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2018 NBA Mock Draft: Breakdown of Underrated Prospects, 1st-Round Predictions
Joe Tansey@JTansey90Twitter LogoFeatured ColumnistJune 1, 2018
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In the buildup to the 2018 NBA draft on June 21, there will be plenty of talk surrounding the big-name prospects in the talent pool.
While the group headlined by Deandre Ayton and Luka Doncic should live up to the hype, there are some players flying under the radar who could make an impact in their rookie season.
Most of the underrated prospects available should land in the second half of the first round, but there are a few who could be taken as high as No. 9 or No. 10 if they continue to impress in the coming weeks.
Below is a look at three underrated prospects who should make names for themselves during the 2018-19 NBA season.
2018 1st-Round NBA Mock Draft
1. Phoenix Suns: Deandre Ayton, C, Arizona
2. Sacramento Kings: Luka Doncic, SG/SF, Slovenia
3. Atlanta Hawks: Jaren Jackson Jr., PF, Michigan State
4. Memphis Grizzlies: Mohamed Bamba, C, Texas
5. Dallas Mavericks: Marvin Bagley III, PF, Duke
6. Orlando Magic: Trae Young, PG, Oklahoma
7. Chicago Bulls: Michael Porter, SF, Missouri
8. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Brooklyn): Collin Sexton, PG, Alabama
9. New York Knicks: Mikal Bridges, SG/SF, Villanova
10. Philadelphia 76ers (from Los Angeles Lakers): Lonnie Walker, SG, Miami
11. Charlotte Hornets: Wendell Carter, PF/C, Duke
12. Los Angeles Clippers: Miles Bridges, SF/PF, Michigan State
13. Los Angeles Clippers (from Detroit): Robert Williams, PF/C, Texas A&M
14. Denver Nuggets: Kevin Knox, SF/PF, Kentucky
15. Washington Wizards: Zhaire Smith, SG, Texas Tech
16. Phoenix Suns (from Miami): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, PG, Kentucky
17. Milwaukee Bucks: Khyri Thomas, SG, Creighton
18. San Antonio Spurs: Anfernee Simons, PG/SG, Unattached
19. Atlanta Hawks (from Minnesota): Mitchell Robinson, C, United States
20. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Oklahoma City): Donte DiVincenzo, SG, Villanova
21. Utah Jazz: Landry Shamet, PG/SG, Wichita State
22. Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans): Kevin Huerter, SG, Maryland
23. Indiana Pacers: Jacob Evans, SF, Cincinnati
24. Portland Trailblazers: Chandler Hutchison, SF, Boise State
25. Los Angeles Lakes (from Cleveland): Troy Brown, PG/SG, Oregon
26. Philadelphia 76ers: Keita Bates-Diop, SF, Ohio State
27. Boston Celtics: Jerome Robinson, SG, Boston College
28. Golden State Warriors: Aaron Holiday, PG, UCLA
29. Brooklyn Nets (from Toronto): Jalen Brunson, PG, Villanova
30. Atlanta Hawks (from Houston): Gary Trent Jr., SG, Duke
Underrated Prospects
Lonnie Walker
There appears to be a consensus regarding which players will be selected in the top 10.
Although the order will change on draft night, most of the top prospects have similar grades in the eyes of NBA personnel.
Lonnie Walker could throw off the rhythm of the first round if he ends up going at the end of the first 10 picks, which is possible given the needs of the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers.
The Knicks could make a serious play for the Miami shooting guard at No. 9, as ESPN's Ian Begley noted they were at his latest workout at Catalyst Pro Day and interviewed him at the combine:
Ian Begley @IanBegley
The Knicks were among the teams with a high-ranking executive at the Catalyst Pro Day, where Miami's Lonnie Walker IV and others worked out. New York, which has the 9th pick, also interviewed Walker at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago earlier this month. https://t.co/NCK2hwFHhn
If the Knicks pass on Walker, the Sixers could easily snatch the Pennsylvania native up with the No. 10 selection since they need another strong shooter on their roster.
In his freshman season at Miami, Walker averaged 11.5 points per game and shot 34.6 percent from three-point range.
Whichever team chooses Walker in the first round will end up refining his shot even more, but the raw skills he possesses from beyond the arc could be an immediate upgrade to a team in the lottery.
Landry Shamet
Wichita State's Landry Shamet is one of a few guards with the potential to be taken in the later part of the first round during what could be a run on players at the position.
In his third season with the Shockers, Shamet recorded career highs in points per game, assists per game and three-point percentage.
Shamet's 44.2 three-point percentage should draw attention from teams in the back end of the first round looking to add a shooter to their depth chart.
John Raoux/Associated Press
In past years, some front-office personnel may look at Wichita State's competition and frown upon it, but Shamet and the Shockers proved their worth in a more competitive American Athletic Conference.
Shamet should become a coveted option late in the first round once Villanova's Donte DiVincenzo goes off the board.
Given DiVincenzo's recent success at the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the combine, he will be a hot commodity on draft day.
If DiVincenzo goes earlier than expected, Shamet would be a nice pickup for teams like Utah, Philadelphia and Boston, who should be in the market for the collection of experienced guards available when they pick.
While each team may have their own preferences in terms of pro-ready skill sets, Shamet shouldn't fall out of the first round if teams covet shooters as much as they say they do.
Keita Bates-Diop
Few prospects improved their draft stock more in the last 12 months than Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop.
The small forward produced the best season of his career, as he averaged 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.6 blocks per game.
In addition to those numbers, Bates-Diop shot 48 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from three-point range.
Paul Vernon/Associated Press
At 6'7", Bates-Diop had the size to attack the paint in college, but he's going to need to be more versatile in the NBA since there will be taller players present down low when he tries to drive or back down a defender.
With a versatile skill set that can be fine-tuned in his first year or two, Bates-Diop is an intriguing option for the playoff teams selecting in the back half of the first round.
Although the guard options may be too hard to pass up, adding a versatile small forward like Bates-Diop may benefit a team like the Los Angeles Lakers or the Sixers, especially if Brett Brown's team goes after someone like Walker at No. 10.
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Recently I found these side tables at garage sales. They were both $5 and I just knew I could make them look nice again. Since we have all new colors in the living room this was the perfect time. I really wanted something unique for the family area. For the large table I wanted to try a "plaid design" on the top. I can not find the picture of the tables before the primer. (Sorry) Here is how easy it was to create the plaid look using paint.


Life size sculpture of two young baseball players vying for position while being watched by a third. Commissioned by the City of Grapevine, Texas. Incorporated into public accessible common area of the city sports park.


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Scream: Mary J. Blige and the Original Ghostface Star in the Terrifying Third Season on VH1
When Does Scream: Resurrection Season 3 Premiere on VH1?
June 30, 2019 by Mekishana Pierre First Published: June 25, 2019
If you've been patiently waiting for the third season of the TV adaptation of Scream (which originally aired on MTV but is now on VH1) since it was announced back in October 2016, we have some excellent news. The Hollywood Reporter announced that after being in the works for over three years, the retooled season is finally going to air with a six-episode season titled Scream: Resurrection. The show will premiere on Monday, July 8, and will air two episodes a night, ending on Wednesday, July 10.
Season three will follow Power Rangers star RJ Cyler as Deion Elliot, a local football star "whose tragic past comes back to haunt him and threaten his hard-earned plans for the future." We're already getting some classic horror-movie vibes, especially since the season is the first to feature the iconic Ghostface mask and original voice actor Roger Jackson. The rest of the star-studded cast includes Keke Palmer, Tyler Posey, Tyga, Paris Jackson (in her TV debut), and Mary J. Blige. Yes, you read that correctly, Mary J. Blige. There may not be any hateration in this dancery but, apparently, there will be some murder.
Check out the first look at the upcoming season, and get ready to watch Scream: Resurrection with all of the lights on.
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The Zymöl Lifetime Achievement Award was personally handed to Verdine White by Jay Dran, Warrior's CEO on August 30th at the Venetian in Las Vegas just before the September 10th release of Earth Wind and Fire's newest album; Now, Then and Forever.
Jay Dran, founder and CEO of the deeply Christian, Warrior Instrument Company of Rossville Georgia said, "We started with researching what and how Verdine played throughout the years then we built the Bass using the finest materials including Blessed Olive Wood from Jerusalem, hand rubbed Ebony and Sugar Rock Maple from Vermont". To further surprise Verdine, Jay Dran LED backlit over 500 mother of pearl inlays including the most well known Earth Wind and Fire symbol, the Phoenix.
Often referred to as the most electrifying bass player in the world, Verdine White is the consummate entertainer whose primary goal is to touch his audience with his gift. Matching Verdine's intelligent, articulate, charismatic and courageous style, the extraordinary hand crafted custom Bass built by Warrior Instruments, complements the man that is known as an icon in the world of contemporary music.
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Travel to Australia's Northern Territory and you'll see the true Australia. Visit and you'll feel the heat and see the true grit of this arid and harsh land. Expedition Australia wouldn't be complete without a visit to the north. I decided to make a stop at Australia's top end and the Darwin area. My travels would include a three-day tour of the countries largest park, Kakadu National Park. The tour would start with an early pickup from my Darwin hotel, via new comfortable bus. It would take approximately three hours before we entered the park.
Our first stop would be the Yellow Waters Billabong. Here, we took a boat cruise through the waters that promised crocodiles and it didn't take long before we spotted them. We spotted the first one within five minutes. These would be the salt water crocodiles that are highly aggressive and commonly attack humans. We had no problems finding them. They were everywhere, swimming, basking in the sun or sitting on the banks with their mouths open. Rounding a bend in the waterway, we luckily spotted a large croc feasting on a large two-foot Barramundi, included in the video below. It wasn't bothered at all as our boat got really close to it.
The waters were also a great place to see birds such as ducks, egrets, and sea eagles. After having lunch, Nourlangie Rock would be our next stop. Nourlangie is a significant sight to the Aborigine with its many paintings. The Aborigine didn't have a written language so they used these paintings to pass on their history.
The long day was now over and we arrived at my hotel in the late afternoon. This would be home for the duration of the tour, a hotel in the shape of a crocodile, the Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel.
The next day would start with another early pick-up but with disappointing news. The itinerary had been changed due to the heat and humidity. The original plan was to visit Jim Jim Falls with a bushwack through the remote valley. With 93 degree weather and high humidity, the tour company decided it was too dangers to hike in this weather so our visits were altered to less strenuous activities. In fact, the only danger would be the hard dirt road that rattled the vehicle and vibrated its way up from my tailebone to my upper back.
The first stop would be Gunlom falls, a location used in the movie "Crocodile Dundee." This would be a perfect spot to cool of from the heat with a swim in a pool below a waterfall. But, before I made the walk to the pool I noticed a sign that warned of possible salt water crocodiles in the waters. My guide assured me there weren't any in this area at this time or they would close the waters. The rest of the group was still behind us, getting ready for the swim, so the guide said it was OK for me to continue on my own and we would meet up at a small beach at the edge of the pool. It was the dry season so the waterfall was reduced to a slow trickle but the waters were still crystal clear. The cliffs, tree line, and pool made for an amazing environment. I just completely enjoyed myself, swimming and taking video, for half an hour (see video below). As I moved my GoPro back and forth, I could vaguely hear the guide and I could see him pointing to something behind me. He was speaking to some of the other people in our tour group. I looked behind me to see what they were looking at. There it was, two eyes and the nostril just above the water line. I coolly walked toward the shore and I could clearly here my guide say it was a fresh water croc. As I walked closer to him, now on shore, he said there was nothing to be afraid of since fresh water crocs were not considered dangerous. They're not known to attack humans unless they are aggravated. I thought better of the situation and never returned to the pool and my group felt the same way so we left to have lunch.
Moline Rock Hole would be our next stop, a location with limited visitors. Tour groups are limited and must apply for entry prior to visiting the pools. The small dirt road to the pools are unmarked and the pools aren't visible from the highway so the number of visitors are always kept low. Our group of six would be the only visitors until the end when two more people joined us. The plunge pools were cold since they were covered in shade by the surrounding cliffs and trees. My first question to the guide was "are there any crocs in the pools?" He said, "not here, they are at the lower pools." So I set up my GoPro and I made my way into the water. It was cold at first but was quite a relief from the heat and humidity. I looked back and I was the only person in the water. My group was huddled in the shade, discouraged from entering the waters due to the temperature. Or, were they still bothered by the fact that a croc could have made their way up to these higher pools? I had the pool all to my self, swimming back and forth to the miniature waterfall at the back of this little piece of paradise. After getting my fill of this slice of heaven, it was time to leave and I noticed that the rest of my group had entered the waters near the path where rocks had made a circular formation like a jacuzzi at a backyard pool, without the hot water.
The day was coming to an end but we had one more stop. We would make our way back to the Yellow Waters Billabong, this time it would be in a section that formed a marsh. This was a perfect spot to have afternoon tea and snacks. We were on the bank of the waters, and, yes this was croc territory. We didn't see any, the water level was low since it was well into the dry season. We did see dozens of bird species in the area and the wallabies grazing in the distance was a treat for us.
The third day in the park started with a visit to the art gallery of Ubirr. When I saw this on the itinerary, I thought it was a tourist trap, a location where we would be overwhelmed with touristy goods. I was completely happy I was wrong. Ubirr is a sight with multiple cliffs filled with Aboriginal art work dating back tens-of-thousands of years. Native history laid out on the cliffs like a picture book.
If you scramble atop one of the cliffs, you'll be rewarded with a magnificent panoramic of the surrounding area. The next stop would take us to the East Alligator River on the guluyambi cruise. The river was misnamed by an American who was paid to map the water ways and mistook the Crocodiles for the American alligator. The river was filled with croc's. It seemed like there was a croc every ten feet. The cruise is conducted by the Aborigines and they cover the history, culture, and the connection between the local people and mother earth. I love learning about the people from old cultures when I travel so this was a treat. The Aborigine are a kind and respectful people who know their place in the web of life and how important every thing in the world is. I wouldn't be able to do justice to the culture if I tried to explain it so I suggest you do some research on this remarkable civilization.
The tour had come to an end and after a long ride back to Darwin, I was packing again for my next destination on my Australian Expedition. My time here in the Northern Territory was an eye-opener and definitely a once in a life time experience. Life is about experiences and this one was one to put in the volt.


Lake Whitney has emense areas of wildlife areas surrounding the lake. Fishing or boating quietly along, you may encounter a wide variety of animal life. Here is a slide show with some samples of the non-fish wildlife that we have encountered over the years. Enjoy!


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Issue #3, July 28, 1999
Hirohito Honors His German Allies
The Musket in the "French Wars."
The Red Cross Parcel
The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
In case of doubt, attack! We can conquer only by attacking; continued ruthless pressure by day and by night is vital.
Gen. George S. Patton, in an address to the Seventh Army 1943
The officially authorized ransom for a French general in 1675 was 50,000 livres, for which sum one could also ransom 7,142.9 privates, who only cost 7 livres each.
At the height of the Vietnam War the U.S. Army was operating more than 40 ice cream plants "in country."
The first general officer to make a combat parachute jump was Germany's Kurt Student, who hit the silk just east of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 10 May 1940.
The founder of Britain�s airborne forces, General Sir Frederick Browning, who led the paras during World War II, was the husband of Daphne du Maurier, who wrote The Birds, Rebecca, and numerous other notable works.
Adolph Hitler's elation upon receiving word of the successful Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, soon turned to anger when he


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May 10 Giving Life: On the Poignancy of Motherhood.
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Illumination from Liber Scivias: "Die Seele und ihr Zelt" (The soul and its tent) picturing the divine spark entering the human body (left) and it's journey throughout the challenges and difficulties of life (right, from bottom up) until finding the place to unfold her tent of rest.
"If Hildegard had been a male theologian, her Scivias would undoubtedly have been considered one of the most important early medieval summas." says the German Hildegard scholar Schipperges.
Some things you only understand when you have experienced them. For instance the odd feeling when new life settles first in your womb. Before, I only listened to mothers' stories of having borne, tended to, worried about or lost a child. But only when it happened to me could I walk into those feelings. For instance of what a mother endures, when the tender fruit of new life leaves her body before its time. Like after a flood that washes away the future, one remains behind in pain, but also in awe of how one's emptied body restores itself. Since that time, I wonder in new ways about the magic and vulnerability of motherhood.
Having born, nurtured, and lost our children, mothers know from experience about hope and fear. We have worked through the big questions of being and non-being not only with our minds, but also in our very existence. Being granted the ability to give life, we are also confronted with the fragility and insecurity of all life, and the joys and sorrows motherhood carries in its core.
For some, mother's day comes with a bittersweet undertone. No happy children posting happy messages. Some have lost their children before they could birth them, some lost them later, to death or to life. All mothers are also daughters, some cherishing, some mourning, some still struggling with their own mothers.
I think about a client who grew up with a cold and rejecting mother, and now suffers his own lack of warmth. Or about a woman who was given away as a baby, still searching, and longing, for her birth mother. There was no love, no appreciation, no empathy which could heal that wound of a lost mother, until she found, held and was held by her birth mother.
There is in all of us, sons and daughters, a deep longing for our motherly home. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) has embedded this deep longing at the heart of human creation.
Here, she pictures the soul's journey being embodied in her mother's womb, with its longing to find a place to set up its tent, its spiritual home. We are born in a unity of body and soul, with our "original wisdom" ("sophia") folded like a tent inside us.
Life's journey is setting up this tent. Hildegard speaks in poignant terms of the longing of the soul, its challenges and lamentations on the way. Being faced with the pain of a bodily life the soul cries out, "Oh mother Zion, where shall I flee ... for I am a living breath which God has placed in dry mud..."
After giving place to the soul's lamentations Hildegard provides the traveler also with some encouragement as mother Zion answers the soul's plea: "O daughter, run! For the Most Powerful Giver whom no one can resist has given you wings to fly with. Therefore fly swiftly over all these obstacles..."
Reminding a person of being soul and body altogether and of the ability of one's soul to transcend one's obstacles is probably the most rewarding part of a therapist's work. Hildegard has given us a powerful image for this secret of our inner journeys.
Still, Hildegard has never been a birth mother. She never gave birth, physically. But she has become a mother to many. A foremother, a mother in spirit, an example of motherhood, a strong symbol for the mother archetype. For her, motherhood has always also been a powerful metaphor for the life force of all creation. For birthing new life and wisdom into us. Motherhood lies at the core of her cosmology, theology and ecology (e.g. when she refers us to "mother earth" time and again). The maternal ability of birthing life lies also at the heart of her creation story pictured in the illumination above:
"The young woman who you see is Love. She has her tent in eternity... It was love which was the source of creation in the beginning when God said: "Let it be!" And it was. As though in the blinking of the eye, the whole creation was formed through love... She made everything...Adam and Eve, as well were produced by love from the pure nature of the Earth."
Though mothers can teach us from their unique experience, we do not need to be mothers, not even women, to participate in love's creation. We all have the spiritual ability to birth new life, to create and recreate. We all know about the "birthing pain" whenever a new insight is born in us, know the joy which ensouls us when we are first pregnant with and then give birth to the holy within us. We are all daughters and sons of mother earth, mothered by love's creation, living beings longing for a resting place.
Do not forget that the giver of life has given your soul wings.
Hildegard of Bingen, motherhood, loss, poignancy, soul's journey, birthing the holy
Apr 16 What to do with Passion Week? Or: Blessed are those who mourn
Jan 4 The Eleventh Day of Christmas. Following the Star
May 11 Giving Life: On the Poignancy of Motherhood
Apr 19 Welcoming Spring: Hildegard on "viriditas" and the greening of the soul.
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Greenwich Village has been home to important social & political thinkers and significant social movements for centuries. This tour will emphasize the history of Social Justice topics surrounding immigration, LGBTQ rights, women's rights, urban development, prison reform, slavery and Free Blacks. Stops could include: the Jefferson Market Courthouse, the Stonewall Inn, Gay Street, Electric Lady Studios, and sites associated with the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Aaron Burr, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Sloan, Jane Jacobs, and Thomas Paine.
Northeast corner of Washington Square North and Fifth Avenue, opposite the Arch.


Moving faster, adding CI and testing, LTS support will all be big issues in Fedora in the upcoming year or two (at least). We really need to automate as much as we can so we can support new ideas while not overworking all our maintainers and community. I have a lot of the historical background on why things were the way they were, but I am also pretty open to change and moving forward when it makes sense to do so.
Automation and CI. The only way we will keep up with all the software our there is if we automate things and get robots to do testing all the time. Otherwise we just won't scale.
We definitely need to still work on maintainer workflows. Many of these were disrupted to bring in arbitrary branches and modularity, and I think we can smooth things out a good deal. We need to make it easier to maintain things.


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Nick Morrish-Rarity on Noh Theatre and Psycho-Spirituality
Nick Morrish-Rarity on Portfolio with mu:arts
"It seems to me that a compositional practice that plots the coordinates of virtual spaces in which musical bodies appear is playing with a sensorial response to a world that is increasingly toxic and diminishing, dissolving dualistic boundaries, and mapping augmented and reflexive psychophysical states that (can) demonstrate a hyperreal quality."
Every year, Sound and Music shine a light on the work of the composers who are currently in residence on our Embedded and Portfolio programmes. These are our New Voices of 2016. They are creating new, exciting and innovative music, across disciplines, all over the UK.
Nick Morrish-Rarity, contemporary composer and Noh Theatre enthusiast, has been working as composer in residence at mu:arts to deliver his final performance, Fukinsei, which 'explores the precision of movement and physical attunement'. Describing his affiliation with the notion of 'artist as cartographer,' Morrish-Rarity reveals how he works with sound to facilitate 'virtual spaces' that might induce sensory responses to 'a world that is increasingly toxic and diminishing.' Such innovations in sound 'dissolve dualistic boundaries' and lead audiences into alternative, yet reflexive, psychological states…
Describe your music in a few sentences.
My music is often made with acoustic instruments that can be increasingly found alongside scavenged objects, discarded cultural artefacts, junk materials and found recordings. I'm interested in the materiality of the performing body, ecological approaches to composition, similarity and difference, amongst many other things.
Did you always want to be a composer?
I started writing, arranging and improvising at quite an early stage, although, I'm not sure that I thought that composers really existed today. I used to love trying out new sounds and thinking of instrumental combinations, or turning a piece that I liked on its head, but I never really thought of this as 'composition'. I definitely preferred making things up than actually practicing. I'd spend a lot of time notating bits and pieces, seeing what worked and what didn't. After a while, this became a way of facilitating music making with friends, making instrumental tracks and songs, improvising and playing outside of formal or 'classical' contexts. I was much more interested in making music with people, being free to make sounds as a group than being tied to a formal score. Through doing so, my listening and musical practice broadened considerably and kind of folded back in on itself to the point that I was exploring instrumental combinations and notational practices that were closer in spirit to 20th century art musics. I guess that I was composing all along without really being aware of being a 'composer'.
Describe your experience working with mu:arts for your Portfolio project. Did you know anything about Noh before you started?
Working with mu:arts has been a really eye-opening experience. It has been incredibly interesting to work with musicians from a variety of backgrounds, and to explore methods that will undoubtedly find their way into future pieces. Prior to starting the project, my main point of contact with traditional Japanese music had been with gagaku, which I absolutely love and find really fascinating. I had also written a couple of pieces in which I explored particular aesthetic concepts, as presented by Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows, as a means of conceiving of musical form and texture. Having spent three weeks learning about Noh as a part of the residency last summer, I became increasingly interested in the relationship between violence and reticence that Noh so powerfully presents. The music and theatrical actions are often visceral and direct, with great emphasis placed on attuning to one's body and the psycho-spiritual aspects of performance. I am now looking to imbue all of my work with this type of focus, which I am sure is a direct result of working on this project.
What has been your highlight of the residency?
Hearing the traditional hayashi (instrumental music) that was performed at Kings Place. The performance was incredibly powerful, and was such a rare opportunity to hear this music being performed so well in London.
What was your Noh performance about?
My piece explores the precision of movement and emphasis on physical attunement, so important in traditional Noh, in an abstracted musical context. The music is at times distilled and emphatic with dynamic contrast creating a sense of movement and motion through a sonic terrain that is in equal part familiar and strange.
What do you intend to do now the project is over?
I've got a few bits and bobs coming up – I'm working with the Divertimento Ensemble in Italy in July and will be starting a new piece for Ensemble Nikel to be performed in London in November. I'm hoping to spend the summer workshopping new ideas and trying to collect my thoughts!
What advice do you have for others looking to pursue a career in composition?
Do your own thing. Don't feel that you need to be anyone other than yourself. Listen – a lot.
Explain your idea of 'artist as cartographer,' and why it is important to you.
I am interested in what it means to live and make at a time when humans are having an increasing impact on our environment, when we are aware of massively distributed entities such as global warming and radiation, and when the body has become an alienated and alienating entity as a result. It seems to me that a compositional practice that plots the coordinates of virtual spaces in which musical bodies appear is playing with a sensorial response to a world that is increasingly toxic and diminishing, dissolving dualistic boundaries, and mapping augmented and reflexive psychophysical states that (can) demonstrate a hyperreal quality. This, for me, is akin to a cartography that operates on and across a number of different strata and in a variety of different ways. I recently wrote Junkspace for the Workers Union Ensemble and New Dots, in which some of these ideas are explored, excerpts of which can be found here
https://soundcloud.com/nicholasmorrishrarity/the-mesh-excerptjunkspace-2
https://soundcloud.com/nicholasmorrishrarity/a-handful-of-dustexcerpt-junkspace-4
Describe your compositional process and where you get your 'inspiration' from.
This varies from piece to piece – a piece might start from a very strong sound image, or as the result of lots of listening, reading and writing. It might result from playing with new sounds or instruments. Quite a lot of time is spent scraping, singing and playing instruments badly. I often find that I need the physicality of sound to really get a piece off the ground – then I do my best to keep focused on what I had hoped to achieve, and to find the essence of the idea. This isn't always successful…
Do you feel that your music has a narrative – what are you translating to your audiences?
No. What I'm interested in translating is the sense that what has been created has a sort of inner life – I'm not quite sure how best to describe this – a particular quality of sound that results in a deeply personal aesthetic experience in which no consideration, other than the sound's sheer existence, is of any importance.
Do you have any recommendations of composers/artists to look out for in the next year?
Really excited by lots of what I've heard in the UK recently (too many people to name) but New Voices is probably a good place to start!
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Boeing B-52 THE STRATEGIC STRATOFORTRESS BY THE TECHNICAL EDITOR A PHILOSOPHER would no doubt condemn the humanrace for the fact that the world's largest aircraft-buildingprogramme (measured in cost, man-hours and airframe weight) should concern a machine designed specifically for causingfearful destruction. From the purely academic viewpoint, how- ever, the Boeing B-52 is an outstanding technical exercise. Sur-rounded as we are with global ballistic missiles, moon rockets and satellites, it is appropriate at this time to sit back and evaluate theworld's mightiest bomber, the like of which we shall not see again. Ten years have passed since the U.S.A.F. Strategic Air Com-mand came into being. As the American instrument of "massive retaliation" it is equipped with some of the largest aeroplanes inthe world. Notwithstanding S.A.C.'s global network of bases and huge establishment of tanker aircraft for in-flight refuelling pur-poses, none of its equipment has a gross weight of less than 200,000 1b. The fact remains that, in the present state of the art,the longer the range of an aeroplane, the bigger that aircraft must be; and in the B-52 the U.S.A.F. asked for longer range than hadever previously been attempted in a jet aircraft. An outline of how the B-52 came to be designed was given in our issue ofDecember 5, 1952, when the prototypes were in the early stages of their flight trials. Now the B-52 is in large-scale service withS.A.C., and it is possible to learn much from its performance and its problems. It is hardly necessary to say that the B-52 was designed by theBoeing Airplane Company, of Seattle, Washington. Its basic con- figuration may at first appear unconventional, but familiarity withit reveals an imaginative simplicity whereby, within the vast frame- work of the airframe, self-contained packages serve the functionsof propulsion, crew accommodation, undercarriage, armament systems, accessory power and so forth, all portions being com-pletely accessible and capable of ready assimilation by the thousands of maintenance engineers in S.A.C. Even the enor- .mous airframe itself is an assemblage of sections built by firms spread throughout the U.S.A. and shipped to Boeing, where theyare assembled with complete interchangeability. It is not proposed to describe the structure in detail, since ageneral indication can be gleaned from our cut-away drawing overleaf. It is, however, worth commenting on the extraordinaryflexibility of the airframe. During static testing the wing tips were moved vertically through 32ft; and, even at rest, the fuselagesags nearly an inch at each end, as the skin-wrinkles testify. Eight thousand hours of tunnel testing preceded the final choiceof wing design, which provides a very high lift/drag ratio for long-range cruising and offers an internal volume so great thatonly part of it is required to accommodate fuel cells. Most of the wing is a giant box formed by two principal spars, joined by ribson which are mounted machined spanwise stringers carrying what are probably the largest pieces of skin used in any aircraft. Thelatter are continuous from the root to the break-joint 84ft away, and they are machined and tapered over their entire area, reachinga maximum thickness of 0.4in at their inner ends. The secondary structure in the rear part of the wing is stabilized by metal honey-comb by such suppliers as Hexcel, Narmco and Kawneer.* Port and starboard wings are attached at their roots to a stub-structure forming a bridge piece of the same width as the fuselage. Major loads are transmitted from the heavy wing-skins throughspanwise bolts arranged around the periphery of each wing root, while the front and rear spars are located by large bolts at themid-depth position. On the front spar these bolts also transmit the weight of the wing and powerplants to the strong framecarrying the front trucks of the landing gear. To a large extent the fuselage is a series of cantilevered sectionshung from the wing stub-structure, which is attached to the front centre fuselage portion. Heavy frames carry the fore and aftlanding-gear units and a horizontal floor-web separates the bomb bay from the fuselage fuel cells. The lower edge of the side panelsterminates at a strong keel member of triangular section which takes fuselage loads past the cut-outs provided for the under-carriage and bomb bay. The long, tapering rear-fuselage sections carry the tail and pressurized gunner's compartment, and thelatter is joined by an unpressurized catwalk along the starboard side of the aircraft to a door in the rear pressure bulkhead of thecrew compartment in the front fuselage. The towering vertical tail can be folded to starboard to allowthe B-52 to enter hangars of normal height. The horizontal tail, which has a root chord not much less than that of the wing, ispivoted aft of mid-chord and is hydraulically moved for trimming purposes. At the front of the central bridge structure of thetailplane are two ball-bearing nuts running in a vertical screw (by Foote Brothers) provided with two threads in opposition.Both the jack-screw and the nuts are driven by hydraulic motors in separate circuits, so that failure of either circuit merely halvesthe drive speed. Maximum jack-screw travel is 43in/min under a 56,000 lb load, and the static limit is 158,000 lb. Completehydraulic failure still leaves the aircraft trimmable, since the gunner can operate the elevator manually via a 200:1 gearbox. Several features of the flying-control system are unusual. Thesurfaces themselves are of exceedingly narrow chord and, except for the spoilers, are operated entirely manually by aerodynamictabs. The elevators and rudder require little comment except to note that the leading edge of the latter surface is of reinforcedplastic by Zenith. Lateral control is provided by small flipper-type ailerons, mounted well inboard and effective only at high indicatedairspeed, together with extremely powerful spoilers arranged in seven sections above the wings (the three-view drawing onpage 774 shows their position and also indicates the "turbulators" ahead of the flipper ailerons). For maximum rate of roll all spoilersections can be opened on one wing only; No. 2 spoiler position can trim out asymmetric loads resulting from engine failure, andopening of all spoiler sections combines very great braking effect with destruction of an appreciable proportion of the lift of thewing, which is most valuable for rapid let-downs and during the landing run. Spoiler operation is hydraulic. The enormous flaps(Continued on p. 774, after double-page drawing of B-52.) *Naming of a sub-contractor or supplier does not imply that thatcompany is the sole producer of the part concerned.


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HomeTURKEYCentral Anatolia Region38 KayseriErciyes will be the center of cycling
Erciyes will be the center of cycling
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In order to make bicycle sports and tourism more widespread in Erciyes, Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Erciyes A.Ş. An important seminar was organized by. In Erciyes Tourism and Sports Seminar, the contributions of Erciyes to bicycle were emphasized.
Speaking at the opening of Erciyes Tourism and Sports Seminar, Erciyes A.Ş. Chairman of the Board Murat Cahid Cıngı, with the investments of the Metropolitan Municipality has become a winter tourism center above the world standards Erciyes'te summer activities will be held in the bicycle is an important place, he said. Bicycles for sport stating that they create a beautiful infrastructure at Erciyes Cıngı, "Last week in the last downhill of the quality of Erciyes first time by the European Cup in Turkey's history in the industry and tracks the most competent institution in the world before we have also registered. We are working to make cycling tourism an integral part of Erciyes. "
Feridun Ekmekçi, President of Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection Association (ENVERÇEVKO) and Ayçin Kantoğlu, Project Coordinator of ENVERÇEVKO gave information about transportation and tourism oriented use of bicycles. Miroda Otto, who traveled the world by bike, also participated in the seminar and shared her experiences about cycling.
Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Co. General Manager Feyzullah Gündoğdu gave information about the bicycle sharing system KAYBİS which is integrated to transportation in Kayseri and made explanations about the targets. Gündoğdu stated that the bicycle system has been used as a part of the transportation system in Kayseri since 2010 and added, "KAYBİS has been developing and growing since 2010. We have an 52 station right now. When it was opened, 1500 was a user, while 47 was a thousand users. Our bikes made last year 1 million km 300 thousand km. This year we are planning to climb over 2,5 million km. Our bikes became available on average daily 86 minutes. This year, we think we will be going above 100 minutes. According to the generally accepted criteria in Europe, the use of the bicycle system seven times a day indicates that the system is successful. We are very close to this with 6,5 in Kayseri ". Feyzullah Gündoğdu, the newly launched et Park-Bike "system also made a statement about the Metropolitan Municipality of the car parked in the parking lot of those who can go to other parts of the city by bicycle, he said.
Future of skiing was discussed in Hacilar 09/05/2016 The future of ski sports were discussed in Hacilar: Turkey Ski Federation Deputy Chairman Fatih Chopper and board members came to Kayseri. Kıyıcı Kıyıcı, met with representatives of the skiing sports clubs in Kayseri and Hacılar Municipality Keklik Tepesi Facilities. Turkey Ski Federation Deputy Chairman Fatih Chopper, came to Kayseri to find survivors of the ski season and the club assessment of their needs and wishes. The meeting, which was hosted by the Hacılar Municipality, was held at the Keklik Hill Facilities. The meeting, Hacılar Mayor Doğan Ekici, Provincial Director of Youth Services and Sports Murat Eskici, Erciyes Inc. Chairman Murat Cahid Cıngı and club Toplantı
Bike Paths will extend from Sunflower Bike Valley to Sapanca Lake 15/11/2018 Mayor Zeki Toçoğlu stated that they will implement a new project that will make transportation more popular with bicycles: ği We will build a new bike track of 21 kilometers to reach Sapanca Lake from the Sunflower Bike Valley. The first stage of our project is the 10 kilometer. God willing, 13 will be auctioned on Thursday. Good luck. Hayır Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality is taking another important step for the transportation of bicycles. Mr. Zeki Toçoğlu stated that the project was ready for the first stage of the new bicycle paths that will reach the Sapanca Lake from the Sunflower Bike Valley, and that the bike network with the 18 kilometer, which is the 39 kilometer, will go to the XNUMX kilometer. Ay
Bicycle Island Opening Ceremony 300 Bicycle Winners Found 18/12/2018 Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality, Youth and Sports Services Department and Public Relations Department by the opening ceremony of the opening ceremony of the sunflower valley and bicycle island 300 pieces were held. The winners in the sweepstakes are at www.sakarya.bel.tr. Winners can take their bikes on the Sunflower Valley and Cycling Island on 19-22 December. Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality, Youth and Sports Services Department and Public Relations Branch Office by the opening ceremony of the Sunflower Valley and the Bike Island President Toçoğlu by the raffle of the 300 pieces were held. With the lottery, the owners of the 300 bike became clear. The winners became clear belli
Erciyes will be the center of winter tourism with its culture skiing concept 01/02/2016 By Erciyes culture skiing concept will be the center of winter tourism Erciyes Ski Center of Turkey's most important winter destinations, the world will be one of the most important winter tourism centers percent 90 of the sporting infrastructure in Central completed, 102 kilometers long runway was built Kayseri Erciyes Inc. Chairman Cıngı: "In addition to coming to ski can visit Cappadocia on our own. We are introducing our goal culture skiing on by basing Erciyes world" Erciyes from major ski resorts in Turkey, "culture skiing" concept with one of the world's most important winter tourism centers to make the button pressed. 90 percent of the sports infrastructure in the center was completed. Kayseri Erciyes A.Ş. Chairman of the Board of Directors Yönetim
Turkey's Erciyes Mountain ski resort will be 24/04/2016 Erciyes Mountain ski resort will be Turkey's Erciyes in Turkey's major ski resorts, Erciyes Winter Sports and Tourism Center Project is progressing rapidly towards becoming Turkey's ski resort. The summit of the clouds, the height of the 3 bin 917, the most important symbol of the region, Erciyes, which is the most important symbol of the region with its non-deficient profits, succeeded to be among the most important ski resorts in the world with the investment of 200 million euros. After the removal of the Metropolitan Law in 2005, the activities of Erciyes Winter Sports and Tourism Center Project began with the participation of Erciyes in the borders of the Metropolitan Municipality. 5 mechanical plant, which is old in Erciyes and unable to fulfill its function fully es
Erciyes Hosts IXS Downhill Cycling European Cup 10/06/2019 Erciyes hosted the IXS Downhill Cycling European Cup competitions which took place in Kayseri for the first time outside the European continent. Mayor of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mamdouh Büyükkılıç'ın, Erciyes in his speech at the award ceremony of the championship is the only downhill trails with Turkey, he said. IXS European Downhill Cup excitement of one of the most prestigious events in the international sports community in Turkey was held at Erciyes Bike Park where the only downhill biking trails. Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality and the International Cycling Federation Erciyes Inc. (Union Cycliste Internationale) UCI and Turkey Cycling Federation by first organized in Turkey in the European Cup, breathe in the toughest trails on Mount Erciyes ...
Erciyes Cup Excitement at Erciyes Ski Center 08/01/2017 Erciyes Ski Center Erciyes Cup Excitement Erciyes Ski Center, doing Erciyes Cup hosts will compete in international skiers ... Turkey's best technical means to have the ski center and hosts many international tournaments Erciyes Ski Center, in 07-08 January 2017 date With the Erciyes Cup tournament to be held, many foreign players and skiers will be hosted. The male and female categories, Luxembourg, Turkey, Pakistan, and also in countries such as Albania, including the participation of professional skiers on the xnumx'n found Erciyes Cup, will be held at the Erciyes Ski Center Pilgrims door track. In this breathtaking tournament where the athletes will have big slalom races Spor
Subway tunnels will be bike path 16/06/2015 Metro tunnels will be a bicycle trail: Dutch city planners who were invited to London to exchange ideas on how to build a 'bike-loving' city, said the streets and streets of London could not be added because of the narrow streets. According to the German Die Tageszeitung, London officials began to consider turning unused subway tunnels into a bicycle path. On the other hand, the cycling activities, which have been increasing all over Europe in the last period, continue to be effective. Activists who believe that the automobile lobby will continue to rule will continue to play in Hamburg next week in Berlin and Düsseldorf.
Sunflower Bike Valley Will Be The Address Of Sports At 2019 05/02/2019 Orhan Bayraktar stated that the Sunflower Bike Valley will host national and international organizations in 2019, Vad 55. The last stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour will be in Sakarya. The end of TUR2019 and the beginning of the 6 stage will be hosted by the Sunflower Bike Valley. With 2 international competition, important athletes from different countries will look for themselves on the podium. X Bayraktar announced that it will start driving trainings in February. Orhan Bayraktar, Head of the Department of Youth and Sport Services of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality, held a meeting on the activities to be hosted by the Sunflower Bike Valley in 2019. Sports Branch Manager Yusuf Ertuğrul Erdem, Sunflower Bicycle Valley Spor
Address: Sakarya Olacak 23/04/2019 Sunflower Valley Bicycle xnumx.'s held Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 55. stage. President Ekrem contained in the relevant assessment Race Almighty, "which is the most comprehensive cycling events held in our country, we are pleased to host the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. The organization made a major contribution to the promotion of our city. God willing, Sakarya will continue to be the leading city in cycling. İn Sunflower Valley Bicycle xnumx.'s held Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 6. stage. 55 athletes from 6 team took part in the races where Governor Ahmet Hamdi Nayir started. National team of Salcano Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality Cycling Team 17 Sak
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EU bans contracts between member states, settlements
New decree restricts any Israeli entity beyond 1967 lines from EU funding, prizes, grants. Housing Minister Ariel: Decision reminiscent of Holocaust
The European Union has decreed that contracts between EU member states and Israel must include a clause stating that east Jerusalem and the West Bank are not part of the State of Israel and therefore not part of the contract, it was reported on Tuesday.
The decree, which will go into effect Friday, will forbid any cooperation, awarding of grants, prizes and funding for any Israeli entity in the specified areas.
EU to use legal loophole to ban settlement goods
UN chief urges Israel to rescind E1 settlement
Holland to label settlement goods?
The EU's funding, direct and indirect, of Israel bodies which operate in the settlements has long drawn fire from various organizations within the Union. The EU is severely opposed to Israeli construction beyond the 1967 lines, and has acted repeatedly to draw a clear line between Israel and its settlements in the West Bank.
Israeli settlement Beit El
The latest decree resulted from the EU Foreign Affairs Council's conclusion from December 2012, which stated that "all agreements between the State of Israel and the EU must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967."
However, the directive will not harm funding for research institutes, such as the Hebrew University, which employs settlers in their staff. Government ministries which have offices in east Jerusalem, such as the Justice Ministry, will still enjoy the EU's cooperation as well.
An EU official said on Tuesday that Israel should not be surprised with the directive, as the issue has been repeatedly addressed and forewarned by EU officials.
The new directive, said the official, is in line with opinions in the EU which have been prevalent for several years.
MK Ariel: Decision tainted with racism
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office MK Ofir Akunis said in response that "it's a wrong and regrettable decision. Such steps – even before the Palestinians announced they are even ready to return to the negotiation table – are pushing the peace talks away, not drawing them closer.
"Let them know even in Europe – Judea and Samaria are not 'occupied,' they're the homeland of the Jewish nation."
Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Habayit Hayehudi) said in response to the decree: "This decision is tainted by racism and discrimination against the Jewish people which is reminiscent of the bans against Jews in Europe over 66 years ago,"
Minister Ariel added that "The Israeli government must not, under any condition, be a part of any future agreement which includes a clause that Judea and Samaria are not a part of the sovereign State of Israel."
The Yesha Council stated that "To our regret, in Tisha B'av Europe has returned to a policy of boycott and segregation against the State of Israel. Europe's unrestrained support of the Palestinian Authority has turned it into a non-neutral element.
"The Israeli government must instruct the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry to immediately halt all European projects in Judea and Samaria until this unilateral decision is aborted."
Some in the Israeli Left congratulated the EU's decree, and accused the government of bringing it upon itself by not pursuing the peace process. "The EU is doing Israel a favor by marking the border which the Israeli government failed to mark," said Meretz Chairwoman MK Zahava Gal-On.
"This isn't a boycott of Israel, but a distinction between Israel and the settlements and the occupation. The decision is the result of the complete impasse in the peace process and continued construction in the settlements and outposts," she added.
Peace Now said in response that "The EU's decision sends a clear message: The world doesn't recognize the settlements and they contradict universal, democratic values. The Israeli government is running a rearguard battle against the international understanding that the Israeli occupation of the territories must end."
Settlement construction
Meanwhile, Ynet found that the Civil Administration's High Planning Committee will convene on Wednesday to discuss plans for building 1,071 new housing units in the West Bank.
The focus of construction will be in Modiin Illit, where a new, 732 units strong neighborhood is planned. In addition, the committee will discuss the retroactive issuing of building permits for houses already constructed.
Peace Now said in response that "The wave of building permits is unprecedented. It sends a clear message to the world – the government doesn't want a peace process."


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07.27.2018 Around the Island
Annual cricket match returns
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BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO James Monatgue flashing some power at the charity cricket match last year at the field next to the Island Boatyard.
The Shelter Island Cricket Club is holding its annual Charity Cricket Match on Saturday, July 28 at the Island Boatyard.
Players are asked to arrive at 9 a.m., with the first game beginning at 9:30 a.m. Food will be served from 11 a.m. and the last game is set to end at 4:40 p.m.
The Shelter Island Cricket Club was founded in 2012 to raise money for the Shelter Island Ambulance Foundation. The club plays once a year at the Island Boatyard located at the end of South Menantic.
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Nice one – I saw it on Pat's blog and shared from there. Sharing from here, too, now.
Aww, thank you, Erika. The fairy nymphs are keeping me busy. I have much more to write. ❤ Hugs to you!
It was my pleasure to read this delightful book. The review wrote itself. Thank you for writing it.
Congratulations on another heartfelt review of your book, Colleen. You really are an amazing writer.


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[For a shorter Overview, In five sections of about 100 words each, click here for the essence of the Commonway vision, mission and message.]
We help people understand societal transformation and show them how to catalyze inclusivity -- both within themselves and in the world. We do this through workshops, classes and other learning opportunities.
We also conduct projects, events and activities for organizations and individuals that catalyze and demonstrate inclusivity. We do this as consultants to other organizations (client-based projects) and as internal activities (Commonway -sponsored projects).
Commonway is an inclusive social change organization, dedicated to creating a society that works for all. Our goal is to foster inclusive, sustainable human societies on an ecologically viable planet.
We are "Advocates of the Whole". We help organizations and individuals catalyze beneficial, value-driven transformations within themselves, their organizations and our society as a whole.
The essence of our work is ridding ourselves, our organizations and our society of fear. The root of our problems lies in fear, and the stress, anger, hostility and violence produced by fear. Fear is simply another form of violence. We encourage people to cross the boundaries that separate us.
It is only through a profound shift in consciousness that a new society can be born. We all must undergo this shift. A change in consciousness must precede any change in institutions, laws or social patterns. The necessary change is specific: from "I am Separate" to "We are One". We can't solve our problems with the same consciousness that created them. Our deep divisions and seemingly insurmountable problems are leading us to new ways of working together.
We have to move beyond "honoring diversity" to embrace inclusivity. We must learn and practice human ecology: building healthy, balanced and dynamic human interactions from our currently toxic ones. If our society doesn't work for everybody, it doesn't work for anybody.
A Society of the Spirit
Creating a society that works for all is a sacred act. Every spiritual, religious and wisdom tradition leads us to the same conclusion: working for others is the highest form of spirituality. Our true values lie beyond empty posturing, political sloganeering and campaign rhetoric. We are stronger than our fears and better than our limitations.
An Inclusive Community
The purpose of Commonway is to teach and practice inclusivity. Inclusivity is recognizing that my life, my fate, my future is inextricably linked to yours. Building community with those who are not like "us" is the challenge of the next millennium, a challenge that is essential to our survival. With inclusivity, there is no "Other"; identifying with and connecting to "The Other" makes violence unthinkable and true community possible.
A Community of Consciousness
It is only through a profound shift in consciousness that a new society will be born. We all must undergo this shift. A change in consciousness always precedes any change in institutions, laws or social patterns. The necessary change is specific: from "I am Separate" to "We are One". We can't solve our problems with the same consciousness that created them. Our deep divisions and seemingly insurmountable problems are leading us to new ways of working together. Einstein said that we cannot solve our problems with the same consciousness that created them. Our deep divisions and seemingly insurmountable problems are leading us to new ways of working together.
A Healthy Culture
We can re-create our culture. We can create new patterns of behaviors, ones that are based on our highest values, not our lowest fears. We can transform our fear-based culture to one of integrity and authenticity. Our current culture is repressive: we are afraid of each other, and act out that fear on a daily basis. Fear is an essential element of our institutions: we buy things because we fear each other and we don't feel good about ourselves.
Our true values lie beyond empty posturing, political sloganeering and campaign rhetoric. We are stronger than our fears and better than our self-imposed limitations. Through Commonway, we are encouraged to discover and practice our core values, which include:
Keepers, Breakers, Menders
Our world is created by our consciousness. The world will change once our consciousness changes. Commonway identifies three distinct patterns of consciousness, each with an accompanying story.
Keepers: those who live within the Sacred Hoop. Those who have always lived within the Earth's tolerances. We know them as indigenous people or "native" people.
Breakers: those who break the Sacred Hoop, who try to live ON TOP of the Earth. Those who practice "I am Separate" – from the Earth, from other humans, even from themselves.
Menders: those of us who are pledged to heal the Sacred Hoop, who live the values of the Keepers while trying to MEND the damage done by the Breakers. Those who practice "We are One".
Our task is to shift the consciousness of humans on this planet, in time to save ourselves from destruction and to propel humanity to the Way Forward.
Inclusivity: Acting Like We Are One
Inclusivity means the recognition that all beings are inextricably linked to each other. Because of this linkage, all attempts to "defeat" the Other are ultimately self-defeating. (However, inclusivity does not necessarily imply unity -- that everyone is doing the same thing under the same cultural imperatives.)
The purpose of Commonway is to teach and practice Inclusivity. Inclusivity is the Golden Rule in action. Inclusivity is recognizing that my life, my fate, my future is inextricably linked to yours. With Inclusivity, there is no "Other". Inclusivity -- identifying with and connecting to "The Other" -- is what makes violence unthinkable.
Human Ecology:
Balancing Our Relationships
The purpose of Commonway is to help people learn and practice human ecology, the transformation of all toxic and dysfunctional elements of our society for a healthier and more sustainable world. If our social/cultural/spiritual life is an ecology, at present it is a highly toxic one. Human ecology is the healing and dynamic equilibrium of human populations with each other and with our environment, with the goal of affirming and sustaining life in all its diversity.
Commitment to a New Society
Commonway helps people achieve a balanced human environment by teaching a new form of social/cultural activism: "The Advocacy of the Whole". Commonway teaches non-violent and inclusive ways of addressing and resolving issues.
In the face of crisis, conflict and disaster:
•	We can learn to think differently about our problems, and therefore invite new solutions
•	We can learn to work in ways that model our highest ideals instead of our lowest fears.
•	We can learn to pull together instead of apart.
•	We can operate from shared values and common purpose, instead of shared fears and antagonism.
•	We can find safety and security in inclusive community, rather than separation and conflict.
Tools for Transcending Conflict
• Through various projects, Commonway has developed tools for transcending conflict. These tools include:
• The "Advocacy of the Whole". Commonway workers are "Advocates of the Whole"; we work not for any individuals or groups, but are trained to see all sides in a conflict and to resolve the conflict to the honest satisfaction of all parties. This may mean re-defining "winning" in such a way that all sides can have their needs met.
• "Safe environments": establishing that our process is safe for all parties, that Commonway does not take sides.
• "Single Issue Meetings": Clarifying what each party wants, before they come to the table. This is the place where the common ground becomes clear.
• "All Stakeholder Meetings": Inviting all stakeholders to a discussion; not just including those who claim to represent others. People can represent themselves. This dilutes the power of ideologues in favor of ordinary people.
• "The Magnet": inviting all sides to the table, using something that all parties want as the impetus to come to the table.
• "Common Ground" empowered dialog. The way to peace is found when ordinary people can come together in an empowered dialog to determine their best interests. In order to do this, they have to find "common ground": a safe environment with neutral facilitators within which the dialog takes place.
• "Assertive Consensus": all parties led through ever-deepening levels of consensus, allowing them to build trust in the process and trust in each other.
• "Spiritual Consensus": parties are invited to their highest level of transcendent knowing to seek a spiritual (non-religious) resolution to conflict.
• "Reconciliation": It may be impossible for some levels of conflict to be reconciled. Parties can get stuck trying to re-interpret each other's history. Therefore, consensus may be that parties agree not to discuss certain hurtful parts of their history, at least until they can resolve their present difficulties and establish a certain level of trust.
• "Forgiveness": Forgiveness must be an integral part of reconciliation. What form that takes in any particular conflict remains to be seen. In South Africa, "forgiveness" was linked to public disclosure and confession (and forgiveness) of one's prior role in the Apartheid regime. In the Czech Republic, "forgiveness" has not been linked to public disclosure; there were too many millions of people who collaborated with the prior communist regime. Which method works best will only be determined on a case by case, nation by nation, people by people, basis.
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Selecting your own website designer is an overwhelming, daunting task. If you are having a hard time choosing the right web design company to work with, then you need to read on this short guide. Below are some tips that can help you find the right person.
The website design agency that you will be working with should be able to help you grow your business. They should be knowledgeable enough to guide you in working through your chosen platforms.
Pricing is a factor that you need to focus on. Don't just choose someone because he or she offers the cheapest price. Find the professionals who strike a perfect combination of quality and price.
Check the overall experience of the web design firm. How vast is their experience when it comes to certain function areas. One of the best things you should do is to find reviews of their previous clients.
Social media marketing can fuel your business towards success. Leverage on the power of your social media accounts. A good strategy can help you improve your brand visibility.
Look through references from their previous customers. You can also check the recommendations of other reputed clients in the same genre.
Website creation is a complicated task. You can't just entrust it to a random person. Take your time in finding that web design firm that can help you add more value to your pages' performance.
The hero areas, or above the fold part, features a big image with some copies. This year, we will see more experimentation on this specific part.
The navigation part is one of the most difficult elements to design. You need to keep it functional, and visually pleasing. 2019 will open new doors for unconventional designs.
White space provides a breathing room for websites. Adding white space makes the most important parts of your pages more noticeable. If you want to highlight specific content, you should explore more of this crucial feature if you want to establish a web design malaysia company.
As coding becomes even more sophisticated, exploration and experimentation with typography will become a lot easier over time.
There is beauty and functionality even with the most unconventional designs. With a broken grid, the elements are all pushed away from the frames. Everything appears broken and rigid. This is style is often explored by adventurous designers.
More and more people are rapidly moving away from the straight lines. In order to be unique, many web designers are now hearing towards fluid lines and shapes.
Colorful layouts are cool and captivating. But, what if you choose to limit your website design to just a single color, or no color at all? By using black and white schemes, or one-color designs, you can solidify your branding.
Use real people in pictures.
Stock photos may do the work at some point, though it is always better to invest in high-quality photography services. Trust me, it's good investment. It will help you connect with your audience in a personal manner.
Do you think there is such thing as a fold? Well, that is, until now, part of various debates. What is clear is that people spend more of their time above the fold.
Make website speed a top priority.
Website speed is important. There is no doubt about that. Who loves browsing slow-loading web pages? Try to optimize your web design so your website speed is not If your website is slow, your visitors would not stick around.
When it comes to website creation, simplicity is the way to go. Designs which are too complex can distract people from seeing your substantial content.
Avoid sliders, carousels, and accordions.
Website owners love including carousels, but unfortunately, they are useless. Accordions and tabs also have the same issues–they are often ignored by website visitors. If you want your readers to stay longer on your website, remove all of the unnecessary elements. As much as possible, stick to a minimalist design.
The development of different working frameworks like iOS, Windows, and Android are changing the manner in which clients get to content through mobile gadgets. With such a generally divided market, an application that just works in a single stage would be a detriment contrasted with comparable applications that are available in numerous stages.
Programming administration organizations are currently investigating making half and half applications that can be gotten to in various working frameworks so as to stay aware of the quickly evolving occasions.
Cross-stage improvement alludes to a methodology for creating mobile applications that can deal with various working stages. Multi-stage mobile applications can offer a comparable practical yield in different working stages and gadgets, regardless of whether it is iOS, Android, Mac, Linux, or Windows. It gives flexibility to app designers.
There are numerous conspicuous advantages to cross stage advancement, one of which is a greater crowd reach. Your application will be recorded and uncovered in all major application stores around the world, opening up more open doors for marketing.
A large number of iOS and Android clients worldwide could be focused through your different advancement and marketing strategies. All things considered, what may work for iOS clients may be altered for Android clients.
There is never again a need to enlist numerous engineer groups just to make local applications for a particular stage. With cross stage advancement, IT Craft's engineer group is sufficient to offer diverse variants of an application, and that could be a gigantic cost preferred standpoint to your business. There are various cross stage improvement apparatuses that your group can utilize, for example, Xamarin, PhoneGap, and Appcelerator.
A solitary codebase is shared among applications and utilized in various working frameworks, which implies there is enhanced reuse of code and low expectations to absorb information included. One of the systems utilized in single codebases is restrictive gathering, wherein the code that is basic to all stages isn't rehashed.
Squares of code that are just important to specific stages are made contingent with the goal that they are just deciphered when required. Another procedure in utilizing single codebases is the partition of usefulness, in which usefulness not upheld by programs and working frameworks are handicapped while as yet conveying a total application to the client. With the utilization of cross stage improvement apparatuses and a solitary codebase, arrangement of applications over numerous working frameworks turns into a breeze for each engineer.
Making various native app development can take a great deal of time, as it makes utilization of a few codebases that you have to duplicate and change contingent upon the stage. The long measure of time that it takes to create and send an application can negatively affect your income. Cross-stage applications are less expensive to create in light of insignificant improvement, time, and exertion. You even have a superior possibility of discovering purchasers at a similar expense of a solitary stage application.
While there is no uncertainty that cross-stage improvement is certain to end up progressively strong as time comes, the pattern still has a couple of disadvantages that should be tended to later on. Single stage applications have constantly featured more thorough designs than half and half applications.
There are less adjustable features in cross-stage applications, making them feel flat contrasted with single stage applications. In attempting to give a full arrangement of features for each stage, gadget explicit brightness is frequently traded off.
Be that as it may, with increasingly cross-stage apparatuses being created on an everyday premise, these issues could be tended to later on. The imperative thing is for designers to become familiar with the estimation of broadening and heterogeneity in this quick-paced mobile world.
You need to fabricate a mobile application. Where do you begin?
On the off chance that you don't realize how to code, you will need to procure somebody to do it for you. So the hunt starts to discover a mobile app development engineer.
Regardless of whether you assembled an application previously, you might not have had the best experience with your engineer. This guide is ideal for you too.
I'll let you know precisely what you have to do to discover a designer that will give you the application that you're searching for. Be that as it may, let me consummately fair with you, it is difficult.
There are heaps of elements that go into employing an application developer. So simply ensure that you don't skirt any of the means, and you're exceptionally intensive.
You will work with this individual for quite a while and giving them loads of cash. The exact opposite thing you need to happen is to get part of the way through the improvement procedure and acknowledge you picked the wrong individual.
Or on the other hand far more terrible, they build up the last item that you're not content with. Trust me, I've witnessed this on many occasions.
The majority of this can be maintained a strategic distance from on the off chance that you employ the perfect individual. This is what you have to know.
What Type Of App Are You Trying To Develop?
Before you do anything, you need a firm handle of what you need to fabricate.
How might you anticipate that somebody should create something for you on the off chance that you don't know what you need? It's unrealistic.
I'd state there are two primary classes here, to begin with first.
You're either building up an application for your current business or propelling an application as another new business.
In the event that this application will be an expansion of your present business, it needs to fit inside your brand's picture.
For those of you propelling a new business, this application will be the first affiliation that clients have with the company.
It's significant that you establish the correct connection. You've additionally got the chance to decide whether your application is basic or complex.
As should be obvious, the multifaceted nature of your application will likewise decide to what extent it will take to create and how much it will cost you.
Be that as it may, we'll really expound on those viewpoints later.
In the event that you just need essential highlights like a mini-computer that can work without being associated with a system, you presumably needn't bother with the world's best designer to manufacture this for you.
Be that as it may, if your application needs complex capacities like special user logins, GPS following, bunches of screens, stockpiling for installment data, and interfacing users with one another, you'll require a genuine master.
Here's where you have to discover somebody who can accomplish something other than code. For an unpredictable advancement process, you need this designer to be a piece of your group.
Search for somebody who can design an application too. They ought to have the capacity to do wireframing, custom movements, symbols, and models.
Preferably, your designer will likewise have experience with promoting and item the executives. As you likely know at this point, fabricating an application isn't shoddy.
You may need to fund-raise from outside financial specialists, particularly in case you're assembling a perplexing mobile application.
So if the designer you enlist turns out to be a piece of your group, see whether they have any experience with fund-raising.
It's conceivable they may have worked with speculators previously and still have great associations with those individuals. In general, you simply need to ensure that your designer is balanced.
So we should return to the sort of application you have to get created.
As we saw before, the unpredictable highlights and capacities required to assemble your application will affect the cost. Ordinarily, the more it takes to construct an application the more cash it will cost you.
Be that as it may, there's not one cost in all cases for every engineer. Consider a wide range of purchaser products and ventures accessible available.
What amount does a huge pizza cost? What amount does a couple of pants cost?
What amount is a vehicle wash? The appropriate response is the equivalent for every one of the three of these – it depends.
All things considered, a similar idea applies to application designers. Diverse engineers have distinctive costs.
That is the reason you need a financial plan at the top of the priority list before you procure somebody, as mobile app development packages can sometimes amount to a lot. I'm accepting you don't have boundless assets, so you must set aside the opportunity to make sense of what you can practically bear.
You can't hope to be the following Snapchat in the event that you've just got $10,000 to spend on advancement. Furthermore, consider all the cash you will spend outside of your improvement costs.
Before you can procure anybody you'll have to direct statistical surveying to decide whether it's even worth building your application.
On the off chance that you have to discover financial specialists, you ought to most likely make a model too. That is not free either.
Do you have to contract a designer? That is the reason prior I prescribed that you discover a designer who additionally has design abilities.
It's additionally going to cost you cash to test and send your application. Keep in mind about upkeep charges for after the application gets propelled.
Is your designer going to handle the updates and bug settle also? That is something you have to examine early and ensure every last bit of it fits inside your financial plan.
So in light of the fact that you or your company has $50,000 in the bank, it doesn't imply that you can bear to pay a designer $50,000. You will come up short on cash on the off chance that you do this.
That is the reason finding a balanced engineer that can assist you with different viewpoints like designing and testing would be perfect. You'll likewise need to think about the kind of engineer.
Would you like to work with a consultant who is only one individual? Okay, lean toward a little application office with a group of a couple of designers?
Shouldn't something be said about an expansive company with conceivably several engineers on their finance?
Every single one of those choices will come at an alternate value point. So ensure you can bear the cost of what you need before you approach one of these choices.
You'll additionally need to think about the physical area of your designer. In case you're wanting to enlist one locally, in North America, you can hope to pay premium costs.
At first look, you may feel that employing a designer in Eastern Europe, India, or Indonesia would be your best choices on account of the cost. While they effective expense is certainly engaging, you get what you pay for.
I would not prescribe redistributing advancement abroad just to spare some cash. The nature of your application will probably endure, therefore.
Shortly I'll go over a portion of alternate advantages of procuring a neighborhood engineer, for example, the up close and personal contact you'll get with them.
Prior I referenced that your designer ought to have experience building applications that are like the one you're attempting to dispatch. To discover what they've done, you have to take a gander at their arrangement of work.
Take a gander at explicit applications that they've fabricated. Download those applications on your phone and perceive how they are performing.
Do they run easily? It is safe to say that you know about any of these applications?
Is it accurate to say that they were effective? On the off chance that the engineer being referred to has a long history of building applications that fizzled, it's most likely to your greatest advantage to discover another person.
Invest heaps of energy exploring through applications in the engineer's portfolio. You can see whether there are bugs and sudden accidents.
Peruse user audits and remarks about the application's execution too. In the event that individuals had a negative experience, mull over those notes previously you push ahead with that engineer.
Nothing is more dominant than another person vouching for you. So what do this current engineer's past customers need to state about their work?
On the off chance that your engineer doesn't have any tributes or surveys on their website, request that they furnish you with a few references.
You can likewise connect with their old customers specifically in the event that you comprehend what applications they've worked before.
Simply look into the contact data for those organizations and call them or shoot an email over getting some information about their experience working with that engineer.
Getting a vote of certainty from those individuals can improve you feel about procuring the designer being referred to.
You will go through a while at least working with your engineer. Contingent upon the application you're building, it could even be up to a year or somewhere in the vicinity.
In my experience, this procedure goes much smoother on the off chance that you can coexist with your engineer. Openness is of the utmost importance, and you require to have a good relationship.
Try not to misunderstand me, I'm not saying they should be your closest companion. However, a solid expert relationship is fundamental.
You may even put in some late evenings cooperating, so it just improves everything if this individual is anything but difficult to work with. They must understand your needs and needs.
You may be mechanically ignorant. Is it true that they are satisfied with this? Would they be able to at present give you what you need regardless of whether you can't clarify it in specialized terms?
On the off chance that they're not going to be agreeable and simply reprimand the wording you're utilizing, you ought to presumably discover another person. This perspective is more earnestly to test for, however, it's unquestionably feasible.
Notwithstanding requesting references, you should endeavor to orchestrate an up close and personal gathering with the engineer. That is the reason I like enlisting somebody locally as opposed to re-appropriating worldwide improvement.
See what sort of hunch you get from the underlying gathering with the engineer. You ought to have the capacity to tell by the first couple of connections in case you will be perfect with them.
Except if you're constructing an application that some way or another take users to the moon, your designer shouldn't disclose to you that it will take three years to fabricate.
You additionally can't expect a quality application to get implicit multi-month. So have them layout to what extent they anticipate that each period of the procedure should take.
All things considered, the course of events ought to be fairly adaptable. On the off chance that they state that the testing stage will take two months and it really takes ten, it's not the apocalypse.
In any case, on the off chance that they reveal to you the arranging and design stages will take a month and a half and it transforms into 20, that is not as satisfactory. Simply understand that you will go over some hindrances en route that will affect your course of events.
Ask the engineer how they intend to handle those circumstances as they emerge, so the time allotment remains sensible.
Do You Really Need To Hire A Developer?
So subsequent to experiencing these components, do you want to assemble an application all alone? Few out of every odd company enlists an engineer.
You can figure out how to code and assemble it yourself, yet that is not sensible or reasonable for everybody. Coding requires significant investment and your last item may finish up enduring, therefore.
You could likewise think about different options in contrast to enlisting a customary engineer. Consider building a half and half or web-based mobile application.
Contracting the correct engineer might be the most imperative segment of building your application. On the off chance that you pick the wrong individual, it will cost you time, cash, and your application's execution will endure.
In any case, the correct engineer can join your group and have an extremely beneficial outcome. Search for somebody who is balanced in all parts of propelling an application.
Notwithstanding advancement, it's optimal on the off chance that they know about design, showcasing, raising assets from speculators, and item the board.
The sort of application you need to fabricate will likewise affect the engineer that is best for you. Contingent upon the classification and multifaceted nature of your application, it's critical that you can discover somebody who has experience with those highlights and capacities.
You'll likewise need to ensure that you can bear to pay this engineer inside your company spending plan. Bear in mind to factor in the majority of alternate expenses outside of advancement.
Take a gander at their reputation. Dissect their portfolio and request references.
You must ensure that this individual is anything but difficult to work with in light of the fact that you will invest a great deal of energy with them throughout the following a while.
In case you're going back and forth about a specific designer and not certain if enlisting one is the best decision for your company, think about some elective alternatives.
You can figure out how to code everything yourself or counsel with a custom administrations group like BuildFire to get your application manufactured.
Are you thinking of crowdsourcing your website design projects? Why not, right? It's quick and affordable. Most importantly, you get to see plenty of designs before giving the payment. But, do you really think this can work? It's cheap, but will it work well?
Crowdsourcing a web design project involves a client posting a brief to a platform, with the budget, and getting designers from any part of the world to work on the layout. Then, the client would choose the best one, then award the cash to the winner. What is the problem with this approach?
If you have the cash to invest, don't hesitate to hire a professional.
Hiring a professional can be expensive, but it's worth it. It's always worth the investment.
Let a reliable web designer to work on your brand.
If you have the money, hire the best professional designer you can find. Talk to them, and check what they can accomplish for you. Trust me, this will be one of the most effective business choices you can make.
You are condoning individuals working for free.
Only one person, the winner, of this so-called "contest" gets paid. This means that the other people won't get a single penny. That is not fair.
The issue with these crowdsourcing website? Any person who can go online can join in. There are no qualifications required, not even a work portfolio. Would you want to hire someone who just downloaded a pirated Adobe Photoshop copy, and randomly called himself a designer?
The work shouldn't be a contest.
Several people think that crowdsourcing participation can be considered as a good way to create their portfolio. It's not. The best way to create a portfolio? Make self-initiated projects, or get paid for an amazing work.
Based on an Internet Marketing Agency, below are several tips on how to improve your SEO strategy this 2019.
1. Improve your website speed by incorporating a responsive design.
We always abandon web pages that take too much time to load. If some parts of your websites are being abandoned by readers, then you need to address them immediately. Eliminate all the obstacles that can slow down your speed. One of the best ways to do this? Use a responsive design.
2. Utilize voice search optimization.
Voice command is the future of each technological device. This 2018, we witnessed the emergence of voice search and recognition. This will carry on until 2019. Voice commands will definitely be a part of our everyday lives in the upcoming years.
3. Execute SSL security to boost authority.
If your website is secure, you will gain more and more value. Even Google prefers to rank websites with SSL security.
SSL, or Secure Socket Layer Certificate are small files that are installed or fed on web servers as precautionary measures. This can help website owners get rid of different unwanted threats that can result to damaged authority. By securing your web pages with SSL, you can gain your clients' trust.
4. Blog and incorporate different video elements.
Blogging is one of the most effective approaches to boost your website's ranking. If you want to gain more web traffic, then you better begin blogging. It is an efficient way to interact with your target audience. The more you blog, the more chances of acquiring impressions.
5. Utilize link building and social shares to improve SEO.
Google considers social media a crucial factor when it comes to search ranking. If you are trying to improve your visibility online, then you should not underestimate the power of social media. Link building, on the other hand, is a new technique you can incorporate in your SEO strategy.
6. Focus on structured data for rich snippets.
Some details which are beneficial for humans may appear meaningless for website crawlers. In such instances, structured data can help crawlers understand not only web content, but also the purpose behind it. You should get rich snippet to get even richer in terms of web visitors.
7. Quality content is the king of search engine optimization.
Create compelling content that can help Google and other search engines understand your website's role. Develop high-quality content based on the most in-demand posts within your niche. The more you focus on good content, the more chances of you acquiring a much higher ranking.
8. Strengthen your brand to further improve visibility.
It is crucial to implement regular branding. Through efficient branding, you can promote your website and its content to gain a stronger audience attraction.
9. Create the best UX and UI design.
Improved user interfaces will continue to dominate 2019. Make sure to develop the most efficient UX and UI designs to engage more people. If you're ignoring this trend, then you are ignoring some of the most serious SEO problems. Remember, the better your interface is, the better your readers will react.
10. Mobile indexing is the next big thing.
Mobile users have taken search engines by storm. Google is now experiencing more and more search traffic from mobile devices. Each website owner should focus on mobile optimization, if they want to be successful in the digital landscape.


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