declared using:

- TokenAttribute: overridable attribute definitions with support for dynamic values.
- Token: holds TokenAttributes objects.
- TokenContainer: holds Token objects.

In other words: a Token is an enum which has TokenInstance members. Token instances are declared within TokenContainer(s).

Basic usage
-----------

.. code:: python

    from tri_token import Token, TokenAttribute, TokenContainer, PRESENT

    class Taste(Token):
        name = TokenAttribute()
        display_name = TokenAttribute(value=lambda name, **_: name.upper() + '!!')
        opinion = TokenAttribute()

    class Tastes(TokenContainer):
        vanilla = Taste()
        pecan_nut = Taste(display_name="pecan nutz", opinion="Tasty")

    # A TokenContainer is a collection of Token objects.
    assert Tastes.vanilla in Tastes

    # The order of Token objects in a TokenContainer is by order of declaration.
    assert list(Tastes) == [Tastes.vanilla, Tastes.pecan_nut]
    assert list(Tastes) != [Tastes.pecan_nut, Tastes.vanilla]

    # Magic for 'name' TokenAttribute. It is set automatically from the token declaration within it's container.
    assert Tastes.vanilla.name == "vanilla"

    # A TokenAttribute will have a None value if not set during Token instantiation.
    assert Tastes.vanilla.opinion is None

    # A TokenAttribute can have a dynamic value, derived from the invocation to the callable
    # set as 'value' in the TokenAttribute definition
    # (see declaration of 'display_name' TokenAttribute further up in the code).

    # The real value of the token attribute will be the return value of an invocation to said callable.
    # The invocation will receive the values of all other token attributes passed as keyword arguments.
    assert Tastes.vanilla.display_name == "VANILLA!!"

    # TokenAttribute dynamic value behavior is overridden/not used if value is set explicitly during Token instantiation.
    assert Tastes.pecan_nut.display_name == "pecan nutz"

    # A TokenContainer can be rendered as csv, excel, rst etc
    assert """\
    +--------------+---------+
    | display_name | opinion |
    +==============+=========+
    |  VANILLA!!   |         |
    +--------------+---------+
    |  pecan nutz  |  Tasty  |
    +--------------+---------+\
    """ == Tastes.to_rst(['display_name', 'opinion'])

Optional token attributes
-------------------------

.. code:: python

    # A TokenAttribute may be declared as having optional dynamic values.
    # That is, we want these dynamic attributes to be evaluated sometimes, but not always.
    # In the example below, we want some superheroes to have homes, but not others.

    SUPERHERO_HOMES = {'superman': 'Fortress of Solitude',
                       'batman': 'Batcave'}

    class Superhero(Token):
        name = TokenAttribute()
        home = TokenAttribute(optional_value=lambda name, **_: SUPERHERO_HOMES[name])

    # The PRESENT special value is used during Token instantiation to decide what
    # optional token attributes should be evaluated.
    class Superheroes(TokenContainer):
        batman = Superhero(home=PRESENT)
        hawkman = Superhero()
        wonder_woman = Superhero(home='Themyscira')

    # Batman has a home, but poor Hawkman does not.
    assert Superheroes.batman.home == 'Batcave'
    assert Superheroes.hawkman.home is None

    # Just as with dynamic attributes, the logic for TokenAttribute optional dynamic values is overridden
    if value is set explicitly during Token instantiation.
    assert Superheroes.wonder_woman.home = 'Themyscira'

    # As a shortcut, PRESENT for specific optional token attributes may be assigned to
    # variables, and used in declarations, for enhanced readability.
    # This is useful when one has tokens with many attributes declared using dynamic values,
    # but we don't want all of them to be evaluated in all tokens.
    home = PRESENT('home')

    class Superheroes(TokenContainer):
        batman = Superhero(home)
        hawkman = Superhero()

    # Again, Batman has a home, but poor Hawkman does not.
    assert Superheroes.batman.home == 'Batcave'
    assert Superheroes.hawkman.home is None

TokenAttribute inheritance
--------------------------

.. code:: python

    class FooToken(Token):
        foo = TokenAttribute(value=lambda **kwargs: 'foo_value')

    class BarToken(Token):
        bar = TokenAttribute()

    class FieToken(FooToken, BarToken):
        fie = TokenAttribute()

    class FooBarFieTokenContainer(TokenContainer):
        t = FieToken(fie=3)

    assert dict(FooBarFieTokenContainer.t) == {'foo': 'foo_value', 'bar': None, 'name': 't', 'fie': 3}

TokenAttribute container inheritance
------------------------------------

.. code:: python

    class MyToken(Token):

        name = TokenAttribute()
        stuff = TokenAttribute()

    class MyTokens(TokenContainer):

        foo = MyToken(stuff='Hello')
        bar = MyToken(stuff='World')

    assert MyTokens.foo in MyTokens

    class MoreTokens(MyTokens):
        boink = MyToken(stuff='Other Stuff')

    assert MyTokens.foo in MoreTokens

    assert list(MoreTokens) == [MyTokens.foo, MyTokens.bar, MoreTokens.boink]
    assert MoreTokens.foo is MyTokens.foo

For more tri.token examples, please have a look at the contents of tests/test_tokens.py in the installation directory.

.. _test_tokens: tests/test_tokens.py

Running tests
-------------

You need tox installed then just `make test`.

License
-------

BSD

Documentation
-------------

http://tritoken.readthedocs.org.

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Florența Albu (n. 1 decembrie 1934, Floroaica, județul Călărași - d. 3 februarie 2000, București) a fost o poetă română.

Biografie
1948 - 1952 Liceul Gheorghe Șincai București

1952 - 1957 Facultatea de Filologie

1963 - 1965 angajată la ziarul Scânteia tineretului

1965 - 1995 angajată la revista Viața românească

Viața artistică
Între anii 1953-1955 frecventează cenaclul Theodor Neculuță;

1955 - debutează în publicistică la revista Tânărul scriitor;

1959 - nu i se permite publicarea unui volum cu versuri dedicate Bărăganului;

1961 - publică volumul Fără popas;

1962 - publică volumul de reportaje Câmpia soarelui.

Alte volume:
Măști de priveghi (1968), Arborele vieții (1971), Petrecere cu iarbă (1973), Elegii (1973), 65 poeme (1978), Kilometrul unu în cer (1988), Himera nisipurilor, Roata lumii, Euri posibile, Zidul martor, jurnal ținut în secret între 1970 și 1990 (1994), Aurolac (1997)

Prezentă în:
Streiflicht – Eine Auswahl zeitgenössischer rumänischer Lyrik (81 rumänische Autoren), - "Lumina piezișă", în traducerea lui Christian W. Schenk, Dionysos Verlag 1994, ISBN 3980387119

Despre creația sa și-au spus părerea de-a lungul timpului: Iorgu Iordan, Ion Băieșu, Marin Preda, Maria Banuș, Nicolae Manolescu, Dan Cristea, Lucian Raicu, Eugen Simion, Gabriel Dimisianu, Laurențiu Ulici, etc. Este calificată de "fiică a Bărăganului, înrudită spiritual cu Ștefan Bănulescu și Marin Preda".

Florența Albu a încetat din viață la 3 februarie 2000 la Spitalul Fundeni, mormântul ei aflându-se în comuna Gruiu, județul Ilfov.

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Trevor Blake joined us, my having shared with Doug the viewpoint on my back "flextegrity garden" where numerous specimens of the various versions, especially C6XTY, decorate the space. Sam Lanahan, the inventor, was much in our conversation.
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As car lovers, we've all started somewhere, and something brought our love of motorsports and automobiles to fruition. No matter what generation you grew up in you had something to idolize, whether it be the Dukes of Hazzard '69 Charger, Dom's Charger from the Fast And The Furious, or in many cases this 1969 Fastback Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in "Bullitt"
Now, most movie cars are just props, and not actually equipped with anything spectacular, but not these cars. Ford had lent the Mustangs to Warner Bros as a promotional piece to showcase the cars. Two '68 Fastbacks with 325hp 390ci V8 engines, and 4-speed manuals which were modified by veteran racer and technician Max Balchowsky. These cars would be used in chase scenes through the streets of San Francisco to be chased by '68 Chargers equipped with 440 Cubic Inch Big Blocks. At the time this movie was filmed Steve McQueen was a world-class race car driver and chosen to pilot the legendary Mustang for many of the shots.
The car auctioned off by Mecum Auctions today was used in the majority of the scenes and left untouched since the filming of the movie. After the filming of the movie was wrapped up a Warner Bros employee Robert Ross purchased the car, which was then sold in 1970 to New Jersey Detective Frank Marranca. Marranca sold the car to Robert Kiernan in 1974. After Kiernan passed away in 2014 it was turned over to his son.
This car came with a letter from Steve McQueen to Robert Kiernan requesting to buy the car, as well as documents of registration in California, a letter from Warner Bros stating that it was, in fact, the "Hero Car" From the 1968 movie, and the 21st vehicle entered into the National Historic Vehicle Register.
This particular car was Unveiled to the public at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show alongside Ford's 3rd edition Bullitt Mustang
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Tashaun Aird: Family of murdered boy critical of school exclusion
The family of a murdered teenager say the system of school exclusion has to change, or more children will be lost like their son.
Tashaun Aird, 15, was killed in Hackney, east London, in May 2019 after being permanently excluded in 2017 and sent to an Alternative Provision.
A Serious Case Review said his exclusion "was a catalyst to the deterioration in his behaviour".
Hackney Council accepted "opportunities were missed" to help Tashaun.
The 15-year-old, who wanted to be a professional musician and producer, was stabbed nine times during a planned attack and died in an alleyway. The stabbing came three months after an earlier one, which left Tashaun in hospital for weeks.
In December last year, a 16-year-old boy was found guilty of his murder and two other teenagers were convicted of manslaughter.
The Old Bailey heard the killers believed Tashaun was a member of the Red Pitch gang, but he denied he was. Police endorsed this, adding he was not a gang member or associate.
His sister Tashoya said: "He associated with friends who were from a specific area, just down the road from his own house.
"Tashaun's not a fighter, he's not one to carry a weapon, Tashaun's not one to have issues with anybody."
The family believe Tashaun's behaviour worsened due to his exclusion.
Tashaun had been a pupil at Hackney New School but at the end of the 2017 summer term he was permanently excluded after a prank involving a teacher's coat.
His mother Michelle Tan-Ming appealed against the decision, and months later that exclusion was quashed by an Independent Review Panel. However, the school refused to reinstate him.
The Serious Case Review, published this month, criticised this decision, saying: "It appeared that the school was determined to PEX (permanently exclude), without consideration of the wider implications to his safety, well-being or his education."
The family say when Tashaun was moved to the Alternative Provision – called Inspire! – he began smoking cannabis and his behaviour changed.
"It wasn't instant," said his sister. "It was learned behaviour. If there are few rules, if you can walk out of school, you'll do it. He became a product of his environment."
Tashaun's mother works in the education sector and said Inspire! did not share her ethos or educational values.
"Pupils were allowed to smoke with teachers," she told the BBC. "They were allowed to leave the classroom unattended.
"There was nothing the children could get recognised for. It was like they were just there doing nothing.
"I felt this was no place for my son. This was the next step to prison."
The Serious Case Review noted that Inspire! had a "chaotic environment" that made it "impossible to deliver intervention".
In the months before his murder, Tashaun's family were already very worried about his safety.
In January 2019 a pupil from another school walked in, armed with a screwdriver, and tried to attack a pupil.
Then in early February, Tashaun was attacked for the first time when he was stabbed as he left Hackney Youth Hub, where the school had taken boys for recreation.
Tashaun took weeks to recover in hospital and his family refused to let him return to Inspire! and he was tutored at home instead.
But he missed his friends, and on 1 May he spent some time "chilling" with a small group in local parks.
He promised his mother he'd be home by 21:00, but instead, she had a call, saying he'd been attacked at Somerford Grove.
The Serious Case Review into Tashaun's death has made 15 recommendations for improvement, raising particular concern about Tashaun's exclusion and how it put him at risk.
It criticised the current government guidance, saying "despite the clear imperative for safeguarding risk to be an active component of decision-making, the statutory guidance falls short in emphasising this with sufficient clarity" and said the Department for Education (DfE) should review this.
The DfE said it was currently revising this guidance and added that "no child should face the kind of violence Tashaun Aird experienced".
His family insist Tashaun's exclusion was the crucial issue.
"That's the genesis," his stepfather Kevin said. "You tell a child he's going to amount to nothing, you keep telling him. You're going to break him down.
"That's what they're telling these young men and women: 'You're nothing'."
Hackney Council is still sending excluded pupils to Inspire!, which it said was under new leadership and had strengthened its safeguarding procedures.
Anne Canning, the council's group director for Children and Education, said Tashaun's case was "tragic and complex".
She added: "We are sorry for the missed opportunities that could have helped make a difference at an earlier stage.
"We fully accept the findings of this review and will work with all agencies involved to implement its recommendations in full."
Hackney New School is now run by the Community Schools Trust, which took over after poor Ofsted reports.
Despite not being at the school when Tashaun was kicked out, the new head teacher Charlotte Whelan said she wanted to work with Tashaun's family to answer their outstanding questions surrounding his exclusion.
But for Tashaun's family the abiding trauma continues, 19 months after he was murdered.
Tashaun's mother Michelle said: "It just gets harder. We're forever grieving and I think we'll do that for the rest of our lives."
His sister Tashoya added: "Since he's been gone, it hasn't been the same.
"I think Tashaun was that piece that held the family together. You know when something's missing, and we feel it every day."
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Jani Ruscica's 'Human Flesh' looks at processes of signification through a myriad of visual forms of representation. Image, sound, language and movement portray mimeticism as a complex web of signifiers.
The film takes place in a distinctly studio-like setting attempting to pass as a non-space, where notions of scale and material become blurred. Framed as intentionally performative and humorous, the piece re-evaluates both the "thingness" and the expressive potential of its subjects.
'Human Flesh' follows a distinct trajectory within Ruscica's work: a slowing down of the timespan between recognition and assimilation so as to provide an entry-point for the absurd.
What creeps into this space is a kind of visceral artifice, represented by various objects with displaced signification - a 1960's Alvar Aalto designed lamp commonly nicknamed the 'snow bell' is buzzed around by a sporadically operated drone whilst fleshy anthropomorphic computer generated typographic figures narrate the action. Ruscica's narrative assemblages generate a sombreness that quietly draws in the audience, an immersion which inevitably heightens the absurd pointedness of the chosen subjects. Lulled into this complicity, the audience is beckoned to query their own ability to adequately interpret and judge what is in front of them, shining a light on preconceived notions of the cultural specificity imbued within certain objects and scenarios.
'Human Flesh' (2019) furthers Ruscica's inquiry into breaking apart cultural signifiers through moving image, heightening a sketch-like approach to bringing material and ideas together, whilst retaining the performative edge that underpins the artist's practice.
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