Nick Williams was your selection as the #5 prospect in the Phillies' organization. Williams garnered 40% of the votes, another plurality rather than a majority. Sixto Sanchez finished a distant second with 23%. Franklyn Kilome (19%) finished third ahead of a fading field.
Nick Williams came to the Phillies on July 31, 2015 as part of the Cole Hamels trade. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers out of high school in the second round of the 2012 Amateur Draft. He was a fast riser in the Rangers organization, reaching AA Frisco in the Texas League as a 20-year old in his third season. Williams continued to perform well in 2015 in both the Texas League for the Rangers (.299/.357/.479/.836) and the Easter League after being traded to the Phillies (.320/.340/.536/.876).
After a slow start at AAA Lehigh Valley in 2016, Williams settled in and posted a .281/.311/.462/.773 slash through August 6th before a horrid slump during the final 4 weeks of the season lowered his slash to .258/.287/.427/.714.
Williams needs to improve his plate discipline. His 2016 BB% and K% of 3.6% and 25.8% weren't to far off his career numbers of 4.9% and 24.7%. But, they are an area that could stand some improvement. In spite of his dreadful finish last season, 40.6% of Williams' base hits went for extra bases.
Hopefully, the last 4 weeks of the 2016 season were an aberration, as they appear to be compared to the rest of his career, and a reunion with Dusty Wathan in Lehigh Valley will bring a return of Williams' prior performance.
Williams is a left-handed batter. As expected, his splits are more favorable against RHP. In fact, only one of his 13 HR came off a lefty last season.
Wiliams split time among all 3 outfield position in AAA. He committed only 3 errors, 2 in CF and 1 in RF.
After being traded at the deadline, Williams drove 22 hours to Reading and went 2 for 5 in his Fightin' Phillies debut against Trenton, IN Trenton on August 4th.
Next up is your selection for the #6 prospect in the organization.
Don't forget to visit the poll in 2017 Phuture Phillies Reader Top 30 Poll – Additional Prospects Poll to cast your ballot for the prospects you think should be added to the remaining polls. Over 3200 votes have been cast so far. If you've already participated, thank you. The leaders remain Ben Lively, Carlos Tocci, Andrew Pullin, Jose Pujols, and Jesse Valentin. Lively has by far been listed on the most ballots. The poll will close Friday night.
I just don't have enough data to vote for Sixto as our 6th best prospect.
I've never seen Sixto (except for maybe one quick video Jim posted here a few months ago) but lots of scouting reports and so far the ONLY minus on him is his age. Command, velo, repertoire, comps to Pedro and a general impression of his presence all I have to go on. I had him #5 along with BA, which also informed my choice.
Size is also an issue for him, especially as a righty. It really does matter, if only because it makes the pitcher possibly more susceptible to injury or performance declines over time.
Rhys Hoskins for me in this spot. I have Sixto Sanchez and Kilome in the top ten, but not this high. He has been consistently good since his second year. He could be in Citizens Bank Park before the season is ended.
It's Kilome again for me. I have him at #3 on my list. Quinn was the big stretch but I guess people who think he'll start in the MLB, voted him #4. He has Sixers top pick'itis and that knocks him back on my list. Williams was #5 on my list but Kilome is still waiting for his slot. Sanchez is so far away from the show that I have trouble putting him this high. He is #2 pitcher in the eligible field though.
Curious why people are voting for Cozens over Hoskins. I reckon they're close, and Cozens plays OF and it more athletic, but Hoskins seems to be the better overall prospect.
IMO First Base kills him. He has to hit really well in order to be an average 1B. If they played the same position, then yeah, Hoskins, but RF with good arm sets the offensive bar much lower.
I agree on Cozens having a lower offensive bar, but I think he also has lots of red flags, as Catch says, and they have to be factored into the equation.
So far, Hoskins has shown he can hit and hit with power and that he can get on base. Maybe his limitations get exposed in AAA, but if he maintains his productivity through to the Big Leagues then he's a solid MLB starter and maybe All-Star, regardless of committing the crime of being a right-handed hitter.
My rebuttal is that Cozens has also shown that he can hit, hit with power, and get on base. A .350 OBP is quite good. Hoskins has better OBP, while Cozens has more power, to yield a virtually identical OPS. Beyond that, Cozens is 14.5 months younger than Hoskins, runs better, and is worth more defensively.
Good points, all. I agree with them.
I guess my deciding factor is that I see Hoskins as more reliable with fewer red flags like splits and K rates. Having said that, I certainly agree that Cozens has the higher ceiling and I'm rooting for him to reach it.
I have Kilome and Sixto bunched tightly together at this point, with a slight nod to Kilome, but both are fine at 6 or 7 and if Sixto hits on all cylinders this year, he'll be a top 5 in short order. I have Hoskins after that. Cozens has too many red flags right now, but probably has about as high of a ceiling as any of our prospects – the likelihood of his reaching the ceiling, however, and the fairly low floor, are the issues with Cozens.
Besides JP and maybe Quinn, I actually think Cozens has the highest floor of anyone in the system. He hit .302/.378/.660 against right-handed pitching last year (an extra base hit every 5.5 PAs). I don't see how he's not at least a strong-side platoon at a corner OF spot.
I really wouldn't be surprised if Cozens makes the team in this role out of spring training or is called up by June. We haven't signed a left handed OF/1B bat, despite a pretty obvious need for one. I think they're keeping the spot open for either Williams or Cozens and right now Cozens is playing better.
Went Kilome slightly ahead of Sixto for these next 2 spots. Then, in some order, I have Hoskins, Cozens and Gowdy to finish my Top10. I think the depth of the farm system shows in the quality of prospects through 20. I think they all play in the Major Leagues. It is whether any of the top 5 become elite that is still to be seen.
Kilome and Sixto have been splitting the vote for the high upside pitcher. If there was just one of them, then I think he would have finished higher than Nick Williams. Ive been voting Kilome based on additional minors experience. Sixto definitely gets points for coolness level of nomenclature.
You're absolutely right, but Cozens and Hoskins voters also may have Williams ahead of the two pitchers.
I've read where the one vote system eliminates the possibility of a third party being relevant, since your vote is meaningless if your only choice gets 2% of the total vote. The solution was to have a backup or even 2nd backup vote, where if your first choice isn't one of the top two candidates, then your vote would be changed to the backup.
I have no idea how that could be implemented in our context. It would take a different kind of poll that I doubt exists anywhere free for us to slap onto our page.
I think we all encounter that during this process. And then I internally debate: do I vote for whom I have highest ranked, or do I choose between the two candidates I know who'll receive the most votes?
For instance, I have Randolph fifth. In this site's vote, he'll probably finish between 8-11. I'm voting Kilome here (I have him 4th), but with the next vote, do I vote Randolph, who won't win, or Sixto, who has a decent chance of winning, and whom I have sixth?
Not sure if its possible to be rectified, though.
To me you vote for who you think belongs next and make your case. I have a hard time getting my nose bent out of shape over the ranking of prospects on this or any other site. It's a fun exercise to see where people are at with their thought process and to talk baseball in the winter. Beyond that, it's taken way to seriously by some.
For now, I continue to vote Kilome until he's off the board..
You are correct that a "first past the post" voting system has the effect you describe. The mechanics of a back-up vote system are conceptually easy, but exceedingly difficult to implement – and I doubt that many voters could deal with the juggling of preferences involved without a good deal of practice – look at what happened with the "butterfly ballot" in Palm Beach that likely handed GW Bush the presidency in 2000.. The first real election (not counting for school office) I ever voted in used a rank-order system. This was in 1963 in Cambridge, MA for city council. There were nine to be elected and you could, as I recall, rank order up to nine. I was present at the counting process – it took 3 days to process all the votes – although a good computer program could handle it easily today. It would be easy to set up such a program in this case, subject to one proviso – all the possible candidates would have to be listed up front, since the system essentially consists of a rank ordering of the possible candidates and one ballot.
I voted for Kilome over Sixto because he's further up the ladder and is bigger. If Sixto really does have stuff that's equal or better than Kilome along with superior control, he should catch up to him in Clearwater this year. But for now, I'll go with the guy with the longer track record.
After the two pitchers, to me, there's a drop off. I still have plenty of doubts about Cozens and Hoskins even though they're in the upper minors.


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DOJ intervenes in lawsuit against University of Michigan's speech codes
In a "statement of intent," the department said the university censors and punishes constitutionally protected speech.
The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.Bill Pugliano / Getty Images file
June 13, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC / Updated June 13, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC
By Lucas Maiman
The Department of Justice this week took on another battle in its fight against campus speech and harassment codes that conservatives have criticized as infringements on their freedom of speech, as laid out last year by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
On Monday, it intervened in a lawsuit against the University of Michigan, saying its regulations unjustly silence unpopular or offensive viewpoints.
"The University of Michigan proclaims on its website that 'freedom of speech is a bedrock principle of our community and essential to our core educational mission as a university.' Unfortunately, the university is failing to live up to that laudable principle," the Department of Justice said in a "statement of interest," a government friend-of-the-court brief.
"Instead of protecting free speech, the university imposes a system of arbitrary censorship of, and punishment for, constitutionally protected speech."
In the brief, the department sided with Speech First, a Washington-based group that fights restrictions on free speech and other civil rights at colleges and universities. The lawsuit, which Speech First filed on May 8 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, alleges that the University of Michigan's harassment, bullying and bias policies are overbroad and prohibit students from speaking for fear of discipline from the university's bias response team, which comprises university administrators and officials.
In a statement attached to the lawsuit, Nicole Neily, the president of Speech First, said the group counts students at the university as members. But "Speech First's members are afraid to voice their views out of fear that their speech will be reported to the university as 'harassment,' 'bullying' or a 'bias incident,' " she said.
The bias response team "has a profound chilling effect on speech and expression at the university," Department of Justice lawyers said.
But Rick Fitzgerald, a spokesman for the university, said in a statement that the DOJ brief "has seriously misstated University of Michigan policy and painted a false portrait of speech on our campus."
Fitzgerald also said the bias response team does not discipline students, but instead "provides support to students on a voluntary basis."
The university updated its definitions of bullying and harassment on its website Monday.
The Michigan case is the fourth time the Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in a First Amendment case involving freedom of speech on campus in the last year. Previous statements have challenged colleges' "free speech zones" in Georgia and California and policies for campus speakers at the University of California at Berkeley.
In February 2017, President Trump threatened to pull federal funds from the University of California at Berkeley, tweeting, "If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?"

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Does Cervical Spine Treatment Reduce Low Back Pain?
Researchers writing in this week's online issue of Arthritis Care and Research report that moderate to severe chronic pain may influence mortality risk.
Pain that interferes with daily life and was described by patients as "quite a bit" and "extreme" had an increased risk of all-cause mortality, wrote researchers who were led by Diane Smith Ph.D., of Keele University in the United Kingdom. But patients reporting "any pain lasting longer than one day" or having "widespread pain" in the axial skeleton region on the right and left sides of the body and above and below the waist — were not associated with an increased risk of mortality.
Previous studies suggested that mortality risk may be influenced by the severity of pain and its duration. Strong associations have been found between chronic widespread pain and mortality (MRR 2.8; 95%CI 1.3,6.1). Fibromyalgia patients have been reported to have an increased risk of mortality.
This study is based on two population-based studies: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)) and the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP).
ELSA included 6,324 older adults, 55% female with a median age of 63 years. The length of time in the study for those who died (n=764/12.1%) ranged from zero months to 90 months, with a mean survival of 54.1 months. Within 12 months, 40 deaths (5.2%) occurred. Patients reported being "often troubled" with pain was 35.9% with 6.5% reporting this to be severe pain. At eight years follow-up, those who died were more often older, male, of lower socioeconomic status, often troubled with pain and having a greater severity of pain.
NorStOP included 10,985 patients, 54% female, median age 63 years. The length of time for participants in the study who died (n=1,484/13.5%) ranged from seven days to 3,823 days (mean survival 2,036 days). Within 12 months, 6.5% (n=97) deaths occurred. 71.2% of patients reported "any pain," 25.% met ACR criteria for widespread pain and 15.7% met Manchester criteria for widespread pain. 18.8% of patients reported pain at 12 anatomical sites or more. 5.5% reported extreme pain. Patients who died were more likely to be older, male, of lower socioeconomic status and more likely to report pain interference.
Why pain may increase the risk of mortality is unclear. It may be due to underlying disease, such as cancer, researchers wrote.
"One of the research implications that follows from our study is the need to identify what it is about 'interfering' pain that causes premature mortality. Factors such as comorbid disease, lifestyle behaviors or psychological factors might provide links between pain that specifically disables or interferes with life and premature mortality. For example, pain that impacts on life is linked to a reduction in physical activity which is associated with increasing weight and the onset of health conditions (e.g. cardiovascular disease) that lead to mortality," researchers wrote.


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WhatsApp in Over 109 Countries, With 70 Million Users in India: Study
By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 26 May 2016 15:54 IST
WhatsApp tops the list with over 1 billion monthly active users.
Facebook Messenger ranked 2nd in the list.
Others were Line, WeChat, Telegram, Viber, and BBM.
Instant messaging app WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app all over the world and is used in 109 countries, or 55.6 percent of the world, a new report said on Wednesday.
The countries include India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and many other countries in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
WhatsApp currently has over one billion monthly active users. In India, over 70 million people use the messaging service.
Of the 187 countries that SimilarWeb - a Britain-based information technology company - examined, WhatsApp was the world leader claiming 109 countries.
"Facebook's Messenger app came in second overall, claiming 49 countries including Australia, Canada and the US. After Messenger, Viber was the only other messaging app to claim 10 or more countries," the report said.
Viber has strong popularity in Eastern Europe and is the top app in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, among others, and as of April 2016, Viber was installed on 65 percent of all Android devices in Ukraine.
Line, WeChat, and Telegram are three other messaging apps claiming multiple countries with China, Iran and Japan representing countries using one of these apps.
The report also said that BlackBerry's BBM is still used by the masses in at least one country in the world: Indonesia.
"As of April 2016, the app was installed on 87.5 percent of all Android devices in the country, far surpassing any other country in terms of BBM use," the report noted.
In the US, only 0.42 percent of Androids had the BBM app, with Australia and Britain showing slightly higher use.
Further reading: Apps, BBM, Facebook Messenger, Line, Messenger, Social, Telegram, Viber, WeChat, WhatsApp
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We have already discussed how to upgrade ubuntu dapper to edgyeft and some people are complaing after upgrade they had problems related to x server and update problems.I have collected some of the common problems and their solutions from ubuntu forums.
I hope this collection will help for some users to fix their upgrade problems.
drive, and (hd0,2) means the third partition.
Most of the people found that they was no effect with this error. Perl warnings didn't seem to trigger a reaction.
After upgrading from ubuntu 6.06 to ubuntu 6.10, usplash stopped working, Ubuntu started displaying a blank screen during startup and shutdown.
Now you remove any mention of "quiet" from the file. You should get the messages again next time you boot.
After the upgrade OpenGL apps stopped working, nvidia-settings says The OpenGL extension 'GLX' is not supported by the X server or there was a problem retrieving GLX information from the X server.
GObject-registered; Please note that classes containing any of the attributes __gtype_name__, __gproperties__, or __gsignals__ are now automatically registered.
Dapper to Edgy, but after login I'm not able to use my touchpad properly anymore.
Sometimes the mouse moves right and sometimes it doesn't move at all.
If You came across any other problems when you upgrade ubuntu edgy you can post here with your error messages and their solutions.
A credit report should be ten on ten before you apply for a health insurance or any other insurance, especially if you are still in mortgage deals.
I bought a refurbished laptop with ubuntu but it will not allow me to install anything at all and will not run any setup. The CD's do not run automatically. I have to open them manually and when I click on "setup.exe" I get the message "couldnt display /media/cdrom0/setup.exe". Can anyone help?
I have the same problem as Drew (#52). Only difference, I have been working with 6.06 for quite a while. Is this a problem with the repositories, or something else?
After I installed updates in ubuntu 9.10 I cant boot. All I get is sh:grub> . I did not update grub because this happed before and I had to reinstall. I cant boot from the live cd . I can boot windows ( but no one wants to use that) . What do I do now ? do I have to reinstall and not do any updates?


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On Friday, April 26th at the Honors Banquet for West Texas A&M the Catholic Student Center was awarded the very highly regarded Organization of the Year award! This is the second year in a row that we have been a finalist, and the first time ever that we have won! Each organization on campus is evaluated and scored based upon community, state, and national involvement as well as how we meet the students and campus' needs throughout the year. By participating in all on campus activities (as well as cooking for all of them with Smokey Joe), adding our new internship that has gained us national recognition, and providing a place for students to have as literally their home away from home, we were able to win by a land slide. We believe that this award proves to not only all of us, but everyone else in the area that we are doing some great things here at the CSC. We are completely humbled by this great award, and we are counting all of our blessings that have been bestowed upon us this year. It really has been a year for the record books here at the CSC. We can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the future, and we thank each and every one of you for your love, prayers, and support over the years, and especially this past year. We can only keep getting better from here!!! We are so proud and blessed to be the 2013 West Texas A&M Organization of the Year!


Advantages of developing with the MEAN Stack Technology (mongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.js)?
Home IT Advantages of developing with the MEAN Stack Technology (mongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.js)?
E: ExpressJS : Express.js is one of the most vital tools for developing effective mobile and web applications. It is the minimal framework for web development using Node.js. However, its functions are pretty massive. It is possible to build a whole website just using Node.js and Express.js. The combination enables us to build software on the server-side in which Node.js is essential, while Express.js helps to publish the app on our website. It offers a diverse variety of features like database integration, simplified multiple routing, template engines.
A: AngularJS: It is a front-end JS framework that extends HTML with few new attributes. It is used in developing client-side applications with modular code and a data binding User Interface. It is absolutely perfect for developing (SPAs) Single Page Applications. It is easy to learn.
These 4 combine together into one effective package.
Here is the list of all benefits of using Node.js for any custom business application project, technically call it as custom software development projects.
A rapid minimum viable product (MVP) delivery is for sure by using Node.js development as the average time for development process is the shortest among today's frameworks.
Node.js platform provides a wide range of features that can be carried out.
High performance: Node.js distributes a small heap per connection, comparing to other server side solutions, which usually create a big thread for each incoming connection and complicates the performance.
The Node.js development projects can be of extremely high load with fast response and quick scalability options, as opposed to PHP applications that may collapse during such loads.
Node.js services are considered as lightweight and easy to modify with respect to feature enhancements.
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Q: How to do a number keypad in java I trying to figure out how to do a number keypad in java. I'm recently started using java, still have so much to learn. The following is what I came up with so far but it only returns one char at a time. Still researching this, but would really appreciate any assistance..thanks
currentButton = (JButton)event.getSource();
itemQuantity = currentButton.getText().charAt(0) - '0';

A: Your question is a bit vague to me.
I hope Integer.parseInt("string") and/or Double.parseDouble("string") work for you.

A: It looks like you're using the button's text as the value of one digit in a number  representing itemQuantity. Each time a button is pressed, you should append that button's digit to a string:
String currentString = "";
currentString += currentButton.getText();

Then you can get the numeric value as @user1804740 suggests:
itemQuantity = Integer.parseInt(currentString);

Note, you'll have to handle any NumberFormatException thrown by the conversion.

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Armenian Models in The World
The Armenian beauty is well-known all over in the world. Armenian ladies are unique by their appearance, charm, and elegance. Perhaps we may include Armenians among the most attractive nationalities.
For today, let's check out some famous Armenian women who are included in the list of the Armenian models in the world.
Armenian Model #1 Lusine Tovmasyan
When people speak about beauty and models around, Lusine Tovmasyan immediately comes to my mind. She is an Armenian beauty pageant contestant who won the title of "Miss Armenia 2003" in the competition of "Miss Europe" in Paris.
Lusine was born on July 25, 1986, and grew up in a traditional Armenian family in Yerevan. She studied philology at the Russian-Armenian University. While taking part in the contest, she was only 17 years old. However, it didn't prevent the beautiful Armenian girl from running the first place.
Armenian Model #2 Eliza Muradyan
Eliza Muradyan is one of the most beautiful Armenian girls in the world who represented Armenia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant. She is an Armenian-Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who became the first Armenian entrant ever in Miss Universe.
The "Miss Universe Armenia 2018" was also born in the capital city in 1993. She used to live in Moscow where she studied and graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University.
Armenian Models #3 Lily Sargsyan
After five year break, a beauty pageant was held in Armenia. The event took place at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera And Ballet in Yerevan. At the age of 18, Lily Sargsyan was crowned as the winner of "Miss Armenia 2017" title and represented the country later in China.
Among many beautiful Armenian girls from the capital and from different regions, Lily was titled as the "Miss World Armenia 2017". The pretty girl is from Yerevan.
Armenian Model #4 Arena Zeynalyan
On July 8th, 2018, an Armenian female Arena Zeynalyan was crowned Miss Armenia 2018 (or Miss World Armenia 2018). Arena was crowned by the "Miss Armenia2017" Lily Sargsyan.
Arena Zeynalyan is from Tehran, Iran. She has a bachelor's degree in biotechnology, although painting and fashion designing have always been her passion. She has attended design classes and worked as a fashion designer in Tehran. During the contest, Arena succeeded 19 Armenian beauties and was recognized as "Miss World Armenia 2018".
Armenian Model #5 Tulip Joshi
Tulip Joshi is an Indian-Armenian actress. They say that Joshi got her beauty from her mother who was a beautiful Armenian woman.
She was born on September 11th, 1979, in Mumbai. Tulip entered the "Femina Miss India" in 2000. As a result, she was revealed by many advertisers. A lot of advertising companies tried to cooperate with her. As a result, Tulip appeared in a number of advertising campaigns for world-famous brands including Pepsi, Ponds, Mobile TV, etc.
Armenian Model #6 Kim Kardashian
Surely, she is one of the most famous hot Armenians for an innumerable amount of people. Kim was born in 1980 in Los Angeles. She is an American-Armenian model, actress, reality television personality, businesswoman, etc.
Kim Kardashian is at the center of attention in worldwide media. She lives in the United States with her husband - famous rapper Kanye West. Two sisters of Kim - Khloe and Kourtney are also involved in the retail and fashion industries.
Armenian Model #7 Alice Panician
Alice Panikian was born in 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She's a Bulgarian-Canadian model, journalist, TV host of Armenian descent. Alice is a beauty pageant titleholder who was recognized and crowned "Miss Universe Canada" in 2006.
As one of the strongest candidates, she earned a significant amount of attention from the world press and media. The fact that Alice took the 6th place on the contest shocked everybody because she deserved to be the winner. She is the tallest Miss Universe in the history of Canada (Her height is 1.85 meters).
Armenian Model #8 Nazeni Hovhannisyan
She was born in 1982 in the capital of Armenia. Nazeni is very famous among Armenian celebrities. She is an actress, model, TV host, and also a lecturer at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema.
She has appeared in many Armenian movies especially in the modern ones. You may also watch some intellectual shows hosted by her. Nazeni Hovhannisyan is truly attractive due to her gorgeous looks and also her intellect and knowledge.
Armenian Model #9 Nicole Saba
Nicole Saba is a singer and actress from Lebanon, Beirut. People say she looks like her beautiful mother who is an Armenian woman. Nicole is a beautiful woman who not only looks gorgeous but she's also appreciated for her talent. She is successful in her singing as well as acting career.
The Armenian beauty has always been unique in the whole world. The secret of unlikeness of the Armenian girls is that their beauty comes from inside. They are as attractive by their appearance as bright by their mind and brain.
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(Upaya eNews)-July 15: The World as One Body-Roshi Bernie Glassman, Roshi Joan Halifax, Karin Lofthus Carrington
When we bear witness, when we become the situation — homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death — the right action arises by itself... Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.
—Roshi Bernie Glassman
• Upcoming 2014 Retreats and Programs
• Tikkun Olam: Roshi Bernie Glassman
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• Stewardship: Karin Lofthus Carrington
• Enseñanzas de Roshi Joan Halifax en el Español
• Mind & Life International Symposium for Contemplative Studies
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Today, as we awaken to the horrifying realities of violence in our midst, we hear the cries of human bodies being torn apart by bombs in Gaza, we are called to bear witness, to remember the world as one body, and, through our practice, to embody true peace.
Roshi Bernie Glassman reflects on approaching peacemaking through the practices of Not Knowing, and deeply listening, bearing witness with the trust that actions of healing will flow from that. He explains that the idea of loving or healing actions as a way of making peace comes from the Hebrew idea of Tikkun Olam, healing or repairing the fragmented world.
Holding a hummingbird's nest in her hand, graduate of Upaya's Chaplaincy Program Karin Lofthus Carrington reflects on how we are called to be stewards of life at its most fragile.
In an interview with Sean Murphy, Roshi Joan invites us to practice the paramitas as guidelines for community: "What is it to live generously? What is it to live virtuously? What is it to be patient and inclusive, to be wholehearted, to be mindful? And what is it to be wise?"
The teachings call us to embody engaged Buddhism, radical chaplaincy, finding courage to face the suffering of our world.
May all beings everywhere be safe, be happy, be peace.
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 5:30 p.m. — Roshi Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi, Intimate Language
Daily Sitting Practice Schedule: 7:00 a.m., 12:20 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. Please arrive five minutes early for sitting periods and events.
Please note these changes to the regular meditation schedule: The midday session will take place at 12:00 noon on July 16, and 24. With these exceptions, there will be no noon session at all otherwise July 5-27 while the residents are in practice period.
Please note that Upaya has limited parking. We greatly appreciate it if you are able to walk, bike, or carpool! Please park in the East parking lot (the second driveway — the one farther from town) unless it is full. No parking on Cerro Gordo Road and please be careful not to block the fire hydrant by parallel parking along driveway to the public West Parking Lot. We also ask for your mindfulness of those who use the public park and our neighbors. Thank you.
Upcoming 2014 Retreats and Programs
July 02— Jul 23:	SUMMER PRACTICE PERIOD: Time and Space with Roshi Zoketsu Norman Fischer & Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi
Jul 25— Aug 03: SUMMER ZEN CIRCLE with Natalie Goldberg, Professor Carl Bielefeldt, Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, & Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi
Jul 25— Jul 27: CALLIGRAPHY: Breakthrough with the Brush with Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi
Aug 01— Aug 03: DOGEN SYMPOSIUM with Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi, Natalie Goldberg, & Professor Carl Bielefeldt
Aug 07 — Aug 10: RETREAT ON CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND RITUALS IN SERVICE TO THE DYING with Frank Ostaseski & Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
Click here to see more programs coming up in 2014 and 2015...
Roshi welcomed the new President of Upaya Zen Center on July 7 in a special ceremony with many sangha members and friends attending. Joshin Brian Byrnes, the former President of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, brings many gifts to Upaya. He is an ordained Zen Priest, a specialist in philanthropy, a scholar, and as well a person who is dedicated to social action.
We also want to let the sangha know about the death of Roshi Pia Gyger, a dharma sister of Roshi Joan's. They received Inka at the same time from Roshi Bernie Glassman. In the years 1976-1999, Pia trained in Zen in Kamakura, Kanagawa/Japan with Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle and Yamada Kôun Roshi in Hawaii. She received Dharma transmission from Aitken Rōshi and in 1999 she was confirmed as Zen master by Zen Master Bernard Glassman. In 1969, Pia joined the ecumenical community with inter-religious orientation Saint Katharina-Werk in Basel, Switzerland. On behalf of the Federal Department of Justice and Police she founded in 1976 a therapy home near Horw for particularly difficult young persons which she led until 1982. Subsequently she was nominated general leader of the Saint Katharina-Werk. In 1986 she founded a project for meetings of the world's religions, and in 1989 she initiated in a slum on the outskirts of Manila a school for the spiritual and political awareness of young people. In 1995, back in Switzerland, she founded together with Niklaus Brantschen, Jesuit Priest and Zen Master, the Lassalle-Institute of Zen - Ethics - Leadership which they led until 2002 and at which she and Brantschen founded in 2003 the Glassman-Lassalle-Zen-line and the school of contemplation "Via Integralis". After that they developed a peace project in Jerusalem - Open town for learning about peace in the world. This program is accredited at the UN and led them regularly to Jerusalem and to New York.
Roshi will not be teaching again at Upaya til August (except for her public dharma talk on her birthday, July 30), and then a weekend on Dogen with Natalie Goldberg, Kaz Tanahashi, Carl Bielefeldt, and then an intensive with Frank Ostaseski and later Roshi Bernie Glassman and Sensei Alan Senauke. She will also be co-leading Rohatsu sesshin (waitlist) in December. So consider joining her for one of these programs; early registration is advised.
You might want to see Roshi's powerful new video on Manaslu.
Note that her book, "Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death" is to be published in an audio version. She is also working on her next book: "Inside Compassion."
Roshi Joan started a Google+ Community and nearly 3000 people have joined so far. Click here to join.
Roshi now has five new books available for sale at Upaya: Four are photography books — "Seeing Inside," "About Face," "Original Face: Unmediated Expressions of Tibet, Nepal, Burma," and "Leaning into the Light." "Lone Mallard" is a book of her haiku. In addition, over a hundred of her remarkable photos are available to look at (and purchase) on Upaya's website.
Tikkun Olam: Roshi Bernie Glassman
Join Roshi Bernie Glassman Aug 22- Aug 24 for
ENGAGED BUDDHISM, RADICAL CHAPLAINCY:
Bearing Witness in the Streets, Serving in the Field
Roshi Bernie answers questions about the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers as an approach to Peacemaking: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Loving Actions
I just have faith that loving actions will arise. Or I have faith that the actions that arise are the best actions that can arise out of that situation. I don't particularly like to say "loving" or —originally the word I had for that third tenant, it was a Hebrew word and I was looking for a translation, "Tikkun Olam." Tikkun Olam is—Olam is the world. Tikkun is the hard one to translate. Sometimes it's called healing. Sometimes it's called repairing. Because it comes from a sense that the light of God fills this cup, and it's so intense that the cup scatters into millions and millions of pieces. It's a little bit like what happened to Avalokiteshvara. And then the role of the righteous one, or the Tzadik, is to bring those pieces back together. It's very similar to what we're talking about of realizing the interconnectedness of life. So it's sort of like repairing that fragmented thing.
Roshi Joan Halifax with Sean Murphy (Part II)
Join Roshi Joan Halifax Aug 07 - Aug 10 for the
RETREAT ON CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND RITUALS
IN SERVICE TO THE DYING
Joan Halifax Roshi: If we're looking at a paradigm that is useful, I feel that the (traditional model of the) Paramitas are really helpful. What is it to live generously? What is it to live virtuously? What is it to be patient and inclusive, to be wholehearted, to be mindful? And what is it to be wise? That is both the path of the bodhisattva and it's also the fruit of that path. These are classical teachings in Buddhism about how a bodhisattva acts, and they're wonderful guidelines for community.
Stewardship: Karin Lofthus Carrington
Karin Lofthus Carrington is a 2014 graduate of Upaya's Chaplaincy Training Program
Looking out past the nest and into the surrounding world I wondered, "How long will any of this- a fecund but fragile marsh at the head of Tomales Bay and the rolling hills and farm lands that frame it all -continue to exist?" My thoughts expanded, then contracted, as thoughts often do, and I found myself wondering how long our fragile planet and all beings who inhabit it would survive?
All I know for certain is that a single hummingbird's perfectly constructed, delicate and now empty nest is in my hands. I will care for this unexpected gift until it disintegrates and becomes what it was before it had any form at all.
We are all stewards of what is precious and fragile –our bodies, our suffering and joy, our children, the gifts of love we are given, our own ability to see, hear, touch, taste, our miraculous embodied minds, this planet and all the wild intuitive things of nature.
Enseñanzas de Roshi Joan Halifax en el Español
We are happy to share new Spanish translations of some of Roshi Joan's writings and teachings.
EL PROBLEMA CON LA ILUMINACIÓN (The Trouble with Enlightenment)
INCLINÁNDOSE HACIA LA LUZ (Leaning into the Light)
LA COMPASIÓN Y EL VERDADERO SIGNIFICADO DE LA EMPATÍA (Compassion and the True meaning of Empathy)
LA PALABRA CORRECTA Y NECESARIA (The Correct and Necessary Word)
LAS TRES JOYAS (The Three Jewels)
Read, enjoy, and share here.
Sokaku Kathie Fischer, Being Underwater
Stephen Batchelor and Roshi Joan Halifax, A Culture of Awakening: All 18 Parts
Mind & Life International Symposium for Contemplative Studies
Join the Dalai Lama, Roshi Joan and the most innovative thought leaders in neuroscience, psychology, clinical science, the humanities, philosophy, and education as they present their groundbreaking research.
Mind & Life Institute International Symposium for Contemplative Studies
October 30 - November 2, 2014
http://www.iscs2014.org
Donations to Upaya's Nomads Clinics
This September/October/November, Upaya's Nomads Clinics return to the Nepalese Himalayas to Mustang and Humla. The Nomads Clinic comprises a team of dedicated clinicians and friends, who make an annual pilgrimage to remote areas of the Himalayas to provide medical and humanitarian aid. We work alongside local and traditional doctors and health assistants, and train health workers in the region. Please consider giving a tax-deductable donation through Upaya.
Your donations this year will cover:
• purchase of medical supplies and eye glasses
• transport of medicines from the US and in Nepal
• deworming medicine for children
• support of Amchi Gyatso and compounding of Tibetan medicines
• funds for emergency evacuation and medical coverage for gravely ill patients
• cost of local medical translators, staff, and health assistants
Again, we urge you to be a part of this longstanding program
See the Nomads Clinic website
Photo by Cira Crowell.
TUESDAYS, 9:45 am - 12:05 pm: Metta Refuge Council, Upaya House
THURSDAYS (most), 9:20 am: Weekly Seminar, Upaya House living room - open to the public. Topic is usually related to the dharma talk of the evening before. To confirm that the seminar is happening that morning, please email temple@upaya.org.
SUNDAY, July 27, 6:30 p.m., Upaya House Local Sangha Dharma Discussion Group
Please join the local sangha in an ongoing exploration of the Five Buddha Families. This month's topic will be the "Karma" Family, and will be facilitated by Marilyn Whitney. We meet at Upaya House at 6:30 p.m. for tea, cookies, and socializing, with discussion from 7-8:30. You are invited to join the residents for zazen at 5:30. Newcomers welcome!
Request for Donations: This month the Upaya Sangha will be collecting donated items for the Nomads Clinic. Please help us by donating as many of the following much-needed items as possible. (Any connections to organizations or individuals in a position to facilitate bulk donations would be of very helpful.)
1,000 pairs of Sunglasses
500 tubes of lip balm/Chapstick
25 bottles Prenatal vitamins
500 bottles "artificial tears" eye drops (or generic)
400 adult toothbrushes
600 children's toothbrushes
Please bring your items for donation to the Sangha meeting on July 27th or drop off in collection bin in Upaya office near front desk.
Photo by Elizabeth Vigeon
CEUs and CNEs are available for many programs at Upaya.
For a complete list of those available in 2014, click here.
Saratoga Springs, NY: One Big Roof http://www.oneroofsaratoga.com/: Sundays 9 – 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. with Pierre. All are welcome.
Calgary, AB, Canada: Calgary Contemplative End of Life Care Practice Group. For professionals and volunteers working with people who are dying. Second Monday each month at Hospice Calgary's Sage Center, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Sit starts at 7 p.m. For further information, contact laurie.lemieux@hospicecalgary.com
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil: Practice at Eininji Monday-Friday 7 a.m., Monday-Thursday 8:30 p.m., Friday 12:30 p.m. Visit our website: http://www.sanghazen.com.br Visit Eininji on Facebook. We also have weekend practice at our Mountain Zendo near Rio and accomomdations available for guest practitioners at Eininji—Please email sanghazendorio@sanghazen.com.br for more information.
Westbury, Wiltshire, U.K. We meet fortnightly on Sundays between 3 and 5:00 p.m. At the end of May we begin a programme of Mindfulness Meditation Courses (on a donation basis) for the community. at The East Wing, 35 Church Street, Westbury, Wiltshire. For more info, e-mail Jan Mojsa, janmojsa@googlemail.com. www.eastwingpractice.co.uk


I am a caring, highly qualified, and spiritually conscious therapist who provides calm, empathic presence, intuitive insight, and encouragement to those seeking to strengthen their sense of Self and express their highest potential. My work is grounded in the understanding that though we each have an essential spiritual core Self, our personality is comprised of many parts that are often pulling in different directions. Until we learn to lead from Self-energy, we may think, feel, and behave in ways that seem to negatively impact or even sabotage our highest intentions as well as our relationships. My goal as therapist is to facilitate your ability to live in the state of internal joy and harmony that results from Self-leadership. I am also certified in the use of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for the treatment of trauma and other painful or highly charged memories, experiences, and relationships. In practice for 30+ years, I began my clinical work as an addiction counselor in the early 1980's, graduated from Loyola University School of Social Work in 1991, and completed an Advanced Psychodynamic Clinical Practice Certification at the University of Chicago. I completed training in Internal Family Systems through the Center for Self-Leadership and was certified in EMDR treatment through the EMDR Institute.
My treatment specialties include: addiction (both with the addict and those whose lives have been affected by another's addiction); trauma; emotional dysregulation or constriction; relationship problems (including sexual orientation or gender issues); parenting coaching; and dissatisfaction with one's career or life path.
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Sesame Street's Global Edutainment Content Now Streaming in Hindi & Telugu on Sesame Workshop – India's YouTube Channels
Sesame Workshop – India, the local arm of Sesame Workshop, the internationally renowned non-profit media and educational organization behind the iconic US children's television show Sesame Street, is launching brand new YouTube channels in Hindi and Telugu to bring educational content featuring the colourful and furry Muppets of Sesame Street to children across India. Today's announcement builds on Sesame Street's 50-year history of helping kids in over 150 countries grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
Sesame Street Muppets – Elmo and Abby Cadabby
Committed to giving every child an equal start at learning from the earliest years of their lives, Sesame Workshop – India is launching the new YouTube channels at a time when educational media is needed more than ever before, with millions of children remaining out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both channels will stream a variety of premium content for kids aged 3-8 years and will introduce Indian kids and families to favourite global Muppet characters such as Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and many more.
Sonali Khan, Managing Director of Sesame Workshop – India, said, "Now more than ever, young children and families need quality early learning at home – and the Sesame Street Muppets are here to help with the playfulness and humour for which the brand is known for around the world. With many children remaining out of school, our new YouTube channels will bring early learning to young children at a time critical to their healthy development, all at no-cost to families and accessible at any time."
Children and families continue to navigate new and evolving challenges related to schooling at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, including adjusting to remote learning, managing screen time, and finding age-appropriate educational content. Parents and Caregivers in low resourced communities are facing unique challenges with reduced learning opportunities for their children. Hence, this World Children's Day, Sesame Workshop – India hopes to bridge the digital divide with its YouTube content in Hindi and Telugu.
Khan added, "The content launching on Sesame Workshop – India's YouTube channels will foster children's curiosity, learning, and healthy development, along with fun for the whole family. We know children around the world identify with Sesame Street Muppets in a powerful way, and we're thrilled to bring friends like Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby to families across India in Telugu and Hindi."
Since its online debut, Sesame Workshop – India's Hindi YouTube channel has already garnered more than 56 million views on its channel's content. Find Sesame Workshop – India YouTube Channel in Hindi here and Telugu videos like that of Cookie Monster and Elmo only on Sesame Workshop -India, Telugu YouTube channel.
About Sesame Workshop – India
Sesame Workshop – India is the Indian arm of Sesame Workshop, the internationally renowned non-profit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. We reach kids in their earliest years to provide them access to life-changing early education, critical health lessons, and helpful tools for tough situations via a combination of television, radio, digital media, mobile technologies, and community outreach across 11 states in India. Since 2006, Sesame Workshop India has reached children through mass media including Galli Galli Sim Sim, the local version of Sesame Street, and now reaches children with engaging and educational content featuring the beloved Muppets of Sesame Street.
For more information, log on to sesameworkshopindia.org.
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Problems with eating and speech are not the only difficulties caused by missing teeth. Patients may also experience bone loss and dental shifting, and many patients suffer from low self-confidence due to their smile. At North Sound Oral & Facial Surgery, we're here to tell you that it doesn't have to be this way. There are many tooth replacement options available, and the one that is right for you will depend on several factors, such as your health history, current oral health condition, personal preference, and more. Please review the most popular tooth replacement options below to learn more — and feel free to contact us with your questions or to schedule a consultation.
Dental implants are often considered the best option for a permanent, secure, and healthy tooth replacement solution. Implants can replace a single tooth or multiple teeth at a time. Patients with dental implants can smile, eat, and speak with confidence — that's because dental implants look, feel, and function just like natural teeth!
Most patients are suitable candidates for dental implants — anyone who is healthy enough to undergo a minor dental procedure, such as a tooth extraction, can receive dental implants.
The treatment process for dental implants is a collaborative effort — you, your oral surgeon, and your dentist will all work together to provide an optimal result. The screw, which is the base of the implant and acts as the new tooth's root, is surgically placed by an oral surgeon. Because the screw is placed directly into the jaw bone and integrates with the rest of the bone over time, it is the most secure tooth replacement option. The connecting abutment is attached to the screw after the healing period, and, finally, your dentist places a crown on top of the abutment. The crown is custom made to look just like the rest of your teeth, which gives a natural appearance to the mouth.
Patients who are missing a single tooth or multiple teeth can benefit from dental implants. Read on to discover which tooth replacement option may be right for you.
Patients who are missing all — or almost all — of their teeth on their upper or lower arch may benefit from a full-arch replacement. Just like its name implies, this dental implant-based solution restores an entire arch of teeth at once. The teeth are secured using as few as four dental implant posts, making it a permanent and popular alternative to removable dentures. Patients can eat, speak, and smile with ease, without any risk of the teeth slipping or falling out.
If you are healthy enough to undergo a minor surgical procedure, there is a good chance that you are healthy enough to receive the full-arch restoration. Your oral surgeon will determine your candidacy for this procedure during your consultation appointment and discuss all tooth replacement options with you.
One or more teeth that need to be replaced and are situated next to each other may benefit from a bridge. By bridging the gap from a missing tooth, tooth-supported bridges are a popular option that can be done at your general dentist's office. Tooth-supported bridges work by grinding down the surrounding teeth to accommodate the bridge, which is then snapped over the teeth. Although some bridges are removable, they are usually bonded to the tooth with a permanent adhesive.
Bridges are popular because they do not require a dental implant, can be performed by a general dentist, and are a cost-effective alternative to tooth replacement. However, bridges must be replaced after several years of normal wear and tear, and this increases the overall investment of money and time. Also, creating a bridge requires that healthy teeth be ground down, which can make some patients uncomfortable. Please talk to your dentist or oral surgeon to discover the solution that feels best for you.
Full or partial dentures were once the only tooth replacement option. Although we now have many more choices for replacing missing teeth, traditional dentures remain a popular choice. Some patients may require pre-prosthetic surgery to fit a denture in a way that is comfortable or secure and will not cause sores and denture slipping.
As a removable tooth replacement solution, traditional dentures can be a great option. They allow patients to eat food more easily and can be removed when desired. Dentures are often fitted by your dentist. An oral surgeon may be needed when pre-prosthetic surgery is recommended.
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Humorous touches — for example, the attempt by a young woman on a ladder to distract the monk with branches — seem at first to align this work with Robert's series of lighthearted genre scenes depicting daily life in Italy amid the ruins. Yet the humbleness of the monk, together with the still life of hourglass, skull, and rosary on the makeshift altar, suggests somber reflections on the transience of life.
During his eleven years in Rome Robert was greatly influenced by the inventive prints of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. This work was inspired by Piranesi's famous etchings of imaginary prisons that feature similarly massive bridges and complex views through archways. Although the ancient equestrian statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 – 180) stood for centuries on Rome's Capitoline Hill, Robert fancifully placed it at the intersection of two bridges, one of his favorite visual motifs.
The figures assiduously taking notes on the ruins are apparently amateur archaeologists. Their inclusion here acknowledges the newly burgeoning enthusiasm for studying, recording, and restoring the ancient ruins of Italy. Nearly buried in sediment over time, the forty-six-foot-high columns of the Temple of Vespasian (dedicated in 87 to the deified Roman emperor) were not fully excavated until the nineteenth century. Eighteenth-century scholars therefore had easy access to the very top of the structure.
The gardens of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, situated nearly twenty miles east of Rome, were a favorite subject for artists almost from the moment they were created in the 1560s. By the end of the seventeenth century, the grand park and fountains had fallen into neglect, with the gardens reverting to a half-tamed wilderness. The picturesque results of the ongoing struggle between Nature and man-made order would have held special appeal for Robert, who visited Tivoli many times.
The archaeological fervor of the eighteenth century is embodied in this image of a torch-bearing guide eagerly revealing Rome's ancient secrets to his wealthy and cultivated foreign client. The rustic figures at the entrance to the site are perhaps less fascinated by the splendid find than by the preoccupation of the educated classes with such excursions. Typically for Robert, the image combines accuracy and fiction. The statue of a captive barbarian warrior is recognizable as one then in the Capitoline Museum in Rome; the arcaded gallery recalls the Colosseum; and the pyramid in the distance is identifiable as the tomb of the ancient Roman magistrate Gaius Cestius. These relics, however, were never within visible distance of one another.
Robert's majestic fantasy combines recognizable structures from different eras and different locations in Rome: the ancient Pantheon, dedicated in 126; the curved staircase built in 1705 in the Ripetta, the city's port on the Tiber River; and, at left, part of the magnificent façade of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, designed in the sixteenth century by Michelangelo. This painting secured Robert admittance to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. His first completed version of the composition is the watercolor from 1760 (slide no. 1).
This monumental work represents a summit in the artist's experimentation with the subject of gardens. The immense vessel in the lower left corner, known as the Borghese Vase (now at the Louvre), is a much-admired ancient Greek artifact discovered in Rome in the sixteenth century. The enchanting setting was inspired by the celebrated terraced gardens and fountains at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, but the fanciful arrangement is an improbable feat of architecture and engineering that sprang entirely from the artist's own imagination.
An Ancient Circular Temple in a Wooded Landscape, c. 1770, chalk. Private collection, U. K.
In the mid-1770s, the trees in a small park at the royal residence in Versailles began dying one after the other. Louis XVI ordered their removal and commissioned Robert to execute this view of the destruction. To the right of the improvised seesaw, Robert included Marie-Antoinette, dressed in a pale gown and bending over two children, and the king, in red, consulting with a figure traditionally identified as the royal director of buildings.
Robert studied many of the depicted statues in person in Italy, though never in one place. In the center of the painting, an artist sketches and watches the restorer work on an ancient statue of the Greek philosopher Zeno. Perhaps a stand-in for Robert, the artist might also be considered a type of restorer, one who ensures the survival of classical art through his own study.
Although there were few classical vestiges in Paris, this capriccio conveys a grandeur that sets the city in dialogue with Robert's depictions of Rome. The assemblage spans centuries of Parisian history, from antiquity to the modern era. Among the pile of fragments in the right foreground corner is a piece of a Gallo-Roman pillar that had been excavated just a few decades earlier. Behind it, in the form of a domed loggia, is the sixteenth-century Fountain of the Innocents, the oldest public fountain in Paris. A bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIII (1601 – 1643) faces the triumphal arch of the Porte Saint-Denis at left, a gateway into the city built by his son Louis XIV. The long colonnade of the Louvre behind them was another of the Sun King's building projects. Rising in the background to represent the present day is the domed Church of Sainte-Geneviève, which had just been constructed.
Ancient Greek and Roman poets celebrated Arcadia (a region in the Peloponnese) as a bucolic spot of unspoiled wilderness, where shepherds lived in harmony with a benevolent Nature. In this imaginary scene of the fabled land, shepherds ponder the melancholic inscription on a tomb: "Even I, a shepherd in Arcadia," alluding to the inevitability of death, even in such an idyllic setting. The composition pays homage to the great seventeenth-century French artist Nicolas Poussin, whose paintings, like Robert's, reflect a serious study of classical antiquity, particularly the legacy of ancient Rome. Poussin's renditions of the same subject, well known in France among artists and critics alike, also include the motif of shepherds contemplating a tomb and its profound inscription.
In this imaginary scene of the Louvre as a ruin a young artist copies a bronze cast of the Apollo Belvedere, one of the most famous of all ancient statues. Apollo, god of the arts, raises his arm in a triumphant gesture that seems to defy the passage of time. The remains of a few other celebrated sculptures, including the broken figure of Michelangelo's Dying Slave in the right foreground, are visible. At the foot of Apollo, a bust of the great Renaissance master Raphael faces the young copyist, suggesting the transmission of the arts from one era to the next: despite catastrophes, the spirit of Raphael continues to inspire.
As a prominent symbol of the monarchy, the royal residence at Meudon, outside Paris, was ransacked during the Revolution. Part of the estate was transformed into a testing ground for artillery experiments, which led to a fire that destroyed the château in 1795. Robert, who had been asked to redesign the gardens in 1784, returned to sketch the demolition of the ruins. In the right foreground, an artist happily exploits the spectacle for his own work, perhaps a tacit acknowledgment of the complexity of Robert's own relationship to ruins and their history.


Over the weekend, President Obama announced the White House's commitment to making hands-on STEM learning an integral part of students' education in the United States. As part of this effort, Turner's Cartoon Network will be supporting the Computer Science for All Initiative with a complementary $30 million initiative dedicated to engaging young people in creative coding. CN is the only kid-focused private sector partner for the White House program.
As part of this commit, Cartoon Network will integrate diverse, new characters who code into their programming — including in the new, reimagined PowerPuff Girls animated series. The company will also highlight positive STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) role models into a new public service announcement campaign aimed at kids ages 6-11. And they will offer even more coding tutorials through MIT Media Lab's Scratch coding platform for kids, building on the success of the We Bare Bears tutorials with even more characters, scenes and sounds available for kids to learn with.


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CHARSADDA, Pakistan -- Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with the army and police before the military declared that the assault in a town near the city of Peshawar was over.
The attack stirred grim echoes of the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed more than 150 people, mostly children, and shocked the nation. It also prompted the Pakistani prime minister to pledge the country will wipe out the 'menace of terrorism.' Police said four attackers were also killed.
Wednesday's attack began shortly after the Bacha Khan University opened for classes in the town of Charsadda, some 35 kilometers (21 miles) outside Peshawar, said Deputy Commissioner Tahir Zafar.
The attackers entered the university compound by climbing over back walls and shooting at a security guard before they made their way to the administration building and the male students' dorms, police official Saeed Khan Wazir said.
"I locked myself in a washroom," he said. "I jumped out when I saw one of the attackers coming toward me and shooting straight ahead of him."
"We are determined and resolved in our commitment to wipe out the menace of terrorism from our homeland," Sharif said in a statement.
A Taliban leader, Khalifa Umar Mansoor, claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack in a phone call to The Associated Press from an undisclosed location.
Mansoor, who was the mastermind mind the Peshawar school attack, said a four-man Taliban team carried out the assault in Chasadda. He said it was in revenge for the scores of militants the Pakistani security forces have killed in recent months. The main spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Mohammad Khurasani, also reiterated the claim of responsibility.
Wednesday's attack was also the second Taliban attack in as many days in the volatile northwest. A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck a crowded police checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 11 people in an attack that was also claimed by the Taliban.
Later on Wednesday afternoon, provincial governor Sardar Mehtab Abbasi declared that the military operation on the campus grounds had been completed and that the attack was over. The troops were combing the nearby areas, searching for more possible attackers, he said.
Pakistan's northwest and its lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan is a highly volatile region. Pakistani forces have been carrying out a major operation against the Taliban and other militants there since 2014.
Last month, as the country marked the first anniversary of the Peshawar school attack, the military claimed "phenomenal successes" in the war and said it has killed around 3,500 insurgents since launching the operation.