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Miss Austen is not the only one with Regrets at the moment
We are pretty sure that Miss Austen Regrets got fairly good reviews after its broadcast here in the U.S., if not absolutely enthusiastic embrace, perhaps. We liked its intelligence and wit, the presentation of Jane Austen as a businesswoman and not so much of a romantic, and Olivia Williams' magnificent performance that captured Jane Austen's intelligence and wit and sense of fun as well as a clear-minded view of her life. It is clearly the screenwriter's interpretation of events, not all of which we agreed with, but overall we were pleased with it. However, the theme of the UK press coverage in anticipation of the Sunday broadcast is the same old "The tar-hearted dried-up spinsters of the Jane Austen Society won't approve! Tsk Tsk!" We really detest the press sometimes.
ETA: We nearly forgot! Alert Janeite Kate wrote to tell us that the soundtrack for Miss Austen Regrets is available to download on iTunes, and will be available to purchase in shops on May 12.
The Daily Mail (not exactly a bastion of thoughtful journalism, we admit) leads the tsking.
An incorrigible flirt with a crush on a man half her age, a woman who scandalously reneges on the acceptance of a marriage proposal, and a reveller familiar with hangovers because of her penchant for wine.
The above depiction of Jane Austen has already sent shudders down the corsets of her fans worldwide, for this little-known side to the early 19th-century author is the subject of a new BBC costume drama, Miss Austen Regrets.
To make matters worse, when Jane died, aged 41, her sister Cassandra burned many of her letters – probably to spare the feelings of relatives and acquaintances who were the target of Jane's barbs.
Actually, it's more likely because they were letters to Cassandra and nobody else's business. Slight difference. She didn't burn the one with the dead baby joke, did she? Nope.
"People who think of Jane Austen as a little country mouse who was reserved around men will be shocked," reveals Gwyneth Hughes, who wrote the script after painstakingly scouring Austen's letters for revealing new insights into the author's life.
Does anyone think that?
But Hughes is adamant. "Yes, she liked a drink," she smiles. "When we showed the film in America, I got e-mails from the Jane Austen Society asking on what evidence we based the fact that Jane Austen had hangovers.
"So I found the quote from a letter which said: 'I believe I drank too much wine last night; I know not else how to account for the shaking of my hand today.'"
Well, to extrapolate that to a hangover might be pushing it a bit. But no matter. (We are wondering about that "letter from the Jane Austen Society" as well.)
Another acquaintance, Reverend-Brook Bridges (played by Hugh Bonneville), is another potential husband.
"Jane mentions Bridges about half a dozen times in her letters – always affectionately and with a slight tinge of what might have been. There is a real sense of something between them, that he was a real contender, even if he never proposed," says Hughes.
We're not so sure about that, but it was okay in the movie.
But the third man in Austen's life was half her age – and it was more like she had a girly, sexual crush on him. The object of her desire was the 20-year-old Dr Charles Haden (played by up-and-coming actor Jack Huston, who starred in Factory Girl).
Haden treats Jane's sick brother and gets on very well with Jane until he is diverted by the charms of her niece Fanny.
"There was sex and passion on offer from Jane. She describes him as 'something between a man and an angel'. We have these letters with incredibly smitten feelings about this young chap. She was like a teenager," explains Hughes.
We still are of the opinion that Jane was more likely joking with Cassandra about Fanny's crush on Mr. Haden–imitating her way of talking, perhaps. While we think that Jane was quite capable of being pleased by an attractive young man who said lovely things about her "darling children," we also think she would have tempered any attraction with common sense. Though he does come on kind of strong in the film!
Moving on to another article in the Yorkshire Post, which had this interesting tidbit that we think must have been a misapprehension by the reporter.
"Then I remembered that I had read Claire Tomalin's biography of Jane Austen a few years previously,
and had come across this amazing thing.
"The woman we all think of as the archetypal spinster wasn't someone who had had no offers of marriage. She'd had an offer from an extremely eligible man who was wealthy and whom she had known all her life. He was a family friend, his sisters were her best friends, and his name was Harris Bigg.
"Had she married him she would have been rich, but she said yes one evening in December 1802, then got up the next morning and said no. Giving back-word was a shameful and appalling thing, so what happened during the intervening night, when she went off to bed, sharing a room with her sister, Cassandra?"
Tomalin had discovered this relatively little-known Austen fact through an account left by Jane's 10-year-old niece, who witnessed the effects of this scandal on the family.
What? While we think well enough of Claire Tomalin's biography of Jane Austen (though we usually recommend others), she was hardly the first to "discover" l'affaire Bigg-Withers. It was mentioned in Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, which was published in 1913. We're not sure if that is the first mention, but it certainly predates Tomalin. It also is mentioned in the wonderful biography by Elizabeth Jenkins, in our opinion the most readable of all Jane Austen biographies.
But at least Gwyneth Hughes admits she made most of it up–though she backs it up with evidence from the letters. As we already said, we don't always agree with her interpretation, but Olivia Williams' intelligently wonderful performance puts the film over the top for us. And we love this part:
"All the men in the story are real and all are mentioned in the letters – some very fully and others not. I took each one and imagined who he was and what kind of relationship they might have had." To Hughes, the least interesting was Tom Lefroy, with whom Austen shared a teenage flirtation, a puppy love previously examined in the rather slight and unsatisfying feature film Being Jane.
Hee hee heeeeeeeee!
Reuters also has an article that covers most of the same ground, and the Times chats with Greta Scacchi about her portrayal of Cassandra Austen, though oddly they run a photo of Olivia Williams with the article, and they really don't talk much about Miss Austen Regrets. The journalist seems more interesting in putting a "gotcha" on Ms. Scacchi and getting her to say something unguarded.
So UK Janeites, do stop in and let us know what you think of the film once you've seen it!
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Q: Get devices token? I'm trying to get the token of my device. Thought this:
ParseInstallation parseInstallation = new ParseInstallation();
    String deviceToken = (String) parseInstallation.get("deviceToken");

would do the trick, but it doesnt, it returns null.
Why?

A: Read this. Hope this helps.
http://android-developers.blogspot.be/2011/03/identifying-app-installations.html
OR
String android_id = Settings.Secure.getString(getApplicationContext().getContentResolver(),
                Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);

OR
You can try getting the UUID or IMEI.
OR
If you're on the Parse Developer Console:

A: There exists no stable unique ID for an Android device. You can maybe work with the ANDROID_ID but it will change on OS Upgrade/System reset

A: i'm using this code and it works for me!  BUT device token is undefined for some devices in parse console (i don't know why!)
 String token = (String) ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().get("deviceToken");

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JADE CRAGO
Jade Crago, age 18, grew up on a ranch in Belle Fourche, SD with parents, Chuck and Mary Crago. His Dad used to show in the Reined Cow Horse, but he's been team roping with Jade the last few years. He and his Mom enjoy running barrels together and having their own friendly competitions at the barrel races. Jade, a senior at Belle Fourche High School, just grew up around riding horses and never really thought about doing anything different---"It makes for such a great life".
Jade has run barrels since he was little and always had a lot of fun, but then stopped running in 6th-8th grades when he was doing a lot of Little Britches rodeos. In the summer of 2010 after his freshman year, he had a 2-year Old, JC Sierras Jet Bug aka Sierra, that he was really excited about and wanted to take to the futurities. That is when he trained his first horse, CM BubblinDynamite aka "Hope". "My Dad had shown her in the Reined Cow Horse as a 3-year old, so she was broke so well. She took to it in no time! I trained her myself and knew everything felt right. About 3 weeks later, I entered her and the 3rd day of the race, we were at the bottom of the 2D! A few weeks after that I won the Novice Youth Barrels and was Reserve Champion Youth Barrels at the Region Two AQHA Show. It just kept getting better from there. She was old and mature enough that nothing bothered her about it--she never got hot or worried about it."
"The horses I had growing up taught me so much, but all of my horses I have now are ones we raised and that is so important to me. I think CM Bubblin Dynamite is probably my favorite because she is the first one I trained myself on the barrels and she made it so easy. She was just a natural and took to it so fast! "
But, running barrels on home-raised horses is just one of Jade's many accomplishments. Jade made the National High School Rodeo Finals twice in Cattle Cutting, and won the average in Cutting at both of his Regional Rodeos as a freshman. He also won the Rookie Award at the Dupree Regional Rodeo and went on to finish second in the state. During his sophomore year, Jade finished 2nd in the State and again qualified for Nationals in Cutting. He also qualified for State in TeamRoping on a Nonstop Bubblin gelding his family raised, "CM Bubblin Drifter." "King Flo" was Jade's cutting mount during his junior year and carried him to State. Jade looks forward to competing for another trip to Nationals on him this year!
"Be patient and compromise"
Q: Tell us about your first horse.
"My first horse was Kokomo, a horse my sister had first. My first very own horse was Buddy, a
part Welsh pony. He gave me so many good memories and won me quite a few bucks."
Q: What are your favorite arenas, if any and why?
"My favorite arenas are the Golliher Arena and Seven Down Arena. You know every time you
run there, the ground is going to be safe and that is so important. They are both indoor
arenas and the environment is always so welcoming."
Q: Saddle/pad/tack preference?
"I really like the Classic Equine pads and right now I am using a Coats Saddle and a Jordon
Briggs Contender made by Shiloh. My main concern is using tack that fits the horse and is not
going to make them sore."
Q: Preferred bits, to start, transition and finish and the running bits you prefer. Do have a favorite warm up bit or running bit?
"I like to start them on barrels with a twisted wire o-ring snaffle and usually put them in an
Ed Wright Medium Shank Bit when I start adding speed, which is what I usually like to run
them in. Typically I don't like running in a snaffle, but my 5-year old this year is so light in the
mouth she doesn't need any more than the twisted wire o-ring and she works great in it. If I
could only own three bits, it would be a regular d-ring snaffle, the twisted wire o-ring, and the
Ed Wright bit. You can't hardly ride young ones without a snaffle, the twisted wire o-ring
makes a good step-up bit after that, and the Ed Wright bit is a good bit for most horses after
that. I really like the Ed Wright bit because you can keep a horse's shoulders up so well. "
Q: The type of trailer/truck you use?
"We have a King Ranch Ford and a Platinum Coach 4 Horse."
Q: Preferred grain & hay...
"All of our horses are on free choice alfalfa and I like to mix Purina Omalene with either
Strategy or Cut N Slide."
Q: Supplements used...
"I started using Exceed 6-Way this spring and am a big believer in it. Dale Steege from MVP is
great to work with and I am now part of the MVP Sponsorship Ambassador Program."
Q: What is your philosophy about training barrel horses?
"Work with the horse and compromise between a style you can ride and a style that specific horse
can run."
Q: Turning style you like best?
"A round style where you can take their nose at any point around the barrel and they will come
 around, but also move their shoulders and straighten out between barrels."
Q: Daily exercise and training program?
"I like to mix it up for them. In the spring and summer, we have a lot of ranch jobs that are so good for the horses. When we don't have these jobs, I like to mix it up between riding in the arena and going out for a long pasture ride. It keeps their minds so much better and gives them something different to think about."
Q: Do you start or break your own horses? Clinician?
"I wanted to start Sierra by myself. I started her about the first 10 rides with some help from Stoyan Lucey and she was perfect. She never offered to buck, but I decided that wasn't something I really wanted to do. Jeremiah Deaton rode her after that followed by Rob Fox. I have ridden two behind both Jeremiah and Rob and really liked them."
Q: If you were to name any trainers you respect and admire, who would your top choices be?
"Samantha Flannery and Hallie Melvin Hanssen, not only because they are such good trainers, but
because I know them personally and they are such great people in and out of the arena. My mom
is also a big influence because she helps me if I ever run into problems."
Q: Do you stick with certain bloodlines or have a preference?
"I like to ride ones that we have raised. I really like to ride Nonstop Bubblin, Doc O Dynamite, and
Sun Frost. They are all proven barrel bloodlines. They are great horses and have a lot of talent."
Q: Do you prefer to run futurities or open?
"I think both are great. I am running my first futurity horse this year and am really excited for it. The
futurities are such an important part of the industry, but so are the 4-D's. If you have a horse that
isn't mentally or physically ready for the futurities, you don't have to push them so hard and can
gradually season them at the open races when they are ready."
Q: Do you prefer the 5-yr old or the 4-yr old futurities? Do you have plans to try the slot 3yr old races
someday?
"Both are great. This year and next year I will be running 5yr olds, but after that my goal will be 4yr
olds. The great thing about aiming for the 4yr old futurities is that if they aren't ready, you can hold
them back for the next year. I have two 2yr olds that I would like to take to the slot races if they are
ready. If they aren't ready, I'm not going to push it, but it is a goal I have in mind."
Q: Do you have a routine warm up?
"I don't necessarily have a routine that I do every time. It just depends on how they are feeling that
day. I like my horses to be really round, so sometimes warming up, I will walk around a barrel and
keep them a little straighter while keeping their shoulders up so they don't get too bendy on me
while I am running."
Q: What do you do to keep your horse fresh and ready to run when hauling & stalling?
"I try to keep them comfortable, whatever that may consist of at different places, whether it means
keeping fly sheets and fly boots on, or keeping them bathed and brushed, or keeping their stall
clean and water filled. I also have a Back On Track Mesh Sheet and Quick Wraps that I try to get on
them before and after I run if possible."
Q: Would you share a barrel racing tip?
"Be a good winner and a good loser. It doesn't always go the way you want and don't take it out on
the horse if it doesn't."
GOALS AND INTERESTS
"I would say my biggest goal would be to win a $100,000 slot race someday on one that I raised and trained. I would like to win a little money at the fall futurities with my mare, but mainly I want to have a sound and solid horse at the end of it all. I have really enjoyed Cattle Cutting in High School Rodeo and was fortunate to make nationals three times. I have always loved roping also. I have a son of the great Nonstop Bubblin that we raised that I head on." Jade plans on raising and training some great barrel horses and hopes to be among the leading breeders of barrel futurity horses in the coming years.
"I really like doing photography and graphic design. I have taken some of the pictures for our horse sale and done some of the sale posters. I think it would be really fun to take pictures at the racetrack."
SPONSOR MENTION
"MVP and Crago Quarter Horses. I would like to make a special thanks to my parents Chuck and Mary, for everything they do for me. I would not be where I am without them and the support they have given me."
~3X NHSR Finals Cattle Cutting Qualifier
2013 Golliher Arena Series 3rd, 1D
2012 Roper Rally Slot Race Reserve Champion
2012 Red White and Run 4D Reserve Champion
2011 Golliher Arena Series 3rd place
QUOTE FROM PROUD PARENTS
"He will be a big time trainer…He has that drive, work ethic and is so good with horses…ever since he was little he had a way with horses…he is so sweet and good to them and they just work for him. He does every event well, but seems to love the run and barrels and training. I am always amazed at what he gets done with them. He is so confident it carries over to the horses...When you meet Jade you will understand. He is an old soul in a young person. People love him…I am not bragging but they just do. He heads really well, and loves the cutting event…He did 5 events in Little Britches and was so fun to watch. He was the kid I never had to tell to water and feed and bathe his horse or be ready for the next event. He is at the top of his class too. He enjoys photography and graphic design. He will do online classes so he can still train. We are very proud of him. He is so much help to us."
Courtesy Jade Crago
www.Crago.com
© 2013 BHHLLC Interview Reprint

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The Dreams of Gerontius
Games, puzzles and armchair treasure hunts
Kit Williams
Merlin Mystery
Computer Puzzles
Quick Puzzles
Physical Puzzles
My Board Games
My Computer Games
My Puzzles
Puzzle Dependency Charts
The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth
2016-10-23 Armchair, Solutions
The Great Global Treasure Hunt
For a treasure hunt book with such a long title, the publisher provided a surprisingly short time to solve it. The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth by Tim Dedopulos was published in September 2011 and the competition to win €50,000 closed in March 2012.
There were nevertheless 77 correct entries received with the winner chosen at random.
After that, the publisher quickly lost interest. A series of videos were recorded by the author revealing clues to the solution on each page of the book, but only the first six were posted to YouTube. Perhaps the escalating obscurity of the solutions started to grate because, I'm sorry to say, this is a treasure hunt that infuriates rather than intrigues. Where did such a great idea go wrong?
It does sound like a great idea: update the 1970s craze to take advantage of the Internet and the amazing source of knowledge and inspiration that it is. Perhaps the error in execution arose because, despite Google's best efforts, it is far too easy to drown in a sea of information. It is possible for a puzzle-setter to walk a path to their intended destination, fishing out disparate clues along the way, but to expect anyone else to retrace their steps is optimistic at best.
I think the author may have recognised the flaw in their puzzle once it was finished. The introductory instructions for solving the puzzle are almost longer than the book itself. A dedicated website and personal hints from the author via Twitter were also available to guide people along the right path. How much these contributed to the 77 correct solutions, I cannot say.
The book itself contains 14 pictures, most with a page of accompanying text. There is no story to speak of, each page instead being full of cryptic and pseudo-philosophical musings.
The artwork is a blend of photographic and computer-generated elements and is intriguing rather than beautiful. It plays nicely with perspective and creates impossible shapes and hidden objects in a few different ways. And it wears its debt to the works of Escher on its sleeve, with an endless waterfall made of lava being the most blatant lift.
There are also nods to Masquerade with a rabbit as well as a Google Earth icon hidden on every page for the eagle-eyed to spot. Even the artist's "signature" becomes a recurring hidden object.
Solving the puzzle involves identifying a specific location hinted at by each picture. Many of these are vague pictorial associations to get you to the right general area. For example, a huge pile of salt relates to Bologna because salt is an ingredient in bolognese sauce. (Yes, really). To fix the precise location, lines and patterns incorporated into each picture represent networks of road or rivers, or outlines of cities or countries, that can be found on Google Earth.
Find this road on Google Earth!
Herein lies one major problem: a not quite straight piece of road in one county can look pretty much the same as a not quite straight river in another. Searching for a single road on a map based on its shape is as much fun as looking for a needle in a haystack, with the added bonus of not being certain the haystack you're looking at is on the right side of the world. It quickly becomes tiresome rather than entertaining.
Another annoyance is that the final solution, should you find it, isn't even viewable on Google Earth. The location you're guided to is a stained glass window in the San Giovanni in Monte church, Bologna. It's a window created by the not-very-famous Francesco del Cossa, a 15th century artist better known for his frescoes. A view from Google Earth of the front of this church is at the bottom of this post. The detail of the window is completely invisible.
My final nail in the coffin of this book? To get to the solution involves numerous mighty leaps of logic including the following sequence of steps:
Working out that one of the pictures represents Annonay in France.
Realising that Annonay, France and Ferrara, Italy both have large hot air balloon festivals.
Concluding that you're looking for a work of art created by a Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara.
One word review? "Avoid". I'm not even going to provide a link to Amazon for you to see for yourself.
San Giovanni in Monte, Bologna, Italy
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Triskelion and the minimax algorithm
A Christmas Adventure point-and-click for Xmas
Outer Wilds: an exploration game to be surprised by
Beneath a Steel Sky Review and Analysis
Xmas Matchup
Real Stars Skybox
The Medieval Puzzle Collection and homogeneous linear equations
Detective Di: Review and Analysis
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I have been thinking about this word for several days now. It's a mashup of "Stop" and "October" and apparently some people in the wellness and self-improvement world use it as a chance to try to stop a bad habit. I have also heard it more specifically referred to as "SoberTober" amongst people who take a break from drinking any alcohol during the month of October.
So ,what habits are people trying to stop? Drinking. Smoking (in England, the National Health Services, or NHS, uses the word for their stop smoking campaign). Eating junk food, gluten or sugar. Swearing. Watching TV. Overspending. Going through the drive through. And on and on.
Part of me loves this idea. So many of us wait until January to decide to cut out unhealthy or unhelpful habits (and sadly, the majority of us fail). This sort of gives us an opportunity to address things that are bothering us during a time of year when we are ramping up our eating, drinking and celebrating.
The other part of me would like to see people focusing on adding healthier behaviors rather than stopping or giving up something. There is real value to the "crowding out" philosophy, where you crowd out unhealthy behaviors with healthier ones. It's a bit gentler and for many people this approach works better. But, I am a moderator, which means I can eat just a half of a cookie or drink a half of a glass of wine. So for me, the crowding out approach works. But I appreciate that many people do better abstaining than moderating, and need firm guidelines.
I am going to do a little experiment for the month of October. The one thing I really have trouble moderating is my iPhone usage. I am on it most of the day (reading articles, researching, emailing, texting family and friends, and yes, scrolling through my social media feeds). I am not happy with the amount of time my hand is tethered to my phone, so while I am not going to give up my phone completely, I am going to set limits. The new iPhone update has a "Screen Time" tab in the settings. You can keep track of how much time you spend using certain apps and set limits on them. I was shocked to see how much time I have spent on my phone over the last few days. And although yesterday I "only" spent a total of just over two hours on social media, I spent almost two full hours texting. Another way to help me stop the habit of picking up my phone whenever I'm bored is to use the Forest app more often. You can grow virtual trees if you don't use your phone for a set amount of time. And when you've racked up enough points, a real tree will be planted.
Is there something you'd like to give up in October? Or do you think it is a silly idea? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments!


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Q: Is there a name for "co-normal" subgroups? I have in mind a situation where a group $G$ has two subgroups $H$ and $K$ with the property that each of them is closed under conjugation by elements of the other.
More formally: for $h \in H$ and $k \in K$ then $h^{-1} k h \in K$ and $k^{-1}h k \in H$.
Is there a name for this?

A: I would call them "mutually normalizing subgroups", and a Google search shows that other people have used this (which doesn't prove that there is not some more commonly used name).

A: $H$ is stable under conjugation by elements of $K$ if, and only if, $K$ is a subgroup of the normalizer $N_G(H)$ (which is the largest subgroup of $G$ which contains $H$ as a normal subgroup).
I don't think there is a name for the situation where $K\subset N_G(H)$ and $H\subset N_G(K)$.

A: A brief description is that $[H,K] \leq H \cap K$.
Suppose $G$ is a group with two subgroups $H,K$.
If $H$ normalizes $K$, then $k^{-1} \left( h^{-1} k h \right) \leq KK = K$ so $[H,K] \leq K$. Conversely if $[H,K] \leq K$, then $h^{-1} k h = k \cdot \left( k^{-1} h^{-1} k h \right) \leq KK = K$, so $H$ normalizes $K$.
Switching the roles of $H$ and $K$ gives that $K$ normalizes $H$ iff $[H,K] \leq H$.
Hence $H$ and $K$ normalize each other iff $[H,K] \leq H \cap K$.

A: By far the most popular according to Google is "$H$ and $K$ normalize each other".

A: Never seen this situation explored and don't think there's a name for it. Let's say that $(H,K)$ is a conormal pair if they satisfy the property you consider.
Two elementary observations are:
Every subgroup belongs to a conormal pair since $(K,\{e_G\})$ is conormal for every $K<G$. So, given $K$ one may ask about the (?) largest $H$ such that $(H,K)$ is conormal.
If $G=HK$ and $(H,K)$ is conormal, then both $H$ and $K$ are normal in $G$.


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And the third, is that to get better and better, you have to be very, very specific about who you have to talk to – and where and how to talk with them – each time you want sell something different to someone else.
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Everyone was able to safely escape from the flames on Thursday, including their dog Colt, who was rescued by firefighters nearly an hour after it broke out.
Gabriele and Tom Drewery were home at the time of the fire while their son Tom Jr. was at work.
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She says their dog Colt would not stop barking from the back of the house.
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Gabriele left through the front door to find her husband outside.
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Q: Wrong spell-check suggestions by Solr Working on Spell Suggest with Solr 4.1.
We configured it correctly and Solr offers term as well as collate suggestions. However, we noticed that many times the suggested word / collate doesn't have any results if we search it again.
For example, we searched for term "confort" and got no results, with two suggestions "comfort" and "convert". The first term contains the result.. however the second term doesn't bring any result, and instead suggested two more terms, so term "convert" offers no result with following suggestions - "connect" and "content". Here also, we found that "connect" is having few results but "content" doesn't have any and offered following suggestions.. i.e. "connect" and "continent". Here also we found that "continent" doesn't have any results and it suggested "connect".
The same happens for many search terms and even collate. We're clueless what is causing this? Can we turn off such suggestions which doesn't carry any result?
My Solr Config
<requestHandler name="/spell" class="solr.SearchHandler" startup="lazy">
    <lst name="defaults">
      <str name="df">Name</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.dictionary">default</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.dictionary">wordbreak</str>
      <str name="spellcheck">on</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.extendedResults">true</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.count">10</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.alternativeTermCount">5</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.maxResultsForSuggest">5</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.collate">true</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.collateExtendedResults">true</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.maxCollationTries">10</str>
      <str name="spellcheck.maxCollations">5</str>
    </lst>
    <arr name="last-components">
      <str>spellcheck</str>
    </arr>
</requestHandler>

<searchComponent name="spellcheck" class="solr.SpellCheckComponent">
<str name="queryAnalyzerFieldType">text</str>
<lst name="spellchecker">
  <str name="name">default</str>
  <str name="field">Name</str>
  <str name="classname">solr.DirectSolrSpellChecker</str>
  <str name="distanceMeasure">internal</str>
  <float name="accuracy">0.5</float>
  <int name="maxEdits">2</int>
  <int name="minPrefix">1</int>
  <int name="maxInspections">5</int>
  <int name="minQueryLength">4</int>
  <float name="maxQueryFrequency">0.01</float>
</lst>

<lst name="spellchecker">
  <str name="name">wordbreak</str>
  <str name="classname">solr.WordBreakSolrSpellChecker</str>
  <str name="field">Name</str>
  <str name="combineWords">true</str>
  <str name="breakWords">false</str>
  <int name="maxChanges">10</int>
</lst>
</searchComponent>

My Schema :
<fieldType name="text" class="solr.TextField" positionIncrementGap="100">
  <analyzer type="index">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory" ignoreCase="true" words="stopwords.txt" enablePositionIncrements="true" />
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
  </analyzer>
  <analyzer type="query">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory" ignoreCase="true" words="stopwords.txt" enablePositionIncrements="true" />
    <filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="synonyms.txt" ignoreCase="true" expand="true"/>
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
  </analyzer>
</fieldType>

<field name="Name" type="text" indexed="true" stored="true"  required="false" />

My Query : http://localhost:8983/solr/mycore/spell?q=confort&spellcheck=true&Collate=true&spellcheck.extendedResults=true
Result :
<response>
  <lst name="responseHeader">
    <int name="status">0</int>
    <int name="QTime">16</int>
  </lst>
  <result name="response" numFound="0" start="0"/>
  <lst name="spellcheck">
    <lst name="suggestions">
      <lst name="confort">
        <int name="numFound">2</int>
        <int name="startOffset">0</int>
        <int name="endOffset">7</int>
        <int name="origFreq">0</int>
        <arr name="suggestion">
          <lst>
            <str name="word">comfort</str>
            <int name="freq">6</int>
          </lst>
          <lst>
            <str name="word">convert</str>
            <int name="freq">2</int>
          </lst>
        </arr>
      </lst>
      <bool name="correctlySpelled">false</bool>
    </lst></lst>
  </response>

A: Are the terms you search on and the spell check enabled on the same ? do they go under the same analysis ?
One reason can be the fields are different and hence the suggestions on field provided do not exist in the fields that are being searched for.
Also, it can be the fields are analysed differently and hence the spell suggestion and the search does not match.

A: You said in the comment, you are getting suggestion from index, but your configuration was not.
<str name="classname">solr.DirectSolrSpellChecker</str>

change the above to this
<str name="classname">solr.IndexBasedSpellChecker</str>


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[102] Jieliang Hong, Leonid Mytnik and Edwin A. Perkins On the topological boundary
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[101] Mark Holmes and Edwin A. Perkins On the range of lattice models
in high dimensions , 66 pages, 2019, to appear in Prob. Th. Rel Fields
[100] Thomas Hughes and Edwin A. Perkins On the boundary of the zero set
of super-Brownian motion , 30 pages, 2018, to appear in Ann Inst. Henri Poincare.
[99] Leonid Mytnik and Edwin A. Perkins The dimension of the boundary
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[98] Spencer Frei and Edwin A. Perkins A lower bound for $p_c$ in range-R
percolation in two and three dimensions , Elect. J. Prob. 21, (22 pages) (2016).
[97] Carl Mueller, Leonid Mytnik and Edwin A. Perkins On the boundary of the support of
super-Brownian motion: with appendices , Ann. Prob. 45, 3482--3534 (2017).
[96] Remco van der Hofstad, Mark Holmes and Edwin A. Perkins Criteria for convergence
to super-Brownian motion on path space , Ann. Prob. 45, 278--376 (2017).
[95] Ted Cox and Edwin A. Perkins A complete convergence theorem
for voter model perturbations , Ann. Appl. Prob. 24, 150--197 (2014).
[94] Carl Mueller, Leonid Mytnik, and Edwin A. Perkins Nonuniqueness for a parabolic SPDE with 3/4-epsilon diffusion coefficients , Ann. Prob. 42, 2032-2112 (2014).
[93] Steven P. Lalley, Edwin A. Perkins, and Xinghua Zheng A phase transition for measure-valued SIR epidemic processes , Ann. Prob. 42, 237-311 (2014).
[92] Ted Cox Richard Durrett, and Edwin Perkins, Voter model perturbations and
reaction diffusion equations , Asterisque 349, 113 pp, 2013.
[91] Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, On uniqueness in law for parabolic SPDE's
and infinite dimensional SDE's , Elect. J. Prob. 17, 54 pages (2012).
[90] Chris Burdzy, Carl Mueller and Edwin Perkins,
Non-uniqueness for non-negative solutions of parabolic SPDE's ,
Burkholder volume of the Ill.J. Math 54, 1481-1507 (2010).
[89] Ted Cox, Mathieu Merle and Edwin Perkins,
Co-existence in a two-dimensional Lotka-Volterra model ,
Elect. J. Probability 15, 1190--1266 (2010).
[88] Leonid Mytnik and Edwin Perkins, Pathwise uniqueness for stochastic heat equations
with Holder continuous coefficients: the white noise case ,
Prob. Th. Rel. Fields 149, pp. 1--96 (2011).
[87] Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, A new technique for proving
uniqueness for martingale problems , 9 pages,
to appear in Tribute to Jean-Michel Bismut,
Eds. R. Leandre, X. Ma, W. Zhang, Asterisque (2009).
[86] Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, Degenerate stochastic differential
equations arising from catalytic branching networks ,
Elect. J. Probability 13, 1808-1885 (2008).
[85] Ted Cox and Edwin Perkins, Renormalization of the two-dimensional
Lotka-Volterra Model, Ann. of Applied Probability 18, 747-812 (2008).
[84] Mark Holmes and Edwin Perkins, Weak convergence of measure-valued
processes and r-point functions, Ann. Probability 35, 1769-1782 (2007).
[83] Ted Cox and Edwin Perkins, Survival and coexistence in
stochastic spatial Lotka-Volterra models,
Prob. Theory and Rel. Fields 139, 89-142 (2007).
[82] Donald Dawson and Edwin Perkins, On the uniqueness problem for
catalytic branching networks and other singular diffusions,
Illinois J. Math 50, 323-383 (2006).
[81] Leonid Mytnik, Edwin Perkins and Anja Sturm, On pathwise uniqueness for
stochastic heat equations with non-Lipschitz coefficients, Ann.
Probability 34, 1910-1959 (2006).
[80] Siva Athreya, Richard Bass, Maria Gordina and Ed Perkins,
Infinite-dimensional sde's of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type, Stoch.
Proc. Appl. 116, 381-406 (2006).
[79] Richard Durrett, Leonid Mytnik and Ed Perkins, Competing
super-Brownian motions as limits of interacting particle systems,
[78] Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, Countable systems of degenerate
stochastic differential equations with applications to super-Markov
chains, Elect. J. Prob. 9, 634-673 (2004).
[77] Ted Cox and Ed Perkins, Rescaled Lotka-Volterra models converge to
super-Brownian motion, Ann. Prob. 33, 904-947 (2005).
[76] Siva Athreya, Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, Holder norm
estimates for elliptic operators on finite and infinite dimensional
spaces, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 357, 5001-5029 (2005).
[75] Ted Cox and Ed Perkins, An application of the voter
model-super-Brownian motion invariance principle, Ann. Inst.
Henri Poincare' 40, 25-32 (2004).
[74] Ed Perkins, Super-Brownian motion and criticial spatial stochastic systems,
Bull. Can. Math. Soc. 47, 280--297 (2004).
[73] Leonid Mytnik and Ed Perkins, Regularity and irregularity of
densities for stable branching superprocesses,
Ann. Prob. 31, 1413--1440 (2003).
equations and weighted Holder spaces, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 355, 373--405
[71] Don Dawson, Alison Etheridge, Klaus Fleischmann, Leonid Mytnik, Ed
Perkins and Jie Xiong, Mutually catalytic super-Brownian motion in the
plane, Ann. Prob. 30, 1681--1762 (2002).
Perkins and Jie Xiong, Mutually catalytic branching in the plane:
infinite measure states, Elect. J. Probability 7 (64 pages) (2002).
[69] Siva Athreya, Martin Barlow, Richard Bass, Ed Perkins, Degenerate
Stochastic differential equations and super-Markov chains,
Prob. Theory Rel. Fields 123, 484--520 (2002).
[68] Don Dawson, Klaus Fleischmann, Leonid Mytnik, Ed Perkins and Jie
Xiong, Mutually catalytic super-Brownian branching in the plane:
uniqueness Ann. Inst. Henri Poincar\'e Prob. et Stat. 39,
135-191 (2003).
[67] Richard Bass and Edwin Perkins, On the martingale problem for
Super-Brownian motion, Seminaire de Probabilite's XXXV, 195-201 (2001)
[66] Ted Cox, Achim Klenke and Edwin Perkins, Weak convergence and
linear systems duality, Proceedings of the International Conference on
Stochastic Models, 1998, CMS Conference Proceedings, 26, 41-66 (2000).
[65] Carl Mueller and Edwin Perkins, Extinction for two parabolic PDE's
on the lattice, Ann. Inst. Henri Poincare. Prob. et Stat. 36, 301-338 (2000).
[64] Ted Cox, Richard Durrett and Edwin Perkins, Rescaled Voter Models
Converge to Super-Brownian Motion, Ann. Prob., 28, 185-234 (2000).
[63] Ted Cox, Richard Durrett and Edwin Perkins, Rescaled Particle
Systems Converging to Super-Brownian Motion, pp. 269-284, Perplexing
Problems in Probability--Festschrift in Honor of Harry Kesten (1999).
[62] Donald Dawson and Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued processes
and renormalizaton of branching particle systems pp 45-106 Stochastic
pde's:Six Perspectives, AMS Math. Surveys and Monographs (1999).
[61] Donald Dawson and Edwin Perkins, Long-time Behaviour and
co-existence in a mutually catalytic branching model (49 pages),
Annals Prob. 26, 1088-1138 (1998).
[60] Steven Evans and Edwin Perkins, Collision local times, historical
stochastic calculus and competing superprocesses (125 pages), Elect. J.
Prob., March, 1998.
[59] Richard Durrett and Edwin Perkins, Rescaled Contact Processes
Converge to Super-Brownian Motion for d greater than or equal to 2,
Prob. Theory and Related Fields 114, 309-399 (1999).
[58] Edwin A. Perkins and S. James Taylor, The multifractal
spectrum of super-Brownian motion, Annales d'Institut Henri Poincare 34,
97-138 (1998).
and renormalizaton of branching particle systems (to appear in
Stochastic pde's:Six Perspectives, AMS Math. Surveys and Monographs) (63 pages)
[56] Hassan Allouba, Richard Durrett, John Hawkes and Edwin Perkins,
Super-tree random measures, J. Theoretical Probability 10, 773-794 (1997).
[55] Martin Barlow, Robin Pemantle and Edwin Perkins, DLA on
a binary tree, Prob. Theory and Rel. Fields 107, 1-60 (1997).
[54] Donald Dawson and Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued processes and
stochastic partial differential equations, Can. J. Math., Volume of Invited
papers for 50th Anniversary of the CMS, 19-60 (1996).
[53] Edwin Perkins, On the martingale problem for interactive
measure-valued branching diffusions, Memoirs of the American Math. Soc. 115,
No. 549, 1-89 (1995).
[52] J.F. Le Gall and Edwin Perkins, The exact Hausdorff measure of
two-dimensional super-Brownian motion, Annals of Prob. 23,1719-1747 (1995).
[51] J.F. Le Gall, Edwin Perkins and S.J. Taylor, The packing
measure of super-Brownian motion, Stoch. Proc. Appl. 59, 1-20 (1995).
[50] Steven N. Evans and Edwin Perkins, Explicit stochastic integral
representations for superprocesses, Annals of Prob. 23, 1772-1815 (1995).
[49] Steve Evans and Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued branching diffusions
with singular interactions, Can. J. Math. 46, 120-168 (1994).
[48] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, On the filtration of historical Brownian
motion, Annals of Prob. 22, 1273-1294 (1994).
[47] Edwin Perkins, On the strong Markov property of the support of
super-Brownian motion, in The Dynkin Festschrift, M. Freidlin (ed.) 307-326
[46] Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued diffusions and interactions, Proceedings of
the I.C.M., Zurich,1036-1046 (1995).
[45] Carl Mueller and Edwin Perkins, The compact support property for
solutions to the heat equation with noise, Prob. Theory and Related Fields
93, 325-358 (1992).
[44] Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued branching diffusions with spatial
interactions, Prob. Theory and Related Fields 94, 189-245 (1992).
[43] Edwin Perkins, Conditional Dawson-Watanabe processes and Fleming-Viot
processes, Seminar on Stochastic Processes 1991, 143-156, Ed. E. Cinlar,
K.L. Chung R.K. Getoor (1991).
[42] Don Dawson and Edwin Perkins, Historical processes. Memoirs of the
Amer. Math. Soc., 93, no. 454, 179 pages (1991).
[41] Martin Barlow, Steven Evans and Edwin Perkins, Collision local times
and measure-valued processes, Can. J. Math. 43, 897-938 (1991).
[40] On the continuity of measure-valued processes, Seminar on Stochastic
Processes 1990, E. Cinlar, P.J. Fitzsimmons and R.J. Williams (eds.)
[39] Steve Evans and Edwin Perkins, An absolute continuity result for
measure-valued diffusions and applications, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 325,
[38] Steven Evans and Edwin Perkins, Measure-valued Markov branching
processes conditioned on non-extinction, Israel J. Math 71, 329-337 (1990).
[37] Edwin Perkins, Polar sets and multiple points for super-Brownian
motion, Ann. Probability 18 453-491 (1990).
[36] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, On pathwise uniqueness and expansion
of filtrations. Seminaire de Probabilities XXIV, J. Azema, P.A. Meyer, M.
Yor (eds.), 194-209 (1990).
[35] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, Symmetric Markov chains in Zd: How
fast can they move? Prob. Theory and Related Fields 82, 95-108 (1989).
[34] Donald Dawson, Ian Iscoe and Edwin Perkins, Super-Brownian motion:
path properties and hitting probabilities. Prob. Theory and Related Fields
[33] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, Sample path properties of stochastic
integrals and stochastic differentiation, Stochastics 27, 261-293 (1989).
[32] Edwin Perkins, The exact Hausdorff measure of the closed support of
super-Brownian motion. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare, 25, 205-224
[31] Edwin Perkins and S. James Taylor, Measuring close approaches on a
Brownian path, Annals of Probability 16, 1458-1480 (1988).
[30] Edwin Perkins, A space-time property of a class of measure-valued
diffusions, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 305, 743-796 (1988).
[29] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, Brownian motion on the Sierpinski
gasket, Prob. Theory and Related Fields, 79, 543-623 (1988).
[28] Edwin Perkins and S. James Taylor, Uniform Hausdorff measure results
for stable processes, Probability Theory and Related Fields (formerly
Z.F.W.) 76, 257-289 (1987).
[27] Martin Barlow, Edwin Perkins, S. James Taylor, Two uniform intrinsic
constructions for the local time of a class of Levy processes, Ill. J.
Math., 30, 19-65 (1986).
[26] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, The behaviour of Brownian motion at a
slow point, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 296, 741-775 (1986).
[25] Martin Barlow, Edwin Perkins, S. James Taylor, The behaviour and
construction of local times for Levy processes, Seminar on Stochastic
Processes, 1984, 23-54, ed. E. Cinlar, Birkhauser (1986).
[24] Edwin Perkins, On the continuity of the local time of stable processes,
Seminar on Stochastic Processes, 1984, 151-164, ed. E. Cinlar, Birkhauser
[23] Edwin Perkins, The Cereteli-Davis H1-embedding theorem and an optimal
embedding in Brownian motion,
Seminar on Stochastic Processes 1985, 172-223, Ed. E. Cinlar,
[22] Edwin Perkins, Multiple Stochastic Integrals - A Counter-example,
Seminaire de Probabilities XIX, Lect. Notes in Math 1123, Springer 258-262
[21] Burgess Davis and Edwin Perkins, On Brownian slow points - the
critical cases, Annals of Probability 13, 774-803 (1985).
[20] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, Levels at which every Brownian
excursion is exceptional, Seminaire de Probabilities XVIII, Lect. Notes in
Math 1059 Springer 1-28 (1984).
[19] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, One dimensional stochastic
differential equations involving a singular increasing process, Stochastics
Vol. 12 229-249 (1984).
[18] Priscilla Greenwood and Edwin Perkins, Limit theorems for excursions
from a moving boundary, Theory of Probability and its Applications 29
[17] Edwin Perkins, Stochastic integrals and progressive measurability - an
example, Seminaire de Probabilites XVII, Lect. Notes in Math. 986,
Springer, 67-71 (1983).
[16] Edwin Perkins, Stochastic processes and nonstandard analysis, Vol. 983,
Springer, 162-185 (1983).
[15] Martin Barlow and Edwin Perkins, Strong Existence, Uniqueness and
Non-uniqueness in an equation involving local time, Seminaire de
Probabilites XVII, Lect. Notes in Math. 986, Springer, 32-61 (1983).
[14] Douglas Hoover and Edwin Perkins, Nonstandard construction of the
stochastic integral and applications to stochastic differential equations
I, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 275: 1-36 (1983).
II, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 275:37-58 (1983).
[12] Priscilla Greenwood and Edwin Perkins, A conditioned limit theorem for
random walk, and Brownian local time on square root boundaries, Annals of
Probability 11:227-261 (1983).
[11] Edwin Perkins, The Hausdorff dimension of the Brownian slow points, in
Z. fur Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie 64:369-399 (1983).
[10] Michel Emery and Edwin Perkins, La filtration de B + L, Z. fur Wahr.
59:383-390 (1982).
[9] Edwin Perkins, Local time is a semi-martingale, Z. fur Wahr. 60:79-117
[8] Edwin Perkins, Local time and pathwise uniqueness for stochastic
differential equations, in Seminaire de Probabilities XVI, Lect. Notes in
Math 920, Springer 201-208 (1982).
[7] Edwin Perkins, Weak invariance principles for local time, Z. fur
Wahr., 60: 437-451 (1982).
[6] Edwin Perkins, On the construction and distribution of a local
martingale with a given absolute value, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 271:261-281
[5] Edwin Perkins, On the iterated logarithm law for local time,
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 81, 470-472 (1981).
[4] Edwin Perkins, On the uniqueness of a local martingale with a given
absolute value, Z. fur Wahr. 56, 255-281 (1981).
[3] R.V. Chacon, Y. LeJan, E. Perkins, S.J. Taylor, Generalized arc length
for Brownian motion and Levy processes, Z. fur Wahr. 57, 197-211 (1981).
[2] Edwin Perkins, A global intrinsic characterization of local time,
Annals of Probabilty 9, 800-817 (1981).
[1] Edwin Perkins, The exact Hausdorff measure of the level sets of
Brownian motion, Z. fur Wahr. 58, 373-388 (1981).
[1] Edwin Perkins, Dawson-Watanabe Superprocess and Measure-Valued
Diffusions, Proceedings of the 1999 Saint Flour Summer School in
Probability, Lect. Notes in Math. 1781, pp.132--329 (2002).
[1] Edwin Perkins, Kiyosi Ito, Inaugural Recipient of the Gauss Prize 2006,
CMS Notes, March (2007).
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Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning
November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017 , Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums
Doris Salcedo, A Flor de Piel, 2013 (detail). Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958, by exchange; purchase through the generosity of Elaine Levin in honor of Mary Schneider Enriquez; and purchase through the generosity of Deborah and Martin Hale, 2014.133. © Doris Salcedo. Photo: Joerg Lohse; courtesy of the artist and Alexander and Bonin, New York.
A Flor de Piel
November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums
Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning brings together a deeply evocative constellation of recent works by Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958), the renowned Bogotá-based artist known for her sculptures and public installations that respond to the testimonies of survivors and victims of political violence. Evoking themes such as the lasting grief of war, Salcedo's works honor, acknowledge, and mourn those lost to oppression and political violence in Colombia and beyond. The pieces also address 20th-century preoccupation with materiality and the object; however, Salcedo's artistic process is distinctive in the way it fuses painstaking research with works fastidiously made by hand.
The Materiality of Mourning features four separate installations, with a number of Salcedo's works created between 2001 and today. These include the Harvard Art Museums' recent acquisition, A Flor de Piel (2013), which will be shown publicly for the first time in this exhibition. A room-size tapestry comprised of thousands of preserved hand-sewn red rose petals, the work is intended as a shroud for a nurse who was tortured to death in the Colombian war.
Additional objects on view include a selection of Salcedo's seminal sculptures, on loan from private and public collections as well as from the artist herself. Several works incorporate domestic furniture in unsettling configurations. Thou-less (2001–02), for instance, is comprised of carved, stainless steel chairs that are at once familiar and strange. Other works highlight how Salcedo has recently pushed her commitment to materiality and its expressive possibilities to new extremes. These include four works from the Disremembered series, individual ephemeral blouse-like sculptures that are constructed of handwoven silk threads filled with tiny needles. Each Disremembered sculpture provides a spectral contrast to Salcedo's dense physically imposing works, such as the two Untitled furniture pieces (2008) made of wood, metal, and concrete—with a combined weight of over 1,800 pounds—that will also be shown in the exhibition.
The accompanying illustrated catalogue, published by the Harvard Art Museums and distributed by Yale University Press, draws on more than a decade of research by exhibition curator Mary Schneider Enriquez, who delves into Salcedo's complex artistic practice, the significance of materiality, and the political context informing her work. An essay by conservation scientist Narayan Khandekar explores the artist's use of organic and nontraditional materials, particularly with regard to the conservation challenges they pose. The catalogue also includes a contribution from Salcedo herself, reflecting on the philosophical underpinnings of her work and on her decision to remain working in her native Colombia.
Organized by the Harvard Art Museums. Curated by Mary Schneider Enriquez, Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Harvard Art Museums.
The exhibition is made possible by the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family, the Charles O. Wood III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation, Marguerite Steed Hoffman and Thomas W. Lentz, Catherine Marcus Rose and William Rose, Bridgitt and Bruce Evans, Mark N. Diker and Deborah A. Colson, and Elaine Levin. In addition, the following endowed funds have provided crucial support: the Agnes Gund Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art; the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund; and the Harvard Art Museums Mellon Publication Funds, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.
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Exhibition wall texts and catalogue excerpts in Spanish and English are available in a digital tool on our website.
Related Programming
Information about events related to the exhibition, including the opening celebration, gallery talks in English and Spanish, as well as film screenings and other programs, can be found on our calendar.
Vimeo Channel
A special Harvard Art Museums channel on Vimeo dedicated to the exhibition features video interviews of Doris Salcedo and exhibition curator Mary Schneider Enriquez, as well as a recording of the opening celebration discussion between Salcedo, Harvard professor Elaine Scarry, and Schneider Enriquez.
In Salcedo's Studio
July 6, 2016 A visit to Doris Salcedo's studio in Bogotá, Colombia, helped curator Mary Schneider Enriquez to develop her upcoming exhibition of Salcedo's works.
Reading into Salcedo's Art
October 24, 2016 Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, a new book complementing our special exhibition of the same name, delves into the unique materiality of works by this contemporary Colombian artist.
The Impossible, Made Real
December 16, 2016 How does an artist turn a seemingly impossible idea into reality? How do we ensure that future generations can view art made from ephemeral materials? Those questions are at the heart of curators and conservators' joint approach to A Flor de Piel (2013), a work featured in the special exhibition Dor...
Straight from the Artists
February 17, 2017 Conservator-led artist interviews shed light on objects in the museums' collections.
Weighty Works
February 27, 2017 The sheer size and weight of two untitled furniture sculptures in the special exhibition Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning presented formidable challenges to museums staff.
March 15, 2017 The sculptures in the special exhibition Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning attest to the Colombian artist's exhaustive focus on details and her emphasis on handmade materials.
A Conversation with Doris Salcedo
January 11, 2017 In Cambridge for the opening of our special exhibition Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo sat down with exhibition curator Mary Schneider Enriquez and us to answer a few questions.
Art Talk: Doris Salcedo—Sculpture as Witness
Art Talks
February 4, 2021 Curator Mary Schneider Enriquez discusses Doris Salcedo's Untitled, a work that gives voice to silent victims of violence.
Textos de sala y extractos del catálogo de la exposición disponibles en Inglés y Español. Wall texts and exhibition catalogue excerpts in Spanish and English.
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After a few trips both within the UK and abroad I realised that it is great to travel with a film camera. Film photography will help you to keep amazing memories of your adventures and have a good time.
First of all, if you are travelling by plane, put your camera in cabbing luggage. You will have a peace of mind if you bring a camera with you on board and you are less likely to have broken lenses or other parts of the camera. Don't be afraid to put the film in a cabin luggage.
One of the most common myths is that going through airport X-ray systems will damage photo film. You don't have to worry as most modern x-ray machines are safe for all types of films. There is no definite answer to what is the best camera to travel with. Make sure that you are comfortable with your camera travelling to a different city or country.
Unless you are very picky film photographer who takes its time to set up a camera for a perfect shot, film camera will allow you to spend more time in a moment and less taking photos of everything you see. Modern technology created lots of opportunities, thanks to digital cameras and phones everyone is taking loads of photographs when on holiday. While taking photographs with digital devices, some of us prefer to share them straightaway. Mobile data is becoming cheaper abroad or almost free that is taking that precious time from a moment when you are supposed to enjoy the holiday. Obviously, it wouldn't apply to everyone. If you know someone who is like that, gift them a film camera. Instant or disposal film cameras would be a good start too. Getting someone into the world of film photography is always a good excuse.
Knowing that you have a few shots will enable you to take photos of what matters. It's kind of related to the previous point of enjoying more time being in a moment. Take a few rolls depending on how long you are going to be away but remember that you have limited number of photographs.
For most of us travelling is the way to get out of daily routine. The new environment is crucial especially for those photographers who love taking pictures of landscapes or urban scenes. Film photography is exciting but taking pictures when travelling to the place for the first time adds more thrill to the adventure.
Caring a film camera around will attract a few people who enjoy film photography. I've been approached by film photographers in different cities because I had a film camera with me. The unexpected encounters led to a few short conversations about film photography. If you are staying in a different city for a while, you can even find a meet up of local photographers. That's a good way to meet new people who share your interests.
Nearly everyone who travels these days would share lots of photos taken with a smartphone or digital camera. Sharing film photos is a part of the excitement of being a film photographer. Film provides better quality than most smartphones and helps you to get feedback from other photographers.
Let the film camera become your travel companion. Enjoy your next adventure and always have a few spare rolls of film.


Based on the Ramblers Route round Bracknell, this will be a 4 leg relay race. With the total mileage being about 30 miles – one for every year we have been a club.
The Start/Finish will be at the Lookout.
What are the Leg distances?
Will it be signed and marshalled?
Not by us but there are Rambler Route markers for most of the route. The leaflet (https://descubriendouk.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/bracknell-forest-ramblers-route.pdf) describes most of the route although Stage 1 will use some of the route before crossing to Kings Ride in Camberley (well known to Thursday Night runners) before heading to Wildmoor Heath car park to make up the distance. All the route is not difficult to follow and there may be GPX tracks to download. You will be responsible for finding your way.
Each stage will start at a set time so that people can run some or all of the leg together. Although it is timed we want as many people as possible to be involved. Only one team can come first and one can come last, the rest will come somewhere in between. The achievement is the same for all.
This sounds great. How do I enter?
contact me (generalmon@sandhurstjoggers.org.uk) and I'll arrange teams.
Also contact me if you would like to help out.
How do I get to/from the start/finish of my leg?
Talk to others running your leg or your team and see if you can sort something out. Even the furthest legs are only a few miles from the LookOut if you take a direct route through Bracknell so maybe a gentle warmup/cool down!
I don't fancy running, but would like to be involved.
We hope that those who don't fancy running it will volunteer and we can have some support out at the start and finish of each leg and out on the course.
Can I run the whole thing as an Ultra?
Why not J You will have to accept that we may not be able to provide any support for the later stages.


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Iran Hangs Ex-State Employee After He Was Convicted Of Spying For The CIA: Report
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Iran executed a former employee of the Ministry of Defense's aerospace arm on charges of spying for the U.S. CIA, The Associated Press reported Saturday, citing Iran's state TV.
Jalal Hajizavar left his post at the Defense Ministry nine years ago and was convicted and found guilty of spying for the U.S. after a government investigation discovered documents and spying equipment at his home, according to AP.
Court documents obtained by Iran's state TV say Hajizavar was allegedly executed at Rajai Shahr prison, which is located west of Tehran, after he said in court that the CIA paid him to spy. Haizavar's wife was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the spying. (RELATED: Iran Says Middle East Will Be 'Set On Fire' If US Attacks)
An Iranian flag fluttering in front of Iran's Safir Omid rocket (VAHIDREZA ALAI/AFP/Getty Images)
News of the execution comes amid growing tensions between the U.S. and Iran after President Donald Trump threatened strikes against the regime following reports that a U.S. Navy drone was shot down Thursday by the Islamic Republic and two oil tankers were attacked in June near the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said Saturday morning that he is "moving forward" with implementing additional sanctions on the regime during a press gaggle in front of the White House before leaving for Camp David. (RELATED: Report: John Bolton Says Iran Doesn't Own A 'Hunting License In The Middle East')
"Yeah, we're moving forward with additional sanctions on Iran," he told reporters. "Good question. Some of them, as you know — we have about as strong a sanction grouping as you could possibly have on any country. We're putting additional sanctions on. They're going on slowly, and in some cases pretty rapidly. But Iran — additional sanctions are being put on Iran."
"I'm not looking for war and if there is, it'll be obliteration like you've never seen before. … I think they want to negotiate, and I think they want to make a deal. And my deal is nuclear," Trump added on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.
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Venerable Master Fayun (also romanized as Fa Yun) (Traditional Chinese: 法雲法師; Simplified Chinese: 法云法师; Pinyin: Fǎ Yún Fǎ Shī) (1933–2003) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and thirteenth generation successor in the Yunmen (雲門; Cloud Gate) lineage of the Chan (Zen) school of Chinese Buddhism.

Early life and monkhood

Master Fayun was born in 1933 in Jiangxi province, China. His lay name was Yu Heng-sheng. He entered the Buddhist monastic order at thirteen years of age and received the religious name Fayun meaning Dharma Cloud (Cloud of the Buddha's Teachings).

He was a disciple of the eminent Chinese monk Hsu Yun (虛雲; Pinyin: Xuyun) (1840–1959) and was also one of his personal attendants who served him, most notably during the Yunmen incident in 1951-52 when Master Hsu Yun and his monks were beaten and tortured by thugs that surrounded Yunmen Monastery (雲門寺; Yunmen Si) in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, soon after the Communist Revolution in China.

Coming to the West

In 1969, Master Fayun came to the United States at the invitation of a Buddhist devotee to teach Chan Buddhism (i.e. Zen Buddhism) and Pure Land Buddhism in America.  In 1974, he founded the Grace Gratitude Buddhist Temple (美國紐約佛恩寺; Meiguo Niuyue Fo'en Si) in New York City.  Today, it is one of the oldest Chinese Buddhist temples in the city. Starting in 1985, he served as a liaison coordinator for the World Buddhist Sangha Council (世界佛教僧伽會; Shijie Fojiao Sengqie Hui).  From 1979 to 2002, he served as vice president of the American Buddhist Confederation (美國佛教聯合會; Meiguo Fojiao Lianhe Hui).  Master Fayun was known by all for his utmost compassion towards all people and living beings.

Passing

Master Fayun died on September 25, 2003. Soon after his cremation, many relics (Sanskrit: Sarira; Chinese: Sheli 舍利; Tibetan: Ringsel), round pellet-size material that look like beads, crystals, or pearls of any color that are found in the cremated ashes of those who are believed to possess advanced spiritual qualities, were discovered amongst his cremains.  The cremains were brought back to Yunmen Monastery in Guangdong province, China in November 2003 and they, along with some of his relics, were finally interred into a memorial stupa there in 2004.

References

External links
 https://archive.ph/Dfu7t "Pilgrimage for a Venerated Man: Two men join sacred mission to return ashes of revered Buddhist monk to his native China", by Harry Leong, Special to The Standard Times, page B1, January 20, 2004

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Campus de Bellvitge > Actualidad>EUSES Alumni consolidates the Talent Day in a 2nd edition with a resounding success of participation
All the objectives set by EUSES Alumni in relation to the Talent Day were more than achieved in a second edition that doubled the performance of the first course. The Virtual Fair of Occupation and Professional Orientation of the Escola Universitària de la Salut i l'Esport, which lasted two days (Monday and Tuesday), was a great success, with the participation of 4th year students from the three campuses (Salt, Bellvitge and Terres de l'Ebre) as well as members of the family of graduates in CAFyD and Physiotherapy of Alumni who were register. All of them were able to enjoy two days in which they could organise themselves in order to navigate through the different conferences and round tables proposed by the organisation and also to visit the stands where companies and centres, both from the country and abroad, made themselves known and presented job offers. Precisely, access to job offers was the most popular destination for students, who were able to submit CVs and conduct job interviews by videoconference. Talent Day also had the support and collaboration of the official colleges (COPLEFC and Physiotherapists) and EURES (European Employement Services), the cooperation network for employment and free movement of workers, which is one of the fundamental principles of the European Union. In total, there were 40 stands and up to 13 talks were held with the participation of around thirty speakers, many of whom were EUSES graduates who gave professional guidance to the registered students and alumni.
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Splietsdorf ist eine Gemeinde westlich von Grimmen im Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen. Die Gemeinde gehörte bis zum 1. Januar 2004 zum dann aufgelösten Amt Trebeltal und wird seitdem vom Amt Franzburg-Richtenberg mit Sitz in der Stadt Franzburg verwaltet.

Geografie und Verkehr
Splietsdorf liegt etwa zehn Kilometer nordwestlich von Grimmen. Südlich der Gemeinde verläuft die Bundesautobahn 20, die über den Anschluss Grimmen-West (ca. 13 km) zu erreichen ist. Der Süden der Gemeinde wird vom Fluss Trebel durchflossen.

Ortsteile

Splietsdorf war bis 1952 Teil des Landkreises Grimmen und gehörte danach bis 1994 zum Kreis Grimmen im Bezirk Rostock. Seit 1990 gehört der Ort zum Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Geschichte

Splietsdorf: Historische Funde belegen bereits eine frühe Besiedlung der Gemarkung. Mit dem Westfälischen Frieden von 1648 geriet Vorpommern und somit auch Splietsdorf unter schwedische Herrschaft, nachdem der Ort vorher zum Herzogtum Pommern gehörte. 1815 kam die Gemeinde und Vorpommern zur preußischen Provinz Pommern.

Quitzin: Der Name veränderte sich von Kučin in Quitsin (1320–1323), Quißin (1618) und Quitzin (seit 1631). Auf eine frühe Besiedlung weist eine in unmittelbarer Nähe des heutigen Schlosses befindliche Burgwallanlage aus dem 13. Jahrhundert hin.
Das Gutshaus wurde erstmals um 1457 erwähnt und 1607 auf dem Gewölbe der Burganlage neu errichtet sowie 1723 barockisierend umgebaut und nach 1990 saniert. Die Schlosskapelle stammt von 1614.

Vorland: Die Kirche Vorland wurde im 13. Jahrhundert errichtet und  1887 restauriert.

Wappen, Flagge, Dienstsiegel
Die Gemeinde verfügt über kein amtlich genehmigtes Hoheitszeichen, weder Wappen noch Flagge. Als Dienstsiegel wird das kleine Landessiegel mit dem Wappenbild des Landesteils Vorpommern geführt. Es zeigt einen aufgerichteten Greifen mit aufgeworfenem Schweif und der Umschrift "GEMEINDE SPLIETSDORF * LANDKREIS VORPOMMERN-RÜGEN".

Sehenswürdigkeiten
→ Siehe auch Liste der Baudenkmale in Splietsdorf

 Kirche Vorland
 Jagdschloss Quitzin von 1607 und 1723
 Schlosskapelle auf der Gutsanlage Quitzin
 Gutshaus mit Park in Splietsdorf
 Turmhügel Vorland

Weblinks

 Amt Franzburg-Richtenberg

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
Ort in Pommern


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