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Trump Administration Orders Shiji to Sell Hotel Tech Firm StayNTouch
March 6th, 2020 at 3:20 PM EST
This is a highly unusual action. It's unclear why the U.S. government would believe a company would compromise the sensitive personal data of U.S. citizens just because it's based in China.
The Trump Administration on Friday demanded that Beijing Shiji Information Technology, whose international arm is known as Shiji Group, unwind its acquisition of StayNTouch, a maker of hotel operational software.
President Donald Trump said the acquisition of the U.S.-based startup might "threaten to impair the national security of the United States." The order didn't explain details of the threat.
A spokesperson for Shiji Group gave us this statement Friday afternoon:
"Beijing Shiji Information Technology is disappointed by today's Executive Order. We believe President Trump's decision was incorrect. Shiji is not a threat to U.S. security in any way. The U.S. government did not adequately explain the basis of its decision to us. In fact, Shiji does not access the guest data of StayNTouch Inc.'s customers."
"We offered a range of significant proposals to mitigate any concerns the U.S. Government might have, including further restricting access to guest data and appointing an independent monitor to ensure these protections," the spokesperson said. "Unfortunately, those offers were rebuffed."
Shiji Group acquired StayNTouch in 2018. As Skift first reported, Shiji paid $33 million to buy out a remaining 77.4 percent stake in StayNTouch. The company had paid about $2 million for its earlier stake.
Shiji Group made StayNTouch the flagship service in its suite of international offerings for hoteliers. StayNTouch offers a cloud-based property management system, a core operational piece of software for hotels that helps managers track reservations and room inventory.
Shiji, the largest hospitality tech company in China, has been making a global hotel tech push since early 2018 after it announced a $486 million investment from e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group.
Shiji now serves many properties outside of China, including more than 29,000 hotels in Europe, and nearly 7,000 hotels in the Asia-Pacific region leveraging Shiji's technology.
Shiji has about two dozen foreign subsidiaries, such as Concept Software Systems, which it bought in 2018 for $5.8 million as a retail tech provider for golf, spa, and other activities, and IcePortal, a digital asset management service for hoteliers it paid $13.5 million to acquire in February 2019. See our recent article: Shiji's Hotel Tech Acquisition Spree: A Closer Look.
Shiji Group also helps companies like Marriott gain customers in domestic China.
For example, last year, Marriott International debuted its 6,000 hotels on Alibaba's online travel agency Fliggy. Fliggy customers can use its credit-based hotel payment service, which lets qualified travelers reserve hotels without paying a deposit and have an express check-out, at more than 1,000 of the properties — thanks to Shiji's underlying tech.
We asked the top boss at Shiji Group, Chief Operating Officer Kevin King, at Skift Tech Forum in June 2019 in San Francisco, about the U.S. government's concerns with doing business with Chinese-based tech companies:
Skift: Some U.S. officials are warning American companies to be careful about using Chinese-based tech providers. Do you feel that's a potential headwind for Shiji?
Kevin King: There may be some noise in the market about that. So far: We've not experienced any barriers in working with people. I suppose one of the reasons for that is that one of the very big markets is China. Partnering with companies that are in China, companies that have the depth and knowledge and the ability to deliver in a very different land find it becomes a positive.
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The Trump Administration order comes after a blow last week when Oracle Hospitality, the world's largest provider of hotel property management systems, decided not to renew a longstanding agreement where Beijing Shiji Information Technology resold Oracle's software to hoteliers within China.
In China, Shiji is responsible for at least 60 percent of the market share for enterprise software services among upscale and international hotels and luxury retailers. About 13,000 Chinese hotels use Shiji-networked systems, including many global brands with operations in China.
Oracle Hospitality is increasingly a competitor with Shiji Group in international markets.
On February 13, new regulations went into effect thanks to a law that gave additional review scope the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS. "Transactions involving critical technology and infrastructure or operations that collect sensitive personal data on U.S. citizens and the degree of foreign control of those arrangements" are key concerns. Several U.S. government agencies have a say in CFIUS, including the treasury, defence, state, and commerce departments.
Here is Kevin King at Skift Tech Forum:
Tags: beijing, china, hotel tech, hotel tech stack, hotel technology, mergers and acquisitions, property management system, Shiji, Trump Administration
Photo credit: Kevin King, chief operating officer of Shiji Group (left) spoke to Skift Senior Travel Tech Editor Sean O'Neill at Skift Tech Forum June 2019 in San Francisco. The Trump Administration on Friday demanded that Beijing-based Shiji unwind its acquisition of StayNTouch, the hotel property management system. Skift

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Home>Science>Tania Leone's grandmother noticed that she had a gift for reading even before it happened. Now the musician is honored with the Kennedy Center.
Tania Leone's grandmother noticed that she had a gift for reading even before it happened. Now the musician is honored with the Kennedy Center.
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Cuban-born American musician Tania Leon is one of five 2022 Kennedy Center honorees. Leone told CBS News she was moved when the head of the Kennedy Center called and told her she would be honored.
"When I hung up the phone I said, 'Wow, this is exactly what I should have done,'" the 79-year-old said.
It was a confirmation of what had been burning in his soul for seven decades.
Her decades-long musical career began when her grandmother took her to a music conservatory as a little girl after indications that she had perfect pitch – the ability to reproduce a musical note on the spot without guidance. . Before she could even read.
Soon the others learn that Leon has a special gift. Which inspired him to pursue a career in music.
At age 24, in 1967, she boarded a freedom flight from Cuba to the United States.
Leone said, "That's where the story really started, because the day before I left my grandmother told me, please don't leave." "And I told him he made my wings. And I said, 'Don't worry. If things don't work out, I'll come back.'"
Although she could barely speak English when she arrived in New York, music was her first language. She landed a role as a founding member of the Dance Theater of Harlem and earned a scholarship to the New York College of Music, where the pianist added composing and conducting to her growing resume.
In his 50-year career, he has composed music for orchestra, opera and ballet. He organized shows on Broadway in the 1970s including "The Whiz".
But it was in 2021 that she really seemed to hit her stride when she won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her piece "Stride," which was inspired by the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
"The stride for me was this huge woman, with huge feet, no matter what, and that's actually a segment in the piece that I tried to do," she said.
Because of "Stride" and decades of memorable work, Leone was recognized this month as a Kennedy Center Honoree.
She said that when one of her former teachers – 89-year-old Jerrold Ross, who had given her her first scholarship to the United States – learned that she had won the Pulitzer, he called her after finding her number. They hadn't seen each other in 40 years, but to Leone's surprise, CBS News helped reunite them earlier this month.
"When they write a book about who were the great composers in the world, your name will be in it," Ross told Leone during their meeting.
Leone told CBS News she wants to live her life to the fullest and is already on her next project, an orchestral piece she will create in collaboration with former Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
He has no plans to slow down.
"Life's too short," she said.
Watch the 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors on CBS December 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and streaming on Paramount+.
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AFTER being refused his normal credit arrangement, teenage shoplifter Shane Parker stole four cans of strong lager from an Ely shop. Parker had failed to pay his bill at the Spar store in New Barns Road, so was told he could put nothing else on his slate.
AFTER being refused his normal credit arrangement, teenage shoplifter Shane Parker stole four cans of strong lager from an Ely shop.
Parker had failed to pay his bill at the Spar store in New Barns Road, so was told he could put nothing else on his slate.
But 19-year-old Parker ignored the decision - and walked out of the store with the lager.
Appearing at Ely courthouse on Thursday, Parker, of North Street, Burwell, admitted stealing �7 worth of Carlsberg Special Brew on March 11.
Parker was given a two-year ASBO in March of last year, and the recent theft offence but him in breach of two conditional discharges, one imposed for the theft of four cans of lager from the Budgens store in Witchford Road, Ely, city magistrates were told.
After his arrest, Parker told police he thought the stolen alcohol would be added to his bill.
"He is known to the shopkeeper and was allowed the facility to obtain drink and pay later," explained solicitor Michael Judkins. "On March 11 he tried to persuade the manager to allow him to take the drink away and pay later, but he accepts that on this occasion permission was not granted."
A week after the incident, Parker had picked up his benefit and was on his way to pay his shop bill when he was arrested.
Parker's girlfriend is pregnant and he is trying to stop drinking alcohol, added Mr Judkins.
Parker was given a 12-month supervision order. He must perform 150 hours of unpaid work, and pay �7 compensation and �50 costs.
"You are on a slippery downward slope and what we are trying to do is to stop that and put you on an uphill course," Parker was told by presiding magistrate Mary Rone.


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Renminbi Yuan (RMBY). 1 RMBY=10 chiao/jiao or 100 fen.
To call for help in China, dial the following numbers: Police (110) Fire department (119) Several of the big hospitals have special sections for foreigners, where the doctors speak English and have knowledge of western medicine.
Officially tipping is illegal in China, but both taxi drivers and restaurants appreciate tips. It might also be a good idea to leave a couple of coins for the cleaning staff at the hotel, a job that is often very poorly paid.
When it is 12.00 in Denmark, it is 19.00 in China.
It is strictly prohibited to photograph military installations in China. In some temples and in Mao's Mausoleum it is also prohibited, but this will be marked with signs. Besides this, you can take photographs as you want to, and the Chinese gladly line up for photographing if you ask politely.
You shouldn't drink the tap water in China, but buy the bottled water.
Following current is used in China: 220V AC/50Hz.
Common courtesy will get you far in China.
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New Year's holiday, 1 and 2 January. Women's Labor Day, 8 March. Labor Day, 1 and 2 May. Youth Day, 4 May. Children's Day, 1 June. The Anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, 1 June. The Anniversary for the founding of Chinese PLA, 1 August. National Day, 1 and 2 October. Shifting holidays: The Chinese New Year, end of January or beginning of February.
On the major rivers in China you can take the ferry as an alternative to trains and airplanes. There are also regular ferries between China and Hong Kong.
Bicycling is an excellent way of getting around.
You eat with sticks instead of knife and fork in China. Outside of the major cities you should bring your own toilet paper.


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NKK (Nippon Kokan) of Japan recently delivered the 42,000-dwt car/bulk carrier Merak Eighty, fitted with temporarily hoistable cardecks, to Irvine Shipping Inc.
of Liberia. Shin-ichi Hirayama, president of NKK America Incorporated, said the bulk carrier is NKK's first new vessel equipped with such hoistable decks. She was built at the Shimizu Shipyard.
The cardeck installation, called N K K - K v a e r n e r Hoistable Car Deck System, is applicable to vessels having topside wing tanks, and provides temporary decks in the recessed space between the topside tanks and the tank tops by utilizing hold space to a minimum.
Merak Eighty has a length between perpendiculars of 184.50 meters, molded beam of 30.48 meters, molded depth of 17.75 meters, and draft of 11.55 meters (605.3/100/58.2/37.9 feet). Her single main engine is a NKK7 S.E.M.T. P i e l s t i c k 10PC4-V570 diesel with a maximum continuous rating of 15,000 bhp at 400 rpm, providing a service speed of 15.1 knots. Car capacity is approximately 2,650 units.
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The highway reopened right before Memorial Day weekend after being in and out of commission from the 2013 floods. It was one of many roads in the state needing attention.
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Kirby (+1500)
no it ain't
Yep.. I was wrong. Sorry.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34589
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ocre 199 posts
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Pikachu Libre is kind of a lame addition when we have several pokemon that personify wrestling that aren't getting used (Hawlucha and Hariyama come to mind), but I'd welcome another fun fighter for th
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Well, I will say that Nintendo really pulled it out for me. I just may get a WiiU sometime in the near future.
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If http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a489247/super-mario-3d-world-preview-cat-suits-co-op-in-new-wii-u-adventure.html is to be believed, it will have online Multi.
it said that was the one feature that was missing
that doesn't mean it's going to have it.
jnWake
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The reactions to the Direct have been slightly odd.
Sure, 3D World isn't what everyone expected. But 4 player co-op in 3D is a pretty big thing imo. It's not going to sell the game to me but I'm sure it'll sell the game to many people and is a big innovation largely ignored by people that claim the direct was safe.
The reaction towards DKCTF was also sad. DKCR was an amazing game, yet people were mad about it because they wanted Metroid... I think we'll see Metroid, but just not this year.
And Nintendo showed X and Bayonetta 2 for "realistic" graphics. Monolith Soft is part of Nintendo so their game shouldn't be ignored when talking about what Nintendo can do, and that game has beautiful "realistic" graphics. Sure, Nintendo didn't show any FPS or any zombie game, but considering that the PS4 and X1 libraries are almost only FPS or zombie games with very similar looks, it doesn't make me sad at all.
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Zelda Wind Waker HD
DKC: Tropical Freeze
Xenoblade 2
Super Luigi U
None of those games excite you Brandon (Outside of Smash/Zelda HD)? Why did you even get a Wii U? These games are EXACTLY why you'd buy a Nintendo product. If none of these got you excited, you really did make a poor choice purchasing the Wii U.
No new 'true' 3D mario (i.e. Galaxy), no new Zelda, no new Metroid, Smash Bros not coming out for awhile...
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I'm inordinately excited for Mario 3D World. Mario 3D Land is one of the finest Mario games I've played and I played it to death, even after 100-percenting it. The control, the level design, the pacing, the aesthetic, everything came together in an incredible package. 3D World looks like it's going to continue that.
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I forgot to add "A possibly actually good Sonic" to that list earlier
I could add Star Fox to that "not announced/shown" list too, but outside of that just think: They have this many good games (finally) and they still haven't even pulled out their biggest guns yet. We are in for a nice ride down the road hopefully once they get to the big guns. (Though I personally consider Pikmin 3, DKC, Mario Kart and Smash some pretty big guns!)
Sure, I already mentioned I was bummed they didn't show off a new true Mario game, but 3D World is probably the best substitute and I'm really excited to play it.
I find it hard to believe someone can be not excited by any single game on the list I gave, because I'm pretty excited about each and every one. There is no way I can even afford all the games they are releasing (especially on the 3DS too) as is so I don't have any complaints as is if they space them out. Just as long as there isn't a 6 month drought like launch to now
This guy disagrees.
Well, hes entitled to his opinion, but Sony's biggest announcement was "PS4 is a regular videogame console". Don't get me wrong, I got really excited too that they didn't join in with MS's scheme
But... Wii U is also a regular videogame console.
I also got really really really excited for FFXV/KH3 but... later it was stated they were not PS4 exclusives. But since I'm not TOUCHING an Xbox One, it might as well be I guess
I love how they are supporting the indie scene in the console space but.. most of those games already on the PC. I'd rather support someone like Ouya for the indie cause anyways, but kudos to Sony for reaching out to smaller devs and not shoving them away like MS has lately
But really out of the big 3, Nintendo was the only one pushing out a giant list of games that were exclusive to their console.
I do have to say Sony's conference has convinced me I am getting a PS4 for sure (probably not at launch, but as soon as XV or MGSV comes out), and its even affordable! If they had gone MS's route I probably would of held off until it was like a bargin bin console (I'll be holding off on Xbox One until it is a bargin bin console... if ever. Its the first time i've NOT wanted to buy a console)
Edited June 13, 2013 by Crowbar Man
this is not a counter-argument to a list of 10 1st party exclusives pretty much all of which are a lock to be very high quality titles, plus new zelda is already confirmed as coming out
so two games aren't coming out as fast as you want them to and 3d mario world is not 3d enough for you. whatever floats your boat
i'd like a new metroid too but those other 10 will keep me occupied til then i think
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I don't get why people are saying that the new Mario isn't a 'true' 3D Mario or whatever.
It's Mario and it's in 3D. The game looks solid and fun as hell from the trailer. What's the issue here?
Play Mario 64 or to a lesser extent, Galaxy. or if you have to, Sunshine (not personally a fan of that one, but it was more free roaming than Galaxy)
3D Land/World has this kinda even more on rails / follow a path level design inspired by Galaxy but taken further. Kinda like a 2D game but with free roaming. Its enjoyable, but it isn't a real Mario 3D platformer in the sense your wandering around a full 3D world
Mirby
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it's also being made by the Galaxy team.
i understand liking that, but SM3DW will have elements from all the games, from 64 to Sunshine to both Galaxies, along with stuff from SM3DL. It's a culmination of all those games, and a successor to all of them.
If that's not a new "true" 3D Mario, then I don't know what is. Perhaps y'all need to re-evaluate your personal definitions of that and take another look at this game.
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After waggle roll, I'm skeptical of DKCTF until it's confirmed that the game isn't gamepad touch screen controls only.
In all seriousness though, there was some mysterious hype around Retro some time ago, I think a DKCR sequel was a predictable move and people were expecting something more ambitious for their next project.
David Wise involvement has me excited, would've liked to have seen more original music in DKCR, maybe this time
Edited June 13, 2013 by liquid wind
SM3DW will have elements from all the games, from 64 to Sunshine to both Galaxies, along with stuff from SM3DL. It's a culmination of all those games, and a successor to all of them.
I really doubt it will have any elements from Mario 64/Galxies, I HOPE it doesn't have any elements from Sunshine (I really didn't enjoy that one)
It isn't a successor to anything but Super Mario 3D Land. They even named it as such. It will play like Super Mario 3D Land, which does not play like Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxies (except for some of the more, strictly linear sublevels). 3D Land was a pretty unique play style.
Again, I'm excited about 3D World, but it isn't a follow up to the Mario mainline series, its a follow up to 3D Land. 3D Land in itself was a handheld experiment / subseries (like NSMB). Again its even named as such by given it a retro style name (Land = Super Mario Land, the older handheld series, World = Super Mario World, an older console game). It is meant to be retro-ish. But it is far far far more enjoyable than the NSMB sub series, and I am looking forward to it's sequel
Nintendo more than likely IS working on a follow up to the Mario mainline series (at least I hope). This just isn't it. I'm buying it though, with excitement!
Did you watch the SM3DW Developer Direct?
That's where I got all that from. I didn't just pull it out of my ass.
I've seen just everything Nintendo has released on it on their You Tube channel and website. It looks great, amazing actually. But I don't see anything here that shows a more open level design ala Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy. The level paths are wider than 3D Land sure (to accommodate 4 players), but still follow a particular path, still has the flagpole and ? retro style of 3D Land.
Do you have a link to a video that shows something I haven't seen? I could of missed it. I'll go look again
Indeed most of those games are not exciting to me.
* Not interested in Pikmin
* Not interested in Bayonetta 2
* Not interested in Wonderful 101
* Not a fan of Wind Waker
* Skeptical about Mario Kart 8 as I hated the recent iterations and much preferred the recent Sonic Allstars racing games
* Excited for Smash Bros but it's a long way away, and so no reason for me to buy the console now
* Kind of interested in DKC: Tropical Freeze but 2D platformers don't hold my attention as much anymore
* Mixed feelings about Super Mario 3D World. I'd like to see it in action. I was not a fan of NSMB Wii and I don't really want more samey gameplay like that. SM Galaxy was on a whole different level.
* Never played Xenoblade 1, not really interested in JRPGs
* Not interested in Super Luigi U for the reasons stated above
I LOVED Skyward Sword, and I LOVED Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. Those games were worth the price of admission on the Wii. I also have high hopes for a new Metroid that will return to the older style of gameplay like Zero Mission for example. And I'm sure the new Smash will be cool. But none of these are available or anywhere close so I have 0 reason to even consider a WiiU for awhile.
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Allstars Transformed was a really good game, (best "Sonic" game in a while and not even made by Sega) but honestly they stole the whole transforming kart thing from Mario Kart 7 :/ Really good game though.
Well, sorry to hear you aren't interested in anything this round, but Nintendo is obviously working on a new Zelda, and I'm almost 100% a new Mario that isn't NSMB / "3D Land/World" related and Smash IS coming 100% confirmed (hopefully next year). Maybe next year!
As a reminder if you liked Galaxy, Sonic Lost Worlds (Wii U exclusive) looks pretty similar but hoping for a Sega / Sonic game to be good is a gamble so we'll see when that one gets released.
However, I'd like to note that you didn't buy a Wii U, my comment was for someone that DID buy one and somehow doesn't want any of these games
2D platformers don't hold my attention as much anymore
Breakin' my heart ;_;
Nabeel Ansari
Pikachu (+5000)
but hoping for a Sega / Sonic game to be good is a gamble so we'll see when that one gets released.
what the fuck are you talking about
Do I really need to say?
If that wasn't sarcasm:
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic '06 *shudder*
Sonic Unleashed
Ring any bells?
Sonic and the Black Knight..... Sonic Adventure 1....
Colors and Generations say hi.
2 semi-good examples do not undo a decade worth of bad games :/ Anywho for more discussion on Sonic Lost Worlds: See my thread about it! Lets not clog up the thread too much with it
Yea, he said it was a gamble. The record shows like a.. 70% chance of bad game, 25% good, and 5% devil incarnate.
Of course according to my brother only Sonic 06 was truly bad and "metal Sonic has the coolest design ever"
Allstars Transformed was a really good game, (best "Sonic" game in a while and not even made by Sega) but honestly they stole the whole transforming kart thing from Diddy Kong Racing
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Opening This Week: JB, OK and SONS
I'm trying to find a through-line to describe the three shows that open this weekend on area stages -- Archibald MacLeish's J.B., the good old Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! and Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet -- but those are some pretty disparate shows.
Although Oklahoma! was written and performed first among the three, it's J.B. that looks back the farthest for its literary material. Stick an O between that J and B, and you'll see where MacLeish's play comes from. And that would be the Book of Job in the Bible. You will probably remember Job as a very put-upon guy, one whose faith is tested by God in a sort of celestial bet with Satan, whereby Satan takes away Job's children, his wealth and his physical health to see if he can get Job to turn his back on God.
Job is mightily tested, but he remains strong in his faith. So that's your happily ever after. I don't find it all that happy myself or a terribly good reason to have faith, but... I am guessing I am not the intended audience. I may be closer to MacLeish's intended audience, however, since his version of Job, which sets the action inside a circus tent, has a somewhat different ending.
Archibald MacLeish's J.B. opens on February 21 at ISU's Westhoff Theatre. And, yes, it will be circusey. Matthew Scott Campbell directs this production, with Tommy Malouf as Job, and Andrew Rogalny, Jr. and Matthew Hallahan as the competing forces of good and evil.
Sons of the Prophet, a new play by up-and-comer Stephen Karam, also opens on the 21st. This one is directed by Gary Ambler for Urbana's Station Theatre, with Joel Higgins and David Mor as the sons in the title. Their prophet is not anyone Biblical, however, but instead Kahlil Gibran, who wrote the famous book of poetry called The Prophet. Family legend says that Joseph and Charlie Douaihy are indirectly related to Gibran, and that fact is Joseph's toe in the door to get a book of his own published. But hard luck follows the Douaihy family, not unlike what happens to Job up there. As Karam examines "how people endure the unendurable" through the tragedy and joy in one Lebanese-American family, Sons of the Prophet finds the humor and compassion in humanity.
And then there's Oklahoma! Based on a 1931 play called Green Grow the Lilacs, written by Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma! is a musical exploration of cowboys and farmers, American expansion west, romance down on the farm, girls who cain't say no, all boosted by the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein score and the exuberant choreography of Agnes de Mille. The poster for ISU's production, which is directed by Richard Corley, looks like he's bringing in some jump, jive and wail to pull the show forward from its 1906 setting to something that more approximates the time period of the original Broadway production, which premiered in 1943. Those definitely look like jitterbuggers over there on top of the state. On the other hand, the cowboy seems to riding a John Deere and I don't know that riding lawn mowers were hanging around in 1943. But it would certainly seem to indicate that this will be a more modern Oklahoma! than most.
Whether it's extra jazzy or original recipe Oklahoma!, the show will open February 22 at the Illinois State University Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets or more information, check out the event's Facebook page here.
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Q: On demand modal rendering? As I currently understand them, jquery modals are rendered during page load and triggered by the user via a hidden= true to hidden=false value.
This is all fine and dandy and works nicely when modals are kept to a minimum per page. But, and here is my question, what if you have an entire list of modals that when you click on it pops up a modal of information to edit. Say for example, a grid of documents and you wish to click on a document and have a modal pop up to just edit the small document. Wouldn't rendering all these documents during page load slow down user experience. Isn't there a way to load and render that modal "on demand".
Whats the standard practice for this type of behavior.
I know the rails way to is load a new page per document but I'm very curious to see how I can make this work.
I tagged the jQuery crowd also as this library is the one I'm most familiar with.

A: I do this a lot in my apps.  This is the code for a feedback button in one of my apps.
It creates the dialog, and when a button is pressed the dialog's content is loaded dynamically.
$(function () {
    var button= $("#FeedbackButton");
    if (button.length == 0)
        button= $("
Feedback
").hide().appendTo("body");

    var dialog = $("#FeedbackDialog");
    if (dialog.length == 0)
        dialog = $("
Feedback
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    button.click(function () {
        button.hide();
        dialog.load("_FeedbackDialog.htm");
        $(dialog).dialog({
            title: "Feedback",
            modal: true,
            width: 800,
            height: 300,
            close: function () {
                $(button).show();
            }
        });
    });
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A: By rendering a modal on demand, I assume you mean responding to an AJAX query.  In that case, yes there is a way to build a modal on demand.  What you'd have to do is set up an event listener that does an AJAX call to your controller.
# my_view.html
/* inside JS event trigger */
$.get("/get_modal.js")

Then in your controller, respond to that AJAX call.
# my_controller.rb
def get_modal
  respond_to do |format|
    format.js # this will execute get_modal.js (or get_modal.js.erb)
  end
end

Your "view", however will not be HTML, it will be JS which leaves you free to do whatever want.
# get_modal.js
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As collaborator and external architect with Yiorgos Hadjichristou's architectural design project 'the Architecture Research Center, University of Nicosia, Cyprus'. Project selected through competition held by the Cyprus Architects association for the most significant European 'Mies Van Der Rohe Awards' 2012-2013.
05.2012_ European Cultural Capital: Submission of the proposal 'Vague terrains' & 'Revisiting & Rediscovering your Town(s): New Readings of your Urban Environment' for the Bid of the Competition together with Yiorgos Hadjichristou. The proposal 'Vague Terrains' was selected by the Organization for the Bid and a contract is signed to become one of the biggest events of the European Cultural Capital. The possibility of realizing the above projects is still in the process, now in the city of Paphos.
05.1999_Awarded the 'Josephine Paddock Fellowship' for distinction in a field of the Arts. A $10,000 award given to a young woman who shows promise in, and dedication to, the arts.
06.2015_Changing Cities. Book of Abstracts of the International Conference on Changing Cities II Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions. Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece. Editor: Prof. Aspa Gospodini, University of Thessaly/ Graffima Publications. ISBN 978-690-6865-85-5.
In/ Out of Crisis, emergent and adaptive cities (A. Swiny, M. Georgiou, and Y. Hadjichristou) p.339 under the theme: Resilient cities: 'Planning and Designing resilient cities under economic and environmental uncertainty'.
06.2015_Changing Cities. Proceedings of the International Conference on Changing Cities II Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions. 22-26 June 2015 Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece. Editor: Prof. Aspa Gospodini, University of Thessaly/ Graffima Publications. ISBN 978‐960‐6865‐88‐6. In/ Out of Crisis, emergent and adaptive cities (A. Swiny, M. Georgiou, and Y. Hadjichristou) p.1172-1181 under the theme: Resilient cities: 'Planning and Designing resilient cities under economic and environmental uncertainty'.
02.2014_Participation in the Competition for the Curating Team of the Cyprus Pavilion of the 14th Venice Architectural Biennale. As a Curator with Yiorgos Hadjischristou. Collaborators/Team: M.Georgiou, P.Pavlides, A.Postekkis. Created and designed the Project & Installation 'Reverberating Courtyards: Carving History'.
10.2013-present_ 'In-Out Crisis' Architectural Unit. Course written and taught with Y.Hadjichristou & M. Georgiou. We proposed and were selected to run an Advanced Architectural Unit for the 4th & 5th Years of study in the BA Arch and the Professional Degree, Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia. 'In-Out Crisis', is based on my research concerning Emergency Architecture and facing issues of crisis that are currently encountered throughout our world today. This cutting edge and pertinent course explores various aspects of crisis and are explored through the lens of architectural design. Workshops and other explorative teaching methods are used.
10.2013_Printed Abstract 'Vague Terrains' (with Yiorgos Hadjichristou) in the books of Abstracts. Session 7a: Performing Space and Place. 4th Global Conference. Exploring Critical Issues. 9-12.09.2013 Mansfield College. Oxford. United Kingdom .
2012_ Web publication of the 'Urban- A- Where?' Project can be found at www.urban-a-where.com An upcoming book publication with the editorial DAMDI is been prepared, that will include our participation.
04.2010_Publication ENHSA-EAAE Architectural DesignTeachers' and Construction Teachers'Networks: Architectural Design and Construction Education. 'Experimentation towards Integration'.
Maria Panayides. Participants: Yiorgos Hadjichristou, Alessandra Swiny, Maria Hadjisoteriou. Collaborators: architecture students Elli Balabanidou and Evgenios Vasiliou (www.urban-a-where.com) (17-30.10.2012).
Participation in the Exhibition organized by Domes in collaboration with Cyprus Architects Association – International Review of Architecture / Cypriot Architecture Panorama 2012+ Panorama of Greek Architecture 2011, (participation with 3 projects of my personal work) 1-5.03.2012 Famagusta Gate , Nicosia, 7-11.03 Municipal Cutural center Panos Solomonides , Limassol, Tirana/Albania, Belgrade/ Servia, Bukharest/Romania, Sofia/Bulgaria, Xanthi,Thessaloniki,Larissa, Volos, Patra, Athens, Hania, Irakleio/ Greece.
03.10.2012_Exhibition of the workshops of the Cyprus Pavilion 'Revisit' of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 and the Erasmus Programs 2010,2011,2012 . Co-organization of the event together with Y.Hadjichristou.
06.2015_End of Year Exhibition of the ARC. , coordinated and designed the event. Exhibition of the outcomes of the courses of both Interior Design and Architecture Programmes and presentations by our graduates. Coordinate Awards for the graduated students.
03.10.2012_Lecture & Presentations of the Erasmus Intensive Program results for 2010,2011,2012. Co-organization of the event together with Y.Hadjichristou.
-Author of 5 Year Professional Diploma in Architecture (DipArch) and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (B.A.Arch), University of Nicosia, Cyprus.


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I stand in the kitchen and listen to the quiet. The children are walking around the neighborhood, a freedom they've recently earned. The older two are now responsible enough to make sure the little two make wise choices, something we talk about over and over and over throughout our days. I relish the quiet now, but I can see myself standing in the kitchen years from now, making chicken and green beans and wild rice, but only for two. Then in the quiet I'll hear my memories laughing and squealing and having fun. I've learned that it's rare for memories not to become sugar-coated over the years.
I snap the beans two or three at a time and wish they'd come straight from the garden. One day, I tell myself, I'll have a garden. One that actually produces enough to make it worth it. But by then I won't need as much and I'll (maybe) have more time, so that should work out nicely. I want peas, maybe purple hulls or lady peas or both. I want to sit on the front porch, rocking back and forth, shelling until my fingers are raw.
The pot sizzles at me as I move it onto the burner and I snap back to now. Even in the quiet, there is a cacophony of sound.
I love my todays. Sometimes they are exhausting. Other times, exhilarating. We laugh, guffaw even, together often. Occasionally we catch tears running down each other's cheeks, overwhelmed by the moments.
I love my yesterdays. Drenched in sunshine and rainbows, they smile back at me. A few dark clouds hover in the background, the moments that will never go away but drift farther and farther away.
I love my tomorrows. Full of hope and promise. I love to dream and think about what will be, knowing darn well that nothing happens exactly as planned. It's the swoops and swirls of life that make life what it is, makes us who we are.
I wonder who I'll be then.
I wonder, too, who I am now.
But I do know this: we are more than just a collection of memories, more than a bucketful of dreams.
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Facebook is preparing Large offer with Lady Gaga
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook is preparing for a large public offering this week, but despite the major trade agreements, it has come down, there is still a regular guy with a love of pop stars like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.
Kimberly White / Andrew H. Walker/ Jason Merritt, Getty Images
Although he runs a business of several million dollars, who just plunked down $ 1 billion for Instagram (not much), he always takes the time to engage in pop culture. How do we know? By his Facebook profile, of course.
Not only tycoon to enjoy T-Swift and Gaga, but it is also a fan of Jay-Z, Rihanna, John Mayer and Radiohead. U2, Green Day, Daft Punk, Shakira, Linkin Park and LCD Soundsystem also gain the love of the tab at Harvard University.
Judging by his subscription to Lea Michele and Dianna Agron Facebook pages, we can assume that this is a 'Glee' fan, too. However, we have trouble seeing the 27 year old singing along version of "New Directions average." What's more plausible Zuckerberg is sitting on the couch enjoying Andy Samberg impressions on "Saturday Night Live" and throwing his fist in the air while watching 'Rome', both of which he "loved" on her profile.
Note also love are native to the New York In-N-Out Burger, Steve Jobs and the Yankees. It is clearly a well rounded guy.
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« Net Neutering: Isn't It Great That This Old Lady Is Going To Take Us To Her House And Give Us Candy?
Banning Rugby »
Setting Terrible Legal Precedents Just To Hammer on People We Don't Like
First, we got FCC title II regulation of the Internet because a lot of people hate Comcast and saw net neutering as the perfect way to stick it to Comcast. Now, we get a terrible copyright precedent because people don't like Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke.
The Internet appeared to rejoice that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lost their lawsuit to the estate of Marvin Gaye over alleged copyright infringements in their mega hit song "Blurred Lines." It's not that the notoriously copyright-unfriendly Internet culture found religion on intellectual property privileges but that the Internet doesn't seem to like Robin Thicke. Fair enough. But as a number of commentators have noted, it's a silly reason to support such an awful ruling. And that ruling is awful even if you believe in relatively expansive intellectual property rights because it wasn't based on any copyright Marvin Gaye's estate owns on paper....
As the author notes, are we going to soon have competing claims (and lawsuits) claiming origination of the four chord progression?
Tags: Blurred Lines, FCC, lawsuit, lawsuits, Marvin Gaye, religion, Robin Thicke
Category: Liability / Lawsuits / Insurance
Nimrod:
I think we know that the average person does not think in terms of precedent or unintended consequences. The average person on the Internet is no better in this regard, and may in fact be worse if Reddit is any sort of representative indication of the average.
Story [http://constitutionalrightspac.com/articles/fcc-commissioner-net-neutrality-is-a-threat-to-free-speech] where last October the DNC members of the FCC ruled that videos critical of Obama should be regulated by the FEC and they should be banned since they did not disclose their funding to the FEC. Vote split on a 3-3 vote, same 3 who voted for this were also voting for "Net Neutrality".
I assume this will go the same as "Fairness Doctrine" did a few decades ago. Regulation of free speech according to "regulations" of the party in power.
Many are suspecting that sites that post political things will need to register with the FEC or be banned, and that is why the "Net Neutrality" rules have not been released.
Ike Pigott:
Agreed. But this is still damned funny.
http://youtu.be/afUPJOg7uRk
obloodyhell:
As with so many other segments of freedom, the government is totally out of control. Unfortunately, in this case, it's because the populace is stupid and wants it that way.
Nehemiah:
I had not seen the 4 chord son before. Thanks for sharing. It was very well done.
Mercury:
I think it's more significant that this appears to be the first time a (successful) case like this wasn't built around the melody and/or lyrics of a song.
I don't know how
explicit or simply "understood" the actual law is on this but I suppose it
doesn't matter now.
I guess when pop music is little more than rhythm and style there isn't much else to "plagiarize".
Anyway, Jan and Dean, call your office.
Thankfully, parody is still (for now) legally protected:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
kidmugsy:
Four chords? The Blues makes do with three.
mesaeconoguy:
1 - 4 - 5 ain't bad.
This was the first high-profile musical plagiarism lawsuit –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News#.22Ghostbusters.22_song_lawsuit
Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for the Ghostbusters movie theme song (same key & chord progression – even I noticed that as a budding youth guitarist). Read the rest – Parker later sued Huey Lewis.
The highest profile musical plagiarism lawsuit extant is Spirit v. Led Zeppelin –
http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2014/05/21/spirit-v-led-zeppelin-analysis-of-the-stairway-to-heaven-infringement-lawsuit/
Plaintiff contends that the iconic opening arpeggio of "Stairway to Heaven" was lifted from the Spirit track "Taurus." Keep an eye on this one.
Just listened to it, and plaintiff definitely has a case. Identical tempo and modulation, minor phrasing differences. All artists steal from each other.
But don't fret (pun)
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-21/led-zeppelin-isnt-actually-losing-the-stairway-to-heaven-lawsuit
Not Sure:
What's the point of having a government that can hammer on people we don't like if we don't use it to hammer on people we don't like? Ignore, for the time being, that one day you might be the nail.
marque2:
It was kind of interesting. When I first heard about that lawsuit, I couldn't believe they were the same. But the back rhythm is identical. Apparently the studio was playing Huey Lewis songs, to the Ghostbuster folks, to try to encourage more Huey Lewis style hits for their own company, so it really wasn't much of an accident either.
I think the first real big one, was George Harrison, with "My Sweet Lord," which he lost.
There was also a Tom Petty and Sam Smith issue, but Petty and Lynne, settled for 12.5% of the royalties and co-credit for writing, which I think is the right way to go. Tom Petty didn't try to destroy Sam Smith for an honest mistake.
jhertzli:
Weird Al must be getting nervous.
Dan Wendlick:
Weird Al does get licenses to use the melodies, and usually gets the permission of the recording artist (who may not own the rights to the song) before recoding his parodies.
look up Fogerty v. Fantasy - John Fogerty was sued for writing a song that was too close to one he had previously written but no longer owned the publishing rights to.
But he doesn't have to. He probably does it to make it easier to get a cut of the original artist's royalties.
Yes, he does more than is strictly legally required. he has also had a 35+ year career in the pop music business and not been sued into oblivion or frozen out by artists and labels. Somehow I don't think those things are unrelated.
That's right, Fogerty was embroiled in a huge legal battle that prevented him from playing live for something like a decade...
Of course. My point is only that parody is protected free speech not a protected livelihood.
In any case copyright, royalty and patent law is pretty messed up.
Different lawsuit, IIRC, though perhaps related. The one that kept him from performing live involved the other members of the group Creedence Clearwater Revival, over the use of the name and performance of the group's back catalog and the assorted residual rights. The settlement gave Fogerty the rights to the group's back catalog and allowed the remaining members to continue to perform under the CCR name and trademarks. Of course this was finalized shortly before the advent of CDs and later digital downloads, meaning Fogerty managed to profit from fans replacing their cassette and album collections twice. The remaining members still perform under the Creedence Celarwater Revisited name, but mostly on the casino and county fair circuit.


The Slauson Recreation Center fields have been undergoing a transformation this summer and fall and will soon be ready for a community ribbon cutting celebration. So far the fields have been updated with state of the art artificial turf.
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Mesa Verde National Park: Mug House and Step House
Saturday, August 28 was a splendid day in the National Parks. Sean kept saying about Mesa Verde National Park: "I really like this place. I'm having so much fun!" In the morning, we visited Mug House on the best Ranger-led interpretive tour we'd ever been on (which is saying something). In the afternoon, we hiked to Petroglyph Point and made some trail friends along the way.
Soda Canyon
I woke with the light, snapped a few photos out the window, then closed the shade and went back to bed.
At 8am, I rose for real and stumbled over to the main lodge building to get some lobby coffee. Of course there was a woman not wearing a mask despite all the signage, but I didn't say anything.
I sat on the deck sipping coffee and catching up on my notes until Sean stirred. Then we slowly began to get ready. Our tour didn't start until 11am, so we had time. But we did have to drive back out to Weatherill Mesa, so we couldn't lollygag too much.
On my way back from filling up my dromedary with water from the lodge lobby, I got chatting with a family (mom, dad, two teenage boys) who were packing up and getting ready to leave our unit of the lodge. They were headed up to Black Canyon that day, and I remarked that we'd be following them tomorrow. They were from New Rochelle, New York, and this was their first vacation in twenty months. They described the intensity of their early pandemic lock-down, since New Rochelle, just outside New York City, was one of the communities hit early and intensely by COVID-19.
We also talked about traveling through conservative western Colorado ("Lauren Bobert country," the dad observed). "I told the boys to just keep their mouths shut." He also reminisced about a drive he and a college buddy took to Seattle twenty-some years earlier. "Here we were, two Jewish boys from Scarsdale, driving through Idaho. We decided we just wouldn't stop until we reached the Washington state line."
I shared some of our experiences traveling as a gay couple and how Sean had clearly been racially profiled twice in the Big Bend country of southern Texas.
Sean and I showered, finished getting ready, and were out the door early. We grabbed some breakfast sandwiches from Far View Terrace, and then we were back on the road to Weatherill Mesa.
Montezuma Valley
This time, though, we had the time to stop at some of the overlooks.
Long Spur and Sleeping Ute Mountain
Shiprock and the Chuska Mountains
When we got to the kiosk at Weatherill Mesa, we stamped our Passports to our National Parks for Mesa Verde, then waited for our tour to gather.
Ranger Drew Reagan
Unlike our tour of Long House the previous afternoon, the tour of Mug House was extremely limited: only ten tickets are sold for each tour to protect the cliff dwelling. Our guide was Ranger Drew Reagan, an experienced interpretive ranger at Mesa Verde who studied archaeology and anthropology at UC Berkeley. That he is gay made it even better (although we didn't know that until Sean looked into him afterward).
In addition to the ten of us in the tour group, we had an NPS dispatcher along, and Ranger Drew was helped by Mike, a retired volunteer whose job it was to make sure no one got left behind.
Ranger Drew oriented and let us know that the most dangerous part of the tour would be at the very beginning and the very end, when we'd have to hike out along the Park Road as it wound its way to the parking area at Weatherill Mesa.
With Ranger Drew in the lead and Volunteer Mike at the rear, we headed out single file along to road to spot near Mile Marker 12.
Mug House is not indicated on the Park map. (Most of the hundreds of cliff dwellings are not indicated, actually.) There is no overlook to view it, and the only way to visit is on a ticketed tour.
All of a sudden, Ranger Drew turned off the road near some almost-imperceptible cairns and led us toward the rim of Rock Canyon. Neat.
Then we began descending on a clear trail.
Gambel's Oak
Maybe a third of the way down from the rim the trail leveled out, turned south, and led us along a series of alcoves.
Although low and shallow, the alcoves had clear signs of human occupation: soot from fires on the ceilings and rock art on the walls.
There was clearly moisture available here too with the Gambel's Oak reaching tree height and creating a cool woodland habitat along the path.
Architectural stakes
Ranger Drew pointed out architectural stakes from the mid-twentieth century. They are now themselves protected artifacts in the continuing history of Mesa Verde National Park.
We rounded one more bend and then came upon Mug House.
Before we entered the dwelling, Ranger Drew asked us to pause and take a moment of silent respect to prepare to enter this sacred space.
Named for three mugs tied together with yucca rope found hanging inside one of its rooms, Mug House was a village of 80 to 100 residents during the 1100 to 1200s CE.
– National Park Service
Ranger Drew split us into two groups so we could take turns viewing the kivas, metates, and cisterns in the dwelling.
Ranger Drew Reagan (who obliged my request for a photo)
The most impressive thing about Ranger Drew's tour of Mug House was that in addition to interpreting the cliff dwelling and its features, he also interpreted and interrogated the way that the National Park Service has interpreted Mesa Verde for over a century.
"If you had visited Mesa Verde decades ago, you would have heard a great story about the mysterious Anasazi and how they vanished. It was an entertaining story, but it was completely untrue. First of all, we don't call the people who lived here the Anasazi, we call them the Ancestral Pueblo. And we know where they went. They moved to the various communities that the Pueblo people call home today: Acoma, Laguna, Taos, Zuni, and all the others." I spoke up and pointed out that Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is herself Pueblo, and Ranger Drew picked up the thread without missing a stitch: "Yes, the first Native American Secretary of the Interior is a member of Laguna Pueblo. It is likely that her ancestors at some point passed through the Mesa Verde region."
He also explained that although we don't entirely understand why the Ancestral Pueblo people began to move into cliff dwellings in the century before they abandoned the Four Corners region, it likely wasn't a defensive posture like earlier Park Rangers would have claimed.
He pointed out that many of the artistic renderings, including those in the Park map, of Ancestral Pueblo people almost naked were likely also false. Not only did the Ancestral Pueblo people regularly wear clothes, they even had down coats made of finely woven yucca fiber stuffed with Wild Turkey feathers.
And so forth.
It was brilliant because it both informed us about where we were standing and interpreted the way we (the dominant culture) think about the people who lived on Mesa Verde. Ranger Drew's entire approach was positioned around cultural humility: "In considering how the Ancestral Pueblo people reacted to a time of devastating drought, we can learn something about how we today can face the threat of climate change."
The more Ranger Drew asked our group questions, and we him, the further into some of the ramifications of site stewardship we traveled. He related how young Finnish geologist and botanist, Gustaf Nordenskiöld had removed literal trainloads of artifacts from Mesa Verde and shipped them to Finland in 1891. Horrifyingly, these included twenty human remains. There had been outrage at the time, but there were no laws yet to prevent Nordenskiöld from removing the bodies and objects. Preventing such looting from recurring would lead, in part, to the Antiquities Act of 1906.
For decades, the United States and the Pueblo Nations had urged Finland to return the bodies and artifacts, and Finland refused. Finally in September 2020, Finland returned the remains of the twenty persons along with twenty-eight funerary objects, which were reinterred in a burial ceremony. The site of the burial is secret. Finland continues to refuse to return the other Mesa Verde objects Nordenskiöld took.
The conversation continued on the topic of repatriation of objects. "If the British Museum had to return everything it stole, it would have nothing left," remarked one visitor. Although laws now protect archaeological objects from removal from the United States, they do not necessarily protect them from removal within the country. "Institutions like the Smithsonian are often silent on the issue because of the implications it has for their own collection," noted Ranger Drew. I thought of the Anchorage Museum and its incredible hall of Native Alaskan objects repatriated to Alaska by the Smithsonian.
In closing the conversation, Ranger Drew mentioned a maturity in the National Park Service's approach to interpretation that lets Rangers "say all this stuff now."
Good job, NPS, and just spectacular job, Ranger Drew.
I love how the Ancestral Pueblo people just built around the huge slab of a boulder in the alcove (above).
Metates
Before we exited Mug House, Ranger Drew asked that we pause a second time to be respectful and thank those who had lived in this place.
Footholds leading to the doorway
I was lingering taking photos, of course, and Volunteer Mike and I began chatting. He pointed out some things, like the visible footholds and handholds, as we slowly left the cliff dwelling.
Mike described tours he'd been on that included modern Pueblo people. "I was on a tour and a grandfather was there with his two grandsons. When the visit was over, we left them alone in the site to have their privacy with their ancestors."
Ranger Drew, Sean, and the rest of the group were well ahead of Mike and me as we made our way back up the trail slowly.
Pottery sherds
Mike pointed out pottery sherds…
…and a sharpening stone.
As we hiked back out, Mike and I gabbed. He was retired and split his time between Birmingham, Alabama and Durango, Colorado. He loved volunteering at the Park.
Mug House
Back up on the road, the group was well ahead of us. But Mike paused and pointed out another cliff dwelling visible on the other side of the road from Mug House.
Long Canyon
When Mike and I finally wandered back to the kiosk, Ranger Drew was already back behind the desk. I thanked Mike and said goodbye.
Then Sean and I walked down the short trail to Step House, the only cliff dwelling visitors are currently able to visit without being on a tour.
A paved trail led down into Long Canyon, making the site pretty easily accessible.
Pit house reconstruction
Step House was clearly geared toward interpretation, including a reconstruction of a pit house created by the Park Service. Since the museum and visitor center were closed because of both COVID-19 and an HVAC issue, it was the closest thing to a museum experience we'd have at Mesa Verde during our visit.
Kiva. Image: Sean M. Santos
Step House did boast a panel of deeply incised petroglyphs, probably the most interesting part of the cliff dwelling.
Deflector stone in the kiva
After a brief look around, we began our ascent up the other side of the loop trail.
Wyoming Paintbrush
Desolation Prickly Pear
Back at the parking area for Weatherill Mesa, we had some lunch.
As we drove back off Weatherill Mesa, we stopped at all the turnouts and overlooks we'd not yet visited. We wouldn't be coming back this way before leaving the Park the next day.
Rock Canyon Tower
Easily the most interesting thing we saw on the way off of Weatherill Mesa was Rock Canyon Tower, across Rock Canyon from the Park on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. Towers like these were common in the Ancestral Puebloan world. Once a series of towers extended from the great city at Chaco Canyon in what is now New Mexico all the way to Chimney Rock in what is now Colorado.
For us that afternoon it was off to Chapin Mesa and the petroglyphs.
This entry was posted in Journey and tagged Colorado, Mesa Verde on May 1, 2022 by Brandon Hayes.
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Detailed Description: Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park near Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada is a remote adventure destination suited for all ages and fitness levels. The old growth and Lodgepole Pine forest, the turquoise lake, the rivers, the snow capped mountains all compliment the valley where Birkenhead Lake rests.
Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park is 9,755 hectares in size. The Birkenhead Provincial Park is best known as a playground for mountain bikers, hikers, campers, RVs and boating enthusiasts.
The mountain biking and hiking trails accessible from Birkenhead Lake are varied- some short while others are long haul. There are two easy grade trails on the west side of the lake that lead to wilderness campgrounds and some unofficial picnic sites. The Lakeshore Trail is 1.5 Km to the wilderness campsites and the Sockeye Creek Trail is 2 Km.
Another short trail with lake views is the Goat Trail. It is a steep but short 1 kilometre trail on the south end of the campground that offers views over looking the lake and park. The trail is ideal for wildlife viewing in the spring or fall seasons as it is a gathering place for mountain goats exploring, feeding on the surrounding hills.
The Lake Shore Trail extends past the recreation wilderness campsites and continues to follow the entire west side of the lake for 8 kilometres. While the Bear Trail travels the east side of the lake but parts are unserviceable. The long haul Lake Shore Trail is part of the Birkenhead Loop Mountain Biking Trail which is part of the larger Sea to Sky Trail.
The main parking lot fronts the shores of the lake and looks straight into the eyes of the mountain range. An ideal setting for a day on the beach and for swimming in the turquoise lake. The roped off swimming area is separated from the boat launch and a wooden pier ideal for canoes and small craft boats.
Fishing is said to be good in the early summer and fall to a hook a rainbow, dolly varden or kokanee. Some say the fishing is good near the mouth of the Sockeye and Phelix Creek.
The park is a protected area established in 1963 to ensure the habitat and the local wildlife stay protected. It is possible to view spotted owls, moose, black bears, grizzlies, bobcat, deer and river otter. Just prior to entering the provincial park is another smaller lake worth a visit named Blackwater Lake.
The drive in main camping area services RVs and tenters without a hike. There are picnic tables, fire pits, outhouses and fresh water in main camping area.
How to Get Here: Travel east of Pemberton, BC, Canada on Hwy 99 (Sea to Sky Highway) towards Mt. Currie. Look for the directional signs near Mt. Currie pointing to the community of D'Arcy and the Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park. Continue towards D'Arcy until you reach Blackwater Lake Rd. Turn west following the 17 Km gravel road until you reach the park and lake. The entire trip from Pemberton is 55 Km and from Whistler it is 147 Km.


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She Is a Place Called Home, VAULT Festival
By Bryony Rae Taylor
She Is A Place Called Home explores how two sisters simultaneously support and frustrate each other as they prepare for their Dad's controversial second marriage, which is not good news for his current wife, their mother.
The sisters, played by Jordan Noel and Nicole Acquah, navigate the turbulent path of young adulthood with a plethora of obstacles contributed by their [unseen] family. Noel's character is haunted by an unshakable eating disorder; Acquah's is exhausted under the weight of supporting her sister with her illness whilst also managing the family's money as their financial stability is under threat. She pleads for honesty from her sister to aid her recovery, whilst contrarily hiding things in a bid to protect her.
The play cleverly intertwines its labyrinth of struggles. Layla Madanat's direction heightens the sense of isolation the young women live within: it feels as though they have fallen through a hole in an icy pond, and whenever one strives to claw their way up to reach some air they are pulled back into the abyss. The Cavern venue in the Vaults is a particularly unforgiving space, and it often swallows the actor's lines whole, but Madanat's direction eases the sisters into all four corners of the room. This helps set some parameters and to make the space less, well, cavernous.
However, the intricacies of the play are depicted with absolute clarity. The pain of trying to maintain a sense of family whilst it falls apart is so tangible, and it's communicated by interweaving aspects of Nigerian culture. Despite their dad making some pretty hurtful decisions which impact the sisters, they keep learning the traditional dance he wants them to perform as his wedding and summon enthusiasm over what to wear on the day. It's an emotive cross-section of responsibility, which excavates cultural and familial values side-by-side.
She Is A Place Called Home is a powder-keg of a play, with a barrage of triggers threatening to set it alight.
She Is A Place Called Home runs through 8 March.
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ZappRx gets $25M for specialty drug prescribing app
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Digital specialty prescribing platform ZappRx has raised $25 million in Series B funding in a round led by Qiming US Healthcare Fund. GV, formerly Google Ventures, and SR One also contributed funding. ZappRx's cloud-based platform serves as a conduit for providers, pharmacies and patients to collaborate on the prescribing and management of specialty medications, which are used for complex...
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Digital Pharmacist, a company formed in January from a merger of RxWiki and TeleManager, made its first acquisition last week: An app called PocketRx, made by Shreveport, Louisiana-based software development company Praeses. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Robert Terrell, who invented the PocketRx app, joined RxWiki as director of product in December. His title at Digital...
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Humana has launched an Apple Watch-enabled version of its existing mail order pharmacy app, called the Humana Pharmacy App. The iPhone version of the Humana Pharmacy app allows users to refill prescription by scanning a barcode, take a picture of the pill bottle to switch to Humana pharmacy or watch a video about the medication, update communication preferences, and manage prescriptions....
RxWiki raises $5.7M to help pharmacists communicate with consumers
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Austin, Texas-based RxWiki, which offers a medication encyclopedia written and edited by pharmacists as well as tools to help community pharmacists to communicate with consumers, has raised $5.7 million. This brings the company's total funding to at least $7.7 million to date, according to the Austin Business Journal. Existing investors include Milestone Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners....
CVS Health to ramp up its tech efforts with Digital Innovation Lab launch in Boston
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CVS Health announced plans to launch a Digital Innovation Lab in Boston. The company's Boston location will serve as the offices for the CVS Health Digital team. The new space will accommodate approximately 100 employees, according to CVS, and 90 percent of the employees for the lab will be new hires. "We are looking to hire top talent across all of digital, and there will be a heavy emphasis on...
ZappRx raises $1M for e-prescription app
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Cambridge, Massachusetts-based ZappRx raised $1 million in a round of funding led by Atlas Venture's Jean-Francois Formela and Ryan Moore. Other investors that contributed include Life Sciences Angel Network and Hakan Satiroglu. The money will be used for the e-prescription app, set to launch soon. This is the first public funding raise for the company, which was founded in 2005. In addition to...
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Walgreens app on left, CVS app on right A 2012 Deloitte survey of 613 U.S. primary care and specialist physicians selected from the American Medical Association found that 19 percent of health care providers offer their patients a web-based program to refill prescriptions online. While some retail pharmacies have been offering apps with prescription refill features for a few years, others have...


Introduction into the True Christian Religion Archives - Understanding Swedenborg. Practical learning. — Understanding Swedenborg. Practical learning.
With the exception of the chapter on atheists and agnostics, this book is addressed not to the sophisticated nor to the naive or credulous, but to those who believe there is a God and that it is likely that He has revealed Himself to man, and who desire carefully to weigh the evidence with an open mind.
This book will not appeal to those whose ambition is to belong to the avant-garde, or the wave of the future. We believe that there are few who are willing to give up much of their worldly ambitions for the sake of finding the truth and living according to it. On the other hand, there are many who are curious about the latest novelties, and who are eager to appear modem and in tune with the times.
A religious belief which demands profound study and effort, which has no prospect of becoming popular, which is and will be despised by the learned sophisticates, and which therefore will be accepted by few, has little appeal, except to those who desire to find and follow the truth even if it causes them to be despised or ridiculed.
Most Christians would say that they agree withLincoln, but there is scarcely one in a hundred who seriously attempts actually to carry out such a belief in his life.
They regard theology, which is loving God with the mind, as of little importance.
Is it not a primary saying of the Lord, "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free"? (John 8:32.) If a person does not believe it is possible to know the truth for certain, can he honestly think he is a Christian?
Many eagerly give much time and effort to solving a business problem or to a study of economics, a foreign language, literature, philosophy, or other subjects; but when it comes to theology, they feel an aversion to any serious study. With many the very thought of making a serious effort to understand the nature of the Trinity, even the thought that it is a primary duty to try to understand this subject, causes a feeling of annoyance. Yet how can one love God with all one's understanding if one does not know for sure whether God is one person or three persons? Thus, although the First and Great Commandment is subscribed to in theory by nearly all, in practice it is rejected: a sign that there is very little real love of God.
How many strive with all their might to understand and know God, and to live according to their understanding with all their heart and soul? Are they not few? If this is so, why is it so?
There are many reasons why there is an aversion to a serious study of theology; one of them is spiritual laziness. To many the pursuit of the things of this world appears real, bringing concrete results, whereas the pursuit of the knowledge and wisdom of God appears vague and unreal, with no likelihood of arriving at any certainty or any definite concept. Even in the churches it has been taught that the mysteries of faith are above human comprehension, and that therefore "the understanding must be kept in obedience to faith"—which necessarily implies a blind faith. Such an idea certainly discourages anyone from seriously trying to obey the First and Great Commandment.
Another reason is that many doubt that there is any definite source of truth concerning God. Many doubt that the Bible is the Word of God, and see no way by which they ^n come to a sure knowledge of God; they therefore turn to science or other subjects where they feel they can deal with facts and actual experiences, or they seek to understand the meaning of life in their subjective experiences.
Nowadays most people think theology is unimportant; they think that they can have a kind of intuition of God, apart from any definite idea. If a person thinks he loves his father and mother and is uninterested in the character and quality of his parents, in the history of their life, in their goals, their ideals, and their thoughts, his love is a sentimental love of no value. In the same way, if a man thinks he loves God and is uninterested in theology, or does not hope to find a true theology, his love is a sentimental love of no value; for theology is nothing but the knowledge of God, and to pretend to love without wishing to know God is a fantasy. In a word, if one says he loves God and is uninterested in theology, his love is not genuine.
In ancientGreecethere were two classes of intellectual leaders: the philosophers and the sophists. The true philosopher was the one who loved wisdom, who placed the pursuit of wisdom above all personal advantage, who was willing to sacrifice himself for the truth. The true philosopher exposed sham goodness and fallacious opinions without regard to person. He searched for the basic causes of things. He was therefore at times persecuted—even put to death. Socrates, before taking hemlock, said, "I would rather die having spoken after my manner than to speak in your manner and live." The sophist was one who, as in modern times, taught "how to make friends and influence people." He taught the art of becoming a demagogue. His art consisted of the striking phrase, the superficial appearance of learnedness, the advocacy of the latest novelty— the show, without the substance, of philosophy.
History teaches us that civilizations grow and flourish, and then degenerate and fall. It is the same with religions. There are those who feel that the present civilization shows signs of decay. Prominent men and women have pointed this out, but what causes the decay is not clearly seen. The fall of civilizations and religions is the result of false attitudes or a false religious philosophy—that is, of sophistry —arising out of wrong motives.
We especially address ourselves to those who are distressed at the signs of the times and desire to consider the basic causes of the confusion of our day: causes which are on the plane of ideas but which have their effect in the life of people. We shall examine the cause of what we see as the decline of Christian civilization and consider remedies for it.
Certain remedies have indeed been proposed by those who recognize the decline. But these are based on unwarranted optimism or wishful thinking. They are based on the idea that if one is optimistic—has self-confidence and desire for change—a change for the better will take place. Now such an attitude can produce apparent or temporary improvement, but it is a palliative cure, having no inner or lasting effect. The only real cure demands a new understanding of and faith in the Lord, a new understanding of the relation of God to man and of man to God; and a new repentance out of a humble heart. This must be accompanied by a hope—but a realistic hope, not an optimistic idea that all things will turn quickly for the better; a hope that there will be a sufficient number of people who will come to a new repentance so that there can be established a true Christian civilization which can endure.


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This GREAT Festival is a statement from the United Kingdom that we are excited about partnering with China in creativity and innovation.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the opening of the GREAT festival Shanghai
I can barely think of another country on earth which pays so much reverence to its ancient customs whilst also being so outwardly modern.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Innovation is Great event, Tokyo, Japan
The Duke of Cambridge to visit Japan and China
Football, then as now, had the power to bring people together and break down barriers.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the unveiling of the Football Remembers memorial
I hope you are all very proud of your support and of your links to St Andrews.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the St Andrews University 600th anniversary, New York
You're the lights at the end of the tunnel.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the United for Wildlife reception, New York
I am determined not to let the world´s children grow up on a planet where our most iconic and endangered species have been wiped out.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge on the illegal wildlife trade at the World Bank
As I've said before, time is running out.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Tusk Awards, 2014
Programme confirmed for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's visit to the USA
The Duke of Cambridge will visit Japan and China
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the United States of America
Royal Engagements to mark Remembrance 2014
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby in April
This really is a most beautiful country.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at Independence Day celebrations in Malta
The Duchess of Cambridge will no longer visit Malta this weekend. The Duke of Cambridge will undertake the visit instead.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge is to become a helicopter pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance
This museum honours the sacrifice of all nations. And I am delighted to see so many of them represented here today.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Imperial War Museum WW1 Galleries opening
The spaces were living memorials, spaces for reflection and enjoyment, stillness and activity.
A message by The Duke of Cambridge about Fields in Trust's Centenary Fields Campaign
This programme is called The Queen's Young Leaders for a reason: you are leaders now, not in the future, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at The Queen's Young Leaders Launch
You have truly honoured the memory of Captain Flinders in London.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at Australia House
You should know that what you do saves lives and gives hope to thousands of people.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Royal Marsden Hospital dinner
We go away with wonderful memories, and George goes away with his cuddly wombat, which he has taken to chewing so lovingly.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at Parliament House, Canberra
I was well prepared: the affection that my grandmother The Queen has for this nation is infectious.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Sydney Opera House
On this visit, I have no doubt that it will be Catherine and not just me who falls for New Zealand.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at Government House, Wellington, New Zealand
The recipient of this year's Fellowship is an extremely talented British actress whom I should probably call granny.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the BAFTA Awards 2014
Let's be part of the movement that can tell our children and grandchildren that we saved these extraordinary species for them.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge to mark the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
I cannot thank our seven collaborators enough for their hard work in getting us to this point.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the United for Wildlife Symposium
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of New Zealand and Australia
Release of the 'Unite for Wildlife' video message by The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of Cambridge to undertake an agricultural management course
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit New Zealand and Australia
I know that I, for one, as an enthusiastic but quite useless gamer, look forward to playing the weird and wonderful games which these young people dream up in the future!
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With the stroke of a pen and 13 rules, Saturday afternoons were never the same again.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Football Association's 150th anniversary dinner
I cannot tell you how excited I am that later today we will be playing football on my grandmother's lawn.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at The FA's Grassroots Heroes event
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The Christening of Prince George: Guests and Godparents
The Christening of Prince George: Official Photographer
Like any new parents, our thoughts inevitably turn to the world that our child will inherit.
The christening of Prince George of Cambridge
New conjugal Coat of Arms for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
The Duke of Cambridge expands his work in the field of conservation
This island has been our first home together, and it will always be an immensely special place for us both.
A speech by Duke of Cambridge at the Anglesey Show
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have formally registered the birth of their son
The Duchess of Cambridge will be discharged from hospital