Here's an oldie but a goodie; how do you make a small fortune from fine furniture? You start with a large fortune and proceed from there. Fine furniture is a famously, perhaps even infamously, difficult way to make a living so… why does anybody bother?
It's a good question and I wish I had a satisfactory answer. Those who have the itch just seem to need to scratch it. Let me tell you a little story.
A while ago I received an email from a South Coast school student. He said that he was a fan of my work and asked if he could make a copy of my Clearwater chair for his Yr 12 project in Design and Technology; did I have any tips for him?
My first reaction was to roll my eyes and sigh. This might not sound like a very gracious response, especially considering the flattery, but hear me out.
The Clearwater chair was never conceived as a chair that should be made solely with handtools. This might sound strange, because obviously I would normally describe my furniture as handmade. The point is that the Clearwater's design is driven by a rather complex technique on the Spindle moulder.
Now, the spindle moulder is a machine with a large and potentially dangerous cutter head that no high school is ever going to own. Many professional woodschools, such as the Sturt School for Wood, don't even own one. To try to make a faithful copy of a Clearwater chair without a spindle moulder is like trying to eat soup with a fork.
It was pretty clear to me that this young bloke didn't understand how to read the Clearwater. Whenever I or any other craftsman looks at a piece of furniture, we read it like an essay. The logic behind a piece is there in its structure. I'm talking one layer deeper than how it was made, I'm talking about how it was conceived. A fine example of this is Hans Wegner's 1949 chair, also known as the Round Chair or simply "The Chair". It's a classic, and rightly so.
From my perspective, the '49 chair is the perfect essay on chairmaking. It is, in its own way, a sort of Euclidian proof- if this, then that. There are so many layers of thought, understanding, influences and considerations evident in this one design that you could literally write a long and detailed book talking about it. What I sometimes forget is that most people are just seeing a nice chair.
One of the key elements of the '49 chair is that it was conceived as a factory made chair. Much of the equipment used to make it was developed at considerable expense to enable that specific design. To attempt to replicate the 49 chair entirely using handtools is to misunderstand the nature and logic of the design. In his book called On the Nature and Art of Craftsmanship, David Pye gives a clear, if extreme, example of what I'm talking about. Consider your standard ubiquitous soft drink can. Such cans are made by the gazillion for a few cents each using the appropriate equipment. Now imagine asking a highly skilled metal craftsman to make a faithful copy of a soft drink can using nothing but hand tools. It would take tremendous time and skill to make a can this way, because it was never envisaged to be made in this manner.
Cutting back to my South Coast Friend, he was effectively asking me how to make a softdrink can with hand tools. I wrote back to him with some rather vague suggestions and advised him to consider a chair that was more hand tool friendly.
A few months later, our hero turned up at my showroom with his mum. They'd just driven up from the South Coast and bought a considerable quantity of fine timber from a local merchant. It was strapped to the roofrack of mum's car and yes, it would have represented quite a financial investment.
Now this young bloke wanted to see a Clearwater chair "in the flesh". I spent a couple of hours with him discussing the chair and giving him as much information as I could. Any yes, I was still trying to subtly re-direct him.
You can imagine my surprise then, when after a few more months, I received some images of his interpretation of my Clearwater chair as well as an interpretation of my Tripod desk. I was flabbergasted.
Despite my reservations, Stephen had made a remarkably good attempt at both designs. Although he didn't keep accurate records, Stephen spent in the region of 130 hours "on the tools". His teacher, Luke Ryan, must have also put in a very considerable effort to make the project possible, and let's not forget mum's level of commitment.
All this effort to make a chair that he didn't really understand. Or did he? The Clearwater chair obviously resonated with him. Stephen was prepared to do everything in his power to make one. He couldn't be deterred. Those around him thought the idea had enough merit to for them go to very considerable time and effort to help him. His achievement was quite extraordinary.
And here's something else to chew on. We sell the Clearwater for $1,958 including tax. I often hear people in my gallery whisper to each other "who would spend that much on one chair??" Well, for the record, we sell on average about 24 Clearwaters a year. But more important to me now is the knowledge that someone would spend at least a 130 hours just to get the taste of what it would be like to make one. Like I said at the beginning, those who have the itch just seem to need to scratch it.
And what do you think Stephen should do with his life? When I put this story on my facebook page, it went viral and he was inundated with congratulations and good wishes. Should he do the sensible thing next year and pursue the double degree in engineering as he was originally planning, or should he become a maker? Should it be love over gold or vice versa?


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Norma Charles's novel, RUNNER: Harry Jerome, World's Fastest Man, was shortlisted for the Sheila Egoff Award for Children's Literature, 2018. Last spring, she toured schools and libraries from Prince George to Prince Rupert with BC Book Prizes outreach program.
She began her writing career when her four children were young and she loved telling them stories. As her children grew older, so did the audience for her stories.
When her youngest child was in primary school she returned to teaching and became a teacher/librarian in Vancouver. After holding that position for many years, she left to enable her to write full time. Now she writes adventure novels mainly for middle grade readers.
Norma has had over twenty books for children published, with several more on the way. Her novels, besides RUNNER: Harry Jerome, World's Fastest Man, include All the Way to Mexico, winner of the Chocolate Lily Award, Run Marco Run, winner of the Moonbeam Gold medal, and Sophie Sea to Sea, winner of the BC Year 2000 Award.
Norma is an active member of many writers groups and continues to pursue her career as a children's book writer and educator. She has taught creative writing at UBC and has conducted workshops and readings in schools and libraries locally, across Canada, in the USA, and in Mexico.
More information about her is available at her website at www.normacharles.ca.

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Q: Inheriting singular controller with render helper I am trying to render a set of tabs for a set of objects (conversations) using the render helper for each. This is not part of a route as it is a persistent part of the interface. I have run into a problem where only the view with the same name as the model gets the intended controller (i.e. the panel contents and not the tab headers).
I have a Chat model, object controller and array controller (deliberately simplified here):
App.Chat = DS.Model.extend({ });

App.ChatsController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
  needs: 'application',
  content: Ember.computed.alias('controllers.application.currentChats'),
});

App.ChatController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({ });

The ArrayController needed the needs/content properties because the chats are loaded in the application controller. I used the currentChats name as other routes may load non-current chats.
App.ApplicationController = Ember.Controller.extend({
  init: function(){
    this.store.find('chat', {"current": true});
    this.set('currentChats', this.store.all('chat'));
  }
});

I have no difficulty rendering the chat contents with the appropriate controller (into the 'chat' template). However, the chat tabs are given the default ObjectController, and therefore can't fire actions.

The application router is as follows:
App.ApplicationRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
    model: function(){ },
    renderTemplate: function(){
        this.render('application', { });
        this.render('chats', {
            into: 'application',
            outlet: 'chats',
            controller: 'chats'
        });
    }
});

This seems to come solely down to naming of the templates. The template called 'chat' inherits the correct controller, but chatTab doesn't despite receiving a chat as the model. Is there any way to force the view to inherit the correct controller? Or am I going about this in an idiosyncratic way.
Many thanks for your help to this Ember novice.
Andrew

A: It goes solely off the name provided to the render.  The easiest way is to just create the other controller and extend the chat controller.
App.ChatTabController = App.ChatController.extend();

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Firstly I worked with young people in the voluntary sector from the age of 18, on a part time basis because I was studying science through a day release scheme and working in a laboratory. Gradually my enthusiasm for youth work took over: I worked on a full time basis and didn't take my professional qualifications for another fifteen years. Looking back, I got so much out of my studies because I had that background in direct delivery.
For the past twenty years or more I have focussed on enabling young people to progress through the same route, from full engagement in decision making, planning and delivery to young leaders, volunteers, sessional workers and then full time workers: some who demonstrated the aptitude for academic study became graduates and often their very varied and evidenced based portfolios compensated for fewer GCSEs and A levels.
From 2001 onwards I was fortunate enough to be able to involve local young people in restructuring a local charity – a youth worker's dream because we were equal partners in this process. Ten young people who were thirteen years old at that time secured a Children Fund Grant and they consulted their peers before developing a highly exciting youth led social inclusion project. Those young people really pushed the boundaries out in terms of innovation in youth work. The same progression route worked for them also and for the next thirteen years those young people nurtured the next two tranches of younger youth workers. This experience confirmed for me that young people have the capacity and the commitment to deliver high quality youth work providing they have access to training and good supervision.
Despite that fact that each of these young people lived in a deprived community and their school was placed in special measures, each one has achieved a good career and seven out of ten did graduate as teachers or in youth work-related fields.
I believe that young people can be highly skilled practitioners, providing the charity has one professionally qualified youth worker to ensure that their learning and personal development is of the highest possible standard. Initially that person should ensure the resources are available so that young youth workers can maximize their contact time with young people. As long as all young people have a progression route and they are respected and valued by more mature staff and trustees. Young people can and will change the face of youth work. However they must be paid a fair wage and have access to all in service training in localities: the real skill of the graduate worker has always been to facilitate and enable, so nothing new really.
So, for exciting, responsive to local need and empathetic youth work delivery, give me young people any day: for vision, compassion and willingness to work evenings weekends and at peak holiday times, younger staff are very often the most likely to deliver. However there is still an important role for the graduate youth worker because monitoring, outcome measurement, evaluative reports and bid writing are needed to keep the charity functions and sustainable, so don't throw the baby out with the bath water.


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The Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and related laws permit CPSC Investigators to enter, at reasonable times, any establishment involved in the manufacture, importation, distribution or sale of consumer products. The purpose of the inspection is to obtain information; to review and obtain copies of items including, but not limited to, records (including electronic records), reports, books, documents and labeling; and to obtain samples, in order to enforce or determine compliance with Acts administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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French: topographic name for someone who lived by a road, French voie (Latin via). This is a very common secondary surname in Canada; it was first seen in Cap Rouge in 1667, taken there from Charente Maritime, and has also been used independently since 1690.
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After Askarov, plenty of debate among top tenders
There's the best – and then there's the rest.
When looking at the goaltending class for the 2020 NHL Draft, there's no question that Russian netminder Iaroslav Askarov will be the first to hear his name.
But after that, there are many uncertainties surrounding the 2020 goaltending class.
"For the overall class, I think it's pretty obvious it lacks depth," FC Hockey goaltending guru Simon Roulliard said. "You have Askarov as your stud in the class and then, there's the rest of the bunch."
Askarov has long been the goaltending highlight of this class, drawing comparisons to Carey Price and Andrei Vasilevskiy as the next, great goaltending prospect. Askarov was, after all No. 10 in FCHockey's Final ranking for the 2020 draft.
"Askarov has an elite understanding of the game," Roulliard started. "He can anticipate plays before they actually happen. It gives him an edge where can always get into the right spot. When he's off his mark, this is where his great athleticism kicks in. He can make saves even pros would struggle to make. He is both flexible and extremely agile, plus you add his heart of lion to compete and, well, you have a pretty tough goaltender to beat."
When discussing Askarov, Roulliard added one important note.
"I'll be the one to pump up the breaks a little bit when it comes to projecting goaltenders in the NHL," he said. "They tend to take more time to develop than a player and there a so much to factor in. While it's tempting to project Askarov as a future Price, I will remind some that Rick DiPietro was a first overall pick that never really found his game.
"You just can't be sure of anything with a goaltender."
Looking past the No. 1 ranked goalie, the field starts to open up a bit.
"It seems to me there's a layer of about four goaltenders who could push for the second-best goalie prospect in the class," Roulliard commented. "Those goalies are Joel Blomqvist, Nico Daws, Samuel Hlavaj and Drew Commesso."
Blomqvist, ranked No. 62 and as the second-best netminder in the 2020 class, played 34 games in the U20 SM-sarja this season for Kärpät, winning the Jorma Valtonen Award as the best goalie, and was named to the First All-Star Team. He also backstopped Finland for three games in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
"His overall game just looks sharp," Roulliard commented. "There's nothing you can really criticize here. He could grow an inch or two but after that he just has to keep improving and maybe he will get a shot at a starting role in five years or so."
Daws, coming in at No. 78 after being passed over in the 2019 draft, looks to be one of the first few goalies off the board this time around. The German-born netminder had a remarkable season with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League this season and was one of Canada's backstops at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship.
"Daws' improvement over a year is rocket-like," Roulliard said. "From almost a nobody to Canada's go-to man to start the World Juniors. He's a goaltender who displays tremendous reading of plays and puck tracking. He's light on his feet and has strong reflexes. I think glove side, and his catching technique, is an underrated skill he possesses. He's a very mature goaltender, always on his game."
Another overage goaltender that was passed over in 2019, Hlavaj spent the season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Sherbrooke Phoenix, while playing with Slovakia at the World Juniors.
"The same as Daws, Hlavaj went from undrafted to almost the best CHL goalie in the span of a year," said Roulliard of the No. 96-ranked prospect. "He uses his size well to stop pucks, even though on front, center shots, he tends to stay more on the line rather than challenging shots. He's something of a hybrid goaltender, combining the best attributes of both a butterfly and stand-up goalie. His movements are fluid and he really fights in the crease. His main weakness is the mental side of his game. He can really lose his focus and confidence if he gives up a bad goal."
American goalie Commesso is ranked No. 101 in FC Hockey's rankings.
Playing with the United States Under-18 Team in the National Team Development Program, Commesso will be heading to the NCAA next season with Boston University.
"The best that NTDP has to offer this year," Roulliard started. "Commesso is a pretty level goaltender. The goalie you see is the one you will probably see eight out 10 times. Consistency is a huge factor for a goalie and he has that. I'm not sure his ceiling is sky high so maybe he will become a reliable back-up goaltender."
Looking to the goaltending options after this top-five, Roulliard continues, "After that it gets a little bit messy. There are a lot of possibilities."
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Watch: Gov. Walker calls for "army of grass-roots volunteers" as he launches bid for 3rd term
Gov. Walker announcement
WAUKESHA — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall but flamed out early in the 2016 presidential race, launched his re-election campaign Sunday calling for an "army of grass-roots volunteers" to combat what he says will be a coordinated attack against him by Washington-based special interests.
The Republican told supporters at the kick-off event at Weldall Manufacturing outside of Milwaukee that winning a third term "isn't going to be easy."
Gov. Walker officially announces bid for third term
"The big government special interests in Washington, they've already made us a target in this election," Walker told a couple hundred backers on the factory floor. A larger group of protesters, organized by the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera, rallied outside.
There is no clear Democratic front runner to face Walker in the November 2018 election. At least a dozen Democrats, including the state superintendent of schools, two state lawmakers, former office holders, political activists and newcomers, have said they are running or are considering getting in.
No matter the candidate, Democrats will run and win on a message that Republicans have ignored working-class people to benefit the wealthy and special interests, said Wisconsin Democratic Party chairwoman Martha Laning.
"You're not going to beat Scott Walker by promising he'll make Wisconsin worse," said Scot Ross, director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. "You'll beat Scott Walker by promising you'll make Wisconsin better."
Walker, 50, is looking to become the first Wisconsin governor since Tommy Thompson in 1998 and only the second in state history to be elected to a third four-year term. There are no term limits in Wisconsin, although Walker has said he wouldn't seek a fourth term if he wins or leave before his term is over.
Thompson praised Walker for staying visible and engaged in the state after his failed presidential run in 2015.
"It's difficult running for governor," Thompson said in an interview. "Each time you have more people that want to question you but he knows what he has to do and he's doing it."
Dick Fleissner, 61, of Milwaukee, said at the rally he's supported Walker for years, including when he was Milwaukee County executive before being elected governor in 2010.
Protesters in Waukesha as Gov. Walker officially announces bid for third term
"Regardless of the position he's had, he makes bold moves," Fleissner said. "He just does what he believes is the right thing to do. He sticks to his guns."
Though Walker has won three governor elections, counting the recall, he's never gotten more than 53 percent of the vote. His approval rating dropped to a low of 37 percent in late 2015 but has slowly grown back to 48 percent. Democrats are optimistic those numbers coupled with low approval ratings for President Donald Trump make Walker vulnerable.
Walker has a national fundraising base and an impressive political organization that helped Trump become the first Republican to carry the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The current head of the Republican Governors Association, his signature achievement is the Act 10 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers was enacted just months after Walker took office in 2011 and thrust him into the national spotlight.
Walker said in a Saturday interview he was worried that outside money that flowed into his 2012 recall and 2014 re-election campaign won't be there this time around, while he remains a top target of liberal groups, including the national union representing public workers. Walker said he's focused on building a strong re-election team in Wisconsin and already has campaign co-chairs in all 72 counties.
Democrats have also been busy organizing, with the hiring of a new statewide coordinator and seven regional directors this year to prepare for 2018.
Walker has made Wisconsin a right-to-work state, signed a voter ID requirement, curbed environmental regulations to benefit the business community and all but eliminated corporate taxes. He and legislative Republicans have cut taxes by a collective $8 billion, and property taxes on a typical median-valued home will be less in 2018 than they were when he took office.
The state's unemployment rate, bolstered by the national economy, is the lowest it's been since 2001. Walker earlier this year signed the largest economic development deal in state history, with Taiwanese company Foxconn Technology Group planning to invest up to $10 billion on a display screen factory that could employ 13,000 people.
Though some Democrats have criticized the deal, it was a significant victory for Walker, who has never fulfilled a 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 private-sector jobs.
"We're not satisfied with just where we're at," Walker said Sunday. "We're moving forward because there's more to be done."
Laning, the Democratic Party head, discounted Walker's record.
"I think that's all spin," she said. "We're a state that's headed in the wrong direction."
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An elegant solution to crude extraction
PROBLEM: How to cost-effectively retrieve the final drops of crude from aging oil fields.
SOLUTION: We developed the LEAP System, a single artificial lift system that can be used for the life of the well. This linear electromagnetically actuated pump is effective with wells producing as little as a single barrel a day and is seen as a potential replacement for the nodding donkey pump. Compared to the millions of dollars needed to drill a new well, adding artificial lift technology is a cheaper alternative to maintain production from older wells.
RESULTS: We spent less than a year to design and deliver the 90Kw, LEAP tubular linear motor. Five months were spent in multi-physics modeling and another four months were spent building and testing this new, disruptive technology.
Water borne sensing- Autonomous Vehicles
WASP Autonomous boat
PROBLEM: Real time measurement of various chemicals in bodies of water is difficult, slow yet time consuming and expensive.
SOLUTION: An autonomous, motorized boat that tracks inside of the body of water, on a pre-programmed route that can be changed by downloading new directions from the cloud and collects chemical data in real time that is displayed on a cloud-based dashboard.
Trinity Rail Railcar / The Connected Railcar of the Future
PROBLEM: The mantra of shipping via railroad is "ship and pray" because once the cargo is loaded and the railcar is placed into the hands of the carriers, the shipper loses control over the shipment. As a result, most often any damage or loss that occurred during shipment, cannot be attributed to the carrier.
SOLUTION: Taking end user requirements into account, we developed a suite of ruggedized sensors, some patented, that can detect impact, intrusion, theft, load level, possible contamination, hatch security, load environmental conditions, and along with location.
RESULTS: Shipment info is available in real time via a PCDworks developed gateway, to the cloud, with some local data aggregation and analysis. In addition, PCDworks provides DFM, and supply chain procurement assistance.
Resuscitation Device
PROBLEM: When performing CPR on drowning victims and others with respiratory failure, it's difficult to maintain the proper lung inflation and rate of inflation, especially while alone. Providing oxygen instead of exhaled air is key to survival success.
SOLUTION: PCDworks, along with its client, developed the first and only automated rescue breathing system that works on adults, children, and infants. It delivers 100% pure oxygen in the proper flow and pressure regimen for each, depending on the mask selected. Two patents pending.
RESULTS: Proof of concept tests and demonstration completed within 6 months.
FDA approve temperature and health monitoring device
PROBLEM: Body temperature is one sure way of anticipating the onset of infections including COVID 19. A reliable, FDA certified method of quickly measuring forehead temperature as a pre-screening measure is critical to slow down the spread of infections
SOLUTION: Wello created an optical device for measuring the temperature of the Glabella- the space between your eyes, the place on the exterior of the body which is most representative of real body temperature. PCDworks has helped Wello over the years with enclosures, mechanical tilt mechanism, sensing methodology and software enhancements.
PROBLEM: Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery is a time-consuming operation. Every additional minute of surgery decreases a patient's chance of survival.
SOLUTION: We collaborated with an industrial design firm to help our client simplify the bypass procedure by organizing pumps and tubes into a compact structure. We also created designs, developed prototypes, and assisted in preparing a unit that was ready to manufacture. Our team further improved speed and patient safety by inventing a Vacuum Assisted Venous Return (VAVR) which enhances venous flow and reduced the size of the necessary line.
RESULTS: A cardiac bypass system that reduces the need for blood products, shortens surgery times, and offers greater fluid management options for the clinical team — all of which is proven to decrease morbidity.
Automated tie-down device
PROBLEM: The Office of Naval Research needed a self-powered, remote-controlled tension system that would reduce cargo damage, decrease load and unload times, and minimize crew involvement.
SOLUTION: We created a system of individual units which, when networked together, provide the ability to simultaneously secure and release loads. This entailed designing a customized multi-hop wireless communication, advanced sensing capabilities, and a proprietary self-releasing hook. It also included a custom motor, high performance battery pack, linear actuator, printed circuit boards, and carbon fiber case.
RESULTS: Our new small, lightweight, and semi-automated system requires minimal human involvement to tension and release loads, reducing load and unload times by 20 percent. Additional uses are being considered for nuclear waste transport, rail shipping, and aircraft docking.
Marmon Food Service
PROBLEM: A major fast-food chain is evolving to fresh product cooking to appeal to customers looking for a healthy alternative to heavily fried, fat covered burgers. The chain's equipment supplier needed a broiler capable of supplying fresh cooked, unfrozen product with less char, less fatand in less than 90 seconds.
SOLUTION: Our client asked us to explore alternate technology to atmospheric open flame burners.
RESULTS: We went back to our roots to a time when we were working on Infrared driven camping stoves. We found a new generation of Infrared emitting material and created burners that cooked the burgers iin record time with less fat and minimal charting.
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Father Mina Wahba Youssef was born on August 20, 1951 in Meet Ghamr in the Nile Delta. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology in 1975.He served as a consecrated Deacon at Holy Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles From 1978-1985.
On December 22, 1985, His Holiness Pope Shenouda iii ordained him a presbyter. He served in Holy Virgin Mary Church in Zeitun, Cairo, Egypt for one year and in Rochester, New York for eight years, where he established and built the Church of St. Mark's. Fr. Mina began serving at St. Demiana's Church in San Diego from August 1995 till present, where he is currently working towards building the new church construction. Fr. Mina was elevated to the rank of hegumen by His Grace Bishop Serapion on January 21, 2007.


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Showcasing inspired
designs at the V&A
Working closely with the Holocaust Memorial
Foundation to deliver a roadshow that
captured imaginations – and opinions.
Every member of your team was completely unflappable, had a brilliant eye for detail and endless patience. It was really emotional, seeing those beautiful models set up in the State Rooms after years of hard work on this project; and really fantastic to have survivors and others see us start to deliver on our promise."
Helen Cook
We successfully created, organised and staged the UKHMF's ten-venue exhibition – with just three weeks before the first event took place at 10 Downing Street.
In 2016, the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation (UKHMF) launched a competition for international artists and architects to design a new Holocaust memorial statue and Learning Centre for Victoria Tower Gardens, in London.
The shortlisted entries were then showcased at an exhibition roadshow, designed to inspire debate and drive votes before a winner was announced in June 2017. Shortlisted nominees included entries from Caruso St John Architects, Marcus Taylor, Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread's, Foster + Partners and Michal Rovner - which meant our 10-show roadshow was jam-packed with some of the most precious cargo we've ever had, including priceless one-of-a-kind models from some of the world's most renowned architects. No pressure.
Venues across the UK,
over the course of 6 months
Priceless models, built by
world-renowned architects
Votes captured, from the
Showcasing inspired designs at the V&A
Collaborating closely with UKHMF, we worked round the clock to bring their content to life.
Our Design Team created a brand identity that was respectful of the subject and encouraged visitors to engage with the content. We designed the visual environment and collateral for the exhibition – including stands, signage, posters and a 20-page brochure. We also worked with the UKHMF team to edit existing copy and provide extra content where needed.
To capture the imaginations and votes of the visiting public, we created an intuitive app and invited people to share their opinions on the interactive iPad hubs at each exhibit. By using familiar technology, we ensured that everyone would find voting simple.
Our dedicated Exhibition Manager for the event booked and served as liaison for all ten venues, while also handling third-party supplier logistics. The UKHMF exhibition materials are now securely stored by Live Group, accessible at any time.
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Once, it was believed that men were the only ones who had to deal with hair loss. However, female pattern baldness has become an all too common occurrence. Millions of women deal with thinning hair or bald spots.
Many women choose to hide their thinning hair and feel ashamed or unattractive. Rather than concealing their hair, women should understand that balding, thinning hair is perfectly normal and usually at no one's fault.
Most importantly, women suffering hair loss should maintain hope: there are numerous effective hair replacement options available. Let's take a look at the causes of female pattern baldness and the surgical and non-surgical methods of restoring that hair.
Pinning hair loss on any single cause is hard. There are dozens of possible reasons a women may be losing her hair. What makes things even more difficult is the fact that the patterns of hair loss in women are not as easily identifiable as those in men.
Genetics – The most common cause of scalp hair loss, in both men and women, is entirely hereditary. Androgenic alopecia is an inherited sensitivity to the effects of male hormones (androgens) on scalp hair follicles. After reaching menopause, for instance, women may find that their hair has become thinner.
Normally, when a hair follicle falls out, it is replaced by a hair of equal size and thickness. For women with female pattern baldness, the new hair is finer and thinner. This cycle continues with thinner and thinner hair until the hair quits growing altogether.
A simple way to determine your susceptibility to hair loss is to look at your parents or grandparents, and so on. Hair loss can be hereditary both maternally and paternally. If any of your family suffers from thin hair or scalp baldness, you might have to deal with the same in the future.
However, signs of baldness or hair loss caused by these medical conditions are often temporary and subside in a matter of weeks.
Environmental – Sometimes, hair loss comes down to outside agents. Extreme stress can lead to all sorts of physiological problems, including hair loss. Dramatic weight loss or a lack of certain nutrients can take a hard toll on your body and your hair.
Sometimes, hair loss is attributed to self-inflicted causes. Over-tight hairstyles like cornrows or braids can lead to traction alopecia. Take into consideration the types of manipulation done to your hair (dyes, chemicals, blow dryers, flat irons, and more), all of which can cause damage or breakage.
Understanding the causes of hair loss, let's take a look at a few ways to prevent and restore your hair.
Oats can speed up hair growth with high levels of iron, potassium, and magnesium.
Citrus fruits contain vitamin C, which is essential to healthy hair and skin.
Turkey is a great source of niacin, which promotes healthy blood circulation. Increased blood circulation means more oxygen to your scalp and hair follicles and thus better hair growth.
Minoxidil, which goes by the brand name Rogaine, is an FDA-approved hair restoration drug and can either be taken as a pill or applied topically. Surprisingly, Minoxidil seems to be more effective on women suffering androgenic alopecia than men. However, product labeling suggests that women only use the 2% concentration of Minoxidil. The higher 5% concentration is only prescribed under the supervision of a dermatologist.
Propecia (finastiride), is another pharmaceutical option that is more common. This drug inhibits the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT, the hormone that often causes hair loss. Be sure to talk to your doctor about this option, because it isn't always recommended for women, and certainly shouldn't be taken or handled by pregnant women.
Surgery – When worse comes to worst, surgery is always an option. The two most common surgical methods of hair restoration are transplants and scalp reduction (with transplantation being highly recommended over scalp reduction).
Hair transplants are probably the more popular of the two methods. Hair transplantation is completely safe and easy. During the procedure hair follicles are taken from donor areas of a woman's scalp. Eligible donor areas are the parts of your scalp that have strong hair growth. The hair follicles are then surgically placed into the bald or thinning areas, and the hair continues to live and reproduce after being transplanted.
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This Instructable will teach you how to make a wearable, fully functional robotic claw, attached to a ring. It's purpose, besides it being interesting and beautiful, is to make it possible to pick up a new object while something is already clasped in the hand. The claw is fully operable with just the thumb.
The ring and mechanism's design is by me.
There are several mechanisms that make up this ring: the gripper, the bellcrank, and two pistons. The gripper mechanism is opened and closed with the reciprocation of a piston, which pushes the gripper open, and pulls it closed. The bellcrank allows for the second piston to drive the gripper from a perpendicular angle, so that the claw can be operated with the thumb while the ring is on the hand.
This instructable shows how to make this ring for the right hand, but the plans and assembly could easily be flipped to fit the left hand.
There will be three basic components to this ring: the gripper, the bellcrank component, and the ring. I will refer to these components throughout the instructable to explain what is being assembled.
This step would be highly simplified with a proper butane torch, but can be done (and was done by me) with a 40w or above soldering iron. The iron has to touch as much of the metal being soldered as possible, and will have to be held in place for several seconds before the metal is hot enough to melt the solder. Always melt the solder with the metal components, and not the soldering iron. To keep the metal components in place after the soldering iron is removed, hold the metal in place with tweezers or a soldering aid tool until the solder cools.
Step One: Solder a 2-hole spacer to the end of the primary vertical reciprocating shaft, like in the pictures.
Step Two: Then, solder the parts of the gripper together. See the pictures to find the position for each meta piece as they fit on the sheet metal for the gripper. The solder should fit under the c-channel parts, and on top of the sheet metal for the gripper. For the hollow rectangular shaft (the piece in the very middle), place the solder to the right of the piece, opposite to the side next to the metal piece that connects the gripper to the bellcrank component.
Step Three: Next, solder the piece of rectangular tube that attaches to the sheet metal for the bellcrank component. It attaches to the lower left of the bellcrank component. The solder should go next the rectangular tube, and be careful not the fill the tube with any solder. This is the bellcrank mechanism's rotating crank. This is attached to the bellcrank component the rivet, soldered on at the end of this step.
Step Four: Next, solder together two perpendicular 2-hole spacers, so that one hole on each spacer overlaps with the other spacer's hole. Solder the outside of the joint, being careful not to fill any holes.
Step Five: Finally, drill a hole with a 1/16" drill bit through the lower end of the tip of the c-channel rod that connects the gripper to the bellcrank component, and the bellcrank sheetmetal where the c-channel rod will connect to it -- this is the corner above and opposite the piece of rectangular tube soldered onto the bellcrank component earlier. Insert the cylindcal tubing for the rivet into the hold, until it is flush with the bottom of the sheetmetal piece. Solder all these parts together at this join. Be careful not to remelt the previously soldered parts. Make sure the bellcrank's rotating crank fits over the rivet, and cut the tubing.
The point of a metal pickle is to wash away the melted flux and any stains caused by the soldering process.
I made a pickel out of 1 cup vinegar, and a heaping tablespoon of salt. I heated the vinegar on a hotplate in a heatproof pyrex measuring cup, and mixed in the salt once the vinegar started to simmer. I found this perfectly good enough, but a store bought pickle would be stronger, and work faster. Use whatever you think is best here. Use a wood spoon to remove the metal to avoid compromising the pickle.
Rinse the metal in water, and dry. Finally, polish the metal with a polishing bit, polishing compound, and dremel. The metal can be polished again after the parts are assembled, but the screws will get in the way of a thorough polish later.
There are a total of 8 holes that need to be drilled, all with a 1/16" drill bit. The first hole was already drilled in the soldering step. The other 7 holes need to be drilled now. To keep the drill bit in place while drilling, it's a good idea to take a nail, and gently hammer a dent where you are going to drill the hole.
Gently sand the holes clean of stray metal.
Assemble the moving parts in the order seen in the pictures: first, slide in the piston that attaches to the gripper. Then, attache the the bellcrank's crank and the gripper arms. Glue the screws into place and let dry. Then the 2-hole spacers that attach the gripper arms to the gripper component. Glue the screws into place and let dry. Then last, slide the piston into its crankshaft in the bellcrank mechanism, and attach the 2-hole spacers that act as connector rods for the bellcrank. Glue the screws into place and let dry.
The screws will fit into the holes fairly loosely, so the joints can move. The other side of the screws, once they are put into place in the holes, need to be glued in place with a tiny drop of superglue. To superglue screws that would fall out if the claw were flipped over, use a toothpick to dab a tiny drop of glue on the nail. The glue can touch the bottom side of the metal that the bottom of the screw comes out from, but not the piece of metal on top, or the joint wont move.
Bend and hammer around a cylindrical shape the 6mm brass bar until its circumference is the ring size you want. Cut off any extra brass. File flat and clean the ends of the bar, and fit the ends together. Finally, solder the ends toghether.
Solder the ring to the middle of the back of the bellcrank component, being careful to not melt any of the solder already used on the bellcrank mechanism.
Even if you polished the metal before assembling, it's a good idea to finish it off with another polish now. Some of the work done in the meantime may have marred the surface.
Wear on the index finger, so that the mechanism can reach the thumb, and the claw can rest on your other fingers.
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Look at my tools. I have no tools. I don't even have a butane torch. Did you see my pliers? They are so sad and dull, I really need some new tools.
"The ring and mechanism's design is by me.
I checked out your links and have to say that the authors design is completely different than yours except that it is a piston based claw. Your claws are controlled by manipulation of the piston itself and the author has designed a unique system that controls it from a perpendicular axis.
Great job persona on designing a unique and fun project.
Thank you for your compliments, as well as pointing out your similar designs! I mostly meant this very specific design, combined with a bellcrank, and using these materials, was by me. I realize not all claw mechanisms, or even this particular piston driven claw design is entirely uniquely mine -- this was inspired by research for sure!
It would have been nice if you'd included a short video showing how it moves.
There is a .gif showing the movement in the introduction, did you mean something more?
Most youngsters are unable to accomplish this without 3 D printing, etc, pity.
I love stuff like this! Here is my 3d printed version. Imported your picture to sketch up and used it as my template. Thanks very much for the inspiration.
I have a 3D printer. Are the STLs on thingiverse or another website that I could get them on? That would be awesome if i could print one.
WOW that looks incredible! I'm so flattered you actually were inspired by my design, and that it translated into something that you could 3d print! Thank you for sharing!
I use the term "over engineered" affectionately. I appreciate the amount of work and detail that undoubtedly went into this design. Not to mention the well-done instructions.
Thank you so much! That actually means a lot, since I usually under engineer my projects (and they end up not working).
There is a lot of value in planning. Personally, seeing things in virtual space, like a sketch pad or modeling software, gets me excited because I can almost touch my creation before it exists. I can debug some of my problems that way too. Nikola Tesla said he could visualize an invention in his brain and "see" it operate before it was built. His imagination was so strong he could envision how the part would wear over time. How incredible is that?


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Some people can cope with an immediate emergency. Others are experts at the slog. Germans have a word for that: sitzfleisch (noun) 1. The ability to sit through or tolerate something boring. 2. The ability to endure or persist in a task.


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Henrik Engelsviken
Henrik Engelsviken has been a member of the Norwegian National Opera's soloist ensemble since 2007, and in recent seasons he has sung leading roles ranging from Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly to the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes. The NRK critic described his performance in the latter as a «major triumph». Engelsviken also received critical acclaim for his debut as Erik in The Flying Dutchman last season.
Other major roles in Engelsviken's repertoire include the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Radamès in Aida and Gustav III in Un ballo in maschera.
Engelsviken has sung in most opera houses around Norway, most recently as Ismael in Nabucco at Fredriksten Fortress. Guest appearances abroad include performances at Staatstheater Stuttgart and Seefestspiele Mörbisch in Austria. He has also contributed on many concerts and church music performances.
Photo: Christian Roth Christensen
Future Acts
Don José in Carmen
Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly
Previous acts
Calàf in Turandot
En sanger in Der Rosenkavalier
Erik in The Flying Dutchman
Fire adelige fra Brabant in Lohengrin
Florestan in Fidelio
Første prest in The Magic Flute
Første prest in The Magic Flute 16
Luigi (il tabarro) in Il tabarro / Gianni Schicchi
Mario Cavaradossi, kunstner in Tosca
Red Whiskers in Billy Budd
Tamburmajor in Wozzeck
Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci


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1. One movement only with abridged accompaniment. 2. Orchestral part to be played on piano except where otherwise stated. 3. Competitors to arrange their own accompanist, who will not be adjudicated as part of the performance.
1. Any composition by Chopin, minimum AMEB Grade 6 standard (or equivalent).
1. Competitors to perform in Section 140 (PIANO SOLO - Certificate of Performance or Diploma Level or Above) or in Section 141 (PIANO SOLO - Grade 7 or 8). 2. Two pieces, contrasting styles, which have not been performed in this year's Eisteddfod. 3. Pieces must be a minimum AMEB GRADE 7 standard (or equivalent).


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1942 Idaho Chauffeur License
Beginning in the early 20th century, qualified drivers for taxi cabs or other paid car services were issued a small metal license called a chauffeur badge. The word "chauffeur" comes from the French word for "stoker," since the earliest automobiles utilized steam-powered engines, requiring the driver to stoke the coal fire during the engine's operation. Though associated with luxury vehicles today, chauffeur licenses were required for all paid passenger-vehicle drivers, whether they were behind the wheel of a sleek limousine or a bulky city bus. In 1903, New York became the first state to issue a motor vehicle license for chauffeurs, also known as "public hacks." Pinned to a coat or hat, these metal badges provided an easy way for drivers to display their certification while operating their vehicle. While some badges were designed in the form of a state or a decorative crest, many were simply oval or shield-shaped affairs. Most chauffeur licenses indicated the date of issue, the state certified, and the driver's specific identification number. By the early 1950s, paper licenses had replaced badges, which were more expensive to produce. The rarest, most collectible chauffeur badges come from smaller states, like Idaho, with fewer taxi operators, rather than those with metropolitan hubs like New York or California.
Donor: Dale Eich
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Courtesy of Bruce Castle Museum
River House - circa 1905
Exciting discoveries were made during the inspection of glass lantern slides, depicting the area around Devonshire Hill Lane in the early 20th century, held at the Bruce Castle Museum. Included amongst them was a coloured slide of River House which is reproduced above. The reproduction of a black and white photograph of the same scene was published in Update No. 37. Slides of other views of the River House grounds appear below. It is intended to print further slides in future editions of the Update. (See Update No. 34 for more detailed information about River House)
"New River in grounds of River House, Devonshire Hill Lane, 1905"
"Bridge over New River in grounds of River House, Devonshire Hill Lane. 1905"
ISOLATION HOSPITAL
Research of the Tottenham District Council Minutes has uncovered much information about the development of the Devonshire Hill Lane area in general and River House in particular. In 1914 the Council considered building an isolation hospital for local patients suffering from infectious diseases rather than sending them to accommodation provided by neighbouring Hospital Boards. A report of the Public Health Committee in April 1915 recommended :-
River House site, Devonshire Hill. This freehold land is owned by Messrs. South & Sons, whose surveyor is Mr. H. S. Couchman. It immediately adjoins land owned and acquired by the Wood Green District Council for the purpose of an Infectious Diseases Hospital 17 years ago. The land offered has an approximate area of 14 ½ acres. It is situated at a high level, is easily accessible and deemed by the Committee and your Officers to be the best of the sites under consideration.
The costs of acquiring the site were estimated as follows :-
Devonshire Hill Estate, Messrs. South & Son
Cost of acquiring 14 acres 3 roods 10 poles
Tottenham Manor: Waste Land Purchase Money
Vendor's Solicitors' and Surveyors' and Steward's Fees
Estimated Cost of raising Loan, and of Stamp Duties on Conveyances, Mortgages
Negotiations were entered with Pedley, May & Fletcher, the solicitors acting for Samuel South(1), but, in the event, the Local Government Board refused to sanction the loan necessary to proceed with the purchase of the land. After much deliberation, in 1918, the Council decided to approach Samuel South(1) again in order to ascertain if he would be prepared let River House (also referred to as Devonshire House) to them for the treatment of cases of Infectious Diseases, and if so, on what terms. By that time, however, Samuel(2) had moved into River House with his family. In March 1918, the Public Health Committee reported on the outcome of their approach :-
Isolation Hospital Accommodation:- Adverting to our previous Reports, the Solicitor of the Council has received a letter from Messrs. Pedley, May and Fletcher, stating that their client has considered the suggestion that he should let Devonshire House to the Council for hospital purposes, but owing to the house being occupied by Mr. S. South jnr., the letting of the premises would in involve Mr. S. South jnr. in considerable expense and inconvenience, apart from the difficulty he would experience in obtaining a suitable residence near his business. In these circumstances, Mr. South feels that the rent and terms he would have to ask would not meet with the Council's approval. Mr. South would, however, much prefer to sell this estate as originally proposed, and he wishes to know whether, if he were willing to allow a substantial part of the purchase-money to remain on mortgage, this would result in the negotiations being completed. We recommend :- That the Clerk of the Council be instructed to ascertain whether, in view of Mr. South's offer to permit a substantial portion of the purchase-money to remain on mortgage, the Local Government Board are now prepared to sanction the acquisition of this site, and the raising by the Council of the necessary loan.
Once again, the Local Government Board, refused to sanction the loan and, eventually, the hospital project was abandoned. The history of both Devonshire Hill Lane and, indeed, the South family would have been different had the plans of the Council been implemented.


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Q: Use getch in while (1) python I would like to use char=getch.getch() in a loop (while(1)).
The problem when I use this like that it block my loop:
import getch

while(1):
         char=getch.getch()
         a=read_data()
         if (char=='a'): c=....
         if (char=='b'): c=....

If I don't put anything, my loop is blocked... How can I solve this for getting event from my keyboard?
EDIT : At the top is an example of what I want to do but if you are interested, my real script is here. I am actually working on an analyser spectrum and I want to scan by pressing some keys:
from pylab import *
from rtlsdr import *
from bluetooth import *

import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation
import getch

sdr=RtlSdr()

#configure device
sdr.center_freq=double(sys.argv[1]) # centrale frequency
sdr.gain=double(sys.argv[2]) #gain
sdr.sample_rate=double(sys.argv[3]) # sample rate

#configure PSD
NFFT=int(sys.argv[4]) # nb points

# Bluetooth connexion
server_sock=BluetoothSocket( RFCOMM )
server_sock.bind(("",PORT_ANY))
server_sock.listen(1)
port = server_sock.getsockname()[1]
uuid="94f39d29-7d6d-437d-973b-fba39e49d4ee"
client_sock, client_info=server_sock.accept()

while (1):

    samples=sdr.read_samples(256*1024)
        result=psd(samples,NFFT,Fs=sdr.sample_rate/1e6,Fc=sdr.center_freq*1e6/1e6)

        tab_freq=(result[1]/1e6)
        value_freq=str(tab_freq)[1:-1]
        value_list=[format(float(v), ".5f") for v in value_freq.split()]
        value_freq2= "\n".join(value_list)

        tab_pxx=result[0]
        value_pxx=str(tab_pxx)[1:-1]
        value_list2=[format(float(v), ".7f") for v in value_pxx.split()]
        value_pxx2= "\n".join(value_list2)

        client_sock.send(value_freq2+'\n'+'\n'.join(value_pxx2.split()))

        char=getch.getch()

        if (char=='a'):
        sdr.center_freq=sdr.center_freq+0.1e6
        print 'center_freq+'
        if (char=='z'):
        sdr.center_freq=sdr.center_freq-0.1e6
        print 'center_freq-'

A: If you are on Windows, you can use msvcrt.kbhit() to see if there's a keypress waiting without blocking:
import msvcrt
import time

while True:
    time.sleep(1)
    if msvcrt.kbhit():
        # Only if there's a keypress waiting do we get it with getch()
        print "Key hit! ({})".format(msvcrt.getch())
    else:
        # Do something else here
        print "Nothing..."

On Linux, it's more complicated because there is no kbhit() equivalent.


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The Arizona State Board of Education voted at the end of October 2020 to make learning about the Holocaust and other genocides a requirement for middle and high school students across the state.
The Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation has created a curriculum project based on a memoir by local Holocaust survivor Oskar Knoblauch that they hope will be used by educators teaching these requirements.
Titled "Hope Chest," the curriculum takes students on an immersive journey through Oskar's experience during the Holocaust, beginning when he was just 13 years old. His autobiography, A Boy's Story, A Man's Memory: Remembering the Holocaust 1933–1945, tells the story of his family's struggle to survive by working together and guided by lessons of respect and hope.
Oskar Knoblauch
Chris Harthun, residency and curriculum coordinator for Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, created the curriculum in conjunction with Oskar and two local educators: Patti Mastropolo, assistant principal at Coyote Ridge Elementary School in Glendale, and Heidi Cocco, English language learner teacher at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix.
Chris had been working with Oskar for the past eight or nine years. "It's impossible not to be inspired with his positivity and passion for wanting to help students be the best versions of themselves," she says. "We had been talking about the possibility of a curriculum around his autobiography."
Oskar has been sharing his story with Valley school children for years. He has amassed notebooks of thousands of moving letters from children who were impacted by his presentations.
"That deep impact and relevance that Oskar has on students are what we wanted to translate into Hope Chest," says Chris. "They see the Holocaust through one young boy's eyes, usually about the age of the reader. It's almost impossible to imagine or comprehend the loss of more than six million Jewish lives. For middle school and high school students, trying to comprehend that through having this very personal sort of approach has made it more impactful."
In the spring of 2019, Christine, Oskar and Patti worked together to map out what Hope Chest would look like. They decided what the general themes would be and that it would include art activities and journaling.
Heidi agreed to pilot the program before it was even written. "So there was a frantic pace of creating this curriculum together and her teaching it that week, and then we were able to revise anything that needed editing," says Chris. "We were able to complete the curriculum by the end of spring 2020."
The intention was for it to be a physical kit – a hope chest. Natalie Marsh, director of Learning & Innovation came up with the idea of it being a vintage trunk. "I fell in love with that idea of this vintage trunk filled with a class set of Oskar's books, a teacher's guide and student workbooks," says Chris. There would be a thumb drive of media files, as well as hands-on objects for students to explore."
Then in March 2020, when schools started to close down due to COVID-19, the group realized that Hope Chest needed to be translated to become an online experience.
This past summer, the group worked on rewriting things to ensure that they would be usable for teachers online.
"I think what makes Oskar's presentations so different is because he makes them so relevant to students' lives. We tried to engage students through the arts and activities – with the reading and then through journal writing," says Chris. "All of these are collaborative things; we're encouraging students to share, to build that classroom community. Trying to translate it to an online experience, where we have a lot of interactive pieces. It was a bit of a different experience."
They have piloted the online program once in the fall of 2020 and will continue to do so this spring. Once they feel that they have made all the changes needed to successfully engage students, the online version will be available through the Arizona Department of Education.
Currently, teachers can request the free Hope Chest Curriculum through their website (scottsdaleartslearning.org/hope-chest/).
"Part of the silver lining in this COVID situation is that it's forced us to think digitally, which then really broadened our ability to reach audiences. It's the personal story and the outcomes are so universal. It's not about memorizing the facts or the dates or the battles of World War II. It's about that personal story of overcoming through the messages of hope and tolerance," says Natalie.
She continues, "Oskar has been so generous with his story – giving us the books and the access and the ability to share. It's truly important to him that this endures, and it is important to us, too. I hope that it creates the next generation of powerful and empathetic leaders that become up standards when they see injustice happening in the world."
For more information on Hope Chest and the many other programs offered through Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, visit scottsdaleartslearning.org.
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Q: Event triggered on tab load, or loading a tab with ajax? How do I fire an event when a tab is loaded in Sencha Touch? I want to AJAX in some content that isn't important enough to be loaded immediately, and Sencha Touch seems to miss the autoLoad property of ExtJS.
What can I bind to on a panel to detect that the panel has been activated?

A: You can listen for the event activate in the panel itself or for the event cardswitch in the TabPanel.
The cardswitch event only fires after the first card has been set, so if you want an action to trigger on initialization, add a listener for the activate event on the TabPanel.
Ext.setup({
    icon: 'icon.png',
    tabletStartupScreen: 'tablet_startup.png',
    phoneStartupScreen: 'phone_startup.png',
    glossOnIcon: false,
    onReady: function() {
        var tabpanel = new Ext.TabPanel({
            tabBar: {
                dock: 'bottom',
                layout: {
                    pack: 'center'
                }
            },
            fullscreen: true,
            ui: 'light',
            cardSwitchAnimation: {
                type: 'slide',
                cover: true
            },

            //
            // Listen for cardswitch event in TabPanel
            //
            listeners: {
                cardswitch: function(comp, newCard, oldCard, index, animated) {
                    console.log(newCard.title, oldCard.title, index, animated);
                }
            },

            defaults: {
                scroll: 'vertical'
            },
            items: [{
                title: 'About',
                html: '
Bottom Tabs

Docking tabs to the bottom will automatically change their style. The tabs below are type="light", though the standard type is dark. Badges (like the 4 & Long title below) can be added by setting badgeText when creating a tab/card or by using setBadge() on the tab later.
',
                iconCls: 'info',
                cls: 'card1',
                //
                // Listen for activate event in panel
                //
                listeners: {
                    activate: function(comp){
                        console.log(comp.title);
                        //
                        // Ajax Request
                        //
                        Ext.Ajax.request({
                            url: 'your_url_here.json',
                            success: function(response, opts) {
                                //
                                // Update panel html with ajax response
                                //
                                comp.update(response.responseText);
                            },
                            failure: function(response, opts) {
                                console.log('server-side failure with status code ' + response.status);
                            }
                        });
                    }
                }
            }, {
                title: 'Favorites',
                html: '
Favorites Card
',
                iconCls: 'favorites',
                cls: 'card2',
                badgeText: '4'
            }, {
                title: 'Downloads',
                id: 'tab3',
                html: '
Downloads Card
',
                badgeText: 'Text can go here too, but it will be cut off if it is too long.',
                cls: 'card3',
                iconCls: 'download'
            }, {
                title: 'Settings',
                html: '
Settings Card
',
                cls: 'card4',
                iconCls: 'settings'
            }, {
                title: 'User',
                html: '
User Card
',
                cls: 'card5',
                iconCls: 'user'
            }]
        });
    }
});

More info on the Sencha Touch Docs:
http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch/docs/?class=Ext.TabPanel
http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch/docs/?class=Ext.Panel


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Congratulations to Christine Jones, who is the first winner of our monthly competition with her self-designed Arwen rainbow ruffle skirt.
© Christine Jones. Used with permission.
A resident of Australia's Northern Rivers region and a knitter for almost 30 years, Christine has recently turned her hand to designing patterns. Her first published pattern, Flamenco, is featured on the cover of the current issue of Australian knitting magazine, Yarn.
"I've always loved colour and that's what I really like about Biggan yarn," Christine says. "I bought a few different colours from Biggan at a craft fair in Brisbane earlier this year, and did a couple of samples for the course I'm doing.
"I'm not sure where the actual inspiration for the skirt came from. I guess it was having all those single balls in different colours. The materials influenced the design…and I also love frills," Christine said.
Christine is currently working on grading Arwen, so keep an eye out for this exciting new pattern.
Christine has won two 50g balls of Biggan DK/8 ply yarn in Emerald, and we hope this provides her with inspiration to design more fabulous things!
And remember, if you're on Ravelry, why not enter our monthly competition? All you have to do is knit or crochet a project using Biggan yarn, and then share it with the Biggan Designs group so that it shows up in the "Recently Completed Projects" from group members.
We will be announcing our second winner on 1 January, so don't forget to post your projects to the group by 31 December!
This entry was posted in Yarnspiration and tagged 8 ply, colour, competition, inspiration, knitting, knitwear designer on December 17, 2009 by Anita.
On Tuesday afternoon, I popped in to the newly started Stick- och Syjunta (Knit and Knatter) at the Swedish Church here in London. I had a wonderful time with the loveliest people, all talented knitters and very interested to be working with our yarn. One of the pastors, Björn, even came down to join us for a bit — he is a charismatic young guy and a keen knitter!!! I've been invited to show our yarns and knitwear at their next meeting in February.
During the evening I do not know how many people came up and complimented me on my red Saya wrap and my pumpkin Mary skirt and Georgia sweater. So many were interested in knitting the Saya wrap, which is great! It is a most useful garment for any occasion, be it travelling, out on the town, on the sofa with a book, or to a concert at night!
I stayed on for a fabulous Advent Concert that evening, held first at the church with traditional Christmas music, and later down in the refectory for a more frivolous performance. The quality of the performers was superb. Swedish mezzo soprano Catrin Johnsson and soprano Linda Johnsson, accompanied by Rachel Fuller at the piano, filled the church with beautiful Christmas carols, and later Johan Hugosson performed an almighty piano sonata by Frans Schubert. The world-renowned a capella quartet Cantabile sang a wonderful rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas, with such hilarity and cheek that they had us all in awe and stitches! I'm definitely a fan, and will be following very closely where they will be performing again. They are extraordinary in their musical range and acting skills within the musical context.
This entry was posted in Yarnspiration and tagged Christmas, georgia, mary, patterns, saya, SnBs on December 3, 2009 by Biggan.