We do not have details about the beginning of the rural settlement Osięciny. Even before the partition of Poland there was a village in Osięciny owned by local nobility. Since the year of 1815 until WWI, Osięciny was in the territory of Congress Poland. In the year of 1823 Osięciny was granted privileges of a city. Market days and annual fares were held in Osięciny.
We do not have exact details about the beginning of the Jewish settlement in Osięciny. We assume that its beginning was in the second half of the 18th century. Then, a few Jewish families lived there. Organized Jewish settlement occurred in the beginning of the 19th century. In the 20s of that century, Jewish lodging was confined to two streets only and there the Jews were allowed to purchase property. One of the streets even had the name Ulica Zydowska (the street of the Jews). In that street a Beth Midrash made of wood was erected (later its walls were changed to stone). Due to the closeness to the Prussia border, starting from 1822 new Jewish settlement was forbidden in Osięciny.
The first Jewish settlers dealt in small commerce and peddling. Few of them lived on artisanship and had traditional occupations, such as tailors, hat makers etc. After the abolishment of the lodging restrictions in 1862, the Jewish population in Osięciny grew in number and the Jews were allowed to settle in any parts of the town. Around that year, the municipality gave the Jewish community an area near the cemetery, where a synagogue made of bricks was erected. Traditional societies were active in the community life, such was "Hevra Kadish" (burial society) and "Hachnasat Orchim" (hospice for the poor), founded in 1906.
Also in the period between the two World Wars the Jews of Osięciny made a living mainly from small trade and artisanship. In addition to the Community Committee, there were other welfare institutions for mutual aid which helped the poor and needy. In 1933 the society "Bikur Holim" (visit the sick) was founded and it helped the poor sick people and purchased medicines for them. The end of the 20s saw the establishment of "Kupat Gmilut Hassadim" (Charity Fund) and it too helped the needy with credit on easy terms. It had about 70 members. In the year of 1936, the capital fund of this society was 6,000 zloty and at that year it gave 200 loans to the community members.
During the inter-war period, branches of almost all the Jewish parties in Poland were active in Osięciny. Amongst the Zionists the strongest faction was that of the General Zionists and "Hamizrachi". In 1923 branch of Beitar was established. Also branch of "Agudath Israel" who was based mostly on the Gerer Hasidim, Aleksandrów, Stryków and Sochaczew Hasidim.
Among the rabbis who served the community we mention R' Benjamin Eliahu Kantor who held the service from 1885 and then moved to Sokolów Podlaski. For some years held the position the (AB"D) Head of Court R' Szlomo Zalman Najman (died in 1921). More information was recorded on his son, R' Abraham Noach Najman, the last Rabbi of Osięciny. R' Najman was born in 1877 and perished at Chełmno in 1942. In the years of his service there was a small Yeshiva by the Beth Midrash where pupils of the shtetl studied. One of the pupils was R' Perlmuter, who served for few years as the local Rabbi in Osięciny and then moved to Warsaw.
The leaders of "Agudath Israel" controlled the administration of the community. The head of the local branch was R' Abraham Noach Najman, the community's rabbi. The last chairman of the community's committee was Wolf Ber Wojdeslawski from "Agudath Israel". Between the two World Wars the Jewish pupils in Osięciny continued to study in the local heders and the local "Talmud Torah". In addition, the children studied in Polish state schools. In the 1930s, a library of Beit"ar was established.
The Anti-Semite propaganda in the 1930s influenced the polish population in Osięciny. There were many attacks on Jews passing by and the Jews suffered from the boycott of Jewish trade and workshops.
Units of the German army marched into Osięciny in October 1939. Soon after the occupation the Germans started in confiscating merchandise from the Jews. They imprisoned 20 citizens of the town (10 Jews and 10 Poles( and held them as hostages until all their demand of confiscating property and merchandise were met.
When the region was annexed to the Reich in October 1939, persecutions of the town Jews worsened. In the autumn of 1939 a Judenrat was erected by the Germans' command. The main aim of the Judenrat was to supply the Germans with quota of Jews, age 15-60 for forced labor in the field, the forest and in building shacks. The Jews were ordered to wear yellow band. Particularly they abused Jews wearing beard. A few Jews were murdered.
In November 1939 the Germans forced the rabbi of the community, Abraham Noach Najman to take out Holy Scrolls of the Torah out the synagogue and burn them. He was murderously bitten up while refusing this command.
In the year of 1940, a ghetto was established and the Jews were forced to move into it. At the same time, some tens of young Jews were transported from Osięciny to forced labor camps in the region (Bielsk, Moglina and other places within the Reich).
In January 1942 the Jews were assembled in a big hall. They were forced to bring all the valuables they owned. At the same time, other Germans looted their houses. Some of the Jews learned about the German intentions to liquidate the ghetto and they escaped town. Unfortunately most of them were caught by the Germans and shot to death.
On April 15th 1942, the final liquidation of the ghetto of Osięciny occurred. The remainder of the Jewish population was assembled in the local church and from there was deported in truck to the extermination camp Chełmno. From the Jewish population of Osięciny only 15 survived the war: 12 survived the concentration camps and 3 escaped in the beginning of the war to the Soviet Union.


They thought it was a little like playing God.
He sat there till, he was quite frail.
While the suffering were left in dread.
Set their human souls free, set them free.
Don't you think people deserve the same?
Or should you make them suffer to the end?
If it were you, you'd want Kevorkian.
Do you think it's okay to let people suffer?
Well it ain't so easy when it's your mother!
You think you should leave them in pain?
If you ask me that's just insane!
Maybe you don't believe in a soul.
People die and you put them in a hole.
Why make them suffer too?
Then what does it really matter?
To a soul eternal, what's that do?
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SideChick Syndrome
August 6, 2014 June 4, 2017 Rocki
This post is specifically referring to the Side Chicks of the world who willingly engage in relationships with married men. I'm not naive to the great responsibility and accountability that the married men themselves possess. Being a woman who is disturbed by the ubiquitous glorified presence of the side chick sub-culture, I felt compelled to create this post.
Side Chick Syndrome is a term that I coined to describe the behaviors and statements of people who participate in, encourage, justify and facilitate the side chick sub-culture. I refer to it as a sub-culture because it is a pervasive lifestyle. First, as a woman who strongly believes in being loved, honored, cherished and respected and second as a married woman who passionately believes in the sanctity of marriage, I take this whole "Side Chick" issue personal. It seems as if within the past 5 years or so, the side chick role has evolved into a fascinating phenomenon with which we have grown too comfortable. I guess since infidelity is as old as the hills, side chicks are an accepted and celebrated occurrence; especially with the cult like popularity of TV shows such as Scandal. Side Chick Syndrome is rampant in the media and entertainment world; it's promoted and glorified like it's a bonafide duty.
Another example, is the new show Power , in which the main character, Ghost is having an affair with his high school sweetheart, Angela. The show's Facebook page had a post that encouraged fans to pick either Team Angela or Team Tasha (Ghost's wife). I admit to being a faithful viewer of both of these shows; I love the intricate plots and dynamic actors. The sexual being in me is aroused by the hot, steamy sex scenes between the couples, but after a while my arousal turns to disdain. Countless fans (men and women) boldly endorse and cheer on these affairs. True enough, these are merely TV shows, but as we all know, art imitates life and vice versa.
Just like on the TV shows, in real life the adulterers feel that their affairs are justified because they are unhappy in their marriages. It's really disturbing that women knowingly and willingly engage in intimate relationships with married men. I feel for those women who meet a guy and are already caught up in the rapture of love when they find out that he is married. But once a woman makes the decision to continue the relationship, she is culpable. It shows that they lack the self-control, self-respect, dignity and decency NOT to mess around with another woman's husband. No matter the state of a marriage, outsiders do not have the power to interrupt a union that is recognized by God. Yes, I said interrupt, because more than likely the married man remains married to his wife and the side chick must decide to stick around or move on. Even when I was a single woman, I never knowingly dated married men. I always saw it as putting myself in a position to get played and left alone holding the bullshit.
Realistically, the blame can't be placed solely on the side chicks; the adulterers shoulder most of the responsibility because they are the ones who committed to their marriage . Infidelity is a symptom of a couple's failure to properly address the unresolved issues in their marriage. Justifying the side chick sub-culture with statements like: "he's not happy with his wife", "I'm doing what his wife doesn't/won't do" ,"there wouldn't be any side chicks if men didn't cheat", are unacceptable! How about, there wouldn't be any side chicks if women embraced the belief that they are the main dish–not leftovers– and say, "I'm worth much more than being a side chick!"
The side chicks who–"stay in their lanes and know their roles", show some discretion. There are too many others though, who brazenly make their existence known as if they're entitled to recognition. Proudly letting it be known that they are side chicks. There's even a consulting business that teaches women how to be a side chick. Though I commend any entrepreneur who successfully meets a demand for a service; this business is basically teaching women how to fulfill a subordinate role in life. A side chick is not likely to be introduced to family and friends; if she is introduced, she's not acknowledged with respect. A side chick can't visit her boo's home because then she may run into the wife; she has to often wait her turn to have time with the man. A side chick's time with a married man is usually restricted by his responsibilities and commitments. The side chick likely has to be more accommodating of the married man because ultimately, she is not a priority in his life. Side chicks always run the risk of being one of many other women that a married man is involved with, she's pretty much part of a figurative harem.
I recognize that each side chick has her own individual reasons for being a side chick. Also, I recognize that some women prefer to be side chicks, because they are either truly ok with no commitment and/or they're dating multiple men themselves. And of course there are the side chicks who's primary motivation is receiving monetary compensation and gifts for playing their role. So basically, they're trading sex for favors, which fundamentally means that they're souped up whores.
Side Chick Syndrome is an epidemic. It it an epidemic that is eating away at the core of our relationships. It is one of the the reasons why there are innumerable women who are chronically single. It is one of the reasons why bastard children are born to mothers who will raise them on their own because the fathers are either unaware, unavailable or uninvolved. It is one of the the reasons why people are skeptical about marriage. It is a symptom of a society that struggles with promoting trust, commitment, loyalty, discipline and dedication. Being a side chick only exacerbates the misogynistic practices that women fight to rise above daily.
We all make choices and our choices have consequences. Demetria Lucas wrote about some "Basic rules" for being a side chick. The rules highlighted the grim reality of being a side chick and brought out the bottom line; even if a side chick follows the "rules" she won't win the game.
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My perspective on side chicks doesn't actually address the side chick. My concern is for the adulterer who finds a bevy of reasons to have a side chick in the first place. With instant gratification being the moral code of the day, I think lots of men get married for a reason (stability OR convenience OR status etc..); but not for love. So when they figure out that they've married for the wrong reason and/or get bored, side chicks become the next thing to obtain in a never ending search for happiness.
I agree Willie, I'm referring to the side chicks and society as a whole who promote the "side chick" madness.


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Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season
09/29/2010 06:04 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017
First came the play, then the Oscar-winning movie, followed by the novel, and now the opera: Daniel Catán's Il Postino. Who says the postman rings but twice?
Not the Los Angeles Opera, which, after a year's delay, finally got this ode to Chilean poet Pablo Neruda onstage for its world premiere.
Everything fits, of course - for Hispanic Angelenos, a work in their own language; for the company, its starry eminence, Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo center-stage; for his Mexican-born colleague Catán, whose previous opera, Florencia en el Amazonas, also has had performances here, an opportunity; for the poet's wondrous words with their refreshingly original sensuality set to music of languid lyricism, another. And the list goes on.
Best of all, here's a vehicle tailored to Domingo, who numbers the role as his 134th! (Now, bear in mind, folks, that the most high-achieving tenors never reach even half this many.) Not only is the vocal part Catán wrote for him an expectedly grateful one (not too high, not too taxing) but the character of Neruda -- wise, compassionate, humane, while still capable of whimsy and ardor in his maturity - falls most naturally within this singing actor's sensibility.
Placido Domingo (seated) as Neruda; Charles Castronovo as the Postman.
The story, if you've forgotten, deals with that period of the poet's exile from Chile, for political reasons, to a small Italian island. There, with his wife, he lives an idyllic, if somewhat solitary life, writing and receiving so much fan-mail that a special postman is hired to hand-deliver his letters, which he does on a bicycle. The two strike up a bond -- the one, a kind counsel and mentor who teaches the art of metaphor; the other, a poor, young stutterer who finds salvation in learning (and a path to romancing his new-found love). Theirs is really the opera's central relationship, bound up in an affection that
grows before our eyes.
What carries the libretto are Neruda's own words, so artfully put together here. And the well-crafted, post-Puccini score -- which, when it turns to long-lined sentimental ballads resembles the film's sound-track -- boasts plenty of stored-up musical memories.
For instance, we can hear Copland-esque rhythmic jauntiness in mailman Mario's funny exchanges with Neruda and out-takes of Britten's Peter Grimes to indicate foreboding, and even hints of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in some choral passages. There's nary an atonal gleam anywhere, although some of the lovely, impassioned arias end strangely up in the air.
Director Ron Daniels kept the action fluid and focused - he even captured Neruda's sung love poem to his wife by having the poet artfully unclothe her, with only her upper back revealed to the audience. Designer Riccardo Hernandez created an encouragingly simple but scenic unit set, framed, at times, in neon, and strategically lit by Jennifer Tipton. Yes, the whole thing made for engaging, accessible, aesthetically satisfying music-theater. Sometimes we don't need provocative, or even controversial.
Domingo, in manner, mind and voice, portrayed Neruda sensitively. Charles Castronovo made an amusingly timid Mario, whose lyric tenor gleamed with increasing intensity as his convictions grew. Both Cristina Gallardo-Domas and Amanda Squitieri gave off an idealized, romantic after-glow as the respective wives. Grant Gershon led orchestra and singers with impressive detailing of the score and held the stage action together seamlessly.
Three days later, the company trotted out its 2004 production of
Le nozze di Figaro, and this time Domingo descended to the pit where he honored Mozart's glorious opera buffa with the vibrant, stimulating call to unearthing the musical emotion that the composer must have always wished for.
Martina Serafin as the Countess; Renata Pokupic as Cherubino.
Yes, once again, it was the same Ian Judge staging, an animated, fluent show that mixes up 18th-century period niceties and '50s culture - a tippling Countess languishes on her bed dialing a big, clunky, corded phone, the men at times wear britches and stockings with their buckled clodhoppers, later choosing modern-day suits. Along the way several servants traipse around with big bellies, apparently made pregnant by the philandering Count who's taking the option of his droit de seigneur.
All of this makes for what today's audiences laugh at lustily, that sit-com mentality with elements of intrigue and tender love thrown in. There's at least one problem with this formula, though: the whole delicious comeuppance of the bullying Count cancels out because, here, the wily valet Figaro rises up to equal status with his boss early on. And that defeats librettist da Ponte's careful working of class divisions within a single manorial household. But Robert Altman, in his movie Gosford Park, could certainly draw the lines clearly and understand the fascinating domestic turmoil of impending social revolution.
The cast, this time, turned in polished, energetic performances without erasing memories of earlier ensembles. In the title role Daniel Okulitch rolled out his finely resonating bass-baritone to pleasing effect, for instance, but was too genuinely gawky and forlorn to match the production's originator, Erwin Schrott, that dynamo of cunning who truly outsmarted the Count with his every utterance and physical expression - all the while hewing to his servant's status.
To the others, an international lot, attention must be paid. Marlis Petersen, as Susanna, went through the rigors of keeping the Count at fingers' length, while urging Figaro to rescue her (but did not project the gorgeously wistful feelings of Deh vieni, non tardar); a wooly-voiced Bo Skovhus made Almaviva a menacing presence; Martina Serafin, every inch his elegant wife, sang with an impressively big, sturdy voice and Renata Pokupic was a pint-sized Cherubino, agile and perky with a light mezzo to match, if not a picture of adolescent wet-dreams gone wild. Valentina Fleer, a vocal find of a Barbarina, stood apart with a lovely peal in her blooming soprano.
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Reading: The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity
Original Research Articles
The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity
Hooman Ghrobani,
Occupational Therapy Centre, Burn Research Centre, Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR
About Hooman
Hooman Ghorbani has an MS degree in Occupational Therapy and works a Hand Therapist in Motahary Burn Hospital, Iran.
Mahnoush Momeni ,
Burn Research Centre, Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR
About Mahnoush
Dr Mahnoush Momeni specialized in General Surgery from Tehran Medical University in 2003 and has been working in the Burn and Trauma Center with the plastic surgery team ever since. She is involved in research about burns, wounds and plastic surgery. She is also a member of Burn Research Center at Iran Medical University
Ali Zavareh,
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, NHS Trust, London, GB
Dr Alireza Zavareh is a Consultant Radiologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He is a sub-specialist in Musculoskeletal Radiology and his interests are in imaging of sports injuries and image-guided MSK interventions. He believes in the huge potential of physiotherapy led management of musculoskeletal injuries.
Mahshid Aghajanzadeh,
Speech Therapy Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR
About Mahshid
Mahshid Aghajanzadeh has a PhD degree in Speech and Language Therapy and works as a researcher in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Tehran, Iran
Maryam Roham,
About Maryam
Dr Maryam Roham is an Infectious Disease Specialist. She works in the Burn and Trauma Center at Motahari Burn Hospital. She is a member of the Iran University Burn Research Center.
Hamid Karimi,
Motahari Burn Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR
About Hamid
Dr Hamid Karimi is certified in both General Surgery and Plastic Surgery. He is an active member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
He is also a member of the editorial board in PRS-GO journal, MRJMMS and JAD journal. He has 21 years teaching experience in academic medical hospitals.
His field of interests are Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, burn reconstruction, facelift, chemical peeling, rhinoplasty, maxillofacial, cleft lip and palate surgery.
Hossein Rahbar
Burn Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR
About Hossein
Dr Hossein Rahbar works as Pediatrician since 2002. He has researched in burn and internal medicine. He is a member of Burn Research Center
Purpose: With the recent advances in medicine, the survival rate of clients with severe burns has improved. This has resulted in greater demand for rehabilitation services. One of the major goals for rehabilitation programmes is to restore these clients to their pre-trauma activity levels. However, there is not much research on the subject.
Methods: Based on their availability, 30 clients with severe burns were selected, who had been discharged from the hospital for periods ranging from 1 month to 1 year. Interviews were conducted and the participants' perceptions were recorded regarding changes in their self-care, household chores, professional work, hobbies and recreational activities. Based on the results, 2 independent assessors categorised the activity levels as none, minor, intermediate and severe, in terms of negative effect.
Results: In the self-care category, 8 participants reported no negative effect, 12 reported minor, 4 reported intermediate and 6 reported severe effects. In the household chores category, only 2 clients reported no effect and 13 indicated severe effects on their activities. Of the 21 participants who were working, only 2 reported no change in pre-trauma activities while 11 reported severe changes in their working activity levels. While 5 participants indicated no change in their recreational and leisure activity levels, 6 reported severe changes.
Conclusion: Severe burns reduce clients' levels of activity in some of the categories. However, they often regain their ability to perform activities at a lower level, depending on the site of burn, burning agent, and having received early rehabilitation pre- and post-discharge. Psycho-social factors, pre- and post- trauma, are also important.
Keywords: Burn, rehabilitation, level of activity
How to Cite: Ghrobani, H., Momeni, M., Zavareh, A., Aghajanzadeh, M., Roham, M., Karimi, H. and Rahbar, H., 2017. The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 28(1), pp.178–188. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Published on 23 May 2017.
Ghrobani, H., Momeni, M., Zavareh, A., Aghajanzadeh, M., Roham, M., Karimi, H. and Rahbar, H., 2017. The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 28(1), pp.178–188. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani H, Momeni M, Zavareh A, Aghajanzadeh M, Roham M, Karimi H, et al.. The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development. 2017;28(1):178–88. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani, H., Momeni, M., Zavareh, A., Aghajanzadeh, M., Roham, M., Karimi, H., & Rahbar, H. (2017). The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 28(1), 178–188. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani H and others, 'The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity' (2017) 28 Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development 178 DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani, Hooman, Mahnoush Momeni, Ali Zavareh, Mahshid Aghajanzadeh, Maryam Roham, Hamid Karimi, and Hossein Rahbar. 2017. "The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity". Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development 28 (1): 178–88. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani, Hooman, Mahnoush Momeni, Ali Zavareh, Mahshid Aghajanzadeh, Maryam Roham, Hamid Karimi, and Hossein Rahbar. "The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity". Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development 28, no. 1 (2017): 178–88. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
Ghrobani, H., et al.. "The Effects of Severe Burns on Levels of Activity". Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, vol. 28, no. 1, 2017, pp. 178–88. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v28i1.585
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Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, in order to improve policy and practice.


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Het Royal College of Art (RCA) is een universiteit in Londen. Het is de enige postuniversitaire kunst- en designopleiding die een graad afgeeft in Master of Arts (MA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) en Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Vanaf 2019 heeft de RCA voor vijf achtereenvolgende jaren op eerste plaats verworven in de QS World University Rankings voor het vakgebied kunst en design.

Achtergrond
De universiteit is verdeeld over een aantal locaties in South Kensington, Battersea en White City, waaronder het Darwin-gebouw op Kensington Gore, en het Stevens-gebouw vlak bij Jay Mews. De officiële heropening van het sculpturengebouw van de Royal College of Art in Battersea markeert de eerste stap van het ambitieuze expansie plan van de universiteit aan het zuiden van de rivier.

Het Royal College of Art is opgericht in 1837, en stond ook wel bekend als de Government School of Design. In 1853 werd het samen met de Female School of Art de National Art Training School opgezet, al zaten ze toen nog in aparte gebouwen. In 1896 kreeg het zijn uiteindelijke naam de Royal College of Art.  Gedurende de 19e eeuw werd er informeel ook wel gerefereerd aan de South Kensington-scholen.  In 1967 kreeg het RCA een koninklijk handvest wat het de status gaf van een onafhankelijke universiteit die de mogelijkheid had om zijn eigen academische graden af te geven.

Het koninklijke handvest van de universiteit specificeerde duidelijk de doelen van de universiteit:
"meer te leren, de professionele bekwaamheid te verbeteren op het gebied van schone kunsten, het beoefenen van kunst en industriële vormgeving in hun relatie tot de industriële en commerciële processen en sociale ontwikkelingen en andere zaken die een relatie hebben met het lesgeven, onderzoeken en samenwerken met de industrie en commercie".

De gemiddelde leeftijd van de postuniversitair studenten die studeren aan het RCA voor MA of PhD is 26. Sommige stromen meteen door vanaf een vooropleiding andere later in hun carrière als ze al kunstenaar zijn. Momenteel heeft het RCA 900 studenten die les krijgen in schone kunsten, toegepaste kunst, industriële vormgeving, communicatie design (onder andere reclame) en geesteswetenschappen.

De Royal College of Art speelde een belangrijke rol in de geboorte van de moderne school van Britse beeldhouwers in de jaren '20 met studenten als Barbara Hepworth en Henry Moore, en in de ontwikkeling van Pop-art in de jaren '60 met studenten als Peter Blake en David Hockney.

De universiteit heeft ook een internationale reputatie met betrekking tot het lesgeven in de gebieden van: auto design, fotografie (zie: John Hedgecoe), industriële vormgeving, communicatiedesign, interieurdesign, mode, keramiek en zilversmeden. Academische graden in de Geschiedenis van Design en Conservering  worden vaak gegeven in samenwerking met het Victoria and Albert Museum.

Vlak bij het RCA zitten ook de Royal Albert Hall, Royal Geographical Society, Royal College of Music en Hyde Park.

Bekende alumni

Nederlandse alumni en docenten

Externe links
 Royal College of Art

Universiteit in Londen
Kunstopleiding
Cultuur in Londen

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Teddy Geiger Is Ready For the World
Story by Stephanie Smith-Strickland / Photography by Jacob Bixenman
Justin Moran
For our new digital cover series Takeover, we chose five of our favorite women who're making a significant impact on the music industry right now. Teddy Geiger, the songwriter behind some of Shawn Mendes' biggest hits, is relaunching her solo music career as Teddy<3. Today, she'll be taking over PAPER with guest edited pieces and appearing on our Instagram.
At her home in Los Angeles, Teddy Geiger's dogs, Paco and Georgie, run joyous laps around a sprawling aquamarine pool. Occasionally they scramble off into the bordering garden in pursuit of a bird or squirrel, prompting a half-hearted chiding from the spectacled singer/songwriter. The hair and makeup team are packing up the last vestiges of the day-long shoot while Geiger chats with her girlfriend, Schitt's Creek actress Emily Hampshire. Geiger feels good about the photos, shot by Jacob Bixenman — she's happy with the styling and has picked up a few new makeup tips throughout the day. "I don't do much," she confessed of her burgeoning routine. "It's basically what I have on now, but less. Just blush, eyeliner and a little foundation sometimes. I also do anti-contouring. Most people contour to make it seem like they have more cheekbones but I feel super masculine in that area so I like to round out my face."
Last October, while holed up in a Malibu studio working on close friend Shawn Mendes' album — the duo had already collaborated on major chart-toppers like "Stitches," "Mercy," and "Treat You Better" — Geiger publicly addressed a question from a fan who was curious about her metamorphosing look. "Okay... because u asked nicely... I am transitioning," she wrote on Instagram. "I started talking about it with a couple of my close friends and family about a month ago and it's given me the courage to start the process. I feel like the next step is to tell all y'all. So here goes. Love it or hate this is who I have been for a looooong time. I love u guys. Talk sooooon byeeee."
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A year later, Geiger, 30, is happier, healthier and more her than ever before; her reemergence as a solo artist is an extension of this newfound peace. In July she released "I Was in a Cult," the first solo single since her days as a floppy-haired pre-teen heart throb crooning 2009's "For You I Will" (Remember that music video with Kristin Cavallari?) "Whether it's family, friends, work place, partner, country, etc., these little systems of thought/belief can sneak in and it's easy to lose ourselves in the whole. The song is about thinking for yourself and acting from a place of freedom," Geiger told Billboard of the inspiration behind "I Was in a Cult."
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These days, she's going by the stage name teddy<3, and the grunge-inflected track is the first offering from her forthcoming album, LillyAnna, which is comprised of songs recorded between 2011 and 2017. "It's from this phase where I was coming to the end of smoking a lot of weed, smoking a lot of cigarettes and just doing a lot to cover up the anxiety, and also a lot of the gender dysphoria and the compulsions that surrounded all of that," she said. "I was reaching the breaking point and the stuff I was writing came out of that."
A month before announcing that she was transitioning, Geiger, with the encouragement of her mother and therapist, checked into an in-patient treatment center in Mar Vista. The program proved to be instrumental in helping her work through the mass of unexplored emotions, some of which was manifesting in compulsions and unhealthy habits. A more confident Geiger left treatment and jumped right back into working with Mendes, this time, wearing women's clothes and makeup to studio sessions more openly.
Though at the time Mendes wasn't aware of Geiger's transition — he found out the day she shared the news on Instagram — he was supportive of the changes. "Once I finished with Shawn's records I started listening to a bunch of my old stuff and a few things jumped out at me because they sounded like one story that kind of surrounded the same theme." The cathartic element inherent in a project like LillyAnna, which is a collection of years worth of thoughts isn't lost on Geiger, who admits transitioning has made it easier to be around people, and to be more expressive of personal truths in songwriting.
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"In subtle ways I used to feel very much like I had to be a certain person or I was going to get in trouble," she said, reflecting on her time as a rising teen pop star. "I spent a number of years working on becoming a writer and producer, and once that version of myself happened I didn't really have a public image to uphold, which was good. I started painting my nails and started wearing some women's clothing, but that whole side of me always caused problems in my intimate relationships. There was a lot of shame attached to it. I'd talk to people I was dating about it but still feel ashamed. Generally it would be fine at first, but then as time went on they'd maybe not be as cool with it as they thought they were. Whereas now I'm dating Emily and from the beginning this is who she met. It's very different when you're being yourself and your friends know who you are. I'm not carrying this weight around anymore. I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm not angry at myself for being this way. I'm not taking it out on other people, or not feeling like I can be all there with them."
"I'm not carrying this weight around anymore. I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm not angry at myself for being this way."
Geiger partly credits having the support of a close knit group of friends-turned-family for helping usher in a new outlook, and a new, more open chapter in her personal life. For an artist whose love of creating saw her recording demo tapes in the basement for fun at 11, the common language in many of these relationships is music.
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"I love working with an artist like Shawn because we're friends, and so much of our friendship is based around doing what we love," Geiger said. "A lot of my friendships are like that. My best friend from high school, John Ryan, is also a songwriter; he's done a bunch for Maroon 5 and One Direction. We've been friends since we were like 11, so I grew up being really collaborative. My relationship with Shawn is just like that, it's always very easy. I pitch in on lyrics and melody and then Scott Harris, who writes with us, is also heavily involved on lyrics and melody. Shawn also plays some guitar and is also very involved on lyrics and melody. [Mendes and Harris] have a very special bond in terms of writing. I kind of push the idea in different areas and suggest trying different things in different parts. Most of the time it's just a really fun environment where we're just writing and going. We're working really hard from like 11 AM to 4 or 5 in the morning, and then we wake up at 11 the next day and go back and do it again."
Geiger's comfortable working relationships and the satisfying sense of community she's found in Los Angeles over the past five years are a far cry from her initial introduction to the city. "The first time I moved I was 18," she said. "I was doing a lot of acting stuff because my manager thought it would be a great way for me to break back into having a music career. All of it was too much and I just wanted to be making stuff. I was just frustrated. I didn't know too many people and I'd moved partly because of my girlfriend at the time. We broke up and then I was alone out here. I think I knew like one other person. This time it's way better... I have a support group of so many people who are talented. I like what they do and they like what I do and we're all working together and it's not like competitive in any sort of ugly way. We're all a bit competitive but also extremely supportive. It reminds me of growing up and being with my friends like John where we're all pushing each other, but also all lean on each other."
As for the future? Geiger is simply looking forward to spending a little more time with herself.
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Il 2 maggio 2015 stabilisce, nel velodromo di Manchester, il record dell'ora, con , strappandolo all'australiano Rohan Dennis; il 7 giugno 2015 il suo record viene battuto di  metri dal connazionale Bradley Wiggins.

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Originario dell'Essex, comincia a praticare sport, prima nuoto e poi ciclismo, per cercare di far fronte ai problemi legati all'emofilia di tipo A, di cui è malato. Sulle due ruote si dimostra presto uno specialista delle prove a cronometro, ottenendo numerosi titoli nazionali giovanili di specialità (due tra gli Juniores, due da Under-23). Nel luglio 2010, dopo essersi ripreso da una frattura alla scapola, si laurea anche campione europeo Under-23 a cronometro; in ottobre, rappresentando l'Inghilterra, consegue inoltre la medaglia d'argento a cronometro ai Giochi del Commonwealth di Delhi.

Passa professionista all'inizio del 2011 con il team britannico Sky. In quella stagione ottiene il primo successo da pro, al Tour du Poitou-Charentes; si aggiudica poi anche il titolo nazionale a cronometro, questa volta tra gli Elite, e una semitappa a cronometro al Tour of Britain. Nel 2012, pur avendo iniziato la stagione con un altro infortunio (una frattura al gomito destro), riesce a confermare il titolo di campione britannico; coglie anche un prestigioso ottavo posto nella gara Elite contro il tempo ai campionati del mondo di Valkenburg. Al termine dell'anno si trasferisce al team Movistar.

Nel 2013, vestendo la maglia della Movistar, debutta in una Grande Giro, il Giro d'Italia 2013. In quella "Corsa rosa" si aggiudica l'ottava tappa, una cronometro con partenza a Gabicce Mare e arrivo a Saltara, battendo per 10 secondi il campione olimpico di specialità Bradley Wiggins. Nel 2015 e 2016 si aggiudica il campionato nazionale a cronometro individuale. Nel 2017 vince la terza tappa del Circuit de la Sarthe, una cronometro individuale di 6,8 km, conquistando la leadership della classifica. Il giorno successivo, durante la decisiva frazione collinare, non riesce a tenere il ritmo dei migliori e si classifica a oltre 4 minuti da Lilian Calmejane, vincitore di giornata e nuovo capoclassifica. Partecipa alla Milano-Sanremo, dove si ritira. Debutta a Ottobre al Giro d'Italia, dove vince l'8ª tappa con arrivo a Vieste e precedendo l'italiano Salvatore Puccio e il connazionale Matthew Holmes. Partecipa l'anno dopo al Giro d'Italia, anche se è costretto al ritiro a causa di problemi allo stomaco.

Il 4 novembre 2021, sul velodromo messicano di Aguascalientes, a 1887 metri di quota, il britannico del team Israel tenta il record dell'Ora e chiude con 54,555 km, a poco più di due giri di pista (534 metri) dal belga Victor Campenaerts, al quale resta il primato di 55,089 km fatto stabilire il 16 aprile 2019 nel medesimo velodromo. Gli resta però la soddisfazione di aver battuto, per appena 29 metri, il record britannico di Wiggins (54,526 km). Il portacolori del team Israel Start-Up Nation ha fatto di questo tentativo di record uno spot mondiale per incoraggiare persone emofiliache come lui a fare sport.

Palmarès

Strada

 2005 (Juniores, Team 100% ME, una vittoria)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro Juniores

 2006 (Juniores, Team 100% Me, tre vittorie)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro Juniores
Prologo Ster van Zuid-Limburg (Borlo > Heers)
2ª tappa, 2ª semitappa Tour du Pays de Vaud (Bex, cronometro)

 2007 (Juniores, Team 100% Me, una vittoria)
Perf's Pedal Race - Southwick

 2008 (Under-23, Team 100% Me, una vittoria)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro Under-23

 2009 (Under-23, Team 100% Me, una vittoria)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro Under-23

 2010 (Trek-Livestrong, tre vittorie)
Campionati europei, Prova a cronometro Under-23
5ª tappa Cascade Classic (Awbrey Butte > Awbrey Butte)
Chrono des Nations-Les Herbiers-Vendée Under-23

 2011 (Team Sky, tre vittorie)
5ª tappa Tour du Poitou-Charentes (Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars > Poitiers)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro
8ª tappa Tour of Britain (Londra, cronometro)

 2012 (Team Sky, una vittoria)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro

 2013 (Team Movistar, due vittorie)
8ª tappa Giro d'Italia (Gabicce Mare > Saltara, cronometro)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro

 2014 (Movistar Team, due vittorie)
3ª tappa Circuit de la Sarthe (Angers, cronometro)
Giochi del Commonwealth, Prova a cronometro

2015 (Movistar Team, tre vittorie)
4ª tappa Bayern Rundfahrt (Haßfurt, cronometro)
Classifica generale Bayern Rundfahrt
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro

2016 (Movistar Team, due vittorie)
Campionati britannici, Prova a cronometro
7ª tappa Tour de Pologne (Cracovia, cronometro)

2017 (Movistar Team, una vittoria)
3ª tappa Circuit de la Sarthe (Angers, cronometro)

2020 (Israel StartUp Nation, una vittoria)
8ª tappa Giro d'Italia (Giovinazzo > Vieste)

Altri successi
2009 (Under-23, 100% Me, una vittoria)
Richmond Grand Prix (Criterium)

2011 (Team Sky, una vittoria)
Smithfield Circuit (Criterium)

Pista
2015 (Movistar Team)
Record dell'ora ()

Piazzamenti

Grandi Giri

Giro d'Italia
2013: 148º
2018: 120º
2020: 120º
2021: ritirato (12ª tappa)

Tour de France
2015: ritirato (12ª tappa)
2019: 151º

Classiche monumento

Milano-Sanremo
2015: 158º
2017: 44º
2020: ritirato
2022: 80º

Giro delle Fiandre
2013: ritirato
2014: ritirato
2017: ritirato

Parigi-Roubaix
2014: ritirato
2017: 66º

Competizioni mondiali
Campionati del mondo su strada
Varese 2008 - Cronometro Under-23: 36º
Varese 2008 - In linea Under-23: ritirato
Mendrisio 2009 - Cronometro Under-23: 7º
Geelong 2010 - Cronometro Under-23: 31º
Geelong 2010 - In linea Under-23: ritirato
Limburgo 2012 - Cronosquadre: 9º
Limburgo 2012 - Cronometro Elite: 8º
Limburgo 2012 - In linea Elite: ritirato
Toscana 2013 - Cronometro Elite: 41º
Ponferrada 2014 - Cronosquadre: 6º
Ponferrada 2014 - Cronometro Elite: 20º
Richmond 2015 - Cronosquadre: 3º
Richmond 2015 - Cronometro Elite: 17º
Richmond 2015 - In linea Elite: ritirato
Doha 2016 - Cronosquadre: 6º
Doha 2016 - Cronometro Elite: 12º
Bergen 2017 - Cronosquadre: 6º
Innsbruck 2018 - Cronosquadre: 11º
Innsbruck 2018 - Cronometro Elite: 29º
Yorkshire 2019 - Cronometro Elite: 5º
Imola 2020 - Cronometro Elite: 9º
Fiandre 2021 - Staffetta: 5º

Competizioni europee
Campionati europei
Glasgow 2018 - Cronometro Elite: 5º
Alkmaar 2019 - Cronometro Elite: 5º
Alkmaar 2019 - In linea Elite: ritirato

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


You have heard the expression. "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." There's a perception that there are leaders and followers, and that followers are nothing but the people who are unable to do anything or take real initiative without the prompting or directing of the leader. But this is selling followers short.
Followers create a culture in a community or organization. Most of us have been part of a community where a deficiency or inadequacy on the part of leadership was well known. I try to openly confess mine, that way everyone else knows that I know and we can all stop pretending. But some leaders are just blind to theirs.
When a follower notices this, he or she has a choice to make. Do I confront the leader in a humble, gracious yet straightforward way, or do I just keep my mouth shut and go along and hope the damage is kept to minimal levels? The problem is, when everyone stays silent, discontent builds and festers and erodes the community or organization from within. This is a culture we create as followers. Some of us complain among ourselves, hope for things to change magically and then escalate the corrosive kind of talk among ourselves until the damage is irreparable. We can take that road.
Or, we take a risk. We risk going to the leader and naming the elephant in the room that everyone sees except her or him. We lovingly, and with as much skill as possible, talk about the effects and fallout of what you, and/or the community or organization is missing from the leader that should be there. If the leader is wise, and has enough intellectual and emotional maturity to handle it, you will have helped to begin building a healthier culture where reality is free to be named and discussed. These kinds of followers are more valuable than gold to a smart leader.
Followers are not just sheep. Followers are absolutely essential to an organization, and good followers are essential to that organization's good health. And for those who aspire to leadership roles, this is so essential. Unless you know how to follow well, it is highly unlikely that you will ever lead well.
May you take the risk to speak boldly, graciously and with humility. May you love your family, organization or community enough to be committed to helping create a healthy culture. May you love those in leadership enough to add value to their leadership, and to serve them even when they are unaware of their need for it. May you and I be great followers.


Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group will acquire British insurer Amlin Plc. The deal follows a recent trend of Japanese insurers turning to international acquisitions to hedge against the liability of Japans' ageing population by providing additional channels for growth.
The deal is mainly revenue driven, while another significant factor is expanding the geographic presence across Asia, Europe, and North America. The transaction is subject to shareholder approval, however, the Amlin board of directors is expected to unanimously approve the deal.
The M&A environment in the insurance industry is best described precisely with one word: HOT! The number of M&A deals in the insurance sector this year has more than doubled, compared with last year's figures, which brings it close to the record high of USD 65bn in 2006. More than 20 deals in the first half of the year were valued at over USD 1bn, with the total deal value exceeding USD 81bn USD. Japanese insurance companies have been the most active and account for more than 35% of the total value.
Insurers from the land of the rising sun have been working hard to diversify their business and enter new markets due to the gloomy outlook for the domestic business. The insurance business in Japan is affected very negatively by the relatively frequent natural disasters and the negative population growth. Moreover, the price competition has intensified significantly and insurance customers prefer buying products only from the largest companies. Therefore, firms have been seeking investment opportunities in the largest insurance markets, as well as emerging markets, where there are bigger growth opportunities and some companies seem to be undervalued.
Amlin is an UK based independent insurance group that was established in 1998 after the merger of Angerstein Underwriting Trust and Murray Lawrence Group. The firm is organized in 3 core business units, focusing on the provision of insurance cover to enterprises and reinsurance protection to other insurers. It is one of the largest and most sustainable companies in the UK and it is part of the FTSE 250 index.
Amlin has been placing efforts to expand its business in the recent years, through organic growth and acquisitions. In 2007, it acquired Anglo-French Underwriters and later rebranded it to Amlin France. In 2009, it acquired Fortis Corporate Insurance; a Benelux based insurer and Crowe Livestock, a livestock animal insurer. Its' most recent deal is the acquisition of the marine insurance specialist RaetsMarine. Moreover, the company opened a branch in Miami last year to cover Latin American reinsurance and another office in Dubai this year.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, a subsidiary of one of the largest property and life insurers in Japan and in the ASEAN region, is another important player in the global insurance industry. The company was formed in 2001 through a merger between Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance and Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance. Since then, the company has made investments in several countries outside Japan including: Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, making it a key player in the region. In 2004, it acquired the Asian non-life insurance business of Aviva.
Other top deals involving Japanese firms include: the acquisition of Symetra Financial Corp by Sumitomo Life Insurance, the acquisition of StanCorp Financial by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance and the acquisition of HCC Insurance Holdings by Tokio Marine Holdings.
Amlin, founded more than 100 years ago, was targeted by Mitsui Sumitomo due to it's potential synergies in revenue streams and enhanced competitiveness due to size. Amlin operates in the Lloyd's of London marketplace, where specialist companies join to share the risk in underwriting policies. Mitsui Sumitomo sells insurance through the same platform, where premiums for several types of insurances have come under pressure due to price competition. Given that half of Amlin's revenue comes from reinsurance, the most price-competitive service, this merger will give them a larger scope to compete within the sector.
Another important driver is due to the domestic insurance market of Japan, where insurance firms face the unique environment of a declining, aging population, within a country prone to natural disaster. This makes operations very costly for Mitsui Sumitomo's parent company and other Japanese insurance firms which is a driver of the diversification to foreign countries. Amlin has a strong presence in the UK, Europe and North America, which not only reduces the average amount of liability over their coverage network, but gives the combined company a larger revenue platform.
Chief executives on both sides of the deal remark corporate values alignment as an important factor of the deal. The compatibility of the two not only increase the scale, scope, financial capacity, and revenue stream, but also complement eachothers corporate strategy and culture. Cost-cutting measures such as downsizing the workforce are not expected due to the lack of geographic overlap between both companies.
MSI offered the shareholders of Amlin GBP 3.5bn, or 670 GBP per share, equal to a 36% premium on the price at the time of the announcement. The deal will be financed primarily with cash and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016.
The news comes shortly after Amlin's chief executive Mr. Philips initially announced last Tuesday that the company was not considering to be acquired. Amlin did not expect counterbids since it did not undergo a formal sale process given the attractive proposition and transaction price by MSI.
Workforce downsizing of the 1,900 Amlin employees and other significant restructuring is not expected as the companies operate in limited geographic overlap. Most likely, the management team of Amlin will also remain.
Evercore, Rothschild, Morgan Stanley and Numis advised Amlin, while Goldman Sachs and Nomura advised Mitsui Sumitomo.


Electronics used to be my hobby while I was growing up, and one of the components that always fascinated me was the seven segment display. So when I wanted to get my feet wet on YUI 3 couple of weeks ago, I thought how cool would it be to develop a widget that renders a seven segment display. To make things interesting, I decided to bring Raphaël in the mix, and thus was born the YUI 3 seven segment display widget! In this article, I'll explain how I went about developing this widget.
One of the nice things that YUI gives us is a rich Object Oriented Programming (OOP) framework. When we model an entity as an object, we essentially group together properties and methods that pertains to the object. This abstraction makes building large software systems easier. Nowadays, more and more applications are being built to run on the browser and the richness of these keep increasing. Hence, an OOP approach is required to manage the complexity. YUI 3 provides the OOP capability via the extend function.
To understand more on the YUI widget framework, view the excellent presentation by Satyen Desai.
The logical model for a 7 segment display is rather simple. We will have three attributes "value" , "scale" and "colors". The "value" attribute determines what digit is displayed. "scale" will determine the dimensions of the display. "colors" will determine the colors of the lighted up and inactive segments.
value: 50  // default scale is 50x.
We have two static variables, SEGIDX, which is an array of segment indices, and DIGITMAP, which maps the digit to the segments which need to be lit. For instance, to display the digit 1, segments "b" & "c" need to be lit up.
// Map of digits to segments that are lit.
"8": "abcdefg", "9": "abcdfg", "":""
In case if you are wondering what the "M 0 0 L 0.15″ stuff means, it is the path specification for the horizontal prototype segment. For more details, read the SVG specification here.
The above segment is cloned seven times, scaled and then the individual display segments are stored in an array. Once these display segments are constructed, the prototype segment is removed. After that each display segment is rotated and translated according to its position on the seven segment display.
* Draw a 7 segment display using Raphael canvas.
The methods to implement the widget are fairly straightforward. The _setDigit() method does the actual job of lighting up the appropriate segments for the given digit. The _clear() method clears all segments (filled with inactive color).
The bindUI() method hooks the "valueChange" event to _afterValueChange() handler, that takes the current value and sets the appropriate digit. Note that the clients should not call _setDigit() method to set the value. Instead, it would be done by just setting the "value" attribute and then the Attribute infrastructure takes care of the rest by firing the "valueChange" event!
Click here to see the widget in action.
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    valueSub: string;
}
export interface PartialFormatter {
    to: (value: number) => string | number;
    from?: (value: string) => number | false;
}
export interface Formatter extends PartialFormatter {
    from: (value: string) => number | false;
}
export declare enum PipsMode {
    Range = "range",
    Steps = "steps",
    Positions = "positions",
    Count = "count",
    Values = "values"
}
export declare enum PipsType {
    None = -1,
    NoValue = 0,
    LargeValue = 1,
    SmallValue = 2
}
declare type WrappedSubRange = [number] | [number, number];
declare type SubRange = number | WrappedSubRange;
interface Range {
    min: SubRange;
    max: SubRange;
    [key: `${number}%`]: SubRange;
}
interface BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode;
    density?: number;
    filter?: PipsFilter;
    format?: PartialFormatter;
}
interface PositionsPips extends BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode.Positions;
    values: number[];
    stepped?: boolean;
}
interface ValuesPips extends BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode.Values;
    values: number[];
    stepped?: boolean;
}
interface CountPips extends BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode.Count;
    values: number;
    stepped?: boolean;
}
interface StepsPips extends BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode.Steps;
}
interface RangePips extends BasePips {
    mode: PipsMode.Range;
}
declare type Pips = PositionsPips | ValuesPips | CountPips | StepsPips | RangePips;
declare type StartValues = string | number | (string | number)[];
declare type HandleAttributes = {
    [key: string]: string;
};
interface UpdatableOptions {
    range?: Range;
    start?: StartValues;
    margin?: number;
    limit?: number;
    padding?: number | number[];
    snap?: boolean;
    step?: number;
    pips?: Pips;
    format?: Formatter;
    tooltips?: boolean | PartialFormatter | (boolean | PartialFormatter)[];
    animate?: boolean;
}
export interface Options extends UpdatableOptions {
    range: Range;
    connect?: "lower" | "upper" | boolean | boolean[];
    orientation?: "vertical" | "horizontal";
    direction?: "ltr" | "rtl";
    behaviour?: string;
    keyboardSupport?: boolean;
    keyboardPageMultiplier?: number;
    keyboardMultiplier?: number;
    keyboardDefaultStep?: number;
    documentElement?: HTMLElement;
    cssPrefix?: string;
    cssClasses?: CssClasses;
    ariaFormat?: PartialFormatter;
    animationDuration?: number;
    handleAttributes?: HandleAttributes[];
}
export interface API {
    destroy: () => void;
    steps: () => NextStepsForHandle[];
    on: (eventName: string, callback: EventCallback) => void;
    off: (eventName: string) => void;
    get: (unencoded?: boolean) => GetResult;
    set: (input: number | string | (number | string)[], fireSetEvent?: boolean, exactInput?: boolean) => void;
    setHandle: (handleNumber: number, value: number | string, fireSetEvent?: boolean, exactInput?: boolean) => void;
    reset: (fireSetEvent?: boolean) => void;
    options: Options;
    updateOptions: (optionsToUpdate: UpdatableOptions, fireSetEvent: boolean) => void;
    target: HTMLElement;
    removePips: () => void;
    removeTooltips: () => void;
    getTooltips: () => {
        [handleNumber: number]: HTMLElement | false;
    };
    getOrigins: () => {
        [handleNumber: number]: HTMLElement;
    };
    pips: (grid: Pips) => HTMLElement;
}
interface TargetElement extends HTMLElement {
    noUiSlider?: API;
}
interface NearByStep {
    startValue: number;
    step: number | false;
    highestStep: number;
}
interface NearBySteps {
    stepBefore: NearByStep;
    thisStep: NearByStep;
    stepAfter: NearByStep;
}
declare type GetResult = number | string | (string | number)[];
declare type NextStepsForHandle = [number | false | null, number | false | null];
declare type PipsFilter = (value: number, type: PipsType) => PipsType;
declare type EventCallback = (this: API, values: (number | string)[], handleNumber: number, unencoded: number[], tap: boolean, locations: number[], slider: API) => void;
declare class Spectrum {
    xPct: number[];
    xVal: number[];
    xSteps: (number | false)[];
    xNumSteps: (number | false)[];
    protected xHighestCompleteStep: number[];
    protected snap: boolean;
    constructor(entry: Range, snap: boolean, singleStep: number);
    getDistance(value: number): number[];
    getAbsoluteDistance(value: number, distances: number[] | null, direction: boolean): number;
    toStepping(value: number): number;
    fromStepping(value: number): number;
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    getNearbySteps(value: number): NearBySteps;
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declare function initialize(target: TargetElement, originalOptions: Options): API;
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export { initialize as create };
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declare const _default: {
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};
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This is a short speech I gave a few nights ago.
You can listen to the recording and/or read the text below.
There's a list of references at the end, if you'd like to know more.
Earth's Future: Planetary Park or World-Wide Exclusion Zone?


Have a good understanding of your living expenses.
Life tends to get a little chaotic from time to time with work, kids, extra-curricular activities, aging parents, etc. This chaos can lead to mindless spending, and at times, spending more than what you are bringing in. You do not need to create a strict weekly budget that you will only dread and not follow; however, it is important to check in periodically and track what you are spending from month to month. You can do this by looking at your last three months' credit card or bank statements. If your expenses are in line with your values and will not affect your short and long-term goals, then there is no need to make any drastic changes. If they are not, take some time to determine where you can pull back your spending in certain areas (e.g., going out to eat or weekly online shopping) and instead direct these funds to areas that are in line with your financial goals and values.
An emergency fund isn't for when you are stranded at the casino and need to take an Uber home (because your significant other left you there). Your emergency fund is for those worst-case scenarios like losing a job, a surprise car repair, or an unexpected medical emergency. An important rule of thumb is to have 3-6 months of living expenses in liquid reserves that can easily be withdrawn from for these reasons. If you are married and only one spouse is working, or if you have volatile income, you should aim for the higher end of 6 months or more of savings. As to where to put your emergency reserves, your savings account at your bank or a money market fund in a brokerage account are both good places. Remember, the point of an emergency fund isn't to make money, but a little interest on your cash can only help.
If cash flow permits, maximize your employer retirement savings plan.
It really doesn't matter what the markets do if you don't have any retirement savings! If you notice you consistently have a surplus of funds in your bank accounts, it may make sense to maximize your contribution to your company's retirement plan if you are not already. The maximum contribution limits have increased in 2019 for employer retirement plans such as 401(k)s and 403(b)s. For 2019, you can defer $19,000 to your 401(k) or 403(b) if you are under age 50. If you are 50 or over, you can contribute an additional $6,000 for a total contribution of $25,000. These additional savings can really pay off in the years leading up to your retirement. If you cannot maximize your company's retirement plan, try to increase your contribution rate by 1% each time you receive a raise (hopefully annually!). It may not seem like a lot, but these additional savings each year will add up and get you on the right track.
Assess your current insurance coverage.
No one knows in advance that they will be in a car accident or will become disabled and unable to work anymore, but these unfortunate events do occur, and that is why it is essential to have adequate insurance coverage. Your financial advisor should periodically review your insurance policies to determine if there are any gaps in your coverage. If you are looking to lower your auto insurance premium, you can look into increasing your deductibles (what you pay out-of-pocket before your insurance kicks in). If you recently married, ask your financial advisor to conduct a life insurance needs analysis. Are you married with only one spouse working? You will want to be sure you have a long-term disability plan that will support you both in the event you are in an accident and unable to work any longer. These are only some of the issues to think about with regards to adequate insurance coverage.
Conduct an estate plan review.
Many individuals believe they do not need an estate plan if they are young, single, or do not have millions of dollars. However, this is not the case. A basic estate plan is needed to determine who will inherit your assets or make significant financial or medical decisions on your behalf should your health decline at any stage of your life. When you have your first child, an estate plan becomes even more imperative. Who will become the guardian of your child should you and your spouse both die simultaneously? These are uneasy topics to discuss, but they are important and need to be addressed before it's too late. Your financial advisor can help you decide what estate documents make sense for your situation and can also recommend an estate attorney to draft the necessary documents.
I want to challenge you in this new year to focus on the financial items that are in your total control. Instead of turning on CNBC to see what the next hot stock will be, reach out to your financial advisor and schedule a meeting to discuss the above tactics that can play a large role in setting you up for financial success!


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Q: deselect all in Finder using JavaScript for Automation Playing around with JavaScript for Automation, I find myself not able to do something that is very simple in AppleScript. (Shocker, I know.)
This AppleScript:
tell application "Finder" to set selection to {}

clears the selection in Finder.
I just cannot figure out how to do the same in JXA.
Here's what I've tried:
var finder = Application("Finder")
finder.includeStandardAdditions = true
  //this selects files in the front window...
finder.select( [...array of file paths...] )
  //so you'd think this might work to deselect all...
finder.select( [] )
  //...but it doesn't do anything

//then I tried each of these in turn...

finder.select( null )
  //Error -10010: Handler can't handle objects of this class.

finder.selection = null
  //Error -10010: Handler can't handle objects of this class.

finder.selection = []
  //Script Editor crashes

//...but none were successful

Any suggestions?
(macOS Sierra, Script Editor 2.9)

A: [edit] Here's another "work-around" which you might consider better.
This sends the AppleScript version of the script through osascript called by do shell via JXA (the trick is of course to get the escape characters right):
var app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;

app.doShellScript('osascript -e "tell application \\"Finder\\" to set selection to {}"');

------------original answer-------------
Ok I'm pretty sure I should apologize for this answer, but, well, it does work, via a weird work-around, because I could not get a more elegant solution after playing with it for a couple hours. Who knows, maybe you'll find this elegant. I almost do. Or maybe someone will chime in with a better one. Also, I've only been messing with this in Script Editor. [edit] Oh, and also, I'm still on 10.10.5
//this allows use of JXA version of do shell script later
var app = Application.currentApplication();

app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
var thefinder = Application("Finder");
//Would advise using if/then here to check if there's at least one window, like:
//    if (thefinder.windows.length != 0) {

//gets front window (where selection is, always)
var fWin = thefinder.windows[0];

//gets the "target", which is the folder ref
var fWinTarget = fWin.target();

//gets the url of the target
var winU = fWinTarget.url();

//makes that a path
var winUPath = Path(winU);

//closes the original finder window (ref)
fWin.close();

//opens it up again! no more selection!
app.doShellScript("open " + winU);

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MMRTG
Maybe you have noticed, the finned cylinder in the background of our website is the MMRTG (Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, picture credit NASA). This 100 W generator is the main power/heat source of NASA's Mars Laboratory AKA the Curiosity Rover. The heat comes form radioisotope decay of Plutonium, and the material that make the energy conversion is PbTe based. NASA is working on an enhanced version utilizing skutterudite, or Zintl compound based materials. This device is a masterpiece of thermoelectric material research and system engineering, built upon decades of experience, Even though it only provides about 100 Watt of power at a system level efficiency of about 10%. Efficiency is a great obstacle for the domestic application of thermoelectric power generation, as you can imagine even cost is not a concern a device with similar efficiency would still be a tremendous engineering triumph.
Read more about MMRTGs here and here.
Scientist who won Nobel Prize in physics twice
Who do you think have won Nobel Prize in physics twice? Albert Einstein? Wrong. Even though Einstein advanced physics so much in so many areas, he was only awarded once. It is John Bardeen, for his invention of the first semiconductor transistor (1956), then for his contribution in the theory of superconductivity, the BCS theory (1972). In addition, he and Shockley also established the deformation potential theory that described the most important carrier scattering source in many semiconductor applications, which is the deformation potential phonon-electron scattering (acoustic phonon scattering). Any one worked on thermoelectrics should have used, or heard about it.
BTW, it is a fortune the three scientists chose to build their first transistor out of Germanium, not Silicon. Otherwise they won't get any current rectification. This is because of the unique surface states of Germanium. I am not sure about the detailed reason here, any feedback would be much appreciated.
With more and more auto makers going electric, Electric power seems the solution to future transportation. Electric power makes driving pollution-free and guilt-free, or, does it? Just to illustrate how complicated things could be: if we were to get all the power for propulsion from electricity, we will need many more power plants. Let aside the demand of fossil fuel and potential pollution, in order to generate electricity, power plants need cooling water, a lot of water. According to the 2014 department of energy water-energy nexus report, cooling of thermoelectric power plants makes the single largest sector of water resource usage in the US. 41% of fresh water supply is diverted (note this is not consumption to cooling in thermoelectric power plants, the percentage of fresh water went to agriculture, at the same time, is 40%. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated that 0.5 gallon of water is consumed by thermoelectric plants for each one kilowatt hour of electricity at the user end. If this number is not impressive enough, time it by a total of 4 trillion Watts of electricity generated in the US last year. Will we still have enough water for our agriculture, and for our industrial, commercial, and residential needs in the EV era?
The situation is probably worse for China. Water resource is distributed more uneven, the developed regions are all in scarce of fresh water. On top of that China's power plants use significantly more coal for fuel compared to the US, which is switching toward natural/shale gas. There will be additional water consumption, efficiency drop, and pollution associated with firing up coal-burning power plants.
Maybe photovoltaics is the answer, but can we get high enough power density, and low enough cost without subsidy with solar cells?
Speaking of water, I forget the source but remember that we normally pay for only 10% of total actual cost for tap water, and 60% for electricity. So it is not really our "right" to use as much of water or electricity as we like since we "pay" for it.
Maybe as important as new energy research is the education of conservation (coupled with incentives)
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Home Neighbours Myanmar Our People Are Dying: Myanmar's Miss Universe Contestant
Our People Are Dying: Myanmar's Miss Universe Contestant
Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of opponents since it seized power in a February 1 coup.
"Our people are dying and being shot by the military every day," she said in a video message for the competition, where she was appearing in the finals at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
"I would like to urge everyone to speak about Myanmar. As Miss Universe Myanmar since the coup, I have been speaking out as much as I can," she said.
Myanmar's junta spokesman did not answer calls seeking comment.
Thuzar Wint Lwin is among dozens of Myanmar celebrities, actors, social media influencers and sports persons who have voiced opposition to the coup, in which elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown and detained.
At least 790 people have been killed by security forces since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners activist group. It says over 5,000 people have been arrested, with some 4,000 still detained – including several celebrities.
Thuzar Wint Lwin did not make it to the last round of the Miss Universe competition, but she won the award for Best National Costume, which was based on the ethnic costume of her Chin people from northwestern Myanmar, where fighting has raged in recent days between the army and anti-junta militia fighters.
As she paraded with her national costume, she held up a placard that said, "Pray for Myanmar".
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Talk about a marriage made in branding heaven.
And now a town-owned reception site, as well as another venue and a florist have been nominated for the People's Choice section of the Ottawa Wedding Awards. The glass enclosed Crystal Palace received a nomination in the "Reception Venue Beyond Ottawa" category. Also nominated in that category was the Perth Manor Boutique Hotel with Kelly's Flowers and Gift Boutique being a nominee in the Florist category.
This is the second year that the Perth Manor has been nominated and Gordon Craig who co-owns with his wife Linda the stately Victorian home and grounds on Drummond Street West says the recognition is greatly appreciated.
Kari Clarke, co-ordinator of the Perth BIA, says the BIA is thrilled that one of its members, Kelly's Flowers, is an award nominee.
"Krista (Mackler, owner and designer) has used her passion for flowers to create a very successful business in our community," Clarke stated. "Kelly's Flowers and Gift Boutique is a wonderful asset to our community. It is an honour for her to be recognized and nominated for this award and we wish her the best of luck."
According to the rules and regulations section of the awards, nominees must be associated "with a registered company that performs its service for the Ottawa-Gatineau region or within 1.5 hours from Ottawa." The public had an opportunity to vote online for their favourite nominee in the more than 20 different categories until Feb. 26. Temple's Sugar Bush was the recipient of the 2015 award for Reception Venue Beyond Ottawa.
The 2016 award winners will be announced at the awards night being held on April 21 at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre. Clarke and Perth Tourism Manager Karen Rennie will both be attending the event.
Eight wedding receptions were booked at the Crystal Palace in Perth in 2015.


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Hirohito's Speech: The Surrender Of Japan's 'Living God'
TESS VIGELAND, HOST:
Before the end of the second World War, Emperor Hirohito was considered by the Japanese to be a living God. And the first time most of his people heard him speak, it was to surrender.
HIROHITO: (Speaking Japanese).
VIGELAND: That's Hirohito's radio message from exactly 70 years ago today. It was supposed to be an announcement of surrender, but the Japanese people almost didn't get the message in a couple of different ways. George Koo is a writer for the Asia Times, and he joins us now - welcome.
GEORGE KOO: Yes. Thank you, Tess.
VIGELAND: First of all, I understand that Hirohito wasn't using plain-spoken Japanese here.
KOO: That's right. He, being the Emperor, got - they have a different set of court language, I guess you can say. And most people are probably not familiar with it and may not even really understand it. And this would be the Japanese common people.
VIGELAND: Do you have any examples of some of the unclear phrases that Hirohito used?
KOO: Well, I think practically, you're right. The beginning is, quote, "we have decide effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure." That statement by itself - how does anyone make sense of that? What he really meant was, we have to surrender unconditionally. We're in such a pickle. The...
VIGELAND: Yeah. That's certainly not the way he said it (laughter).
KOO: But that's what he meant - right? - in effect.
VIGELAND: Sure, sure, yeah. And I found this fascinating, that, you know, up until then, he had been basically the polar opposite of FDR's fireside chats. He had never before addressed his citizens.
KOO: Right. But that's not just him. I mean, that's a tradition from all the emperors. It's not in their custom to address the common people of Japan.
VIGELAND: I understand that Hirohito's recorded message almost didn't make it to the radio station at all. Why was that?
KOO: There was a young group of officers that are very much in favor of continuing the fight. And when they heard wind of the emperor getting ready to surrender - and this is, you know, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki - the only recourse they had was trying to intercept that message so that it doesn't get to the broadcasting station.
VIGELAND: And so did that happen? Did the attempt happen?
KOO: I don't think the attempt happens only because the attendance of the emperor was successful in secreting this out of the palace grounds by a secure route that the officers were not aware of. And by the time the officers found out that the cat was out of the bag, the broadcast had already taken place.
Making - you have to give the emperor credit to this extent. By proclaiming that Japan has lost the war, it saved untold number of lives on the side of the Japanese but also on the side of the American soldiers that would've had to go block by block, door by door in hand-to-hand combat in order to take all of Japan.
VIGELAND: That's George Koo, writer for Asia Times. Today is the 70th anniversary of Japanese emperor Hirohito's radio broadcast announcing Japan's defeat in World War II. George, thank you.
KOO: Thank you very much for having me, Tess. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Celebrating John Williams with Richard Kaufman
n February 2022, the month of John Williams' 90th Birthday, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland staged a weekend of sold out concerts celebrating the maestro's landmark birthday. The conductor was Richard Kaufman and The Legacy of John Williams was delighted to present two pre-concert talks with Richard at Dublin's iconic National Concert Hall.
Prior to the talk we screened our tribute video and images and video clips were presented to the audience members throughout the talk.
The audio was recorded by the NCH and what follows is the full 36 minute talk hosted by Head Contributor Tim Burden, featuring Richard discussing his personal and professional experiences with John Williams, with whom he shares a long-lasting friendship. There are also insightful questions from the audience which gave a suitable intro to both Williams concerts.
Find photos and exclusive videos from the concert at thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com


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Tip 2. Increase your vocabulary. Come upon an exciting word which you don't know the meaning to? Appearance it up in a dictionary! If you do not have a dictionary and glossary, exit and invest in them. Discover an arsenal of comparable phrases with your thesaurus to preserve your raps sparkling. Observe the dictionary on occasion to research new astonishing phrases.
Tip 3. Make lists of rhyming words. This may be a substantially beneficial rap tip to your writing method! Make lists of phrases that rhyme with every other, inclusive of single words and corporations of phrases. Continually add for your list on every occasion you discover new words that rhyme in some manner. Keep the listing handy while writing raps and talk over with it when you need a few short thoughts. That is an excellent rap tip to conquer writers block too. When you see lists of rhyming phrases, it'll spark new thoughts and allow you to move ahead.
Tip 4. Experiment with specific ways of beginning the writing system. In case, you are having hassle starting writing your rap verses, strive to write the hook (chorus) FIRST. Ensure your hook portrays the principle idea of the track you are writing. As soon as you've got the hook concept finished, writing the verses may be lots less difficult!
Tip 5. Exercise your timing. Right here is one of the tremendous little rap pointers that I've used in the beyond. First, locate an instrumental beat to rap to. make certain it's far something that you can vibe to and feel secure with. Now, start free styling over the beat EVEN if your LYRICS don't MAKE experience! Just rap random phrases and try to make them rhyme. Provide you with different varieties of flows and recognition on nailing your timing. You spot, this exercising isn't always approximately your words, it's far approximately running on improving the accuracy of your rhythm and "drift" to the beat.
Tip 6. Analyze intricate verses out of your preferred rappers, and practice them. Encounter an awesome however complex verse from an aspiring rapper? Examine the phrases (this have to be easy to do because you probably listen to the music frequently besides) and attempt to push your self to mimic it. begin slow and piece by means of piece till you may rap the complete thing. This rap tip will assist to construct your memory, timing, stamina, and possibly velocity (if it's far a fast verse).
Tip 7. Document your self often. In case, you do not have already got it, put money into a few recording device (a reasonably-priced mic and recording software will do). File your self rapping so you can pay attention to what regions want development. It is very essential to listen your self as you sound to others so you can analyze your faults and come to be a higher rapper!
I'm hoping this rap hints article changed into of use to you! Correct good fortune and appearance out for extra rap hints coming quickly.