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Classics Club: Invisible Man
Lory	reviews	 June 24, 2018 3 Minutes
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952)
Race is a topic I'm reluctant to even approach here on the blog. I'm mindful of my privileged status and hesitant to make any pronouncements about people whose experience I cannot truly share or comprehend. However, I do not think it's helpful to isolate ourselves in separate racial camps and decide we can never understand each other. So through reading, I do try to understand, bit by bit. It's one of the main benefits of reading for me — to be able to enter into the experience of another person who is profoundly different from me, and find our common humanity.
Today more than ever, were are confronted with the profoundly American dilemma of how the rise of one group of people to freedom and dominance has been intrinsically linked with the subjugation of another group. Complacent liberal "colorblindness" does not address this fundamental inequality, nor its persistent hold on our psyche. I'm so grateful for some of the books written out of the black experience that have helped me to have insight into this phenomenon and its implications for our present and future. It's something we must all wrestle with in our own way, I feel.
Invisible Man is a novel that powerfully explores the rage and dismay and strange triumph that can arise out of such wrestling, making it a key text for our time. I never encountered it in school, somehow, though I saw lots of my friends reading it. To be honest, I would not have gotten much out of it as an adolescent, so I'm glad I waited until now, when it came up for me in the Classics Club Spin. I found it a highly suitable book to read at this time of questioning and searching for how our country's racial wounds might finally, someday, find healing.
As he travels from his home in the South to New York City, Ellison's unnamed narrator goes through a mythic, archetypal journey, from unguarded innocence to bitter experience to a hard-won, tenuous sense of integrity. But this modern hero has a harder foe than the dragons and monsters of old. The people around him, both black and white, create an ever-shifting panorama of idealism, deception, promise, betrayal, compassion, violence, suffering, and potential transformation that causes him to question the very nature of reality and of his own self. To all these other people he seems to be "invisible," merely a function of their own wishes and desires — but can he discover some ground of reality within himself? What is lasting, what is true? And how can he live in a world that seems to only want to manipulate and destroy?
Though Ellison vividly describes many horrific scenes (a wrestling match pitting black boys against one another for the amusement of white men; experiments done on the narrator while in the hospital; the culminating race riot in Harlem) it's the inner quest for meaning and wholeness that draws us through the nightmare. This is a universal experience, whether we find it in outer trials of segregation and discrimination, or in the inner struggle against such forces in our own being.
There may seem to be little hope or gentle, natural light in the book, which the narrator writes from a basement bunker he's illuminated for himself with stolen electric power. But as he prepares to return to the world, he shares with us some extraordinary insights: "Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many — This is not prophecy, but description."
And nearly at the end, this:
The very act of trying to put it all down has confused me and negated some of the anger and some of the bitterness. So it is that I denounce and defend, or feel prepared to defend. I condemn and affirm, say no and say yes, say yes, and say no. I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And I defend because in spite of all I find that I love. In order to get some of it down I have to love. I sell you no phony forgiveness. I'm a desperate man — but too much of your life will be lost, its meaning lost, unless you approach it as much through love as through hate. So I approach it through division. So I denounce and I defend and I hate and I love.
This divided consciousness is our modern heritage, and so is the truth that the only way through despair is love. Our fate indeed is to become one, and yet many. By such contradictory, baffling paths as that traveled by Ellison's invisible man, we may approach this distant goal and find that it is already here.
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Chris Lovegrove says:
Like you, Lory, I feel at a loss to fully comprehend, appreciate or enter into experiences that my relatively privileged upbringing and skin tone has denied me; despite an Anglo-Indian ancestry I have been able to masquerade as a member of a culturally dominant population, shielded from the treatment that those who appeared visibly different from that population were subjected to.
From your review this sounds like a book I may need to approach, even if here in Britain there are already too many historic and contemporary instances of that invisibility working against too many individuals and communities that I have yet to explore.
It's painful to read, but important. Yes, there are so many other contemporary voices to give ear to now — at the time of publication this was rather an anomaly — but it is still relevant and speaks to the universal human condition as well as issues of race.
sjhigbee says:
Thank you for a passionate, articulate review of a book that sounds as if it needs to be more widely read.
Hope you'll consider it.
Ruthiella says:
I read this book in high school (for class) and think I would get so much more out of it now as an adult. But it is certainly also a great book for high schoolers because there is so much symbolism that can be written about in an essay format. I can see why it is chosen by teachers.
I read The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead last year and The Sell Out by Paul Beatty the year before and in both cases I think the books were building on a foundation built in part by Ellison. That has become one of my favorite things about growing older and reading more…the ability to see connections between books and authors.
I would not be at all against teaching this book in high school — it's just that I personally notice that I need to read most such books again in adulthood to really understand them!
Katie @ Doing Dewey says:
Lovely review, Lory. This does seem like an appropriate book to be reading at this moment in time.
I found it to be incredibly relevant.


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A nuclear-armed Iran will be as catastrophic as "Hitler marching into the Rhineland," said John Bolton last week, eliciting headlines, hosannas, and seething rebukes from all over the planet with his call to get serious about preemptive military action against … Read More
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A nuclear-armed Iran will be as catastrophic as "Hitler marching into the Rhineland," said John Bolton last week, eliciting headlines, hosannas, and seething rebukes from all over the planet with his call to get serious about preemptive military action against Iran.
"John Bolton for President!" cried the giddy apparatchiks at Commentary, where Zeyda Podhoretz earns loving, indulgent smiles this month as he inveighs against the Shia Islamofascists of Tehran. But the thought of an atomic ayatollah has got even the odd Guardian contributor feeling twitchy enough to offer a few words in support of Bolton. Now that's a tipping point.
Should we bomb Iran? That's this week's Big Question, put to Michael Freund of the Jerusalem Post and Justin Raimondo of Antiwar.com. Through Thursday afternoon, they'll argue action vs. inaction, warmongering vs. appeasment, bombing vs. diplomacy. Freund leads.
From: Michael Freund To: Justin Raimondo Subject: Bomb Iran Now
A few weeks ago, a celebration took place in Tehran that may come to mark a turning point in the history of the Middle East and the entire Western world.
Just as he had been promising for months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on April 9th a dramatic expansion of his country's ability to enrich uranium, triumphantly declaring that 3,000 centrifuges had begun operating at the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran. Centrifuges—which spin and purify uranium gas—produce enriched uranium that can then be used to build a nuclear weapon.
Recently, the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies estimated that once Natanz's 3,000 centrifuges become operational, it could take as little as nine months for Iranian scientists to generate enough enriched uranium to make an atomic bomb.
So no wonder the day of Ahmadinejad's announcement was celebrated across Iran as "national nuclear day." It indicated that by the end of this calendar year, the ayatollahs could very well have their hands on the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
Iran cannot and must not be allowed to acquire nukes. Israel and the U.S. simply cannot stand by and watch as Tehran goes nuclear and threatens the entire civilized world.
The only way to stop the Atomic Ayatollahs is with potent military action—fast, furious, and fierce. And soon.
The press loves to mock the Iranian president, portraying him as a nut, a kook, and a fanatic. But I take him at his word. He has made quite clear what his objective is, telling us over and over again that he plans to eliminate Israel and destroy the West.
Like it or not, we are all in his crosshairs, and we ignore him at our peril. And that is why it is time to show a little more cou
rage and a lot more determination, and to tackle this threat head-on.
The fact of the matter is that diplomacy has run its course. Its only effect has been to give the Iranians still more time to progress toward achieving their malicious aims.
After the UN Security Council passed a resolution in December insisting that Iran end its uranium-enrichment program, Ahmadinejad dismissed it as "a piece of torn paper" and vowed to expand his country's nuclear program, which is precisely what he proceeded to do.
For more than a decade, Iran hid its nuclear program from the international community. Its government has interfered with inspections of its nuclear facilities, and repeatedly defied demands to cease and desist from its dangerous actions.
Does anyone really think another UN resolution, and more empty words, are going to do the trick?
And while the West dilly-dallies, the ayatollahs have been busy expanding their military arsenal. Back in November, Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shihab-3, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and can hit targets up to 1,200 miles away—meaning that all of Israel is now within reach.
And if anyone still doubts Ahmadinejad's intentions, he made them abundantly clear at the Holocaust denial conference he hosted in Tehran back in December. In his closing speech, the would-be Persian executioner gleefully declared that, "The life-curve of the Zionist regime has begun its descent, and it is now on a downward slope towards its fall…. The Zionist regime will be wiped out, and humanity will be liberated."
And once he dispenses with the Jews, as we know, it is the West that will be next. So this is not just Israel's battle, it is everyone's war, and it is time for the decision-makers in Washington and Jerusalem to act.
Sure, the thought of striking Iran is scary, particularly in light of the trouble America is having next door in Iraq. But as frightening as the idea might seem, it pales in comparison with the prospect of the ayatollahs having their finger on the button and being able to threaten the world with nuclear blackmail and destruction.
We must stop Iran at all costs. The alarm bells are ringing, and the danger signs are near. Like it or not, time is of the essence, and there is not a moment to lose. The U.S. or Israel should bomb Iran now, before it proves to be too late.
Michael Freund
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Like the best magic tricks, the original Now You See Me made us expect one thing and then delivered something unexpected. In other words: it looked like it would be terrible, it sounded like it would be terrible, but it wasn't. It was a wild and energetic caper about a bunch of stage magicians who pulled off a series of impossibly elaborate heists, and it had all the zing – and the tawdriness – of a Las Vegas stage show.
Fortunately, the follow-up was directed by someone who knows a thing or two about theatricality. Jon M. Chu, the director of the best two Step Up movies, re-stages the events in Now You See Me 2 so that the audience gets basically the same movie, but from a different perspective. Whereas the first film kept us at arm's length, only revealing how each trick was done after it was already over, Now You See Me 2 lets us stick with the magicians the whole time, throughout the planning process, and throughout the heists.
It sounds like a very minor change, but it's actually a clever way to do the same movie twice and get away with it. It's fun to wonder "How did they do that?" but it's much more involving to ask "How are they going to pull this off?" The first Now You See Me was a con artist movie but the sequel is way more of a heist movie, and while it can't help but feel a little familiar it's still a fun time at the movies.
The plot is basically just an excuse, but here it is anyway: after the events of Now You See Me, The Four Horsemen – Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco – have gone into hiding for a year. They're getting so antsy that Fisher's character apparently couldn't be bothered to stick around, so she got herself written out of the script as quickly and efficiently as possible. In her place is a brand new magician, played by the ever-rambunctious Lizzy Caplan, who once tried to pull a hat out of a rabbit with disastrous results.
Their comeback gig, a heist intended to expose a corrupt corporate tech giant, goes south and soon they find themselves blackmailed into working for a reclusive billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who needs something else stolen. Basically, now they have to steal that. Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo is trying to track them down with Morgan Freeman by his side.
The film tries to make everything seem a lot more complicated than it really is, but since that's the essence of stage magic it's hard to complain about it. You don't go to a movie about magicians stealing circuit boards to experience high drama, which is why it's a little disappointing that Now You See Me 2 tries to spring some high drama on us anyway. There are subplots upon subplots, mostly involving the whole "secret society" idea from the first film, and they don't all hit their emotional marks.
That secret society was the least interesting thing about Now You See Me and now it's the least interesting thing about Now You See Me 2. It was so secretive last time that we had no damned idea what exactly it was, why it was so important, and even exactly what it did. And we still don't, so spending a ton energy selling us on it and not explaining why we should care feels like a wasted opportunity for this film.
Now You See Me 2 – which really should have been called Now You Don't, if you think about it – is a very fun film about very silly things. The cast has charisma, the story is fast-paced, the set-pieces are memorable and strange. It may amount to little more than a rehash of the original, but what Now You See Me 2 lacks in prestige it makes up for in showmanship, and it's a show worth seeing.


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Fourth meeting in the frame of Grundtvig programme held in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Sicily, Italy) from 4th to 5th July organized by NGO "A Rocca" has successfully finished. Our organization was very pleased to welcome and host this meeting in the dreamlike place Jalari Park Museum.
The topic of this meeting was, nowadays extremely important and current topic, internet communications. So long as we know it's all about sharing, therefore we – two interns in the EprojectConsult and A Rocca companies – want to share our impressions about last week's meeting.
For both of us it was a great pleasure to meet all project partners and to be part of the knowledge exchange process. We were glad to have the opportunity to discuss the issue that affects so many people and companies nowadays like the internet communications.
At beginning, it was very knowledgably experience because first of all the term open innovation was something never heard before, as well as the tools of the open innovation such as the outsourcing, crowdsourcing, crowd funding and co-working. In our opinion the main concept behind open innovation is the sharing ideas, opinions and whatever with the others, so this just illustrated the current processes all over world. We all in the facebook love to share and like hundreds of photos, posts etc. every day. Generally, the companies should do the same in order to become more competitive and updated.
After coffee break, we discussed the tools and challenges which company is facing when it has to deal with the internet innovation, especially when insuring the online visibility like the internet search engine tools, online journals, RSS, Podcasts, e-mail marketing, viral marketing, widget marketing and mobile marketing etc. It was for a first time when we heard many terms widely used in marketing and customer engagement, particularly the gamification, augmented reality and others.
Very fascinating module of the meeting was the part where the partners presented the best practices by giving the examples of the existing companies, which are working by using some of the open innovation tools, e.g., the design project Fattelo! another original examples.
We appreciate the openness and competency of the participants, hence we learned many new ideas and above all, we got the inspiration and ideas about our final thesis and maybe our future enterprises.
After all, we want to share with you small video with very nice Sicilian music!


this playroom is open and ready for business!
It may have taken FOUR months to complete, but I'm glad we didn't rush it. Sometimes I get an itch to "finish" a room and I just start buying crap things that I don't really love…then inevitably I'm ready to redecorate a few months later.
So I'm kind of obsessed with the Expedit bookshelf from Ikea. I love that you can use bins or drawers–or just leave the cubbies open. The only thing I added was a piece of fabric on the backside to cover the cords from our electronics.
I'm also a big fan of these felt toy bins. They're cute and injury free…perfect for a rough and tumble baby who literally likes to roll over them.
Love this! Such a perfect space! New follower – I found you through Emily & Darci! We have those magnet letters too, and love them! I'm sure you and Arden will make lots of happy memories in your new playroom!
Looks awesome friend!! Arden looks like she is one happy camper!
It came together perfectly!! Arden is going to love it for years to come! Seriously- so cute!!
Super cute Playroom! I also love my ikea bookshelf, it's perfect for a quick clean up… no one can see the mess going on in our baskets;) You ladies are going to have so much fun in there, so nice that you have the extra space just for a playroom!
What a cute, fun playroom! I love that you hung things at Arden's level! Great idea!
It's absolutely adorable!! 🙂 I love it!
This looks SO awesome! Charlie needs to come back for a visit and play with Arden in there 🙂 Great job! My favorite is her expression picture! Cracks me up!
Wow, it's just perfect Vanessa! I LOVE that activity wall. So nice that you two have such a great space to hang out in!
I love the Ikea storage piece, did you get the white or high gloss white finish? Also what did you use for the backing?
It's just the plain white and I used sticky foam to attach a piece of burlap fabric to the back. I didn't want to see the TV cords hanging down in the back!


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Hampden Baptist Church was founded in the Hampden neighboorhood of Baltimore, MD, in 1874. Throughout its long history, the church went through multiple seasons of both abundance and hardship, serving as a long-standing center for Christian ministry in Hampden. By the early 21st century, however, church membership had been in a gradual decline. The once-thriving church that once boasted 831 church members could no longer afford the upkeep of the building.
Meanwhile, Pastor Dan Hyun and a team of eleven people were looking for a space to start the Village Church. Their goal was to establish a place where anybody and everybody could come and hear the gospel and to experience life transformation. Hampden Baptist graciously allowed the Village to meet in their building, and the Village launched in September 2008. As disciples were being made, the church began to grow, and in 2015, Hampden Baptist Church decided to bless the Village Church with the ownership of their building in order to continue its legacy of being a gospel presence in the neighborhood.
In hopes of making even more disciples throughout Baltimore, in 2019, the Village Church sent out a team to start a brand new church in the Station North Arts District in Baltimore. This new church was named Village Church Station North, and the original church was renamed Village Church Hampden.
The Village Church seeks to reflect Baltimore in its cultivation of a multicultural community—richly diverse in ethnicity, class, income, and education. We aim to transform Baltimore by making God famous in the city—through equipping our church to be sent out on mission as leaders to their respective communities. It's a stunning, messy, and beautiful picture of God's kingdom.
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Keep Toronto warming centres open 24/7 for rest of winter, Board of Health urges city
Toronto's Board of Health is urging the city to keep its warming centres open 24/7 for the remainder of the winter season.
The board of health voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion Monday afternoon during its monthly meeting.
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The motion, jointly presented by councillors Ausma Malik, Ajejandra Bravo and Gord Perks, also asks city council to declare a public health crisis based on the "systemic failure of all three levels of government to provide adequate 24-hour, drop-in and respite spaces."
In a statement released following the meeting, a spokesperson for John Tory said that the mayor "supports a pragmatic approach based on the best advice from our city staff" when it comes to helping Toronto's most vulnerable.
The spokesperson, however, noted that last year roughly half of the times that warming centres were opened it was done in the absence of an Extreme Cold Weather Alert, which is the automatic trigger for the opening of the centres.
"We rely on our professional city staff to open warming centres when they are needed, and frequently they open these locations ahead of public health officials declaring an Extreme Cold Weather Alert," the spokesperson explained, adding that "while warming centres and shelters are lifesaving interventions in the short-term, fundamentally the solution to better overall health is in sustainable, affordable, supportive housing."
Monday's vote comes after Malik, Bravo, and Perks wrote a letter to the Toronto Board of Health (BOH) in which they expressed concerns about the "sharp increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness" and the city's inability to "support the number of residents in need, placing extra pressures on the city's drop-in and warming centres."
Perks said the ball is now in the court of Toronto's mayor.
"I think today the problem has been put squarely in front of Mayor John Tory. He has extraordinary new powers to write his own budget, and he has a choice to make," he said.
Speaking with reporters, Toronto's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen De Villa said temporary measures, like warming centres, have a role to pay in the short term, but overall more must be done to address the bigger picture.
"The very act of being, the very state of being homeless or under housed is a negative impact on health, under any temperature," she said.
Deputants urge city to act
A dozen deputants, many of whom shared difficult first-hand stories about how the cold has harmed those they love and care about, spoke during Monday's meeting.
Dr. Jacqueline Vincent, a psychiatry resident at St. Michael's Hospital, asked why it acceptable to continuously holding discussions about basic human rights like people not freezing to death on the streets instead of doing something about it.
"Please do what you can to help make help patients keep their fingers and toes and feet intact. Please do what you can to prevent me from seeing more patients like the one I did just a couple of weeks go whose feet were so badly frostbitten they could not walk for days," she said.
"Please help my patients keep themselves and their belongings warm and dry during cold winter says."
Dr. Stephen Hwang, an internal medicine physician at St. Mike's and the director of Unity Health's MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, expressed how he's become "increasingly concerned" about the health and wellbeing of unhoused people in Toronto this winter.
Hwang, who along with colleagues published a research paper on the effects of hypothermia on people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, said he often faces the "impossible dilemma" of discharging his patients to the street and the cold "after having laboured so hard and so long to help them recover from a serious illness."
He also said his hospital, like others across the city, is seeing an increase in the number of people visiting the emergency department "simply seeking a place to get warm."
Another one of the speakers, Victoria Joseph, shared the story of her son's journey with bipolar disorder and homelessness.
"I do not want him to fall through the cracks with Toronto homelessness," she said. "He needs a chance to get his life back. … I need help for my son."
Prior to the Board of Health meeting, Healthcare Providers Against Poverty (HPAP) and the Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN) held a joint press conference with Bravo outside Toronto City Hall to demand an immediate commitment from city council to raise the temperature threshold for opening the warming centres to 0 degrees and keep them open from Sept. 15 to June 1.
Organizers also called for an end to encampment evictions and the destruction of survival gear.
Their demands were supported by almost 1,700 residents, organizations, health care providers, and front line workers who signed an open letter.
"We are frustrated that the city has not done enough to help the most vulnerable among us," HPAP's co-chair Tanveer Mandur said during the press conference.
Mandur, a resident physician specializing in psychiatry, said Toronto is facing a humanitarian crisis as people experiencing homelessness are suffering preventable loss of life, limb and injury due to the cold.
HPAP member Dr. Samantha Green, a family physician in Regent Park and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, said since becoming a doctor a decade ago she witnessed people being injured or dying from the cold every winter.
"It is disappointing and shameful that 10 years on I am demanding the same thing from the city: open adequate shelter space and invest in affordable housing," she said.
Mayor Tory responds to vote
Late Monday afternoon, Tory's office released a statement in which they reiterated that his "primary concern in winter months, and all year, is to make sure the City of Toronto is continuing to support our most vulnerable residents."
"(The mayor) continues to work with City Council and City staff to explore all options to support homeless residents, and create pathways out of homelessness with long-term supportive and affordable housing," they said, noting in 2022 the city assisted 3,900 people move into permanent housing.
His office also said that he "supports the work the Economic Development and Community Development Committee is already doing on this file."
"Last week, the Economic Development and Community Development Committee asked City staff to conduct a review of emergency warming centres and report back on how they can be improved. ECDC also encouraged staff to, as much as possible, use their discretion taking all weather conditions into account when opening warming centres," they told CP24.
A Tory spokesperson went on to say that the City of Toronto has expanded its shelter system from 6,000 beds before the pandemic to roughly 9,000 beds in this year's proposed budget.
They further noted that the city has "done the work" in partnership with other levels of government, "to get supportive housing built to help thousands of people move from shelters and into permanent housing."
As for the opening of warming centres, Tory's office said city staff decided when it is best to open these sites and often do so ahead of when public health officials declare an extreme cold weather alert (ECWA).
"As Dr. Eileen de Villa said today, in the last cold season, for roughly half of the occasions that the warming centres were opened, it was done in the absence of an ECWA (i.e. there were other reasons for which opening the warming centres was deemed appropriate by Shelter, Support & Housing Administration)," they noted, adding "fundamentally the solution to better overall health is in sustainable, affordable, supportive housing."
"The Mayor supports a pragmatic approach based on the best advice from our City staff and Dr. de Villa. He will continue to have discussions with both about this issue to make sure the best system possible is in place to keep people safe."
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Celestina Margaret Sayers Peden, Fernando de Rojas, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
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A timeless story of love, morality, and tragedy, Fernando de Rojas's Celestina is a classic of Spanish literature. Second only to Don Quixote in its cultural importance, Rojas' dramatic dialogue presents the elaborate tale of a star-crossed courtship between the young nobleman Calisto and the beautiful maiden Melibea in fifteenth-century Spain. Their unforgettable saga plays out in vibrant exchanges, presented here in a brilliant new translation by award-winning translator Margaret Sayers Peden. After a chance encounter with Melibea leaves Calisto entranced by her charms, he enlists the services of Celestina, an aged prostitute, madam, and procuress, to arrange another meeting. She promptly seizes control of the affair, guiding it through a series of mishaps before it meets its tragic end.
At times a comic character and at others a self-assertive promoter of women's sexual license, Celestina is an inimitable personality with a surprisingly modern consciousness, certain to be relished by a new generation of readers.
Fernando de Rojas (1475–1541) was born in Toledo, Spain. He worked as a lawyer and served as mayor of Talavera for some time. Celestina is his only published work. Margaret Sayers Peden is professor emerita of Spanish at the University of Missouri and the translator of major works by Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Isabel Allende, and others. Roberto González Echevarría is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University.
"A new English version of Celestina - a surprisingly modern Spanish masterpiece of the Renaissance - by an accomplished American translator. What a treat for readers!"-Edith Grossman, translator of Don Quixote
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This has always stuck in my mind from a book I read – I think it was The Mists of Avalon (awesome book btw). In it, a pregnant woman swears she can smell moonbeams when she's pregnant, and they make her feel sick. So today I'm wondering, does pregnancy improve your nose? Can you smell the moon?
Every time I write a post like this I feel like I have to remind everyone that I'm not pregnant. So for the record – no bun in this oven. Just a scholarly curiousity.
Plenty of pregnancy sites out there will tell you that women become more sensitive to smells when they're pregnant. They say this also occurs during ovulation, and may be due to changes in hormone levels. It may be a factor in morning sickness, as an increased perception of bad smells might make them want to throw up.
Measures of Human Olfactory Perception During Pregnancy by E. Leslie Cameron (full text available for free here) took 60 pregnant women (20 in each trimester), 20 non-pregnant women, and 20 post-partem women and made them scratch and sniff. There were 40 different scratch and sniff cards, with smells including lemon, menthol, grass and turpentine. After scratching, the number of sniffs was recorded by the experimenter as a measure of sensitivity (more sensitive, less sniffing) and the participant had to identify what the smell was, and rate the intensity and pleasantness of the odour.
In addition, before starting the women rated their own sense of smell generally. The results concluded that "consistent with anecdotal reports, nearly two-thirds (61%) of pregnant women indicated that their sense of smell was higher during pregnancy." Whoop-de-do. But here's where it gets interesting.
What's really cool is that the women THINK they smell better now they are pregnant, but there's not the evidence there to say that this is REALLY the case. Is it just that this test wasn't sensitive enough to pick up the change in smell which seems so noticeable to the smeller, or do they just feel like things smell different now? Is there a change, and does it effect the nose or the brain? Science, alas, is yet to have an answer.
Smelling moonbeams seems a little far-fetched though. But if you're curious on what the moon smells like, astronauts say it smells like burnt gunpowder. After a moonwalk the dust sticks to their clothes and they say it smells very strong (they've even, accidentally I'm sure, tasted some!) Once the dust gets back to Earth it doesn't smell anymore. Weird, right?
I think this is an area where science isn't going to be that helpful for a while,. simply because (as far as I can understand) there simply isn't enough knowledge *amout* how the sense of smell functions, and the interactions between the sensory organ and the brain.
We had those 'scratch and sniff' books when I was a kid (argh! felt scary writing that… 'when I was a kid' heh) and we always used to get into quite vicious arguements about what the smells were. It seemed to be more of a subjective experience than anything else.
Which is why this test, with it's unhappy graph (a), doesn't actually say very much. some woman clearly *are* experiancing a subjective change of some kind in scent throughout pregnancy and the cycle, but science doesn't yet seem to have the right kind of assay to describe this.
Certainly women are experiencing a subjective change in how they perceive smells, but it seems like this isn't borne out in objective studies. I think these experiments, among others, will eventually give us a clearer picture down the track of how the sense of smell works and is influenced by hormones. I totally loved scratch and sniff stickers when I was a kid, teachers gave them out sometimes when you did well and they were like the Holy Grail.


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Cossette Media wins expanded AOR mandate with Ottawa
August 28, 2019 September 3, 2019 by David Brown
Cossette Media has won an expanded media buying mandate with the Government of Canada.
The agency had been handling media planning and buying, but has expanded its purview following a review. Cossette's additional roles include ad serving and trafficking, ad verification and reporting. Cossette Media has worked with Public Services and Procurement Canada going back to 2004.
"In addition to our previous experience, we demonstrated Cossette Media's advanced capabilities throughout the rigorous RFP process—and we couldn't be happier with the outcome," said Axel Dumont, SVP and general manager of Cossette Media Quebec and East in a release.
According to the most recent annual report on advertising activities (released in January) the Federal Government spent about $39.2 million on advertising in 2017-18, well down from the recent high-water mark of $136 million in 2009-10. Of that total spend in 2017-18, about $27.8 million was on media.
The expanded role for Cossette comes as Ottawa continues to significantly increase its spending in digital media and in areas requiring specialty technology and talent to ensure optimal performance.
Cossette said it will be working with "a mix of internal ad technology and third party partners" to manage the added responsibilities for the government.
Just 27% of the government's ad spend was in digital (46% in TV) in 2013-14, but that number had risen to 65%, or about $18.2 million (16% in TV), by 2017-18.
Further, in 2013-2014 the government was spending just 10% of its digital budget in social media, and 79% in display. Social has increased to 43% of total digital spend in the latest report and display was down to 39%.
And while Ottawa's spending in real-time bidding was once so small as not to be measured, in had risen to about 6% of the total digital spend by 2017-18. While that still only represents about $1 million in spending, the increase suggests the emergence of a new channel for the government.
The new contract for Cossette Media is for three years, with two yearly options.
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In a forest on Halloween Sheldon Snail and Wiltshire Pig are testing out a new carnival ride on their friend Vince, the caring Sheldon is worried for his friends safety while Wiltshire Pig is more interested in making a large profit from those who ride it.
After an accident with the ride causes a crater to be made in the ground, the two friends discover Frakenswines Diary which tells the story of the mad scientist and the monster he created, Wiltshire Pig is overly excited about this as directions to the doctors castle and lab are left in the diary encouraging both Sheldon and Wiltshire to seek them out in hopes of finding the monster.
The entire movie is made using Claymation and is very impressive to look at and admire for how creative the project is, we don't see much claymation work these days so this was very nostalgic to someone like me that grew up in an age where this style of animation was regularly used in movies and television.
The short is very funny and charming, the funniest parts are when Wiltshire Pig is trying to convince the monsters in the castle that he's not alive so that they wont harm him or throw him out, the most hilarious encounter is with his dead grandmother, Wiltshire never attended her funeral and begins to panic trying to give an excuse as to why.
My favourite clay model in the short was a fat green monster that Sheldon and Wiltshire meet when they first enter the castle, the Frankenswine Monster was also a really fun design and its personality was unexpected and hilarious after all of the effort the duo went through to find it.
I had never heard of this special until today and after watching it I think its going to end up being an annual occurrence to me, the whole special was really funny and the animation style was fantastically made and a joy to watch, I would highly recommend checking this short animation out, as of this review the film is available on YouTube and I assure you it is excellent. I only wish it was a little bit longer as I enjoyed it so much.
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Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure (2001) Review
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Universal Studios !! this will be fun …….right?
Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure was a Nintendo GameCube exclusive, it was developed by Nai'a Digital Works and Published by Kemco.
The game is at its core a mini game collection with an extremely basic theme park setting to help separate the various challenges.
In the theme park there is only one challenge and that is to collect all of the letters that spell Universal Studios, this can be done throughout your exploration of the park.
Before you are able to enter any of the attractions you must first gather a set number points to buy the hat that matches the attraction, you can do this by either picking up rubbish and putting it in the bin or by shaking hands with various costumed characters you will then need to purchase the hat from Woody Woodpecker at the park entrance.
The only attraction that needs no points to enter is the quiz, Its a quite a hard quiz especially if you don't know many Universal Studios movies.
In E.T you must cycle E.T to the spaceship before the timer runs out, not a lot in this one just a few ramps to go over and obstacles to avoid.
In the Wild Wild West you must shoot targets to gain more points than your opponent over three rounds. Its ok but the cursor is difficult to aim.
In Jaws you must throw barrels and boxes at the shark before its sinks your boat, this one is a little more fun but bad controls make it difficult to hit the shark.
Back to the future is by far the best mini game however it still is not any thing to write home about, Biff steals the Dolorian, you then while driving another Dolorian have to ram into him until his health bar depletes.
In Back Draft you must extinguish multiple fires and rescue civilians who are trapped inside of a burning building. I had more fun with this than some of the other games and while it is difficult its not unfair.
Finally in Jurassic Park you must kill hundreds of Dinosaurs with a Machine gun in an on rails shooter style game. The Dinosaurs are hard to hit most of the time and the mini game is far too long.
When you complete a challenge in the game you are awarded with a stamp and if you collect all of the stamps you must speak to Woody Woodpecker again in order to finish the game.
The game play is not fun at all, in the mini-games bad controls make them difficult to finish and during park exploration, the pix-elated graphics that look worse than Nintendo 64 and a completely still camera which does not follow the player make the game almost unbearable and not a pleasant experience.
The soundtrack is good and although I couldn't find it anywhere to add here, all of the music is reminiscent of the movies that the mini games are based on so I find it difficult to complain about.
A good soundtrack does not make up for a lazy cash grab of a game, this game had no love put into it, the developers took some of the greatest movies of all time and made the most basic mini-games thus making a mockery of those popular properties and franchises. The game is even worse in the Theme Park as you will struggle to know which way to go even with the in-game map. Picking up rubbish and putting it in a bin is a huge insult to any gamer, no one no matter what age they are wants to do this in a video game especially in the boring way that is presented here. Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure is a disgusting excuse for a video game and it should be forgotten by everyone who plays it and if you haven't then I advise you find something different to play.
I hope you enjoyed this review of Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure for the Nintendo GameCube
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The Ellsworth Girls Basketball Team beat the John Bapst Crusaders 42-35 on Thursday night, January 17th at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth.
The Eagles jumped out to a 11-7 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. Kylie Robidoux and Kayla Duhaime scored 4 points each for Ellsworth, Sara Shea 2 points and Trintiy Montigny was 1-2 from the free throw line. For John Bapst Emily Mock scored all of the Crusader's 7 points, with a 3 pointer and 2 2's.
In the 2nd Quarter, John Bapst outscored Ellsworth 12-8 to tie the game 19-19 at the end of the 1st half. Sydney Ellis had 2 3's for 6 points, Lacey Scanlon had a 3-pointer and Jamey Satterfield was 2-2 from the free throw line and Jamie McQuarrie was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Ellsworth Samantha Carter had a 3-pointer, Autumn Paul and Montigny had 2 points each and Sierra Andrews was 1-2 from the free throw line.
In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth outscored John Bapst 9-7 to take a 28-26 lead. Montigny had 4 points, Robidoux 3 points and Duhaime 2 points. For John Bapst Mock had 5 points including her 2nd 3-pointer and Jayda Smith had 2 points.
In the 4th Quarter Carter had 4 points for Ellsworth and Robidoux and Shead 3 points each. Montigny and Duhaime each chipped in 2 points. For the Crusaders Tiana Cyr had 8 points and Adelaide Valley was 1-2 from the free throw line.
Ellsworth was led by Kylie Robidoux with 11 points and Trinity Montigny had 9 points while Kayla Duhaime had 8 points. The Eagles were 5-10 from the free throw linee.
John Bapst was led by Emily Mock with 12 points and Tiana Cyr had 8 points. The Crusaders were 4-14 from the free throw line.


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Reading Diary #16: WebGenii's Reads
February 11, 2013 by WebGenii
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So, what have I been reading lately?
"Wild Children" by Richard Roberts, published by Curiosity Quills Press. The book is apparently only available in eBook format. This was a memorable fantasy novel. I finished it in one night, but have been thinking about it ever since. In this world children who do not behave are told they will change into "Wild Children" animal-human hybrids. How and why children change is an ongoing mystery throughout the novel as five children's intertwined stories tell how they changed and what their lives as "Wild Children" are like. But each of the children experiences betrayal; is this what makes them wild? Mr. Roberts captures the voices of children, especially as they begin to recognize adult hypocrisy. I thought at first I would share this book with my son, but the themes of betrayal and mortality make it too dark for a young reader. However an adult reader will find lots think about here. Recommended.
"Bitter Seeds" and "The Coldest War" by Ian Tregillis, published by TOR. I have to discuss both books at the same time, because I gulped them down back to back. They were terrific alt-history adventure featuring super-men created by a mad scientist and put to work for the Nazi's and the secret department of British Warlocks who make a treaty with otherworldly beings to fight them. I really liked how the characters and story developed; Ian Tregillis has put himself on my must-buy list. The characters were rendered in shades of grey. Much of the books are from the point of view of one of the Nazi "supermen" and his was a sympathetic and understandable character. Equally, the British "heroes" were equally interesting, men who realize that they are committing despicable acts and have moral questions about their actions, but who still forge on. "The Coldest War" continues the story during the Cold War period as the "super-men" are captured by the Russians and used as weapons. Lastly, I want to mention that Mr. Tregills really handles omniscience well. One of his "super-men" (actually a woman) can see the future. This kind of character can be a real problem, plot-wise. He solves this problem in a very satisfying way. The two novels are part of a planned trilogy, with the third part due this year. I wouldn't wait for part three. Recommended.
And look what came in through the mail today:
"The Legend of Eli Monpress" by Rachel Aaron, published by Orbit. This begins the adventures of Eli Monpress; thief and wizard. This is the omnibus edition which includes; "The Spirit Thief", "The Spirit Rebellion", and "The Spirit Eater". This has been compared to Scott Lynch's "Lies of Locke Lamora" series, with a cocky, vain and charming rogue hero.
"The Spirit War" (an Eli Monpress Novel) by Rachel Aaron published by Orbit. Eli Monpress is back in this sequel to "The Spirit Eater". He has problems with a member of his band of rogues outshining him. Also, the the Immortal Empress is staging a massive invasion.
"Spirit's End" (an Eli Monpress Novel) by Rachel Aaron published by Orbit. In this sequel to "The Spirit War", Eli Monpress is back with big problems.
"The Creative Fire" by Brenda Cooper published by PYR. This is the beginning of a new series from Brenda Cooper. It features a teenage heroine coming of age on a generation ship.
"The Lazarus Machine: A Tweed & Nightingale Adventure" by Paul Crilley published by PYR. A YA steampunk adventure set in an alternate 1895 London, where steam and Tesla computers are everywhere as are human powered automatons. Our hero; the son of a conman must find out where his father has disappeared to.
"The Steam Mole" by Dave Freer published by PYR. This is the sequel to "Cuttlefish" a book I enjoyed and hope to read with my son. Dave Freer's world is full of YA steampunk adventure. Our heroes Clara and Tim are now in Australia, using burrowing Steam Moles to cross the inhospitable desert. I look forward to reading it.
Just to recap, the books that I mentioned today were:
"Wild Children" by Richard Roberts, published by Curiosity Quills Press.
"Bitter Seeds" and "The Coldest War" by Ian Tregillis, published by TOR.
"The Legend of Eli Monpress", "The Spirit War" and "Spirit's End" by Rachel Aaron published by Orbit.
"The Creative Fire" by Brenda Cooper published by PYR.
"The Lazarus Machine: A Tweed & Nightingale Adventure" by Paul Crilley published by PYR.
"The Steam Mole" by Dave Freer published by PYR.
This has been WebGenii letting you know what is on my reading list.
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Q: AdStock Transformation in R I am referencing this document here:
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/7683/4/Adstock
On Page 6 there is a formula for AdStock Transformation that looks like this:

I found an R code that reproduces this adstock transformation below:
https://analyticsartist.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/calculating-adstock-effect/

R-Code:
adstock_rate = 0.50
advertising = c(117.913, 120.112, 125.828, 115.354, 177.090, 141.647, 137.892,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,
            0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000, 158.511, 109.385,  91.084,  79.253, 102.706,
            78.494, 135.114, 114.549,  87.337, 107.829, 125.020,  82.956,  60.813,  83.149,   0.000,   0.000,
            0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000, 129.515, 105.486, 111.494, 107.099,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,
            0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000,   0.000)

adstocked_advertising = numeric(length(advertising))
adstocked_advertising[1] = advertising[1]
for(i in 2:length(advertising)){
  adstocked_advertising[i] = advertising[i] + adstock_rate *
adstocked_advertising[i-1]
}

Plot:

When I attempted to use the formula on page 6, my output looked way different and did not seem accurate. Does anyone know how to reproduce the first formula rather than the last?
Here was my attempt:
adstocked_advertising = numeric(length(advertising))
adstocked_advertising[1] = advertising[1]
for(i in 2:length(advertising)){
 adstocked_advertising[i] = 1/(1+exp(-v*advertising[i])) +
adstock_rate*adstocked_advertising[i-1]}

Output plot:


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Kids Quest & Cyber Quest To Close At Four Winds New Buffalo
The Pokagon Gaming Authority and its Four Winds® Casinos announced today that Kids Quest® & Cyber Quest® will not reopen at Four Winds New Buffalo. Kids Quest is a play destination for children ages six-weeks through 12 years old, and Cyber Quest arcade is known for its non-violent game content and signature Prize Zone. Previously, Kids Quest & Cyber Quest closed when the Pokagon Gaming Authority announced the closure of its Four Winds Casinos locations on March 17. Since the reopening of Four Winds Casinos on June 15, the age of casino guests has been restricted to those 21 and older, so Kids Quest & Cyber Quest have remained closed.
"Given the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and the extended closure of Kids Quest & Cyber Quest at Four Winds New Buffalo, our casino operations team and the Pokagon Gaming Authority felt the time was right to make a change to coincide with the other modifications we have made to the amenities and services offered at our flagship resort," said Frank Freedman, Chief Operating Officer of Four Winds Casinos. "We would like to thank the Kids Quest organization, especially company owners, Bill and Sue Dunkley, for being such great business partners since our relationship began in 2007 with the opening of Four Winds New Buffalo."
"Kids Quest & Cyber Quest appreciate the 13-year partnership we maintained with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and Four Winds Casino Resort. It was a privilege to serve property guests by providing great family-friendly entertainment and a unique amenity for the resort. We are grateful for having spent those many years with our families and trusted employees, and for their loyalty," said Troy Dunkley, Chief Executive Officer of Kids Quest & Cyber Quest.
Founded in 1992, Kids Quest currently serves families coast to coast in 12 states with 20 locations that provide the ultimate entertainment experience with the very best activities and equipment for kids, along with an enthusiastic staff skilled in child engagement and art of play. In 1996, Bill and Sue Dunkley founded Cyber Quest, which offers a family-friendly arcade with cutting edge games free of violent content. More information on Kids Quest & Cyber Quest, as well as their locations, can be found at www.kidsquest.com.
About The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' sovereignty was reaffirmed under legislation signed into law by President Clinton in September of 1994. The Pokagon Band is dedicated to providing community development initiatives such as housing, education, family services, medical care and cultural preservation for its more than 5,700 citizens. The Pokagon Band's ten-county service area includes four counties in Southwestern Michigan and six in Northern Indiana. Its main administrative offices are located in Dowagiac, Mich., with a satellite office in South Bend, Ind. In 2007, it opened Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., followed by Four Winds Hartford in 2011, Four Winds Dowagiac in 2013 and Four Winds South Bend in January 2018. The Pokagon Band operates a variety of businesses via Mno-Bmadsen, its non-gaming investment enterprise. More information is available at www.pokagonband-nsn.gov, www.fourwindscasino.com and www.mno-bmadsen.com
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A Four Winds Public Relations representative will be in touch regarding your request within 48 hours.
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Ag Committee will look at growing jobs in rural America.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., says her committee will hold a hearing Thursday at 9:30 a.m. to focus on growing jobs in rural America. The American Soybean Association is pleased that the Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center, which collaborates with the Ohio Soybean Association, is participating in the hearing.
"This hearing underscores the benefits of the efforts of ASA, soybean farmers, and the companies that are making soy biobased products to grow and create jobs, displace petroleum, and improve the environment," said ASA Chairman Rob Joslin, a soybean farmer from Sidney, Ohio. "ASA and the soybean industry have and will continue to lead efforts to establish and expand federal programs and policies that support and promote the development of biobased products."
Companies that produce soy based products, including members of the Biobased Products Coalition, have also been invited to participate in the hearing. John McIntosh, vice president sales and marketing for Signature Crypton Carpet will describe how naturally renewable soybean oil is an important component of the BioCel and EnviroCel backing on their carpet and AstroTurf, as well as other carpets and synthetic turf products. The soybean oil used in carpet backing and other biobased products provides multiple environmental and economic benefits, including creating new jobs in the United States.
"Today, there are many biobased products produced from soy," Joslin said. "These include biobased chemicals and consumer and industrial products such as cleaning products and lubricants, as well as soy foam that is being used in furniture and automotive interiors. Together we have created jobs, while helping to develop new markets for soybeans, which create demand and value for ASA's members, all soybean farmers and rural communities."
ASA is a leader and founding member of the Biobased Products Coalition, a group of companies, both small and large, that make biobased products and ingredients, and agricultural organizations that represent the feedstock providers for the biobased products.


Under the ambit of the Grid Code and regulatory purview, Power Generation Company needs to confirm on their generation capacity available and scheduled generation; Power Transmission Company needs to confirm on the availability of the transmission line; and similarly, Electricity Distribution Company needs to declare the power requirement for the coming 24 hrs. Such declarations are to be made for the next day (24 Hours, in 15 min slots). Thus, the entire volume of electricity being generated and demanded is balanced via the availability of the transmission corridor. Assuming adequate availability of the transmission lines, if generation exceeds the demand raised by the DISCOM, LDCs ask particular power plants to back down and likewise, if demand is more than the scheduled generation, LDCs ask DISCOMs either to procure power from the open market or to curtail consumption.
But there are certain instances wherein neither generation, nor consumption remains in the control of the respective authority. Such phenomena bring sudden variations in the grid frequency, which is very critical to be maintained. Grid frequency goes up when (i) power injected into the grid exceeds the demand, it; and (ii) demand suddenly lapses below the scheduled demand. On the other side, grid frequency goes down, when (i) grid consumption increases than the scheduled consumption; and (ii) generation lapses suddenly and so power injection reduces as compared to what was scheduled. Any deviation in the grid frequency invites a lot of troubles for the electrical and electronic appliances. Failure and mal-function of them result in the unwanted outcome. Such phenomena even caused grid outage in 2012. Grid outage (or power outage or blackout) causes huge economic losses to the stakeholders.
damage or theft in the distribution network, etc.
In order to avoid such mishap and make the generation, transmission and distribution companies work optimally – it's very important to penalize and incentivize those who cause the grid disturbed and those who help in balancing the grid, respectively. This gave birth to the "Availability Based Tariff" (ABT) that is a frequency based electricity pricing mechanism for the unscheduled power transactions. India adopted ABT mechanism in 2000, though restricted to the central power generation units (NTPC, NHPC, etc.). Later on, CERC made it mandatory for all, including the inter-state power systems.
From ABT perspective, it means readiness of the generating station to deliver ex-bus output, expressed as a % of its ex-bus rated capacity (MCR – Maximum Continuous Rating).
It's done for each day of 24 hrs starting from 00.00 hours be divided into 96 time-stamped blocks of 15 minutes each.
Advanced declaration of its capacity for the generation in terms of MWh delivery ex-bus for each time block of the next day. In addition, the total ex-bus MWh which can actually be delivered during the day will also be declared in case of hydro stations. These shall constitute the basis of generation scheduling.
While declaring the capability, the generator should ensure that the capability during peak hours is not less than that during other hours.
The Scheduling as referred to above should be in accordance with the operating procedures in force.
Advanced declaration of its power drawl in terms of MWh requirement for each of the receiving point-buses for each time block of the next day. Also, it needs to give total MWh drawl for each of the receiving point-buses. These shall constitute the basis for balancing the requirement with the generation schedule.
Based on the above declaration, the Regional Load Dispatch Centre (RLDC) shall communicate to the various beneficiaries their respective shares of the available capacity.
The schedule of actual generation shall be quantified on an ex-bus basis, whereas for beneficiaries (DISCOMs), scheduled drawals shall be quantified at their respective receiving points.
For calculating the drawl schedule for beneficiaries, the transmission losses shall be apportioned in proportion to their drawls.
It is also permissible for the generators and the beneficiaries to revise their schedules during a day, but any such revisions shall be effective only from the 6th time block reckoned in the manner as already stated.
Further, ABT extends to the world of ABT metering, calculations, and related technologies.