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History, she wrote
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Dawn, The Review, May 15-21, 1997
History is a record of events. But there is a trap. The events recorded in history have been recorded by men, since most of the historians were males, with a few rare exceptions such as Gulbadan Begum, the author of Humayun Nameh.
History has been written primarily for men, since more often than not, formal systems of education were restricted to male candidates only. Consequently, the events recorded in history were those which were of major concern to men. There was little or no place for things belonging to the so-called "feminine domain" of life, since those things were considered trivial, obscure and unworthy of men.
Over two centuries of feminism, the reading of history has also changed (perhaps a bit too slowly, though). In the process, the feminist historiography has passed through three distinct phases.
The First Wave feminists were basically fighting for equal votes. It suited them well to quote examples of "women worthies" from the past: if women have ruled countries in the past, like Elizabeth I and Catherine of Russia, why can't they be accorded votes now? Foremost among the early feminist historians was Matilda J. Gage (1826-98), whose principle works include Woman, Church and State (1893).
Gerda Lerner has called this kind of history-writing "compensatory history." This was neither limited to the nineteenth century Europe and America nor was it an invention of Gage. The compensatory history is a widespread approach, often used by those who wish to bring any improvement to the plight of women. From our own culture we may recall the reformist novel Mirat-ul-Uroos by Nazir Ahmed Dehlvi, which includes references to Razia Sultan, Nurjehan and Queen Victoria to support the argument that women also have a past to play in the advancement of civilization. Likewise, there have been books about "women worthies" from different walks of life such as literature, hadith, and so on.
There is another, more interesting dimension to this compensatory history: women who were well-known and influential in their own times but were forgotten by the latter historians. Research in this direction comprises digging out information about firefly-mentioned womrn from old history books, and then re-assessing their careers. A recent addition to this category is Fatima Mernissi's Hidden From History: The Forgotten Queens of Islam.
However, this is not enough. While compensatory history does some service by giving us more details of the significant women of history, it does not answer an important question: what were all those other women doing all this time?
We know that the stories of 'women worthies' can be gravely misleading. Seeing a woman on the throne of the nineteenth century England we may entirely forget that women in that same country, under that same queen, did not have the right to vote – and those who asked for it faced much hostility. In our own land, and in our own times, the fact that we elected a woman prime minister for the first time in the Muslim World does not necessarily mean that the plight of the women in our land, in general, has improved.
Some feminists even argue that such examples are quite often cases of 'tokenism' – where patriarchy bestows honorary power to a woman 'as a token', because it has no real threat from the woman as long as everything else in the structure remains in the control of men.
There is one more trap. Some of the 'women worthies' are known to have adapted themselves to the roles of men: Mrs Margaret Thatcher was actually accepted as an 'honorary man' by an elitist club in Britain which restricted its membership to men only. And the policies of Mrs Thatcher with regards to women were no different from those of her male predecessors (only more "chauvinistic", some feminists maintain!)
Mary R. Beard (1876-1958), the inventor of the concept of Women's Studies, was seventy when she produced her ground-breaking work Women As Force in History. In this she argued that women were not the subjected race, as maintained by some other feminist historians (and as propounded three years later by Simon de Beauvoir in The Second Sex). Perhaps there was a political motive for refuting "the dogma of woman's complete historic subjection to men." For, if this was truly the position of women in history, then the male historian was not at fault in leaving them out of his writing.
On the contrary, what Mary Beard desired was that "the personalities, interests, ideas and activities of women must receive an attention commensurate with their energy in history." She believed that women were a force in history, and she conceded this force generally as a civilizing mission. She accused that being men, as a rule the historians tend to confine their research to their own sex in history and almost completely ignore the role played by the multitudes of women who have lived on ths planet.
It must be kept in mind that this was a period when the Marxist historians had already produced volumes on the contribution of the invisible, ordinary masses in the making of history. They had successfully shifted the gaze of the reader away from the dignified commander in the battlefield to the unknown thousands of soldiers lying in the dust; from the divine pharaoh buried in the pyramid to the nameless, faceless slaves who helped build it; from the celebrated poet wearing a laurel crown to the non-creative, non-productive audience whose approval had raised the poet to his ranks of everlasting glory. But even while doing so, even the Marxist historians had focused primarily on the men who fought the battles, the men who toiled to build the pyramid, the men who cheered the poets. What Mary Beard was now demanding was that women should also be mentioned, since they had also been there: looking after children when the men went away to bring glory, carrying their share of the load under the scorching heat of the Egyptian sun, passing on the words of great wisdom to their children and grandchildren lest they may be forgotten.
Gerda Lerner calls it "contribution history." Books written with this approach usually highlight the role of women in well-known historical events. The titles are like The Role of Women in the Freedom Movement, Women and the French Revolution, etc. This approach has proved more useful than the first one. Now we know that in times of stress and grave danger (such as foreign aggression), patriarchies generally encourage their women to come forward and participate in national activity (as happened in the subcontinent during the freedom movement of the 1940's), but the same women are forced back and asked to restrict themselves once the goals have been achieved (as we have seenin Pakistan since 1947). These and other historical principles, which now form the basis of so many studies, have only been discovered through the work of contribution historians. Incidentally, Women Of Pakistan by Fareeda Shaheed and Khawar Mumtaz is a good example of contribution history from our part of the world.
There is, however, one shortcoming to this approach. It studies the contribution of women mainly in areas which are essentially 'male-defined' without going further to see whether these areas were really equally important for women. Hence, you can study the role of women in the freedom movement without posing the real question: Was the so-called 'freedom' an important happening in women's life? Did it really mean freedom to women as it did to men who gave it the name?
Also, we go on discussing women as "Women in the Mughal Period", but the real issue to consider is this: should women's history be divided according to the Sultanate period, Mughal period, and so on, when we know that these periods merely signify a change in the line of kings, who were, as a rule, men. The contribution history at its best is an appendix to the political history. The real question to be asked is the one which lies outside its boundaries: is there another kind of history?
The Second Wave Feminism (beginning around the 1960s) gave rise to certain radical questions which had never been asked before: why does a society stop women from being the masters of their own bodies? How does it do that? What are the tools of oppression used to curtail women's independence? Women wanted these questions to be answered, and the history (including that written by the feminists so far) failed to provide the answers. It was Gerda Lerner (b. 1920) whose seminal work Placing Women in History (developed into a full book in 1977) laid the foundations of a new history; a women's history. A women's history is different from 'the other' history on many accounts.
(1) The men's historians have been obsessed by the question 'who wields the power?' They have also claimed to be preoccupied with the processes of change in society.
For writing a women's history, Gerda Lerner advised to begin by adding "some new categories to the general categories by which historians organize their material: sexuality, reproduction, the link between child-bearing and child-rearing; role indoctrination; sexual values and myths; female consciousness… All these need to be analysed taking factors of race, class, ethnicity, and possibly religion into consideration."
Hilda Smith, another feminist historian, says: "what we must do, then is … to pose questions and develop hypotheses which take into account the specially restricted life women have been encouraged to follow".
(2) The primary scenes of action in men's history were the courts, the markets and the universities. Women's history goes beyond. It looks into homes and backyards to count the hands that rocked the cradles, the hands that produced the goods without putting their brand marks on them, and the hands that turned the leafs of the classics or scribbled their own interesting accounts without ever getting acknowledged for any of these activities. Thanks to the works of modern feminist historians (and anthropologists) we now see the likelihood of women being the inventors of agriculture and tailoring in the stone age, and thus being the founders of civilization.
(3) History written by men is divided into periods (such as Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment or Sultanate, Mughal, Colonial). This periodisation is also male-centred: Renaissance is celebrated as re-birth of learning while the fact is that women in that age were deprived even of what ever opportunities of learning they used to have in the earlier times. Modern feminist historians suggest that history should be divided into periods according to the effects on the lives of women. This is the most crucial point of departure.
(4) Women's historians look into sources which are often ignored by other historians: women's letters, diaries, autobiographies, hospital and church records, and oral history sources.
Rosalind Mile's Women's History of the World is a major work in this category. Unfortunately, this approach has not been taken up by many historians in Pakistan and India where most feminist histories still belong to the first two categories (compensatory history and contribution history). Malavika Karlekar's Voices from Within (1991) is one valuable exception. It is an anthropological study of 19th and early 20th century Bengal primarily based on 'early personal narratives of Bengali women.'
It may be asked at this point: why make all this fuss? Wouldn't it look ridiculous to replace the issues of kings, merchants and scholars with the petty lives of housewives, old maids and prostitutes? How can such a history be worth reading at all?
The objection is preempted by Gerda Lerner. The answer comes in her classic, oft-quoted line: "… the key to understanding women's history is in accepting — painful though that may be — that it is the history of the majority of the humankind."
However, the point remains that even if we accept women's history as a history of the majority, it still cannot be complete – what about the "minority"? By leaving out men from their study, the feminist historians will commit the same mistake of which they have accused the male-centred historians.
Gerda Lerner is the first to realize this. She admits that 'Women's History' is transitional history. It is important to work on it now. Once we've got enough material in hand, we shall be able to move on to the ultimate stage.
4. The universal history: None of the histories written so far is a truly universal history, nor is it possible to write one just now. A truly universal history will be a meaningful combination of the newly discovered women's history with the time-worn men's history.
It pre-requires "synthesis: a history of the dialectic, the tensions between the two cultures, male and female," writes Lerner. "Only after a series of such detailed studies can we find the parameters by which to define the new universal history. My guess is that no one conceptual framework will fit so complex a subject."
This articles is part of the series "Women Studies": Let's say no to a peurile feminism | Women and cinema in Pakistan | Women as prophets in the Quran | A woman's Islam? | Gender roles in education | Women's right to divorce in Islam | Liberty, equality, fraternity | In religion's wake | 'Men are from Mars, women are from Venus … no more' | 'History, she wrote' | 'Debunking myths' | Women in the Quran | Portrayal of women in the stories of Sadat Hasan Manto
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The Best TV Tracking App for iPhone
TVShow Time and iTV Shows 3 go head-to-head
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Thanks to the rise of streaming video services like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and others, the TV season truly never ends. There are quality, appointment TV shows pretty much anywhere you look today. And keeping track of all your favorites can definitely be a chore. But in today's edition of App Smackdown, we're taking a look at two apps, TVShow Time and iTV Shows 3, and determining which is the best tv tracking app.
What you can read about:
Tons of social features
A universal beauty
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Along with an iOS app, there is also a companion Web site for TVShow Time.
July 14, 2015 (Version 5.0)
iPhone/iPod touch
TVShow Time, the TV guide for TV show addicts
Toze Labs
We'll start by taking a look at one of the first TV show tracking apps, TVShow Time. From developer Toze Labs, the app has made a name for itself thanks to a community of great users and some unique social features. There is also a great companion site on the Web here.
Creating a meme in TVShow Time
Some of the comments I read about specific shows ranged all the way from insightful to downright hysterical.
Along with the simple and easy-to-learn interface that makes tracking my favorite shows a breeze, I've really been impressed with the app's social features. Each of the popular shows I selected have a substantial community that comments about the latest episode, or even gives an opinion about earlier episodes. Easily my favorite feature is the ability to create fun memes using actual screencaps from the specific episode. Some of the comments I read about specific shows ranged all the way from insightful to downright hysterical. I definitely plan on checking out the comments after watching new episodes of my favorite shows.
While I've enjoyed using TVShow Time, there's one big downside. There's no native app for iPad or iPad mini users. That was a big disappointment for me. In my usual nighttime routine, my iPhone 6 Plus hits the charger while I use my iPad (and now Apple Watch) while watching live or recorded TV shows.
I also wasn't a big fan of the app's black and yellow color scheme and somewhat-dated design.
Sorry, TVShow Time, but you're not the best tv tracking app.
iTV Shows 3
The app uses a nice type face and large images from your shows.
Antoine Gamond
April 21, 2015 (Version 3.4.4)
Universal – iPhone/iPod touch and iPad/iPad mini
Another popular choice is iTV Shows 3 from developer Antoine Gamond. Along with the usual TV show tracking tools, you can even preview and purchase TV series you might have missed from iTunes directly from the app. And with the interesting Genius function, if you ever run out of TV to watch, the app will automatically recommend new shows to watch based on what you've previously seen.
Simply put, iTV Shows 3 is a beautifully designed app. It fits in with the iOS 8 aesthetic nicely and uses a nice type face and large images from your shows. The app also works natively on both the iPhone and iPad, which is great news. Your data can be synchronized via iCloud or a trak.tv account.
My major complaint centers around the app's setup process, Unlike TVShow Time, which goes through a handy setup process that allows you to add some popular and trending shows to your list before starting, iTV Shows 3 simply starts you with an empty screen. It's up to a user to find the menu and start searching for shows to add.
Also, I did run into some incorrect show data. One of my favorites, "Orphan Black" airs here in the United States on BBC America. But in the app it lists the show's Canadian home – Space. That could definitely throw new viewers for quite a loop.
TVShow Time in action.
It was definitely a close battle, but TVShow Time squeaks out the narrow victory.
It was definitely a close battle, but TVShow Time squeaks out the narrow victory. While iTV Shows 3 is beautifully designed and can be used natively on both the iPhone and iPad, TVShow Time's free price, easier setup, and fun social features have helped propel it to a victory. Even so, iTV Shows is also a great option too – especially if you'd like to access your TV show information on both an iPhone and iPad.
Let us know in the comments if you agree with our results or what other TV show tracking apps we should try out.
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Deforestation table
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- Last year, a 100-hectare patch of mangrove trees in eastern Sumatra was cleared to make way for an oil palm plantation.- Residents say small landowners' claims were packaged together to form a plantation, averting the need for environmental checks or permits required of a corporate concession.- Mangrove restoration is a pillar of Indonesia's climate change agenda, though the clearing of some intact forests has persisted.
Logging threats loom over tree kangaroo refuge in Papua New Guinea
- Logging is threatening the Torricelli Mountains, a biodiversity-rich forested range in Papua New Guinea known for its tree kangaroos and other threatened species of birds and mammals.- Community conservation efforts have helped to increase the numbers of tree kangaroos, once nearly pushed to extinction by hunting and logging, in conjunction with development projects for the people of the Torricellis.- The Tenkile Conservation Alliance, a Papua New Guinean NGO, has led an effort to protect the area, but the government has yet to officially designate what would be the Torricelli Mountain Range Conservation Area.- Satellite imagery shows the loss of forest and an increase in roadbuilding over the past two years. And residents of the Torricellis say that representatives of logging companies have been trying to secure permission to log the region's forests.
Podcast: Botanists are disappearing at a critical time
- The expansive field of botany could be facing a dearth of skilled experts due to a growing lack of awareness of plants, interest in studying them, and fewer educational opportunities to do so.- Humans depend upon plants for basic survival needs, such as food, oxygen, and daily household products, but fewer students are receiving enough instruction to enable them to do much beyond basic identification.- This lack of educational opportunities to study plants – and a general lack of interest in them – is leading to less 'plant awareness' and could endanger society's ability to address existential problems like biodiversity loss and even climate change.- The University of Leeds's Sebastian Stroud joins the Mongabay Newscast to talk about his research highlighting this increasing lack of plant literacy, the consequences of it, and what can be done to turn it around.
Australian niobium mining project instills 16 years of anxiety for Malawi communities
- In 2006, Australian mining firm Globe Metals & Mining began exploring for rare earth metals niobium and tantalum in Malawi's Kanyika hills, confirming in 2012 its intention to begin commercial mining.- The metals will be used in the manufacture of high-tech equipment like electric vehicle batteries and gas and wind turbines.- For villagers being relocated for the mine, these high-tech goods hold little appeal when compared with the loss of their land, and with the 16 years they have been living in limbo while awaiting relocation.
At a rubber plantation in Liberia, history repeats in a fight over land
- Last year, Mongabay visited the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia, which has been accused of sexually abusing women working on its plantation and grabbing community land.- Salala is owned by Socfin, the French-Belgian agribusiness giant that operates rubber and palm oil plantations across West and Central Africa.- In 2008, Salala received a $10 million loan from the International Finance Corporation, which advocates say was used to clear community land.- In 2019, 22 communities in and around Salala's plantation filed a formal complaint with the IFC, but the investigation has dragged on for years.
Poisoned by pesticides: Health crisis deepens in Brazil's Indigenous communities
- A recent report reveals communities in Brazil's Mato Grosso region are contaminated by the agriculture industry's increasing use of pesticides. About 88% of the plants collected, including medicinal herbs and fruits, on Indigenous lands have pesticide residue.- Samples discovered high levels of pesticides in ecosystems and waters far from crop fields, including carbofuran — a highly toxic substance which is banned in Brazil, Europe and the U.S.- Experts blame the lack of control by government officials for widespread environmental damage and an escalating health crisis among Indigenous populations, as communities report growing numbers of respiratory problems, acute poisonings and cancers.- A spokesperson for the biggest agrochemical companies operating in Brazil disputes the findings of the report and numbers of people far from crop regions affected by pesticide usage.
For Indigenous Brazilians, capital attack was 'scenario of war' akin to deforestation
- The morning after protesters attacked government buildings in Brazil's capital, Mongabay spoke with Indigenous Congresswoman Célia Xakriabá, who compared the act of vandalism to forest destruction: "This is this scenario of war when you deforest."- * Célia Xakriabá had just returned from seeing the damage to the National Congress building: "When they [the rioters] were there also in the Green Room, it made me remember that it is this scenario of war when the repossession takes place in the [Indigenous] territory."- One of the immediate effects of the attack was the temporary suspension of the official inauguration of longtime activist Sonia Guajajara as Brazil's first minister of Indigenous peoples and Anielle Franco as minister for racial equality.- The two women were finally sworn in on Jan. 11 at the Presidential Palace, despite the missing glass on the walls, the destroyed gallery of photos of former presidents, and a swath of destruction throughout the building. "[This] is the most legitimate symbol of this secular Black and Indigenous resistance in Brazil!" Sonia Guajajara said.
- Forest destruction has ravaged Triunfo do Xingu, a reserve earmarked for sustainable use that has nonetheless become one of the most deforested slices of the Brazilian Amazon.- Fires burned swaths of the reserve in recent months and forest clearing has surged, with satellite images showing even the most remote remnants of old-growth rainforest were whittled away last year.- Advocates say the forest is mainly giving way to cattle pasture, although illegal mining and land grabbing are gaining ground.- The destruction, facilitated by lax environmental regulation, is placing pressure on nearby protected areas and undermining agroforestry efforts in Triunfo do Xingu, advocates say.
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- Mongabay editor Latoya Abulu joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss her visit to the United Nations conference on biodiversity in Montreal that occurred in December 2022.- Latoya shares the details on the landmark Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, which nearly 200 nations agreed to, toward halting and reversing global biodiversity loss by 2030.- While the historic agreement has been lauded as a victory, particularly for its inclusion of the acknowledgment of Indigenous rights, biodiversity experts, advocates and Indigenous leaders alike have reservations.- Latoya speaks about all this as well as corporate influence over the final text, such as the inclusion of "biodiversity credits," which also raise some concerns.
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- 2022 saw a continued decline in deforestation in Indonesia, as well as financing deals for forest conservation and phasing out fossil fuels, and a scramble to keep up with changing EU timber regulations.- The year also saw the passage of controversial amendments to Indonesia's criminal code, friction between the government and researchers, and increasing concerns about the environmental cost of the country's nickel boom for electric vehicle batteries.- Here are some of the top environment stories and trends of 2022 from one of the world's most important tropical forest countries.


In today's world, we are constantly being bombarded with stories about the epidemic of obesity. But individuals aren't the only ones who are overweight. Most businesses in Canada aren't lean either. Many suffer from obesity, and obesity can kill. They desperately need to go on a diet.
Manufacturing businesses subject to global competition are learning this the hard way. And now the message is abundantly clear for non-manufacturing businesses such as those in hospitality, service and software industries: Diet now or suffer.
But what is the best diet for business? Should you starve your future by not spending today? Do you eliminate necessary resources to cut costs? Or do you eliminate the waste in your current processes? If you choose to take the third approach, putting your business on a Kaizen Diet is the way to go.
From kai, Japanese for to change or break apart, and zen, for study or make better, the term Kaizen means improvement. The application of Kaizen means continuous improvement, and when applied to the business environment, it refers to on going efforts on the part of everyone at a company to continually improve all aspects of the business.
Kaizen was originally created as a tool to foster continuous improvement within the Toyota production system. It began as "Quality Circles," a means of having factory shop floor employees solve quality issues within a structured team framework while using new analytical tools. Today, in diverse businesses and industries all over the world, "Kaizen events" are constantly occurring.
Kaizen is an ongoing series of "events" that involve the participation of selected employees in a team. Each team will aggressively analyze an assigned process or procedure to determine the exact details that are followed. The goal is not to criticize but to identify the inefficiencies or waste ("Muda"). As "Muda" is identified, the team implements the necessary changes to the process in order to eliminate the waste.
Is "Lean" or "Kaizen" Just for Manufacturing?
"Muda" exists in every business. And regardless of the nature of the business there is a process flow, and at every step in that flow there is the potential for waste-causing interference and inefficiencies.
The analogy of removing rocks from a stream or river is often used to illustrate the art of progressive improvement. Rocks or boulders create turbulence which, as the flow of water in the river changes, can present various threats such as the potential for disaster associated with rapids. If the larger boulders are removed from the rapids, the river flows more smoothly and is safer to navigate. Then as you gradually lower the level of water in the stream, other smaller rocks are exposed, and they too can be removed. By progressively exposing and removing more impediments you get closer and closer to the ultimate goal – a smooth, turbulence free flow of water. The desired result is the same for any process or information flow in business. The flow must be smooth, without impediments and turbulence. To optimize performance, customer satisfaction and profitability, you must eliminate the rocks or "Muda" from all businesses.
But before you begin to implement Kaizen you must set clear and measurable goals and objectives. Monthly financial reports don't necessarily tell you about how well you are servicing your customers or about restrictions and turbulence in the flow of processes and information through your business. You need to establish KPI's to set and measure goals and objectives, and to guide you through the processes that will eliminate waste.
The Kaizen Diet is the solution for any and all businesses, not just manufacturers. As you implement Lean in your business it is critical to remember the following key points.
Continually expose the impediments or "Muda" to your business process flows.
Use teams to harness the power of many.
And most importantly, enjoy the journey. It will set your business apart from the competition and lead you down a road of innovation and profitability.


Non-critical reading versus the other thing.
A problem with examining the elements that come together to make the Patti Stories work, as I have been doing in the discussion topics, is that the whole effect of the story that we experience as we read uncritically, swept up in the characters and their lives, can be lost. How often in the past have we resisted a critical* approach? These books sparkle, they pass on their attitudes fully contained within the text. So, why think about what they are all about? Surely that requires some difficult double reading?
In a school context, (and I think these books lend themselves to classroom study) teaching critical thinking, trying to understand major themes and character motivation and the basic assumptions that the author brings to her writing, is important. We can use these skills in the broader context of our future studies, our work lives and our participation in our societies. For example, we are in the midst of an election here in Canada at the moment and an ability to peer through the verbiage to the broader messages of political parties is an essential skill.
Reading critically to understand the Patti Stories will give us the tools to understand a whole lot more.
* Critical in terms of careful study, not negative.
Heather visits the setting of the Patti Stories.
The Patti Stories and how they began.


Samsung is introducing a 27-inch monitor with a curved screen designed to immerse viewers in visual entertainment.
The company has been using curved screens for its smartphones for about a year. Now, it is applying the technology to much bigger screens. Rival Alienware, a division of Dell, introduced a competing 34-inch curved display in August. Such monitors are great for games since they wrap around your peripheral vision and make you feel like you're immersed inside an entertainment experience.
The Samsung SD590C curved monitor is a light-emitting diode (LED) display that has a curvature of 4000R, which means the monitor has a wider field of view than a flat 27-inch panel. This draws you in more. Peripheral-vision clutter is reduced, making the experience easier on the eyes. Viewers don't have to shift the focus of their eyes to see the ends of the screen.
The display also has a super-narrow bezel to seamlessly enable multi-screen extension. You can connect up to three monitors together to create a wider, gentler curve. Plus, the panel has stereo speakers built directly into its curve to add a surround-sound experience. The system has 5-watt, two-channel dual stereo speakers built into the curve.
You can optimize the monitor for gaming mode with one click. In the mode, the display detects changes in scenes, enhances color, and alters the contrast to make a game feel more lifelike. Sound effects will stand out over the background music.
Samsung said it did research on the human eye to determine the optimal monitor curve radius, so that its monitor is both "captivating and comfortable." The screen has a brightness of 350 nits and a 3000:1 mega dynamic contrast ratio. That means it offers deeper blacks, more pristine whites, and very bright colors. It also looks good from a variety of viewing angles.
The display will be available for sale in the U.S. on Oct. 1 for $430.


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CTVA UK - "William Tell" (ITP)(1958-59) starring Conrad Phillips
CTVA - The Classic TV Archive - UK
The Classic TV Archive - UK Historical Adventure series
William Tell (1958-59)
Episode Guide - compiled by The Classic TV Archive
D.W. McGregor (Sunderland, UK), Tom Alger (USA), Geoff Phillips (Durham, UK), Alan Keeling
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Incorporated Television Programme Co. Ltd Production (ITP) (Lew Grade)
made at National Studios, Elstree, England
Executive Producer Ralph Smart
Produced by Leslie Arliss
UK Swashbuckling Adventure series 1958-59 39 episodes x 30 min bw
Conrad Phillips
as William Tell
Jennifer Jayne as Hedda Tell (wife)
Richard Rogers as Walter Tell (son)
Willoughby Goddard as Landburgher Gessler
Nigel Green as Fertog, "The Bear"
Premise: Stories of the legendary Swiss freedom fighter and his arch enemy Gessler.
Network DVD / Review
"William Tell" Song
based on the 'William Tell' overture
lyrics by Harold Purcell
sung by David Whitfield
############### William Tell #################
############# season 1958-59 ################
[01] William Tell: THE EMPORER'S HAT (first episode)
Produced and Directed by Ralph Smart
Original Story by Rene Wilde
Starring: Conrad Phillips (as William Tell)
With: Jennifer Jayne (Hedda Tell), Richard Rogers (Walter Tell)
Willoughby Goddard (Gessler)
Norman Mitchell ....... Frederick
Ernest Milton ......... Furst
Derry Nesbitt ......... Sentry
The unarmed Swiss states of Uri, Schweiz and Underwalden are invaded by the
Austrians under the pretence of "protection". With the obese Landburgher
Gessler in command, they subject the peasants to heavy taxes and demand that
they kneel in respect before a hat of the Austrian Emporer, which is placed
atop a pole in every village. One of the first to rebel is William Tell, a
peasant from the village of Burglen in the state of Uri. Through his efforts,
the Austrians are turned into laughing stocks, and is arrested on a charge of treason. [DWMcG]
(12Sep59 ITV Tyne-Tees UK, Sat 6:00pm)
[02] William Tell: THE ASSASSINS
produced by Ralph Smart
directed by Terry Bishop
[03] William Tell: THE HOSTAGES [veriied on film]
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Original Story by Ralph Smart / Teleplay by Doreen Montgomery
Jennifer Jayne ........... Hedda Tell
Richard Rogers ........ Walter Tell
Willoughby Goddard ...... Gessler
Peter Hammond ........... Captain Homanstahl
Roy Purcell ............... Fritz
James Booth .......... Franz
Celia Hewitt .......... Gretel
Director of Photography: Arthur Graham
[04] William Tell: LANDSLIDE
Written by John Kruse
Marjorie Rhodes ...... Aunt Maria
Charles Lloyd Pack ... Herr Specker
Charles Houston ...... Weber
Wilfred Brambell ..... Josef
Frank Thornton ....... Tax Colector
William Tell discovers he is being impersonated when he is accused of robbing
Austrian tax-collectors, and receives a message that he must stop. He is causing
hardship to the villagers because Gessler's men are collecting the taxes for a
second time. Many witnesses swear that they have seen Tell committing the
robberies and it is for his own sake, as well as to protect the villagers from
additional hardship, that he sets out to find the impersonator.
(16Jan60 ITV Tyne-Tees UK)
[05] William Tell: THE BOY SLAVES
Frazer Hines
[06] William Tell: THE BARONESS
[07] William Tell: THE SECRET DEATH
With: Jennifer Jayne (Hedda Tell), Willoughby Goddard (Gessler)
Sidney James ............ Schaffner
When William Tell's wife, Hedda, is arrested in a daring attempt to obtain arms
for the resistance men, he tries to rescue her by firing a phial of secret potion
into her cell. Once taken, it will make her look as if she is dead, and Tell
believes her body will then be handed over to the Swiss authorities.
(29Dec61 ITV Tyne-Tees UK, Fri 5:25 pm)
[08] William Tell: VOICE IN THE NIGHT
William Tell's father-in-law has been arrested by the scheming Gessler, and Tell
knows that the result of the forthcoming trial is a forgone conclusion. Once
again, he decides to take the law into his own hands.
[09] William Tell: THE GAUNTLET OF ST. GERHARDT
1.10 [--] William Tell: THE CUCKOO
Richard Rogers (Walter Tell)
Peter Hammond .......... Hofmanstahl
Jack Watling ........... Ferdinand
David Davenport ........ Sergeant
George Benson .......... Conrad
Landburgher Gessler is troubled by lack of sleep caused by a persistant cuckoo
outside his bedroom, and he is also in trouble with the Emporer because of his
failure to collect sufficient taxes from the Swiss.
(5Jan62 ITV Tyne-Tees UK, Fri 5:25pm)
[11] William Tell: THE ELIXIR
1.12 [-] William Tell: THE MAGIC POWDER
The Adventures of William Tell - The Magic Powder Pt1
William Tell - The Magic Powder Pt1
Pt3 - missing
Peter Hammond .......... Hofmanstahl (recurring)
Henry Oscar ............ Dr. Kleine
Gerald Cross ........... Ludwig
Anthony Parker ......... Soldier
William Tell and Landburgher Gessler meet unexpectedly at the castle of the
scientist Dr. Kleine - but are there for different purposes.
(26Jan62 ITV Tyne-Tees ITV, Fri 5:25pm)
1.13 [--] William Tell: THE PRISONER (Verified on film)
Jennifer Jayne (Hedda Tell)
(Willoughby Goddard NOT in this episode)
Bruce Seton ............. Bullinger
Jerry Verno ............. Petitpierre
Michael Caine ........... Max
John Howard Davies ...... Karl
Kieth Pyott ............. Erlanger
Richard Shaw ............ Tasker
[14] William Tell: THE RAID
Tell challenges the huge Hans to a fight to test his courage. [TA]
(US re-run: 31Oct64 on WPIX-11, NYC, Saturday 2:30pm)
[15] William Tell: THE LOST LETTER
[16] William Tell: GESSLER'S DAUGHTER
directed by Ernest Morris
[17] William Tell: MANHUNT
[18] William Tell: THE BANDIT
directed by Anthony Squire
[19] William Tell: UNDERCOVER
[20] William Tell: THE BEAR
7Nov59 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Sat 5:15 pm
Directed by Ernest Norris
Nigel Green ......... Fertog, "The Bear" (entry episode)
William Tell comes to blows with the massive robber Fertog, known as "The Bear",
whose son Bruno has joined the resistance against his fathers wishes. Fertog
agrees to let Bruno remain if Tell can defeat him in a bare-handed fight. Tell
wins, and after another life and death struggle, finds he has made a friend and not an enemy
[21] William Tell: THE SUSPECT
directed by Quentin Lawrence
[22] William Tell: THE GOLDEN WHEEL
[23] William Tell: THE BRIDE
Synopsis: An Italian countess is kidnapped at Gessler's orders.
(US Synd: 26Aug59 WGAN-13 Portland, Maine)
[24] William Tell: THE AVENGER [verified -AK]
Written by Lindsay Galloway
Willoughby Gray ....... Number One
Ralph Michael ......... Quirini
Derek Waring .......... Louis
Diana Lambert ......... Anna
Raymond Young ......... Aldo
Peter Reynolds ........ Hilaire
John le Mesurier ...... Duke of Burgundy
[25] William Tell: THE YOUNG WIDOW
[26] William Tell: THE SHREW
[27] William Tell: THE TRAP
Robert Shaw
[28] William Tell: THE KILLER
[29] William Tell: THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
[30] William Tell: THE SURGEON
written by Doreen Montgomery
William Tell is seriously wounded whilst trying to escape after raiding Gessler's
tax office. The loyal Swiss give him shelter but there is no doctor available to
attend him, and Gessler's men are on the attack.
[31] William Tell: THE ENSIGN
1.32 [--] William Tell: THE UNWELCOME STRANGER
(Jennifer Jayne, Willoughby Goddard, Richard Rogers - NOT in this episode)
David De Keyser ......... Karl
Susan Travers ........... Dina
Peter Swanwick .......... Hofer
Derren Nesbitt .......... Martin
John McCarthy ........... Heinz
Norman Macowan .......... Andreas
John Maxim .............. Capt. Markheim
William Tell discovers that the Burgomaster and some of the once-loyal
partisans are selling arms intended for them, to the Austrians. Tell is almost
captured when he attempts to stop the sale. [DWMcG]
(14May60 Tyne-Tees UK, Sat 6:00pm)
[33] William Tell: THE BLACK BROTHERS
[34] William Tell: THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
[35] William Tell: SECRET WEAPON
[36] William Tell: THE TRAITOR
With: Jennifer Jayne (Hedda Tell)
The leader of the Swiss resistance group sends for Tell and Hedda to help him
weed out a traitor among his men.
(Local 22Aug59 syndicated broadcast, WHDH-5 Boston, Massachusetts)
[37] William Tell: CASTLE OF FEAR
[38] William Tell: THE SPIDER
Donald Pleasance
Deborah Watling
[39] William Tell: THE MASTER SPY (final episode)
13Feb60 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Sat 5:15 pm
With: Willoughby Goddard (Gessler), Nigel Green (The Bear)
Glyn Owen ............. Anton
Jack Watling .......... Ferdinand Hofmanstahl
Harvey Hall ........... Heinz
Maureen Beck .......... Rosa
Adrienne Corri ........ Mara
A beautiful spy, Mara - known as "The Shadow" - is sent top pit her wits against
William Tell, and Tell soon finds himself up against an opponent who has courage
and intelligence - as well as feminine wiles. But William, too, can be cunning,
as Mara quickly discovers.
################ William Tell ################
################## appendix ##################
One of several Swashbuckling Adventure
series made by Lew Grade's ITC around this time.
Others included:-
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Richard Greene) 143 episodes 1955-59
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Marius Goring) 1955
The Count of Monte Cristo (George Dolenz) 39 episodes 1955
The Buccaneers (Robert Shaw as Capt. Dan Tempest) 39 episodes 1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (Wiliam Russell) 30 episodes 1956
Sword of Freedom (Edmund Purdom) 39 episodes 1957
Sir Francis Drake (Terence Morgan) 26 episodes 1962
Other companies produced :-
The Adventures of Long John Silver (Robert Newton) 26 episodes 1955
Ivanhoe (Roger Moore) 39 episodes 1958
Richard The Lionheart (Dermot Walsh) 39 episodes 1962
The Gay Cavalier (Christian Marquand) 13 episodes 1956
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Box Office International The Race Heat Vision Behind the Screen THR Presents
'Unexpected' Writer-Director Kris Swanberg on Creating a Realistic Pregnancy Movie and Characters' Futures
6:13 PM PDT 7/26/2015 by Hilary Lewis
Courtesy of Sundance International Film Festival
"I think it's really rare that people experience these things in a highly dramatic way, and I wanted to tell a story about things that actually happen all the time," she says about the issues encountered by Cobie Smulders' Samantha and Gail Bean's Jasmine.
[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Unexpected.]
In Unexpected, both Cobie Smulders' high-school science teacher, Samantha, and her teenage student Jasmine (Gail Bean) find themselves unexpectedly pregnant at the same time.
There's little discussion of adoption or abortion, with writer-director Kris Swanberg saying that having both women commit strongly to keeping their babies was necessary in order for her to tell this specific story.
"I wanted to tell a story about them going through a pregnancy and what it means to keep a baby and going through that," Swanberg tells The Hollywood Reporter. "There was never a time where I thought one of them might make another choice because I wanted a movie about these women going through their pregnancy together, and I wouldn't have been able to do that if one of them [decided to end the pregnancy]."
But as Samantha and Jasmine prepare for motherhood, they encounter some practically presented problems. Samantha applies for her dream job, only to be told that the start date is right around her due date, with her interviewer noting that a new job and a new baby might be a lot to take on at once. Jasmine, meanwhile, has her dream of going to a four-year college dashed when she realizes she won't be able to bring the baby with her.
Throughout making the movie — which Swanberg scripted with Megan Mercier, writing "every word of it in the same room" — Swanberg said she tried to make the issues Samantha and Jasmine dealt with feel real.
"With every decision I made in the whole film, the biggest thing in the back of my mind was to make things feel grounded and realistic. I got some encouragement from people to make [the movie] a little more Hollywood and to make those conflicts a little bit more external, but I felt like there was enough drama in what really happens," Swanberg says. "I think it's really rare that people experience these things in a highly dramatic way, and I wanted to tell a story about things that actually happen all the time. I didn't want [Samantha] walking into that interview and for the guy to go, 'Oh, you're pregnant. I don't think you can take this job.' That's not really the reality. Most of the time the person would be like, 'Yeah we really want you to do it, and I don't know if you can.' And you do have to be the one to say, 'I'm in a position here where the timing [doesn't work].'"
Former teacher Swanberg drew on her own experiences in conceiving and co-writing the film.
"I used to be a high school teacher on the west side of Chicago. I taught film and video for a few years here. So I had this kind of unique experience with these kids and had a lot of close relationships with them," she says. "One [student] in particular, after I stopped teaching and she had graduated, called me and told me she was pregnant. She was 19 at the time and I happened to be six months pregnant when she told me that. So we did kind of go through those things together. I was pretty close with her. The movie's very fictionalized. We weren't going to yoga together, and I wasn't trying to get her into college or anything like that. But that dynamic is really what that is based on and of course the things that Samantha is going through in the film and sort of her identity crisis and just her anxiety are definitely things that I took from my own experience of pregnancy."
Jasmine, meanwhile, is tempted by the possibility of realizing her own dream of going to a four-year college before she learns that that's unlikely to be a realistic possibility.
"She's kind of settled with this idea that she's not going to be able to go to school and then Samantha's like 'Wait, wait, wait. No, there's a chance. And I'll help you, and I know more than you because I'm older and I went there and I'm your teacher.' And I think she's sort of like, 'Maybe it will work out.' The promise of that family housing is kind of attractive and I think she lets herself get kind of carried away by it. But in the back of her mind she's always a little suspicious that something's going to happen and that's why I think she gets so upset at the university — she's also mad at herself for going along with this dream."
Unexpected ends before Jasmine has her baby, but Swanberg says both viewers and Samantha know she'll be all right.
"I had toyed with the idea of Jasmine having her baby [before the movie ends] and there was something about that that seemed a little too buttoned up or something about it that seemed too parallel. I was constantly kind of trying to balance in this film these two characters and their two stories. They're going through the same thing, and I didn't want it to be like scene by scene we were watching two movies side by side. So I wanted it to feel kind of organic. And [the movie's] certainly more from Samantha's perspective. And really how I wanted it to end was not they both have their babies and the babies are fine but more like I wanted Samantha to kind of come to a place of realization, not just with her own pregnancy, but also with her previous assumptions about Jasmine's life. So when she attends that baby shower she learns — we don't have to see that the baby's going to be OK because we know that from that scene. We know that it's going to be OK. We see that she has support and that she has community and that she has family and Samantha sees that too."
Swanberg says that she imagines that Samantha ultimately does go back to work and Jasmine gets a college education but adds, "I don't think that things are going to be perfect."
"Jasmine goes to a city college, which is not necessarily the kind of experience that going to a four-year university is going to be. And really that might be better for her," she says. "And then with Samantha, she does kind of say to John (Anders Holm) — and I think that is what happens — that she's going to take time off for the baby but when she's ready, she's going to go back [to work]. I assume with her like me it's always going to be a struggle and with me as a working mom it's definitely always an issue even just day to day balancing being a mom and working and having my own thing."
Unexpected in currently in theaters and on VOD and iTunes.
Hilary Lewis


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Here's how Kansas State could pull off the upset over Kentucky basketball in the Sweet 16
Kentucky basketball has never lost in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in the John Calipari era. Here's how it can happen on Thursday.
Here's how Kansas State could pull off the upset over Kentucky basketball in the Sweet 16 Kentucky basketball has never lost in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in the John Calipari era. Here's how it can happen on Thursday. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2018/03/21/kentucky-basketball-march-madness-upsets-ncaa-tournament-kansas-state/444503002/
, Louisville Courier Journal Published 11:12 a.m. ET March 21, 2018 | Updated 6:12 p.m. ET March 21, 2018
Kentucky's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shushed the pro-Buffalo crowd after hitting a three-point shot in the Wildcats win in Saturday's NCAA Regional game at Boise, Idaho. Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 27 points. March 17, 2018(Photo: Matt Stone, Courier Journal)Buy Photo
ATLANTA — Kentucky basketball has never lost in the Sweet 16 under John Calipari.
And while the Wildcats this season have potentially one of the easiest paths to the Final Four in history, there is always the chance a team starting five freshmen will, as Calipari says, revert and falter.
Kentucky, which has won six Sweet 16 games in the Calipari era, has 71 percent odds of advancing past Kansas State on Thursday, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Here's how the other Wildcats from the Big 12 can pull off the upset:
► Race to 70: Kentucky is 2-8 this season when it failed to score 70 points, and both of those wins came against Georgia, which had a disappointing season that ended with Mark Fox losing his job.
See also: How to watch Kentucky basketball vs. Kansas State on Thursday
More: Top 2019 point guard Ashton Hagans 'would love' for UK to recruit him
Kansas, Tennessee (twice), Florida (twice), South Carolina, Missouri and Auburn earned wins against Kentucky by keeping the score down and only twice all season did the Wildcats lose when scoring more than 70 (at Texas A&M and versus UCLA).
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber will have a tough task against Kentucky as he prepares his team Wednesday afternoon in Philips Arena in Atlanta before the Sweet Sixteen game. UK is 9-0 against K-State in the series history. March 21, 2018 (Photo: Matt Stone, Courier Journal)
Kansas State plays a style that attempts to limit scoring opportunities, and both of the Wildcats tournament wins were played to scores below 70 (69-59 versus Creighton and 50-43 against UMBC). Coach Bruce Weber's team plays slow, averaging 17.8 seconds per possession (226th in the country). And it keeps opponents to 18.2 seconds per possession, the 318th slowest among 351 schools in the country.
► Too many 3s: Kentucky proved it could win without hitting a single 3-pointer in the NCAA Tournament first round against Davidson.
That wasn't a problem because the Wildcats took only six 3-pointers anyway. Giving up a 33-point advantage from beyond the arc worked out because Kentucky nailed 26-of-32 at the free throw line and outscored Davidson 52-26 on two-point baskets.
To that point, Kentucky attempted an average of 16 shots from deep and made just 25.6 percent (41 of 160) in its 10 losses this season.
So, the Wildcats don't necessarily need to make 3s to win. But they can't be successful taking more than it should, either.
"Any time in the history of my career my team takes 30 shots from the 3, we lose," Calipari said. "We don't win those games. We're not relying on 3s, but we shoot 40 percent. It's a different — I mean, some (teams) are going to shoot 30 and that's how they coach and that's great. It's not what I do."
► Boring but it's best: Fundamentals might not make the highlight reel, but for Kentucky, free throws, turnovers and assists make the difference.
Kentucky was 15-1 this season when it made 20 or more free throws in a game. And the Wildcats averaged just 9.6 turnovers and 14 assists during the five-game postseason winning streak, claiming the Southeastern Conference Tournament and victories against Davidson and Buffalo.
See also: Despite best odds to make Final Four, Calipari warns team of 'dogfight'
Read more: John Calipari's revenge: Busted bracket opens Final Four lane for UK
Kansas State has turned opponents over on 21.5 percent of possessions, placing among the top 25 best defenses in the country.
"Do you know what that ends up being? That is a scrum," Calipari said last week. "Are you willing to play in the scrum? I love it. I think it's the best.
"It's wonderful, because there are some guys on the team that have to conquer that. You can bail out, take a fadeaway or you can go right at that rim and try to get fouled. You can play defensively and stay in a stance and here he drives it, or you can foul him. You can have this look or you can have this look, which one do you want?"
Fletcher Page: fpage@courierjournal.com; Twitter: @FletcherPage. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www.courier-journal.com/fletcherp


If you are aware of a TV show called "The News", of which you probably are, then you must have heard Greece is going through some difficulties the last six years or so. The aim of this article is not to narrate Greece's bumpy voyage, but to depict the situation right now, but I can't get away without any history.
Before the rise of the now popular Alexis Tsipras as the head of the government, older governments had trouble sustaining peace in the heart of Athens each time their signature was written at the end of a document enforcing strict measures to the public. The telly usually transmitted the combat zones of Athens: burning cars, broken stores and young hooded men and women throwing some pieces of the pavement to the police and the cameras. Obviously, nobody agreed that burning someone's car is the right way to oppose one's government; however, this shows the anger and disapproval surrounding our little country. And I can assure you, the measures taken cannot solve Greece's real problems. They were there to prevent the country from passing away.
All these years, governments rose and fell in the name of mediocrity. The highest bidding party won in this game of bad party politics that harmed the economy, education, the health system, and most of all, critical thinking. Most young entrepreneurs who strove for something different found the only open path to be abroad. Inside the border, in order to be accepted to a top university you needed pricey extra lessons beyond schools schedule. For a rapid recovery, you need to illegally pay your doctors to treat you when it's actually your turn in the queue. To get away with petty crime all you needed was a strong friend. As long as you fed the system, the system fed you too.
However, behind the system's enormous bureaucratic wall, we all knew that it did not feed our little Mediterranean homeland. When the global crisis occurred, it collapsed. Coincidence? But for the entry into the resourceful eurozone, it probably wouldn't have lasted this long. And now we, Greeks, feel ashamed of our politicians. We call them thieves, liars and incapable. And yet, most of us did not vote for the ones who were honest, hardworking and ready to sacrifice for the sake of the country. We voted for the ones who promised the least amount of taxation rises, salary and pension cuts and who will protect the system that fed us in the past years. Whoever proposes anything else is immediately abolished by the media as the far right or the farcical or the insane one. Democracy has ceased to be the rule, in its birthplace. A mere ~56.6% of the Greeks voted in the last elections. More than four million people, in a country with ten million voters, are not represented in the parliament. It's as if half the population feels it doesn't belong here anymore.
We can feel it in everyday life. People look depressed; working hard because they have to, not because they love working for the benefit of this land anymore. You look into the eyes of your fellow citizen and beyond depression you can see the need for change. We must ask ourselves: Do we deserve to be in the Eurozone? Do we deserve to be a part of the E.U.? I sincerely believe that the answer is no. Moreover, I also believe that the vast majority of the Greeks, especially the youth, ares ready, right now, to endeavour for a massive change in the way of living, that will cease the pathogenesis of the past and rush towards a bright, sustainable and productive future. All that's needed is a decent leader and a secure environment for change to commence.
That's why I wrote this for you today – to believe in us.


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Q: Count duration from intervals in R I need to count, from the total period that each person was in the study, how much time they contributed by age-interval. Age is represented in days. For example, the first participant started at age 1306 and ended in 8509, for the first interval he contributed 520 days (1826-1306), for the second interval he contributed 1460 days (3287 - 1827), and so on until the age 14.999 years. More specifically, I want to split the total duration up to 14.9999 years into four variables, each containing the total duration for each interval.
library(tidyverse)
Age4 <- round(4.999*365.25)
Age8 <- round(8.999*365.25)
Age12 <- round(12.999*365.25)
Age14 <- round(14.999*365.25)

df <- tibble(code = 1:15, start_age = round(rnorm(15, 2000, 1500)), end_age = round(rnorm(15, 6000, 2000)),
             mo_dur = end_age - start_age,
         Age4 , # from 0 to 4.99,
         Age8 , # from 5 to 8.999
         Age12, # from 9 to 12.999
         Age14) # from 13 to 14.999

    code start_age end_age mo_dur  Age4  Age8 Age12 Age14
      1      1306    8509   7203  1826  3287  4748  5478
      2      2007    3743   1736  1826  3287  4748  5478
      3      4176    9119   4943  1826  3287  4748  5478
      4      3129    7416   4287  1826  3287  4748  5478
      5      3449    7869   4420  1826  3287  4748  5478
      6      2703    7367   4664  1826  3287  4748  5478
      7      1639    8038   6399  1826  3287  4748  5478
      8      3549    5519   1970  1826  3287  4748  5478
      9      1040    9355   8315  1826  3287  4748  5478
     10        26    6818   6792  1826  3287  4748  5478
     11      2543    4223   1680  1826  3287  4748  5478
     12      3082    4602   1520  1826  3287  4748  5478
     13      5728    7040   1312  1826  3287  4748  5478
     14       522    8314   7792  1826  3287  4748  5478
     15      1492    5779   4287  1826  3287  4748  5478

ggplot(df) +
  geom_segment(aes(x = start_age/365.25, xend = end_age/365.25,
               y = code, yend = code ),
           arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.03, "npc"))) +
 geom_point(aes(start_age/365.25, code)) +
 geom_text(vjust = -0.5, hjust=0, size = 3,
        aes(x = start_age/365.25, y = code,
            label = paste(round(mo_dur/365.25, 2), "Total duration"))) +
 geom_vline(xintercept = Age4/365.25, color = "red") + geom_vline(xintercept = Age8/365.25, color = "red") +
 geom_vline(xintercept = Age12/365.25, color = "red") + geom_vline(xintercept = Age14/365.25, color = "red")

Edit:
I did it with a horrible code, but this is what I expect:
df %>%
  mutate(
     firstcont = Age4 - start_age,
     firstcont = if_else(firstcont < 0, 0, firstcont),
     firstcont = if_else((end_age <= Age4), start_age+end_age,firstcont),
     second = if_else(firstcont == 0 & (start_age >= Age4) & (end_age <= Age8), end_age-start_age, 0),
     second = if_else(firstcont == 0 & (start_age <= Age8) & (end_age >= Age8), Age8-start_age, second),
     second = if_else(firstcont != 0 & (end_age <= Age4), 0, second),
     second = if_else(firstcont != 0 & (end_age >= Age4) & (end_age <= Age8), end_age-Age4, second),
     second = if_else(firstcont != 0 & (end_age >= Age4) & (end_age >= Age8), Age8-Age4, second),

     third = if_else(second == 0 & (start_age >= Age8) & (end_age <= Age12), end_age-start_age, 0),
     third = if_else(second == 0 & (start_age <= Age12) & (end_age >= Age12), Age12-start_age, third),
     third = if_else(second != 0 & (end_age <= Age8), 0, third),
     third = if_else(second != 0 & (end_age >= Age8) & (end_age <= Age12), end_age-Age8, third),
     third = if_else(second != 0 & (end_age >= Age8) & (end_age >= Age12), Age12-Age8, third),

     fourth = if_else(third == 0 & (start_age >= Age12) & (end_age <= Age14), end_age-start_age, 0),
     fourth = if_else(third == 0 & (start_age <= Age14) & (end_age >= Age14), Age14-start_age, fourth),
     fourth = if_else(third != 0 & (end_age <= Age12), 0, fourth),
     fourth = if_else(third != 0 & (end_age >= Age12) & (end_age <= Age14), end_age-Age12, fourth),
     fourth = if_else(third != 0 & (end_age >= Age12) & (end_age >= Age14), Age14-Age12, fourth),

     total = firstcont+second+third+fourth)

A: Given the problem description, the solution below is a complicated one but I believe it does the job. It's a base R solution.
contribAge <- function(X){
  f <- function(start_age, ages){
    inx <- findInterval(start_age, c(0, ages))
    res <- numeric(length(ages))
    if(inx < length(ages)){
      d <- diff(c(start_age, a[inx:length(ages)]))
      res[inx:length(ages)] <- d
    }
    res
  }
  inx_ages <- grep("Age", names(X))
  Ages <- X[, inx_ages]
  Start_Age <- X[['start_age']]
  res <- lapply(seq_along(Start_Age), function(k){
    f(Start_Age[k], unlist(Ages[k, ]))
  })
  res <- do.call(rbind.data.frame, res)
  names(res) <- paste(names(X)[inx_ages], "Count", sep = "_")
  res
}

contribAge(df)

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Taveras started hot Thursday, going 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, four RBI, a run scored and a stolen base (one two attempts) against High-A Carolina.
Taveras, the No. 3 prospect for the Rangers, had a strong debut in his return to High-A Down East. The 20-year-old didn't have a four-hit game all of last year, so this may be indicative of improvement at the plate. Taveras has stolen double-digit bases every year in the minors, so if he is able to get more comfortable at the plate he could be a multi-tool asset.
Taveras will return to High-A Down East to start the season, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports.
He had a full, healthy season at High-A last year and was a below-league-average hitter (85 wRC+), so it's not surprising to see him sent for a second tour of the Carolina League. Taveras looks the part of a future big-league center fielder and won't turn 21 until September, but at some point he will need to start producing against full-season pitching if he is to remain a noteworthy prospect.
Taveras has six hits in his last 46 at-bats and is slashing .239/.312/.319 for High-A Down East, Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News reports.
The 19-year-old Taveras had held his own at the advanced-for-his-age level over the first six weeks of the season, but he has fallen off since. His bat is a major question, and that's what's prompted one National League scout to lower his grade on Taveras from 60 (plus player) to 50 (average regular). The scout thinks Taveras often looks off-balance and guessing at the plate. At such a young age -- he's the sixth-youngest player in the Carolina League -- time is on his side, but we wouldn't be shocked if the organization has him repeat at Down East.
Taveras went 2-for-5 with a walk, a triple and a run scored for High-A Down East on Sunday.
Taveras, the Rangers' top hitting prospect at age 19, is the third-youngest player in the High-A Carolina League and is holding up well. The switch-hitting center fielder has 27 hits in 28 games and has a career-high 14.3 BB% while avoiding any protracted slumps through the first month of the season. He doesn't project to hit for much power, but should steal 20 bases while sticking in center field for years to come.


Awesome 2-bedroom condo in Donard Park. Move-in condition! Nice dining area opens to the cozy living room, which features a gas fireplace. Big master bedroom with a walk-in closet and private bath. Full laundry room, a 2nd bedroom and a 2nd full bath. Kitchen appliances stay. The Master bedroom and living room both have access to screened-in balconies. This unit does also have its own 1-car detached garage. Within walking distance of Walmart, Lowe's and Costco.


Highest point in 1980s - All In London Forum - All In London.
Does anyone recall any tourist location being the renown place to overlook London in the 1980s? Obviously there are some great places to ride up nowadays but I don't recall being able to climb anything high enough (legally) back then.
What about the BT Tower?
Ah yes, good point. But it was closed in 1980 after a bombing.
Not bad Mogwai, not bad. I was hoping for a piece of architecture but really that hill does have great view.
There are some decent views from Alexandra Palace as well.
2020, true but I thought that didn't open till the late 80s. It counts though. Thanks.


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Rookie Hopeful
Can Joc Pederson Kill the Cliché That Jewish Athletes Are Smart Weaklings?
The Dodgers' power hitting phenom is in a good position to destroy once and for all the stereotype that Jewish jocks are all brains and no brawn.
David Fontana
Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
Younger players increasingly dominate Major League Baseball, and towards the top of the list of young stars is the power-hitting rookie centerfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Joc Pederson.
Pederson's exploits, particularly earlier in the year, are notable for how rare they are for a rookie. But they are notable for another reason: Pederson is Jewish.
A stereotype of Jews—and of Jewish athletes in particular—has long been that their exploits are due to brains rather than brawn. If Pederson sustains his performance for any length of time, he could be the first respected, mainstream Jewish athlete in some time to be publicly recognized for his powerful athletic performance. This could change the image of Jews in sports, and perhaps even more broadly.
A common, larger cultural stereotype of Jews has long been that Jews are not particularly physically adept. In the late 19th century, a Hungarian intellectual named Max Nordau noted a pervasive stereotype that there was a "flabby Jewish body" and a need to correct this perception and make Jews seen as "vigorous and strong." Related to this cultural stereotype is the assumption that Jews are not successful athletes. One scene from the movie Airplane, a comedy movie from 1980, illustrates this stereotype. A passenger asks for something "light" to read. The airline stewardess offers the passenger a leaflet called "Famous Jewish Sports Legends."
In American professional athletics, even those Jews who do make it as successful professional athletes are often praised for their brains rather than their brawn. Take Kevin Youkilis, a successful major league baseball player for ten years (between 2004 and 2013), most notably for the Boston Red Sox. Youkilis was a big player, measuring in at 6 feet 1 inches and 227 pounds when he graduated from high school. Coaches often praised Youkilis for being "a really smart guy who had a great feel for what he had to do," rather than for his obvious physical strength. Indeed, in the brilliant essay collection Jewish Jocks (with apologies to the book for the related title of this essay), the writer Jonathan Safran Foer says that "the quintessential Jewish jock" is all brains and no brawn.
Pederson's professional trajectory could change that stereotype. He does not affiliate as Jewish as much as some baseball players from many generations ago, but still does talk about his Jewish background. Decades ago, both Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax missed baseball games because of the Jewish High Holidays. Pederson's affiliation is not as intense, but still notable. Only one of his parents is Jewish, and he has labeled himself religiously "pretty much nothing." Still, though, Pederson did play for Israel during the 2013 World Baseball Classic. And even a slight affiliation as Jewish will give him much attention because he plays for one of the most famous franchises in all of professional sports, the Dodgers, in a huge media market, Los Angeles.
Pederson's baseball identity so far has been as a power hitter. He was selected to play in the All-Star game over the summer, due primarily to the fact that he was one of the league leaders in home runs earlier in the year. He hit some of the longest home runs of the early season. In the month of June, he hit more home runs of at least 450 feet than any other team in all of major league baseball. Even his fly balls that were not home runs are some of the longest fly balls in all of baseball.
This cultural space that Pederson could fill was occupied at previous points in sports—and Jewish—history. Hank Greenberg was one of baseball's all-time power hitters during his professional years in the '30s and '40s. Sandy Koufax was one of baseball's all-time power pitchers during his professional years in the '50s and '60s.
Since those times, other Jewish athletes have come somewhat close to doing what Pederson could do, but never quite broke through as Pederson might. There have been powerful Jewish athletes in the NFL or in the NBA who were never successful enough for anyone to have heard their names. Shawn Green was another Jewish power-hitting center fielder in the major leagues between 1993 and 2007. He was overshadowed, though, by the much higher power numbers put up by other players during that steroid era. And there is Ryan Braun, a great Jewish power hitter playing for the Milwaukee Brewers since 2007. Braun will likely never achieve a reputation as a legitimate power hitter, though, because of his suspension for lying about his use of performance enhancing drugs.
Many times in American history our society changes through lessons we learned from our professional sports. Jews have a long history in America—and in American sports—but outdated stereotypes of Jews persist wide and deep in American public life. If Pederson keeps up his performance on the field, he could change how Jews are viewed on and off the field for some time to come.
David Fontana is Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University School of Law.


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We are a part of the Martin & Servera Group, Sweden's leading restaurant and catering specialist.
Chipsters Food is one of Finland's leading companies in the area of fish processing and fish products. Our wide product range also includes for example meat, fruit & vegetables and dairy products.
Hyvä Apaja Oven-ready chosen for the Seafood Excellence Global Awards new product competition finals.


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Q: save each grepped line as a separate .txt file using bash I have a file .txt with some informations, i need to grep the "Report:" line and save each line in a different .txt file!
it should result something like this in the end:
case1.txt
case2.txt
case3.txt

I tried to
cat cases.txt| grep Report: | while read Report; do echo $Report | > /home/kali/Desktop/allcases/case.txt done

but it didnt work and just created one file called case.txt containing the last grepped "Report:"
I dont know if i was very clear then i'll show this screenshot:
cases
I wanted to split all theses reports in a different .txt file for each report!
These case informations are from a game, so dont worry!

A: awk would be better suited than grep and a while loop. If acceptable, you can try;
awk '/^Report/{cnt++;close(report); report="case"cnt".txt"}/./{print > report}' file.txt

A: perl -ne '++$i && `printf "$_" > case$i.txt` if /Report:/' cases.txt

This is looping over cases.txt and shelling out printf "$_" > case$i.txt if the line matches /Report:/
Because it's perl there's some syntax and precedence tricks in here to make it terse and confusing.


Occupational and physical therapists are some of the only professionals who can actually say they're still in demand right now. And Alexander Lopez, who is an occupational therapist and also vice chairperson of the occupational therapy program at my husband's alma mater, Stony Brook University, has even more of an edge – he's involved with his third-party association, the American Occupational Therapy Association. If this career path sounds interesting to you, here are some of the details courtesy of Alexander.
What made you become an occupational therapist?
When people ask me what I do for a living, I can say I am an attorney, professor, or community advocate. However, those professional designations do not define my professional identity. Occupational therapy was an unintended discovery. It was not a profession that was on my radar. I became fascinated with the profession when introduced to it when I was in the military. My initial exposure to the profession revealed a world of opportunities of which I had not encountered. Nevertheless, what made me choose the profession is not as important as the person I have become because of occupational therapy. The therapeutic process between a client and practitioner is collaborative and bidirectional learning process. It is through occupational therapy and my interactions with the clients I have served that I have become a better father, husband, friend, and person. So the answer to the question is…there are thousands of really great reasons to become an occupational therapist, however, the real reason to become one is because it is a profession that allows you to learn and grow as a person. You do not have to sacrifice your identity, your values, and your integrity for career advancement.
What is day to day life like for an occupational therapist?
An occupational therapist starts his or her day with a plan—a plan that focuses on the client's needs and desires. Occupational therapists have a unique opportunity in health care. Unlike other health care providers, occupational therapists spend a significant amount of time with their clients. A therapy session can be anywhere from 15 minutes to three hours depending on the type of facility in which the therapist is working. During that time, occupational therapists can really hone in on a client's needs.
How does the academic side differ from the clinical side?
The transition from clinic to academia was a difficult one for me. When entered the role of academician, I missed the client-therapist experience. It was as if I had to reinvent my identity. However, I have become increasingly inspired by the work of occupational therapy scholars and students. Through community participatory research and community programming, I have rediscovered a new world of occupational therapy.
Why is OT a hot career today?
One can say occupational therapy is hot because of it is "recession proof." However, if one knows the true nature of the profession, they will find that it is more than a job—it is a passion. Occupational therapy is a hot career because it is holistic. It encompasses every aspect of living. Its theoretical foundations in arts and sciences are not only practical but necessary in helping restore our clients' sense of meaningful existence.
What advice would you have for people who are interested in getting into occupational therapy?
I say take a personal inventory. Identify your personal vision and mission. Once you have done so, compare it to the profession's vision and mission. You will find that the pursuit for self-actualization can be found in noble and enriching profession like occupational therapy.
Great post, it is great to know there are some industries that are still actively hiring.
@Jay: Thanks for reading and for the comment. If you know of any others, feel free to share and I'll profile them here!
Nice write up. I too am an occupational therapist. I have to say living in Michigan that this profession is not absolutely recession proof. I have been laid off in the past year. I thankfully was able to find work due to being a certified hand therapist as well. At the same time, without finding full time employment the opportunity to earn a living as an OT through "as needed" help was available which makes the career a bit resilient even in an area facing tough economic times.
Your post has inspired me. I just turned 50 and after being laid off from a career in purchasing/procurement I was lost until just a moment ago when I found your article and Alexander's words. I was a philosophy and psychology under graduate who got caught up in the business world, but I remember when just out of high school I thought about becoming an Occupational Therapist. Do you think it is too late? I want to help elders with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease - I'm working as an Office Manager now at a Memory Care facility in Atlanta. Anyone know how to obtain education funding and where I can obtain the degree & certification in Atlanta?
@LisaCHT: Thanks for the additional insights...helps to hear from real people out there on the front lines.
@Anna: Have you been in touch with AOTA? I doubt it would be too late, but you might require some additional coursework. They would know better.
@PPT: I recommend contacting them. They're really nice over there!
Interesting questions and answers Alexander, Congratulations and thanks for your labor.
I would like to commend you on achieving such. I want to be an occupational therapist also and maybe can see you by then.


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      (window.customElements =
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    <script src="../../../node_modules/@webcomponents/custom-elements/custom-elements.min.js"></script>
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    <script type="module">
      import {runTests, assert} from '../../../environment.js';
      import {safariGCBugWorkaround} from '../../safari-gc-bug-workaround.js';

      runTests(async () => {
        suiteSetup(() => safariGCBugWorkaround());

        // In older browsers, `Element#getAttributeNS` may return the empty string
        // instead of null if the attribute does not exist. For details, see;
        // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getAttributeNS#Notes
        const NON_EXISTANT_VALUE = document.body.getAttributeNS(
          'NO_SUCH_NS',
          'attr'
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        function generateLocalName() {
          return 'test-element-' + Math.random().toString(32).substring(2);
        }

        function defineWithLocalName(localName, observedAttributes) {
          customElements.define(
            localName,
            class extends HTMLElement {
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            defineWithLocalName(localName, ['attr']);
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          test('Removing an attribute with no value (null) does not trigger a callback.', function () {
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            element.removeAttributeNS('ns', 'attr');

            assert.equal(element.attrCallbackArgs.length, 0);
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        suite('Removing a set attribute.', function () {
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            element.setAttributeNS('ns', 'attr', 'abc');

            assert.equal(element.attrCallbackArgs.length, 1);

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              'attr',
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          });
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Don't get a PhD in philosophy if you have to pay for it.
That is standard advice for those considering doctoral study in philosophy. An inability to obtain a funded position as a PhD student might be evidence (early and incomplete evidence, of course) of one's later prospects; jobs are hard to come by, and even if you end up employed in a way directly related to your degree—typically as a professor—it is not as if those who teach in the humanities are typically making the big bucks.
Still, there are those who do pay for it, or who find that the stipends for graduate study insufficient for their needs, and as a result end up taking out student loans.
Some such people may have been banking on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a loan forgiveness program for those working for non-profit organizations and governments (including state schools). A philosopher recently wrote to me about how that program, in which over 400,000 people participate, is one that Secretary of Education Betsy de Vos is proposing to eliminate.
It's not known how many people in academic philosophy in the United States would be affected by the elimination of the program, nor do we know how many people in academic philosophy took out student loans while getting their PhD.
Let's see if we can get a rough sense of whether the standard advice about paying for a PhD in philosophy is being followed. Such information may serve as a prompt to more serious investigations of the question, or perhaps the creation of professional programs and services. Please take a moment to answer the following one-question, poll, which asks about the amount of student loan debt you acquired, if any, while getting your PhD in philosophy.


An afternoon session titled "The Science Thread," hosted by B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, School of Pharmacy dean, showed off some of the most exciting research directions in the School and offered pharmacy alumni a sneak peek at the new doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum, which welcomes its first class in July.
Opening the panel was chemical biologist Michelle Arkin, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Arkin spent the early years of her career in the private sector as a pharmaceutical industry scientist. Now, as co-director of the School's Small Molecule Discovery Center, she is creating fast and effective new ways to identify molecules that show potential as drugs.
Her research aims to change the status quo.
Using computer models and "organoids"—tiny bundles of organ cells that can be used to test some of the functions of whole organs—Arkin speeds the process of finding molecules that might actually work in patients.
"If we can bring together the efficiency of the private sector and the innovative edge that we have [here in academia], we can really make things happen," Arkin said.
Next up was Francesca Aweeka, PharmD '85, a clinical pharmacologist and faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy who directs the School's Drug Research Unit and specializes in improving access and treatments for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
Aweeka joined the School's faculty in the late 1980s, not long after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved AZT, the first drug to treat AIDS. She spent much of her time working on how to get AIDS drugs to the people who needed them.
"Over time, I went global," Aweeka said. "I went to Uganda… and I got involved in malaria." Despite the invention of a reliable cure and the near-total eradication of malaria in much of the world, there are still 216 million new cases each year. "Twenty percent of the kids who get it die," Aweeka said.
Aweeka's research is now focusing on how malaria can hide in the placentas of pregnant women, where the disease silently passes to unborn babies, without visible signs in their mothers. "We've made great strides," Aweeka added hopefully.
Pharmacy law expert and educational policy leader, Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, JD, a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, joined Sharon Youmans, PharmD, MPH, the School's vice dean, in a discussion of the School's new PharmD curriculum.
The key aim of the new curriculum, Youmans explained, is to get students "to think scientifically" and to be ready to lead in a time of unprecedented change in science and health care access as the scope of pharmacy practice continues to widen.
She explained that the goal is for students to learn how to effectively question the status quo, identify problems, and pose solutions—all so they're equipped to guide and drive change in pharmacy when they graduate—and, ultimately, to improve the health of patients.
Ferrone explained that the School's PharmD students will develop and hone their inquiry skills while exploring new ideas and innovations at the frontier of science, taking full advantage of the unique expertise of UCSF's pioneering research faculty. At the same time, they'll build their core knowledge in science and therapeutics and experience pharmacy practice as they develop patient care skills.
Youmans explained that coursework in the new PharmD curriculum integrates and builds on itself from one concept to the next. Students meet a real patient on the first day of class, and patient cases build in complexity over time. Although lectures will still be a key teaching model, the larger focus will be on group learning, and on group problem identification and problem solving.
Youmans added that as the new curriculum evolves, the faculty is also making changes in the current curriculum. She emphasized that the School is equally committed to the success of students in both curricula.
Guglielmo further explained that the same kind of scientific thinking that prompts faculty members such as Aweeka and Arkin to ask "why" and "why not" is key part of the School's academic mission. He added that a scientific mindset, curiosity, and a willingness to explore the unknown have always characterized the alumni.
Youmans had a chance to discuss some of the School's plans for pharmacy education at a UCSF-wide Alumni Weekend session titled "Classes Without Quizzes: Emerging and Enduring Trends in Health Professions Education." She shared the stage with five UCSF health education experts and focused her comments on the need to prepare PharmD students for a world where biomedical information will soon double every six months. "Every drug they (pharmacy students) learn today could change overnight," she stated while emphasizing the importance of students learning how to think instead of learning how to memorize today's facts.
With changes in learning come expected new stresses on students, she said. With the anticipated stresses that accompany change, comes a continuing School commitment to student wellbeing, she added. As an example, the School has added a voluntary "Let's Talk" program with a mental health professional to its resources for student success. And it will also offer resiliency training, the science of using skills like mindfulness and relaxation to effectively deal with stress and adversity whether in or beyond pharmacy school.
The Class of 1968 was honored at the Half Century Club Luncheon, which welcomed all alumni who graduated 50 years ago or earlier. The class graduated at a unique time in the history of the profession, Guglielmo noted, as pharmacists began the transformation from drug experts to experts in the safe and effective use of medications in patients.
Kennedy, who is a national champion of health equity, gave a deeply personal and moving speech recounting her own journey in education, from grade school in the segregated South, to pharmacy school at UCSF. She reminded the audience of the power of pharmacy as a profession and explained how her life was changed through education.
Kennedy has spent her career extending the power of education to others and bringing health care to more people, especially the neglected and underserved.
Joining Kennedy at the gala were friends and colleagues, including her daughter, Dauri Kennedy; LaToya Cantrell, who took office in May as the first African American woman to serve as mayor of New Orleans; and Karen Carter Peterson, a Louisiana state senator.


FEES 7A.1.2R in relation to the SFGB pensions guidance levy.
A.13 Advisors, arrangers, dealers or brokers.
1The purpose of this chapter is to set out the requirements on the persons listed in FEES 7A.1.1R to fund the Secretary of State costs relating to the SFGB, and the related FCA collection costs.
pays grants or makes loans, or gives any other form of financial assistance, to the SFGB for the purpose of enabling the SFGB to carry out its functions.
expenses incurred by the FCA in connection with its functions under section 137SA of the Act.
1This chapter contains the rules referred to in FEES 7A.1.4G(2).
1Under section 137SA(8) of the Act, the FCA must pay to the Secretary of State the amounts that it receives pursuant to the rules in this chapter, apart from amounts covering its collection costs (which the FCA may keep).
1The total amount raised by the SFGB levy may vary from year to year depending on the amount notified to the FCA by the Secretary of State.
1A firm is not liable to pay a SFGB levy in relation to payment services or electronic money issuance if it is the Bank of England, a government department, a local authority, a municipal bank or the National Savings Bank.