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Make America Beautiful Again
Francis Lee
Despite the persistent opposition and public protest of the architectural elites against a proposed executive order titled Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, first obtained and reported by the Architectural Record eleven months ago, President Trump, on December 21, signed the executive order titled Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture, which declares that "traditional and classical architecture" is the "preferred architecture for applicable Federal public buildings."
Acknowledging the possibility of new building designs that do not fit the favored category, yet still beautify the public square, the executive order—to the great surprise of the establishment—makes an exception. It allows contemporary designs "that command respect from the general public and clearly convey to the general public the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of America's system of self-government" a seat in the selection process, overseen by the General Services Administration, for future Federal public building projects.
Recalling the ancient wisdom of the past, the executive order begins with an excerpt from the 1309 Constitution of the City of Siena, which reads: "[w]hoever rules the City must have the beauty of the City as his foremost preoccupation…because it must provide pride, honor, wealth, and growth to the Sienese citizens, as well as pleasure and happiness to visitors from abroad." It also includes the pronouncements of the British Architect Sir Christopher Wren, who stated, "public buildings [are] the ornament of a country. [Architecture] establishes a Nation, draws people and commerce, makes the people love their native country…Architecture aims at eternity."
Not a single day passed after the signing before the American Institute of Architects released a press statement denouncing the executive order for "mandating design preference for federal architecture." The Executive Vice President and CEO of the AIA, Robert Ivy, remarked that "Communities should have the right and responsibility to decide for themselves what architectural design best fits their needs, and we look forward to working with President-Elect Biden to ensure that." Expecting such a response from an exclusive organization that claims to represent the people, the executive order declares that the "GSA should seek input from the future users of applicable public buildings and the general public in the community where such buildings will be located before selecting an architectural firm or design style."
Furthermore, highlighting the lack of commitment to the trinity of the modern left (equality, diversity, and inclusion), Torey Carter-Conneen, American Society of Landscape Architects CEO, stated: "Civic spaces, whether they be federal buildings, parks or national monuments, should reflect the values of equality, diversity and inclusion to which we as a nation aspire," and is already pressing for the "incoming administration to rescind this order upon assuming office." In the face of these negative reactions, one might ask why the progressive left, to include the architectural establishment, objects the executive order. According to a new survey commissioned by the National Civic Art Society involving two thousand citizens from all backgrounds (race, gender, income, education, and party affiliation included), over 72% of the participants prefer traditional architecture.
As the nation witnessed during the height of the "peaceful protests" and "summer of love," protesters, for weeks on end, not only tore down historic statues on impulse-driven irrational motives and mob rule, but vandalized federal and state capitol buildings, resulting in millions of dollars' worth in damages. The Colorado State Capitol, built in the 1890s in the Neoclassical style, was one of those buildings unmercifully defaced by the revolutionary vanguard. In the protest's aftermath, graffiti was visible on every side of the building and the steps leading to the main corridors. Newly replaced windows were smashed and boarded, and street lights shattered; no stone was left unturned.
For those individuals who vandalized historic federal and state buildings, classical and traditional forms of architecture represent everything they firmly reject and oppose in their personal lives. The artistic discipline required to construct the building within the bounds of scale and proportion, the order and stability expressed by the marble colonnades, and the invocation of our Western heritage—the architecture of Greek and Roman antiquity—are all diabolically incompatible with modern man's insatiable love of progress for its own sake, his absolute disregard for virtue and the transcendent, and most gravely, the lack of order within the human soul. The style of architecture best suited to the illiberal left would be "deconstructivism," which "subverts the traditional values of architecture through such features as fragmentation, disorder, discontinuity, distortion, skewed geometry, and the appearance of instability."
In Nostalgia: Going Home in a Homeless World, Anthony Esolen observes that modern man is culturally homeless, divorced from the vast lineage of our Western cultural heritage and thus, standing alone in relation to the past, present, and future. "They who are at home in culture," Esolen writes, "dwell in something that spans the generations and renews them, throwing bridges across the divides of class and sex and age." When we enter the illustrious halls of Congress or walk up the granite steps leading to the colossal Lincoln Memorial, we—The People—become aware of the gravitas of the American political project; we are reminded of our nation's continuity with the great Western tradition. "[The Founding Fathers] sought to use classical architecture to visually connect our contemporary Republic with the antecedents of democracy in classical antiquity," the executive order reads, "reminding citizens not only of their rights, but also their responsibilities in maintaining and perpetuating its institutions."
Conversely, what becomes of the man who has no home, culture, or past? Since all men are born with a telos and the free will to pursue that aim, what path does the revolutionary, culturally illiterate man endeavor on, and what is his philosophical framework? Thomas Molnar, in The Counter-Revolution, answers:
The promise of revolutionary doctrine is then predicated on the denial of stable forms, whether of art, institutions, or the meaning of words, and on the denial of time…Hence, the destruction of the old becomes an urgent matter, a historic duty. Shirking this duty, let alone obstructing the avenue of progress, is a major crime, in fact the only sin the revolutionary recognizes.
Although the executive order will have minimal impact on the daily lives of most Americans, and none at all for those federal bureaucrats working out of the monstrous J. Edgar Hoover Building, it will, nevertheless, spark a much desired renaissance in the use of classical architecture in the construction of new Federal public buildings. Just as Saint Augustine felt when he fathomed his newfound, inestimable love for God, we will cry out the same words upon the sight of such divine beauty reflected in our architecture: "O Beauty ever ancient, ever new." Let us be grateful for the continual effort and dedication put forth by the National Civic Art Society that made the signing of the executive order, Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture, possible. Also, let us hope that this executive order will remain in place, and play a vital role in beautifying our republic for ages to come.
By Francis Lee
Francis Lee is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He has served on two deployments in the South China Sea as part of Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Japan. His writing has appeared in the National Catholic Register, Catholic World Report, and OnePeterFive. The views expressed are those of the individual only and not those of the Department of Defense (DoD).


Warne, T and Mcandrew, S 2008, 'Painting the landscape of emotionality : colouring in the emotional gaps between the theory and practice of mental health nursing' , International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 17 (2) , pp. 108-115.
As mental health nurses acquire and utilize knowledge for practice, both emotion and learning become interrelated, interactive, and interdependent aspects of personal functioning and professional practice. Emotion and learning in combination are powerful sources of meaning and direction. This paper explores how, in addressing these important aspects of 'becoming' and 'being' a mental health nurse with students, the medium of painting was used to facilitate the exploration of their self in relation to others encountered in recent clinical practice. Broad principles of psychoanalytic theory are used in analysing the experiences depicted in the student paintings, and their explanatory accounts, in order to explore the emotionality of mental health nursing and the complexities of addressing this within current educational processes. What is revealed is that in the uncertainties of everyday clinical and educational practice, working and learning in the place between knowing and not knowing can give rise to unconscious defence mechanisms being used to achieve emotional homeostasis. This paper argues that while working and learning in this hinterland can sometimes be experienced as being threatening and anxiety provoking, it is also a place for personal and professional development and growth. The tutor's role in facilitating such opportunities for growth is seen as being crucial. However, this will require tutors to actively engage in critical reflection in and on their educational practice in order to better understand and use their authentic self in more effectively supporting the student.


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Lightning strike on office 'like an earthquake'
Ross Logan
Published: 9:51 AM June 29, 2011 Updated: 8:13 PM November 3, 2020
FRIGHTENED staff at a floor fitters have described the moment their office was struck by lightning during yesterday's thunderstorm.
Firefighters were called out to Digswell, after lightning struck the chimney of a house in Station Road,
causing part of the chimney to collapse and tiles to fall off the roof.
And staff at the adjacent Anne Ball Flooring and Interior, were left shaken by the strike.
Company PA Jeanette Johnson was in the kitchen and saw the whole thing happen.
"I'm still a bit shaken today," said Jeanette. "I was standing in the kitchen, which is very close to where the lightning struck.
"It felt like an earthquake. I was in New Zealand at the beginning of the year, and I felt a small earthquake there, and this was like that.
"It's a miracle no one was hurt, although we're still rather shocked. I have to say thank you to the fire brigade, they were absolutely brilliant."

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Researchers come out at midnight
Ruxandra Pilsiu
Outreach | Researchers come out at midnight
Once a year, after night has fallen, 22,000 researchers from 28 European countries quit their laboratories to showcase the diversity of science and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives.
Presenting science in an understandable way: ITER physicist Greg de Temmerman pulls up a chair to explain ITER and fusion to an audience of all ages.
A wide variety of science is always on display. This year, 3D food printing in Cork (Ireland), a robot show in Sibiu (Romania), virtual reality in Tampere (Finland), or fusion in Marseille were just a few of the multitude of projects proposed to 1.5 million visitors of all ages.
On Friday 27 September, for the fourth time in Marseille, 100 French researchers gathered at the concert venue "Dock des Suds." In the total dark, 1,000+ visitors were invited to step into a huge discovery space that included a cinema, games, a "speed search" space for interacting directly with researchers, and a "capsule" where time had stopped in 2049.
Displays, interactive exhibits, hands-on experiments, time capsules ... European Researchers' Night allows the public to enter into the world of the researcher and come away fascinated, informed and in awe about the ways in which science positively affects our lives. In Marseille, France, over 1,000 people attended.
Greg de Temmerman was invited to spread the word about fusion in The Objects Lab. Three clues were exposed; from these the public had to conduct an investigation to discover Greg's daily job as a plasma physicist. Close to midnight, the mystery was solved in a public conference, as the main principles of fusion, the role of a tokamak, and ITER were revealed.
European Researchers' Night is a program funded by the European Commission with the aim of engaging the public in celebrating the latest and most innovative research at local and international levels.


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Roles Where Actors Portrayed Much Older Characters
G.S. Perno
It's one thing to mentally prepare to play a character in a movie or a play. It's another thing to physically transform yourself in order to better identify with the role. Some transformations are only skin deep; extensive makeup or prosthetics may be sufficient to pull of the necessary look. Other transformations are more involved; many actors may take part in weeks, if not months, of preparations for a role. This can include intense training, specialized diets, and exhaustive exercise routines. The end result of an actor going through such a transformation is not only a more accurate visual resemblance, but also a confidence or familiarity with that character's actions, skills, or demeanor.
One such transformation that an actor may go through for a role is to appear older than they are in real life. This happens most often when a film tells a story that intersects a character's life at different times. Often these types of stories feature the character growing older over time, and so a character must visually age. Sometimes different actors may be used to portray the character at different stages in their life, but at others it is common to use the same actor and make them age through the use of makeup, prosthetics, and CGI. Below is a look at a few such roles, and in each case we'll look at how the actor completed the change to appear older, and how effective their performance was for each respective film.
Helena Bonham Carter in Big Fish
Helena Bonham Carter is frequently cast in Tim Burton's films because she used to be married to the director. In Big Fish, Carter didn't have one role – she had three. She played the character Jenny, who is an old friend of the main character's father, Edward. Jenny's friendship with Edward is shown in a flashback. Later, Edward's son meets Jenny in the present day, and so she is older. Carter pulled off the look thanks to some makeup and different hair styling. Carter's third role in the film also required the actress to age. That role was to play a witch, for which Carter underwent 5 hours of prosthetics and makeup. The film was well received and went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Film.
David Bowie in The Hunger
The Hunger tells the story of a vampire and her partner, John Blaylock. Blaylock, portrayed by Bowie, was born human and then bitten to transform into a vampire. The film takes place 200 years after Blaylock was bitten, and he finds that he is suddenly aging very rapidly. The effects of being a vampire do allow him to live indefinitely, but his youth only stays with him for a certain period of time. In the film, Blaylock's rapid aging required the use of a lot of prosthetics and makeup. Bowie said he had relied on his mime training in order to articulate the character's increasingly elderly state since the prosthetics prevented the camera from seeing his facial expressions clearly. To this day, the special effects used in this film to make Bowie age hold up surprisingly well. Unfortunately, the film itself left critics and audiences scratching their heads because despite a fantastic opening scene and the performance by Bowie, it is rather boring. Regardless, the film has achieved cult-like status today.
Marlon Brando in The Godfather
The Godfather was based on Mario Puzo's fictional novel by the same name. The novel focuses on the Corleone mafia family, of which Vito Corleone is the patriarch. In Puzo's book, Vito is born in 1891, and is depicted in the first Godfather film during the years 1945-1955. During this time, Vito would have been 54 to 64 years old. Marlon Brando was hired to portray the character, but was aged with makeup and prosthetics in order to visually create the correct look. Famously, Brando stuffed kleenex into his cheeks in order to make his face look more ragged and provide the necessary vocal quality. At the time that The Godfather was released, Brando was 48 years old. The film would go on to win Best Picture, and Brando was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor, although he refused it.
Max von Sydow in The Exorcist
Sydow's performance in The Exorcist is one of those performances where people may not recognize that the actor was in fact wearing heavy makeup. Sydow plays the elderly priest Father Lankester Merrin, who studies an ancient demon and is called to assist with an exorcism. At the time the film was released, Sydow was 44 years old, but Father Merrin was supposedly 74 years old. Credit for the impeccable transformation goes to veteran makeup artist Dick Smith, who was responsible for a few of the other transformations on this list. Smith's work was so convincing that Sydow said that he was typecast as an elderly character in the years following – casting directors simply didn't realize that he wasn't that old. An older actor was not used to portray the character because there is a flashback at the beginning of the film showing the character as a younger man. The director did not want to have two different people playing the same character – he thought it wouldn't be as convincing. The Exorcist would be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and Sydow would receive a nomination for best supporting actor at the Golden Globes.
Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula
The second vampire flick, and second Francis Ford Coppola film (oddly enough) on this list makes heavy use of makeup and prosthetics to create several different looks for its titular character. At the beginning of the film, Dracula appears as a younger man, and the reason behind his transformation is shown. Centuries later, he appears in his most human formas the famous character. Gary Oldman was 34 years old at the time, but his makeup, hairstyle, and prosthetics made him appear as an old man. The makeup artists made sure to create his appearance in a way that would seem just beyond human as connotation towards his dark powers. Later in the film, he is transformed into a bat, a wolf, and a demon. With each transformation, the makeup team tried to maintain the same facial structure so that Oldman wouldn't get lost in the special effects. The film would go on to win Oscars for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup.
Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man
Little Big Man is another film where the main character is shown as a young man and an old man, and both parts are played by the same actor. In this case, the actor was Dustin Hoffman. The films starts in present times and depicts the main character Jack as an 121 year old man. Jack is retelling his life story to a historian, and the film flashes backward in time to depict those events. For most of the film, Hoffman portrays Jack at approximately the same age as the actor. For the eldery scenes, Hoffman is in heavy makeup with prosthetics. Dick Smith (see The Exorcist above) was responsible for the look, and this film marked the first use of false eyelids that could blink along with the actor. Hoffman reportedly screamed at the top of his lungs in his dressing room before each filming session in order to create the character's raspy voice.
Jo Van Fleet in Wild River
Wild River takes place during the Great Depression and tells the story of a man who is sent to convince an elderly woman to sell her property because it will be flooded once a dam is built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. That eldery woman is portrayed by Jo Van Fleet. Van Fleet was 45 years old at the time, and yet her character is supposed to be twice as old. To pull off the look, Van Fleet had to endure 5 hours of makeup and hair styling everyday before filming. They added wrinkles and age spots to her face, and lightened and disheveled her hair to make it white. The result was an incredible transformation in a time before realistic prosthetics. Jo Van Fleet's performance is even more amazing when you consider the fact that the actor who portrayed her character's son was actually 16 years older than Van Fleet herself.
Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America was Sergio Leone's magnum opus as well as his swan song. It is an epic gangster movie that retells the story of a group of characters over many decades. The main character is nicknamed "Noodles" and is portrayed by Robert De Niro. The film's narration is told from the perspective of an older Noodles looking back at his life of crime. Although younger actors were used to portray Noodles as a kid in the 1920's, De Niro portrays the character from 1932 onward until the "present day" of the movie, which is 1968. Makeup is used to age De Niro through these 36 years. Leone's original cut of the film was a two-parter with each part being more than 3 hours long. Distributors ended up cutting a majority of the footage to create a 2 hour version that was originally released in American cinemas. The editing of that version of the film made it largely incomprehensible, and as such it was a flop in theaters. In recent times, there has been renewed interest in the more complete versions of the film, and as such it has been reconsidered as a masterpiece. Many critics have applauded the film's proficient use of makeup, which convincingly aged not only De Niro but several of the other actors as well, especially given Leone's obsession with close-up shots.
Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Tom Wilson, and Crispin Glover in Back to the Future
In Back to the Future, main character Marty McFly travels back in time from 1985 to 1955. In 1955, he meets his parents who are his own age, as well as the younger version of his father's boss, as well as the man who invented the time machine. For the 1955 scenes, which consist of a majority of the films' run time, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover, who play Marty's parents, are acting similar to their own age. In 1985, the film uses makeup and prosthetics to make them look older. For Doc Brown, the same is true, but there are no prosthetics for the older Doc Brown – the filmmakers simply whitened his hair and used some makeup to make him seem older. Of course, Back to the Future was a huge box office hit in theaters and to this day remains very popular. Part of the reason it is such a fun film is because of how it shows change over time and the impacts of change on future events. In the sequel, Michael J. Fox would get to join his costars in their use of makeup and prosthetics as he would not only depict an older version of himself, but also his future children as teenagers.
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Fighting for a better world
July 28, 2019	| by	discoriot
I have been here for two weeks now, and every day I have been fortunate enough to experience something or someone remarkable. I have spent quite a bit of time at Diyar Theatre, teaching classes, assisting the teaching staff, and diving into my own physical research. I've been exploring and getting to know Bethlehem of the past and present.
To better understand the circumstances here, I took a geo-political tour of Bethlehem with a brilliant man named Baha. He is a guide with To Be There, an organization who proposes that one must be physically present in Palestine to truly experience and understand the dynamics at play.
Even after just two weeks of being here, I couldn't agree more. The sounds, sensations, impressions, and details of daily existence here reveal undeniable truths about the culture, history, political, and social realities of Palestinians who are living under occupation. Not only do you begin to mentally grasp the complexities of the situation, but you also begin to notice and feel the effects of the systematic oppression, disenfranchisement, and erasure of the Palestinian people from their homeland. The institutional policies enforced by the Israeli government are globally acknowledged to be criminal and heinous, but the trickle down of such massive injustice seeps into the nooks and crannies of daily life in ways that are difficult to understand from the outside.
But the people are strong and gracious. The artists, activists, and community organizers I have had the privilege to meet all approach these circumstances in many different ways. Rami and the staff at Diyar Theatre, Nihaya and Mohamad at Bab idDeir Art Gallery, Abel with the Municipality of Beit Jala, Dar al-Kalima University theater student Manar, upcycler Ala' of Resign for Recycling Design, pianist Ghareeb of a local band called Mafar, and geopolitical tour guide Baha', are just a few of the many individuals making a difference in their community. Whether it is the preservation of their traditional culture and history in the face of erasure, the establishment of programs that care for the well-being, advancement and evolution of the community, or radical art practices that challenge the status quo, these passionate individuals all share the same desire for a liberated and independent Palestine.
My daily journal is a collection of observations, questions, cultural and historical particulars, connections and lightbulbs, more questions, context clues, feelings, and anecdotes. I am trying to take it all in and process bits and pieces when it feels right, but with no rush. I am trying to be present and to be here, immersed and receptive.
I also see the news of events taking place on the other side of this planet, closer to "home" like the protests in Puerto Rico and the mobilization of opposition to the migrant concentration camps in the U.S., and can't help but feel inspired by the collective power of the human spirit fighting for freedom from oppression, corruption, and hate.
A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.


Strategy - a carefully thought over action plan for achieving a certain goal.
When (at what price) should we open a position?
What should be the direction of the position?
What should be the position volume?
Are we going to change the current position (add, take, reverse)?
When (at what price) should we close the position?
The main goal of a Forex strategy is to make profit with as little fluctuation of the trading account as possible. It has to send a clear "Buy Signal" and "Sell Signal".
Fundamental analysis uses discrimination and measurement of factors, which determine the real value of financial instruments. Such factors are the general economic and political conditions on the market. They influence the demand and supply of the products and services offered by this branch. If there is a fall in supply and the demand remains steadily the same, this will lead to increase in the market price. An increase in supply creates the opposite effect.
Technical analysis is primarily (but not exclusively) conducted by studying charts of past price and trading action. The technical analysis uses many different methods and tools, but they all rely on the assumption that price patterns and trends exist in markets. It identifies and exploits these patterns. It is not concerned with why a price is moving (e.g. poor earnings, difficult business environment, poor management, or other fundamentals) but rather with whether it is moving in a particular direction or in a particular chart pattern.
Technical analysis uses technical indicators, channels, support and resistance lines, Japanese candlesticks, fractals, Elliot waves, Fibonacci numbers and other techniques to predict the direction and force of the trend. Forex Strategy Builder Professional (FSB Pro) lets you build a trading strategy grounded on the principles of technical analysis, in particular the technical indicators. It provides easy to use menus with all the indicator parameters and logic rules. Without using mathematical formulas or scripts, you determine the points of entering and exiting the market and the market conditions for each type of operation.
When you change an indicator parameter or a logical condition, FSB Pro calculates and displays the trading result immediately. Right in front of your eyes a chart expresses your hypothetical account balance if you had traded, using the chosen strategy.
Because of the highly sophisticated methods of computing, the displayed results are maximally near to the real Forex dealing. Looking over the account chart, you can evaluate the strategy at once. If the chart is steadily increasing with minimum fluctuations, this means that the strategy is potentially good. The statistics and the journal records show you all aspects of the strategy's behavior.


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package org.teavm.classlib.java.util.stream.longimpl;

import java.util.function.DoublePredicate;
import java.util.function.LongToDoubleFunction;
import org.teavm.classlib.java.util.stream.doubleimpl.TSimpleDoubleStreamImpl;

public class TMappingToDoubleStreamImpl extends TSimpleDoubleStreamImpl {
    private TSimpleLongStreamImpl source;
    private LongToDoubleFunction mapper;

    public TMappingToDoubleStreamImpl(TSimpleLongStreamImpl source, LongToDoubleFunction mapper) {
        this.source = source;
        this.mapper = mapper;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean next(DoublePredicate consumer) {
        return source.next(e -> consumer.test(mapper.applyAsDouble(e)));
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws Exception {
        source.close();
    }

    @Override
    protected int estimateSize() {
        return source.estimateSize();
    }

    @Override
    public long count() {
        return source.count();
    }
}

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We are in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
i have installed JDK 1.7 in the path - C:\apps\Java\jdk1.7.0_25 and JRE in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_60 .
JAVA_HOME, NIKU_HOME, PATH are set and pointing to the above locations. server is restarted and verified.
when i run the install.bat file, the build is failing and the gateway.xml file is stating that an invalid java version is used as attached.
there is no log to verify.
If there are anyhting missing, please let me know.
Thanks for sending me the install.log to my mail. The previous error is now resolved by running install from the actual install directory.
The install.xml is just a script, and like other xml scripts, it contains all the eventual errors that could be thrown during any installation. This does not mean you hit them, until you see them in the actual install.log.
So you can disregard any errors that you see in the xml files, and concentrate on install.log instead. You do not have any message about incorrect Java version or Fatal error in there.
10/15/15 12:33 PM (ExecTask) operable program or batch file.
10/15/15 12:33 PM (UnknownElement) Task "exec" finished with error.
5. Reopen Command Prompt and start the install again.
I don't think there is an issue with your environmental variables. Your gateway.xml file only indicates what would be the error if it was to fail, but the actual error did not get thrown. For clear reference on what the exact messages are, you can consult your install.log.
I noticed you do it from your own User directory. See if this works, and let me know.
Thank you for the response Nika.
Install.log states the same error.
i also tried by navigating to the path and running the install.bat which stops at the same point.
Aish : can you please attach your install.log if you don't mind. Thanks!
Did you set $JAVA_HOME$\bin to PATH ?
I believe that in your case, you need to set C:\apps\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin to PATH.
I suspect that you do not set it and Clarity may not identify Java version.
If you already set $JAVA_HOME$\bin to PATH, then can you try to install 1.7 JRE version instead of 1.8 ?
I recommend that you can install JRE 1.7 under C:\apps\Java\jdk1.7.0_25.
i have removed the 1.8 JRE from program files.
it is failing at same point.
After adding the system32, there is no error in that same location.
however, i could not complete the installation as oracle stopped working. i did a restart from services.msc then the service disappeared. reinstalling oracle gives the same error.
clarity is failing with DB connecting error.
Thanks Nika for your help. I ran the install.bat from temp but the attached screenshot was a wrong one. just gave a try form direct bat file and attached the wrong screenshot.
Great to hear the Windows variable issue is now solved.
Sounds like you'll have to resolve the Oracle issue with your DBA, and ensure the service is available and up and running. Please also ensure you restore the Clarity database dump provided with the install.
I am not sure what stage you are at, since I don't have your new install.log, but know that the installer will first install Clarity and then deploy services, it does not usually need the database to be linked at this time since it's a new install.
i removed and installed again and it worked.


That might sound a bit strange, but according to Gifford, this is true. The Draugiem Group recently performed an experiment which targeted their most successful, productive employees. They used the tracking application DeskTime to see how these team members spent their time. Ultimately, it wound down to how much time the team spent on break compared to how much time was spent working.
The ratio, according to the study, turned out to be 17 minutes of rest in between 52-minute work intervals. This might sound similar to the Pomodoro technique, where you work in 25-minute intervals with five-minute breaks in between, and a longer 15-minute break after the fourth increment. The difference here is that you work hard and fast for 52 minutes, then take a 17-minute break before another burst of work.
Not surprisingly, several other researchers and business professionals have reached a similar conclusion. Entrepreneur Chris Winfield claims that he was able to cut his work week in half thanks to the sheer power of time-management and regular breaks. He used the Pomodoro technique to discover just how much work he could squeeze out of his work week. It took plenty trial and error for him to find the right increments he could fit in due to meetings and things beyond his control, but in the end, he was able to cut a 40-hour work week down to 16.7-hours. And, the best part of the entire situation was that he was still getting the same amount of work done, even with all of the breaks.
Thanks to getting much more work done in a shorter amount of time, Winfield was able to introduce more flexibility into his work schedule. Of course, the only way to get so much done in a short amount of time is prioritizing tasks in a way which allows you to tackle the most important objectives with maximum efficiency.
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One of the biggest complaints I hear from patients nowadays is lower back pain. While the causes of the low back pain can include posture, being sedentary, sometimes even certain medications; the treatments for said pain can be a bit overwhelming.
Sciatic nerve pain is usually caused by tight lower back muscles which causes stress on the sciatic nerve roots. The Sciatic nerve originates from the scarum (lowest part of the back right above the gluteal fold) and branches out and down into each leg. When lower back muscles are tight they can cause pinching or irritation on the sciatic nerve.Deep tissue massage loosens the lower back muscles to help alleviate the pain.
There are also other causes for sciatica which often deal with spinal issues. Which is why it is important to consult either your primary care physician or chiropractor if you are experiencing this pain. Most of the time if it is tight muscles that are causing the sciatica, massage is a great course of action for treatment. There are also exercises and stretches that can be done to help prevent the lower back tension from reoccurring.


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As I've said in my Holiday Style Guide, I love dressing for the holidays. This post is part of the #galpalholiday Link Up hosted by Rachel of Seashells and Sparkles! I wore this outfit to dinner with my parents when I got home for Thanksgiving break, to lunch with Sarah the other day. It's actually probably just as comfortable as a t shirt and sweats because the shirt is a soft material and the pants are essentially leggings, there's only faux leather on the front side. Anyway I think something like this would also be fun for a Thanksgiving or Christmas event too.
I'm also wearing these simple and classic pieces, the Roman Empress Ring and Open Pearl Bangle both courtesy of The Peach Box! You can use code tbp-cara_194 for 15% off through the end of December!
This is the perfect pop of pink! I love the top!
I love this outfit! Could definitely see myself wearing it!!
I love this outfit! Not only is the coat perfect and just the right shade...I am in love with that blouse. It reminds me of a kisses on black background blouse that I recently saw and now can't remember where to find. That was probably fate because I love this one more. Gorgeous!
I am completely obsessed with your coat. I am not much of a pink girl, but this shade is beautiful! I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!!
THAT COAT! I'm absolutely in love with it, the color, the design, everything!
That coat with the Kendra earrings - major heart eyes! Hope you have a great holiday!!
Wow! This coat is ADORABLE. You are going to be turning heads this holiday season - love it girl, so pretty! Thanks for linking up with us!
I absolutely love this pink coat! It's just perfect!
I love the pop of color in your coat, and the jewelry! I'm all for a comfortable,and cute outfit!
This outfit is too cute! Happy Thanksgiving Cara!
This outfit is seriously adorable! Love all the fun colors, prints and textures! Thanks for linking up!


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The first home for the furniture was all together in the courtyard at Somerset House as part of the launch event for the festival. Jointly produced by Design for London and the LFA, and with creative direction by Gerrard O'Carroll, London's Largest Living Room invited members of the public to consider how we could better use the often neglected open spaces in our city.
The second homes for the furniture were in various parks and public spaces across the capital where they stayed for the remainder of the festival before being adopted by a number of galleries, public spaces, and individuals.
The seats also carried an exhibition of location-specific writing written by participants of the History, Theory, and Interpretation MA at London Metropolitan University. These 'nuggets' of information invited visitors to take a fresh look at the view around them as they take a seat in a big outdoor sofa or armchair.
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By an architectural chain reaction this library has taken on the colour and shape of the Victorian station next door. Once you come inside the surrounding wall, though, you are in a separate world and can barely see your Victorian neighbour. If it's the world of learning, an ominous sign looms up on your left, a massive enlargement of Blake's Newton in unfriendly bronze. He's the Demon of Measurement, or of learning as mental imprisonment, a strange emblem to install in exactly this spot.
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Usually not, for the courtyard looks like a simple cleared space, a platform left free for nothing more focused than observing the sky. So this new opening in the fabric of the city is probably understood best as an antidote to learning, not an emblem of it.
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It was a warm balmy afternoon when I was last seated here, it wasn't a market then, these shops were not here, nor these people.
I sat staring at the church, trying to see past the front door, but it was never opened far enough to see what was happening inside. I waited quietly in the sun, shuffling my feet with nerves and guilty excitement. I had heard the whispers of their arrival and I was sure that I could hear them faintly singing. Then slowly they flowed out of the church and onto the street, sleekly dressed in black, faces of sorrow. I search their dark eyes, looking for recognition, but they were all strangers. That day they belonged to each other and to the church. Just as quickly as they appeared, they disappeared, into their sleek carriages pulled by plumed horses with polished hoofs.
A shadow fell over the church and its golden inscriptions ceased to shine. The church slowly closed its doors behind them, exhaling deeply as they left. Its oculus became weary and slowly closed to rest. The church was preparing itself for the next visit from the strangers.
I sit looking out at the river, the design museum looking over my shoulder. I come down here sometimes on Sundays to keep him company. We sit here like two fishermen, watching the grey ripples and talking slowly. With long pauses. Today I told him a story from my childhood, of when I made a museum. He listened quietly to the story, but it reminded him of what he was most afraid.
I had begun collecting things from the street, bits of things, screws, bolts, unremarkable things in themselves but probably critical as part of something. I kept them in a tool box, organised in little plastic compartments. My mother told me I was like my grandfather, that he always picked things up, in case they might be useful one day. I liked this, so kept collecting whatever I could. Whenever I went somewhere I brought back souvenirs, but not from the gift shops. I rescued lost things.
After a while my collection grew rather large, too big for the tool box, and my mother wanted it out of the house. This is when I decided to make a museum. I built it from wood at the end of the garden and lined it with shelves. Then came the best part, I took out my tool box of treasures and organised and classified each piece and displayed them on the shelves. It was the most fantastic thing. I sat there for hours, completely calm in the ordered-ness of it. To me it was perfect, but after I'd made it, I stopped collecting.


For regular soldiers, see Soldier.
Soldiers are recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series, distinguished from regular Soldiers by their innate hostility towards Link. Soldiers come in several different types commonly categorized by their armor color and choice of weapon. Common variants include: the regular Soldiers, Sword Soldiers, Bow Soldiers or Archers, Spear Soldiers, and Bomb Soldiers. Ball and Chain Soldiers and Chief Soldiers are elite Soldiers, often serving as minibosses.
Soldiers resemble normal Hyrulean guards, but their face is always obscured by their distinctive helmets that give no indication of what sort of man lies beneath. The only thing visible from underneath their armor are two glowing eyes. Their armor occasionally has subtle variations between each type of Soldier. Usually the color of the armor denotes their defensive strength, with the green variety being the most common and weakest, and the red variety the strongest. Unlike Darknuts, they are often defensively weak and appear in large numbers. Some Soldiers, such as the Sword Soldier, protect themselves from frontal attacks with their sword or spear instead of their shield. They may also charge at Link with these weapons.
In A Link to the Past, Soldiers are Hyrulean guards that have been magically brainwashed by Agahnim and are under his control. They follow his bidding in kidnapping the Maidens, including Princess Zelda, who they imprison in the Hyrule Castle dungeon and whose cell is guarded by a Ball & Chain Trooper. Link first encounters them while infiltrating the heavily-guarded Castle on his mission to rescue the Princess, and they later appear throughout the Light World hunting for Link. Their search extends to Kakariko Village, where the Informant Woman will call upon their assistance if they spot Link, which summons two green Spear Soldiers. Even after Link defeats Agahnim in the Hyrule Castle Tower, the possessed Soldiers can still be found patrolling the Light World.
Soldiers come in numerous types, with regular Soldiers and Sword Soldiers being the most common. Spear, Bow, Bomb, and Ball & Chain varieties also appear.
The regular Soldiers wield basic dagger-like swords and typically patrol around the interior of Hyrule Castle. Rather than actively hunt out Link, they patrol in a random, aimless path. However if they do spot Link, they will charge directly at him, but will not react if he moves. Unlike other types of Soldiers, they do not react to sound.
Sword Soldiers bear large swords, setting them apart from regular Soldiers. They are the most distinctive and common type of Soldier, and can commonly be found across Hyrule, following patrol routes and reacting to Link upon sight or sound. When they notice him, they will charge and attack with their blades. Their blades are able to parry Link's Sword. Because of this, they must either be defeated by striking their vulnerable backsides, or by striking them from an angle where their sword will not block the attack. Stunning them, such as with the Boomerang, also makes them vulnerable. Three varieties of Sword Soldiers exist: the common Green, the stronger Blue, and the aggressive assault variety, which wear blue horned armor. Blue assault-type Sword Soldiers appear only in Hyrule Castle Tower. They hold their blades upwards and immediately charge as soon as Link enters a room.
In Four Swords Adventures, all of the Soldiers become hostile due to having fallen under Vaati's control.  They appear mostly the same as in A Link to the Past, but some adopt new strategies and come in different color variations. The regular, Sword, Bow, Bomb, and Ball and Chain varieties all appear. A variety of the Ball and Chain Soldier, wielding a fiery flail, also appears.
The regular Soldiers are similar to those in A Link to the Past, although they behave more like Sword Soldiers, in that they carry slightly smaller swords and charge at the Links. They are however considerably weaker and thus tend to appear in large packs, often following a Chief Soldier who gives them commands. Blue, Green and Red Soldiers exist, with Red being the strongest. Green varieties only appear in dungeons, but possess the same strength as the normal Blue kind. If a Chief Soldier is defeated while normal Soldiers remain, they will run wild with no orders, and eventually explode.
Green and Grey varieties of Sword Soldiers appear, and behave largely the same as they did in A Link to the Past. The Grey ones are the strongest type of Sword Soldiers in the game. Sword Soldiers may also accompany Chief Soldiers, in addition to the regular Soldiers.
Soldiers in A Link Between Worlds are heavily based on the Soldiers from A Link to the Past, and thus share much of their behavior. Unlike the enemy Soldiers of A Link to the Past, the Soldiers were originally Paintings that were painted by and later brought to life by Yuga, making them distinct from the loyal Hyrule Soldiers. They first appear as graffiti painted on the exterior walls of Hyrule Castle, which the Hyrule Soldiers try to remove. They later emerge from the walls whenever Link comes within their range during Yuga's siege of the Castle. The regular, Sword, Bow, Bomb, Spear, and Ball & Chain varieties all appear. Curiously, no Soldiers in A Link Between Worlds will respond to any source of sound that Link makes when he hits a wall with his Sword or when ramming into walls with Pegasus Boots; they only react to Link when they see him. Soldiers are capable of recognizing Link while he has merged with a wall, and will attempt to attack his Painting.
Regular Soldiers wear green armor, and carry small, dagger-like blades. They behave slightly differently from their ''A Link to the Past'' incarnation, in that they will pursue Link once spotted, but will not chase after him very far.
Sword Soldiers can appear wearing either green or blue armor, the latter of which closely resembles the assault-type Sword Soldier from ''A Link to the Past''. The Sword Soldiers tend to drop Green and Blue Rupees respectively when defeated.
The Soldiers' Lorulean counterparts are the Lorule Soldiers, which have a Sword and Spear variant, and behave the same as the Hyrulean enemy Soldiers.
In Tri Force Heroes, Soldiers appear in Levels of the Fortress and Sky Realm areas of the Drablands. They appear to be under Lady Maud's command, as these domains are under her control, and are where the Links eventually find her. While resembling the Soldiers from A Link Between Worlds, Sword Soldiers in Tri Force Heroes behave with considerably more intelligence, being able to deflect Link's attacks with their Swords and quickly resume their advance after a brief moment. To defeat them, the Links must either attack them with their items, or strike the Soldiers from behind or while they recover from deflecting Sword strikes.
In the Fortress, Soldiers appear the same as they did in A Link Between Worlds. They come in the Sword, Spear Throwing, Bomb and Ball and Chain varieties. The Blue Sword Soldier is slightly different from their A Link Between Worlds incarnation, however, as they carry a large shield that protects them from frontal attacks. These shields can be pulled off with the Gripshot, however. In the Training Ground, Soldiers also appear riding on Totem Armos. These Soldiers may attempt to make their Armos jump up high and crash down onto the Links during their attack. If they are defeated or knocked off, their Totem Armos will eventually self-destruct.
Sky Soldiers are a different group of enemy Soldiers that appear in Tri Force Heroes, which exclusively appear in Levels of the Sky Realm. They are similar to the ordinary Soldiers in that they come in multiple different classes: including Sword, Spear, Bomb, Ball and Chain, Fire Ball and Chain, and a newer class called a Sky Shield Soldier identical to the Blue Sword Soldier. However they are gold-colored, and are significantly stronger than the ordinary Soldiers. In the Sky Temple, Sky Soldiers also appear riding Totem Armos in the second Stage.
In the A Link to the Past comic by Shotaro Ishinomori, Link fights against Soldiers several times throughout his adventure. He first encounters one shortly after receiving the Sword and Shield from his uncle, although he easily defeats it and discovers that the Soldiers are not actually human and are just creations of Agahnim. He then shortly finds that Princess Zelda is being taken away by two guards. Link then distracts the Soldiers to rescue the princess and eventually they lose sight of the pursuers. After Agahnim kidnaps Zelda in the Sanctuary, Agahnim orders all of his Soldiers to search for Link, who they end up finding in Kakariko Village outside of Sahasrahla's house. Despite their attempts to apprehend Link, he manages to escape.
Soldiers later appear after Link obtains the Pendant of Courage from Sahasrahla in the Eastern Palace. Just as Sahasrahla hands the pendant to Link, the Soldiers pursuing Link find him. Empowered by the pendant, he easily dispatches their leader and sends the rest fleeing.
Spear Soldiers are briefly seen in Chapter 5. After Link lands on Hyrule Castle's highest tower via an air balloon, he is greeted by three Spear Soldiers, although he defeats them with the Master Sword.
Soldiers also make an appearance in the A Link to the Past manga by Akira Himekawa. The Soldiers aren't brainwashed Hylians, and are actually monsters.
Soldiers appear in the Four Swords manga by Akira Himekawa.
In Hyrule Warriors, Hylian Soldiers make up the majority of the Hyrulean Forces' infantry, as either troops or Captains. While the Hylian Soldiers are allies to the Hyrulean Forces, they become enemies when playing as an opposing Warrior, such as Ganondorf or Cia.
Hylian Soldiers can also turn against their own allies. These Hylian soldiers have portraits with darker colors, and a more deranged expression. During the end of the "Land in the Sky" Scenario, Ghirahim devises a plan to defeat the Hyrulean Forces and brainwashes one of the Force's Captains and other Soldiers to do his bidding, turning them into Turncoat Soldiers. During the subsequent Scenario, "Sealed Ambition", Ghirahim commands numerous factions of the Hyrulean Forces to turn traitorous, halting the Hyrulean Forces' advance. The Turncoat Soldiers follow the command of the Turncoat Leader, who hides undercover within one of the Hyrulean Forces' Keeps. Once the Turncoat Leader is defeated, Ghirahim's control over the Turncoat Soldiers will wane, allowing the Hyrulean Forces to continue towards closing the Gate of Souls in the Sealed Grounds.
An unused enemy Soldier using a cannon, referred to by fans as a "Cannon Soldier", was removed from the final version of A Link to the Past. They can be made to appear through hacking. They do not move from their position and instead aim at Link with their cannons, and return to their spot after being knocked back by the recoil. Their cannons fire spiked cannonballs.
In the Japanese version of A Link to the Past, Blue Spear Soldiers are shown in the introduction alongside Agahnim, but they do not appear during gameplay. In the international release of the game, they were replaced with Blue Sword Soldiers, but in A Link to the Past & Four Swords, they appear with spears in both Japanese and international releases.
The Official Nintendo Player's Guide published by Nintendo Power for Four Swords Adventures refers to the Soldiers as Darknuts once, but calls them "Soldiers" or "Guards" for the rest of the guide.


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Q: Confusion about creating Page Types in Composite C1 Running Composite C1 4.2 Update 1
I'm trying to create a Page Type for our landing pages.  I want to specify a Layout as well as a Data Folder I designed for my new Page Type.  I'm able to create the Page Type without issue, then I right click and edit the Page Type.  I specified the Name, Description, Data Folder, and Layout and then try to click Save.  At this point it complains that I haven't specified an Application with a stop hand icon and "Selection Required" text.  I am following along with the Page Type manual I found here:
http://docs.composite.net/Layout/Page-Types/Adding-Applications#_Adding_Applications
From what I can tell it doesn't appear that an application should be required to create a Page Type. Am I missing something?
As a side note, if I do select an Application I am able to save and use the Page Type.

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CANCELED: 2012 Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo Festival
Lack of Sponsors Forces Organizers to Pull the Plug
By Tyler Hayden
Thu May 03, 2012 | 5:00pm
Santa Barbara's 2012 Cinco de Mayo Festival, held every year for the past 20 years in De la Guerra Plaza, has been canceled. The food, music, and dancing scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday in the downtown space across from City Hall was scrapped after volunteer festival organizers didn't secure enough sponsors to put on the event.
"It's just really disappointing," said Marti Garcia, who heads Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo Festival Inc., the nonprofit that's organized the celebration in recent years. Garcia said the rising cost of city fees — permits for the space, police security for the crowd, and gas and electricity for the booths and stage — combined with a lack of participation from major sponsors — like Wells Fargo Bank — simply made the production impossible to put on.
The cancellation was originally announced about a month ago, Garcia said. La Cumbre Plaza representatives approached her soon after, suggesting the festival be held in the upper State Street shopping center. Organizers were all for it, but didn't find out until last week that the plaza's $6,000 fee for private security and clean-up services nullified the cash they'd save by not paying city-mandated costs.
Though overall sponsorship has been down since the economy's 2008 dive, Garcia said her nonprofit had managed to pull things together in the years since. "We've been lucky," she said. There were simply too many factors working against a 2012 installment, Garcia explained. She admitted that planning usually doesn't begin until after the New Year, which may be a bit too late. Garcia said her group will start organizing sooner next time and hopes the Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo Festival can be revived in 2013.
https://www.independent.com/2012/05/03/canceled-2012-santa-barbara-cinco-de-mayo-festival/
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Home » District News » Hopkins Newsletters » Superintendent's Columns » Superintendent's Columns, 2008-09
Discover Hopkins Public Schools!
Welcome to the 2008-09 school year in the Hopkins School District. More importantly, welcome to the excellence we provide, along with numerous exciting opportunities for learners of all ages—from birth through adulthood. Whether you are a parent, a community member, or a business owner, I invite you to discover—and in some instances, rediscover—what the district has to offer students, families, and community members.
We have much to welcome as we approach the new year:
First and foremost, a year that will not include budget adjustments. We have successfully recovered from the fiscal challenges of the past two years and due to the diligence of our school board and John Toop, the district has a healthy fund balance.
Innovative ways to effectively interact/communicate with families.
Effective teaching methods for a diverse student population. Increased achievement—through programs like AVID (a program that motivates and prepares secondary students for college)—is becoming a reality.
Preparing Learners for the Future
It is exciting to be involved in preparing learners for their future. The enormity of this responsibility is worthy of great respect and admiration, as it is no easy feat. The significance of education becomes more pivotal each year. As Americans face the current economic challenges, the goal to prepare students for their futures as literate global citizens becomes ever more critical to the success of our democracy, our families, and our students.
Excellence Every Day
In Hopkins Public Schools, it is expected that every school will demonstrate student excellence every day. Community members frequently comment that their graduates' success is directly linked to the quality and excellence associated with the rigorous programs and quality of staff in the district. Excellence is not just an expectation; rather, it is a way of life in Hopkins Public Schools.
2007-08 Highlights
During the 2007-08 school year:
At the senior-high level:
Hopkins High School (HHS) ranked in the top 5 percent of high schools in the nation, according to Newsweek;
HHS ranked near the top in the number of Advanced Placement (AP) exams taken—600 HHS students took 975 AP exams, with 84 percent receiving scores of 3 to 5;
HHS had 127 Advanced Placement Scholars, including one National AP Scholar (Hopkins has had nine National AP Scholars since 2003);
HHS had 5 National Merit Finalists and 14 National Commended Scholars, plus a Latina student received the National Hispanic Recognition Award, and an African-American student received the National Achievement Scholarship;
the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce became partners with students, making them members and assigning them to a business;
a new mentorship program was developed for students; and
students earned top honors in debate, writing, yearbook, newspaper, music (band, orchestra and choir), art, drama, culinary arts, technology, and extra curricular academic competitions.
At the junior-high level:
Pat Schmidt, Hopkins North Junior High School principal, was named Minnesota's Middle Level Principal of the Year, and is one of three finalists for the national honor;
9th-grade students maintained the highest average score (4.09) among eight surrounding districts on the state written composition test (the Minnesota average score was 3.5);
curriculum was reviewed to ensure that students develop necessary AP course skills for high school; and
students earned top honors in music, science, art, writing, and extracurricular academic competitions.
At the elementary level:
a Chinese immersion program opened within Eisenhower Elementary School;
kindergarten options were expanded to include a full-day program;
elementary curriculum was enhanced by technology, and field trips; and
students earned top honors in writing, music, and extra curricular academic competitions.
What Awaits in 2008-09
As we head into the 2008-09 school year, we will strive to continue the excellence demonstrated last year. A primary area of focus will be on 21st-century skills:
Staff and administrators are examining how to embed critical thinking skills into the curriculum.
The district is continuing with its commitment to successfully teach every student how to effectively use computers/technology:
Classrooms are being upgraded to reflect 21st century needs with the installation of ceiling-mounted projectors, video streaming, web simulations, and interactive technology white boards.
Students at various grade levels at each elementary school will have a laptop computer for their use for one year.
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Activist Researchers' Own Data Contradict Claim of Link between Fracking and Sinus Conditions, Migraines and Fatigue
BY Seth Whitehead Aug. 25, 2016 4
The same researchers responsible for a study claiming premature birth rates are high near shale gas wells in Pennsylvania — even though they were actually below the national average — and a study claiming fracking is associated with increased asthma flare-ups — even though state data shows heavily-drilled counties had far lower asthma hospitalization rates than counties with no shale gas production at all — have put out a new study today that has just about as much merit.
Based off a survey of Geisinger Clinic patients who suffer from at least one of the three conditions, the study claims, "New research suggests that Pennsylvania residents with the highest exposure to active natural gas wells operated by the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry are nearly twice as likely to suffer from a combination of migraine headaches, chronic nasal and sinus symptoms and severe fatigue." In other words they're blaming increased incidences of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), migraine headaches and fatigue (the most common symptoms people have across the board!) on fracking.
But making that stretch isn't surprising considering that one of the researchers is Brian Schwartz, a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, an anti-fossil fuel organization that has called fracking a "virus."
With this research team's track record of biased studies and activism considered — along with the sheer absurdity of blaming such common ailments on fracking — it comes to no surprise that their conclusions are (yet again) highly suspect. Here are four facts to know:
Fact #1: Vast majority of the study participants and reported symptoms were from areas nowhere near shale wells — and non-shale counties have higher participation/symptoms reported ratios than top five shale counties
The authors divided the study area into four "quartiles," noting that a higher percentage of participants in the fourth quartile — shown in the graphic below, taken from the study — showed clear associations with increased instances of CRS, migraine and fatigue symptoms and proximity to natural gas wells. The researchers concluded that this is due to "quartile four" being located in the northeast region of Pennsylvania, where a vast majority of Marcellus Shale natural gas wells (indicated with yellow dots) are located.
But a close look at the graphic reveals a vast majority of actual cases of these conditions (indicated with blue dots; black dots are controls) reported in "quartile four" in the survey are not actually located in counties with a vast majority of the shale gas wells. Consider the following data on the top five shale gas counties in the study area, which EID has identified on the study graphic:
Tioga County, which has 661 shale gas wells — sixth most in the state — had just four participants, two of which reported symptoms.
Bradford County, which has 1,097 shale gas wells — second most in the state — had just 12 participants, 10 of which reported symptoms.
Sullivan County, a small county geographically that includes dozens of shale wells, had just 20 participants, 11 of which had symptoms.
Susquehana, a major shale county, had 69 participants, 45 which reported symptoms.
Lycoming County is the only major shale county with significant representation, as it had 233 participants, 128 which reported symptoms.
Bottom line: graphic "A" clearly shows that most of the reported cases of these conditions in "quartile four" were from areas with little to no shale development.
All told, a total of just 336 of the study's 7,785 participants (only 4 percent) live in the five counties that happen to have the most shale development in the study area, as the following map from the study illustrates. "T" represents the total number of participants from each county, and if not for the 233 participants from Lycoming County, major shale counties in the study area would barely be represented.
So though the authors say study participants were more likely than non-respondents to live in highest natural gas quartile — which includes the most shale gas production and supports the researchers' narrative — their own graphic shows most of the participants and cases reported are not near production.
Luzerne County, for instance, had more than 1,500 participants, but just two shale gas wells, according to the report. Basically the sample size was far too small in actual shale counties to produce any meaningful results. If anything, their data show greater reported symptoms farther away from shale development, but of course that doesn't fit in with their predetermined narrative.
It's also worth having a quick look at the CRS data by quartile in the bottom left corner of the below graph:
Note that they report 182 instances of CRS in quartile four, which is supposed to be closest to shale wells, yet quartile one has 181 cases and quartiles two and three have 187 and 188 respectively. So even though the researchers claim air pollution from fracking causes CRS, the quartiles with no development actually reported more cases. The only way the researchers could get higher numbers in quartile four was to add two of the most common symptoms ever – headaches and fatigue – into the mix, as can be seen in the bottom row of data.
Similar to the CRS data above, EID identified 21 counties in the study area that have no shale production at all. Interestingly, the ratio of total participation to total symptoms reported in these counties (1 : 0.58) is slightly higher than the total participation to total symptoms reported ratio in the top five shale counties discussed earlier (1 : 0.57). You can view the raw data EID compiled to calculate these ratios here. And if you were to add Luzerne County, which has just two shale wells, to the non-shale county data, the ratio would jump to 1 : 0.62. In other words, rates of reported symptoms are actually a bit higher in non-shale counties within the study area — and there is certainly no indication that even remote proximity to shale gas development results in an uptick of symptoms.
Fact #2: Researchers fail to gather baseline data for migraines and fatigue; baseline data for CRS contradict link to fracking
If you want to determine if fracking had an effect on someone's symptoms, wouldn't you want to know if the patient had these symptoms before fracking occurred in their county? In other words, it might have made sense to have baseline data to compare pre- and post-shale development data in Pennsylvania. It would have been so easy to ask that question in the questionnaire that was sent out, but the researchers failed to obtain such data for migraines and fatigue:
"We reasoned that UNGD might be associated with current CRS only for onset of symptoms after 2006, when UNGD commenced in Pennsylvania. To test the associated hypothesis we stratified the CRS group by date of symptom onset (before/after January 1, 2006) and re-ran models within each stratum. While associations of UNGD activity with our other outcomes could also differ by onset date, our questionnaire did not ascertain the onset date of migraine and fatigue symptoms." (emphasis added)
The researchers did apparently look at some baseline data for CRS noting, rightly, that if you had it earlier than 2006 it probably wasn't due to fracking:
"When we stratified CRS patients by onset date, the second (OR = 3.27; 95% CI: 1.21,8.82) and fourth (OR = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.14, 9.36) quartiles of UNGD were associated with significantly increased odds of CRS in those whose symptoms began after 2006 (see Supplemental Material, Table S2). There were no associations in participants with earlier symptom onset."
But for those who had symptoms after 2006: they said there were too few to know if they had to do with fracking:
"UNGD was associated with CRS in individuals whose nasal and sinus symptoms began after the start of UNGD in Pennsylvania, although these estimates had lower precisions due to small number of subjects with recent CRS onset."
As was the case with the researchers' premature birth and asthma studies — the former which was highly criticized by a prominent biostatistician for suggesting it had "evidence" of fracking's harms and also did not analyze baseline data — this latest study finds absolutely no link between fracking and instances of CRS, migraine headaches or fatigue in the study area. Co-author Brian Schwartz conceded in the press release:
"We don't know specifically why people in close proximity to these larger wells are more likely to be sick," Schwartz said.
Energywire reported,
The study did not determine a causal link, said lead author Aaron Tustin, a resident physician in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
"Having said that, we think it's a possibility," he said.
The press release also states:
"In general, cross-sectional surveys such as ours cannot access temporal relations between exposures and outcomes, and we did not ascertain the onset dates of some symptoms."
And considering the researchers chose to evaluate conditions that can be triggered by a myriad of factors, the study notes that other causal factors other than fracking have to be considered:
"Participants' exposure to UNGD activity could have been affected by unmeasured factors such as occupation, travel, and time spent outdoors. Additionally, our UNGD activity metric did not allow identification of specific exposures or exposure pathways."
On that point the report also admits that the people who did submit questionnaires were considered not to be in good health. From the study:
"There was some evidence of selection bias, as survey participants had poorer health (measured by the Charlson comorbidity index) than non-responders."
According to the Mayo Clinic, migraines can be triggered by hormonal changes (in women), foods, food additives, alcohol, changes in weather, medication and several other factors. CRS, which 13 percent (30 million people) of the U.S. population suffers with, is most often triggered by allergies, according to the Mayo Clinic, and fatigue, obviously, has countless causes that have nothing remotely do with fracking.
Fact #3: Researchers have clear anti-fracking bias
Though EID has pointed it out three times now, it bears repeating: A key member of this research team, as well as the funding of their recent Pennsylvania studies, can be traced to the anti-fracking movement.
One of the study's authors, Brian Schwartz, is a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, a group known for espousing discredited "peak-oil" views and, it just so happens, has called fracking a "virus" and states as its mission to eliminate fossil fuels altogether. After being called out for not disclosing that affiliation in numerous reports, this study, as well as his latest asthma study, notes in the disclosures,
"Competing Financial Interests: Dr. Schwartz is a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute (PCI), serving as an informal advisor on climate, energy, and health issues. He receives no payment for this role. His research is entirely independent of PCI, and is not motivated, reviewed, or funded by PCI. The other authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests."
Of course, it was never a question of funding — but a question of bias — that prompted EID to raise these red flags in the first place!
But speaking of funding, the researchers also received financial support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which features at least three board members who are also on the board of World Wildlife Fund, which has made it clear that it is, "against the use of fracking to extract shale gas – or any other 'unconventional' fuels – from the ground."
So it's no wonder the press release for the study takes an activist stance on Maryland's fracking moratorium. From the release:
"Maryland's fracking moratorium is set to expire in October 2017. The moratorium was passed in 2015 out of concern about fracking's potentially negative environmental effects, before the more recent health studies were completed. Schwartz says Maryland regulators should consider these new scientific findings when they decide whether to allow drilling.
"The moratorium was put in place before we even knew that there were health effects associated with these wells," Schwartz says. "Now that we do, regulators need to carefully consider their next steps."
Fact #4: Studies show Pennsylvania's pollution is plummeting as natural gas production soars
While these researchers desperately try to attribute common illnesses to fracking based on "associations," real evidence of fracking's contribution to improved public health continues to come to light.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just released data from its 2014 air emissions inventory of the natural gas industry, and DEP Acting Secretary Patrick McDonnell explains, the state's greater use of natural gas has led to dramatic decreases in air pollution:
"Although the reported emissions from the natural gas sector increased in 2014, overall our air quality continues to improve due to emissions reductions from other point sources such as electric generating units," McDonnell said. "Between 2011 and 2014, NOx and SO2 emissions from electric generating units have decreased by 18 percent (27,246 tons per year) and 17 percent (54,973 tons per year), respectively. We remain committed to developing and implementing the most effective ways to control and reduce emissions from Pennsylvania's natural gas sites." (emphasis added)
DEP has previously highlighted that the emission reductions from the state's increased use of natural gas represent "between $14 billion and $37 billion of annual public health benefits." Then DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo pointed out:
"It is important to note that across-the-board emission reductions … can be attributed to the steady rise in the production and development of natural gas, the greater use of natural gas, lower allowable emissions limits, installation of control technology and the deactivation of certain sources." (emphasis added)
Recent studies that actually measure air emissions at well sites – unlike what this study does – have also shown shale development in the Marcellus is protective of public health.
A recent Pennsylvania report commissioned by Fort Cherry School District in southwest Pennsylvania actually examined air emissions at a nearby well site in Washington County — the state's most active shale county — and "did not show anything remarkable with respect to chemicals detected in the ambient air. When volatile compounds were detected, they were consistent with background levels measured at the school and in other areas in Washington County. Furthermore, a basic yet conservative screening level evaluation shows that the detected volatile compounds were below health-protective levels."
Another recent Marcellus study led by researchers at Drexel University found low levels of air emissions at well sites. As they explained, "we did not observe elevated levels of any of the light aromatic compounds (benzene, toluene, etc.)" and "there are few emissions of nonalkane VOCs (as measured by PTR-MS) from Marcellus Shale development." Another Pennsylvania study by Professional Service Industries, Inc., commissioned by Union Township in Pennsylvania that found "Airborne gas and TVOC levels appear to have been at or near background levels for the entire monitoring periods in the three locations monitored."
The Pa. DEP conducted air monitoring northeast Pennsylvania and concluded that the state "did not identify concentrations of any compound that would likely trigger air-related health issues associated with Marcellus Shale drilling activities." A similar report for southwestern Pennsylvania came to the same conclusion.
A peer-reviewed study looking at cancer incidence rates in several Pennsylvania counties found "no evidence that childhood leukemia was elevated in any county after [hydraulic fracturing] commenced."
It is clear from the researchers' background and their comments on the coming expiration of Maryland's fracking moratorium that they are desperately attempting to accumulate severely lacking "evidence" of fracking's harms to public health. In the meantime, the real data — based on actual emission measurements and official state data — completely contradict the "associations" claimed in this and past papers by these researchers, actually showing fracking has been good for public health and the environment.
The researchers have tried to sell the former three times now in the past nine months. But considering their complete lack of evidence and severely flawed modeling, their hopes for a third set of alarmist headlines blaming fracking for the world's most common ailments may be pushing it.
Brian Schwartz, Energy In Depth, fracking, Hydraulic fracturing, Johns Hopkins, Post Carbon Institute, Shale


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BOJ Indicates a Move Towards "True Core CPI" More Globally
Now that oil prices have declined, if a central bank targets its overall CPI at 2.0% for 2015, it would likely be labeled as being overly aggressive and perhaps attempting to unfairly weaken its currency.
by John Vail, Chief Global Strategist
The BOJ decision has global ramifications, not just for market expectations for global liquidity from its action alone, but also for major central bank policies.
A senior LDP politician who has been a key voice in monetary policy stated earlier this week that the BOJ could wait until later this year to see if its super-aggressive policies would work before easing further. This turned out to be prophetic, as the BOJ meeting essentially extended its CPI target period and reduced its certainty factor in achieving it. Some may say that the BOJ lost some credibility in doing this, but it was not truly its fault, but rather OPEC's refusal to yield more of its market share to producers using deflationary new technologies, especially for shale energy.
For nearly two years, the BOJ has very aggressively approached its problem with deflation and achieved some major success, especially by returning the Yen to a more normal level (especially given the trade deficit caused by the nuclear plant shutdowns), but by targeting its own unique form of core CPI that included energy, it set itself up for missing its goal if OPEC made a major decision not to cut production. So, the BOJ finally needed to admit that it does not control the oil price and, thus, its core CPI. It actually long knew this, but it did not want to "muddy the message" and thereby de-emphasize its determination to reach its target so that it could change deflation expectations.
Now, with this new reality, the BOJ should begin to watch "true core CPI," which excludes food and energy, more closely and it will be difficult to reach 2% YoY for this measure. For such to occur, housing rent is a key factor, as it comprises nearly 30% of "true core." Unfortunately, although it has stabilized a bit, the CPI measure for rent has yet to move upwards in any meaningful way. While there are indications of upward pressure on housing rents in Tokyo, there is less certainty of such occurring nationwide. Thus, clearly, it is key for investors to watch the rental component very carefully.
Japan is not alone in its difficultly with overall inflation. The ECB and the Fed both officially target overall inflation, but the Fed has long concentrated on core inflation and continues to do so in its intention to hike rates this year despite the overall CPI moving likely into negative YoY territory in the coming months.
Meanwhile, the US core CPI is likely to decelerate to 1.5% in the months ahead, but this is seemingly reassuring enough to the Fed for it to escape its "emergency stance," at least if the economy is growing well. Furthermore, the Fed believes that the core CPI will, along with overall CPI, accelerate later in 2015, and thereafter, to more reasonable levels.
Housing rent, together with its affiliated measure called "Owner's Equivalent Rent,", comprise about 40% of US core CPI, and are rising fairly significantly, but the other components, like autos and consumer electronics, are heavily affected by statistics that adjust for quality improvements in a highly deflationary manner. Thus, even keeping the US core CPI at 2.0% is quite a challenge unless the statistical methods are altered to show that technology is not adding as much value as previously assumed. Indeed, quality adjustments, originally introduced to reduce the CPI measured inflation, pose a similar deflationary problem for the BOJ and the ECB, as well.
We long expected the ECB decision to begin sovereign QE, but we admit that it is a very aggressive move relative to its peers now, especially if the purchases are actually achieved in large size. The Eurozone has a negative overall CPI YoY rate despite a weak exchange rate, and this overall deflation will likely continue in the 1HCY15, but its core CPI will likely hover at 1.0% YoY through then.
The ECB probably considers the core CPI to be too low, but it is only moderately below the US level and there are severe questions about how well Eurozone housing rents are measured. Regardless, it is joining the "G-3 club" with full sovereign QE, and certainly wants to take the opportunity of this deflationary period to add this QE arrow to its permanent quiver. However, it needs to reconsider moving towards the Fed and the BOJ regarding increasingly looking at core CPI, as several of its leading members have suggested for the past few months.
The likely truth is that 2.0% CPI targets, either for core or overall CPI, are not a logical goal for G-3 central banks as long as quality adjustments (and other statistical methods) deflate many of its components. Now that oil prices have declined, if a central bank targets its overall CPI at 2.0% for 2015, it would likely be labeled as being overly aggressive and perhaps attempting to unfairly weaken its currency. This is especially true if that country already runs trade and current account surpluses, as the Eurozone does.
In fact, it probably would be best if G-3 central banks target 1.2%-1.5% core CPI and rapidly harmonize statistical methods for measuring quality improvements and housing rents, which vary quite widely by country. Even if the resulting statistics are not perfect immediately, they should be used as an important gauge and could help prevent severe disharmony among central banks in the coming years.
None of the above means, however, that the BOJ or other central banks cannot make aggressive moves to support liquidity or increase risk-asset prices if necessary; it is just that the rationale for doing so should be increasingly separated from overall CPI targets, at least for this year, with somewhat more influence given to core CPI measures.
In the meantime, all G-3 central banks have extremely accommodative policies that should continue to generate economic growth, especially after the turbulence created in the commodities sector subsides.
John Vail Chief Global Strategist
John Vail is Nikko AM's Head of Global Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation and also chairs the group's Global Investment Committee.
Prior to joining Nikko AM in 2006, John was Chief Japanese Equity Strategist for JP Morgan Securities Japan from 2004, and Chief Strategist at Mizuho Securities USA from 2000. John also held various senior research and strategy positions at Fidelity from 1985 to 1992, based in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. He also covered pan-Asia equities at his own firm, Asia House Funds, for five years from 1993.
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