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Q: List Categories of the Parent Category of the Current Category So, let's say I have this structure of categories

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*I. Super Cat A

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*i. mini cat a

*ii. mini cat b

*iii. mini cat c

*I. Super Cat B

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*i. mini cat a

*ii. mini cat b

*iii. mini cat c

This code:
<?php if (get_categories('child_of='.$cat.'&hide_empty=0')) { ?>

                    <?php wp_list_categories('show_count=0&child_of='.$cat.'&hide_empty=0&title_li='); ?>

<?php   } ?>

enables if I am in Super Cat A it would list all mini cat a-c,
what I want to add, is if I go to mini cat a or mini cat b or mini cat c, it would list other subcategories of its parent category, say:
current location: mini cat b
will list: mini cat a & mini cat c
Anyone?
Thanks in advance and more power.

A: Assuming you have only two levels of categories, you could first retrieve the parent category and then list the child categories. Furthermore, calling get_children and wp_list_categories uses more resources than necessary, using only wp_list_categories would suffice. I've explained my answer in the following snippet that should behave exactly as you need it to!
$category_id = get_query_var( 'cat' ); // Get current catgory ID
$category = get_term( $category_id, 'category' ); // Fetch category term object

// Now, we check if the category has a parent
// If it has, we use that ID
// If it doesn't have a parent, it is a parent category itself and we use its own ID
$parent = $category->parent ? $category->parent : $category_id;

$args = array(
    'show_count' => false,
    'hide_empty' => false,
    'title_li' => '',
    'show_option_none' => '',
    'echo' => false
);

// Show the children of parent category
if ( $category->parent ) {
    $args['child_of'] = $category->parent;
    $args['exclude'] = $category_id; // Don't display the current category in this list
}
else {
    $args['child_of'] = $category_id;
}

// Get the category list
$categories_list = wp_list_categories( $args );

if ( $categories_list ) {
    ?>

            <?php echo $categories_list; ?>

    <?php
}

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This module covers ways in which you can use Transact-SQL to interact with your server in other ways.
I call it the programming module because it covers ways that you can integrate programming concepts into your Transact-SQL statements to give you greater control over your database.
In the next lesson, declaration and use of variables in your Transact-SQL code will be discussed.
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Q: How much time should jquery wait? I'm programming a jQuery functionality for doing a search on articles while the user is typing in the search field.
I implemented a bind in jQuery that at every keyup, it sets a clearTimeout and a setTimeout to the actual function doing the post to the server. This is because users can be writing something and I want to avoid multiple posts.
I got "stuck" with: from the user interface point of view, what time should I set for the setTimeout? I tried different times (1s, 1.5s, 0.5s) but I have to admit the choice seems kind of random to me.
This raised the broader question: Is there any reference or study that answers the question of what are the "optimal" times for dynamic web interfaces?
I only now noticed that I've used more timers before (e.g. slides), that were also chosen "randomly".
Putting in other terms, does anyone knows how to justify why a given event in web interface has (or should have) a specific delta-time or range of delta-times?
(I'm sorry if this question is not adequate to here, It seemed to me closer than SO.)

A: Take a look at http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/
If you take the median:

Median = 38 WPM = 228 characters/minute

This gives 3.8 characters per second on average.
So if you waited 0.26 seconds before sending the query you are not querying faster than the speed half of people can type. It all depends on your system and whether it can cope with the amount of requests generated at this rate if it so happens the users of your system are slower than this (if everyone is at this speed then there's no problem).

A: There is no specific delay time.
But if you think about it, waiting 0.5s means that every 0.5s you'll request a post result from your server. Now multiply this post frequency for 10 simultaneous users, your server will receive around 20 requests per second.
If the server have to search into a big database you'll have a lot of lag time between the request and response for each request.
Your web-app will be very slow.
I think that you can take 1.5 second of timeout before sending the post request.
A lot of IDE and programs are set by default with an autocompletion delay around 2 sec (Ex: Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Coda, etc.)


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Count Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) as someone who just can't understand how it's possible that the government cannot fire DEA Agents who knowingly break the law by hiring prostitutes from the very drug cartels they are supposed to be shutting down.
"Based on the testimony we have read from the DEA administrator, she says she doesn't have the power to simply fire these people. I don't buy it. The American public doesn't buy it. When we have bad apples who repeatedly do the same type of behavior, compromise our national security, then they need to lose their national security clearances, and they need to be fired."
In fact, Chaffetz noted that some of them were "punished" with unpaid leave and that their punishment only lasted a few days! "The punishment for engaging in this type of behavior was two to 10 days off, non-paid leave. That sounds like a vacation to me, it doesn't sound like punishment."
Congresmman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) summed up the insanity, "So they are receiving prostitutes from cartels that they are supposed to be investigating, and she can't fire those agents?"
Exactly, Rep. Gowdy. At least according to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart.
Both Leonhart and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said that Title V of U.S. civil service law holds that the leaders of most federal agencies can't fire people directly, no matter what they've done. Instead, these decisions go to "deciding officials," who must recommend a punishment — those recommendations then go to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
"I can't revoke their security clearance," Leonhart said. "I can ensure that there's a mechanism that's in place, like I did after the Cartagena incident, make sure that there's a mechanism in place for … a security review, which resulted in those three agents having their security clearances revoked and they were fired."
I think that Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) may have had the best response to the entire proceeding…
"So you have any idea how absurd all of that sounds to an ordinary human being? This is nuts."
I'm not sure about what is going on at the DEA, but it seems more like something out of a Hollywood farce than it does real life. Hopefully, Congressional Oversight can get things sorted out soon… before the DEA does any more damage to itself and to us.
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Conservative Republican Mark Robinson Becomes North Carolina's First Black Lieutenant Governor
North Carolina elected Republican Mark Robinson on Tuesday, the state's first African-American lieutenant governor.
Robinson defeated Democrat Yvonne Lewis Holley, also African-American, with 51% of the vote.
"WE DID IT!" his campaign announced via Facebook.
"As I said last night, I will fight for every North Carolinian, and it will be the greatest honor of my life to serve you as Lt. Governor."
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Robinson's goals, as per his campaign website, are to defend unborn life, the Second Amendment, law enforcement, school choice, and to improve the state's care for veterans.
Robinson has spent his entire life in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was the 9th of 10 children in a home plagued by alcoholism and domestic abuse. He and his siblings ended up in foster care, and in high school, he joined the Army Reserves.
In 2018, Robinson defended the Second Amendment before the Greensboro City Council in a video that went viral. According to his website, it has been viewed over 150 million times.
In the wake of the Parkland High School shooting in Florida, the council had been considering banning a gun and knife show at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Robinson scolded the council for going after law-abiding citizens:
"When are y'all going to start standing up for the majority?" he asked. "And here's who the majority is: I'm the majority. I'm a law-abiding citizen who's never shot anybody, never committed a serious crime, never committed a felony….But it seems like every time we have one of these shootings, nobody wants to put the blame where it goes, which is at the shooter's feet. You wanna put it at my feet."
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Only The Credulous Would Be Surprised By Either Story Coming Out of The Middle East Today
Two stories that show the real state of the Middle East, as many a clenched fist meet's Obama's appeasing open hand:
The first surprise: Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria miss deadline
I mean who could have seen that coming?
From the Detroit Free Press:
International inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile have missed an early deadline in a brutally tight schedule after security concerns prevented them from visiting two sites linked to Damascus' chemical program.
The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog disclosed for the first time in a report obtained by the Associated Press that Syria has declared 41 facilities at 23 chemical sites where it stored approximately 1,300 tons of precursors and agents, and over 1,200 unfilled munitions to deliver them.
Ahmet Uzumcu said in his first report to the U.N. Security Council that inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had corroborated the information provided by Syria at 37 of the 41 facilities.
But the OPCW said inspectors were only able to visit 21 of the 23 sites because of security risks - which means the tight timeline for visiting all declared sites by Oct. 27 was missed.
However all is not lost, as with Obama, the red lines aren't really red lines, and dead lines are certainly not dead lines:
While there are no consequences for missing the deadline.....
So, in return for letting Obama off his self-stated red line requirement for action, both the Syrians and the UN don't really have to act in a timely manner, or perhaps really have to act at all. Any bets they'll just run the clock, destroy a few chemical weapons for show and then let it fade from the headlines with the mandated job left undone?
Meanwhile, the second surprise headline of the day:
The Detroit Free Press: Iran sentences activist actress to prison
The latest headline out of Iran belies both Iran's declaration, the leftist mainstream media's declaration, and the US State Department's hope that Rouhani is a reformer. One should note that the State department seems to be on the verge of striking out in accurate reformer declarations, with one strike and on the verge of a second with Rouhani, so at least they haven't crowned him as a reformer quite yet.
An Iranian actress known for her political activism in support of the country's reformists has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after facing security charges, newspapers reported Tuesday.
So much for the nonsense that the appointment of Rouhani means Iran's leadership is in a "reform" mode, as in more democratic, western mode and less expansionist and religiously motivated terror-supporting state mode. While the public face of Iran may have changed,for show to entice the credulous leftists of the west, it's ruling council that holds the real power has not.
Labels: Iran, Middle East, Obama Administration. Foreign Affairs, Syria, US Diplomacy
Our Middle East policy reflects one of two possibilities: 1) the administration is hopelessly inept or 2) the administration is headed by a radical Muslim.
My money is on #2.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 1:24:00 PM EDT
I think there's an Option 3 - This administration is doing everything possible to undermine America's standing in the world. They want to reduce our liability to protect our friends and interests and diminish out ability to project power and maintain our role as a global power. They want America to be unable to influence world events without having to wait for world approval for our actions.
That this emboldens our Muslim enemies is just icing on the cake, as they're the most convenient tool to use to take us down a peg and reduce our alliances and diplomacy to shambles.
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Michael Bennett '19: Head First into Global Learning
Tuesday, May 21, 2019TOPICS: Admissions, Alumni, Academics, Community Engagement, International
Graduating senior and 2018-19 University Communications intern, Michael Bennett, reflects on his four-year journey as a USD student. His next stop is the Peace Corps in the Republic of Moldova.
There exists a few select moments that I can recall with impressive detail. From the color of my shirt to the hue in the sky to my scattering thoughts — everything replays with great clarity as if an old cassette player demanded it.
One such instance followed the sight of my parents driving off in the rental car that had just carried a sizeable haul from Target into my freshman year dorm room. I remember the red shirt I had just bought because this was my first school in 14 years of Catholic education without a uniform requirement. I remember the welcome retreat of the afternoon sun — conventional wisdom at USD asserts that move-in weekend always coincides with a heat wave. And I remember feeling lost.
The reality of my exciting solo move across the country finally smacked me on the side of the head. By the time my parents would reach our home back in Delaware, I would not know a soul beyond a polite introductory conversation within the next 2,000 miles.
In the face of this alarm, I set out on a walk across campus and found my way to its edge: the surprising greenery of the loading dock next the Shiley Center — site of my upcoming science classes and labs. I peered out over the edge of the railing perched over the whole of San Diego. The hurry of evening traffic along the interchange between the 5 and the 8 freeways was halting. The bays were busy with boats and barges. I noted a towering set of islands in the distance that I later determined to be los Coronados off of Mexico.
The vivacity of this place was tangible. Most importantly, this moment reminded me why I set out to attend a university so far from my friends and family. I demanded to see the world and to learn from it.
The first semester that followed went as well as I could imagine. With my renewed commitment to USD and its plentiful offerings, I launched myself wholeheartedly into a diverse course load, nascent friend groups, and the nightly caloric conquests necessary to make the freshman meal plan economical. I knew I had landed in the right place.
My days featured expositions to molecular structure theories, the Milankovitch climate cycles, and the harsh geopolitical world of Morgenthau. Each night I could look forward to gathering with friendly faces at the dining hall to chat about our respective days and to dive deeper into the exciting knowledge-filled world into which we had entered. Those talks often stretched into the early hours of the morning, but cut short by the requests of Public Safety officers to clear the building for the night.
For the first time, I was a member of a community which could passionately share in learning. Although always a strong student, I seldom ventured beyond the class rubric under the structure of high school. Now here, surrounded by bright individuals seeking to find their footing in a confusing world, I was engaged in active learning which transcended the classroom.
What followed from this awakening was a remarkable sequence of opportunities seized. I joined Model United Nations, and sat on the floor of the General Assembly in New York among peers intent on reshaping our collective future. I left the U.S. for the first time, participating in four months of development studies and research with my study abroad program in Bhutan. I secured internships with a refugee resettlement agency in Philadelphia and the office of U.S. Senator Tom Carper in Washington, D.C. I traveled to Jerusalem with the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering in an exchange centered on water technology. And most recently, I presented my honors thesis on cross-border water management in the San Diego-Tijuana region at a leading academic conference.
Each of these opportunities, although presented as footnotes in my time at USD, has broadened my view of the world and reshaped my goals as an actor within it. However, despite the appeal of these highlights on my resume, the most impactful experience was much more grounded. On a sweltering August afternoon in 2015, I found myself alone in an unfamiliar place. I walked across a campus and, in time, I turned it into a community.
When I look back at my four years as a Torero, the spirit of this community is what I will remember most fondly. I was fortunate to find myself surrounded by individuals that sought to catalyze change through nuanced understanding and relentless drive. USD is truly a light that calls out to changemakers.
As I embark on a world beyond this lovely campus, its bountiful gardens, and its cheerful faces, I will keep this spirit.
— Michael Bennett '19 has been an intern with University Communications at the University of San Diego this year. As a graduating Honors Program senior studying Environmental Science and Economics, he loves talking about water diplomacy, American politics, and the role of social media in our lives. Following graduation on May 26, he departs for the Republic of Moldova with the Peace Corps, and he is definitely not panicking about it.
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USD School of Law Alumna Lyn Semeta '85 (JD) Becomes Mayor of Huntington Beach
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OBETZ, Ohio – At halftime of Columbus Crew SC's MLS regular season finale against New York City FC, the club found themselves in the most unfamiliar of situations.
Not only were they trailing NYCFC 2-1 after blowing an early lead – an uncommon situation during more than two months of a now 10-game unbeaten run – but they were also dealing with the fallout from a week that most sports teams wouldn't dream of.
Club owner Anthony Precourt announced days earlier that he was exploring the possibility of moving the team to Austin, Texas, and while the players put on an all-business front, it affected them.
Multiple Crew SC players said the first half of the New York City game was a symptom of that odd week.
Berhalter even admitted that the swirling week of media around the club affected the players, especially a rally held by Crew fans at Columbus City Hall just four hours before the match kicked off Sunday.
For team leaders like Josh Williams and Wil Trapp, halftime of Sunday's match became an important moment to regroup. And even more important than finding a game-tying goal in the second half of the 2-2 draw, returning to their usual selves became a sign that they could handle the tumultuous times.
"Anyone who's watched us this last stretch of games knows that wasn't us," Williams said. "At halftime, Gregg came in and laid into us, but I looked around the locker room and I wasn't too worried. I knew we could respond, and the way we responded was huge.
Trapp said the group was "just back to normal" in the second half, during which Williams found a 58th minute equalizer.
Williams said he knew shortly after halftime the group "got it out of our system," and despite his halftime anger Sunday, Berhalter said he's happy with how his players have responded as they prepare to travel to Atlanta United for an Eastern Conference Knockout Round game on Thursday (7 pm ET; ESPN2 and UniMas in the US, TSN4 and TVAS in Canada).


When I first received the position of content coordinator for Superstition Review for the fall 2013 semester, I only knew the basics of the position: that I'd be logging content submissions and that I was chosen for it because I have good attention to detail. Only when the semester began did I come to understand the full scope of the position and the various skills I would need to acquire. Along with logging the incoming submissions into spreadsheets, I would likewise be required to send proofs to contributors and build the web pages for each new issue. A considerable number of hours in those first few weeks as a full-fledged intern were spent learning the ins-and-outs of programs like Google Spreadsheets, Submittable, and Drupal. However, the biggest scare for me was that a content coordinator must possess a working knowledge of basic HTML—a skill I knew absolutely nothing about.
Fortunately, a friend came to my rescue with a two-inch thick book providing descriptive, step-by-step guides on how to write and read HTML coding. He bookmarked which chapters I would need to study and, after a few weeks of work, I found myself growing in comfort with the idea of coding. Despite the initial scare it provided, it turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the position. While scanning lines of code looking for errors and the causes of weird spacing or character issues is certainly long and grueling work, there was something satisfying about knowing I contributed to making the magazine look professional and clean.
As a whole, the role of a content coordinator does involve much detail work. Logging submissions requires a close eye with tracking changes in the editors' votes on submissions, catching duplicated submissions, and watching for withdrawn ones. Building the content pages by far requires the most detail work, especially with longer submissions of fiction and nonfiction—my particular responsibilities include fiction, art, and interviews. Imagine reading a block of text consisting of a single long paragraph with no page breaks or indents in search of a particular set of words or characters—this roughly describes the process.
I also want to stress the responsibility and amount of trust between the content coordinators, the editors, and our founder that comes with the position. As content coordinators, we are trusted to log submissions on a consistent basis in order to keep up with the votes and decisions of the editing interns. Likewise, we are trusted with the responsibility of making sure the submitted content is spaced and formatted properly and that the building of the issue itself is completed before the launch date.
The year I've spent interning for Superstition Review has been a experience I will never forget. It has provided me with the opportunity to hone skills I possessed prior to the internship and obtain a substantial list of new ones, including a working knowledge of basic HTML. Furthermore, the skills I obtained through interning with Superstition Review will assist in future career endeavors, as I hope to find work at a publishing company or literary magazine after completing my degree. Tedious as some of the work might feel—especially after spending a few hours double checking editor votes or correcting code—it is very rewarding work and I'm delighted to have been chosen for the position.
Jessica Swanson is a Senior at Arizona State University majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing.
Jessica Swanson: As the Web Design Team Manager I oversee projects for the Blogger, Web Developer, and Photoshop Editor. I initiate or remind the members of upcoming projects as well as assist them with certain projects or questions. During the past few weeks the team and I have begun a rebuild of the SR webpage which I am extremely excited about. This includes redesign the fonts, colors, and layout of the site as well as creating a new banner that will represent SR during the release of the fourth issue.
JS: I have had a few classes with Trish in the past and had heard about Superstition Review a few times. Since it is my last undergraduate semester at ASU I thought this would be a great opportunity to gain some hands-on experience with this online literary publication.
JS: I am a fiction girl so I would have to say that section and the art section are my two favorite areas of SR. I primarily write fiction so I am drawn to that section just from a personal bias, and I am always fascinated by artwork and, therefore, attracted to that section.
JS: Well he has already contributed to the journal, but I would really love to see a piece of fiction by Sherman Alexie. He is a very diverse author/poet and I find his work extremely influential in my personal life. I have a deep respect for him as a Native American author and would love to meet him one day.
JS: I would really like to be a fiction editor (big surprise) or possible work for the marketing team.
JS: I am very excited about the re-design of the SR website. My team has been working very hard these past two weeks to get this up and running by the fourth launch and I am extremely excited to see the final result.
JS: Well this wasn't really one of the first books that I ever fell in love with, but this was the first book that made me cry. I remember being in elementary school and reading Where the Red Fern Grows, probably for pleasure and not as an assigned reading. I was home alone and it was an overcast, early winter day. I sat in an oversized plush chair in the living room, curled up with my feet underneath me. As I read the novel I became overwhelmed by what I was reading, never having read something quite like that at my age. I cried and cried until my family came home and at the time I was sad, but I was also thrilled because that was the first time I had truly interacted with a book. After that I just became an even bigger bookworm and you could not pull me out of library for anything.
JS: Besides schoolwork I am attempting to read a mystery called Beautiful Lies. This has been a feat considering the workload of the first few weeks, but I hope to have it completed soon. I am very surprised with the novel so far–something I wasn't expecting since it had been on the bargain table at Barnes and Noble. During the summer I read the entire Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris and I would like to start viewing the show True Blood which is based on the series. Also, I am greatly anticipating Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol which continues the Robert Langdon series.
JS: I think I talk about Sherman Alexie a little bit too much, but he has got to be my favorite author just because of subject matter (although I hear he is a pretty nice guy as well). He has really helped me not only as a writer, but also as a Native American who always felt a little bit like an outcast within the community. I appreciate his work because he is so true and honest and humorous. I truly respect him as an author and I greatly value his work.
JS: Dream class? Naptime 101. But that will never happen. I really wish I could take a class where I am being graded to read whatever I want. If I knew that I could devote two hours a night to reading some random fiction novel off the shelf for a grade then I would be in heaven. I have found that during semesters I really cannot dedicate the time I would like to read novels for pleasure. If I could have a class where I was allowed to do that then I would be overjoyed.
Michelle Leabo is a Senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences majoring in English with a concentration in Literature.
Michelle Leabo: As Content Team Manager, it is my job to keep SR's content organized. I make sure that our spreadsheets are continually updated. One of my major responsibilities is to ensure that no work get lost. I remain in close contact with other teams and practice excellent communication between my teammates and other interns.
ML: I heard about Superstition Review last semester when I took a class with Patricia Murphy and answered her Call for Interns. This is the first issue of SR that I've been involved with.
ML: My favorite section is Interviews. They are so personal, honest, and candid; one really gains insight into the work of an author or artist by asking questions. I enjoy the intimacy that interviews allow for. I also enjoy forming interview questions and conducting them.
ML: Toni Morrison. She is such an established writer and I feel as if she could provide not only great material, but great strength to the magazine. I believe she still occasionally teaches courses; perhaps she would be willing to respond to a student-edited literally magazine.
ML: I would like to tackle the role of the editor.
SR: What are you most excited about for in the upcoming issue?
ML: I am most excited to keep all of our content organized and to succeed in not losing any work.
ML: I remember reading Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt in 5th grade and absolutely falling in love with it. This book recounts a fictional family's life throughout the Civil War. Through its characters, it taught me that people who lived even centuries ago experienced the same happiness and heartbreak as people today and that we can relate to them. Irene Hunt remains one of my favorite authors; other favorites of mine from her are The Lottery Rose and Up a Road Slowly.
ML: I am currently reading a collection of short stories. I love the art of the short story; I am a fan of Hawthorne, Faulkner, and Joyce.
ML: Through subject matter, work, and motto, I have connected with Faith Hill. She sings about aspects of life and love that I can relate to. Her music expresses the importance of love, friendship, and family in life. She has a very classy composure, and least in my opinion, and I admire that; she's hardly ever found on the cover of tabloids. She has a motto that family comes first and she always seems to honestly follow it.
LM: I'm a fan of Lucille Ball and I enjoy searching for information and memorabilia relating to her and 'I Love Lucy'. I'm also a fan of the Duggar family from TLC's '18 and Counting' so I enjoy following them through clips on YouTube and sites of that nature. They've recently announced they're expecting their 19th child!
Andrew Larsen is a Junior at Arizona State University majoring in US History and English with a concentration in Creative Writing: Poetry.
Andrew Larsen: I am involved in nearly every aspect of the publication process for the Poetry section of Superstition Review. I solicit authors, read submissions, and select pieces for publication. I also am involved with interviewing poets for Superstition Review.
AL: I heard about this opportunity through several professors at Arizona State University.
AL: My favorite section of SR is probably the poetry and art section because, obviously, I find these art forms compelling.
AL: My dream contributor to the journal is J.D. Salinger. His candor and relevance in his short stories gave him acclaim and notoriety. For an incredible 20th century author to submit to the literary journal that I worked on would be quite an honor.
AL: I'd like to try out the nonfiction section because it would be a completely new experience for me to work with nonfiction submissions.
AL: I'm excited to read the submissions of the authors.
AL: I am currently reading Henry Kissinger's detailed history of modern international diplomacy titled Diplomacy.
AL: I revert back to Daytrotter to read music reviews when I am stuck doing homework.
AL: I would love to take a UD course on the influences of J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter series. ENG 415: Harry Potter, a Mythology would discuss the relationship between the series and the iconography, symbolism, and literary motifs that Rowling uses to create her narrative. This all sounds less nerdy in my head.
AL: I am a contemporary Luddite. In my opinion, this notion of systematic "interconnectedness" with concepts like the internet and computer chip leave us further displaced from ourselves and each other.


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The efficiency of a Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system is greatly dependent on both the geometry and operating frequency of the transmitting and receiving structures. By using Coupled Mode Theory (CMT), the figure of merit is calculated for resonantly-coupled loop and dipole systems. An in-depth analysis of the figure of merit is performed with respect to the key geometric parameters of the loops and dipoles, along with the resonant frequency, in order to identify the key relationships leading to high-efficiency WPT. For systems consisting of two identical single-turn loops, it is shown that the choice of both the loop radius and resonant frequency are essential in achieving high-efficiency WPT. For the dipole geometries studied, it is shown that the choice of length is largely irrelevant and that as a result of their capacitive nature, low-MHz frequency dipoles are able to produce significantly higher figures of merit than those of the loops considered. The results of the figure of merit analysis are used to propose and subsequently compare two mid-range loop and dipole WPT systems of equal size and operating frequency, where it is shown that the dipole system is able to achieve higher efficiencies than the loop system of the distance range examined.


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Meet AtmosFX: Lorisa Holland
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It is time, once again, to meet the people who make the magic happen here at AtmosFX. A recent arrival to the animation team is Lorisa Holland who joined us in March 2018. As the production manager, she's the person who ensures everything runs smoothly among the animation team.
For as long as she could remember, Lorisa knew she wanted to be in animation. As a kid, she found herself loving the aesthetics of video games, Japanese anime, and other forms of computer-generated technical art. As she got older and her understanding of the computer-animation industry grew, she felt liberated. "That was important," she laughs, "because I really didn't like drawing."
Originally from Virginia, Lorisa was the first animation graduate from Virginia State University. She later earned her graduate degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and subsequently stayed in the Bay Area to pursue her career.
Lorisa first worked as a compositor for a San Francisco pharmaceutical company, then later as a quality-assurance tester for the video-game company that makes Neverwinter, Perfect World, and Gigantic. She then worked as a recruiter, specializing in placing professionals in creative firms.
After a few more gigs, she visited some friends in Seattle. "I need to move here," she said to herself at the time. She soon did. For Lorisa, there was a certain appeal in the area's recreational opportunities, as she enjoys kayaking, swimming, and brewery hopping. Professionally, she also was drawn to what she calls the "quiet hub" of film and gaming production.
The skills Lorisa developed in both cities are deep and wide-ranging. Lorisa's technological and creative chops — plus her understanding of personnel and budgeting issues — put her in a perfect position to manage the AtmosFX animation department.
What does Lorisa do, exactly? Essentially, she's the one to make sure each person in the animation department has everything they need to create amazing digital decorations. She works with animators to create and meet deadlines, she forecasts delays, and coordinates live shoots with other departments. She's the one who makes sure the department runs as efficiently as possible.
Q: You say that at a very young age, you knew you knew you wanted to work in animation. Do you recall what inspired you?
Lorisa Holland: I've always enjoyed video games and cartoons, but the moment I knew I wanted to work in the industry was when I played Final Fantasy X. I was impressed by the cutscenes in between gameplay and by the amount of detail spent on the effects and style of the game. I started researching how to achieve those looks and from there it just spiraled.
Q: Your current role at AtmosFX allows you to draw from a wide range of skills — your time as an animator, quality assurance tester, recruiter. How do you see those roles coming together?
LH: Being a production manager with a diverse skill set is incredibly beneficial. My time as an animator and compositor help me better coordinate our amazing artists and ensure they all have what they need to accomplish their tasks. My QA tester experience helps me troubleshoot any technical hiccups we encounter, but also helps me explain systems and processes to others in a not-so-confusing way. My time as a recruiter adds to my HR and customer service talents to ensure both business and creative are able to meet in the middle. I believe this achieves not only the best products but also happy artists.
Q: Are there any characters/scenes that you think AtmosFX should create, regardless of whether or not the decoration would sell well?
LH: I would love to work with some more creature or fantasy elements: mermaids, dragons, or a twisted Alice in Wonderland, especially if it's American McGee style!
Q: Not including Halloween, what is your favorite holiday?
LH: I really like New Year's Eve. It's a good finale for all the other holidays and I always enjoy celebrating it differently each year.
Q: What is your favorite movie genre and what are your top 5 favorite movies within that genre?
LH: Ooh, it's so hard to pick a genre and five movies from that! I think it's easier to pick five top genres. I'm a big fan of anything with a good story. Particularly narratives, dramas, and animated movies, with a few sci-fi thrown in. Honestly, I'm just a sucker for beautiful shots and stories.
If I had to list five movies off the top of my head, I'd like to watch this very instant:
Interstellar (or Amelie, or Dunkirk, or Memoirs of a Geisha, Isle of Dogs was pretty good, I really loved Prometheus, basically anything by Ridley Scott ... I could go on ...)
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The app has many advance features, like a user can track his/her fuel order in the real-time. Similarly, the user can order in advance for fuel. It also has a feature which executes the payment only once the driver finishes the order.
During the development of the application our developers did face some challenges. Like, the client wanted the user to receive an URL via SMS. The customer can use this URL to track the fuel order. Similarly, the client wanted that the user must be able to add his/her vehicle with as few details as possible. Moreover, it wanted that the payment must be executed only after the driver completes the order from his/her side.
Our developers overcame all these challenges successfully. They integrated Firebase Dynamic link that sent the URL to the customer via SMS for live tracking of order. To resolve the payment issue we integrated the Stripe Payment gateway that took all the details of your card and executed the payment only when the driver finished the order. We also used https://ukvehicledata.co.uk API that provided all the vehicle details on entering the Vehicle Registration Number (VRN).
The app allows the users to select the type of fuel. They can either choose between normal diesel and red diesel for vehicles and machineries respectively.
The app allows the users to book an order in advance. The users can book a fuel order for the maximum of seven days in advance.
The app has a live tracking feature which enables the user to find the real-time location of the driver. The user receives an URL via SMS to track the order in real-time.
This feature allows the users to enter the meter reading before and after filling the fuel. This reading helps them to find out the mileage of the vehicle.
The app has a feature which ensures that the payment is executed only and only when the driver completes the order.
Corporates can make their accounts in the app and register their vehicles and employees. The employees receive credentials which they can use to order fuel from the app.
The app received a huge response from the users as now they can refill their vehicle by ordering the fuel with just few taps.


We asked the 10 board nominees a few questions so that our member-owners can get to know them a bit better!
To read the board nominee bios, click here.
Board elections will occur at the October 6 membership meeting. To learn more about the meeting, click here.
1. How do you think the Bethlehem Food Co-Op will benefit the community?
The Co-op will benefit the community by providing people with access to healthy, sustainable, and cost-conscious food. In addition to the Co-op's presence as a business by the community for the community, it will also serve as a place for locals to become engaged and empowered citizens for themselves and for their neighbors.
2. What strengths and skills will you bring to the board of directors for the Bethlehem Food Co-Op?
The strength and skills I will bring to the Co-op are my experience working with diverse populations, motivating people to work towards a common goal, and networking with community partners. I take great pride in my ability to help a group of people achieve their goals as individuals while maintaining a clear focus on the larger mission.
3. What aspect of serving in this position do you most look forward to? What aspect do you think you will find most challenging?
As a member of the Co-op Board of Directors I would most look forward to working with people in the community on their terms. As an academic, the relationship I have with people tends to focus on a form of upward mobility quite different that what the Co-op will offer. For myself there will certainly be a period of transition, but I look forward to the challenge of translating what I do as a faculty member and community garden coordinator to a leadership role in a community organization.
The Bethlehem Food Co-Op is a creation of our city's collected ambitions and talents. When we say "I Own It" we're also saying "We Made It." The benefits of a cooperatively owned grocery store are innumerable, but the greatest benefit of all is the community pride that it fosters. And you can begin taking pride right now, look how far we have already come!
We all have something special about ourselves that we can bring to the Co-Op to foster growth. I am proud of my achievements as managing editor of Sing Out! folk music magazine. I've gained a mastery in aspects of social media, marketing, networking and community building. Working with writers and musicians across the globe for a unified purpose is a skill that will translate well when it's time to focus producers and farmers across our region on our one unified goal of creating a cooperatively owned grocery store.
Look, whenever there is a democratically-run organization, there will be some folk that feel their ideas aren't being heard. And nobody enjoys that sensation, we've all felt that way at some point or another. I look forward to hearing all of our member-owners' ideas and examining where they can take the cooperative. We own this, and we all have a voice and a vote. One of the largest challenges is ensuring that each these voices have a fair shot at being heard.
The Bethlehem Food Co-Op will be a location where people can come to buy fresh, local, and lower cost foods and know that they are contributing to their local economy. The Bethlehem Food Co-Op will give people a sense of community, a feeling of accomplishment and pride, and also bring people together.
I bring a passion for making the Bethlehem Food Co-Op a reality. I love the feeling that I get when I've been in other Food Co-Ops and I can't wait to make that happen for our own community. Being someone who has been part of this movement since almost the very beginning, I have a solid understanding of what we have done so far and what we need to do in order to get the doors to our Co-Op open.
I look forward to working with the other dedicated Board Members and getting to know member owners better as well as recruiting additional families / members. The most challenging aspect has been trying to figure out how to move beyond our member plateau and keeping people from feeling the burn out that sometimes occurs.
I believe that the Bethlehem Food Co-op will benefit the community by providing a one stop shopping experience for shoppers that are concerned with sustainable business practices. Supporting the local family farm, supporting organic food production methods, helping spread the word thru education and training about healthier food options and creating a community space to share these ideas are all ways that the Bethlehem Food Co-op can benefit our community. In addition the food cooperative movement encourages responsible work rules & processes and one of the most important benefits to employees the true living wage.
I am the owner & CoWorking Host of SoBeCoWorks (A Collaborative Work Space) located in South Bethlehem. This venture successful creates opportunity for individuals look to create their own job thru collaborative business development methods, mentoring and free business consultation. In addition I am a partner in two other business ventures and I am a licensed PA Real Estate Agent. The skills it takes to run a business, negotiate rental requirements with landlords and tenants and my experience as a investment property owner and property manager all add to my skill set as an entrepreneur and small business owner. As a community activist I regularly promote all that's good about Bethlehem and my pass board of directors experience includes board membership with Community Action Development Corp, Alliance for Building Communities, Rising Tide Loan Fund and ITE committee member with the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.
I like most the idea that the Bethlehem Food Co-op is a startup business venture and because of this its right up my alley for when it comes to thinking outside the box. New business ventures required time, effort and dedication, this is not something that you take on a an observer but instead you have to dig in and get your hands dirty and I am up for that challenge. The most challenging aspect of being a board member is recognizing the dedication required for such an undertaking. We have no staff therefore it takes high effort and lots of team encouragement and motivation to keep us moving forward. I come to the team understanding that we will have to give up personal time in order to make this happen and my running for a board seat is my public commitment to our community to work with the others to make this new business venture a reality.
That's my pledge and I'm sticking to it.
The Co-op, once opened, will be a center of the community for all things good, with our commitment to selling locally produced products and programming. By supporting local farmers and producers we will be keeping more of our money in the local community.
I have been a small business owner for more than 20 years, first as the owner of Body Dynamics, Inc. in Bethlehem Township and currently as a partner in Magellan Financial, Inc. in Allentown.
The most challenging aspect of serving will be raising the funds necessary to open a fully capitalized grocery store from day one. The best part of serving is the interaction with the member-owners and prospective member-owners.
The Co-op will be a community owned and operated grocery store that support local farmers and natural food systems. In addition to building a sense of community, the Co-op will be taking a proactive approach on improving individual health and community well-being.
I have been actively involved in organizing for community non-profits and have served on the board of these organizations.
I look forward to working with Co-op member-owners in finding ways to help the Co-op be successful, and to make our community grocery store a reality.
-It gives people a place to learn about and discuss local food and how it is grown and distributed.
-It tightens our community up by bringing us together around our common need for good food.
-It strengthens our local food system by being a central location for local farmers to sell their food.
-It brings us closer to our farmers.
-As owners of the co-op, we are able to keep store profits in our community, and out of distant, anonymous shareholders' bank accounts.
-Public speaking, strong leadership, and a clear passion for building community, and repairing our damaged food system.
-Personal relationships with many local farmers.
-A willingness to work and be proactive in helping the needs of the co-op and its members get met.
-A deep understanding of what sustainability means, and what is needed to put it into practice.
I look forward to a growing sense of community togetherness, whether through special events like picnics and parties, or the ordinary task of shopping for groceries. I am challenging by the fact that this is a new task for all of us. None of us have ever opened a co-op. At the same time, it is rewarding to work cooperatively with others on such a monumentally important thing.