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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
by Christopher Kinsey July 16, 2016 December 23, 2019
A Review by Christopher Kinsey
Before we begin the review proper, let me address the elephant in the room. This anime does indeed echo the themes of the very popular anime and manga series Attack on Titan. Both have mysterious world ending events involving powerful supernatural seeming creatures, both have protagonists who use these creatures powers, both involve the preservation of life within walled havens of humanity, and both are set during industrial age style settings. It's not very surprising. Studio Wit, the anime production company, produced the Attack on Titan anime. This happens a lot when new companies try to carve themselves some new intellectual properties, they're going to use elements that made them successful. So I won't fault them for ripping off a successful idea. But there is indeed fault, but that's to be discussed later.
For the uninitiated, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is about a world in which a virus has created zombies called Kabane. These creatures have durable iron cages over their hearts. The only way to really destroy these creatures is to destroy the heart. Armed forces use melee weapons or steam pressure driven guns to drive the creatures back, and humanity hides in huge walled cities known as Stations. The stations are connected by a series of large armored trains. It is in this setting we meet the steamsmithIkoma. Years ago his sister was killed during a Kabane attack in his home station, but he dreams of eliminating all the Kabane and returning the world to humanity. We begin our series showing a bit about the world, and then proceed to destroy the city in a Kabane attack in which Ikoma is bitten. But he has prepared for this moment, he's a really smart engineer who has studied Kabane since that fateful day, and he was able to stop himself from transforming completely. He has a Kabane's body and powers but still his own mind. He is known as a Kabaneri. He jumps aboard the train Kotetsujo as the survivors make their way to the capitol in a last bid for survival.
It's pretty nice out, save for all the Armageddon and whatnot
This sounds pretty good on paper. There is a lot to like about this series. The world building makes you interested to learn more, there are solid action scenes as one expects from this studio, and the background artwork and technology designs are such a different blend of steampunk it makes the aesthetic fresh instead of tiresome. When the Kotetsujo fires up, you have a real sense of power and weight behind it. As the Kabane attack, there are all these little scenes that remind us how devastating these attacks are and how brutal every decision must be.
But as pretty as the backgrounds are, as interesting and weighty the fights might get what any series must lean on are story, character and above all threat. This series lacks in every department.
The story is a cliché framework that exists to hang our simplified characters on. It's a flight against danger that seemingly drops all danger from time to time, only to ramp it right back up in an attempt to be dramatic. Events don't happen naturally at all, and the only way the story progresses is if either a brilliant world breaking idea is hatched, someone who is presumed dead shows back up, or someone invokes that old anime cliché "Add more guts". About a third of the anime the only clear problem is the threat of Kabane attack. But out of nowhere one character's backstory shows up in such a ham fisted manner it obliterates not only any threat from the established environment, but gives us a feeling that this entire series didn't matter because ultimately whatever hope we garner through our character's determination is smashed before us because we can't guarantee a second season is coming. I don't mind series where evil plans come to fruition, but at least have our protagonists gain something beyond keeping the immediate character roster safe for now. A series in which we're promised world changing events, but the fate of every Station we come across is wave after wave of Kabane destroying it with merely token survivors and resistance.
David Carridine was almost a Kabaneri too!
The characters, oh man these characters. Ikoma is a capable protagonist who is kind to his friends and deadly cold to his enemies. His only real defining trait is tenacity, and while you need that in a hero that's the only part of him that feels like there is any weight to it. When we see Ikoma joking with his friends or coming up with new devices they are fleeting moments quickly replaced with determination, anger or both. Mumei is a very capable Kabaneri who is linked to the series villain in one of those twisted deal with the devil backstories. Every moment this series molds her into being a tsundere badass of destruction. Then (of course) she's turned into an indecisive pudding whenever there is conflict between the two men in her life. Biba is our series villain who has only one clear motivation: destroy the Shogunate. However, the reason he has for this is pitiful, misguided, and severely hamstringed by the fact his goal of destruction runs contrary to his focus on destroying the Kabane. If this were a part of an unethical plan to free the world, then there might be a reason for the animosity between Biba and Ikoma's ideals. The real reason these two hate each other is the fate of Mumei, is she a weapon or is she a victim? She's both. But it's anime so it doesn't matter.
I'm eleven, what's this?]
As for the supporting cast… I haven't seen a supporting cast look this diverse and then just pushed aside for so long. Ayame is the noblewoman whose primary service to the story is to use her nobility and cliché speeches about trust and honor and whatnot to give other characters time to either fight or move the train. The other warriors on the train are either stoic and accepting of the Kabaneri, or Ayame's bodyguard Kurusu who is also stoic, but not accepting at first. Ikoma's fellow steamsmiths make the journey as well, but they are either regulated to making sure there are tense moments of engineering or act as a human chorus. Well except Ikoma's best friend Takumi who does bring out some of Ikoma's more human side. So he's pretty much turned into fodder when there needs to be an extra dash of pathos and anger.
See what you get for putting all your skill points in speech?
In a show like this you need to keep the pressure on. The threat of the Kabane is like any other zombie based horde. Humanity has a pretty good handle on things until human error here and there makes the threat overwhelming. But early on the threat is mitigated almost entirely through the technology we learn they already have. Their guns are powered by steam, I assume kind of like an air powered gun like a paintball or BB gun. Ikoma has been indevelopment of a really devastating type of steam gun that can pierce a Kabane's heart. Now, unless this heart iron is made of something significantly harder than iron it would be real easy to harness the power of steam pressure to puncture these cage hearts. They used to make air powered rifles that could take out large game around the time period depicted in this series, so why are these high powered rifles ineffective? Later in the series we learn that they're experimenting with adding gunpowder to these things in order to make them more effective… because moist steam environments will work with gunpowder really great. They're already using gunpowder as a kind of suicide device for when you are bitten by a Kabane, and the damage they do rips apart a torso. There must be more these suicide gunpowder bags can be used for than adding the drama of a mother being forced to explode her own child. Finally we learn that the most powerful swords are actually forged from fragments or entire sets of the metal wrapped around a Kabane's heart. If it can be refined and forged by human means, surely the material could be replicated by the technology at the time. And at the rate Kabane attack there should be loads of the raw material on hand for every soldier to have not only a blade made of the stuff, but bullets as well.
There is no reason humanity should be this far behind in this series. With Ikoma's own innovations turned into the average, it's hard to perceive the Kabane as a threat beyond about halfway through the series. And with no external threat, it's hard for the human moments in this series to hold any weight when the only real reason humanity is threatened at all is the fact Biba had father issues.
The elements are here to make something wonderful, but the decision to appeal to the masses made this series just another shonencashgrab. No matter how beautiful the background, no matter how cool the trains look, no matter how fluid and great the action is: a series with no heart, character or teeth cannot stand.
Tough and fluid animated action that is a treat to watch.
Steampunk tech with a distinct Japanese flair that makes the tech look interesting.
Them shoulders!
Threats that, while violent, have no real threat to our story's progress.
A convoluted struggle of ethics in warfare experienced through the character of Mumei, who remained a terrible medium throughout for such a theme.
A villain with no real reason to see the world the destroyed other than he was scared once.
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T is for Training Episode 47: Awesomeness Is Always Scalable is available for download here from our host Talkshoe. The next episode will take place on June 4th at 2pm Eastern.
Alternate titles including: So, I can Have a TedxAndy'sLivingroom? Sweet!
What was it like to organize the event? What did you take away from the event?
Objects for the stage: Tell us about this and why you decided to add it to the program? Would you do it again?
And join us on June 4th, 2010 at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training. See you then!
Today we will be taping Episode 47 of the library training podcast T is for Training. We will be taping at 2 pm eastern time today, Friday May 21st!
What was it like to organize the event?
Did the library perspective help or hurt the organizaing process?
Objects for the stage: Tell us about this and why you decided to add it to the program?
What would you remember to do? What would you change?
What did you not foresee happening at the conference?
Did the speakers follow the TED Commandments and how did you think it effected their presenations?
T is for Training Episode 46: Don't Worry About Them Liking You is available for download here from our host Talkshoe. The next episode will take place on May 21st at 2pm Eastern.
This show was full of alternate titles including: Restored to Sanity; Our Police Department Asked Us To; Way Far In The Distant Past; and It Was Just Ugly.
How do people (everyone, not just customers) use computers in libraries? From Julian from Howard County Library. So, how do they use and what training do they need to use them?
Thanks But I will Use My Laptop: http://travelinlibrarian.info/2010/05/thanks-but-ill-use-my-laptops/ Suggested by a post by Michael Sauers. What do you think of this practice at a presentation? Does it depend on format? how many? Presentation site logistics?
Continued wrap up of CIL: Wants/ Needs/ Likes/ Dislikes Wish List.
And join us on May 21st at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training. See you then!
Tomorrow we will be taping Episode 46 of the library training podcast T is for Training. We will be taping at 2 pm eastern time Tomorrow, Friday May 7th!
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Chicagoland Bands
It's official...
By SiamTree, March 24, 2006 in Chicagoland Bands
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From the Star Newspaper...
L-W Voters Say Yes to Two New Schools
Cliff Notes version: Lincoln-Way North will be built in Frankfort Township, and will open fall of 2008. The students from the Summit Hill District will attend there.
Lincoln-Way West will be built in New Lenox and will open in the fall of 2009. The students from Martino Junior High School in New Lenox will attend there.
Both of these schools will be built for a "student-load" of 2,500. East and Central are built right now to hold 3,750. (In fact, East is over capacity this year)
Kids from Mokena and the Frankfort school district will still attend East, and Central will have kids from Liberty Junior High in New Lenox and the Manhattan school district.
The other little addendum: There are plans eventually for a fifth school in Manhattan. I would think, though, that that would be after 2010.
This has been your political update of what's going on in Illinois from the person who lives in Nebraska.
LWCMKtrumpet06 7
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LocationNew Lenox, IL
This is true. Thank you to the 60.4% of voters who had a clue in this area!
sarah 0
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wow. Right now they're all deciding on whether to build a 3rd Naperville school. Since there's no room in the 203 district, theyre building it in the 204 district so it will probably be _______ Valley High School like Neuqua and Waubonsie.
.. so it's actually like a 5th Naperville school.. but the 3rd in the district EVEN THOUGH Waubonsie's in Aurora.. it's a Naperville school
What would the 5th Lincolnway be.. South?
That would be the logical choice. They would build the school in Manhattan, which is the southernmost town in the district.
If they have to build any more schools, it's going to get confusing with Southwest and Northeast and "North-by-Northeast".
Yes, thank you to the 60% of people that did vote for this referendum. I remembered how bad I thought it was at Central my junior and senior year, and that was '92/'93/'94. East, with how crowded the halls were between classes, wasn't bad at all back then. I saw a pic in the alumni newsletter showing what the hallways look like at East in between classes now.
That's bad.
So now, the south suburbs are being overrun with Thornton's, Thornwood's, and Lincoln-Way's.
I think Lincoln-Way Up and Lincoln-Way Down would be good choices once we run out of directions!
LWEDrumMajor 0
Other suggestions include but are not limited to:
"Lincoln-Way Left Orcs"
"Lincoln-Way Right"
"Lincoln-Way 7: Swans a Swimming"
"Lincoln-Way West Wonton Soup"
"Lincoln-Way North Crusaders: What can BROWN do for you?"
kid309 5
no kurt, no crusaders, i hate my school enough already, it doesn't need to be translated onto a LW also.
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LocationDyer, IN
I hate to bring topics back up, but...
http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoods...hschool.article
With one high school opening and another on the horizon, one has to wonder how much more Lincoln-Way High School District 210 will grow.
Supt. Lawrence Wyllie already has that answer. He also knows when, where and how much.
"I'm always looking five to 10 years down the road. This is a very volatile area. We have to be ready to move," he said.
After opening Lincoln-Way North this year, and Lincoln-Way West in 2009, the next move for the school district will be around 2018, give or take a year, Wyllie predicted. A fifth high school will be built on one of two parcels the district already owns on Smith Road in Manhattan Township, at an estimated cost of $115 million, he figured.
In his crystal ball, he sees six high schools, all full, with a total of 17,000 students. Ultimately, there will be two schools in each of Lincoln-Way's three townships. There are now two in Frankfort (East and North) and soon to be two in New Lenox (Central and West).
A few years ago, when school officials sought the community's approval to build these newest high schools, the superintendent figured he would be building again in 2015-2018.
"With the slowdown in the housing market our enrollment projections are down. Hopefully, this gives us a breather," Wyllie said.
But the man who has led the district for the past 20 years knows that once the market takes off, the growth will be on the west side of the district and to the south in Manhattan. Wyllie believes with a lot of a planning, community relations and little bit of luck, voters will agree to build that school, too, without adding to their tax bills.
"If it works out the way we think it will, when we need to build, we can go back to the community without a tax increase," Wyllie said.
Officials have structured the debt so that some of the bonds will be paid off by then, and if interest rates are favorable they can refinance remaining bonds at a lower rate.
"We've been lucky, but it doesn't happen all the time. We might stub our toes," he said.
Stub or not, he has been fortunate to have the support of the community and works at improving these relationships "365 days a year."
"We could not do anything without the community," he said.
Six schools is a far cry from what Wyllie first saw when he arrived in single-school District 210 20 years ago. He recalled showing off his new territory to his family. They drove down a two-lane LaGrange Road to the East campus, and then over to Central Avenue.
"The kids said I had to be nuts to come here. It was all farmland," he said.
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Lincoln-Way North was dedicated today. The band sounded fantastic and looked great in uniform! I'm really excited to hear them, and the school obviously was leagues ahead of what I expected.
Lucio 2
17000 students... that's more people than we have in most towns around where I am. I guess things are different way up north, but man... that's crazy.
thats what happens when a 105+ sq mile former farm district goes heavy suburban
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1146269,...8mascot.article
BY Shenequa A. Golding, Staff Writer
Students who will attend Lincoln-Way West High School had the option of being panthers, centaurs or even lions.
But none of those ferocious beasts made the cut.
At a Thursday news conference at Lincoln-Way Central High School, Supt. Lawrence Wyllie revealed the new school mascot will be the warriors and the school colors will be black, orange and white.
Lincoln-Way schools traditionally choose a medieval-themed mascot and have black as one of their school colors. The $88 million Lincoln-Way West is slated to open in August 2009. It will be the fourth high school in the booming Lincoln-Way district.
Freshmen and sophomores now attending Lincoln-Way Central who will attend Lincoln-Way West got to vote on the mascot and colors.
Eleven color combinations and 10 mascot options were presented to the school board based on recommendations made by a committee of students, staff, community members and administrators. The options then were approved at a May 8 board meeting. Students began the first round of voting Aug. 27 in their history classes, which narrowed the options to three.
The finalists for the school's mascot were dragons, warriors and wolves. The color options were black, orange and white; black, purple and white; and black, purple and silver.
The final voting was Wednesday. Wyllie said warriors was the runaway favorite choice for mascot, but voting for the colors was closer.
Matt Carroll, 15, was happy, but not thrilled.
"The football helmet looks like a pumpkin head," Matt said, laughing.
Other students voted for the black, purple and silver combination because of its originality.
"You really don't see a lot of schools with black, purple and silver," said Jimmy McHale, 15, of New Lenox.
Even though their choices didn't win, Jimmy and Matt were thrilled they would soon be leaving Lincoln-Way Central and attending Lincoln-Way West.
"It's going to be new everything." Matt said.
zenphil 0
It is crazy but some how it works. Yes our taxes go up but so does the educational excellence. My daughter graduated central '97'. Number one son east'08', #2 son north'09'. A vasectomy will for go "West" but believe it or not with right elected officials there can be responsibility. Dr Wiley has been the superintendent for 20 years for 210.
I will admit after 09 I want to return to my roots and join a smaller community.
I was under the impression that nobody was graduating North '09...
newin2011 0
LWN first graduation is 2010, there are no seniors at that building this year.
Any Srs. that are in LWN boundry still go to LWE.
Dkmajor 1
LocationIllinois
yea no seniors will attend the new schools at the first year after opening. In terms of marching band direction, the assistant director for Central this year, Mr. Steve Nedzel, will be the Music Dept. Chair, and the head Director at West, for the Marching Warriors.
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GE commissions Bajoli Holi hydropower project in India
GE Renewable Energy's Hydropower business has officially commissioned the 180MW Bajoli Holi Project on the river Ravi in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, with the project's three 60MW turbines already generating electricity and supplying power to Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport – the first in India to run entirely on hydro and solar power.
The completion of this project is seen as a big step towards utilising the power potential of the state to support both Himachal Pradesh and the entire northern region of India. In addition to providing the local population with sustainable and clean energy, the Bajoli Holi Hydropower Plant actively contributes to the proper functioning of the country's infrastructure. It generates 94% of energy required by the Delhi International Airport Limited – the last 6% coming from on-site solar power plants.
GE Hydro Solutions was responsible for the design and engineering, supply, transportation, erection, testing and commissioning of the vertical Francis turbines, generators, penstock valve, Main Inlet Valve, digital governing system, excitation system, control and monitoring, protection system, electrical and mechanical balance of plant equipment.
The project was commissioned as committed despite a series of challenges created by the pandemic, with Brian Selby, Regional General Manager, Asia, China & India at GE Renewable Energy Hydro Solutions, stating that 'in the face of lockdown restrictions in the last year, the site team persevered and continued the erection and commissioning activities by diligently monitoring and implementing precautionary measures and administrative controls.'
"We wholeheartedly appreciate the GE Hydro Solutions team and their enormous efforts to bring this project to fruition," commented Sanjay Barde, CEO of developer GMR Energy. "The immense hard work put in by them to commission all three units within 11 days of water availability while adhering to all quality and safety norms is commendable. We look forward to similar and even more enriching partnerships with GE to further our mutual vision."


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Hurricanes in Saint Barthelemy
Hurricanes occur rarely in Saint Barthelemy. On average, they happen about once per year.
The hurricane season usually lasts from early June to late November.
Saint Barthelemy has certainly been affected by the foothills of several hurricanes, but during the past 12 months no hurricane reached the inhabited areas on land.
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Current satellite image of the North Atlantic
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Most violent hurricanes in Saint Barthelemy since 2018
Nicole: November 5-11, 2022
Wind speed:
max. 1482 km
Air pressure:
below 980 mbar
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The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On November 5th, 2022 at 11:00 pm it had the shortest distance at about 464 km east of Gustavia.
Lisa: October 27 to November 5, 2022
The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On October 28th, 2022 at 8:00 pm it had the shortest distance at about 726 km southeast of Gustavia.
Ian: September 19 to October 2, 2022
The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On September 22nd, 2022 at 11:00 pm it had the shortest distance at about 722 km southeast of Gustavia.
Fiona: September 12-24, 2022
The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On September 17th, 2022 at 2:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 178 km south of Gustavia.
Earl: August 27 to September 10, 2022
The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On September 3rd, 2022 at 11:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 133 km northwest of Gustavia.
Dorian: August 24 to September 5, 2019
The hurricane did not make direct landfall. On August 28th, 2019 at 8:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 158 km southeast of Gustavia.
These evaluations are based on data from the National Centers for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Individual data have been summarized or translated.
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Much like the United States, Iraq has a Central Banking system that causes inflation, making fils obsolete. Currently, Iraq's currency is the dinar, which was not put into circulation until 1932. By the time 1971 came around, the dinar increased its worth against the U.S. dollar to $3.3778. Today, people buy dinar for investment or collection reasons. In fact, Iraq's currency is at an exotic status among many investors and collectors. If you want to buy dinar, be sure to pay attention to the exchange rate from dinars to dollars. Before the Gulf War, Iraq currency was often called the Swiss dinar because the Swiss printing technology.
By October 2004, 500 dinars note was available to the public. Iraq has a central bank, much like the United States, which creates inflation. Before you buy dinar, be sure to monitor the inflation rate of Iraq's currency. Even if you are not an investor and just interested in collecting Iraqi currancy, you should pay attention to the foreign exchange rate and the inflation rate of Iraq's currency. There are a few things to keep in mind before you buy dinar online. It is important to find a reputable company you can trust if you want to buy Iraqi dinar.
Most companies selling foreign currencies do not offer investment advice. If you are looking for investment advice, be sure to find a reliable broker. You will need to get familiar with the options you have for paying for foreign currencies. Most companies accept wire transfers, money orders and personal checks. Check out the delivery specifications to find out when you will be receiving your dinars as well. Most companies selling foreign currencies can have your order shipped in 5 businesses days after a transaction is cleared. More on buying Iraq currency is found on financial sites and blogs.
The most feared weapon that the IRS can use against a taxpayer in serious debt to the IRS is a tax levy. When you are deep in debt and not sure how you will pay it off, an IRS tax lawyer will be able to offer you solutions that you may not have on your own. Selecting the best IRS tax lawyer to work with is essential to the success of your case. Working with the IRS can be difficult without the help of professionals, but an Irs debt tax lawyer will know how to work with them and get you more solutions than you would have on your own. The IRS can use the powers that are granted to them by the internal revenue code to levy you wages, bank accounts, social security payments, accounts receivables and several other entities in case of tax debt which is why you need to act now.
The Revenue Act of 1861 adopted the first federal income tax. By hiring an IRS tax lawyer, you can feel confident that your taxes will be paid off in no time. The best Irs lawyers can even get some of your penalties reduced so that you are paying a smaller fee. You will find an IRS lawyer that knows how to deal with the IRS so that you can get your taxes paid off and stop further action from occurring. When you hire a tax lawyer IRS issues will be easier to deal with.


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Le elezioni dell'Assemblea costituente in Siria del 1949 si tennero il 16 e il 25 novembre. Esse videro la vittoria del Partito del Popolo, che ottenne 63 seggi su 114.

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Camp Robbinswold: Growing the Next Generation of Trees and Leaders
Nestled on the edge of the Olympic Peninsula about halfway down Hood Canal, Camp Robbinswold includes 570 acres of young, older, and mixed-age forest that is Forest Stewardship Council® certified through NNRG's FSC® group certificate. The camp property includes 1.5 miles of shoreline and tidelands, a 10-acre freshwater lake, 350 acres of forest managed for sustainable timber production, and 220 acres of forest set aside for conservation.
For nearly 100 years, Camp Robbinswold has drawn campers from western Washington (and far beyond), who explore the camp's shores and forests whilst learning leadership skills, practicing outdoor recreation basics, expanding their ecological knowledge, and making lifelong friendships.
Camp Robbinswold is the only camp owned and managed by the Girl Scouts of Western Washington that has saltwater beachfront, but that's not all that makes this camp special. The camp's legacy ― indeed, much of the early history of Girl Scouts of Western Washington ― is inextricably linked to forestry.
Helena Robbins and the Girl Scouts of Western Washington
When Helena and Harry Robbins moved with their five children from Minnesota to Washington in 1925, it was so Harry could begin his new job as owner and overseer of logging operations for the Hama Hama Company, then in its early days. Though it is known today more for its delicious oysters, Hama Hama got its start in western Washington as a timber company, with over 10,000 acres of forest under its management. The forest and timber arm of their business is still around today, and the company treats forestry as "a tool for protecting wildlife habitat, preventing sprawl, and sustaining families and communities for generations."
The Robbins children sorely missed their beloved Girl Scout troop back in Minneapolis, but the Girl Scouts program was still in its infancy in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with a local school, Helena organized a Girl Scout troop and began leading overnight camping trips on Hama Hama Company land, where they utilized a number of logging camp buildings. The program grew quickly, and Helena became the first president of Seattle/King County Girl Scouts.
Robbinswold campers, circa 1940. Photo courtesy of Ashley Gould.
In 1935 Helena arranged for the Girl Scouts to purchase more than 400 acres of land along the Hood Canal from the Hama Hama Company, which became Camp Robbinswold.
Aside from a strip of older forest along the shoreline and on some of the property's steeper slopes, much of the forest was clearcut in the 1920s. For the next few decades the forest reseeded itself and grew back unimpeded, and by the time Jim Messmer moved to Camp Robbinswold and took on his position as the new Site Manager in 1978, the forest was fairly dense and uniform in age and species.
In addition to handling a host of other responsibilities as site manager for Camp Robbinswold — and Property Manager for all the Girl Scouts of Western Washington camps — Jim organized the development of the camp's first Forest Management Plan in 1978. The plan set aside over 200 acres of forest that will never be harvested or thinned, including swaths of old growth Douglas firs. It also kicked off Camp Robbinswold's sustainable forestry program in the other 350 or so acres of forest, which continues to this day.
"The primary focus of managing forest resources at Camp Robbinswold," according to the camp's management plan, "is to provide a sustainable source of income for the camp, while maintaining the natural forested setting that is the essence of outdoor programs occurring on site."
A Robbinswold sign made from a slide of Robbinswold timber.
A troop of Girl Scouts in front of Robbinswold's main lodge. Photo by Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
A Forestry Program that Sustains the Camp and Improves Forest Health
In addition to bringing in revenue for Camp Robbinswold's programs, the thinnings and harvests began in the late 70's really improved access to the farther reaches of the property. "There was very little access to the bulk of the property, at first," recalls Jim. "There was a one-mile trail that bisected the property, and no other road or trail access. As part of the logging program we were able to open up and access many of those acres early on."
Though improving site security was one of the initial goals of creating more road access to the far reaches of Camp Robbinswold's forests, the harvests also improved recreation access in the forest for campers. Today the trail system through the Camp's forest stretches over six miles — long enough for campers to really experience hiking and overnight camping, both a core part of Camp Robbinswold's summer camp programs. Overnight camps are often set up in old log landings, and skid roads are used as hiking trails.
Under Jim's supervision, Camp Robbinswold's forestry program was harvesting timber using ecological forestry techniques long before NNRG entered the picture. Stands are harvested only around 75 years of age. In dense stands where trees are entering the "stem exclusion phase" — beginning to thin themselves out due to competition for sunlight, water, and nutrients — the camp conducts thinnings to remove the most suppressed trees and "release" trees of higher commercial or ecological value. Wetlands and other riparian zones are left a hefty buffer from any logging activity. The forest management plan calls for the creation of bird boxes, wildlife habitat piles, and snags (standing dead trees) to improve wildlife habitat.
Jim Messmer leads a plant talk in the Robbinswold woods.
A sign showing the way to various camp facilities and attractions.
Four Decades of Living and Working in a Forest
Jim was Site Manager for and lived at Camp Robbinswold for over four decades before retiring in 2018.
"When you live and work in a forest for that long, you're hiking all over those acres, practically on a daily basis," says Jim. "You really get a sense of place, and you really notice changes in the landscape. But what's interesting about living on such a large property, is you still discover new things all the time." Case in point: Jim lived at the Camp for 20 years before stumbling one day on an aspen grove he'd never encountered before.
Over the years, Jim also learned more and more about the forest's ecological and human history prior to settlement by Euro-Americans in the 1800s. Recently, Jim partnered with the Forest Service to research beargrass prairies on the Olympic Peninsula.
Ashley "Grizz" Gould and Jim Messmer standing in front of "Big Doug", one of Robbinswold's oldest old-growth trees.
Old-growth Douglas firs at Camp Robbinswold.
When We Cut These Woods We Hold So Dear
Jim knows Camp Robbinswold's forests intimately, and though retired, he's regularly back at the forest to share his knowledge with the camp's new Property and Operations Manager, Ashley "Grizz" Gould.
"Jim recently walked us through an area in south camp that was logged 30 years ago," says Ashley, "and he's charging straight through the woods, pointing out trails that used to be there, places where people poached maple, interesting fungi and plants, places where he's seen wildlife. And he's also going over what changes we need to look out for, how often we need to be surveying the area, are there noxious weeds coming in, are we getting die-off?"
Though she just made the move with her family from Seattle to Camp Robbinswold in 2021, Ashley is no stranger to camp. A Girl Scout alum herself, Ashley is a former Robbinswold staff member and a longtime work party volunteer. In the decade or so since last working at Camp Robbinswold, Ashley's been pursuing a career in ecology and conservation that's taken her to King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, the Washington Conservation Corps, and now back to Robbinswold as the camp's first female Site Manager.
Ashley has spent the better part of a year getting to know Robbinswold from her new perspective, and she's enthusiastic about the role and about the future of the camp. Aside from the day-to-day activities involved in making sure the camp's buildings, docks, common spaces, and equipment are in the condition they need to be for campers, staff, and volunteers, Ashley wants to encourage more visitors to make use of the extensive forestlands available to explore.
"Anytime a new group [of visitors] comes in, I'm ready to catch them when they arrive and say, 'Hey! Did you know there are six miles of trails up there? We have a lake!' People don't always know that when they first come to camp because the pull towards our saltwater beach and waterfront is so great. But it's interesting to be able to show campers what responsible forestry looks like on a land that we want to use for outdoor recreation."
"A lot of people don't realize that we manage our forest to sustain our programming and facilities," says Ashley. "So it's helping us fund the purchase of things like kayaks, backpacking gear, and the purchase of new propane stoves for the cabin units. It also funds the maintenance of our hiking trails, hazard tree removal, and other projects necessary to keep camp running and our buildings in good repair for our program participants. Sometimes it feels difficult to cut a patch of our woods when we work so hard to steward the land and promote natural spaces for campers to recreate in, but the trade is our ability to offer opportunities for youth and young adults to develop leadership and outdoor skills, experience nature up close, live in community, and participate in adventures they might not otherwise have the chance to experience."
Volunteer loggers build benches from newly felled trees.
Volunteers and crew from the Washington Conservation Corps help buck and transport logs at the Camp.
"At Robbinswold, I have found a space where it is OK to make mistakes, ask for help when I don't know how to do something, and rely on my community for support when I need it," wrote Ashley in an earlier article. "Throughout my time at Robbinswold, I've been fortunate to have met and interacted with some pretty great humans—from rambunctious Brownies to venerable characters who were Girl Scouts and campers at Robbinswold in the 1950s. I have worked under the tutelage of several skilled mentors and teachers spanning many generations of Robbinswold Girl Scouts and committed camp stewards, all devoted to ensuring the longevity of this special place."
Listening to Jim and Ashley describe Camp Robbinswold is enough to make anyone want to trade places with the awesome youth who get to live and learn at the camp for a week or more during the summer or through weekend camping. Luckily, adult visitors also have the opportunity to experience camp through camp facility rentals at Robbinswold and five other camp properties stewarded by Girl Scouts of Western Washington. "I invite people to volunteer with Girl Scouts of Western Washington, attend our leadership training programs, and participate in our volunteer stewardship work party groups. Come experience this special place for yourself!," says Ashley, who can be reached at agould (at) girlscoutsww.org. Find more information about Robbinswold and renting facilities from Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
Listening to Jim and Ashley describe Camp Robbinswold is enough to make anyone want to trade places with the awesome youth who get to live and learn at the Camp for a week or more during the summer. Luckily, you don't have to be a Girl Scout to visit! During certain times of the year, adult visitors can rent cabins at the camp and explore the ground just like the campers. "I invite people to get in contact with me if they want to experience this magical place," says Ashley, who can be reached at AGould (at) girlscoutsww.org. More information about renting the camp is available here.
Alexandra Dolk
Program Manager. Kind to animals. Fond of woodworking, dry ciders, and bats.
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12 Sugiyama, H., et. al., "Japan's Global Health Policy." Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham: 2013.
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Interview with Festival Director Gian Smith (The Black Film Festival of New Orleans)
September 19, 2018 festreviews Festival Interview, film festival, film festival reviews, Uncategorizedfestival director, festival reviews, film reviews, Gian Francisco Smith, interview, matthew toffolo, The Black Film Festival of New Orleans
From Gian Smith: The Black Film Festival of New Orleans, in it's inaugural year, has been created with the intention of highlighting American film makers, and content creators of color. While we personally enjoy movies of all types, by all types, we wish to highlight films and content more relatable to our experiences. As a film maker, often times I feel like the nuance, importance and brilliance of my own film making and the films of my black colleagues has been lost on audiences and evaluators who simply don't relate to our personal experiences as black people in the United States. Through my festival experience I have found that my best results have come from audiences catered to me by festival directors and teams who could understand my content. So in that vein I felt it important to give yet another outlet for the black filmmaker to be recognized.
1) What is your Film Festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers?
Our goal is to provide a great platform for filmmakers to celebrate their film. We want filmmakers to have an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of the labor of making a movie. A large welcoming audience, a festival director who communicates directly with the filmmaker and lots of events that show how great New Orleans is as well as make the filmmaker feel like the star (s)he is.
2) What would you expect to experience if you attend your upcoming festival?
The first thing we're going to make sure the filmmaker does is have a good time. New Orleans is typically not too chilly in our winters so the weather will allow the filmmakers to enjoy the town with no restrictions. And we're going to do our part making sure they have plenty of opportunities and places to experience. Several parties held by the festival including our jazz brunch awards ceremony. All topped off with a warm welcoming audience.
3) What are the qualifications for the selected films?
The Black Film Festival of New Orleans prides itself in making sure the spotlight is squarely placed on black Americans. Wether behind the camera, in front, or both we are curating a space where the black voice is recognized and appreciated. Which leads into question #4
4) Do you think that some films really don't get a fair shake from film festivals? And if so, why?
As a black filmmaker I understand that my voice is sometimes lost in the shuffle. Relatability can be a very important factor in being recognized. But when the people making the decisions don't or won't relate to your voice it's easy for the talent to not be recognized. That won't be the case with BFFNO. Just as importantly. As festival director I personally put eyes on every single submission that comes through. If a film deserves to be recognized it will. Even if it doesn't suit my taste, if the effort and quality are there you will screen at BFFNO.
5) What motivates you and your team to do this festival?
As a filmmaker of color I have been looked over man times myself by bigger festivals, and festivals that give more volume to non-voices of color. New Orleans is a town that needs a festival like this one, and as one of the best filmmakers here, who better to do it than I and my team?
6) How has your FilmFreeway submission process been?
Filmfreeway has been an easy transition for me, both as a filmmaker and a festival director.
7) Where do you see the festival by 2023?
In five years I believe we'll have some of the brightest filmmakers as alums. Hopefully they will come bak and hold master classes, and bring their movies to BFFNO for premieres. By that time I hope we will have grown to be recognized as not only one of the best black film festivals but one of the best overall, and most importantly, the filmmakers favorite festival.
8) What film have you seen the most times in your life?
Besides my won films during editing… I probably have watched "The Color Purple" more than any other movie. That being said I've also watched "The Wire" from episode 1-60 about a dozen times over.
9) In one sentence, what makes a great film?
A great film needs a team of people who all care about doing their part in telling a great story.
10) How is the film scene in your city?
The film scene in New Orleans is certainly robust. Both for the big budget productions as well as the indie scene. There's always a production being done down here. Who doesn't want to be in New Orleans?!
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Tim Burns is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Tyler, a non-denominational church in East Texas dedicated to preaching the Bible verse-by-verse. He is the featured teacher on the radio program "Trusting by Grace," airing in four states, and has taught Inductive Bible Study in India and Cambodia. His writings can be found online at timburns.wordpress.com, including sermon manuscripts and other various devotionals. He and his wife Marilyn have been happily married since 1996, and reside with their daughter in Tyler, Texas.


Cufflinks have been used to secure shirts cuffs since the reign of the French King Louis X1V. This is the period in history when shirt sleeve's or the cuffs were first fastened by buttons (normally glass) and joined by a chain, hence the name Cufflinks. And as you can see he was a flamboyant dresser and probably the first person who wore Cufflinks.
Now obviously Louis's shirts were handmade for him and therefore were bespoke. Some 40 years later the London bespoke shirt makers Thresher & Glenny were established in London and are still operating today in Middle Temple Lane and still hold Royal Warrants granted in the late 18th century.
Most bespoke shirt makers makers were established in Saville Row, London W1 in the late 1800's and are still based there today.
No formal bespoke shirt from an established shirt maker would not have French Cuffs or double cuffs as we know them today and thats why you can choose from 000's of different styles of cufflinks today.
and you can buy these now.
Of course a bespoke shirt needs keeping in a pristine condition to show off those silver cufflinks and you can see the professional way to ironing a shirt here. Yes ironing a shirt gentlemen.
Here is his thank you photo to Russell & Hodge his bespoke shirt maker.
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01.23 Is This Not A Pipe?
Today Francis did an overview of the concept of signs introduced by Eugenia last week, reviewed the Instagram posts assignment, introduced product semantics, introduced the first assignment, and Dan introduced behavioral and psychographic profiling.
We reviewed the concept of signs looking at signified and signifier.
We also reviewed the differences between icons, indexes, and symbols as a reminder before we moved into reviewing the Instagram homework. Icons are a direct representation. Indexs require you to make congnitive choices. Symbols are culturally developed and learned over time and have no logical connection.
Students had to take photos that represented icons, indexes, and symbols.
This image ended up debated on whether it was a symbol or an icon.
So, is this a symbol or an icon?
The concept of product semantics lead into introducing cabinets of curiosities, which is an element of the first project, which was introduced today. Cabinets of curiosities were a popular way to display a collection of unique and usual objects. They were traditionally a room and featured items that told stories of fact and fiction with items typically associated with natural histories, such as skulls and minerals, as well as historical and religious objects.
We asked the students what are the elements of a cabinet of curiosities, which will be things for them to think about as they start working on designing their own cabinet of curiosities for the first project.
Dan introduced the concept of behavioral and psychographic profiling. He showed a clip from a talk by the CEO of Cambridge Analytica about the Ted Cruz campaign and how they used big data and psychographics to develop profiles of American citizens based on their personality traits.
As designers, it is important to understand and consider the concept of behavioral and psychographic profiling because the work we may end up working on most likely will use some form of it. The questions we must think about are if you have or could build a 'persuasion' profile, how would (should) you use it, as a designer? And is there a way to do it in a less sinister and more ethical way?
We had students look at their Facebook profiles and look at the data and information that is collected on them and what Facebook has decided their interests are. We wanted them to think about are the interests and do they align, how would they use that information, and how would they target based on the information.
This week we want them to document 1 example of product semantics using the hashtags #productsemantics #cmupersuasion2019.


Victim mentality is an acquired personality trait in which a person tends to recognize themselves as a victim of the negative actions of others, and to behave as if this were the case.
Billie Stone felt she was a victim of life. A beautiful woman with the voice of an angel living on an idyllic island with the artistic mother she loved. But she felt alone after her husband and son were killed in an accident. Her music was the only thing that got her out of bed somedays – that and her aging mother. But she wanted her life back.
Joe Franks felt like a victim of life when everything he'd ever worked for was taken from him and he was forced into pizza delivery to make ends meet. He never meant to hurt anyone on that dark Texas highway. Suddenly the minivan was in front of him and he couldn't avoid it. He went to prison, lost his house, car, and job. Society was determined to keep him down.
Who was the victim and who was the victimizer?
Franks saw Billie as the lucky one. She had a job she loved, a beach house on an island to live in, and he wanted his life back. So, the man who killed her family approached her wanting her help – and when she wouldn't give it, he tried to take it from her.
Stones of Sandhill Island picks back up where Secrets of Sandhill Island left off. Some of the same characters make an appearance, but the main character – Sandhill Island – is once again in the forefront. The island is home to a handful of inhabitants who are wooed by her beauty and live their lives loving the calm and isolation it brings. The people are kind – except when exploited – and take care of each other and their island.
Billie Stone would get her life back if it killed her.
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Le Jubilé est une farce en un acte d'Anton Tchekhov parue en 1891.

Résumé
Khirine se plaint de son directeur Chipoutchine, pour lequel il doit écrire le texte d'un exposé qui sera prononcé dans l'après-midi, il est cependant empêché dans son travail par diverses choses.
Tout d'abord, Chipoutchine lui parle de ses problèmes de couple, en effet, selon lui, Khirine boit et bat sa femme, cela énerve Khirine qui est d'un caractère assez colérique. Puis Tatiana arrive, et raconte diverses histoires qui lui sont arrivées récemment, que personne ne comprend à part elle, qui sont longues, et que personne ne veut écouter. Finalement, Mertchoukina arrive et réclame à Chipoutchine  pour une raison abracadabrantesque : son mari a été renvoyé d'un corps de l'armée, et une partie de sa solde a été retenue sans raison, mais celle-ci croit dur comme fer qu'il faut s'adresser à Chipoutchine pour se faire rembourser, et malgré les efforts de Chipoutchine, elle persévère dans sa requête.
Par la suite, Khirine devient fou et poursuit les deux femmes pour les faire sortir, et toutes deux s'évanouissent au moment où un délégué des inspecteurs du travail arrive pour remettre un prix à Chipoutchine, mais, voyant la situation dans le bureau, repart avec son prix.

Personnages
Andréï Andréïevitch Chipoutchine, président du Conseil d'administration de la Société du Crédit mutuel de N..., homme d'âge moyen, portant monocle
Tatiana Alexéïevna, sa femme, 25 ans
Kouzma Nicolaïévitch Khirine, vieux comptable de la banque
Nastassia Fédorovna Mertchoutkina, une vieille, avec un grand manteau crasseux
Membres du conseil d'administration
Employés de la banque

Représentations
La pièce est mise en scène au théâtre de la Citerne en 1985.
La pièce a été mise en scène en  au Sudden théâtre, avec L'Ours et Une demande en mariage. La mise en scène de ces pièces soulignait l'aspect "prophétique" de Tchekov en situant son action non pas à la fin du , mais en 1930.

Références

Comédie (théâtre)
Pièce de théâtre russe
Pièce de théâtre du XIXe siècle
Pièce de théâtre d'Anton Tchekhov


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Yellow Flowers and Spring Messengers
I'd never paid much attention to the little yellow wildflowers with the dull name of lesser celandine that pop up in my garden around March and April. To be honest, I thought it was probably a weed. But when I went for a woodland walk and saw this carpet of lesser celandine covering the forest floor like dappled sunshine I realised how beautiful the flowers could be on a spring day.
It prompted me to find out a bit more about the diminutive plant.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, celandine comes from the Latin chelidonia, meaning swallow: it was said that the flowers bloomed when the swallows returned and faded when they left. And according to Gilbert White, who live in the Hampshire village of Selborne around 1800 and wrote The Natural History of Selborne, the plants came out on in his village on February 21, but commonly flower from March until May, and are sometimes called the "spring messenger" as a consequence.
So you can recognise it, lesser celandine is a low-growing, perennial plant, with smooth, dark green, heart-shaped leaves. It likes bare, damp ground. The flowers have pointed petals like a stylised sunburst. When it first blooms it has an orange tint, turning yellow as it ages. The Celtic name for lesser celendine is Grain, which means "sun". It was also associated with the sun because the flowers close up when the sun starts to set and open as the sun rises.
Poet William Wordsworth, as well as writing his famous poem about daffodils, penned a few lines about lesser celandine:
"There is a flower, the lesser celandine,
That shrinks like many more from cold and rain,
And the first moment that the sun may shine,
Bright as the sun himself, 'tis out again!"
Magically, lesser celandine is associated with fire, the sun and springtime. In folk medicine, the plant used to be called pilewort because it was used to treat haemorrhoids. The bulbous tubers of the plant, which look a bit like piles, were dug up in May and mixed with lard as an ointment then applied the place where, proverbially, the sun don't shine.
It is also worth mentioning that lesser celandine is not the same as greater celandine. Lesser celandine is related to the buttercup, while greater celandine is related to poppies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_celandine
http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/herborium/lesser_celandine.asp
http://www.herbsociety.org.uk/hh-lesser-celandine.htm
Note: This is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified expert before taking any herbal remedy.
Posted by Badwitch at 08:03
Labels: flowers, folklore, forest, healing, herbalism, herbs, spring, trees, wildflowers
Prince Le Normand said...
That was such a lovely and interesting post. Thank you!
vivienne said...
looks lovely---where was the wood??
Badwitch said...
The wood is at Friston, in Sussex, not far from the Sheep Centre that I posted a slide show of last week.
thank you---sometimes I do wish I had a car again!!
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Delivering an Elevated Customer Experience Requires an Agile Retail Technology Platform
By Perry Kramer, SVP & Practice Lead, Boston Retail Partners
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Retailers that are thriving—and there are lots of them—anticipate and react to consumers' demand for an enhanced and continuously changing retail experience. Retailers that have successfully anticipated the changing customer experience have created a technical platform, with the supporting process changes, that allows them to react quickly enough to stay ahead of a new set of customer expectations in an increasingly competitive digital retail environment.
Increasing Pressure on the Retail Model
One of the greatest hockey players ever, Wayne Gretzky, said "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." The retailers who are profitable and continuing to grow are executing this same philosophy.
The pressure on physical stores continues, as more than 7,100 retail locations have closed this year and additional closures are expected after the holiday season. With an estimated 15 percent of holiday shopping moving to digital this year, the competition for share of wallet has become more intense than at any point in the digital retail era. As retailers shift more of their sales online, additional pressures are exerted as retailers deal with the lower margin generally associated with digital sales and the need for modified business process, organizational and technology changes to remain competitive.
For retailers to succeed in the future, they must transform their business with agile technology and new processes that adapt to current and future customer expectations. Retailers don't have the luxury of time. They must act now to survive.
Focus on Agile Technology
The first step is to migrate the current budget and focus expended on maintaining legacy commodity systems to a model that is focused on advanced, agile systems that drive a distinguishing customer experience and/or improve margin.
Moving commodity systems such as finance, HR, asset protection, network, mobile device management and monitoring to a SaaS model is a critical first step. In addition, the business needs to refocus (not eliminate) resources on migrating the distinguishing business-focused systems to a more agile technology platform. More efficient technology and processes are critical to enable retailers to adapt quickly and anticipate rapidly changing retail dynamics. With a narrower set of internally supported applications, retailers have a greater focus on the key systems that have the greatest impact on the customer experience and product margin including, analytics, merchandise planning and allocation, digital commerce, CRM and customer engagement (mobile and POS).
The major obstacle for retailers in transforming their technology has been the short-term budget impact of shifting capital budget funds to expense budget funds that is associated with moving to a SaaS model. Savvy CIOs have been able to build a strong multi-year story and convince the CFO and other C-level decision-makers that the short-term financial impact is key to their long-term success. The business needs to understand the value of the investment as a proactive strategic initiative, not a cost savings initiative. Leading and fast following retailers are beginning to realize the urgency of this transformation. According to BRP's 2017 POS/Customer Engagement Survey, adding omni-channel integration and POS functions were the top two retailer initiatives, which indicates that most retailers are focused on the ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
The Need for Real-time Data and Analytics
Developing an agile technology infrastructure and organization is critical to leveraging the large amount of data that retailers collect but fail to use effectively. In many cases, retailers have as much information as retail giants like Amazon and Walmart but have failed to make it actionable in their analytics, CRM and merchandising systems. This results in lower margin because they have not accurately anticipated customer demand and positioned the right merchandise, and people in the right place at the right time.
"For retailers to succeed in the future, they must transform their business with agile technology and new processes that adapt to current and future customer expectations"
Additionally, retailers who are trying to play catch up do not have real-time enterprise-wide access to the data needed to meet consumers' rapidly changing expectations, which makes it challenging to properly allocate their resources—products and people. Customers expect retail associates to have easy access to rich, detailed enterprise-wide product content and consumer preferences in real-time when they are engaging with the customer. To keep the customer at the epicenter of the retail transaction, retailers need to migrate to an environment that offers real-time access to enterprise-wide product information, customer preferences, and transaction history across all channels—and it must be accessible from mobile devices.
Flexible Processes are a Requisite
In addition to adopting agile technologies, such as micro services, winning retailers anticipate changing demands and leverage a more narrowly focused, and more flexible set of processes to work with their business units to quickly build lower cost proof of concepts and learning centers. By reducing development costs and time to market, they are able to budget for and work with the business units to build proof of concepts and learning-focused pilots. This is a critical difference between the leaders and the followers. Other moderately successful, and slightly more conservative retailers, are leveraging these changes to position themselves as fast followers.
For retailers to be successful they need to stay ahead of customer expectations and their significant use of mobile technology, by building flexible and reusable technologies with aligned processes that are focused on areas that are impactful to the consumer while still maintaining margin. Agile environments allow for a lower cost structure and the ability to leap frog the trends of online pure-plays opening brick-and-mortar stores and traditional retailers experimenting with new store models—and be where the customer will be.
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Two documentaries made by UE College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (CFAD) students-turned-graduates are competing abroad this month, with one already emerging a winner.
The 13-minute documentary film Yero, directed by CFAD advertising arts graduate John Lanbert D. Rafols, was officially selected as one of the films in competition at the 21 Islands International Short Film Festival in New York, USA. The film narrates the life of two factory workers in a corrugated-iron recycling factory that is hidden from the public world. It reveals the harsh conditions inside the factory, as workers scavengers through metal scraps without safety tools or hazard protections for themselves. Mr. Rafols together with fellow UE CFAD graduates Jay M. Condeno and John Nico S. Nunag, documented the everyday life of these workers to convey their situation.
Yero is the lone representative of the Philippines selected for the third edition of the said festival in New York alongside films from 20 other countries. The festival took place from February 7 to 10, 2019, in the South Bronx, and was curated by filmmaker-media producer Melisa Ramos in partnership with Prime Latino Media, the largest network of Latino multimedia-makers on the East Coast.
On February 12, 2019, it was confirmed that Yero won Best Short Documentary at the NY-based Festival.
Yero had been officially selected in 2018 as part of the 30th Cultural Center of the Philippines: Gawad Alternatibo festival and the 6th Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition in Compostela Valley. The 21 Islands International Short Film Festival is the first international film festival run of Yero and a great opportunity to start the year 2019.
Meanwhile, after the successful festival run of his animated film Maling Akala, UE CFAD graduate Elvin Jay E. Macanlalay has made the documentary How the Beasts Got Hyped, which focuses on the daily routine of "hypebeasts" in Manila. His new, live-action film is vying for the Best Documentary Award at the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival on February 20, 2019, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival is India's only independent international film festival, with a mission to celebrate cinema and the work of aspiring, young, independent and professional filmmakers around the world. The festival has sections for feature films, short films, documentaries, animation, music videos and ad films.
How the Beasts Got Hyped is a film by Elvin Jay Macanlalay, Bryan Benn A. Marticio and Marcelino C. Sanchez Jr., and is about people who are "beasts" (obsessed) about the "hype" (in fashion) and their mutual interest in street-style fashion, which creates a sense of community among its followers.
The film was previously selected as part of the 17th Hyperfest International Student Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania; the Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition or Nabifilmex in Compostela Valley in Davao; and the 30th Gawad CCP Independent Film and Video Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
Mr. Rafols graduated from the UE CFAD in December 2018, while Mr. Condeno, Mr. Nunag, Mr. Macanlalay, Mr. Marticio and Mr. Sanchez graduated in April 2018. All are Bachelor of Arts, major in Advertising Arts, degree-holders except for Mr. Condeno, who is a Bachelor of Arts, major in Painting graduate.
Their documentary films are their respective final projects in the video production class of mentor Richard Soriano Legaspi, himself a UE CFAD graduate and award-winning writer-director.
Congratulations and kudos, Warrior Filmmakers!


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Sahryń (prononciation : ) est un village polonais de la gmina de Werbkowice dans le powiat de Hrubieszów de la voïvodie de Lublin dans l'est de la Pologne.

Il se situe à environ  au sud de Werbkowice (siège de la gmina),  au sud de Hrubieszów (siège du powiat) et  au sud-est de Lublin (capitale de la voïvodie).

Histoire
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, au printemps de 1944, Sahryń a été l'un des 150 villages ukrainiens (avec sa minorité polonaise d'avant-guerre déjà déportés), qui a été brûlé par les partisans polonais (Armia Krajowa: (l'armée de l'intérieur: AK)) pendant le conflit de nettoyage ethnique avec l'Armée insurrectionnelle ukrainienne (UPA), le long de la ligne Curzon. Ce conflit a continué tout au long de , résultant des bains de sang considérables des deux côtés et la destruction de dizaines de villages polonais et ukrainiens". Sahryń a été le lieu de la montée initiale de la contre-offensive de l'AK contre l'UPA, sous le commandement du lieutenant Zenon Jachymek, en raison de la force d'auto-défense ukrainienne stationnée là.
A l'aube, le , l'unité AK de la Division Hrubieszow attaque le village fortifié. Un lourd combat éclate. Les ukrainiens se sont retirés, mais les deux églises catholiques et orthodoxes dans Sahryń ont été brûlées. Quelque 700 villageois ont été tués par l'AK en représailles, et 260 fermes mis en feu.

Le monument à la mémoire des victimes ukrainiennes de l'AK dans Sahryń attend son dévoilement officiel. Il a été érigé en 2009, avec l'espoir que les deux présidents ukrainien et polonais viendraient assister aux cérémonies, mais il a été découverts des erreurs d'orthographe dans les noms. Le monument a été construit en Ukraine, avec la participation polonais.

De 1975 à 1998, le village est attaché administrativement à la voïvodie de Zamość.

Depuis 1999, il fait partie de la voïvodie de Lublin.

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Village dans la voïvodie de Lublin
Powiat de Hrubieszów


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> Home > Planning > Planning Policy and the Local Plan > Heritage Conservation > Conservation Areas
Conservation Areas are 'areas of special architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.' Under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, the Council has a duty to consider the designation and review of conservation areas.
Conservation area designation recognises the unique quality of an area as a whole rather than just the quality of individual buildings; although such areas often contain concentrations of listed buildings and locally listed buildings. The sense of place created by different components such as topography and setting; historic development; layout, buildings and other structures; historic and current uses; open spaces, trees and other landscape features, all combine to provide the area's special character and appearance. It is this character, rather than individual buildings, that designation seeks to preserve or enhance.
Conservation Areas in Burnley
There are presently ten conservation areas in Burnley as follows:
Jib Hill
Hurstwood
Harle Syke
Worsthorne
Burnley Wood
Canalside
Burnley Town Centre
Top O' T' Town
The Council has published detailed conservation area appraisals and management plans for some of the borough's conservation areas.
What effect does designation have?
When an area is designated as a Conservation Area, the Council has a statutory duty to have "special regard to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character and appearance of the area" in all its planning functions.
Whilst designation introduces some additional controls over development, it is not intended to prevent all change but to ensure that change is managed so that the character and appearance of the conservation area is preserved or enhanced. There is a general expectation that buildings making a positive contribution within them will be retained and the features that make them special will be conserved.
The role of residents and property owners
Residents and owners of property within conservation areas can help to protect its character when considering carrying out works to their properties. Small incremental changes to properties such as the removal of boundary walls, the replacement of traditional/historic windows or doors with modern styles or the use of inappropriate building materials can have a cumulatively detrimental effect on the character and appearance of individual buildings and upon the areas as a whole. Equally, poorly conceived new development or insensitive extensions to older properties can detract from the character of a conservation area.
Even if it is determined that the proposed works do not require planning permission, it is advised that any changes you make to your property through repairs, maintenance or alterations, are in keeping with the character of the building and the area. Care should be taken to match original/traditional materials and methods of construction and avoid damaging or removing features of historic or architectural value.
Control of Development in Conservation Areas
For Information on the control of development in conservation areas, please follow the link below.
Mapping Data
An interactive map of Conservation Areas can be found via the National Planning Data Platform. A link to this can be found on our Mapping Data page.
Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans


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or dialogue of the assumptions, values and interest each holds.
When seen through the lens of ethical space, the 12 Steps of the Recovery Movement have a striking similarity to the 'medicine wheel' of those who lived in Ohio before colonization.
This is especially true as regards the nature of human beings. The 4 Directions of the wheel express that human beings are mental (North), emotional (East), physical (South) and spiritual (West) beings.
The 4 'seasons' are also understood as seasons of life. Childhood is the East and adulthood is the South. It is just in this place in the wheel that we are losing our citizens. The central reason is because what worked well in an earlier season of life becomes destructive in the next. In childhood, if there is pain, the wisdom is to move away from it. If there is emptiness and hunger, the wisdom is to cry out and ask for help. In adulthood, the opposite is true. If there is pain, the wisdom is to move directly into and through it, to make the pain a central teacher. If there is emptiness, the wisdom is that we become full by giving away. It is possible to see the opioid epidemic as a failure to develop an adult relationship with pain and emptiness.
It is tempting to place all the blame for addiction on the shoulders of those who suffer. This suffering, though, belongs to all of us. It is a collective question and requires ways to address collective suffering together as a community.
OhioGuidestone provides a full array of mental health and substance abuse treatment to adults, children and adolescents in Medina County, including Psychiatric treatment, a Medication-Assisted Treatment program and Prevention Services. They will provide diagnostic assessment and a variety of individual, group and family counseling options, available in the Medina office, the community, or in the client's own home. OhioGuidestone has decades of experience providing behavioral health services, and they work from a holistic approach to meet the unique needs of each person they serve.
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A fundamental part of any IT decision maker's job function these days is to show up at the myriad conferences hosted in this region that are intended to educate and persuade purchasing decisions for the systems and bits of infrastructure that need overhauling to ensure that agencies are equipped to meet their missions.
At ModernGov we've made a habit out of seeking out exciting and pivotal government and military IT innovation – from all levels, in all agencies – that utilize and promote agility. In this news round-up, we've found some amazing stories of innovation in research, implementation and career creation, as government agencies, along with the military, blaze a path in IT innovation in virtual training, autonomous systems, and application program interfaces.


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AS PRAVDA.RU HAS PREDICTED, KREMLIN OFFICIALS ARE RAISING THE QUESTION OF LININ'S BURIAL
The Kremlin has made it understood that the question of burying Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is one that does need to be decided on. "It is possible to bury Lenin's embalmed body," a high-ranking presidential administration source reported. However, this source did make it clear that the Kremlin does not regard this as a priority or pressing issue. "The question will probably be decided, but not now," Interfax cites the source as saying.
Lenin died in 1924, and his embalmed body has since lain in the mausoleum on Red Square, Moscow. During World War II, it was evacuated to Tyumen, Siberia, where it remained for 1,360 days. Between 1953 and 1961, the mausoleum was also the resting place of another Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin. However, following the 20th congress of the Soviet Communist party that denounced Stalin's cult of personality, the dictator's own embalmed body was interred.
It is important to note that two weeks ago Pravda.ru stressed that Kremlin was carefully raising the question of Lenin's burial, probing public opinion.