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The Coronavirus Is Killing Off American Jewish Institutional Life
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With emptying coffers and no end in sight, many Jewish institutions no longer see COVID-19 as a crisis to weather, but rather as a new reality
Armin Rosen
Shortly after the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department conducted a security survey of the city's Jewish institutions, counting every synagogue, nonprofit organization, advocacy group, senior home, and kosher restaurant in need of protection against a potential mass shooter. The final number of such potential Jewish target across the 68 square miles of the District of Columbia, recalled a local synagogue board member who had served as a liaison with the police department, was 95—ranging from GatherDC's alternative Yom Kippur services, usually held in a bar's backroom, to the day school that the president's granddaughter attends.
In Washington, and in America more generally, a sprawling organizational infrastructure sustains that notional and constructed thing referred to as "Jewish life"—an ever-endangered concept that's believed to be an essential element of one's selfhood and well-being. Those 95 institutions reflect an American conviction that something so tenuous and yet so important as Jewish identity cannot be left to the traditional channels of Judaic socialization, like the family or the synagogue. The association-building of American Jews has left behind summer camps in Mississippi, rabbinical schools in Cincinnati, and three Jewish community centers in the Washington metro region alone.
In March of 2020, the institutionalism of the American Jewish community met the raw power of the coronavirus. The American vision of Judaism hadn't exactly been thriving prior to the horrors of March—the communal power and emotional pull of American Jewish religious movements and other mainline organizations had been waning for years. But the pandemic did something that terrorism, anti-Semitism, financial crisis, intermarriage, the BDS movement, and other real and imagined enemies of the American Jewish community could never accomplish: It wiped out everything, in one blow, all at once. Everything American Jews had built, along with seemingly everything else in a once-open and dynamic country of 350 million people, wilted before a disease that couldn't be stopped. All certainties vanished at once.
"How do we start reimagining what the Jewish community is going to look like post-COVID?" Gil Preuss, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, wondered this past May. "Because we're not going back to the way it was before. And the impact that it's had, not just on our operations but on how people connect to Jewish community, how identity is transmitted from one generation to another—all of these things are going to change in ways that we may or may not be able to predict."
The coronavirus could be analogized to a tidal wave, a destructive force that crashes over everything and everyone and then sucks the ruins into a swiftly receding ocean. In reality the pandemic has been a slow, painfully drawn-out crisis—it's as if a couple feet of water have stuck around after the wave crashed, with no one knowing how long it will take to drain it all, and who or what will still be there once the water's gone. For months, every level of American government has effectively outlawed entire sectors of the economy, while also shuttering all educational institutions, nearly every library and recreation center, and nearly every day care. These edicts put some 40 million Americans out of work, and have forced surviving industries to reckon with a world in which any human contact is viewed as a potential death sentence for someone.
The federal government attempted to lessen the impact of the lockdowns—which wiped out businesses, derailed untold millions of lives, crowded out nearly all other non-virus-related health care, and arrested or reversed the intellectual and emotional development of countless children—through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, Economic Security Act (CARES). Passed with bipartisan support on March 27, 2020, the CARES Act included a provision called the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that allowed companies and nonprofits with fewer than 400 employees to apply for low-interest loans and grants that would prevent them from shedding or furloughing staff. The money had to be spent through the end of June, creating uncertainty as to what, if anything, would happen if the country was still shut down by then.
There were also aspects of the pre-crisis economy that couldn't be so easily frozen in place, no matter how much government aid was poured in. Certain business models, such as Jewish overnight summer camps, of which there are 160 in the United States, work off of prepayment for services that might no longer be deliverable. Some nonprofits make the bulk of their budget on events that could no longer be held—like synagogues that refill their coffers through annual dinners and fundraising drives scheduled around High Holiday services that are now being canceled across the country. Other ventures, like kosher caterers that no longer have any weddings or b'nai mitzvot to service, operate based on revenue expectations that the virus has rendered null and void.
The U.S. government's intervention in the plague economy has had the effect of staving off a worldwide financial meltdown and keeping the stock market buoyant. As important as federal action may have been for limiting the worldwide social and economic damage of the pandemic, the stability of U.S. markets has also had the effect of widening the gap—both financially, and in day-to-day lived experience—between a semi-insulated managerial elite, for whom the coronavirus was an inconvenience, and small business or nonprofit sector employees, for whom it has been a potentially life-altering cataclysm. The brunt of the catastrophe has been borne by organizations that aren't massive enough to withstand a three-month—or a six-month, or a 24-month; who even knows—lacuna in normal life.
The American Jewish Main Street consists of synagogues, Judaica stores, kosher grocers, summer camps, Jewish community centers, day schools, and a few small institutes of higher learning. Many of them were struggling even before the virus hit. The American Jewish infrastructure is composed of exactly the kind of entities that are primed to be the pandemic's biggest losers.
The coronavirus may therefore be a turning point in American Jewish history—a catastrophe with a distinct before and after, and a time in which the community's once-successful and distinctly American models of interlocking institutions and entrepreneurial ventures came crashing down. But the results might also be more ambiguous, and perhaps more unsettling, than a straightforward clearing of the decks. It is just as likely that American Jews, like Americans in general, are trapped in a multiyear spiral of decline with no clear endpoint or outcome in sight, and no obvious means of rescue or escape.
The coronavirus has forced the most basic units of mainstream American Jewish life into a zombielike state. Synagogues can't meet in person. JCCs are shuttered—in Philadelphia, the local community center laid off all but two of its 178 employees in late March. "The thing we didn't have time for was planning," recalled Barbara Birch, CEO of ORT America, an organization that helps create nonreligious education-related programs in Jewish schools around the world. "We all just left our offices one day and never went back."
Many organizations felt the sting immediately—ORT was forced to cancel two fundraising events for the mid-March week that the virus struck. "It was like whiplash," Birch recalled. Synagogues shut down their preschools, in some cases losing their primary revenue stream. Job descriptions changed overnight.
Zach Schaffer, executive director of the newly founded Council of Young Jewish Presidents, was supposed to spend 2020 diversifying his fledgling project's fundraising streams in order to prove the group's financial sustainability to the organization's founding donor. "Obviously a lot of that is out the window now," said Schaffer, who is also on the board of Friends of Roots, which supports a West Bank-based education and peace-building center that faces a different kind of funding challenge. Much of Roots' half-million-dollar annual budget comes from group visits to their site near Hebron and speaking tours in the United States, both of which are on hold. A canceled spring American speaking tour immediately cost the group an estimated $40,000 in projected revenue—nearly 10% of the organization's annual budget.
Cindy Greenberg, CEO of the Jewish service organization Repair the World, has helped lead an emergency roundtable of midsize Jewish nonprofits, and said she has heard of organizations "anticipating everything from a 15% to a 50% reduction in fundraising for next year"—a fairly wide range of outcomes, all of them negative.
Accessing PPP money has often proved to be a nerve-wracking process. Several organizations consulted for this article missed out on the first round of loans, resulting in several weeks of agonizing uncertainty. Close relationships with one's banker proved to be critical, and it seems that smaller, local banks were more helpful in navigating the application process than larger, more nationally focused institutions with bigger and more demanding clients to deal with. Still, none of over a dozen groups Tablet spoke to for this article said they had failed to obtain a PPP loan after applying for one.
The thing we didn't have time for was planning. We all just left our offices one day and never went back.
But a look into even one subsector of the Jewish organizational world hints at how massive the eventual shortfall might be, even if the federal government has delayed a worst-case scenario. According to JCC Association of North America CEO Doron Krakow, Jewish community centers received $135 million under PPP, which allowed them to retain many of the 19,000 employees the centers laid off or furloughed in the early days of the crisis. Personal charitable contributions, some of which came through members converting payments for canceled programming into donations, had brought the nation's JCCs $24 million by the time I spoke with Krakow in early June; another $18 million came from grants and loans from private foundations and various federation systems.
Yet JCCs are a $1.6 billion annual industry that depends on fees for services—preschools, gyms, swimming pools, classes, and cultural events—for 80% of their annual revenue. Some 75 JCCs were scheduled to reopen in some dramatically reduced form by the end of June. But then what? No one knows. "I think we are thinking in terms of 90- and 120-day increments," Krakow said.
This is about as far ahead as anyone but the most steely-eyed pessimists—who might be proven right—can responsibly plan. "Right now we're asking, what does it look like for us a year for now to be in the same situation?" one congregational rabbi said in early May. On the other hand, there was a time when even Jewish summer camps believed the crisis might spare them. "It was: OK, let's look at the calendar; there's 12 to 14 weeks until camps are starting, that's plenty of time for the world to figure this out," said Avi Matanky, director of Moshava Alevy, an overnight camp outside of Los Angeles. "We all had this optimistic point of view in the beginning that camps would be OK." Now that it is July, we know that they are not.
The Jewish camp problem had an added, nasty twist. Much of a summer camp's budget, usually around 40%, is spent during the 10 months of the year when camp is not in session—a camp has to pay insurance, mortgage, and upkeep costs, while also supporting a year-round staff and preparing for the coming season. Deposits and camper tuition—which total $300 million for the country's Jewish sleepaway camps, according to Jeremy Fingerman, CEO of the Foundation for Jewish Camp—are often spent as soon as they're received. The annual off-season fixed costs in running these camps is about $150 million, which is paid for on a rolling basis through camper tuition for the coming summer.
At the time Fingerman and I spoke in early June, 115 Jewish summer camps had announced they were canceling their sessions for 2020. That's a lot of money that has to be returned. "Even just one summer of operation is going to have a multiyear impact," Matanky predicted—by this time next year, camps will have had a year of bills to pay that hadn't been offset with any comparable infusion of revenue. As a result, many camps are in danger of going broke and disappearing.
In a sense, Camp HASC, in upstate New York, isn't broadly representative of what Jewish summer camps are going through right now, as the camp serves children from religious backgrounds with developmental disabilities. For campers and their families, HASC can be a life-changer, but the worthiness of the organization's mission offers little protection from the hard realities of the crisis. "We're going to have to look very, very hard to make up all the literally over a million dollars that we spent keeping the lights on," Camp HASC executive director Rabbi Judah Mischel explained. In addition, the camp canceled five in-person fundraising events scheduled for the time around Pesach. "This is an existential threat to our program," Mischel said of the coronavirus. "It really, really is. But I don't believe klal Yisrael would allow Camp HASC to close."
In some sectors the coronavirus didn't look like a potential deathblow. Synagogues have cut their dues and brought many of their events online. Zoom fatigue is common—"I don't believe the rabbinate is going to move to virtual," Dov Linzer, rosh yeshiva of the liberal Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah rabbinical school in Riverdale, New York, hopefully predicted—but it's better than nothing. Maybe Zoom is even the future! "Rabbis are saying more people are joining for morning minyan than they ever did. Did they ever want to get rid of that?" said Gil Preuss. Probably not.
Certain businesses were forced into hibernation, which is of course preferable to being ruined. The Israel Book Shop, a Judaica hub in Brookline, Massachusetts, has cut its hours and seen a "significant" drop in business, according to associate general manager Edie Dovek. "People are not coming in to buy talesim because there are no bar mitzvahs going on." Still, the store remains open for deliveries and curbside pickup.
As Rabbi Menachem Genack, who is in charge of all kosher supervision for the Orthodox Union explained, the OU has been conducting remote inspections of kosher meat facilities. "Someone goes around with his iPhone" while a faraway inspector who is familiar with the facility's layout "tells the person where to go. It's been an effective approach."
Not everything can be done over the phone, though. Rabbi Dov Schreier, who oversees the supervision of kosher caterers for the OU, estimates that caterers have lost 80% of their business. "Caterers are not doing well at all. With some caterers their doors are literally closed. They have nothing to do, and if somebody calls, they don't even know what to tell them."
Drew Rosen, who runs Nes Catering in Los Angeles, saw much of his business evaporate as he went from fully servicing events with 300 people to occasionally dropping off food at ones attended by 30 people at most. "Most of my people were on call," he said of his usual employees. "I just haven't been calling them."
True to his business's name—which means miracle in Hebrew—Rosen is hopeful things will recover, even if he can't be sure what the simchas of the post-COVID era will even look like. "People will still have simchas—they have no choice. It's just a question of the size of the events."
There is some reason to believe that Jewish day schools might be able to weather the plague. School doesn't begin until September, and they have plenty of time to formulate reopening plans and figure out how steep of a shortfall they face. Then again, tuition deposits are coming due in the midst of an economic and public health catastrophe. Somewhere between 30% and 50% of students are typically on scholarship at an average Jewish day school, which operates on fairly thin margins in the best of times, according to Maury Litwack, executive director of the Teach Coalition, a group which advocates for day schools in the New York region. "A 10% increase or 30-40% increase in scholarship, these are all not good scenarios," Litwack said. Rabbi Bini Krauss, principal of SAR Academy in Riverdale, told Tablet his school is anticipating a 25% increase in scholarship needs next year, on top of whatever spending is needed to prepare the facility for virus-safe, in-person learning in September.
The coronavirus quickly exposed just how little of Jewish life can actually operate without groups of people gathered in physical space. There is little agreement across American society as to how many additional COVID infections or deaths we should be willing to tolerate in exchange for a more normal and more emotionally, economically, and practically sustainable way of life. The topic is rarely discussed in terms so stark, and that might be for the best: Most Americans aren't empowered, or required, to perform such morbid arithmetic.
But many Jewish leaders don't have the luxury of ignoring the normality-versus-morbidity dilemma. As Matanky put it, "The two questions that we have to ask ourselves are: Can we open, and should we open?"
Jason Rosner, the rabbi at Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock, an unaffiliated shul in the Los Angeles area, has already told his board that the synagogue should not reopen unless it is capable of strictly following everything in a 30-page, state-issued guidance document. When services return, social distancing would have to be aggressively enforced: "I considered getting a staff, a shepherd's crook that's 6 feet long, to push people," he said. "I'm not joking."
According to state guidelines, there will have to be temperature checks at the door and at least 6 feet of spacing between families. The first four rows of the synagogue will need to be empty because of a 14-foot projection of virus-laden particles that occurs when people are singing. "There is also an issue with the Torah service," Rosner noted, during which at least four people are usually huddled closely together. "I'm not sure how we would get around people touching the Torah or borrowing talesim or prayer books or anything like that."
In mid-May, Rabbi Elazar Muskin, who leads Young Israel of Century City, also near Los Angeles, said he was in the process of sending out a survey to his congregants, to gauge when and how they would be comfortable returning to shul. "Then we can decide, how many minyanim can you possibly offer, how many people can be allowed in, what will be the layout of the different rooms, how do you handle entrance and exiting so that social distancing is still maintained?"
Security procedures may be needed to enforce a cap on minyan sizes and to keep people from sneaking in and creating crowds of unsafe size. Still, another rabbi told me he would be uncomfortable with such an arrangement, even if it proved necessary. "I have no interest in becoming a police officer and telling bubbe, sorry, you're number 11, you need to leave," the rabbi said, before adding: "We may do that, right? We may still do that."
For many rabbinical students, there is nothing more fundamental to their training than the chavruta—study partnerships in which two people decipher and debate Jewish texts, often in fairly close physical proximity. Dov Linzer, the rosh yeshiva, notes that in Israel, some yeshivas had introduced learning pods of four to six students, while seeking to minimize interactions between these pods. "Chevrutas can be 6 feet from one another," said Linzer. "It's possible. If they're at the same table it doesn't sound crazy, even if one's at the head and one's at the foot."
In consultation with medical experts, the New York Jewish day school SAR will likely be breaking its students into groups of 12 to 15 each, with teachers occasionally rotating between them. "There will be Talmud teachers teaching or supporting math," Rabbi Krauss anticipates. The school will also need an extensive and potentially costly retrofitting in order to even operate. "My office will be a classroom, the gym will be a classroom, the lunchroom will be a classroom, every space in the building will be a classroom."
Even then, it might be necessary to alternate groups of students between distance and in-person learning, depending on how many people are legally allowed to be in a single classroom at a single time. "And if the governor says schools aren't open, we have to prepare for that too," Krauss added.
This is a time for openness, it's a time for listening, and if Jewish organizations can't do that right now, I'm not confident we'll be able to fully rebuild.
None of this sounds easy. And even if it's at least theoretically doable, should it be done? Rosner said that at the beginning of the crisis, he wrote a rabbinic opinion that he submitted to his board: The Jewish people were in existential peril, requiring the synagogue "to make allowances that would otherwise be out of line with traditional practices." In early May, the Orthodox Union advised that shuls should only begin meeting two weeks after the authorities permit them to do so, just in case the societywide reopening ended up being premature.
But there are also consequences to remaining closed for too long. Some of the most severe costs of national and communal dormancy are intangible—they come in the form of canceled experiences, the cumulative effect of millions of missed chances for personal growth, and the subtle psychic and spiritual corrosion caused by prolonged separation from, and intense fear of, one's fellow human beings. Hebrew Union College President Andrew Rehfeld, who is a sociologist by training, referred to this stretch of dead time as a "natural experiment"—an observable real-world event of possible social-scientific value. "We're going to have data beginning this year of what happens when you completely take Jewish summer camp out of the North American Jewish community."
For some, this social experiment seems particularly cruel. Mischel said that working at Camp HASC is a "rite of passage" in the Orthodox community, and a chance for young people "to build themselves as responsibility-takers." The reverberations of a missed summer are "incalculable"—and that's just for staff, let alone the campers and their families, for whom the supportive environment of summer camp can be a lifeline.
Another group that would seem to be at a great disadvantage during this crisis is GatherDC, which attracts Washington's unaffiliated young Jews to non-shul-based Yom Kippur events. As executive director Rachel Gildiner explained, GatherDC, which is only 5 years old, "is trying to fight against this experience of a young Jew walking into a space of 150 people and feeling completely alone," something they accomplish through happy hours and various other social and religious happenings aimed at the capital's numerous Jewish transplants.
For Gildiner, the coronavirus was a chance to think through why the organization's work was valuable in the first place. GatherDC's purpose wasn't to hold events in physical space, but to foster relationships and a sense of belonging in a city with an infamously isolating social environment at a moment when people make life-shaping decisions about dating, marriage and families. Gildiner believes that the world beyond the crisis offers the Jewish community a chance to rethink how it can create something meaningful for the people it serves. "This is a time for openness, it's a time for listening, and if Jewish organizations can't do that right now, I'm not confident we'll be able to fully rebuild."
The wave of social atomization and disintegration being propelled by the virus will undoubtedly weaken larger, mainstream American Jewish organizations. Pillars of the American Jewish community have already downsized during the crisis, with the Reform movement, Hillel International, and the federations in New York and Boston laying off large numbers of staff.
The organized religious denominational movements were some of the weakest pieces of the American Jewish infrastructure before the virus hit, and it's only going to get worse for them: Youth groups and camps are shut down, programs involving travel to Israel (or really anywhere) are canceled, and the movements proved to be nonfactors in how many rabbis determined how they would handle the crisis—the Conservative movement didn't issue official guidance on Zoom services until months into the shutdown. Dues payments to the movements are likely to plummet, both because synagogues are strapped for cash, and because congregations might not think paying them is worth it anymore. One rabbi said his synagogue would likely pay only a fraction of a $90,000 annual bill from the Conservative movement. "What are they gonna say, you're out of the United Synagogue? They need us more than we need them."
The federations also seem especially vulnerable. For a while, the American federation network looked like a dinosaur—an outdated system for linking dying or pointless institutions to one another. But whatever their issues, America's 146 federations operate at an organizational and financial scale that is still unmatched within the American Jewish community, bringing in $1 billion a year through their collective annual fundraising campaigns, along with another $2 billion to $3 billion invested through donor advised funds.
Jewish Federations of North America CEO Eric Fingerhut said that the federation system's size allowed the Jewish community to push for faith-related nonprofits to be included in the CARES Act. "We were able to move seamlessly between Congress and the White House," said Fingerhut, hinting at the question of who else, if anyone, would be around to take on such a role on the Jewish community's behalf if the federations are seriously weakened, or cease to exist. In New York, UJA Federation had dispersed $11 million in emergency grants before March was even over.
Interviewed in late April, Deborah Joselow, UJA Federation's chief planning officer, said the grants were aimed at "reaching people who really have had their lives turned upside down," rather than rescuing organizations from disaster. "All of us are very clear that we're not going to come out of this looking like we did going into this. I think the most that we can hope for … is that we will come out being the community with our vital organs in place."
The Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund, a $92 million effort created by eight private foundations and overseen by JFNA, is leading a more nationally focused effort. The fund dispenses grants and loans that effectively supplement the half a billion dollars that Jewish organizations received under PPP. The probable funding shortfall is still ghastly, but at least the JCRIF loans and grants can buy organizations additional time to recalibrate. The Grinspoon Foundation has also launched a $10 million program to match grants made to Jewish summer camps. But no one is pretending any of this will be enough to bring things back anywhere near where they were in early March. "A lot of people have looked at JCRIF and said, that's 'the' answer. But it's totally not, and it was never intended to be 'the' answer. We need so much more philanthropy and so many more financial tools in order to address this," said Felicia Herman, executive director of The Natan Fund and the manager of JCRIF's grant program.
There is no timetable for a vaccine, never mind its distribution or its administration. Even if a vaccine comes, there will still be no timetable for employment ramping up to pre-crisis levels, and certainly no roadmap to the societywide psychic reprogramming that will allow people to trust each other and their institutions again.
Armin Rosen is a staff writer for Tablet magazine.
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Interest in macroalgae aquaculture is growing. Kelp and other seaweeds can be grown for food, animal feed, organic fertilizer, biofuels and other sustainable products. In Washington State, kelp aquaculture grew out of ocean acidification (OA) research. Because macroalgae absorbs nutrients and carbon dioxide as it grows, co-cultivation of macroalgae alongside farmed marine species can help recycle waste, and may buffer vulnerable organisms from the corrosive effects of OA.
WSG staff can also help answer questions about kelp and seaweed aquaculture and the educational and funding resources that are currently available.


This multi-purpose microscope can be used as a traditional microscope with 600x magnification or with an attached digital camera to view on your computer with your friends. Don your white coat because it's the perfect tool for discovering and learning about the world we can't see. The included software allows you to save digital images and video to your computer.


TIME LAG Zika infections among pregnant women (solid line and scale on left) in Colombia spiked in January (around week 4). About six months later, the country saw a drastic increase in the number of infants and fetuses with microcephaly (dotted line and scale on right).
The country documented 476 cases of the debilitating birth defect from January 31 to November 12, researchers note December 9 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period in 2015, the number was just 110 cases.
"This provides very compelling evidence that every country that experiences a large Zika outbreak is likely to see devastating outcomes on fetuses and infants," says CDC epidemiologist Peggy Honein.
Microcephaly cases in 2016 reached a high point in Colombia in July, about 24 weeks after Zika virus infections peaked there. The time lag suggests that Zika poses the greatest risk to pregnant women in the first and early second trimester, the authors write.
Colombia's dramatic uptick in microcephaly cases follows one reported in Brazil, which, in 2015, experienced a ninefold increase in cases compared with the previous 14 years. Scientists have concluded that Zika virus was a causal factor.
Some researchers wondered, though, about the extent of Zika's role in microcephaly in Colombia. Earlier this year, the country's tally of microcephaly cases seemed smaller than expected, given the reported rise in Zika infections.
The new report suggests that, as in Brazil, Zika virus bears blame for Colombia's microcephaly epidemic too.


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Help support Carlton County cancer patients: Give daffodils
A new season of hope has arrived in Carlton County, thanks to the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days, which begins March 12. Volunteers throughout the area have begun to distribute thousands of fresh daffodils to homes, offices, hospitals, and...
A new season of hope has arrived in Carlton County, thanks to the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days, which begins March 12. Volunteers throughout the area have begun to distribute thousands of fresh daffodils to homes, offices, hospitals, and places of worship.
This longstanding program celebrates the American Cancer Society's mission to fight for everyone touched by cancer and to help create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Best of all, there's still time for anyone to get involved. Daffodils are still available, and each donation makes a difference in the fight against cancer.
"Our community is making a difference against cancer, one daffodil at a time," said Larry Penk of Carlton and Janet Larson of Moose Lake, Daffodil Days chairs. "Thanks to the overwhelming support we have received for Daffodil Days, the American Cancer Society is helping people facing cancer, saving lives, and empowering all of us to fight back against the disease. We are sharing hope and making meaningful strides against the disease."
Local volunteers encourage residents to help make this year of Daffodil Days the most successful one ever by getting your daffodils today. Flowers are still available at various locations, including Super One Foods in Cloquet, March 12-15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Marketplace Foods in Moose Lake, March 12-13 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Lake State Federal Credit Union in Moose Lake on March 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Northview Banks in Barnum, Finlayson and Willow River on March 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Funds raised through Daffodil Days enable the American Cancer Society to save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early, helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis, by finding cures through investment in lifesaving research, and by fighting back by working with lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. For cancer information, day-to-day help, or emotional support, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org .
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Last week, the Campanile's four clocks, along with its hourly chimes that the campus uses to stay on schedule, came to a halt.
Because the Campanile's clock installation is anything but ordinary — thought to be one of the nation's largest when it was made 100 years ago — it's going to take some time to find or craft the right parts that will ensure it runs for many years to come.
The Campanile's carillon performances, however, will continue according to the regular summer schedule.
Further details on the status of the bell tower's stalled clocks will be available next week. In the meantime, visit the NewsCenter to learn more about the Campanile's rich history.


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Lorenzo's Music Podcast #6
In this podcast we showcase the song "Went Your Way" from our album Solamente Tres Palabras.
We also briefly play a clip of the original idea for the song.
It's the first in a series of before and after shows featuring the songs on the album you can't download.


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One of the ways to make a more spectacular diorama is to add a water feature to it. One of the best at doing this is Gil Gonsoulin. I asked him what his secret was to making realistic water and he was very forthcoming about how he does it.
Making a diorama set in a watery environment starts with the surface of the base. You put the Matt Gel on first and then apply the paint. The paint tones will vary depending what water you are simulating. After the paint has dried, if you want waves you can use slow drying Gloss Medium Gel. Once this has dried go over it with more of the Gloss Gel – as much as you want. You can then shape it to make the waves while it is setting up.
To make the bow wake (or other similar water feature), glass angel hair is the best product to use to start the process. The newer angel hair just doesn't work the same. Put the angel hair on a sheet of aluminum foil and coat it with the Glass Bead Gel medium. Flip it over, coat again, then hang it up to dry. At this time it can be shaped and applied to the surface of the water. Any gaps between the boat and the water can be filled using the with glass bead gel.
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Quebec to clamp down on English-language-only businesses
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Quebec: Should bilingual signage be mandatory?
A consultation recently took place in Quebec's parliament, which was expected to require all businesses in the province to provide bilingual (English and French) signage.
Official Language of Quebec
French is the official language of Quebec, a province in eastern Canada, as defined by Law 101, the Charter of the French Language. The law protects the fundamental rights of using the French language. There have been a number of amendments to the law since it was passed initially in 1977, some very controversial, and none more so than this latest addition.
The expectation is that following the present consultation period (of 45 days) all businesses with branches in Quebec will be required by law to provide at least some French on their external signage. That may be an equivalent translation of the business name, or simply a description of the products or services they provide. The French text would have to be given equal importance, for example if the English name is lit up, the French version would also need to be illuminated.
Impact on Businesses
It would apply to almost all businesses, including some of the most well-known brands such as Walmart, GAP and Costco, and is expected to cost firms thousands of dollars. However, the law is not expected to apply to corporations with family names, such as McDonalds.
The change has been years in the offing, after the government lost court cases in both 2014 and 2015 against these major retailers refusing to add the French signage.
Mixed Opinion
Government officials have argued that many firms already offer bilingual signage and that there is only a minority failing to do so. They assert that it is a matter of politeness; companies should acknowledge where their businesses are located and respect their environment. Those against the amendment claim that it is just a petty money-spinner. Nevertheless, the wheels are in motion and while companies will be given up to three years to comply, after that time substantial fines will be imposed on those refusing to observe the new legislation.
Adam is a successful MBA (Masters in Business Administration), fluent in Spanish having lived and studied in Seville (Spain), Madrid and San Sebastián (Basque Country) for many years. He speaks several European languages, including French and some Italian and Portuguese. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Spanish, he later completed his MBA at Kent Business School and at the University of Deusto (San Sebastián), during which time he received a distinction in Advanced Business Spanish.Adam worked as a management accountant for an industrial holding company, and as a professional Spanish to English translator for many years. He is a full member of the Institute of Linguists (MCIL), and is qualified to teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Among his other duties, Adam is ultimately responsible for the overall management of the company, with specific focus on the supervision of all translation work carried out at Business Language Services Ltd.Qualifications: BA (Hons) Spanish, MBA, MCIL, TEFL, Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD)
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Conceptual artists say more with less : Ahn Kyuchul and Ryan Gander embrace storytelling in artwork
Korean artist Ahn Kyuchul's solo show titled "Words Just for You," which includes "Two Bike," left, runs at Kukje Gallery through Friday. [KUKJE GALLERY]
Conceptual art pieces are often shunned by the non-expert audience, as the works, many of which feature the re-contextualization of everyday objects, tend to lack visual impact and look very dry. And the ideas that they carry tend to be difficult to understand immediately.
But the exceptions can be found in two ongoing exhibitions in the art zone east of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul. They are Korean artist Ahn Kyuchul's solo show titled "Words Just for You" at Kukje Gallery and British artist Ryan Gander's solo exhibition titled "Soft Modernism" at Gallery Hyundai.
Their themes and main concerns are different from each other but they share some common points - there is a witty, quietly lyrical, and storytelling quality to the artworks, which are not difficult to understand, but not superficial, either.
"Words Just for You," an installation work by Ahn, from which his solo show title comes, also has these qualities. It looks like a black monochrome painting from a distance in the white cube of the gallery but, up close, it appears to be a black cushion hanging on the wall. The viewers are led to stand close to it and speak toward it. Then their voices are absorbed by the soft felt of the cushion.
"It is a vanishing point for the world's words, a black hole that draws in our secrets and a pathway to the eternal silence beyond truth and lies," Ahn told reporters last month at the gallery.
Although it is related with the failure of communications and solitude that the 62-year-old artist has repeatedly dealt with, the warm and soft feel of the work also has healing qualities.
The work is one of the 25 pieces now on view at the exhibition.
Another installation "Lingering Time I" consists of gently-sloped wooden tracks and a wooden ball, which the viewers are encouraged to roll on the tracks. As the ball slowly rolls down "through many twists and turns like those in our life," for a much-longer time than it would take if in free fall, the viewers meditate on their paths in life, the artist said.
British artist Ryan Gander's "I is…(xii)" (2015) which looks like a chair covered in a white sheet but is actually a marble sculpture, is part of his solo show "Soft Modernism" at Gallery Hyundai. [GALLERY HYUNDAI]
"I try to link objects with stories of our life, speak with objects in an easy, common language," the artist said.
The 41-year-old British artist Gander's works on view at Gallery Hyundai also show strong storytelling qualities.
His work "I is…(xii), which looks like a chair covered with a white sheet but is actually a marble sculpture, and other small sculptures that depict a balloon and a dropped ice cream cone, show the source of imagination and sense of loss he experienced in his childhood and recently recalled through his daughter.
In another series of his works including hairy sculptures based on Modern master George Vantongerloo, the artist humorously distorts and re-writes art history.
Although conceptual art is regarded by art historians as being post-modern, he calls his work "Soft Modernism" like the exhibition title, saying that a lot of postmodern art is full of "ego" and often "frivolous ego-centric nonsense."
His mockery about contemporary people's obsession with ego, which lead to the phenomenon of selfies, is reflected in some works on view including his self-portrait as a zombie in the work "Admire Your Own Willingness to Play."
BY MOON SO-YOUNG [symoon@joongang.co.kr]
The "Words Just for You" exhibition runs until Friday at Kukje Gallery. Admission is free. For details, visit www.kukje.org or call (02) 735-8449.
The "Soft Modernism" exhibition runs through May 7 at Gallery Hyundai. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.galleryhyundai.com or call (02) 2287-3500.


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Seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup has scored his fourth Sandown 500 win in one of the most dominant displays in recent history, as his team became the first to score a trifecta in the Melbourne race steeped in tradition.
Whincup now equals the great Peter Brock in all-time wins at Sandown with seven, as he and co-driver Paul Dumbrell dominated the RABBLE.club Sandown 500 from start to finish. It was their third Sandown 500 win together.
His Red Bull Holden Racing team Shane van Gisbergen, driving with fellow Kiwi Earl Bamber was second and sister 888 Race Engineering car of Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards third.
It edges Whincup closer to the Championship leaders of Van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin. Van Gisbergen extended his lead marginally, to 55 points over his fellow Kiwi. McLaughlin fought bravely for fourth today behind some very fast cars.
"We couldn't be happier, the car has been awesome all weekend," Whincup said.
"PD did a great job. It's never over until it's over. This race has got away from us a few times but thankfully there were no safety cars and it was a nice clean race."
Whincup and Dumbrell would now be one of the favourites to repeat their 2012 win at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in just 17 days' time.
"There is no doubt we had one-lap pace, but we proved today we had good durability," Dumbrell said. "It's always good to get a win here. We have had good pace here before but haven't been able to clinch it. We can celebrate tonight."
Van Gisbergen would also be confident of having a chance at his first Bathurst title.
"What a privilege it is to drive these cars," Van Gisbergen said. "The Red Bull Holden Racing Team gave us some rockets, it was awesome."
As the race settled Red Bull Holden Racing Team and Shell V-Power Racing took ascendency. Their co-drivers set the scene, handing back to their fulltime counterparts with all cars in the top five.
The only exception in that pack was the RBHRT sister car of Lowndes and Richards which was wedged in second after a strong opening co-driver stint by Richards.
Dumbrell dominated from the outset. Had it not been for two safety cars in his stint the lead could have been anything. He handed over to Whincup with his stint done ahead of Lowndes, Fabian Coulthard, Van Gisbergen and McLaughlin.
Coulthard dropped back in the last third of the race to finish seventh with ARMOR ALL Pole sitter David Reynolds pushing up into fifth and Boost Mobile Racing's Scott Pye scoring a strong sixth.
Nissan Motorsport's Ricky Kelly (eighth) had a solid day with a top ten finish as did Garth Tander and Chris Pither in the Wilson Security GRM Commodore. Completing the ten was Chaz Mostert and James Moffat in the Supercheap Auto Racing Falcon.
Teams will now begin preparations for the Great Race, the 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 which will run from 4-7 October at Mount Panorama.
FOLLOWING TODAY'S RACE 24: RABBLE.CLUB SANDOWN 500
1st – Jamie Whincup
2nd – Shane van Gisbergen
3rd – Craig Lowndes 1st – Shane van Gisbergen (3054 points)
2nd – Scott McLaughlin (2999 points)
3rd – Jamie Whincup (2716 points)
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5 sports scholarships for international students in the UK and Europe
Study International Staff
Universities in the UK and Europe offer sports scholarships to student athletes. Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America/Getty Images/AFP
Are you a high school student-athlete that's at a cross-road after graduation: to go pro or to give it up and focus on academics? The good news is you don't have to give up one for the other. That's where sports scholarships come in to help you strike a balance between both.
Being a student-athlete is exactly what it sounds like: Not only are you attending classes like every other student at the college, but you are also representing your college to compete against other colleges in your division.
If you're looking to study in either the UK or Europe, here are five universities offering sports scholarships that can support you in your sports while helping you achieve academic success:
International Sports Scholarship Programme, University of Stirling
The University of Stirling offers one of the largest high-performance sports programmes in the UK, helping student-athletes combine a flexible degree study with success in competing at the highest levels of sport.
The International Sports Scholarship Programme offers generous financial support of up to 5,000 pounds per year. The scholarship is open to both undergraduate and taught postgraduate students who have demonstrated excellence in their sport. Some of their core sports include football (men and women), tennis, triathlon, rugby, golf, swimming and curling.
Student-athletes who compete in other sports are still free to apply for this scholarship if they meet the criteria. Successful applicants get a comprehensive package of coaching, state-of-the-art facilities, performance mentoring and access to the latest innovations in sport research.
For more information about performance sports at the University of Stirling, click here.
WLV Sports Scholarship Programme, University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton offers three athlete scholar packages – Bronze, Silver and Gold, financial awards that are offered based on the level the applicant is competing in. Each of the packages offers a different amount of financial award: 500 pounds, 1,000 pounds and 1,500 pounds. Though the scholarships are assessed on a case-by-case basis, athletes whose sport features within the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) programme are prioritised.
To be eligible for the WLV Sports Scholarship Programme, you must fulfill these criteria:
Compete at a regional, national or international standard in your sport
Be enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of Wolverhampton.
More information about the scholarship here.
Student-athletes are expected to balance sport, study and play. Source: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America/Getty Images/AFP
Home of Newcastle Football Club, Newcastle is a renowned sports city. It's almost natural that Newcastle University consistently places itself in the top 10 in BUCS. The performance sports programme at Newcastle University offers multiple sports scholarships and funding for student-athletes enrolled at the university, including disability sports scholarships.
Scholarships are open to current students, both undergraduate and graduate, in any year of study. Sports scholars are eligible to receive funding of up to 10,000 pounds. Other criteria include: achieving regional, national or international standards within the last 12 months and being a member of National Governing Body's (NGB) performance squads. Read here for more information on eligibility.
For other sports scholarships, check it out here.
The Trinity Sports Scholarships, Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin is a leading destination for high-performance athletes who wish to excel, on and off the field. Supported by renowned academics, experienced coaches, and world-class facilities, the college provides athletes and teams with an environment that nurtures development and unlocks hidden potential.
There are six different scholarships offered to student-athletes, catering to a wide range of applicants, from emerging sports talents to Olympic-level athletes. These scholarships are assessed on an individual basis and are dependent on the athlete's achievements, potential and needs.
Learn more about performance sport at Trinity College here.
UL Sports Scholarships, University of Limerick
Similar to Newcastle University, the University of Limerick in Ireland offers its students sports scholarships in three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Depending on the level, students can get subsidised accommodation, training and gym membership valued at up to 10,000 euros. The UL Sports Scholarships are designed for athletes to pursue and excel in their sport while undertaking academic study at the university.
Applicants for UL Sports Scholarships will automatically be considered for a number of other sport-specific scholarships such as the The Michael Hillery and Jacinta O'Brien Athletics Scholarship, 'Paddy Dooley Rowing Scholarship and The Plassey Campus Company / Swim Ireland Bursaries.
UL's campus boasts some of the best sports facilities in Europe and has a track record of developing world-class talent in a wide variety of sports.
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Q: File.Move - Could not find file i have a strange problem with File.Move method.
Generally I have a service, that monitors for new files appearing on remote share and once they do it changes its extension via "ren" cmd function and calls other service. This other service is then using File.Move to change the extension of the file once again. The problem is that from time to time the second service fails and returns error "Could not find file..." from System.IO.File.InternalMove, while the file is already there.
Initially I thought that it may be issue with network connection, but I have a feeling that it happens to often to be caused by network problems.
Next I started digging into .net source code and found something interesting:
        if (!InternalExists(fullSourceFileName))
             __Error.WinIOError(Win32Native.ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, fullSourceFileName);

        if (!Win32Native.MoveFile(fullSourceFileName, fullDestFileName))
        {
            __Error.WinIOError();
        }

This is part of File.InternalMove method which, from my understanding, is returning an "Could not find file..." error. In short InternalExists method is checking if file exists by checking the Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() error and later verifing attributes on file.
Also what is strange is that it seems that this method is using "hack" of some sort (don't know if it is related to my problem, but it is worrying):
   // For floppy drives, normally the OS will pop up a dialog saying
            // there is no disk in drive A:, please insert one.  We don't want that.
            // SetErrorMode will let us disable this, but we should set the error
            // mode back, since this may have wide-ranging effects.
            bool success = false;
            int oldMode = Win32Native.SetErrorMode(Win32Native.SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
            try {
                success = Win32Native.GetFileAttributesEx(path, GetFileExInfoStandard, ref data);
            }
            finally {
                Win32Native.SetErrorMode(oldMode);
            }

Now the interestring part :)
Class FileInfo also allows to rename files via MoveTo() method.
In this method the "moving" part is following:
 if (!Win32Native.MoveFile(FullPath, fullDestFileName))
            __Error.WinIOError();

It is the same as in File class, but it lacks the "InternalExists" verification, so at a glance it looks like it should resolve my problem, but I am little worried about this missing check.
Does anybody knows why it is implemented like this and if I can use FileInfo.MoveTo method?
Also if you have any ideas on the cause of the problem, then please share it. Currently I am quessing that when first service is calling "ren" cmd program, the new file isn't fully renamed yet, which causes File.Move method to fail, but I have to yet verify it.
Edit :)
I have tried to change code from File.Move to FileInfo.MoveTo and error still occurred.
Next I started to investigate more my suspicion with "ren" method and noticed something interesting - when I run it via c#, then in debugger the command was executed immediately, which seemed quite normal, as we only rename the file. Then when I run the "ren" in cmd it sometimes took up to several seconds.
I then wrote small program that in inifinite loop makes same checks as File.Move method (basically copied the source code of method and some internal classes/structs) and I reproduced the error.
It turned out that once the service launched the bat script with "ren" command, it simply launched it and didn't care about the result. Then if other service tried to read the file quickly enough, it got error, as rename wasn't yet fully done.
I have changed it to wait for bat to finish, but it introduced big performance issues (or rather revealed), so I ended in doing it via File.Move method and I didn't reproduce it anymore.
I will yet wait for few weeks/months to make sure that issue doesn't reoccur, as it wasn't common, and if it doesn't I will close this question.

A: I'm guessing the error is actually a permissions issue, or possibly a locked file, and that the error returned by InternalExists isn't actually ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, as no check is made on it.
Therefore it's a bug that the correct error is not thrown.
Why the Exists check needs to be there is unclear anyway: if it's not there you will get an error anyway when calling MoveFile.
I suggest you file this as a bug on the GitHub repo. I think it's unlikely to get fixed, but at least it will be documented. If it gets closed as Won't fix you may want to file a pull request on the documentation noting this.
Note that the current code is actually the following, which implements the same thing in a slightly different way.
            if (!FileSystem.FileExists(fullSourceFileName))
            {
                throw new FileNotFoundException(SR.Format(SR.IO_FileNotFound_FileName, fullSourceFileName), fullSourceFileName);
            }

            FileSystem.MoveFile(fullSourceFileName, fullDestFileName, overwrite);

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I've had Dragon NaturallySpeaking installed since Christmas. It's June now. For the most part, I just use it for my writing, predominantly MS Word stuff. Occasionally, I'll surf the Internet with it. What I'm saying is I haven't really needed to learn how to use it well. I know it can do macros and all sorts of stuff, but I just want to be able to dictate my text for the most part.
However, it's been annoying the heck out of me since day one that there's no command for ALt-Tab. Ditto with Escape. Today I dug out and dusted off my instruction book to look up something else and accidentally opened the page that talks about the "press" command.
Anyway, this has inspired me to make learning the ins and outs of Dragon NaturallySpeaking my summer project. I may even learn how to do that macro thingy. If I find out anything extremely fascinating, I'll share.


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Strainwise, Inc. Announces Joint Venture to Foster Economic Development on Native American Land through Marijuana Commerce
May 27, 2015 11:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strainwise, Inc. ("Strainwise"), a Utah Corporation (OTC: STWC) engaged in consulting, application support, branding and fulfillment services to various marijuana cultivation and dispensary locations in Colorado, announced today that it finalized a joint venture agreement (the "Agreement") with the Sentinel Group ("Sentinel") to help advance responsible economic development on Native American land through marijuana businesses.
The Agreement provides that Sentinel's Denver office will assist selected Indian Tribes with underwriting and capital placement for the construction of vertically integrated marijuana business operations on Tribal lands. Strainwise currently provides consulting services to both recreational and medicinal facilities, and will make the resources available to assist the Tribes in selecting the marijuana program that best benefits their community.
Strainwise's expertise in cultivation and dispensary design, employee training and general consulting services will allow the Tribes to succeed in the ever changing business landscape of the marijuana industry.
"We are extremely pleased that Strainwise has agreed to partner with us in this space. We see an incredible opportunity now and in the future for the marijuana industry. The partnership with Strainwise ensures that investment capital always goes to support professional, well run, and profitable operations," explained Sentinel Associate Director Chris Hardiman.
Together, Sentinel and Strainwise have the resources to assist Tribes with drafting Tribal ordinances and regulations that adhere to the Department of Justice's "Cole Memorandum" and the subsequent document that speaks directly to the marijuana business on Native American land, "The Wilkinson Memorandum".
Strainwise Inc. is an industry leader in marijuana, providing consulting, application support, branding and fulfillment services to various marijuana cultivation and dispensary locations in Colorado, and the Sentinel connection only strengthens their reach. Strainwise consults with individual license holders of over 130,000 square feet of cultivation space and nine retail stores, and so it is uniquely qualified to advise on all aspects of starting and operating a successful marijuana business. Strainwise is a fully reporting public company that trades under the symbol STWC. www.strainwiseconsulting.com
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Plot: A woman enters the Black Museum, where the proprietor tells her stories relating to the artefacts.
Story: Black Museum starts as British tourist Nish (Wright) finds herself in the middle of nowhere in America needing to recharge her car, she stops at a mystery Black Museum run by Rolo Haynes (Hodge), his museum is filled with artefacts that have stories with Rolo telling Nish his place he has been a part off, including the Dawson net which gave a doctor the ability to feel pain to solve cases.
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Story – This does have three stories being told, each could easily have been their own chapter in the series, this is a positive and a negative, the positive is because we do get invested in these stories which have a twisted side to them all, the negative is waiting for the twist which while isn't the easiest one to work out, but you can tell something must happen to complete this outer story. it is strange to say, but it does feel like this story is almost too busy to fully enjoy on a on time viewing.
Scene of the Episode – The twist ending.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – This one does need a repeat viewing.
Final Thoughts – This is one of the most thought provoking of the stories in Black Mirror, this one will need a couple of viewings to get each detail of this episode, which is a good and bad thing, but if I was to go back through the show, this would be the first one to see for me. The stories do twist together nicely and do get the most out of the shorter formula.
Overall: Nice finishes to the show.
Story: The Descent Part 2 starts as we learn about the search party looking for the girls in the wrong cave off course because of Juno's decision in the first film. Sarah (Macdonald) has escaped from the cave finding herself in hospital as Vaines (O'Herlihy) leads the police investigation into what happened.
Learning about the new location Vaines along with his rookie partner Ellen (Cummings) calls upon rescue team Dan (Hodge), Gregg (Dalls) and Cath (Skellern) as they take Sarah back into the cave system to find the missing girls because Sarah can't remember the last two days.
The Descent Part 2 feels very much like a forced sequel to the brilliant original, the problems start early on this one because we have a couple of different endings from the first one. We then have bad decision making from the experienced characters and a final twist that is built for franchise in the future. If you look past most of this you do get plenty of scenes that are designed to have a bloodiest possible kills happening which takes away most of the tension the film needs. I do feel this is a huge step down from the original even if it is set straight after the original.
Shauna Macdonald: Sarah freshly escaped from the cave has no memory of her time in the cave system but with her friends still missing Sheriff Vaines takes her back into the caves to find her missing friends. Sarah once remembering what happened must guide this team in battle against the creatures in the cave. Shauna returns and does a solid job in this role.
Krysten Cummings: Ellen is a rookie cop that gets bought into the case to try and help Sarah through her memory loss, she has to reluctantly go into the cave system with the team to find out what happened. Krysten is good in this role as we see a character that Sarah can relate too.
Douglas Hodge: Dan is the lead rescue climber that takes his team into the cave system, he is a safe caver and tries to keep calm through any situation his team find themselves in, but he isn't prepared for what is within the caves waiting for them. Douglas is strong as the leader but a true climber would never take this chance of inexperienced climbers in an uncharted cave.
Gavan O'Herlihy: Sheriff Vaines is leading the search for the missing girls and once Sarah is discovered he believes she knows more than she is letting on, forcing her to go back into the caves to remember what happened to her friends. Gavan plays your typical character who shouldn't be in the location well.
Support Cast: The Descent Part 2 has a supporting cast that includes a couple of extra climbers but as the big surprise we get a fellow survivor that Sarah thought was dead. The issue with this supporting cast is that it doesn't feel as natural as the first film.
Director Review: Jon Harris – Jon does a solid job with this sequel which does have good kills but does have a few issues with character decisions.
Adventure: The Descent Part 2 doesn't have the sense of adventure the first film has as this is more of the rescue mission.
Horror: The Descent Part 2 has a few jump scares but not as effective as the first film but does go slightly heavier on the gore.
Thriller: The Descent Part 2 fails to keep us fully on edge because of the false endings in the first ending doesn't really make us care about these disposable characters this time around.
Settings: The Descent Part 2 does take us back into the cave system which does work to the advantage of the film.
Special Effects: The Descent Part 2 goes very heavy on the practical effects as the film looks for the most brutal kills on either side of the fight.
Best Part: Some of the kills are brutal.
Worst Part: The film does focus too much on creating a unique kill too much rather than tension.
Tagline: Fear runs deep. Revenge runs deeper.
Overall: Sequel that lacks that bit of overall direction as to character decisions.


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namespace Magento\Backend\Test\Page;

use Magento\Mtf\Client\Locator;
use Magento\Mtf\Factory\Factory;
use Magento\Mtf\Page\Page;

/**
 * Login page for backend.
 */
class AdminAuthLogin extends Page
{
    /**
     * URL part for backend authorization.
     */
    const MCA = 'admin/auth/login';

    /**
     * Form for login.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $loginBlock = '#login-form';

    /**
     * Header panel of admin dashboard.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $headerBlock = '.page-header .admin-user';

    /**
     * Global messages block.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $messagesBlock = '.messages';

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    protected function initUrl()
    {
        $this->url = $_ENV['app_backend_url'] . self::MCA;
    }

    /**
     * Get the login form block.
     *
     * @return \Magento\Backend\Test\Block\Admin\Login
     */
    public function getLoginBlock()
    {
        return Factory::getBlockFactory()->getMagentoBackendAdminLogin(
            $this->browser->find($this->loginBlock, Locator::SELECTOR_CSS)
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get the header panel block of admin dashboard.
     *
     * @return \Magento\Backend\Test\Block\Page\Header
     */
    public function getHeaderBlock()
    {
        return Factory::getBlockFactory()->getMagentoBackendPageHeader(
            $this->browser->find($this->headerBlock, Locator::SELECTOR_CSS)
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get global messages block.
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     * @return \Magento\Backend\Test\Block\Messages
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    public function getMessagesBlock()
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        return Factory::getBlockFactory()->getMagentoBackendMessages($this->browser->find($this->messagesBlock));
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        $browser->waitUntil(
            function () use ($browser, $selector) {
                $item = $browser->find($selector);
                return $item->isVisible() ? true : null;
            }
        );
    }
}


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Kärcher involves in Holder group of companies
The Winnenden-based family company Kärcher has taken a stake in Max Holder group of companies.
The Winnenden-based family company Kärcher has taken a stake in Max Holder group of companies with its headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany. In the coming weeks, Kärcher will consider in detail a complete involvement in the Holder company group. The planned acquisition is subject to approval by the cartel authorities.
"Holder is well-known in the industry for its high expertise in the development and production of municipal carriers. From a strategic point of view, its decades of know-how and existing worldwide distribution network are very interesting for Kärcher," says Hartmut Jenner, Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO of Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG. "In addition, the culture of the Reutlingen-based established enterprise, some 45 kilometers away from our headquarters, matches that of our family company very well. It is our goal to use the strengths of both brands and companies to build on existing structures and experiences."
Christian Mayer, Chairman of the Executive Board of Holder, confirms: "If there should be a successful conclusion with Kärcher after checking all the details, we would be looking forward to a powerful partner that, apart from its portfolio, matches Holder very well with its values, structures and its origins."
Kärcher is the world's leading provider of cleaning technology. The family owned enterprise employs more than 13,000 people in 70 countries and more than 120 subsidiaries. More than 50,000 service centers in all countries ensure continuous and comprehensive supplies to customers all over the world. In 2018, Kärcher reached the highest sales in its history with more than 2.525 billion euros.
Max Holder GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of multifunctional system vehicles for winter maintenance, path and road cleaning, the upkeep of green areas, as well as for numerous special applications. The long-established Baden-Württemberg company founded in 1888 offers professional complete solutions and individual services from a single source together with more than 250 sales and service partners worldwide.
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