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Laura Marcu, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, is visiting the Abbe Center of Photonics as ASP Visiting Professor in April 2016. During her stay she will give four lectures in the area of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging for biomedical applications including clinical translation of these techniques.
Prof. Laura Marcu is a full professor at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering). She holds a joint appointment in the Department of the Neurological Surgery (UC Davis School of Medicine). Currently, she serves as Co-Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Biomedical Technology Program at UC Davis, Domain Leader of the University of California Center for Accelerated Innovation and Chair of the Designated Emphasis in Biophotonics and Bioimaging graduate program. Prior of joining UC Davis in 2006 she served as the Director of the Biophotonics Research Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and was a Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (see also >>here).
Prof. Marcu's research is in the area of biomedical optics, with a particular focus on research for development of optical techniques for tissue diagnostics. Her laboratory has developed time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) systems for in-vivo tissue interrogation including human patients. Applications of these systems include clinical studies for the characterization and diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques at high risk, intra-operative delineation of brain tumors, intra-operative diagnosis of head and neck tumors, and imaging in regenerative medicine. A more recent emphasis in her laboratory is on integration of fluorescence based technologies in multimodal tissue diagnostic platforms (with ultrasound backscatter microscopy and photoacoustic). Many of her studies are conducted in close collaboration with clinical departments (various surgical departments, cardiology, and pathology). Dr. Marcu's laboratory has a broad expertise in clinical translation of biophotonic technologies that play an important role in addressing challenges associate with tissue diagnostics and therapies. Prof. Marcu has more than 150 publications related to the development and application of optical technologies to tissue diagnostics and holds seven US patents. She is also a co-editor of the first textbook in "Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging: Principles and Applications in Biomedical Diagnostics" (see also >>here).
Prof. Marcu's contributions to the broader area of biophotonics and biomedical engineering have been recognized by several awards and honors. She is an elected Fellow of four prestigious professional organizations including the Optical Society (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the American Institute American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE). She was the recipient of a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship (host Imperial College of London, Department of Physics). She served (2007-2010) as member of the Board of Directors of BMES, the lead society and professional home for biomedical engineering and bioengineering in the United States of America. Currently, she serves as Associate Editor for Biomedical Optics Express and as member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Biophotonics. Over the past decade she has contributed in various key roles to the organization of numerous scientific meetings including SPIE–Photonics West, OSA–Topical Meetings, CLEO, Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS), Gordon Conference, Engineering Conference International among others.
Lectures at ASP:
Lecture 1. Clinical applications of fluorescence lifetime techniques: Part 1 – Oncology
This lecture will review the applications of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to characterization and diagnosis of cancer. Studies carried out in both animal models and human subjects (in-vivo) as well as in excised tissue specimens (ex-vivo) will be presented. This includes results from TRFS and FLIM studies of a) primary brain tumors (low- and high-grade gliomas, meningiomas), b) brain radiation necrosis), c) head and neck tumors evaluated during standard surgical procedure or robotic surgery, and d) breast tumors. Challenges and solutions related to the intraoperative assessment of surgical margins will be discussed.
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 15:15-16:15,*, 1st talk mainly to doctoral students
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Lecture hall
Lecture 2. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging for biomedical applications
This lecture will overview the principles of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) techniques that utilize label-free fluorescence lifetime contrast to characterize and diagnose biological tissues at mesoscopic level. Fluorescence lifetime measurements provide information about biochemical, functional and structural changes in fluorescent bio-molecular complexes in tissues and cells including structural proteins, enzyme metabolic co-factors, lipid components, and porphyrins. I will present TRFS and FLIM instrumentation developed in our laboratory and describe examples of their application for tissue characterization both in-vitro and in-vivo. In addition, I will present the development of hybrid tissue a diagnostic platform integrating fluorescence lifetime with high-frequency ultrasound-based imaging techniques such as ultrasound backscatter microscopy and photoacoustics. These imaging techniques can provide complementary information by visual reconstruction of tissue microanatomy and mapping of optical absorption associated to specific tissue molecular makeup, respectively.
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 15:30-17:00, Overview Talk
Lecture 3. Clinical applications of fluorescence lifetime techniques: Part 2 – Diagnosis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases
This lecture will present applications of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to characterization and diagnosis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. This will include a) the adaptation of a scanning multispectral TRFS (ms-TRFS) technique for intravascular assessment of arteries in helical scanning (rotation and pull-back) and b) small-diameter intravascular catheter systems combining intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) with ms-TRFS for assessment of narrow coronary arteries. Studies conducted in human carotid and coronary artery specimens (ex-vivo) and swine model (in-vivo) will be presented. Challenges and solutions associated with intravascular applications of fluorescence lifetime techniques will be discussed.
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 15:30-16:30,*, 2nd talk mainly to doctoral students
Lecture 4. Fluorescence lifetime techniques in regenerative medicine
This lecture will overview the application of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to non-destructive characterization of engineered tissue constructs. Studies conducted in cartilage, bone and vascular scaffolds/constructs will be presented.
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 15:30-16:30,*, 3rd talk mainly to doctoral students


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Right from time immemorial, Black men have always had this strong feeling for White women. Even till date, the trend is still there although the opposite case involving White men and Black women has also joined and both are waxing stronger every day.
Below are some of the reasons why Black men White women. Although some of the reasons about to be discussed may sound trivial but then, that's the thing about culture. A normal practice in one culture that is reasonable to them may appear unreasonable to someone from another culture.
Have you noticed that white women who visits the beach have no problem with getting their hair wet? You can't try that with most black women especially those who were born and brought up in their various countries. Tell her to get into the beach and you'll have to provide her with a covering for her hair or just forget about it.
The kind of community where the Whites live makes them unaggressive. They strongly believe in the law to handle their cases for them and as such approach or respond to issues in a sensitive manner. On the other hand, raise your voice in an aggressive manner to a Black lady, especially as a Black man, and you'll see a woman who is already in the mood to fight.
That's one natural gift most White Women possess. They do not require the whole world to be pleased. Just buy them beautiful flowers and they'll be so happy and grateful to you. When you go out to a bar or an eatery, all she'll request for is a bottle of drink while listening to a soft music and she's alright. Black Women on the other hand are not easily satisfied.
A White woman is ready to give the world to a Black man she truly loves. This is one of the major reasons why Black men prefer dating White women. While they won't require you spend much to make them happy, they are ready to spend twice or thrice as much to make you happy.
While most Black women will say you can't go this far with me on bed probably because she sees it as a taboo or her religion forbids it, White women are ready to go as far as you are willing to take them.
White women almost complain about nothing. They are ready to give you all the space in the world to live your life the way you want to. She won't go monitoring your phone calls, texts, and emails. As long as you show no signs of infidelity, she'll happily live her life and let you live yours too.
The fact that Black men seek White women for the reasons discussed above doesn't mean Black women should be avoided. There are Black women out there with the mentality of White women; it all depends on how you search and how sensitive you are to the traits they unconsciously display during your few weeks or months of dating.
This entry was posted in Black Women White Men Dating Tips on July 6, 2016 by admin.


The sniffles started almost immediately. Small choking noises came soon. Then full out wails, tears, and gasps. Theadora, our oldest daughter, was a mess as we drove home from Chicago today. What had caused this sudden crying? The end of Harry Potter Book seven. The end of our 9 month journey accompanied by the ever amazing Jim Dale and the audio books of Harry Potter. I was wistful myself to tell you the truth. As I tried to console our distraught daughter, I couldn't help but feel slightly pleased, after all, isn't this exactly the type of relationship that we hope our children, our students, have with books? One that makes you want to cry, or laugh, or scream in frustration? One that allows you to feel so intimately attached to something not created by yourself? To feel the gratitude of brilliant writing and a long journey along with an author's imagination? To feel the loss of characters and of story as a book series finishes?
Yet, how many of our students have never experienced this type of sadness? How many of our students have not experienced what is means to complete a series that one has become so invested in that it feels like the loss of a family member once the last page has been read? How many years has it been for some, if at all, since they truly loved a book? While we cannot change the past, we do have control over the now, over what happens in our classrooms. Over what happens from the moment they enter to the moment they leave. And with that power comes an immense responsibility to empower our students, to offer them a chance at an incredible relationship with reading once again or for the very first time. While it may start with having them choose their own books, this is not the only place students need more control to be empowered and passionate readers.
Book choice. This fundamental right to choose what you read is one that is so often taken away from our students because we want to help them develop as readers. Yet when a child is not a allowed to choose the very text they are asked to engage with, we give them little room for an emotional attachment. How many of us adults will willingly invest in something we have been told to read? So while we can expose and recommend, we must create classrooms where student choice is the norm, not the exception. Where we help students find that next great book in order for them to become independent book selectors so that they can leave our classrooms knowing that they do not need us. Not in the same way as they did in the beginning. Where wild book abandonment is the norm and not something you need permission for. Where indifference rules when a book is given up because we know that a new book awaits. If we truly want students to feel in control of their reading identities then giving them the choice over which book to read is the very least we must do.
Book truths. If we do not know what we are up against, then we can never change their minds. This has been a mantra of mine since I started asking my students all sorts of things about their education. So every year, and throughout the year, we continuously discuss how we feel about reading (and writing). I never dismiss their truths, nor try to correct them. It is not my job to tell them how they should feel, but it is my job to hopefully create a better experience for them. I cannot do that well if students do not trust me, trust the community, and trust themselves and also trust the fact that perhaps how they feel about reading right now, if it is negative in any way, is something that can be changed. (Yes, growth mindset at work here). So ask them how they really feel and then truly listen, because it is when we listen, we can actually do something about it.
Student post-it's cover our whiteboard, our very first discussion of why we like reading or not from Friday.
Book Tasks. Just Friday I was asked how many book summaries we would do this year. I must have looked perplexed, because another student quickly added, "You know, write a summary every time we finish a book?" I assured them that while we would work on summarizing, it would not be on every book, nor even books mostly. Instead we discussed what we want to do when we finish a book; discuss with others, pass it on, perhaps forget all about it. We must give our students control over what they do with a book once it has been finished. We must allow them to explore ways to communicate their emotions with a book and certainly still develop as thinkers. I keep thinking how I want our students to have choices every few weeks as we advance our reading; review, conversations, written ponderings, perhaps a summary, perhaps a video. The point is, I am not sure at this point what we shall do once we finish a book because it depends on what the students would like to do. I do not ever want to implement a task that makes a child slow down their reading or stop it altogether just because the task attached to it is horrific in their eyes. So when we plan our reading tasks make sure that the long-term effects are not unwanted. Make sure that it actually plays into our bigger picture; students who actually like to read, and does not harm this.
Book Selection. While choice is of utmost importance, so is the way books are selected. Too often we schedule in book shopping time for when it is convenient to us, forgetting that all students need books at different times. Selecting a book is a also something that must be taught, even in middle school, because many students still have a hard time finding a book. We therefore discuss how to bookshop, which yes, includes, judging a book by its cover, and then we take the time it takes. If we really want students to wander among great books then we must give them time for that wandering and we must embrace the social aspect that comes along with it. After all it is this book loving community that should sustain student reading after they have left our classrooms.
How many students would say the exact same thing?
Book Access. While I cannot continue to purchase books at the rate I have been due to a change in our household, I know that one of the biggest reasons many of our students end up identifying as readers is because of the sheer volume of books they have access to both in our classroom library and in our school library. Kids need books at their finger tips at all times. Much like they must have time to book shop when they need it, they also need to be able to book shop right in our classrooms. When a child is obviously lost, we or other classmates can jump in. When a child is only pretending to bookshop we can offer guidance. We cannot control how many books our students go home to, but we can make sure that whenever they are in our classrooms; the books are plentiful.
Book Time. Providing students time to read in our classes is one of the biggest ways we can signal to students that reading really matters. After all, it is what we give our time to that must be the most important. So whether it is only 10 minutes, like I provide every day, our a longer amount of time; time for reading in class is essential. Otherwise, how will we ever know that they are truly reading because anyone can forge a reading log. The time for reading should be just that, not time for tasks or post-its. Not time for partner discussions or writing. Reading, in all its glorious quiet. In all its glorious discovery.
While the above areas may seem so commonsense, perhaps it is their commonsense-ness that makes us forget to implement them all. It seems so obvious and yet… how many of us have told a child what to read (I have!). How many of us have asked students to create task upon task after they finished a book (I have!). How many of us have asked students to bookshop at a certain time and for a certain amount of time and wondered why they came up empty-handed (I have!). The point is really that we have the choice to empower our students. That we have the choice to show our students that their reading identity and developing it is a major part of our curriculum even if the standard does not cover it. Even if the test does not measure it. Because we know that at the end of the day we are not just teaching students that should be college and career ready, but instead are teaching human beings that should grow as human beings in our classrooms. I may not be able to change every child's mind when it comes to books and reading, but I will go in there every day trying, because my hope will always that they too will someday cry when they realize that a series has ended.
Pernille is one of the most amazing teachers I have met. Her words speak truth. Please take time to read this remarkable post!!


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Space-Confined Earth-Abundant Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Efficiency Water Splitting
Yanqun Tang, Xiaoyu Fang, Xin Zhang, Gina Fernandes, Yong Yan, Dongpeng Yan, Xu Xiang, Jing He
Chemistry and Environmental Science
Hydrogen generation from water splitting could be an alternative way to meet increasing energy demands while also balancing the impact of energy being supplied by fossil-based fuels. The efficacy of water splitting strongly depends on the performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a unique space-confined earth-abundant electrocatalyst having the bifunctionality of simultaneous hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), leading to high-efficiency water splitting. Outperforming Pt/C or RuO2 catalysts, this mesoscopic, space-confined, bifunctional configuration is constructed from a monolithic zeolitic imidazolate framework@layered double hydroxide (ZIF@LDH) precursor on Ni foam. Such a confinement leads to a high dispersion of ultrafine Co3O4 nanoparticles within the N-doped carbon matrix by temperature-dependent calcination of the ZIF@LDH. We demonstrate that the OER has an overpotential of 318 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, while that of HER is -106 mV @ -10 mA cm-2. The voltage applied to a two-electrode cell for overall water splitting is 1.59 V to achieve a stable current density of 10 mA cm-2 while using the monolithic catalyst as both the anode and the cathode. It is anticipated that our space-confined method, which focuses on earth-abundant elements with structural integrity, may provide a novel and economically sound strategy for practical energy conversion applications.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b10338
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layered double hydroxide
monolithic catalyst
space-confined growth
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Oxygen evolution reaction Engineering & Materials Science 61%
Hydrogen evolution reaction Engineering & Materials Science 58%
Earth (planet) Engineering & Materials Science 54%
Hydrogen Chemical Compounds 33%
Current Density Chemical Compounds 31%
Current density Engineering & Materials Science 31%
Tang, Y., Fang, X., Zhang, X., Fernandes, G., Yan, Y., Yan, D., Xiang, X., & He, J. (2017). Space-Confined Earth-Abundant Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Efficiency Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(42), 36762-36771. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b10338
Tang, Yanqun ; Fang, Xiaoyu ; Zhang, Xin et al. / Space-Confined Earth-Abundant Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Efficiency Water Splitting. In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2017 ; Vol. 9, No. 42. pp. 36762-36771.
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N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the 973 Program (Grant 2014CB932104), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21376020, U1507202), the Innovative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21521005), and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant 2152022). Publisher Copyright: © 2017 American Chemical Society.
N2 - Hydrogen generation from water splitting could be an alternative way to meet increasing energy demands while also balancing the impact of energy being supplied by fossil-based fuels. The efficacy of water splitting strongly depends on the performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a unique space-confined earth-abundant electrocatalyst having the bifunctionality of simultaneous hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), leading to high-efficiency water splitting. Outperforming Pt/C or RuO2 catalysts, this mesoscopic, space-confined, bifunctional configuration is constructed from a monolithic zeolitic imidazolate framework@layered double hydroxide (ZIF@LDH) precursor on Ni foam. Such a confinement leads to a high dispersion of ultrafine Co3O4 nanoparticles within the N-doped carbon matrix by temperature-dependent calcination of the ZIF@LDH. We demonstrate that the OER has an overpotential of 318 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, while that of HER is -106 mV @ -10 mA cm-2. The voltage applied to a two-electrode cell for overall water splitting is 1.59 V to achieve a stable current density of 10 mA cm-2 while using the monolithic catalyst as both the anode and the cathode. It is anticipated that our space-confined method, which focuses on earth-abundant elements with structural integrity, may provide a novel and economically sound strategy for practical energy conversion applications.
AB - Hydrogen generation from water splitting could be an alternative way to meet increasing energy demands while also balancing the impact of energy being supplied by fossil-based fuels. The efficacy of water splitting strongly depends on the performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a unique space-confined earth-abundant electrocatalyst having the bifunctionality of simultaneous hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), leading to high-efficiency water splitting. Outperforming Pt/C or RuO2 catalysts, this mesoscopic, space-confined, bifunctional configuration is constructed from a monolithic zeolitic imidazolate framework@layered double hydroxide (ZIF@LDH) precursor on Ni foam. Such a confinement leads to a high dispersion of ultrafine Co3O4 nanoparticles within the N-doped carbon matrix by temperature-dependent calcination of the ZIF@LDH. We demonstrate that the OER has an overpotential of 318 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, while that of HER is -106 mV @ -10 mA cm-2. The voltage applied to a two-electrode cell for overall water splitting is 1.59 V to achieve a stable current density of 10 mA cm-2 while using the monolithic catalyst as both the anode and the cathode. It is anticipated that our space-confined method, which focuses on earth-abundant elements with structural integrity, may provide a novel and economically sound strategy for practical energy conversion applications.
KW - bifunctional electrocatalyst
KW - layered double hydroxide
KW - monolithic catalyst
KW - space-confined growth
KW - water splitting
U2 - 10.1021/acsami.7b10338
DO - 10.1021/acsami.7b10338
JO - ACS applied materials & interfaces
JF - ACS applied materials & interfaces
Tang Y, Fang X, Zhang X, Fernandes G, Yan Y, Yan D et al. Space-Confined Earth-Abundant Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Efficiency Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2017 Oct 25;9(42):36762-36771. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b10338


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During the period, Wal-Mart guaranteed shoppers it would give them the lowest price on a given item, no matter when they bought it during the holiday season. That resulted in its first gain in customer counts in several years.
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Judah Löw Ben Bezaleel conhecido também por Der Hohe Rabbi Löw [ou Loewe, Löwe, Löb, Levai e Liwa]: MaHaRaL d-Prag ou O Maharal; 1525 - 1609), rabino, talmudista, matemático austríaco, nascido em Posen e cuja nobre família foi para Worms no final do século XV, provavelmente em conseqüência de perseguição; morreu em Praga em 22 de agosto de 1609; segundo filho de Bezaleel ben Ḥayyim. Seu pai era irmão de Jacob Worms, rabino chefe de todas as comunidades do império alemão, e cunhado de Isaac Klauber de Posen, cujo neto era Solomon Luria. O irmão mais velho de Löw Ḥayyim; estudou com Shalom Shakna. Löw também tinha irmãos mais novos chamados Sinai e Samson, que desfrutavam de reputações como sendo acadêmicos.

Foi uma importante referência no estudo de Talmud, Cabalá e filósofo que serviu como rabino-chefe em Praga (agora na República Tcheca) a maior parte de sua vida. E ele foi enterrado no Cemitério Judaico Antigo em Josefov, Praga. E seu túmulo com a lápide ainda intacta pode ser visitada.

Seu nome Löw ou Loew, deriva do alemão Löwe que significa leão (a palavra Yiddish Leib tem a mesma origem), é um nome kinnuy (substituto) para o nome Judá ou Yehuda, a tribo de Judá é tradicionalmente associada como a figura do leão. No livro de Gênesis (49:9), o patriarca Jacó se refere ao seu filho Judá como Gur Aryeh, um jovem leão, quando o abençoa. Figuras de leão estão presentas na sua lápide assim como escudos heráldicos.

História

Seu Taḳḳanot.
Como Löw nunca fala de si mesmo em seus livros, pouco se sabe sobre sua vida. A suposição de que ele era aluno de Shakna é refutada não apenas em razão de dificuldades cronológicas, mas também por sua atitude positiva em denunciar o piluloso, no qual Shakna se entregou muito.

De 1553 a 1573, Löw era o "Landesrabbiner" morávio em Nikolsburg, um escritório em virtude do qual ele dirigia não apenas os assuntos da comunidade, mas especialmente o estudo do Talmude. Ele fez com que fosse feita uma coleta dos estatutos da Morávia ("taḳḳanot") a respeito da eleição dos anciãos do distrito e do distrito, da taxação e da restrição do luxo, com o propósito de suplementá-los e confirmá-los. As comunidades da Morávia consideravam-no uma autoridade, mesmo depois de ele ter abandonado o cargo - talvez por causa da perseguição aos judeus na Morávia - e se estabelecido em Praga.

Como tal, ele foi apelado para quando a calúnia de "Nadler" foi levada para Moravia, em conseqüência da qual sua própria família sofreu e contra a qual ele mesmo proferiu um discurso de advertência no sábado entre Rosh ha-Shanah e Yom Kippur, 1583 Praga, 1584). "Nadler" (ou melhor, "Nudler": comp. Grimm, "Wörterbuch") foi um epíteto despropositado que ofusca a legitimidade de muitas famílias.

Löw comprometeu-se a proferir o discurso porque, pouco tempo antes, a morte de Isaac Melnik deixara vago o rabino-chefe de Praga. Na época, Löw ocupava uma posição semioficial. Ele havia fundado o "Klaus", uma escola do Talmud que dirigiu até 1584, e também prestou grandes serviços à comunidade de Praga regulando os estatutos da ḥebra ḳaddisha, fundada em 1564, e organizando sociedades mishnayot. No entanto, ele foi preterido na eleição, seu cunhado Isaac Ḥayyot, um aderente do pilpul, sendo escolhido rabino-chefe de Praga.

Löw então aceitou de bom grado o chamado de sua comunidade natal, Posen. Em 1588, porém, ele estava novamente em Praga. Ele foi atraído para lá não apenas por laços familiares (sua esposa pertencente à eminente família Altschuler e suas filhas sendo casadas naquela cidade), mas também pelo fato de que Isaac Ḥayyot havia renunciado ao seu cargo.

Pela segunda vez, Löw aceitou a posição de rabino. Nesta data (1588) ele renovou e ampliou o escopo da proibição que ele, junto com dez estudiosos de Praga, havia pronunciado em 1583 contra a calúnia de "Nadler". Na ocasião atual, ele atuou em conjunto com Eleazar de Worms em Posen, e Mordecai Jaffe, Isaac Cohen Shapira e Joseph b. Isaac ha-Levi Günzburg e Uri Lipman Ḥefez em Gnesen.

No décimo dia de Adar, 5352 (23 de fevereiro de 1592), Löw foi ordenado a comparecer perante o imperador no castelo. Ele foi à audiência acompanhado por seu irmão Sinai e seu genro Isaac Cohen; e o príncipe Bertier estava presente com o imperador. A conversa parece ter ligado assuntos cabalísticos.

No mesmo ano (mas não pode ser provado se foi em conseqüência da audiência) de Löw voltou a Posen, onde ele havia sido escolhido rabino-chefe da Polônia. Aqui ele escreveu um trabalho sobre a ética do judaísmo, "Netibot Shalom" (Praga, 1596), como a segunda parte do seu comentário Abot "Derek ha-Ḥayyim" (Cracóvia, 1589). Em Praga também foram impressos em 1593 dois discursos que ele havia feito em Posen, "'Al ha-Miẓwot" e "' Al ha-Torah wa'Abodah". No "Pesaḳ 'al' Agunah" (ib. 1594) existe um resposta de Löw. Neste trabalho Löw é chamado "rabino chefe de Praga"; e de fato ele se tornou rabino chefe de jure, provavelmente após a morte de Isaac Ḥayyot (1597).

Obras
Em Praga, Löw escreveu entre 1598 e 1600 as seguintes obras:

 (1) "Tif'eret Yisrael" (Veneza, 1599), sobre a excelência dos mestres da Torá;
 (2) "Neẓaḥ Yisrael" (Praga, 1599), no exílio e no tempo messiânico,
 (3) "Be'er ha-Golah", em passagens talmúdicas difíceis, sendo ao mesmo tempo uma defesa do Talmude (ib 1598);
 (4) "Ou Ḥadash" (ib. 1600), em Ester e Purim;
 (5) "Ner Miẓwah" (ib.), Em Ḥanukkah.

Também foi impresso em Praga (1598) o sermão fúnebre pregado por Löw sobre a morte de Akiba Günzburg, de Frankfort. Löw foi especialmente ativo como amigo e conselheiro do nobre Mordecai Meisel. Depois de sofrer muito em Praga devido à opressão externa e às brigas internas, ele agora era o centro da crescente comunidade.

Löw era muito respeitado por seus contemporâneos e pela posteridade. Ele é louvado como a "glória do exílio", a "luz de Israel" (Gans), "a maravilha do nosso tempo, à cuja luz nossos correligionários caminham e cujas águas todo Israel bebe." Sua pessoa até se tornou o centro de todo um ciclo de lendas (veja Golem), que estão intimamente relacionadas com as lendas de Fausto e provavelmente se deveu à sua vida ascética, piedosa e aposentada, ao seu profundo conhecimento, e não um pouco ao seu conhecimento. audiência misteriosa com o imperador Rudolph II.

No entanto, ele não estava entre os campeões da cabalá, e nenhum de seus trabalhos é dedicado a ela. Embora ele não pudesse se reconciliar com as investigações de Azaria dei Rossi, e compreendeu todos os pronunciamentos da Agadá literalmente, ainda assim ele era inteiramente a favor da pesquisa científica, na medida em que a última não contradizia a revelação divina.

Além das obras de Löw mencionadas acima, apareceram as seguintes:

 "Gur Aryeh" (Praga, 1578), comentário a Rashi sobre o Pentateuco;
 "Geburat ha-Shem" (Cracóvia, 1582), na Agadá de Pesaḥ; discurso para o Shabat ha-Gadol (Praga, 1589).

Os seguintes manuscritos são existentes:

 "Bi'ure Yoreh De'ah", impresso em 1775;
 "Ḥiddushe Aggadot";
 "Bi'urim 'al Jantar Mezuzá, Ketibat Meguilá, Kele ha-Ḳodesh, Bigde Kehunnah nós-Sammane ha-Ḳeṭoret";
 "Bi'urim 'al ha-Rif u-Mardekai".

Seus trabalhos sobre as festas levam títulos que foram inspirados por versículos bíblicos em Crônicas I 29:11: "Teus, ó Senhor, são a grandeza, e o poder, e a glória, e a vitória, e a majestade, pois tudo que está nos céus e na terra [é Teu]; Teu é o reino e [Tu és Aquele] Que é exaltado sobre tudo como o Líder." O livro de "grandeza" (guedula) sobre o Shabat não foi presevado, mas o livro de "poder" (guevurá) é Guevurat HaShem, o livro de glória é Tiferet Yisrael, e o livro de "eternidade" ou "vitória" (netzach) é Netzach Yisrael.

Notas

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Thu 12 Sep 2019, 11:01 AM
He's done more in his 67 NRL games than most players manage to fit into an entire career and Nick Cotric knows Canberra are just three good games away from their ultimate goal.
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Match: Storm v Raiders
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Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
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Concertmaster Kazuhiro Takagi enjoys an international career and reputation as an experienced violin soloist, recording artist, and leader of orchestras. He has served tenures as concertmaster of the Tokyo Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra (under Daniel Barenboim), and solo concertmaster of the Yamagata Symphony and Wuerttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen in Germany. He has also held positions with the Osaka Philharmonic, Osaka Symphony, Japan Century Symphony, Vietnam National Symphony and the Kansai Philharmonic.
Mr. Takagi has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and Japan. He is a prizewinner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition and the 54th Geneva International Music Competition. As first violinist of the Eusia String Quartet, he received first prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in Indiana. For his performances, he has also received the coveted Aoyama Music Award of Kyoto Baroque Saal.
Born in Osaka, Japan, and currently a resident of Tokyo, Mr. Takagi returns to Dallas frequently, as he established deep roots in the North Texas community while studying violin with Eduard Schmieder at Southern Methodist University. Extensively trained on his instrument, he is a graduate of the prestigious Deuxieme Academie de Musique Francaise de Kyoto where he was a pupil of Pierre Dukan, and the Conservatoire National Superieur in Lyon, France, where he was mentored by Yuko Mori and Eduard Wulfson.
In addition to his duties as concertmaster of the Dallas Chamber Symphony, Mr. Takagi holds positions with the Nagaokakyo Chamber Ensmeble in Kyoto, Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, Lilis Chamber Orchestra, and the alternative music group A Hundred Birds.
Mr. Takagi's solo recordings with the Osaka Philharmonic are widely distributed on the Naxos label. His most recent album features the twentieth-century works of composer Hiroshi Ohguri.


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Obama condemns Trump administration in convention remarks
On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, former President Barack Obama criticized the Trump administration, offering some of his harshest criticisms yet of the 45th President.
In a short address, the 44th President spoke out against the man who succeeded him in the White House. The former president said that Trump has shown "no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves."
"Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't," he added.
Much of Obama's speech focused on Obama's support for former Vice President Joe Biden but it was notable for the harsh rhetoric he leveled against Trump. In the speech's closing moments, Obama even talked about how dire the situation currently is. "This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that's what it takes for them to win," he said.
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(AllHipHop News) Later this month, celebrities, activists and supporters will celebrate the 7th Annual Doesha Cup, a gathering which celebrates the best medical marijuana growers in California.
This year comedic hosts Luenell and Red Grant will host while Freeway Rick Ross, Dennis Peron and Attorney Allison Margolin (daughter of Bruce M. Margolin) will also be in attendance.
The musical headliner for this year is Tha Dogg Pound's own Kurupt with guest DJs BattleCat and DJ Cat NYC.
The Doesha Cup is produced by K.U.S.H. Inc. and Dr. Ingleweed, the founder of a Los Angeles based medical marijuana cooperative called, All American Health & Healing Cooperative.
Dr. Ingleweed is a pioneer organic green grower and one of the original founders of the "Food for the Hood" program at Crenshaw High School.
He began growing cannabis in 1994 while attending college University of California, Berkeley.
The Doesha Cup, is a distinction awarded to top grade medical marijuana growers, who will boast their own distinguished grade A line up of herb.
The actual competition features 12 to 15 different strains tested by 200 judges competing for the prime position as the reigning "Doesha Cup Champion." Prizes and incentives range upwards to $1500 in cash, concessions and ultimate bragging rights.
"The mainstreaming of medical marijuana is finally here," asserts Dr. Ingleweed. "We are no longer perceived as drug user and abusers. Though we still have an uphill battle, more and more states are legalizing it. We are excited to be able to invite the public to our event this year. Our talent line up is as diverse as the world of smokers out there. The Doesha Cup 2013 is gonna take it higher and higher!"
Independent and underground artists set to perform include Medusa, famed producers 1500 or Nothing, Stage 11, King T, The Low Keys, Alter'd Ego, Greg Scott, Votron ENT and more.
Festivities kick off on February 23 at 2:00 pm and ends at 2:00 a.m. as California's finest medical cannabis growers will compete amidst live performances, vendor booths, food, beverages and music.
The event is open to valid Proposition 215 patients and caregivers.


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An appeal for watchfulness and readiness for our Lord's sudden return.
A children's activity tract with seven dot-to-dots and descriptions of Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Daniel, Jesus.
An appeal to invite Christ to fill the emptiness of the heart.
An old Indian pearl diver offers his American missionary friend the pearl that cost the life of his son.
A brief history of the Mennonite church, with a list of 30 Scriptural beliefs.
Helps Christians understand the Holy Spirit's personal guardianship and frees them from comparing themselves with others.
Selected Scriptures for those battling with guilt.
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With all the current discussions about Industry 4.0 and the digitalization of industrial value chains, it seems to me that people sometimes forget to mention my own field of endeavour: finance. I suppose that's not surprising. Finance, alas, may not be the sexiest component of the evolving Industry 4.0 value chain. When the awards are handed out, it's the men and women implementing automation to the shop floor, introducing AI-backed chat bots into enterprise-wide collaborative networks, or applying predictive analytics for enormous savings in inventory and logistics, who go home with the ribbons, the accolades, the admiration and the Internet articles.
The data revolution is dependent on structured data, that is, data organized in a manner that makes it accessible and useful to computer software. Unlike most other departments in the manufacturing environment, finance has been creating meticulously-structured data for automated computing systems for decades. In fact, as evidenced by protocols such as double-entry bookkeeping, structured data has always been an essential component of finance. Finance, like Industry 4.0 itself, is data-driven, and it would be very odd if the advantages of Industry 4.0 did not carry over into the world of finance.
ERP is, at its most basic level, accounting software. When a bolt leaves a kanban basket, the ERP system is there to record the cost and order a new one. Finance welcomes the advent of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, because it gives us granular insight into, and control over, the costs of producing goods and services. As financial workers, we thrive on a universe of details, and on the ability to drive insights and execute decisions from those details. In that sense, Industry 4.0 is an extension of what we already do, but with exponential benefits.
Financial workers are no slouches. We know that the world is changing, and we know when it's time to adapt. The world's economies have evolved from the old push-paradigm, in which manufacturers created goods that set the consumer agenda, towards a pull-paradigm, wherein the consumer is king, and factories are flexible enough to profit from shorter, rapidly-changing production runs. This new economy will be less about economies-of-scale than previous economies, and more about economies-of-technology. Technologies that create agility and flexibility will be key to the profits of future manufacturers. This will, of course, require changes in finance, changes predicated on many of the same Industry 4.0 technologies responsible for efficiencies in the warehouse, the loading dock, and on the shop floor.
Naturally, the question arises – will financial workers even be necessary in the automated future? Only time will tell, but for the moment, our jobs are secure – and essential. CPAs and financial analysts are busy helping companies prepare for Industry 4.0, asking, and attempting to answer, a battery of important questions.
Is the cost of transformation justified by potential future profits?
Will the purchase of new technologies, or engagement in Industry 4.0 opportunities, result in quantifiable advantages?
To what degree can we quantify the 'economies of technology' in comparison to traditional investments?
What new risks arise from the connectivity and transparency of Industry 4.0 initiatives?
And, in the face of constant innovation, what new business models and value streams can be monetised to extract value?
As we progress further into Industry 4.0, accountants, CFOs, analysts, and all manner of finance workers will increasingly become familiar with, and even dependent upon, the augmentation of their talents through the amazing abilities of Artificial Intelligence. In Part 2 of this blog, I will discuss some of the concrete applications of Industry 4.0 that are changing the face of finance.


A vegetation fire burning in near the center of Camp Pendleton has grown to 100 acres, according to tweets from the base.
CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - A brush fire that spread over about 1,000 open acres on the grounds of Camp Pendleton over the weekend was fully contained Monday.
The blaze erupted late Sunday morning on a firing range in the center of the northern San Diego County military installation, according Marine Corps public affairs. By late afternoon, the flames had blackened more than 600 acres, authorities said.
No structural damage or injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was unclear.
Crews will patrol the burn area through the day to keep an eye out for any flare-ups, according to base officials.


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Phillies Acquisitions Will Make for a Tight NL East Finish
Posted on March 30, 2019 by Michael Sivo
The Phillies had already won the off-season before the fateful day of February 28. That's when news broke that they acquired the transcendent talent known as Bryce Harper. Signing the right fielder to a mega deal (13 years, $330 million) was a bold move by the Philadelphia brass. However, many other Phillies acquisitions have the club in position to take control of what suddenly has become a very competitive division.
Phillies acquisitions: The outfield
Bryce Harper: Despite a down year in 2018, Harper, along with Manny Machado, were the prized possessions on the free market this winter. With talk about nine digit baseball contracts, the Las Vegas native had the chance to break the bank. It didn't come until Spring training began, but it was worth waiting for. Harper, temporarily, was awarded the largest free agent contract in American sports history. If he can give the Phillies close to his 2015 MVP season production, the deal will pay for itself. If he is pedestrian (if .249/.393/.496 is pedestrian), then it'll take more than Harper to vaunt the Phillies into first place.
Andrew McCutchen: Once one of the game's brightest stars, McCutchen's value has diminshed in recent seasons. However, despite a drop off in runs batted in, the former Pirate posted close to his career averages across many categories in 2018. Standing out among them was a .792 OPS, 30 doubles, and a near-career high 95 walks. However, his strikeout numbers are soaring, he's on the wrong side of 30, and is relegated to the corner outfield positions. But there's no doubt his value as a veteran presence around a relatively young Philadelphia team is a welcomed sight.
Phillies Acquisitions: The Infield
J.T. Realmuto: The Phillies acquired arguably the game's best catcher in 2018, a first-time all-star and silver slugger award winner. Over just 125 games, Realmuto set career highs in runs (74), home runs (21), RBI (74), and OPS (.825). The backstop long ago requested a trade from the Miami Marlins, after team president Derek Jeter decided to fire sale most of the talent off the club. Without Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, and Marcell Ozuna, Realmuto was stuck on a hopeless squad. Now, he's in position to contend.
Jean Segura: Widely considered one of the game's most underrated talents, Segura, 29, is already on the fifth different team of his career. He previously had time with the Angels, Brewers, Diamondbacks, and most recently, the Mariners. The Dominican-born product has seen success everywhere he has played, and has two all-star appearances under his belt (2013, 2018). While a .766 OPS over the last two seasons is nothing spectacular, he has consistently been above-league average offensively. According to Fangraphs, only four shortstops have posted a higher wRC+ than Segura's 117 over the past three seasons, and only six have produced more WAR.
Phillies Acquisitions: The Bullpen
David Robertson: A stellar 2017 season put Robertson on the upper echelon of late inning relievers. 2018 slowed down that narrative. A 3.23 ERA is a sizable regression from 1.82. But Robertson has been a rock throughout his 11-year career, logging over 60 innings pitched in each of his last 9 seasons. He brings closing experience to a club with a cavalry of veteran arms. He figures to be a key part of the division's strongest bullpen.
Given the major talent overhaul in the city of brotherly love, do not be surprised to see the Phillies make a big jump in 2019. But they'll have to get through talented squads in Washington, Atlanta, and New York to do so.
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Mookie Betts Part of Future Success for Boston Red Sox
Posted on September 24, 2014 by Brian Roach Jr.
Whether it is via a trade or playing in the outfield, Mookie Betts is poised to be part of the success of the Boston Red Sox over the offseason and moving forward.
The 21-year-old has held his own this season with a .285 average to go along with 14 extra-base hits, including eight doubles an five home runs, in 165 at-bats. He has also stolen six bases in nine attempts. Sure, he has had some stretches in which he has trouble with patience at the plate, but he has kept composure in a lost season for the Red Sox.
In the field, he has shown that changing positions has not affected him as he has made some great reads in center while also playing eight somewhat successful games at second. He has just two errors combined in 45 games (44 started) this season. While he does not have a long-term spot at second, the Red Sox have a chance this offseason to make sure he does have a spot either on this team or as a part of a big picture deal in a trade for a front-line starter or a power bat.
Betts has shown versatility, which benefits the Red Sox and other teams. If injuries occur, then he could slip right in for any outfield spot while also sliding into second in a pinch.
Not only that, but he has a quality combination of speed and power that has been the norm for recent players success. Players like Andrew McCuthchen, Mike Trout, Yasiel Puig and even Carlos Gomez all have shown to have power and speed in their repertoires. However, Betts might not be as powerful or fast as any of these players. He might not pan out and could be a one-and-done player, but taking a chance on him might be the best option for the Red Sox mobing forward.
If the Red Sox decide to sell high on the prospect, then they need to get something that improves this team now. It could be Giancarlo Stanton or even a Chris Sale, but, whatever the Red Sox decide to deal for this offseason, Betts is a candidate to be in the deals.
Betts has shown that he can play at a high level and that can benefit the Red Sox in multiple ways. But I say trade him before he fizzles out.
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Q: Vanishing gradient in basic 3-layer neural networks? A 3-layer network has two layers of connections (between input and hidden layers and between hidden and output layer).
Doesn't this mean that the gradient "vanishes", at least slighty, when training the connections between input and hidden layer by backpropagation, because the connections between hidden and output layer have already been adapted?

A: No, the derivative of error with respect to connection weights is taken for the weights between input and hidden, and the weights between hidden and output.  Thus two sets of derivatives are updated during each "sweep" involving one feed forward learning step and a backward propagation of gradient updates ("back-propagation").    Also, each layer has its own contribution to error, so while the I-H connection could have high error, the H-O side could have low error, or vice versa.  For your problem, would recommend use of terminology "feed-forward single hidden-layer ANN with back-propagation" instead of three layer ANN.

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Unplug and Be Outside is a week full of free activities designed to inspire and empower families to get off the couch and get active! The Boise Co-op in Meridian will be hosting a free Kid's yoga class with YogaPop instructor Jason Allen Carr. Jason is also an instructor at Hollywood Market Yoga in Boise and Halo Yoga in Meridian.
Jason guides his classes using fun pop culture references and intermixes earth elements to teach his students how to balance the Mind, Body, and Soul and to become more in tune with our planet. He will also put an emphases on being aware of the aura as we practice trying to see and feel it. Mindfulness and kindness are encouraged and discussed.
Jason also allows enough time in his classes to visualize and open the 7 main chakra centers during meditation to ground the body and open the heart in order to open the body to infinite possibilities and the magic that Yoga has to offer.
This class is free, but please let us know if you're coming so we can ensure that we have space for everyone. We encourage kids to bring their own yoga mats.


Jazz Pensacola celebrates the free 36th Annual Pensacola JazzFest with a stellar lineup of national, regional and local musicians and vocalists. Drawing thousands of jazz lovers to its annual premier event, Jazz Pensacola promises a spectacular weekend, April 6-7, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring your chairs and blankets.
This year's heavy hitters include national headliner Bob Sheppard. For more than four decades, the multi-instrumentalist has played on countless sessions with an astounding crop of A-list jazz giants—among them Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Michael and Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Lyle Mays, John Beasley and Steps Ahead—and artists within several other genres. He's also recorded and toured as a leader, contributed to hundreds of movie and TV soundtracks, served as an educator and more.
With a solid list of credentials building up, and his ability to play numerous instruments—he is virtuosic on all varieties of sax, flute and clarinet—Sheppard became a first-call musician, a valued sideman who could be counted upon to bring fresh ideas to any recording session or live gig. Along the way, his own horizons expanded. Those gigs included work not just with the top jazz artists cited above, but also stars of the pop, rock and R&B worlds, among them Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, Elvis Costello, Natalie Cole, Randy Newman.
The two-day festival also features middle, high school/college/university jazz bands and many of the greater Pensacola area's top jazz musicians and vocalists: Jones and Company, Soul Station, John Cochran and Bodhi Trio, Cartoon, Michael J. Thomas, Nobius, Village Brass Band, Curt Bol Band, Rebecca Barry & George Petropoulos, The Guffman Trio, Cynthia Domulot & The Dharma Beats.
Children can also join the weekend of jazzy acts with a Kiddies Jam of kazoos and harmonicas at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with Mike Potters.
In addition to the sound of jazz music, JazzFest posters, T-shirts, memorabilia, fine arts and crafts exhibitors, and food and drinks vendors make the festival even greater.
For a complete Pensacola JazzFest schedule, go to www.jazzpensacola.com. Have a question? Call the Jazz Pensacola office at (850) 433-8382; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. M-Th.
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IronMind's Apollon's Axle: not just the original—it debuted in 1994—but the best known and most widely used thick bar in top-tier strongman and grip competitions.
A genuine IronMind Apollon's Axle must be used, along with full-sized plates (discs) that are the standard IWF/IPF diameter (450 mm). The Apollon's Axle must be wiped clean before each attempt.
The plates must either be calibrated or can be weighed on a proven scale.
No grip aid other than chalk is allowed. Ordinary chalk (magnesium carbonate) may be used on the lifter's hands, but nothing else is permitted (liquid chalk, for example, is specifically disallowed).
The Apollon's Axle must be gripped with the knuckles on both hands facing forward (away from the body) with a double overhand grip.
Thumbless and hook grips are prohibited.
The lifter must fully straighten up (back erect, legs and hips locked out); once standing straight, the lifter must maintain control of the lift for 1 second before getting a down signal from the referee, and must then return the weight to the ground. Contact must be maintained between the lifter's hand and the Axle until the weight is resting on the floor. The referee then indicates whether the lift was passed or not.
IPF powerlifting rules define the key guidelines: resting the Axle on the thighs or any downward movement will disqualify the lift, as would failure to await the down signal or dropping the bar. A sumo style is permitted and the feet may move after the lifter has received the down signal.
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URI: The Surgical Strike Is All Set To Enter The Rs 200 Crore With All The Glory
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RSVP's URI: The Surgical Strike is riding high on the box office success and has created a rage among the masses. Now URI: The Surgical Strike is all set to enter the 200 crore club keeping the josh high.
In its fourth week looking at the feedback and reactions of audiences RSVP's first release of this year, URI: The Surgical Strike is still receiving crazy footfall at the theatre and will definitely break the record as it is all set to enter the 200 crore club.
URI: The Surgical Strike has made Rs 2.40 crore on Wednesday, taking the India collections to Rs 197.90 crore in its fourth week. The gross collection of the movie is around Rs 247 crore.
Uri: The Surgical Strike is based on the surgical strikes which were carried out by the Indian army in 2016. Besides Vicky Kaushal, the film also features Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal, Kirti Kulhari and debutante Mohit Raina. The film has been directed by Aditya Dhar and it has been produced by Ronnie Screwvala.
Produced by RSVP movies and directed by Aditya Dhar, the film has Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam and Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles. Uri: The Surgical Strike has hit the screens on 11th January 2019 and running successfully on the box office in its fourth week.
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Cleveland Chronicles: The Value of Innovating in Phases
By Corey Atkins, Guest Contributor
This is Corey Atkins's second post about his experience in EmcArts's Engaging the Future program in Cleveland.
Our "Go Big or Go Home" centered society loves rushing to extremes, and extremely fast. We want cars that can go from zero to sixty miles per hour in a flash, 'reality' TV that skews toward the surreal, and start-up ideas good enough to vault us overnight into the pantheon of Google, Instagram and Facebook. But in our fifth Engaging the Future workshop we discussed "resourcing innovation," and why, when it comes to new initiatives in our organizations, getting too big too quickly is more likely to lead to a figurative fight with the Winklevoss twins than to the Next Big Thing.
Using different types of capital to establish metrics for success
We began by discussing the different types of capital necessary to create an engagement 'start-up': Financial, Intellectual, Human, and Social. These can be applied in traditional measures of success for engagement programming—respectively, for measures like attendance or ticket sales, audience feedback or make-up, retention, or social media hits. But as we talked, we began to realize that assessing the 'ROI' of these kinds of capital, when it comes to measuring the success of innovation, could also be a red herring.
How do we actually measure success?
If 12 people, not 75, showed up for the first foray into a new program, did that mean it was a failure? Not necessarily. The program may have been rich in intellectual capital (say, bringing dramaturgy, community and artists into an interaction where each part energized the others), but poor in social capital (word about the event didn't get out effectively, partnerships weren't formed or didn't pay off). What if Mark Zuckerberg had given up because the same jerks who wouldn't let him into their finals club didn't like Facebook, either? If that short-sighted (and fraternity-based) measure of social capital had outweighed the intellectual or financial, we may still be airing the mundane details of our lives—horrors!—on MySpace. So then, when aiming for successful engagement innovation, how do you measure "success"?
Phases are essential, ongoing, and strategic
The key to the "success" question is the utilization of phases. Your mom was probably right when she dismissed your high school Goth period as "just" a phase. But when building a new initiative or program, phases are essential, ongoing, and strategic. Innovation can be approached in three phases:
1. Design, Research and Experimentation
2. Repeated Prototyping and Assessment
3. Implementation and Scaling
When you use these distinct phases as parameters for metrics and gathering data, goals will be clearer and more immediately reachable. You'll realize that 'success' is entirely subjective; in fact, your definition of success will very likely change. Phases of innovation let you understand and embrace 'failure' as an important step in assessing metrics and goals. Phases help you understand where you are in the process of development, and, ultimately, support growth in a calculated and manageable way.
A new strategic plan at Cleveland Play House
I've been at Cleveland Play House for a season and a half, and in that time we've implemented four major engagement initiatives, in addition to countless other show-specific programs and events. When I began, it was a brand new position at a time of major organizational change, and year one was all about experimentation. But this season, coinciding with the development of a new, organization-wide Strategic Plan, we're aware that we need to approach our engagement efforts with a more specific process and eye.
Facing frustration when skipping phases
During the Resourcing Innovation workshop we discussed how each of the four kinds of capital can function through phases and across time. This process brought me to a realization: although the majority of the initiatives I've begun at CPH have been successful by traditional standards, they have left me feeling somewhat frustrated. I realized that this frustration is generally because every single one of these programs was started at Phase Three (Implementation and Scaling). Perhaps too caught up in the energy of our 're-launch' in our new facility and ambitious season, we decided to Go Big. And there have been many days when, as we grapple with surprising or unintended outcomes, I've wanted to Go Home.
Starting a new initiative from Phase One – not Phase Three
We're now in the process of working with a tremendous group of collaborators at the Cleveland Public Library system on an exciting and original new access program, and my colleagues and I are very conscious of what we learned about phases in workshop #5. We're starting in Phase One (Design, Research and Experimentation) and working together with our partners to design a program that makes sense for us both. We're also limiting the experiment to just three branches, not the whole 20-branch library system. As part of our research, we're only publicizing within these three branches, hoping to get a pulse on the intrinsic interest of those who already use the libraries' services. (In the interest of our Phase One goals I'm being purposefully vague; I'll share more details in future posts.)
Being strategic through phases pays off
In Phase One, the program may be an awkward teenager: imagine Mark Zuckerberg jilted by a girl and plotting all alone in his room. But, by strategically employing phases to measure and plan the growth of future programming, I know we can grow from the sometimes uncomfortable, but calculated, risk of that initial phase. As a result, we can continue on to the success that we envision for ourselves, and our community. Take that, Winkelvoss twins.
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About Corey Atkins, Guest Contributor
Corey Atkins joined Cleveland Play House in 2011 as the company's first Artistic Associate-Engagement. He works to connect staff and audiences—both current and new—to CPH's mission, vision and work through initiatives and events that spring from the company's artistic core. In his first season he has created exciting new programming and community connections, both in and outside the theatre walls, enriching patron experience and engaging new, younger and more diverse audiences. He holds an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin.
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If you've spent any time at all in Los Angeles you'll recognized WRDSMTH. Well, not the man himself, he's still somewhat of a mystery, but his artwork? That you almost definitely know.
WRDSMTH with a 15' piece in Downtown Los Angeles.
A writer turned street artist, WRDSMTH has the magical ability to take what we're all feeling, or what we need to hear more often, and turn it into a piece of art.
So what does a guy like WRDSMTH do when he's not beautifying the streets of Los Angeles?
Well, here's where you might find him in Los Angeles. And who knows, you could be sitting next to him right now and not even know it.
Inside The Broad museum in Los Angeles.
"Breakfast: Javista on Sunset Blvd or breakfast by Salt's Cure on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Lunch: Sack Sandwiches on Melrose or Superba in Venice.