There is no better time than now to stop smoking - we are here to support you every step of the way. With this support, people are 4x more likely to stop smoking!
Smoking impacts your health in the long term and is related to heart disease, cancer and strokes. Day to day, your smoking can make you feel breathless, less tired and also impact things like your blood pressure.
The benefits of stopping can be felt immediately – in just 20 minutes, your blood pressure and pulse return to normal. After 24 hours, your lungs start to clear of mucus, and in 48 hours your taste and smell improves and nicotine is removed from your body - that's just the beginning!
We can support you with twelve weeks worth of NRT (nicotine replacement therapy), which is free if you do not pay for your prescriptions and under £30 if you do the pre-payment scheme.
Click here to find local GP and Pharmacies that can help.
Cravings happen because your body is missing the nicotine that it's used to, BUT they CAN be managed and we will support you every step of the way.
The steady and constant background cravings for a cigarette.
The out of the blue craving where you suddenly feel the need to smoke. This tends to happen after having a few drinks, feeling very happy or sad, having an argument, feeling stressed or even having a cup of coffee.
Cravings get less frequent as you get further into your quit journey. But sometimes the intensity can remain strong even after many months of quitting, which is why they can cause people to fall off the wagon. Our coaches are on hand to support you to get through any struggles you come across.
Shisha – NOT safer than smoking cigarettes.
Shisha, also known as 'hookah', 'narghile' or 'hubble bubble' is a fruit scented tobacco often smoked through a water pipe. It is traditionally seen as a cultural or social activity and is often smoked in a circle with friends and/or family after a meal.
The bubbling water does not filter out all the toxins; the fruity smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals, which can lead to a nicotine addiction and can cause serious harm to your health.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) can really help. For example, some people use a slow release patch to help reduce the background craving and then a fast acting one for when you feel that sudden need to smoke. You can get more advice on this if you call our team on 0800 122 3780.
Don't have cigarettes in your house, car, bags or anywhere where you can easily get hold of them.
Get the air fresheners out and try and get rid of any smell of smoke. Start to enjoy how smoke-free air smells.
Everybody has their reasons for quitting; put these reminders around your house of why you want to quit – it might be pictures of your kids, to feel great etc. You could even put the money you would be spending on cigarettes in a jar and see how much you save in a week/month etc.
Get support from those around you and use them when you feel the need to smoke. Choose people who will help you stay strong and who will be there when you need them.
Cravings can be linked to routine, for example smoking after a meal or coffee. You will need to keep yourself busy to take your mind off these routine-linked cravings. You could do some housework, read a book or do some exercise.
If you like holding a cigarette, there are handheld products like the inhalator that you can use. Likewise, you may find that chewing gum helps to keep your mouth busy.
Celebrate every craving that you resist - each one is another step closer to you being and staying a non-smoker and to being healthier.
We are here to help and support you in making lifestyle changes.


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<?php

namespace Slim\Middleware;

use Slim\Middleware\JwtAuthentication\RequestMethodRule;
use Slim\Middleware\JwtAuthentication\RequestPathRule;
use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;

class JwtAuthentication
{
    /**
     * PSR-3 compliant logger
     */
    protected $logger;

    /**
     * Last error message
     */
    protected $message;

    /**
     * Stores all the options passed to the rule
     */
    private $options = [
        "secure" => true,
        "relaxed" => ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"],
        "environment" => ["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION", "REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"],
        "algorithm" => ["HS256", "HS512", "HS384"],
        "header" => "Authorization",
        "regexp" => "/Bearer\s+(.*)$/i",
        "cookie" => "token",
        "attribute" => "token",
        "path" => null,
        "passthrough" => null,
        "callback" => null,
        "error" => null
    ];

    /**
     * Create a new middleware instance
     *
     * @param string[] $options
     */
    public function __construct(array $options = [])
    {
        /* Setup stack for rules */
        $this->rules = new \SplStack;

        /* Store passed in options overwriting any defaults. */
        $this->hydrate($options);

        /* If nothing was passed in options add default rules. */
        if (!isset($options["rules"])) {
            $this->addRule(new RequestMethodRule([
                "passthrough" => ["OPTIONS"]
            ]));
        }

        /* If path was given in easy mode add rule for it. */
        if (null !== ($this->options["path"])) {
            $this->addRule(new RequestPathRule([
                "path" => $this->options["path"],
                "passthrough" => $this->options["passthrough"]
            ]));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Call the middleware
     *
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response
     * @param callable $next
     * @return \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface
     */
    public function __invoke(RequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response, callable $next)
    {
        $scheme = $request->getUri()->getScheme();
        $host = $request->getUri()->getHost();

        /* If rules say we should not authenticate call next and return. */
        if (false === $this->shouldAuthenticate($request)) {
            return $next($request, $response);
        }

        /* HTTP allowed only if secure is false or server is in relaxed array. */
        if ("https" !== $scheme && true === $this->options["secure"]) {
            if (!in_array($host, $this->options["relaxed"])) {
                $message = sprintf(
                    "Insecure use of middleware over %s denied by configuration.",
                    strtoupper($scheme)
                );
                throw new \RuntimeException($message);
            }
        }

        /* If token cannot be found return with 401 Unauthorized. */
        if (false === $token = $this->fetchToken($request)) {
            return $this->error($request, $response, [
                "message" => $this->message
            ])->withStatus(401);
        }

        /* If token cannot be decoded return with 401 Unauthorized. */
        if (false === $decoded = $this->decodeToken($token)) {
            return $this->error($request, $response, [
                "message" => $this->message,
                "token" => $token
            ])->withStatus(401);
        }

        /* If callback returns false return with 401 Unauthorized. */
        if (is_callable($this->options["callback"])) {
            $params = ["decoded" => $decoded];
            if (false === $this->options["callback"]($request, $response, $params)) {
                return $this->error($request, $response, [
                    "message" => $this->message || "Callback returned false"
                ])->withStatus(401);
            }
        }

        /* Add decoded token to request as attribute when requested. */
        if ($this->options["attribute"]) {
            $request = $request->withAttribute($this->options["attribute"], $decoded);
        }

        /* Everything ok, call next middleware and return. */
        return $next($request, $response);
    }

    /**
     * Check if middleware should authenticate
     *
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request
     * @return boolean True if middleware should authenticate.
     */
    public function shouldAuthenticate(RequestInterface $request)
    {
        /* If any of the rules in stack return false will not authenticate */
        foreach ($this->rules as $callable) {
            if (false === $callable($request)) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Call the error handler if it exists
     *
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response
     * @param mixed[] $arguments

     * @return \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface
     */
    public function error(RequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response, $arguments)
    {
        if (is_callable($this->options["error"])) {
            $handler_response = $this->options["error"]($request, $response, $arguments);
            if (is_a($handler_response, "\Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface")) {
                return $handler_response;
            }
        }
        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * Fetch the access token
     *
     * @param \Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request
     * @return string|null Base64 encoded JSON Web Token or null if not found.
     */
    public function fetchToken(RequestInterface $request)
    {
        /* If using PHP in CGI mode and non standard environment */
        $server_params = $request->getServerParams();
        $header = "";
        $message = "";

        /* Check for each given environment */
        foreach ((array) $this->options["environment"] as $environment) {
            if (isset($server_params[$environment])) {
                $message = "Using token from environment";
                $header = $server_params[$environment];
            }
        }

        /* Nothing in environment, try header instead */
        if (empty($header)) {
            $message = "Using token from request header";
            $headers = $request->getHeader($this->options["header"]);
            $header = isset($headers[0]) ? $headers[0] : "";
        }

        /* Try apache_request_headers() as last resort */
        if (empty($header) && function_exists("apache_request_headers")) {
            $message = "Using token from apache_request_headers()";
            $headers = apache_request_headers();
            $header = isset($headers[$this->options["header"]]) ? $headers[$this->options["header"]] : "";
        }

        if (preg_match($this->options["regexp"], $header, $matches)) {
            $this->log(LogLevel::DEBUG, $message);
            return $matches[1];
        }

        /* Bearer not found, try a cookie. */
        $cookie_params = $request->getCookieParams();

        if (isset($cookie_params[$this->options["cookie"]])) {
            $this->log(LogLevel::DEBUG, "Using token from cookie");
            $this->log(LogLevel::DEBUG, $cookie_params[$this->options["cookie"]]);
            return $cookie_params[$this->options["cookie"]];
        };

        /* If everything fails log and return false. */
        $this->message = "Token not found";
        $this->log(LogLevel::WARNING, $this->message);
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Decode the token
     *
     * @param string $$token
     * @return object|boolean The JWT's payload as a PHP object or false in case of error
     */
    public function decodeToken($token)
    {
        try {
            return JWT::decode(
                $token,
                $this->options["secret"],
                (array) $this->options["algorithm"]
            );
        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
            $this->message = $exception->getMessage();
            $this->log(LogLevel::WARNING, $exception->getMessage(), [$token]);
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Hydate options from given array
     *
     * @param array $data Array of options.
     * @return self
     */
    private function hydrate(array $data = [])
    {
        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
            $method = "set" . ucfirst($key);
            if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
                call_user_func(array($this, $method), $value);
            }
        }
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get path where middleware is be binded to
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getPath()
    {
        return $this->options["path"];
    }

    /**
     * Set path where middleware should be binded to
     *
     * @param string|string[] $$path
     * @return self
     */
    public function setPath($path)
    {
        $this->options["path"] = $path;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get path which middleware ignores
     *
     * @return string|array
     */
    public function getPassthrough()
    {
        return $this->options["passthrough"];
    }

    /**
     * Set path which middleware ignores
     *
     * @param string|string[] $passthrough
     * @return self
     */
    public function setPassthrough($passthrough)
    {
        $this->options["passthrough"] = $passthrough;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the environment name where to search the token from
     *
     * @return string Name of environment variable.
     */
    public function getEnvironment()
    {
        return $this->options["environment"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the environment name where to search the token from
     *
     * @param string $environment
     * @return self
     */
    public function setEnvironment($environment)
    {
        $this->options["environment"] = $environment;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the cookie name where to search the token from
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getCookie()
    {
        return $this->options["cookie"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the cookie name where to search the token from
     *
     * @param string $cookie
     * @return self
     */
    public function setCookie($cookie)
    {
        $this->options["cookie"] = $cookie;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the secure flag
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function getSecure()
    {
        return $this->options["secure"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the secure flag
     *
     * @param boolean $secure
     * @return self
     */
    public function setSecure($secure)
    {
        $this->options["secure"] = !!$secure;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get hosts where secure rule is relaxed
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function getRelaxed()
    {
        return $this->options["relaxed"];
    }

    /**
     * Set hosts where secure rule is relaxed
     *
     * @param string[] $relaxed
     * @return self
     */
    public function setRelaxed(array $relaxed)
    {
        $this->options["relaxed"] = $relaxed;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the secret key
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSecret()
    {
        return $this->options["secret"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the secret key
     *
     * @param string $secret
     * @return self
     */
    public function setSecret($secret)
    {
        $this->options["secret"] = $secret;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the callback
     *
     * @return callable
     */
    public function getCallback()
    {
        return $this->options["callback"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the callback
     *
     * @param callable $callback
     * @return self
     */
    public function setCallback($callback)
    {
        $this->options["callback"] = $callback->bindTo($this);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the error handler
     *
     * @return callable
     */
    public function getError()
    {
        return $this->options["error"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the error handler
     *
     * @param callable $error
     * @return self
     */
    public function setError($error)
    {
        $this->options["error"] = $error;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the rules stack
     *
     * @return \SplStack
     */
    public function getRules()
    {
        return $this->rules;
    }

    /**
     * Set all rules in the stack
     *
     * @param array $rules
     * @return self
     */
    public function setRules(array $rules)
    {
        /* Clear the stack */
        unset($this->rules);
        $this->rules = new \SplStack;
        /* Add the rules */
        foreach ($rules as $callable) {
            $this->addRule($callable);
        }
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Add rule to the stack
     *
     * @param callable $callable Callable which returns a boolean.
     * @return self
     */
    public function addRule($callable)
    {
        $this->rules->push($callable);
        return $this;
    }

    /* Cannot use traits since PHP 5.3 should be supported */

    /**
     * Get the logger
     *
     * @return \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
     */
    public function getLogger()
    {
        return $this->logger;
    }

    /**
     * Set the logger
     *
     * @param \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
     * @return self
     */
    public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger = null)
    {
        $this->logger = $logger;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Logs with an arbitrary level.
     *
     * @param mixed $level
     * @param string $message
     * @param array $context
     *
     * @return null
     */
    public function log($level, $message, array $context = [])
    {
        if ($this->logger) {
            return $this->logger->log($level, $message, $context);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get last error message
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getMessage()
    {
        return $this->message;
    }

    /**
     * Set the last error message
     *
     * @param string
     * @return self
     */
    public function setMessage($message)
    {
        $this->message = $message;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the attribute name used to attach decoded token to request
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getAttribute()
    {
        return $this->options["attribute"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the attribute name used to attach decoded token to request
     *
     * @param string
     * @return self
     */
    public function setAttribute($attribute)
    {
        $this->options["attribute"] = $attribute;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the header where token is searched from
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getHeader()
    {
        return $this->options["header"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the header where token is searched from
     *
     * @param string
     * @return self
     */
    public function setHeader($header)
    {
        $this->options["header"] = $header;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the regexp used to extract token from header or environment
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getRegexp()
    {
        return $this->options["regexp"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the regexp used to extract token from header or environment
     *
     * @param string
     * @return self
     */
    public function setRegexp($regexp)
    {
        $this->options["regexp"] = $regexp;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the allowed algorithms
     *
     * @return string|string[]
     */
    public function getAlgorithm()
    {
        return $this->options["algorithm"];
    }

    /**
     * Set the allowed algorithms
     *
     * @param string|string[] $algorithm
     * @return self
     */
    public function setAlgorithm($algorithm)
    {
        $this->options["algorithm"] = $algorithm;
        return $this;
    }
}

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We are exitied to present you the list of 10 High End Dining Tables. A comfortable, functional and beautiful dining table plays the key role in making the dining experience even more enjoyable.
In today's post , we pick some of the most stylish dining tables from top luxury furniture brands for your home.
Opulent and spectacular table by Fendi Casa has very unusual shape: instead of traditional square legs two sculptural elements made of intersecting circles create the stability needed to support the table top.
This extravagant furniture piece is a result of several handmade techniques such as wood carving, metal cutting and hammering, and polishing. Creativity with a luxurious touch' is not a new term for Porto-based furniture design company Boca do Lobo. Their Metamorphosis Series is a high-end design that inspired by nature's dark side.
Elegant dining table by Armani Casa is simple and classic in design. Sleek minimalistic forms and solid wood structure make it perfect to compliment contemporary spaces.
One of the oldest Italian furniture brands Giorgetti was founded in 1898 like a small firm with only 8 workers. Today it is famous worldwide and is constantly growing. Its exquisite table Circle is a great choice for those who prefer round dining tables.
French designer Hugues Chevalier makes luxurious, one of a kind furniture since 1978. Designs are produced in his own workshops located in Vienna and Italy. His creations are contemporary yet timeless.
This chic dining table with two metal tones and a divine feminine instinct is an attraction magnet in your dining room. Glass top with metallic interior.This High End Dining Table fit your lifestyle and space with unparalleled beauty and functionality, and will have a lasting usability.
This glorious table was designed by famous French designer Herve Van Der Straeten for Ralph Pucci. Brown marble top is supported by patinated black and gilt polished bronze. Think how gorgeously it will look in your dining room supporting exquisite food and the finest of wines.
Hudson Furniture Gallery was founded by Barlas Baylar 10 years ago as a concept design showroom to display large-scale, sculptural furniture and lighting designs, hand-made by an artisans team from New York atelier.


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Aporrhais pesgallinae (nomeada, em inglês, African pelican's-foot; na tradução para o português, "pé-de-pelicano-africano") é uma espécie de molusco gastrópode marinho do leste do Atlântico, pertencente à família Aporrhaidae, na ordem Littorinimorpha. Foi classificada por Barnard, em 1963, no gênero Aporrhais da Costa, 1778; com seu nome de espécie derivado de Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), a espécie-tipo. É nativa de profundidades da zona nerítica, na costa oeste da África, entre o estreito de Gibraltar e a Namíbia, ao sul.

Descrição da concha
Conchas dotadas de constituição frágil, chegando até 5 centímetros de comprimento, quando desenvolvidas; de espiral moderadamente alta e cônica, com voltas dotadas de uma área mais alta, por vezes com tubérculos, no caso de sua volta final, com duas áreas mais altas, e com suturas (junção entre as voltas) muito impressas. O lábio externo possui uma expansão alar, mais ou menos desenvolvida e característica, dotada de três projeções pontudas, curvas e longas; com seu canal sifonal, por vezes alongado, sendo tomado por uma quarta projeção. A coloração é esbranquiçada, amarelada, alaranjada ou salmão. Interior e columela brancos. Opérculo muito pequeno, córneo e elipsoidal, com bordas lisas.

Habitat e hábitos
Aporrhais pesgallinae é encontrado em habitats bentônicos com areia.

Ligações externas
 Aporrhais pesgallinae (Gastropoda Stromboidea).

Caenogastropoda
Aporrhaidae
Animais descritos em 1963
Fauna de Angola

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Party-list lawmaker bats for two-tier tax on salty food
byRio N. Araja
June 19, 2022, 11:00 pm
in National, News
Barangay Health Workers party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co is batting for a two-tier tax on low sodium and high sodium food and drinks to bring down high health-care costs from too much consumption of salty food.
She, however, said dried fish or the Filipinos' well-loved "tuyo" and even dried meat must be tax-exempt and must be under the regulation of the local government unit.
She urged the Department of Finance to come up with better tax administration and an incentivized combination of non-tax and tax to encourage producers of processed foods to shift to low sodium products.
She said the revenues to be generated should be an additional funding for the implementation of the Universal Health-Care Act.
"It has been a long time since sweetened products have been taxed under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law that took effect in January 2018. That has been over four years ago. With the tax on sweetened products, which helps fund our country's health programs, not only are there more funds for health now, but new products that are natural juices or with no-sugar added have flooded the consumer market. Consumers have been choosing low sugar over high sugar," she said.
"I am confident of the same kind of effects when we have this tax on sodium in foods and drinks. However, for foods, like dried fish and dried meats, the solution is not taxation but authorizing local government units to give incentives to the makers of dried fish and dried meats to make their products less salty. Part of the solution is mandating the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Health and Department of Agriculture to jointly develop food standards on salt content of dried fish and dried meats," the party-list lawmaker added.
She fears that there could an increase in the incidence of cardiovascular ailment and kidney disorder due to high sodium food intake.
"We must address this public health crisis causing many deaths every year," she stressed.
"I am open to filing and pushing for a bill that fosters gradual increase in low sodium foods in the market with a matching two-tier taxation for low sodium and high sodium with the lower tax on the low in sodium. I will trust the health experts and scientists to recommend to Congress the limits of low salt, high salt and number of servings in each product item.
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The Reading Desk: More than First Meets the Eye
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Morgan Leeson is a summer intern at the Charles Dickens Museum and a sophomore studying English at Bates College, located in Lewiston, Maine, U.S.A.
By Morgan Leeson
As part of my new position, as a summer intern, I have been asked to choose six items in the museum to research and blog about each week. For my first item, I've decided to explore the history of Charles Dickens's reading desk, a stately-looking piece that accompanied Dickens on his 1868 reading tour in America. I was initially drawn to the item because of my interest in the reading tours themselves, made famous, in their own right, thanks to Dickens's powerful performances. However, as I began my research, I was happy to discover the desk was more than an entryway for discussion of the reading tours; rather, I realized that the desk has a story of its own.
One of the oldest residents of 48 Doughty Street, the red-trimmed reading desk has been part of the Charles Dickens Museum's collection since 1927. Given as a gift by Charles to his second oldest daughter Kate Perugini on the night of his last reading, the desk was later passed down to B.W. Matz, founder of the Dickens Fellowship, before it was gifted to our collection.
Circa 1927 photograph of the reading desk on display in the then recently opened Charles Dickens Museum. Charles Dickens Museum.
But what, apart from its storied history with the museum, makes this desk so special? Distinct from any podium or lectern, Dickens had this reading desk specially crafted to fit his needs on stage. First among these alterations was Dickens's request that the desk be constructed as an open box, without side walls obstructing the audience's full view of the speaker. This innovation would have been necessary for one of Dickens's live readings, as he relied heavily on full-body gestures and movement in order to bring his beloved characters to life.
The reading desk, wrapped in crimson fabric and adorned with tasselled arches, is currently on display in the museum's drawing room. Charles Dickens Museum collection, DH300
Additionally, Dickens adapted the usual lectern design by requesting a box be built atop the podium. This change was made so that Dickens would have a place to rest his arm during what were usually two-hour readings, as he dramatized from a special reader's copy of his text. These reader's copies, many of which are housed at the museum today, were re-printings of the passages intended for performance, with extra space left in the margins for Dickens to jot down changes to the text or additional stage directions.
The detachable table-top box, shown above, was utilised as an arm rest during readings. Charles Dickens Museum collection, DH300
Furthermore, in other editions of the desk, Dickens added a shelf off to the right side where he could set necessities, such as a glass of water or a handkerchief. Although no shelf appears attached to the museum's own reading desk, a record of one such shelf can be seen in a painting completed by Robert Hannah, which is currently on display in the museum's drawing room.
Robert Hannah's 1858 oil painting of Charles Dickens performing a public reading. Charles Dickens Museum collection, DH309
In addition to tweaking elements of the reading desk's function, Dickens also made specific changes to the reading desk's appearance. In a sketch of an earlier desk's design, Dickens scrawled a small note beneath his drawing, which reads: "The parts marked thus to be of a greyish green, not too dark. The fringe to match. There should be a fringe round the little desk for the book." Dickens's note, articulating his desire for a particular shade of green, demonstrates his meticulous attention to detail, as well as his notoriously flamboyant taste in fashion. Later on in his reading career, Dickens would go on to change the fabric colour from green to scarlet, which was known to be his favourite colour.
Charles Dickens's blue ink design for a reading desk, including a directional note, left at the bottom. Charles Dickens Museum collection, DH311
In an article published in the Dickensian in the winter of 1978, scholar Philip Collins notes that the new scarlet reading desk, created for Dickens's American reading tour, was part of a larger change in staging. Previously, the green fabric on the desk was accompanied by a matching green carpet, as well as a background consisting of a "well chosen brown." With the introduction of the red desk, however, Dickens opted for a background draped in swathes of crimson fabric, which he describes in a letter to a friend, Annie Field, as looking: "like the 'wings' of a theatre." Dickens goes on in the letter to note that: "consequently, the figure is now completely isolated, and the slightest action becomes more important."
With this letter, Dickens gives us a brief glimpse into how he might have conceived of himself as an actor on stage, as well as an author on tour. This dual understanding is unsurprising given Dickens's long history with theatre; however, perhaps it was this actor's mentality that led Dickens to take a keen interest in the design of everyday items, as elements such as the reading desk or the background drapes became comparable to props on a set.
Most information gathered from Philip Collins' article, 'Dickens's Public Readings: The Kit and the Team' in the 1978 Winter Dickensian: 8-16.
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November 2, 2010 | David F. Coppedge
People Doing Science, Sometimes Badly
Harvard historian of science Steven Shapin has a really long subtitle for his latest book, but it reveals all. The title is very short: Never Pure.1 Here's the long subtitle: "Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority." Now you know what it is about.
Shapin's book tries to "naturalize" science – to show that it is inextricably wound up with human nature and human history, explained Robert E. Kohler in his review of the book for Science magazine.2 Science is not some pure entity out in space. "Naturalizers offer us instead a vision of science as a cultural activity that is an integral element of the societies in which it is practiced, and whose basic mores and conventions it shares," Kohler explains. "To understand the science of a time and place, one must understand the society whose way of knowing it is."
Kohler, in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, enjoyed the thought-provoking book and respects the author, but he tried at the end to hang on to some scientific realism – the view that science provides a more-or-less objective measure of external reality. He thinks Shapin throws out the baby with the bath water and knocks down some straw men. "I think there was in fact a scientific method—just not what its later advocates and deconstructors said it was," he said. "I also believe that 'pure science' realistically describes the science most valued in the first, academic, market for career scientists." But he could not deny that Shapin's trenchant analyses of science as actually practiced by real people in history have "lasting power to inform and provoke" the beliefs of scientific realists.
The Climategate controversy (11/26/2009, 03/04/2010, 05/13/2010, 02/18/2010) provides an opportunity to test Shapin's views. This strident debate, pitting an intransigent consensus against conspiracy-theory bloggers, with a range of positions between the extremes, and the future of the globe and the wealth of nations at stake, is perhaps the clearest recent example of science's inescapable dependence on human frailty. There's plenty of fodder for the fires on both sides.
A revealing look into the state of "science as if it was produced by people" is shown in Michael Lemonick's news feature, "Climate heretic: Judith Curry turns on her colleagues," from Scientific American (published online by Nature News). It's the story of a prominent meteorologist at a prestigious university going over to the "dark side" of the anti-consensus view after her pro-consensus paper was criticized, she thought legitimately, by climate skeptics. Lemonick, a former science writer for Time Magazine and a senior science writer at Climate Central, a nonprofit, nonpartisan climate change think tank, portrayed two storylines about Curry: the peacemaker, trying to bring understanding between both sides, and the dupe – "someone whose well-meaning efforts have only poured fuel on the fire." Lemonick, who worries about the fate of the planet if something is not done, is not sure which is the correct storyline. Notice that both have intense human elements:
In a sense, the two competing storylines about Judith Curry—peacemaker or dupe?—are both true. Climate scientists feel embattled by a politically motivated witch hunt, and in that charged environment, what Curry has tried to do naturally feels like treason—especially since the skeptics have latched onto her as proof they have been right all along. But Curry and the skeptics have their own cause for grievance. They feel they have all been lumped together as crackpots, no matter how worthy their arguments. The whole thing has become a political potboiler, and what might be the normal insider debates over the minutiae of data, methodology and conclusions have gotten shrill. It is perhaps unreasonable to expect everyone to stop sniping at one another, but given the high stakes, it is crucial to focus on the science itself and not the noise.
But is there such a thing as "the science itself" when it must be mediated by human beings? Lemonick's assumption of scientific realism cannot avoid the very issues of Shapin's naturalist/historicist vision apparent in Lemonick's own article: how are scientific facts determined? What should scientists do with uncertainty? What is the role of a consensus? How does science convince a wary public? How do political dynamics influence science? How does a skeptic of the consensus avoid the stigma of being branded a heretic?
1. Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority by Steven Shapin, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2010. 564 pp. $70. ISBN 9780801894206. Paper, $30. ISBN 9780801894213.
2. Robert E. Kohler, "History of Science: A Naturalizer's Vision," Science, 22 October 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6003, pp. 450-451, DOI: 10.1126/science.1196506.
That's all we need – another use of the word naturalist. Riddle: What is a naturalist naturalist naturalist naturalist? Answer: A materialist who worries about human cultural affects on science while categorizing wildflowers and munching an organic banana. When using the equivocal word natural, be sure to define your terms.
These issues are crucial for understanding the origins debate. While CEH does not take a position on the human-caused global warming controversy, issues of philosophy of science and history of science deeply infect the origins debate as well. One cannot understand evolutionary theory and the behavior of its consensus supporters and outsider critics without taking into account "science as if it was produced by people with bodies, situated in time, space, culture, and society, and struggling for credibility and authority."
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Netflix has announced its desire to bring more faith and family-based shows to its subscribers.
According to Statista, the audiovisual content company has reached 130.2 million users in the second quarter of 2018.
Netflix continues to grow in the market, especially in the United States, where it has 57.4 million of its registered users; that is why it aims to serve that audience better, which has a very important Christian tradition.
"It's a very important audience to us", Cindy Holland, Vice President of original content for Netflix, told reporters during the 2018 Television Critics Associations' Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, according to Fox News.
Holland said the religious demographic "represents a significant percentage of the population not only here in the U.S., but around the world".
"I want to make some great programming for my cousins and their families, too, so it is something that we are focused on really building out a robust slate of family-friendly programming", she added.
Netflix already features a number of films and shows under the title, Faith & Spirituality.
According to Instant Watcher, 73 pictures fall under that genre in the US, including very different choices, such as The Case for Christ, The Bible series, or Prince of Egypt, among others.
The most recent is "Come Sunday", documenting how Carlton Pearson went from being the pastor of one of Tulsa, Oklahoma's largest churches, Higher Dimensions Evangelistic Center, to being branded a heretic in the early 2000s.
Adapted from an earlier episode of "This American Life", "Come Sunday" shows how Pearson, distressed after watching TV footage of thousands of children among the dying in the Rwandan genocide, rejected the idea of eternal damnation.
Another example is Wild Wild Country, a documentary about the cult founded in India by the guru Bhagwan Rajneesh, also known as Osho, which shows the darkest side of New Age spirituality.
Additionally, earlier this month, Netflix announced it is working on a series called "American Jesus", a series that chronicles the life of a 12-year-old boy who learns he is the reincarnated Son of God.
The company plans to spend $8 billion on content this year alone.
Holland's comments mirror what Brian Bird, a producer for "When Calls the Heart" and "The Case For Christ", told Blasting News.
"People are taking notice of the hunger out there for faith and family kind of content", he said.
Bird is producing a family-friendly series for Netflix called "Big Sky", which is based on an Amish book series by author Tricia Goyer.


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UCF Director of Athletics Danny White Named Sports Business Daily/Journal Forty Under 40 Awards List
By Andy Seeley, UCF Knights // February 26, 2018
Second Straight Year Named on the Awards List
For a second straight year, UCF Vice President and Director of Athletics Danny White has been named to the Sports Business Daily/Journal Forty Under 40 Awards list. (UCF Image)
ORLANDO, FLORIDA (UCF Knights) – For a second straight year, UCF Vice President and Director of Athletics Danny White has been named to the Sports Business Daily/Journal Forty Under 40 Awards list.
Winners on this year's list come from nearly every sector of the sports business. They are agents, marketers, entrepreneurs, team owners and presidents, lawyers, athletic directors and more. They are the industry's best and the brightest, and leaders in their respective organizations. According to the SBD/J web site, the Forty Under 40 Awards is an annual celebration of the best young talent in sports business.
"I'm honored and humbled to be recognized on this prestigious list again this year," White said.
"Thank you to Sports Business Daily/Journal for recognizing what we've accomplished over the past year. We couldn't be as successful as we are without amazing support from all over our campus and our community. Thank you to our president John Hitt for all his support and thanks to our amazing student-athletes, coaches, staff, donors and fans. Without everyone pulling in the same direction, this sort of recognition wouldn't happen."
White is one of just three on the list to come from the ranks of collegiate athletics. He is joined by collegiate athletics colleagues Josh Whitman (Illinois Director of Athletics) and Nina King (Duke University Deputy Director of Athletics). White is also the only repeat honoree from the 2017 class.
On April 18, 2018, following the CAA World Congress of Sports, the 40 winners, their guests and industry leaders will be treated to a gala dinner and awards program at the J.W. Marriott Los Angeles, L.A. LIVE.
UCF Star Shaquem Griffin Named Inaugural Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year


Experience first-hand what it's like to train Seeing Eye dogs in one of the most challenging environments ... New York City!
In the morning, meet at the Morristown, NJ, campus with a training manager to tour the facility, meet the team of instructors, and watch dogs being loaded in vans for the trip to the city. Ride along with the manager, when you'll have plenty of time to ask questions and learn about the training process.
Once in the city, you'll follow different instructors as they work with their dogs, have lunch, then continue to observe dogs being trained to work through crowds, heavy traffic, subways, escalators, etc.
Before heading back to campus, you'll have a chance to experience what it's like to work with a guide dog while under blindfold.
Finally, you'll receive a gift bag filled with Seeing Eye merchandise.
This experience is for two people, and the minimum age is 15.
Scheduling: This experience will be scheduled during the workweek (no weekends). We will try to accommodate your schedule as best we can, but please keep in mind that this experience needs to coincide with our training cycle. In the event of severe weather or heavy rain, the day will have to be postponed.


New Louisiana Law Exempts Motorcyclists From Anti-Masking Arrests!
The Louisiana House passed HB 161 on a vote of 95-0 on June 5th, 2017 following a mass majority approval by the state Senate on May 30th, 2017. The legislation is on its way to the Governor's desk.
Confederation of Clubs and Independents (LCOC&I) meeting, that motorcyclists wearing legal helmets were being arrested for violating a state "Anti-Masking Law" originally intended to deter public acts of terror being committed by the KKK.
This obvious abuse of Louisiana statute was being used as a tool to profile and target motorcyclists, particularly in the Shreveport area.
The MPP provided a legislative proposal to Louisiana ABATE and the LCOC&I advocating an amendment to Louisiana's anti-masking law exempting individuals wearing state approved safety gear while riding their motorcycles for the 2017 session.
Louisiana motorcyclists followed through and successfully lobbied their legislators proving that grassroots political rights movements can be effective and achieve results very quickly when mobilized and organized. The MPP congratulates and commends these efforts because they serve as an example and a model for other states attempting to combat motorcycle profiling and discrimination in all of its various forms.


Over 10 per cent of school-going children suffer from asthma. Poorly controlled asthma can lead to the retardation of physical growth of a child. Owing to this and the increased air pollution, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan launched asthma manual for schools in the national capital on Thursday.
Translated in 11 different languages, the manual will be adopted by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change for implementation in over 1 lakh schools through eco-clubs across India. It is a compilation of simple, easy to understand information to know about childhood asthma and best practices that schools can implement.
"The asthma manual for schools will help all stakeholders in the school eco-system to understand the basics of asthma and offer reasonable and implementable solutions towards creating an environment where asthma is effectively managed and children with asthma can be healthy, happy and lead an active school life.'' said the Minister.
The information and recommendations provided in the manual are evidence-based responses to the asthma-related needs of schools in India. Doctors say that most of the asthma-related problems are preventable and thus it is extremely important that school leadership and staff understand the presence and the magnitude of the problem and take proactive measures to nurture and maintain an asthma friendly environment and an emergency asthma management plan as part of their commitment to the safety, health, and well-being of their students.
"With an increasing number of children with an asthmatic tendency in India, such information becomes all the more important. We released a short video on asthma management in schools on World Asthma Day and were overwhelmed by the response. When we further interacted with school teachers and management, they all shared their concern about this problem and the necessity for a standardized comprehensive material. This gave birth to the idea of asthma manual for schools," said Abhishek Kumar, Co-Founder, Lung Care Foundation.


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By Gabrielle Herrera
Pulse Staff Reporter
Netflix has 33.4 million subscribers, and 61 percent of them admit to binge watching. Students everywhere now have a new way to procrastinate.
Here at Palo Alto College, many students admitted to binge watching at least one series. Most students revealed they watched entire seasons of major hits, like "The Walking Dead," "Breaking Bad" and "Sons of Anarchy," in one sitting.
"It's a huge distraction. Whenever I binge watch, I forget about homework. I still get the job done, but with a lot more procrastination," said Christian Lopez, a sophomore Criminal Justice major.
Students who said they've never binged watch before vowed to never commit the act because of the negative aftermath they have witnessed in close friends.
"I have a friend who failed his online course. He forgot it was even there because he was too busy catching up on "The Walking Dead,"" said Celeste Oviedo, a sophomore Biology major.
Even though Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and many more streaming services have been around for years, the number of users has skyrocketed over recent years because of the new accessibility.
Addiction to shows and binge watching is nothing more than a natural reaction to having access to large amounts of content. If a show is good, people are going to talk about it. Add accessibility into the picture, and addiction has a big chance of being the outcome.
Mark Caunder, a sophomore Construction Business Management major, said, "I assume to get more into details about a show and what everyone is talking about. After you're introduced to the show, you get addicted from every episode's cliffhanger."
Some of us are weaker than others, much more vulnerable to the power of a simple remote, touch screen or mouse. It is nice to escape reality every once in a while as a sheriff in a post-apocalyptic world or a chemistry teacher gone meth maker, but when is it too much?
Problems arise when this time-consuming trend comes before school, work and health. While some Palo Alto students promised to never binge watch a show, most admitted to binge watching with guilt and some form of emotional attachment to the show.
Finding a balance between work, school, family and health is hard enough. Adding an addicting show into the mix brings conflict. Everyone loves a good show, but it is up to you as an independent human being with multiple priorities to monitor yourself.
"I tend not to start new shows during the school year. There's been times where I have homework, but I need to watch a show," said Amanda Lopez, a sophomore Public Health Major. "I try to do a rewards system, where I do X amount of work. I reward myself with an episode."
Keeping up with trends gives us some satisfaction as in-the-know members of society. Having immediate access to trending shows gives us instant gratification. It's not an easy task to stay away from the temptation of binge watching, but it is achievable. Maintaining a balance between your life and your new favorite show will keep you sane and out of trouble.
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Go ahead and snicker. I'll wait.
I'm fully aware that veggie loaves are the punch line for many a joke in Burger King sponsored sit-coms and pseudo-reality shows pitting sweaty cranky chefs against each other for the promise of fame and fortune. So do your thing. Snort. Sigh. Bare your teeth. I can handle it.
Vegetarians and vegans endure more than their fair share of indiscreet eye-rolling.
I know this first hand. Because I've been a vegetarian and sometimes vegan for most of my life. Four decades. And after my medically recommended foray back into Omnivore Land (to jump start the healing of my broken hip) now that I am vertical and ambulatory without a cane I am once again whistling past the graveyard into familiar territory, leaving behind the protein I flirted with, listening to my body's need to get back to the garden, back to my first love, my culinary Eden. My natural preference, before The Fall.
I tell you this without judgment.
I mention this without pressure of any kind. Seriously. I'm not proselytizing. Goddess knows, I understand better than most how hard it is to eat in this gluten infused world of ours without whittling down our choices even further. If you love your bacon and eggs, Babycakes, go rustle up some grub.
I'll just be over here in my tiny little kitchen, if you don't mind, cooking up quinoa and millet and roasting bananas or peaches instead of ribs. Maybe some garlic and grape tomatoes instead of chicken. I'll be dreaming up a vegan version of my Italian Meatballs and creamy cheesy herb sauce to dress up my gluten-free pizza dough. Not to mention, more sweet little vegan cupcakes in a rainbow of flavors. Scones. Cobblers. More dairy-free ice cream. I'll be whipping up fruit smoothies in my Vita-Mix. Because when I eat this way, I feel better. I feel lighter. And more creative.
So if you're still with me, and you haven't hit your back button, stick around. You might see something you like.
My idea of comfort food. This recipe is based on a veggie loaf recipe from my pre-celiac cookbook, Recipes From a Vegetarian Goddess. In the original version I used a combo of ground nuts and brown rice with greens. Since my multiple food allergies surfaced I haven't attempted to recreate the recipe. Until now. This new version is vegan, nut-free, soy-free, and rice-free. And I may be slightly biased, but I think this latest incarnation is my favorite so far. You have to plan ahead a little bit- you'll need to bake a sweet potato, and cook up some quinoa first. But then it all goes pretty quickly.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly oil a glass bread loaf pan .
One good tip :: line the bottom of the pan with a piece of parchment paper that extends up above the longer sides. When the loaf has baked, and set a bit, lift out the loaf in one whole piece.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet and cook the onion until it is translucent. Add the mushrooms and garlic; stir until softened. Add the balsamic vinegar and stir. Add the spinach. Season with sea salt and ground pepper. Stir and cook down until the mixture is soft- about seven minutes or so.
Spoon the skillet vegetables into a food processor bowl and pulse to make a grainy mixture. Don't over-process it, you want some texture.
Dump the mixture into a large bowl. Add the cooked quinoa, gluten-free breadcrumbs, ketchup, molasses and olive oil and stir to combine. Add in your dried herbs, rosemary, scallions, and mix to distribute. You want a moist mixture that sticks together when you press it with a spoon. if you need more ketchup to hold it together, add it now, maybe a tablespoon.
Last- add in the diced sweet potato and fold in gently.
Spoon the loaf mixture into the oiled loaf pan and shape it with moist fingers, pressing it tight into the pan. Smooth the top.
Pour the glaze all over the top of the loaf.
Tent loosely with a piece of foil. Bake in the center of a preheated oven until heated through and the edges of the glaze are bubbling- about 25 to 30 minutes.
Allow the loaf to set for ten minutes, tented with foil. This helps it to settle, and makes it easier to slice. Slice into portions and lift out with thin spatula. It should hold together.
Serve with my Two Potato Salad and some fresh greens and tomatoes.
Wrap and store leftovers in the fridge.
This vegan loaf was very tasty the next day; even cold, it had a lot of flavor. It will make for fun picnic food. Make a day ahead for picnics and pot luck suppers. A cold slice is terrific for lunch.
I'm going to try this mixture for making vegan "meatballs" and garden burgers.
Check out blogging pal Ellen's take on Karina's Veggie Loaf and her latest version: Veggie Loaf Revisited at I Am Gluten-Free. She's been tweaking.
Susan at Fatfree Vegan Kitchen cooked up Mushroom, Lentil, Wild Rice Timbales.


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A Restaurant With Goats On The Roof
Kaushik Patowary Apr 24, 2015 1 comments
Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik is a family owned, casual dining restaurant in the village of Sister Bay in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The restaurant is known for its authentic Swedish cuisine and Scandinavian experience, but it is more commonly known for its sod covered roof where goats graze. Sod roofs or grass roofs are traditionally found in Scandinavian countries where the gently sloping wooden roof boards are covered with a layer of sod and grass, and is part of the Scandinavian experience Al Johnson's tries to deliver. The addition of goats give it a unique touch.
Inside the casual, carpeted dining room, furnished with paintings, a massive stone fireplace, and wooden furniture, young ladies dressed in Scandinavian outfits serve food. The menu consists of a variety of Swedish fare, from pancakes with lingonberries to Swedish meatballs, whitefish, sandwiches, salads, and a variety of hot and cold plates.
Al Johnson's started as a little restaurant back in 1949 called Al's Home Cooking. The restaurant reached its present form in 1973 when Al Johnson renovated the restaurant by importing wooden logs from a building in Norway and added a sod roof. Al's wife, Ingert changed the interior by keeping a Scandinavian design, so that the place would be traditional, and it was her idea to add a gift shop, called the Butik so that while waiting to be seated, people could browse the Scandinavian gifts. After the renovation was complete, Winky Larson, Al's best friend brought him a goat named Oscar as a joke, and someone decided to jokingly put Oscar on the roof. The goat caught the attention of passersby, inspiring the family to get more goats and put them on the roof.
Thanks to the goats, the restaurant is today one of the top-grossing in Wisconsin. The goats were so popular and such a draw that Al Johnson decided to trademark the idea in 1996. Now Al Johnson goes after any business that attempts to lure customers by putting goats on the roof.
Sources: Roadside America / Wikipedia / www.aljohnsons.com
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Stephie Smith July 16, 2015 at 8:01 PM
How awesome is this!? My mom had goats in our yard, so I know how much they love climbing and getting on the roof. I think it's really cool that the roofing has grass on it. I've seen roofs topped with greenery before, and I seriously hope it catches on. It would be such a great way to make a small step in being more eco-friendly, not to mention plants and green things are more beautiful than slate and blank walls :)


Graham shared the launch on her Instagram yesterday. "I'm so happy that you guys loved my last lip kit," she says in the video. "I can't believe it actually sold out. So, I wanted to bring you another one. This is called Unapologetic and I'm going to put it on myself." She shows off all the products in the kit, which include: Ultra HD Matte Lipcolor in You?re Everything (a deep red), Ultra HD Matte Metallic Liquid Lipcolor in Better Than Ever (a medium pink) and ColorStay Lip Liner in Good. Great. Gorgeous (a matching red). Image: Revlon.


The Ken Burns Effect in iMovie 09 is the default setting for photos inserted into an iMovie project. But you can use it for more than just adding a little motion. You can pan and zoom to focus on objects or move along an image. You can even zoom in and then back out and other similar effects.
Closed captioning for this video is available on YouTube: MacMost Now 341: Beyond the Ken Burns Effect.
Hi, this is Gary Rosenzweig and in today's episode lets look at using the Ken Burns Effect in iMovie 09 to create special effects .
So you might know the Ken Burns Effect : it's when you drop a photo in iMovie to use as a slide and then it gradually pans and zooms that photo just ever-so slightly give it some motion . It's the default effect whenever you drop a photo in iMovie .
So let's take a photo and move it into our iMovie project. Now you can take it by clicking on the photo button, here and choosing from your collection in iPhoto or you can drag it from the finder .
I'm going to drag one from the finder into the project area here . Now as soon as i do that , i can see that i can see I've got it here in the preview area and if i scan along it , i will be able to see a slight Ken Burns Effect which is the default . So I'm going to actually move along and i can see it zooms in as i get further down . It's just a 4 second clip . If i select the image and click on the little Crop button or pres "C" i can see I've got "Fit" , "Crop" and "Ken Burns" options , "Ken Burns" is set by default and I've got this green area and red area . You'll see that it's going to zoom from the green area into the red area and that's what determines what the effect looks like . It's also a little off centered , you can see it's going to move slightly .
So the Ken Burns Effect is named after Ken Burns , a documentary film maker who uses a lot in some of his classic documentaries , such as the ones on baseball , jazz and civil war .
Now, you can alter this effect in iMovie to make it more than just a basic Ken Burns Effect . You can use it for other things . Let's take a look !
So here i dropped in a very vertical photo and the random Ken Burns Effect is being applied to it , is a "start" and "end" that aren't to far apart from each other ,basically zooming out a bit . If i run it , i get this . But since this is a very vertical photo and it's an areal shot , we can do something different with it . We can have a "start" at the bottom , zoomed out as far as possible, i can grab the ends there and we can "End" zoomed in at a very specific spot further up. We'll kinda make it look like we're flying into the photo .
Now one of the beautiful things about the Ken Burns Effect is that it allows you to take a still photo and narrate over it for a longer period while still holding the viewers interest , even tough their just looking at one picture .
So, for instance , we can be talking about this lighthouse and we can start at the bottom of it and zoom up .
To set the duration of the effect , we select the clip in the project up here . We can get the information on it . I just press "I" and we get the Inspector and you have a duration right here and you can change it that so you can slow down and do it over 20 seconds . Let's try to get even more creative . Here i have a photo that I'm zooming on one person . I look at how I've set the Ken Burns Effect , I've centered the "end" frame here , "start" frame start all the way in the entire thing . Now i've selected in the project and now i'm going make two copies of it . Like that ! So i have the same thing repeated 3 times . But i'm going to select the second copy , go to the "Cropping" and i'm going to change ... there's a little button , it's kinda hidden under the crop mark that flips the "Start" and "end" . Click on that ! And now the start is actually the close in shot . And i'm going to switch to "Crop" , and that will take this "start" frame and make it the static crop , it won't have the Ken Burns Effect . So , now when i look at what's going to happen it zooms in and then the next part just freezes basically on the same frame . Now that last part i'm going to do just a full switch and now the "Start" is the "End" so now what i've got is : it zooms in , freezes and then zooms back out . And that i can continue , say with another one that it zooms in on another player and i can do it for a while using one photo for several minutes of video with Audio narration .
So that shows you how you can take a simple cropping effect in iMovie 09 and do a lot with it . It can really make a slide show that only features a few photos a lot more interesting for a class or presentation .
I like to see Apple take the Ken Burns Effect even further in future version of iMovie maybe allowing to zoom even further in the image or allowing you to have have more than just a "Start" and "end" point in the effect.
Hope you found this useful . Till next time , this is Gary Rosenzweig with MacMost Now .
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There is a third party app, Photo to Movie, that gives more control over the Ken Burns effect when one is just using still images in a movie. I've used it and it's pretty nifty.
This sounds great. How can I get it?
What a great screencast! Thank you. I had no idea about that level of control. Can you do any of those controls via iPhoto?
No, this is an iMovie thing.
Hi Gary, and thanks for these excellent tips. Is there a way to change the limits of the Ken Burns boxes? For example, I would like the starting one to be the full frame and the ending box to be almost a single point, thus making a scene vanish over another background image.
You can adjust the start point (green box) and end point (red box) by dragging them and resizing them in the preview pane (upper right) of iMovie. But there are limits. You can't go down to a single point. And you can't make it "vanish" as the Ken Burns effect doesn't work that way — it doesn't shrink the resulting space, only the space used.
If you want something more, you'll have to switch to a pro solution like Final Cut with Motion, etc.
Thanks a lot for your video! My question is : is there anyway to repeat the Ken Burns effect settings on other pictures? Because it would take toooooo loooooong to make the settings manually if I have 100 pictures in a project.
So you want exactly the same start and end points for 100 photos? No, I don't think there is a way to replicate them. But I've never tried. So experiment. But I'd imagine that it would not be a good effect if it was the same start and end point for 100 photos in a row.
I am making a movie and using the ken burns effect. The starting green box is too small. I want it to begin at the edge of the photo. The program won't let me adjust the green box to show an entire vertical photo. It has a landscape setting. Is there a way to change the start to a portrait setting? Thus, getting a vertical photo to begin as the whole photo? Additionally, when I have a landscape photo, the green box won't let me change the ratio so I am missing the edges of the photo. Is there a way to customize the beginning green box?
You are limited by what will fit in the frame with no empty space. So your only option is get creative. For instance, you can bring the photo into a program like Photoshop and put it at the center of an even larger image.
Spinning? Not sure what that would look like. I can't recall an effect like that in iMovie.
Susan – depending on the kind of spin you want, you could use the "spin in" or "spin out" transition.
I have a picture of a crop circle, and I want it to spin within the photo in the video.
You'd need to use some animation software to create something like that.
Can you make that effect with iMovie? And also, do you know an iPhone app that does this?
I'm doing that by switching between shots in Wirecast. But you can do that using the technique in this very tutorial. Of course you have the problem of resolution — if you zoom in to show a portion of a video, it will have to stretch the video to fit on the screen and it will be lower quality. Nothing you can do about that. But if you are OK with it. I don't know of an iMovie app off-hand.


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Caucasus University
Caucasus university is a private university in Tbilisi, established in 2004 on the basis of the faculty of Business. The university is located in an area of 17000 square meters, of which 11000 square meters is the useful space of the university building. Caucasus university is approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. In the following we will explain more about CU and the courses offered by Caucasus University.
Caucasus University in Georgia
Nowadays, CU has ten schools: Business, Law, Media, Technology, Governance, Humanities and Social Science, Tourism, Medicine and Healthcare Management, Economics and Education, and provides a high quality , world class education through a combination of well-designed curricula and exceptional faculty with academic credentials and practical experience necessary for delivering an outstanding education.
The president of CU leads the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) 2017-2020 Presidency.
CSB is off-site campus of a Triple Crown (three international accreditation holder – AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA) University: Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM).
CU-Grenoble MBA program was ranked 60th among the 100 best global programs for executive education by the Financial Times (Financial Times EMBA 2018 Ranking), a first for Georgian education and called the highest riser of the year by the magazine . Moreover, CU-Grenoble MBA program took 28th place according to QS World University Ranking 2018.
Caucasus Schools of Business was rated the best in the Caucasus and was given the first rank by Eduniversal in the years 2011-2017.
CU MA/MBA programs named as one of the best globally by Eduniversal Masters Ranking in the year of 2013-2017.
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Being one of the few universities in the Caucasus developing responsible social management, Cu has been a member of the PRME since 2008.
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Business Administration (Specialization, Marketing, Management and International Business Management)
Master's Programs (2 Academic years, 120 ECTS)
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PHD Programs ( 3 Academic years, 180 ECTS)
One-Cycle Educational Program of the Medical Education 6 academic years, 360 ECTS)
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For all Undergraduate, graduate and Doctoral programs the tuition fee is $5000 per year, excluding MD ( Medical Doctor) program, which costs $6000 per year.
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, the Singapore-based banking group, said today that it is to buy National Australia Bank's wealth management businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong, joining the ranks of Asia-based banks that are buying up the Asian businesses of departing Australian and European banking groups.
In a statement on its website, OCBC said the deal would provide it with "an immediate boost" to its mortgage and deposit books across both its core markets, while also broadening its customer base.
The deal will add 11,000 affluent individuals – 7,000 in Singapore and the rest in Hong Kong – to OCBC's customer base, the bank noted, while giving it a mortgage portfolio worth US$1.7bn (S$2.39bn), and a deposit portfolio worth about US$3.05bn (S$4.28bn) from NAB, OCBC said.
Such a mortgage portfolio, the bank went on, would increase the overall size of its mortgage portfolio by about 4%, based on its mortgage loans book of S$60bn at the end of March, consisting of "a broad pool of mainly residential properties with a weighted average loan-to-valuation ratio of below 60%" that has had "a strong track record with negligible delinquencies".
NAB has been selling off retail businesses in Asia as it looks to focus on corporate banking in the region.
OCBC said it expects the deal to complete before the end of 2017, pending regulatory approvals.
"This deal makes financial and strategic sense to us, Ching Wei Hong, chief operating officer of OCBC said, in the statement.
"Mortgage loans book of more than S$2bn is not small. It would have taken us time and money to grow our mortgage loans organically by that amount.
As reported, OCBC last year acquired Barclays' Asian private banking business, through its Bank of Singapore private banking arm, boosting assets under management in that operation to S$85bn from S$55bn at the end of 2015.
Also last year, ANZ announced it was to sell its wealth and retail business in five major Asian markets in Asia to DBS, another Singaporean banking giant, which, like OCBC, has been snapping up the retail and private banking operations of the departing non-Asian banks.
OCBC Bank is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets, and, it says, one of the world's most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody's.