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I recently received a gift of a book from my esteemed fellow-blogger Maxminimus. Titled Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden, the book is ostensibly about the author's justifiably famous garden in Charleston, South Carolina. But it is more than that. It is a charming and thought-provoking memoir that delves into Mrs. Whaley's past, her family, her marriage, and her philosophy of life.
Maxminimus sent it to me, he said, because of the post I wrote awhile back, on Charleston Receipts. He thought I might like it. And he was right.
It is not a particularly weighty tome, but it is one that resonates and ripples beyond its covers. I highly recommend it to you, Dear Reader.
Mrs. Emily Whaley, who died in 1998 at the ripe age of eighty-seven, was of a vanishing breed of women that once spread throughout this country, whose population has been sadly depleted by the passage of time, the spiraling cost of living, and the supposed benefits of "progress." She was of a class of women, largely wives and mothers, who were raised in a culture that valued tradition, continuity, self-discipline, service to others, and positive thinking. While some, like Mrs. Whaley, were raised in affluence, it was not a prerequisite for belonging to this breed of women. An appreciation for thrift and economy were also among its hallmarks. They planned ahead.
I was quite charmed by Mrs. Whaley's book, the stories she tells in its pages, and the nuggets of wisdom she shares. The book is full of her keen observations and sensible opinions on matters ranging from working with others, marriage, raising a family, faith, getting involved, and being active. She genuinely liked people, was appreciative of the advantages she had either been given or worked hard for, loved her dog Rosie, and didn't take herself (or others) too seriously. She was happy to poke fun at herself. And she was a worker, too—whether it be in her garden, helping out family members or friends, or toiling on behalf of a worthy cause.
In short, Mrs. Whaley was a lady. In the very best sense of the word. She was someone that one would be proud to have as a mother or as a wife. And she was a person that one would most certainly be honored to count as a treasured friend.
Thank you, Maxie, for introducing me to the delightful Mrs. Whaley.
Reggie is sure that you will enjoy Mrs. Whaley's memoir as much as he did, Dear Reader. It can be ordered here from its publisher, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. It is also most likely available in print and on ebooks at your local public library.
For many years I've collected Paris Porcelain. I inherited some that was passed down from my great grandmother Giggy, but I've added a lot more over time.
Made in France in the 19th century, what is today known as Paris Porcelain was highly popular in this country in the decades leading up to and following the Civil War. Millions of pieces of it were shipped to America, often in blanks awaiting decoration. Much of it was painted after it arrived on the shores of the young nation, and was most frequently decorated with gold rims and circles within the interior, as shown in the photographs accompanying this essay. Known commonly as "Wedding Band China," a name prompted both by its decoration and the frequent giving of it to newly married couples, this type of Paris Porcelain makes a regular appearance at our meals at Darlington House.
I recall seeing an article many years ago in Martha Stewart Living magazine about collecting Wedding Band China, but I've not been able to locate the issue. We didn't start saving issues of the magazine until the spring of 1998, shortly before we bought Darlington.
Why do I collect this china, you might ask, Dear Reader? Because I have fond memories of eating off of it as a child in the house I grew up in, and because it is (or once was) readily available on the East Coast at (generally) very reasonable prices. Also, it sits right in the middle of our collecting period for such things. Furthermore, having stacks of it on hand is most convenient when throwing large buffet parties.
Wedding Band China can be found at tag sales, at yard sales, in junk shops, in group shoppes, and on eBay. As these things go, it is usually quite inexpensive, and can often be picked up for less than ten dollars a dinner plate, and sometimes for substantially less. At such prices, who cares if a plate chips or cracks? Buy extra for breakage!
Yesterday, when out and about in the town near Darlington where we do much of our shopping, we came across a table piled high with Wedding Band China sitting in front of an antiques dealer's shop. Pawing through the assortment of offerings on his Saturday sidewalk sale table we came up with nearly two dozen plates in varying sizes that we were able to buy for only one hundred dollars, or less than five dollars a plate. Try coming away with that kind of bargain at Crate and Barrel, Dear Reader!
With but a quick sudsy scrub our once dusty plates were gleamingly clean, and they are now safely stowed in the dining room cupboard at Darlingon House, awaiting their next act. And, to that end, just today at luncheon (eating off of two of our new/old plates, I might add) Boy and I hatched a plan to host a large bruncheon party in the not-too-distant future, where our expanded pile of plates will be a most useful and pleasing addition.
Reggie urges you, Dear Reader, to keep an eagle-eye out for Wedding Band China and to amass stacks of it to use at large buffet parties, as we do at Darlington House.
The subject of today's essay is the vessels we use to hold salt. As I wrote in last week's post, we do not shake our salt at Darlington House, but rather we pinch it and sprinkle it with our fingers.
Although we have a collection of small silver spoons to scoop up salt from our cellars, we gave up using them years ago. Too fussy and "genteel," in my view. Besides, I like using my fingers to pick up the perfect amount of salt to season what I'm eating or cooking.
At table in our dining room at Darlington we mostly use cut-glass salt cellars. Some of them are from the Regency period, and some of them are later, in the Regency style.
We have them in various shapes and sizes.
We have other salt cellars, too, some of which are made of Sheffield silver . . .
. . . and some of which are made of mercury glass.
Boy found this tall mercury glass footed salt that we sometimes remember to use.
At our kitchen table we use heavy glass cellars for "every day."
We also use an antique horn pepper and salt cellar, from time to time.
I found this little milk glass chicken-in-a-basket salt cellar in one of the cabinets at Darlington House after we bought it. It was left behind by the previous owners, the Procters. I like to use it at breakfast.
For cooking we have glazed earthenware containers to hold different types of salt.
We fill our cellars with a variety of salts, including fleur de sel, kosher salt, and assorted flavored salts.
Tell me, Dear Reader, do you pinch or do you shake?
There was a time, not so long ago, when certain louche men of café society rather naughtily referred to a pepper mill as a "Rubirosa." I'm not going to explain exactly why, Dear Reader, but if you're curious to know the reason, it's easy enough to find out why by doing only a modest amount of Internet searching . . .
But that's not the subject of today's post. No, today's post is about the pepper and salt containers that we use at Darlington House. Not quite so thrilling a subject, perhaps, but certainly a more appropriate one for this blog and for its readership.
When we first bought Darlington House and began to entertain in earnest, we used at table the silver pepper shakers that I grew up with, a wedding gift to my mother, MD. They are in the shape of miniature eighteenth-century silver sugar casters, and they hold finely pre-ground pepper. I paired them with an early set of Sheffield salts that I found on eBay.
Over time, though, I traded MD's silver pepper shakers for silver-banded ebony pepper grinders that I found at Scully & Scully on Park Avenue. We pair them with unmatched Regency cut-glass salts. This is what we use at table today at Darlington House.
In our kitchen, though, we use more humble vessels for salt and pepper. When cooking, we use a latch-grinding pepper mill, and we have several earthenware salt containers to dig in to for pinches.
At our kitchen table we use the Peugeot grinder shown at the outset of this post, along with a heavy glass salt cellar. They are both very satisfying to use.
Interestingly, we haven't a single salt shaker at Darlington House. We only use salt cellars, the subject of a subsequent post, Dear Reader.
Tell me, do you administer your pepper from a grinder or a shaker?


We're about to simulate some civic engineering and play Power Grid! Wait! Hold on, where are you going? Come back and let me explain! It really is more fun than it sounds. It includes Economics, Route Building and an Auction/bidding system. It uses some mechanics and turn order that make you use counter-intuitive strategies; strategies that don't seem like they should work and wouldn't work in other games. It's also been ranked in the top 5 board games on Board Game Geek since it was released. I'm just saying, you can't judge a game by its theme. I mean a game about monsters battling it out sounds awesome, but after 10 hours slaving away over a Titan board you'd be rethinking your first impression as well.
Power Grid sounds like a grind, but it's an intense strategy and economics game that has kept me enthralled with every play.
There are lots of dark cities on those maps and it's your job to get them power using Power Plants and Resources. This game will scale many features according to the number of players. For example in a 2 and 3 player game you will choose 3 adjacent regions to play on, differentiated by color and including 7 cities each. When playing 4-6 players you will use 4-6 regions- remembering that they all need to be adjacent. I'll show a summary of the additional game scaling at the end of this guide when you understand more of the game. This can seem a little clunky in your first few plays but after a couple games it starts to make sense why it is necessary.
You start the game with 50 Elektro (this is what the currency is called). At the end of the game, whoever can power the most cities wins with money as the tiebreaker, but it's better to spend your money wisely so don't worry about the tiebreaker and hoard cash. You will use your Elektros to bid on Power Plants and buy resources to power them.
This turn, yellow is first in the order.
Red has 12 cities in its network and blue has 13.
If you look at Savannah, you'll see it's divided into 3 sections- 10, 15 and 20. There are 3 steps during the game. During the first step you can only build on the 10 spots; 15 and 20 open up for building on the 3rd and 4th steps, respectively. You can see that Red has built a house in the 10 spot of Raleigh blocking yellow from building there until Step 2 when the 15 spot will open up. Note that you can only ever build in a city once; now that Red is in 10 spot in Raleigh, it won't be able to build on the 15 and 20 spots.
To build in new cities they have to be connected to your networks through the pipes. If Red wants to expand into Savannah, he will need to connect from Atlanta or Raleigh. The cost to connect is on the Pipes. In this case, both routes cost 7, so there isn't much choice. For Red to build in Savannah, he will need to pay 17 total, 7 for the connection and 10 for the spot in the city.
I want to point out that Yellow isn't blocked from building in Savannah. If it's Yellow's turn, he can connect from Washington or Pittsburgh simply by paying for all the connecting pipes. From Pitsburgh to Raleigh to Savannah there are 2 pipes at 7 each. So Yellow can pay 24 total to build in Savannah (7+7+10). That's a better option than Washington as the total to connect from there would be 5+3+7+10=25 Elektros.
In step 2 the 15 spots will also open up, allowing Yellow to build in Norfolk and Raleigh for 15 Elktros instead of the 10 available in the first step. So that's how your network of Cities will be built during the game. In that picture Red and Yellow each control 6 cities. Now to power them!
These are Oil Power Plants as noted by the Oil Barrels on the bottom. The number in the top left corner is the minimum starting bid while in the market. The number of barrels indicates how many barrels of oil you need to power it up. The number on the house is the number of cities you will power up when used. As you can tell the more expensive Power Plants are more efficient.
These are Coal Power Plants, they use the same principals as the Oil. They just use, well, coal instead. In the early game, Coal will be more plentiful and cheaper than Oil, but becomes slightly more scarce (and therefor more expensive than Oil) in the later steps. I'll post a pic of the Resource table for each step after we've covered the Power Plants.
These are Power Plants fueled by Garbage. Garbage is a little more rare as a resource in the beginning but it will build up as the game goes on (like real life). There are also less of these plants available in the deck so your competition for the resource may not be as bad if other players stay out of the Garbage market.
The Power plants with the dual Oil/Coal icons are hybrids. They can be fueled by either Coal, oil or a combination of coal and oil. These give you a little more flexibility in the market. The Step 3 card, is a marker placed on the bottom of the stack. As the turns go by, the expensive cards will be removed from the market and placed on the bottom of the deck. When you get to the step 3 card, it moves you into step 3, so you can start building on the 15 spaces in the cities.
The 50 Cost Power Plant Is The Fusion Fueled One; It Needs No Resources To Power Up To 6 Cities. If You Can Afford It Sooner Better Than Later, It Will Save You Elektros In Resources.
These are the Uranium Power Plants. Uranium is a very expensive and rare resource at the beginning of the game. If no one else moves into Uranium early, it could pay off later in the game efficiently powering multiple cities for fewer resources.
Like the Fusion Power Plants, these Eco-Power plants need no resources to power cities. They are more expensive and will be fought over in the auction, but will pay off in savings down the line.
The top row of the Power Plants will be the Actual Market that you can bid on during the Auction. The Future Market will show what Plants will soon be coming into the Actual Market. If it's my turn to bid first, I can pick the 5 cost Hybrid plant and start the bidding at 5. The winner of the auction will take the 5 cost plant and replace it with the top card of the deck placing it in its ascending order.
At the end of every full turn, the highest cost Power Plant (in the Future Market) will be placed on the bottom of the deck and a new one is drawn and placed in its ascending order. This will move the higher cost Plants to the bottom of the deck, ready for Step 3; pretty neat mechanic to sort out the too high-costed cards from the early game while keeping it all random.
It's good to buy as much as you can for two reasons- the cheaper you can get the resources the better, and buying more before your opponents do means they will have to pay more. Which brings us to how the Resource market works.
This is the Resource Market on the board. The picture shows you what each little wooden piece represents. Each square has a little gold coin with a number. If you need to buy coal right now, there are 2 available for 4 Elektro each and 3 available for 5 Elektro each. The most Expensive resource right now is Uranium, with only two available at 14 and 15 Elektros. The picture shown, shows the Market just after 10 coal, 2 Oil and 1 garbage was purchased. If you put those back, that represents what the game starts with. You can see Coal is cheap and plentiful when the game starts.
Let's just concentrate on the 4 Player chart to get an idea. You can see that during Step 1 five coal is added at the end of each turn, with Oil, Garbage and Uranium only getting 3, 2 and 1 respectively. But by Step 3 these numbers change up a little bit. Coal becomes more plentiful in Step 2, but really falls off in Step 3. Oil and Garbage become a little more plentiful over time, while Uranium gets a little more love in Step 2, but stays plateaued in Step 3. These are importanat numbers to watch and compare with the competition for them. If 3 players in a 4 player game are fighting over coal, it will be very expensive and rare.
It's almost like you're learning about economics! But it's fun! Trust me!
Let's get to playing now that you know a little bit about the game.
The first order of business every turn is to determine the player order. For the very first turn, this is chosen randomly; just place the houses on the Player Order track at random (I shake them all in my closed hands and open them just enough to let one drop at a time, but you can use any method to randomize them). After the first turn, the order is determined by the number of Cities in each players network (houses on the board). The player with the most is first; if there is a tie than the player with the highest costing Power Plant in front of them is placed higher.
Next you may bid on and buy a Power Plant from the Actual Market. The first player to pick one to bid on is the player first on the player order. You may pass on picking a power plant to bid on, but if you do you are locked out of the entire phase and you won't be able to bid on any following auctions.
If player 1 chooses to bid, they will pick a plant, move it up and bid the minimum on the card or higher if they choose. The next player to bid follows the player order, they can either name a higher bid, or Pass. If a player passes on the current round of bidding they may not renter the current auction (but they can still participate in the next auction). When you buy a power plant in this Phase you can not bid on any more for the turn.
When a Plant is purchased from the Actual Market, a new card is drawn from the deck and the order of the cards in the future and actual markets are rearranged in ascending order with 4 in each market.
Here is where some of the interesting strategy I talked about earlier comes in. Going last in the Auction gives you a bit of an advantage as you can control how much someone pays for a plant by being the last to bid. You will also get to choose your starting card last, and becasue Plants are placed in ascending order, you will get the latest and more efficient plants to bid on. You will also have less competition bidding on them, especially if you are last, then you have no competition at all and can purchase a plant at the smallest possible bid.
Now it's time to buy Resources to power your plants with. Again the player lowest in the turn order gets an advantage, because they get to buy first and the first player gets to buy last. You've seen the resource market above, so you should note that being the first to buy means you will get your resources at the lowest costs. You can only buy what you can store, though, but like I said earlier, it's good to buy to full capacity making your opponents pay more. You're free to move resources around at any time, for example, if you have 3 Plants and you upgrade to a better one you can move the resources from your discarded one to a new one.
The last player in the player order will go first again. This is where you can add cities to your network buy placing your houses on open spots as I described earlier when I showed you the map. Remember, you have to pay all connection fees to connect to houses you already have on the board. For the first turn, you simply pick a city to start in by paying 10 and placing a house there. You can build as many houses as you can afford; remember that you don't need to power them all if you don't want to.
So if you powered 3 houses you will earn 44 Elektros to spend next turn (or hoard for later turns). After everyone has earned cash, you will refill the resource market according to the Player Number/Resource table I showed you above. You will also remove the highest cost Power Plant from the Future market and place it on the bottom of the deck, replacing it with one from the top of the deck.
You will repeat these turns until the end game is triggered. As you play, the different Steps are also triggered. You start in Step 1 and play as I've described with only the 10 spots open on each City. Step 2 starts before Phase 5 after any player builds their 7th city during Phase 4. You'll remove the lowest cost Power plant from the game, replacing with one from the top of the deck (rearranging again in ascending order). Also the 15 cost spots are now available in the cities and the resupply numbers from the resource chart will change.
Step 3 is triggered when the Step 3 card is revealed from the Power Plant deck. The Power Plant market is condensed to just 6 cards and all 6 are now available to be bid on during Phase 2. The 20 Cost spots are all now open as well.
The game ends immediately after Phase 4 when at least one player has at least 17 cities in their network. No more resources and no more Power Plants can be purchased. The winner is the player who can power the most Cities in Phase 5, with remaining money as the tie breaker.
Back to the counter-intuitive strategy of the game; you never want to be leading the pack during the game becasue san-bagging will give you better positioning in the Power Plant Auctions, resource buying phase and city connection phases. If you can hang back and build up your money to make a ton of new connections and trigger the end game when you are in a position to power the most cities you will win. This isn't the only way to win, but it makes games interesting when everyone figures this out and you need to start looking at new ways compete.
Power Grid, like any successful game has expansions, I've been completely content with the two maps of the base game myself, but here's a little bit of info about what's available in the U.S from Rio Grande Games. (There are many more available in the European and German markets) These expansions all need the pieces and cards from the base game.
This expansion includes a board with those two countries and some slight rules updates to reflect the power culture of those countries. France has embraced Nuclear Power, so the deck order will give you an earlier start with Unranim Plants and more Uranium available earlier and cheaper. Italy has more garbage to use, but less natural coal and oil resources.
Benelux map and rules will have rules that give you quicker access to Eco-Power and More Oil than Coal. For the Central Europe Map, Poland will provide a lot of coal while restrictions on Nuclear power will be greater.
The Market for Power Plants is restricted in Russia as well as the rules for exchanging out old Power Plants. In Japan, the crowded geographical surroundings call for the ability for players to start two separate networks, but the first connections are restricted to certain cities forcing more conflict.
Brazil prefers Biogas for electricty production, so the Garbage and Garbage plants are considered Biogas for this map. Resources are more scarce all around, and the market for them is intense. In Spain and Portugal the Uranium market is twisted- there will be none in Step 1, but the supply will be flooded in Step 2. At the same time, 3 large Eco Power Plants are removed from the deck making resources even more important.
The Korean Map is split with two separate resource markets, North and South. China has a very strict and planned economy, so the Power Plants will come out in ascending order for Steps 1 and 2.
There is a completely new Power Plant deck available that can replace the old deck to change up your play for any map. Or you can pick and choose to build your own custom or random deck to play with using both decks.
Friedemann Friese has also expanded the Power Grid franchise with standalone games that have a similar feel but are completely different. I really Enjoy Power Grid: Factory Manager, as it feels like a little bit tighter of a game. (yes, managing a factory sounds boring, but again, trust me! It's fun and you get to run Robots!) He also has Power Grid: the First Sparks coming out soon which brings you back to the stone age for some early life economics in hunting, gathering and growing your tribe's reach. It's supposed to be much faster paced and more direct than the original Power Grid. I'm excited to try it out.


If you are new to Coinbase use this link to sign up and you will receive $10 of free Bitcoin when you buy or sell $100 of Bitcoin.
The cheapest way to buy cryptocurrencies is to first deposit your money to Coinbase via a bank transfer. Transfers into Coinbase are generally fee free. You will have to think ahead a little as bank transfers generally take a few days to hit your Coinbase account. If you are in the US and use a wire transfer your fees will arrive quicker but you will be charged a fee of $10.
Investing in cryptocurrencies should be fun, but be sure you understand this site is not financial advice and the risks involved.
If you have gone along the bank transfer route when you came to buy the crypto you will be charged a fee of 1.49% of the total amount bought.
Both debit and credit cards are also accepted as forms of payment, the advantage being this enables instant payment rather than having to wait a number of days for the bank transfer. However, the fees are higher reflecting this additional convenience, the fees for a card purchase are 3.99%. You will also need to be aware that certain banks have banned the purchase of cryptocurrencies using credit cards.
Buying fees are added to your purchase price so for example if you were buying $100 of Ethereum on debit card your total would be $101.49.
Fees again apply when you sell cryptocurrency. You are charged a fee of 1.49% of the total transaction value.
Selling fees are taken away from the total sale price. For example if you were selling $100 of Ethereum you would receive $98.51.
Transferring money out from Coinbase to your bank account can also result in some fees, let's run through some scenarios.
If you are a US customer a transfer out to your bank account will be free. If you choose to transfer the funds out more quickly via a bank transfer you will be charged $25.
In Europe you will be charged 0.15 EUR to make a transfer to your bank account. UK customers need to be mindful they may be subject to international banking charges when making a withdrawal again as this uses a SEPA transfer.
The following runs through a practical example of buying and selling some cryptocurrency. This example assumes a free bank transfer was used to move funds.
Coinbase is extremely convenient and easy to use, you can sign up with this link to sign up and receive free Bitcoin, if however you are looking to reduce your trading costs read on for the money saving tips below.
You can read the full list of charges on Coinbase.


Have you ever experienced sudden memory loss?
Realizing that you can't recall what you were just about to say or do can be scary. You may be worrying if it is a sign of dementia or another health condition.
Thankfully, there are a number of other causes when it comes to forgetting. And some of them may be reversible.
While you should check your forgetfulness out with a doctor, you may be relieved to know that another factor is responsible for your sudden memory loss, especially if your recent schedule or lifestyle change fits the bill.
Another culprit is alcohol, says the Mayo Clinic. Alcohol can cause memory loss by impairing your mental functioning. This usually happens through chronic alcoholism. Another way alcohol leads to forgetting is by affecting the medications you take.
According to Harvard Health, "tranquilizers, antidepressants, some blood pressure drugs, and other medications can affect memory, usually by causing sedation or confusion. That can make it difficult to pay close attention to new things." So if you suspect your medication to be playing a role in your memory loss, make sure to mention this to your doctor.
A deficiency in vitamin B-12 can cause memory issues. "This nutrient helps your body use energy from food, and it protects nerve cells so you can think clearly." Vitamin B-12 deficiency is more common in older adults.
Sustaining a head injury can lead to memory loss. This is true even if the injury didn't make you unconscious, according to webmd.com.
Can anything on this list be responsible for your sudden memory loss?


STARS have developed a pan-EU behaviour change programme that delivers a modal shift in the number of school pupils cycling to and from school in nine EU cities.It seeks to foster a life-long positive attitude to active travel in children, and at the same time encourage parents and families to reconsider how they travel, specifically how they get children to school. Removing car journeys to schools and encouraging sustainable travel options offers an efficient method to cut congestion and decrease emissions.The project has two tiers, allowing it to reach both primary and secondary school pupils in different ways: an accreditation system to empower the whole school community to engage in cycling and a peer-to-peer engagement programme targeting secondary school children and young adults to devise their own campaigns to promote cycling; the idea being that their ideas are more likely to be adopted by their peers.The project aims to achieve at least an average of a 5% modal shift from car use towards cycling, to set up a pan-EU programme of accreditation to allow school to work independently to deliver increased cycling levels and commit to monitoring and evaluation; to develop a network of Youth Travel Ambassador Scheme; to share knowledge amongst cities, regions and schools and develop a pan-EU agenda to improve sustainable mobility for the journey to school.
The STARS Accreditation programme was delivered by all partner cities (minus Brussels). In total 188 primary schools were recruited across the project lifetime. An impressive 126 on these primary schools have been accredited during the first two years: 20 Gold level; 39 Silver level schools and 67 Bronze level. 114 primary schools have continued to implement the STARS project for a third year showing the legacy of the project. Including these third year schools we now have 144 accredited schools.
Nine cities have been successfully trained and have delivered the STARS programme in primary and secondary schools with overall positive impacts on modal shift.
Pan-EU STARS accreditation toolkit, guidance and website were developed, with 43 regional accreditation workshops and a pan-EU STARS accreditation awards ceremony.
School recruitment and engagement is much more effective if it is done at the end of the previous school year. Schools usually set their schedules for the following school year in the spring and so approaches should be made before this time.
A lot of time and effort is required at the beginning of the programme from the city staff and STARS Advisors, as well as from the schools and staff. Once the programme is up and running, it has a lot of momentum and can grow quickly. It also then becomes easier to attract new schools and secure their commitment and participation.
Workshops with teachers/school staff all together on an ongoing basis allowed for constant revision of the approach and method, continued enthusiasm and real buy-in to the programme, and enrichment and strengthening of the strategies developed.


For the last couple of weeks going into the greenhouse has been a mission! I've had to pull some nifty moves to get through the door to the back just to water everything (and for a 8ft by 6ft greenhouse, that really is hard to believe).
I'm so pleased that my tomatoes are doing so well, but I never imagined that I would have to climb over/through them. Luckily for me Oli got a drill for his birthday so was able to help me put together a frame to hold the tomatoes up. Its very basic, it mainly consists of a looooot of string and a few screws. So far it seems to have done the trick.
I can now walk through my greenhouse without having to limber up and I can now see the tomatoes which are ripe enough to eat! Win Win.
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But I was wrong. Because I do have something to add to this conversation and it's also related something I posted on Paul Prinsloo's Delightful blogpost on decolonizing student data.
Empowering the "subject" comes from participation rather than the act of making our methods quantiative or qualitative. Yes. Qualitative research gives people more leeway to express their context and clarify their own interpretation and understanding of their own lives and experiences. But none of this is decolonizing if a researcher does it TO the "other". Ethnography used to have colonial purposes. Understanding the colonized in order to have more power over them. Even critical approaches to research that are usually more qualitative and interpretivist can sometimes fall into the trap of the researcher believing they have a more objective view of the world than the disempowered/oppressed others being researched.
Any act of a researcher selecting which stories to share and how to share and interpret and aggregate them is a potential act of violence on the lived experiences of those being researched. If the researched individual/community is not involved in making those decisions.
Collaborative Autoethnography is the closest methodology I could find so far where the researcher and researched are the same… But not working alone to the extent that it's mere navel-gazing and autobiography. The communal aspect of it is not perfect but it helps.
The problem with data is not just that it is decontextualized (as important as that is) but also who gets to create, collect, interpret and report it. Which is worse for quantiative data but entirely possible with qualitative data as the researcher also can decontextualize it through postpositivist approaches to "coding". And even intepretivist approaches can do violence by just not having enough participation by those the researcher is trying to represent.
I am not saying let's not do any non-participatory research. I am saying let's recognize the violence and limitations of even the most well-meaning research.
And stop talking about rigor as if you know how useful that is. The more "traditionally rigorous" research has the least usefulness to teachers in classrooms. For obvious reasons imho.
For background on this post, read my previous post.
I suggest maybe it's not just ACCESS that's the problem. Not just access to data but also access to decision making. And so maybe each individual should have agency on how and when to give their data and how to interpret it and how those affect decisions that they themselves are at least involved in making, if not fully agent in making them.
What would be the Paulo Freire or bell hooks approach to learning analytics? If the data is collectible, how do we raise consciousness of learners that they figure out ways of using it that may benefit THEM. Give them opportunities to recognize what may be hindering their learning or promoting it, and to analyze the realities behind the numbers and act based on what they learn? This of course is still problematic if the collectors of data are the institution/colonizer because the categories chosen are external to the learner. But what if it were different and learners had choice in every step of the way? It reeks of self-monitoring that Foucault may loathe… But I think it's more of a self-consciousness, a self-awareness that can be fostered in community to help learners benefit from each others reflections.
It occurs to me that much ethnographic and critical research that isn't participatory has the same issues. So maybe I am calling for a participatory learning analytics approach or a broader thing that encompasses all kinds of learning. A kind of auto-reflection on own learning and learning data – be it analytics or qualitative data. What do you think?
Added later. In response to Frances Bell comment below… I went back to blogposts on CAE (collaborative Autoethnography) I wrote in 2014/5. I skimmed them all and found one Frances hadn't responded to and in which I think I was most critical/reflective. It's long.
I keep circling back to the same thing, right? There power questions, there are questions of who can tell whose story? There are multiple "others" in the "we" of autoethnography, and what do we do by telling our story and leaving out theirs? What about the people who do not wish to be researchers but whose stories are in the narratives? What about the people who didn't contribute to the narratives but were rhizo14ers? What about the people who didn't even blog visibly or at all, and so have no easy "trace" to find even if we wanted to incorporate their views?
If folks are interested, I have several publications using Collaborative Autoethnography (in my publications page).
Thanks for tagging me in a tweet leading me to this post. I am interested in your point 1 above about there being different divides ( not the word I would use) – methods, paradigms (and data). Paul Prinsloo is doing some excellent thinking on agency and ownership in learning analytics and I am interested in what you say about CAE. I first came across CAE a few years ago in the proceedings of a MOOC conference. My recollection was that there was lots of analytics number-crunching and categorisation, and then a bit of CAE. The narrative accounts were enlightening and very welcome but I wondered what might be missing. There is oodles of mixed methods, trans- and interdisciplinary research and elsewhere that can provide some ideas.
If we think of alternative perspectives as relational rather than vs or divides, as dualities rather than dualism then we can acknowledge the limitations of our roles and methods. You know that I have been involved in collaborative and participatory research that acknowledges its limitations and treats data ethics seriously. So can you answer me a question that I think about quite a bit- What (as well as its obvious benefits) are the limitations of CAE?
I have several blogposts about limitations of CAE and have mentioned them when doing CAE publications. CAE is exclusive. You miss out on experiences of those who didn't join the CAE, for a variety of reasons including dissent, but also not feeling able to express oneself in this method and not having time. Some of our collaborative work in rhizo14/5 got creative and sometimes chaotic, some ppl didn't find themselves in that form also. More than that, just collaborating doesn't remove power hierarchy. Some ppl will have stronger voices by personality or by training/experience or by race, gender, position. Etc. I am one who has that dominating type of personality and can dominate if i don't step back. That also means some ideas/voices dominate and this can lead to groupthink in CAE. I wrote all this over several posts that I think u may have read but it's hard to remember of course! Can go back and link to them if you like and put them in the bottom of this blogpost as a P.S.?
In any case – the CAE of the oppressed/subaltern is more empowering for them than the interpretivist research of the dominant ABOUT them. Because no matter what it's an external person setting the research question and agenda and interpretation. More problems happen when the subaltern does not participate. Because even if the dominant initiate then include the subaltern… Like profs including students in their research… Requires a heck of a lot of stepping back and supporting while allowing the less experienced to lead. Which maybe in education is a pedagogically good idea and of use…but not usually in the world.
Thanks for linking to that blog post and for answering my question. I certainly don't remember reading it at the time but who knows? I think we can ask others questions (that they are not obliged to answer) without knowing what is best for them. Qualitative researchers know the partial and provisional nature of their understandings and rarely come up with prescriptions. The question of who can tell whose story is an interesting one. I think that even when we tell our own story, we are inevitably including our interpretations of others' stories. Participation and checking back our interpetations are good things to do but not a complete solution. The concept of acts of violence is very useful across the range of more and less participative research and practice. There are some good reasons seek qualitative data about things we haven't or couldn't participate in I think. I found some refs to share with you by email.
Another power issue that struck me and prompted my question about the limits of CAE is the issue of funding. I'd love to see a study on the distribution of funding in educational research and the nature of research funded. I know about some of the Learning Analytics funded projects, and the now completed Code Acts in Education project but I can think of relatively little qualitative research (unfunded – various MOOC CAEs by you and others, work done by Jenny Mackness, me and Mariana Funes and some by Lesley Gourlay but unsure of funded status) in comparison with very visible funded research in Learning Analytics.
Good luck with that. Qualitative research (not just CAE) is 'expensive' in time and therefore money if it is funded and I worry if future decisions rely mainly on findings from LA-type research. In our third paper, we found the analytics data mainly useful in conjunction with qualitative inspection of archives.
I find combinations useful. It's which interests drive the research that's most important. I trust in work of people like you and Paul Prinsloo to let the more important questions drive research. Of course who cares whom I trust, right? I am only trusting ppl whose values i believe are in the right ethical place from my POV. So I believe all ur research that I have reae was done in an ethical manner w intent to shed light on what's not obvious to others.
Yes! That was the potential that I saw when I got excited about learning analytics. I'd seen the power of participatory data analysis to challenge assumptions (false truths) – Data's ability to empower *people*.
That is VERY different than another person or a black box algorithm making decisions on your behalf.


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Q: Store an url that will later be used to redirect to action I have a view which will serve as a common place for many actions. I want to be able to redirect to it, then after a few actions to send back to the original action. Follow my example, you'll understand what I mean.
When I call this view, I go with the following line:
return RedirectToAction("SearchItemsToAdd", new {@_currentUrl = Request.Url});

I thought that passing the url as parameter would allow me to send back to the action, but I also need the ID of the item., which I do not have with the Request.Url.
So the _currentUrl string is carried along in the views and, when a user clicks on a back button, I want to be able to redirect to the original action and pass the ID of the item that was used.
So far I have done this:
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(_currentUrl))
{
    if (Url.IsLocalUrl(_currentUrl) && _currentUrl.Length > 1 &&
    _currentUrl.StartsWith("/") &&
    !_currentUrl.StartsWith("//") &&
    !_currentUrl.StartsWith("/\\"))
    {
        return Redirect(currentUrl);
    }
}

But it does not work because I do not have the ID of the item. Here's, for example, the controller action which starts the call and to which I want to be able to redirect later on:
public ActionResult EditPack(int? _packID, PackInfo _packToEdit, string _submitButton)
{
    if (Request.HttpMethod == "GET")
    {
        if (_packID == null)
        {
            TempData[MessageDomain.Tags.TEMPDATA_MESSAGE_ERROR] = MessageDomain.ID_PROBLEM;

            return RedirectToAction("DisplayListPacksToManage");
        }

        if (_packID == 0)
        {
            TempData[MessageDomain.Tags.TEMPDATA_MESSAGE_ERROR] = MessageDomain.ID_PROBLEM;

            return RedirectToAction("DisplayListPacksToManage");
        }

        PackInfo pack = mPackManager.GetPackByID((int)_packID);

        pack.mDateModified = DateTime.Now;

        return View(pack);
    }

    if (_submitButton == "Details")
    {
        return RedirectToAction("ViewPackDetails", new {@_packID = _packToEdit.mPackID});
    }

    if (_submitButton == "Delete")
    {
        return RedirectToAction("DeletePack", new {@_packID = _packToEdit.mPackID});
    }

    if (_submitButton == "Add Cards")
    {
        _packToEdit = mPackManager.RefreshPack(_packToEdit);

        _packToEdit.UpdateStatus();

        Session[PACK_CREATION_ITEM] = _packToEdit;

        return RedirectToAction("SearchItemsToAdd", new {@_currentUrl = Request.Url.AbsolutePath});
    }

    _packToEdit = mPackManager.RefreshPack(_packToEdit);

    _packToEdit.UpdateStatus();

    return View(_packToEdit);
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So when my user finishes his job and want to go back to edit, I want to be able to call the Edit controller action and pass the parameter. How could I do that?

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Keeping up with Panic! at the Disco requires fans to exercise a great deal of flexibility in both their musical tastes and in their expectations of the band. Since their debut in 2005 with the vaudevillian alternative rock album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" and the hit "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," the band has released no two albums alike. In fact, Panic! released its second album under a slightly different name, having dropped the exclamation point for "Pretty. Odd.," released in 2008, a move that outraged some fans and one that was remedied within the year.
Two of Panic!'s four members departed after the release of the group's sophomore album, as they wished to continue down the '60s rock path charted by their most recent release. The subsequent "Vices & Virtues" (2011) may be the group's closest example of a repeat performance, straying close to the sounds of "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," but with tracks like "New Perspective" (2011). Bridging the gap between the third album and Panic!'s most recent release, "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!" (2013) introduced the band and its audience to a more electronic sound. Both the thematic and musical content have matured and modernized as the band continues to progress and innovate.
"Death of a Bachelor," released in the middle of January, could be the group's most baffling offering to its fans yet. In some ways, it is a logical progression from the modern electronic rock sounds pioneered on "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!," while, in other ways, it is an odd throwback. If a concise description of the musical genre of this album had to be given, it would be electronic retro rock (yikes). If that's not descriptive enough, imagine the staple instruments of today's most successful alternative and rock pop groups (synthesizers, voice modulation, drum machines) applied to the ditties of yesteryear and the lyrical swagger of Frank Sinatra. It works surprisingly well.
However, the opening track belies the album's major musical themes, if not its lyrical ones. "Victorious" is a bombastic and theatrical rock pop introduction that opens up fast. The charisma and mystique of Urie's vocals should draw in listeners otherwise wary of the track's instrumentation—or the fans offended by the dramatic pop elements pervasive throughout the song. There is definitely a debate to be had about Panic! at the Disco's position as the rock counterpart to Lady Gaga and her uber theatrical pop smorgasbord (yes, the descriptions are over the top but so is the subject matter).
Like most of the tracks on "Death of a Bachelor," "Victorious" is a celebration of life, invincibility and partying. As the chorus repeats, "Tonight we are victorious / Champagne pouring over us / All my friends are glorious / Tonight we are victorious." While perhaps not the most representative of the album, the track is easily recognizable and confidently declares the thesis for most of the tracks to come.
"Hallelujah" offers a break from the celebrations, instead turning inward as Urie sings about spiritual struggles and the loss of days and times and people now in his past. In fact, the album seems either a nostalgia trip of parties and wild times gone by or a confession of a man transitioning into full adulthood (after all, Urie is now 28 and married). The latter theory definitely makes the album's title a little more meaningful.
The titular song, "Death of a Bachelor," showcases the Sinatra influences most clearly with balladic swoons and high swings, and "Emperor's New Clothes" marks the theatrical highnote of the album—its hellish soundscape should leave listeners confused and entertained, eager to parse it out.
In being so different from its successors, "Death of a Bachelor" is true to Panic! at the Disco's form. Brendon Urie, as the sole member of the original group still marching on, has innovated on his previous work to deliver a bombastic pop record that remains quirky and true throughout.


This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 53 | Chapter 54.
1. Whos is in a portrait that d'Artagnan sees at Buckingham's residence?
2. At what time is d'Artagnan supposed to be at St. Cloud?
(a) Ten o'clock in the evening.
(b) Nine o'clock in the evening.
(c) Eleven o'clock in the evening.
(d) Eight o'clock in the evening.
3. When Lord de Winter gets angry at Lady de Winter, what does Lady de Winter do?
(c) Yell back at him.
4. How does Lady de Winter try and play on her captor's softness?
(a) Repenting of her sins.
(b) Crying herself to sleep.
(c) Feigning tears and illness.
(d) Saying how wronged she is.
5. Who is Lady de Winter to Athos?
1. How does d'Artagnan prevent Lady de Winter from hurting him?
2. What does Athos want d'Artagnan to do with the jewelry Lady de Winter gives him?
3. How long does it take Buckingham's jeweler to make copies of the jewels that are stolen from him?
4. Who does Buckingham think steals the jewels that are in the box the queen gives him?
5. What does Lady de Winter use, when talking to Lord de Winter, to stir up his anger?
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Producing endowment reports is hard work.
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The George Washington University envisioned rich and engaging endowment reports. With beneficiary impact stories individually relevant to each of its donors.
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It can be overwhelming to say the least. Especially with the variety of people, content and data sources, and individual tools you need to get it all done.
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Like all universities and colleges with generous endowments, GW already struggled to produce the standard financial reports. Let alone reports that included donor-specific beneficiary stories. But it knew the power that impact stories could have on propensity to give.
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Nicholls é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Geórgia, no Condado de Coffee.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 1008 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 2739, um aumento de 1731 (171.7%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de 4,0 km², dos quais 4,0 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água. Nicholls localiza-se a aproximadamente 79 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 36 km ao redor de Nicholls.

Ligações externas

Cidades da Geórgia (Estados Unidos)

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The Quilts of Extraordinary Log Cabin Quilts
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This is Pioneer Log Cabin. The pattern is in my new book, Extraordinary Log Cabin Quilts. For a long time I wasn't sure about making this and including it in the book. Steve kept insisting, and I kept tinkering with the proportions until I finally had it right. It's a good thing Steve kept hounding me. I love everything about this quilt, from the Japanese fabrics to the bold colors to the superimposed rings to the unusual Log Cabin set. I hope you like it, too.
Aspen Log Cabin was Steve's favorite from the moment I sketched it out in the computer. Now he waffles between favoring this one or Pioneer Log Cabin above. Almost all of the quilts in the book are made with just squares and rectangles. Truly, regardless of experience level, anyone with an accurate seam allowance can make these quilts.
Grandpa's Log Cabin was designed to look like woven wicker. I can just imagine grandpa sitting on the front porch in a wicker rocker, listening to the ballgame and sharing conversation with the neighbors walking by.
The centers of the stars in Main Street Log Cabin are built like Log Cabins, as are the sashes. This one won't play like a typical Log Cabin, but it doesn't matter. It's beautiful just the way it is. The red, white, and blue quilt is a patriotic version Steve suggested I make. He felt the pattern was perfect for this treatment. I agree.
"Mariposa" means "butterfly" in Spanish. In this arrangement, that's the first thing I thought of.
Door County Log Cabin looks complicated, but it took me just two weeks to cut and piece (and during my son's baseball season when I have a lot of distractions)! The setting possibilities for it are nearly limitless!
In Peaceful Valley Log Cabin chains of blue squares overlay a standard Log Cabin to create a dimensional look. I like the way the chains are completed in the border.
Above are 2 versions of Buckeye Log Cabin, a queen and a wall size. Particularly in the large size, this quilt makes a lot of interesting secondary patterns. It will be a fun one to play with.
Three values - light and dark logs and medium squares - make High Country Log Cabin distinctive in its simplicity.
Honeymoon Log Cabin is a simple pieced heart quilt utilizing both pink and red hearts.
Paducah Log Cabin in two different sizes, colorings, and arrangements. The white in both quilts reminds me of the latticework one might see beneath the porch of an old house in Paducah and many other towns across the country.
In Minnesota Log Cabin, I was going for a prismatic effect. With its three values and its angular nature, it is as if you are staring at the facets of a diamond.
This is Lakeshore Log Cabin. You could reverse the values in this quilt and put the light where the dark is and the dark where the light is. It would have a completely different look.
Sisters Log Cabin is a simple quilt with an interesting border. I used William Morris reproductions. Steve says it's an angular Snake River Log Cabin with the reddish squares tracing the darks. I suppose that's one way of looking at it!
This looks like it could be a dragon for the Chinese New Year or a child's board game. I call it Playful Spirit. Regardless of the set, the pattern has a playful quality to it. It's a perfect quilt for the inner child in all of us. Though Playful Spirit has curved effects throughout, it does not have any curved pieces. It's simply made from rectangles of varying lengths. How easy is that?!!
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Q: Semidefinite relaxation for QCQP with nonconvex "homogeneous" constraints Suppose we wish to solve the quadratically constrained quadratic program (QCQP) in $x \in \mathbb R^n$
$$\begin{array}{rl}
\text{minimize} & \frac{1}{2}x^\top Lx\\
\text{subject to} & Ax=b\\
& x^\top P_i x=0\ \forall x\in\{1,\ldots,m\}.
\end{array}$$
where $L \in \mathbb R^{n\times n}$ is positive definite, whereas matrices $P_i$ are not.
We can write a semidefinite relaxation of this problem as follows
$$\begin{array}{rl}
\min_{x\in\mathbb R^n, X\in\mathbb R^{n\times n}}& \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{tr}(LX)\\
\mathrm{s.t.} &
\begin{pmatrix} -b & A \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} 1 &x^\top\\x & X\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix} 0&0\end{pmatrix}
\\
& \mathrm{tr}(P_iX)=0\ \forall x\in\{1,\ldots,m\}\\
& \begin{pmatrix} 1 &x^\top\\x & X\end{pmatrix}\succeq0
\end{array}$$
Adding a constraint $X=xx^\top$ would make the above equivalent to the original QCQP.  The first constraint is obtained by writing $Ax=b$ as $$\begin{pmatrix}-b&A\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}1\\x\end{pmatrix}=0$$ and post-multiplying both sides by $\begin{pmatrix}1&x^\top\end{pmatrix}$. I have several related questions:

*

*Are there conditions under which the solution of the original QCQP is also optimal for the relaxed problem?  (i.e. relaxing may make the solution nonunique but not have a lower objective value)

*Are there constraints I should add to the convex relaxation to make it tighter?

*Are there conditions under which the optimal $X$ in the relaxed problem is rank-$1$?

Additional details in case they help:

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*My $L$ has similar structure to a graph Laplacian

*Everything is convex in this problem except the (pesky) $P_i$ constraints, but these are "homogeneous" in the sense that they are purely degree-$2$ with zero on the right-hand side.

*The problem to which I'm applying this relaxation is a little complicated to explain in this post, but my experience experimentally is that, well, sometimes $X$ is rank-$1$ and sometimes it's low-rank but not rank-$1$.  I haven't figured out the pattern.


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Cantharis decipiens Diatinctive common Can be found in a range of habitats, particularly where there are trees and shrubs, and particularly fond of Hawthorn blossom
Cantharis cryptica An orange/brown beetle with black rings above the 'knees' and all-yellow palps. There are several similar species and precise identification It may be found in long grass, on umbel flowers, bushes and trees.
Cantharis livida soldier beetle Cantharis livida has two colour variations a golden brown form and a darker form (var. rufipes). A useful feature for identification is that the back legs are partly black. There is also often a black mark on the pronotum, This is a carnivorous beetle, the adult hunts other insects, often waiting on flowers for potential prey to arrive. The larvae hunt snails and worms. local
Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva It has a red-orange body with a black tip Often seen on umbelifer flowers, such as Hogweed and Cow Parsley where they pounce on other insects
Cantharis nigricans Length 9 to 11 mm. One of the soldier beetles with grey-black elytra and a yellow-orange pronotum which may have a central darker mark. The black on the orange hind legs extends above the 'knee. Hedgerows and flower meadows where they visit blossom and flowers such as Hogweed and are carnivourus common.
Cantharis figurata Length 6 to 8 mm. This soldier beetle has an orange body, a partially black head and a dark but diffuse mark on its pronotum, sometimes reduced to a few spots. It also has dark femora which change to orange before the tibial joint. Rushy pasture, open damp woodland, waterside vegetation
Cantharis nigra Length 9 to 11 mm. One of the soldier beetles with grey-black elytra and a yellow-orange pronotum which may have a central darker mark. The black on the orange hind legs extends above the 'knee' Hedgerows and flower meadows where they visit blossom and flowers such as Hogweed carnivourus.


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  # the line of the Sass template it was raised on
  # and the Sass file that was being parsed (if applicable).
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  # All Sass errors are raised as {Sass::SyntaxError}s.
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  # When dealing with SyntaxErrors,
  # it's important to provide filename and line number information.
  # This will be used in various error reports to users, including backtraces;
  # see \{#sass\_backtrace} for details.
  #
  # Some of this information is usually provided as part of the constructor.
  # New backtrace entries can be added with \{#add\_backtrace},
  # which is called when an exception is raised between files (e.g. with `@import`).
  #
  # Often, a chunk of code will all have similar backtrace information -
  # the same filename or even line.
  # It may also be useful to have a default line number set.
  # In those situations, the default values can be used
  # by omitting the information on the original exception,
  # and then calling \{#modify\_backtrace} in a wrapper `rescue`.
  # When doing this, be sure that all exceptions ultimately end up
  # with the information filled in.
  class SyntaxError < StandardError
    # The backtrace of the error within Sass files.
    # This is an array of hashes containing information for a single entry.
    # The hashes have the following keys:
    #
    # `:filename`
    # : The name of the file in which the exception was raised,
    #   or `nil` if no filename is available.
    #
    # `:mixin`
    # : The name of the mixin in which the exception was raised,
    #   or `nil` if it wasn't raised in a mixin.
    #
    # `:line`
    # : The line of the file on which the error occurred. Never nil.
    #
    # This information is also included in standard backtrace format
    # in the output of \{#backtrace}.
    #
    # @return [Aray<{Symbol => Object>}]
    attr_accessor :sass_backtrace

    # The text of the template where this error was raised.
    #
    # @return [String]
    attr_accessor :sass_template

    # @param msg [String] The error message
    # @param attrs [{Symbol => Object}] The information in the backtrace entry.
    #   See \{#sass\_backtrace}
    def initialize(msg, attrs = {})
      @message = msg
      @sass_backtrace = []
      add_backtrace(attrs)
    end

    # The name of the file in which the exception was raised.
    # This could be `nil` if no filename is available.
    #
    # @return [String, nil]
    def sass_filename
      sass_backtrace.first[:filename]
    end

    # The name of the mixin in which the error occurred.
    # This could be `nil` if the error occurred outside a mixin.
    #
    # @return [Fixnum]
    def sass_mixin
      sass_backtrace.first[:mixin]
    end

    # The line of the Sass template on which the error occurred.
    #
    # @return [Fixnum]
    def sass_line
      sass_backtrace.first[:line]
    end

    # Adds an entry to the exception's Sass backtrace.
    #
    # @param attrs [{Symbol => Object}] The information in the backtrace entry.
    #   See \{#sass\_backtrace}
    def add_backtrace(attrs)
      sass_backtrace << attrs.reject {|k, v| v.nil?}
    end

    # Modify the top Sass backtrace entries
    # (that is, the most deeply nested ones)
    # to have the given attributes.
    #
    # Specifically, this goes through the backtrace entries
    # from most deeply nested to least,
    # setting the given attributes for each entry.
    # If an entry already has one of the given attributes set,
    # the pre-existing attribute takes precedence
    # and is not used for less deeply-nested entries
    # (even if they don't have that attribute set).
    #
    # @param attrs [{Symbol => Object}] The information to add to the backtrace entry.
    #   See \{#sass\_backtrace}
    def modify_backtrace(attrs)
      attrs = attrs.reject {|k, v| v.nil?}
      # Move backwards through the backtrace
      (0...sass_backtrace.size).to_a.reverse.each do |i|
        entry = sass_backtrace[i]
        sass_backtrace[i] = attrs.merge(entry)
        attrs.reject! {|k, v| entry.include?(k)}
        break if attrs.empty?
      end
    end

    # @return [String] The error message
    def to_s
      @message
    end

    # Returns the standard exception backtrace,
    # including the Sass backtrace.
    #
    # @return [Array<String>]
    def backtrace
      return nil if super.nil?
      return super if sass_backtrace.all? {|h| h.empty?}
      sass_backtrace.map do |h|
        "#{h[:filename] || "(sass)"}:#{h[:line]}" +
          (h[:mixin] ? ":in `#{h[:mixin]}'" : "")
      end + super
    end

    # Returns a string representation of the Sass backtrace.
    #
    # @param default_filename [String] The filename to use for unknown files
    # @see #sass_backtrace
    # @return [String]
    def sass_backtrace_str(default_filename = "an unknown file")
      lines = message.split("\n")
      msg = lines[0] + lines[1..-1].
        map {|l| "\n" + (" " * "Error: ".size) + l}.join
      "Error: #{msg}" +
        Sass::Util.enum_with_index(sass_backtrace).map do |entry, i|
          "\n        #{i == 0 ? "on" : "from"} line #{entry[:line]}" +
            " of #{entry[:filename] || default_filename}" +
            (entry[:mixin] ? ", in `#{entry[:mixin]}'" : "")
        end.join
    end

    class << self
      # Returns an error report for an exception in CSS format.
      #
      # @param e [Exception]
      # @param line_offset [Fixnum] The number of the first line of the Sass template.
      # @return [String] The error report
      # @raise [Exception] `e`, if the
      #   {file:SASS_REFERENCE.md#full_exception-option `:full_exception`} option
      #   is set to false.
      def exception_to_css(e, line_offset = 1)
        header = header_string(e, line_offset)

        <<END
/*
#{header.gsub("*/", "*\\/")}

Backtrace:\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n").gsub("*/", "*\\/")}
*/
body:before {
  white-space: pre;
  font-family: monospace;
  content: "#{header.gsub('"', '\"').gsub("\n", '\\A ')}"; }
END
      end

      private

      def header_string(e, line_offset)
        unless e.is_a?(Sass::SyntaxError) && e.sass_line && e.sass_template
          return "#{e.class}: #{e.message}"
        end

        line_num = e.sass_line + 1 - line_offset
        min = [line_num - 6, 0].max
        section = e.sass_template.rstrip.split("\n")[min ... line_num + 5]
        return e.sass_backtrace_str if section.nil? || section.empty?

        e.sass_backtrace_str + "\n\n" + Sass::Util.enum_with_index(section).
          map {|line, i| "#{line_offset + min + i}: #{line}"}.join("\n")
      end
    end
  end

  # The class for Sass errors that are raised due to invalid unit conversions
  # in SassScript.
  class UnitConversionError < SyntaxError; end
end

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Terry Fox Research Institute
675 W. 10th Ave.
Vancouver, BC V5Z lL3
1. President and Scientific Director, Terry Fox Research Institute
2. Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer Agency
3. Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
1966 B.Sc. (Biochemistry) University of Toronto
1969 Ph.D. (Biochemistry) University of British Columbia with G.H. Dixon
1969-71 Postdoctoral Fellow, M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, with F. Sanger.
1983-1995 Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
1986-1990 Study Section Member, Experimental Therapeutics, NIH, USA
1988-1992 MRC Scholarship Committee, Medical Research Council of Canada
1989-1995 Head, Division of Molecular & Structural Biology, The Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario
1990-1994 Board of Scientific Counselors, Division of Cancer Treatment, NIH, USA
1992-1995 Member, Board of Directors, American Association for Cancer Research
1992-1995 Member, Board of Directors, Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
1995-2007 Vice-President, Research, BC Cancer Agency
1995-2007 Assistant Dean Cancer Research, University of British Columbia
1997 -2002 Chair/Member, International Affairs Committee, AACR
1997-2003 Member, Advisory Committee on Research, Alberta Cancer Board
1998-2002 Member, Awards Committee, Burroughs Wellcome Trust Fund
1999-2003 Member, Awards Assembly, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
1999-2006 Director of the Board, National Cancer Institute of Canada
2000-2006 Member, Governing Council, CIHR Canada
2000-2005 Member, Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control Committee
2001-2005 Member, Premier's Technology Council of British Columbia
2004-2008 Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Gairdner International Foundation
2007-2013 Director, Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia
2009-2011 Member, Selection Board, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2011-2017 Director, Board of Genome British Columbia
1962 Ontario Scholar
1965 Victoria University Alumni Scholarship in Life Sciences
1966-69 N.R.C. / M.R.C. of Canada Studentship
1969-71 M.R.C. of Canada Centennial Fellowship
1988 C. Chester Stock Award - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1988 Cancer Research Award - The Milken Family Medical Foundation
1989 The F.C.C.P. (Ontario) Education Foundation 1989 Award of Merit
1990 Gairdner Foundation International Award
1991 Dr Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award
1991 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
1991 General Motors Research Foundation Kettering Prize
1992 Courvoisier Leadership Award
1993 American Association for Cancer Research/Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award
1993 University Professor, University of Toronto
1994 National Cancer Institute of Canada/Robert L. Noble Prize
1994 Melvin L. Samuels Lectureship Award
1994 The Society of Surgical Oncology Inc., Basic Science Lecturer Award
1995 Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2000 Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C.
2000 BC Biotechnology Alliance Award for Innovation and Achievement
2000 Order of British Columbia
2001 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Distinguished Scholar Award
2002 UBC Alumni Association Research Award
2002 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
2003 Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
2003 Roche Diagnostics Award
2006 Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Trinity Western University, British Columbia
2006 Doctor of Science, honoris causa, York University, Ontario
2006 Terry Fox Gold Medal, British Columbia Medical Association
2007 NCI Canada 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Award
2008 Officer, Order of Canada
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
2013 Global Impact Award, University Health Network, Toronto
2013 CCRA Award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research, Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
2014 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
2014 Chinese Canadian Legend Award, Asian Business Network Association, Toronto
2016 Dr. Don Rix Lifetime Achievement Award, Life Sciences BC, Vancouver


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Trump wants to roll back mercury regulations based on a decade-old report
By AJ Dellinger
For the better part of the last two years, Donald Trump has been attempting to roll back mercury regulations put in place by the Obama administration under the guise that the restrictions are not "appropriate and necessary." A new analysis of the rules, known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), published in the journal Science this week tells a different story. According to the researchers, the Environmental Protection Agency, under Trump, "ignores scientific evidence, economic best practice, and its own guidance."
The analysis points out that in making the decision to roll back the prior administration's regulations, the EPA leaned on the same research conducted in 2011 to first establish the mercury standards. Using that information, the administration calculated that the rules only produce a "few million dollars a year in measurable health benefits." According to the researchers, this significantly discounts nine years of additional research that has brought to light some of the dangers of mercury pollution. That includes new research that shows exposure to mercury can put people at a greater risk of experiencing heart attacks, and indications that the neurotoxin has links to brain damage, autoimmune disorders, and developmental disabilities like autism. The experts argue that by choosing not to take that new information into account, Trump's EPA has failed to accurately account for the health benefits provided by the mercury restrictions.
In addition to ignoring new evidence about the direct health benefits of limiting mercury exposure, researchers claim the administration has also largely ignored the indirect benefits, like pushing power plants to switch to cleaner fuel sources and limiting harmful pollution. The standards have been wildly successful at this. Mercury emissions from power plants have declined by 85 percent thanks to MATS applying new federal restrictions on mercury and some states taking those limits even further. Researchers found that the EPA rulemaking process did not account for the significant shift that the energy sector has undergone in the nearly one decade that the rules have been in place. A significant shift to natural gas and renewable energy alternatives has taken place, and the need for mercury-emitting coal is no longer necessary. But, once again, the administration focused its analysis on how things were in 2011, not how things are now.
Perhaps the oddest part of Trump's insistence on going forward with the MATS rollback is that not even the energy sector is asking for it. While there was significant pushback from the industry when the Obama administration first implemented the rule, adapting to the regulations cost energy companies far less than expected and ended up saving them between $37 and $90 billion. According to a report from the Washington Post, some of the largest utilities and power plant companies in the country have reached out to the administration to tell them the change is "entirely unnecessary, unreasonable, and universally opposed by the power generation sector." Yet it appears Trump and the EPA will continue to push forward, intending to finalize the rule change this year — a change that harms the public and is based on outdated information.
This treaty argues it's time to treat fossil fuels like nuclear weapons and get rid of them
The Trump administration is launching one last assault on climate science
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Stories that fuel conversations.


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Written by Lilli Morgan & Caitlyn Cook.
Relationships are the best. Relationships are the worst. They're evolving, beautiful, mysterious, chaotic, frustrating and confronting. I have lots of relationships: with myself, with others, my mother, Netflix, work, chocolate, Spotify... Sometimes I hit a sweet spot in these relationships and my universe explodes into pleasure. Other times I wake up with a guilt-hangover wondering what the hell happened.
Intentionally exploring relationships can be an incredible avenue to self-discovery, expansion, fun. In some ways, relationships are a profound spiritual pathway. One of the significant parts of a relationship where we can learn, grow, be confronted, feel the depths of vulnerability and intimacy, is breaking up.
Ouuuuch. The sticky part of the relationship none of us seem to want to get to.
Because, they f*cking hurt. And can be sad, complicated, confusing. Generally no matter how mutual, generous and loving the process is, break ups can still hurt a lot. It's a process of extricating yourself from another, redefining your future, discovering yourSelf. It can be tough.
And, what makes it harder, is how we are culturally engendered to resist, shame or avoid break ups.
Break ups are seen as the 'failure' of a relationship.
But, why? When things start to feel irreparably stuck, when you're no longer growing and being your best self with your partner, isn't it the smartest thing to call it? Rather than telling the relationship what it should be and instead listening to what it's telling you: I need space. I want adventure. I want closeness. I want ease… Isn't it better to tune into that knowledge and decide where to take the relationship next?
As painful and scary as it can be, taking an honest look at your relationship and shifting status quo is a great act of kindness and bravery. Along with solace and compassion, shouldn't we congratulate people on their Kali courage to make big shifts rather than painfully (and often futilely) forge forward?
Of course, I don't believe we should all just throw in the towel when the going gets tough—who ever thought two humans could work together without lumps, bumps and vertigo? I do however believe we can shift our fear and judgment about transitioning relationships to where they need to go. Which can mean breaking up.
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is to break our own heart. Or let someone break it. We need to let go of the feeling of failure and blame of endings and transitions.
And while we're at it, have plenty of compassion, patience and hope with ourselves! Whether it's the deep grief for a partner, a friendship, a companion, a snuggle buddy, sometimes break ups are the toughest things we'll go through in our lives. And the most important.
To help you through what can be a tricky, awkward and sore transition phase, here are the keys that have helped me go through and get over break ups in ways that feel healthy, loving and real.
Be patient with yourself and your process. Healing feelings of loss is different for everyone and takes time. There is no set timeline.
Sometimes we use distractions as a way of avoiding the discomfort of pain. It's healthy to not obsess over the pain or keep playing tug-of-war with it, but be brave and use this time of healing as a great source of information. Compassionately reflect and discover what worked, what didn't; what you need, what you don't. Lean into your pain—there's gold there.
The biggest pain comes from resistance. Let the pain run through you. Yell into the mountains, ugly cry—loudly, go for a long walk, tune into what your body needs to release. Practice self-compassion and acknowledge all the feelings you're having. Talk to someone, write it down.
Know what's your stuff and what is your partner's stuff. You may be hurting, but don't give your power away by putting all blame, shame and error on your partner. There are two people in a relationship and there are two people in a breakup who both need to take self-responsibility. Hear each other out. Listen to each other with compassion.
Time doesn't heal all wounds. You do. Take the time to reflect, learn, clear the clutter of the relationship so that you can make space for future relationships. Not all baggage is bad. Get together with your partner, physically or spiritually, and talk about your resentments, things you're grateful for in the relationship and things you'll miss about the relationship. It also gives you a chance to say thanks and goodbye to this form of your relationship.
Here are 6 steps to completing a relationship. Brilliant stuff — highly recommended.
Breaking up doesn't have to be the end of your relationship. You have shared histories, memories, passions, friends, worlds, love, dreams—would you like to continue to share them in a new dynamic?
Especially if there are kids or shared friends involved, there is something beautiful about checking in with each other and choosing to transition your relationship into its next phase. You both get to choose how this looks and how and when it happens.
Imagine a world where separated parents talked to each other, respected each other and didn't use their children as emotional bait. A world where they could be in the same room, with new partners, and even new children. A world where they came from a place of love rather than a place of anger and fear.
Sometimes we can lose parts of ourselves in a relationship. Sometimes we rely on others for what we really need to give ourselves. Coming out of a relationship, it's important to get back to your own centre. The relationship you have with yourself is the most important one you will ever have, so make sure that's solid first. From there, everything else will fall into place.
Ask yourself what do you need to feel happy in a relationship? Write them down. Then flip each statement and write them as positive "I" statements. For example, I need to feel seen and adored becomes I see and adore myself. And I need to feel held and supported becomes I hold and support myself.


This Earth Day, Google teamed up with Dr. Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute for a Doodle that is every bit as adorable as it is impactful. Head to the search engine's homepage today and you'll see a message from the famous British primatologist, whose immersive work with chimpanzees accounts for much of what we know about them today.
In 1960, Goodall traveled to the forest of Gombe in Tanzania to study and live among the creatures. That year, she learned that chimpanzees both create and use their own tools and discovered how they hunted for food. Her work with primates led to a larger interest in conservation, as she became increasingly aware of the dangers of rapid deforestation.
Goodall founded her eponymous Institute in 1977, to create initiatives that would help protect the environment. Roots and Shoots, a program that empowers youth to get involved in these efforts, and the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center are just two of the Institute's successful endeavors.
Today's Google Doodle depicts all aspects of Goodall's work, from her early years of research with chimpanzees to her ongoing conservation work. It also features a personal, recorded message from Goodall herself about the importance of Earth Day.
Head to Google's Doodle Blog to hear her message today. Then check out We Need Space, a short film exclusive that explores our relationship with Earth, and learn more about the female engineers working to change that connection for the better.


Suffolk University is an American university in Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer. The University has three main schools: Suffolk University Law School, Suffolk University College of Arts and Sciences, and Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School. The University remains best known for its law school. It is featured annually in U.S. News and Annual Report and the Princeton Review.
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It's basically an Internet-connected printer that scans the world wide web for snippets of positivity from We Feel Fine. It's been programmed to only print stuff that contain the word 'happy', hence, its name.
However, it can also be programmed to print other stuff like train schedules or the daily news. Pretty nifty, right?
Brendan showed off an updated version of The Happiness Machine at the London Design Festival 2012. Instead of just printing happy stuff, people could also choose to print sad feelings by selecting their preferences on the printer's capacitive touch buttons.


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Q: How to determine CHECK or NO CHECK for foreign Key using SQL Server System Tables I need to know at a low level whether a foreign key is to be exported as CHECK or NO CHECK but can't find out where to find that information.  I am using
-- using INFORMATION_SCHEMA to enumerate foreign keys
-- for a particular referenced table
SELECT
C.CONSTRAINT_NAME [constraint_name]
,C.TABLE_NAME [referencing_table_name]
,KCU.COLUMN_NAME [referencing_column_name]
,C2.TABLE_NAME [referenced_table_name]
,KCU2.COLUMN_NAME [referenced_column_name]
,RC.DELETE_RULE delete_referential_action_desc
, RC.UPDATE_RULE update_referential_action_desc
FROM   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS C
   INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU
     ON C.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = KCU.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
        AND C.CONSTRAINT_NAME = KCU.CONSTRAINT_NAME
   INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS RC
     ON C.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
        AND C.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
   INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS C2
     ON RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = C2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
        AND RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME = C2.CONSTRAINT_NAME
   INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU2
     ON C2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = KCU2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
        AND C2.CONSTRAINT_NAME = KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME
        AND KCU.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION
WHERE  C.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'FOREIGN KEY' AND  C2.TABLE_NAME = 'SalesOrderHeader'

with the code coming from https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4753/list-dependencies-for-sql-server-foreign-keys/
However I am unable to determine which field will tell me if a FK constraint should be CHECK or NO CHECK.  How can I determine this, thanks.

A: You will need to query "sys.foreign_keys" system table.
Column "is_disabled" will provide you this info.
As far as I know this information is not available in INFORMATION SCHEMA.
You can use following query to get similar results:
SELECT
FK.name [constraint_name]
,T.name [referencing_table_name]
,TabC.name [referencing_column_name]
,RefT.name [referenced_table_name]
,RefC.name [referenced_column_name]
,FK.delete_referential_action_desc delete_referential_action_desc
,FK.update_referential_action_desc update_referential_action_desc
,FK.is_disabled
,FK.is_not_trusted
FROM   sys.foreign_keys AS FK
   INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns FKC
     ON FK.object_id = FKC.constraint_object_id
   INNER JOIN sys.tables AS T
     ON T.object_id = FK.parent_object_id
   INNER JOIN sys.columns AS TabC
     ON TabC.column_id = FKC.constraint_column_id
     AND TabC.object_id = FKC.parent_object_id
   INNER JOIN sys.tables AS RefT
     ON RefT.object_id = FK.referenced_object_id
   INNER JOIN sys.columns AS RefC
     ON RefC.column_id = FKC.referenced_column_id
     AND RefC.object_id = FKC.referenced_object_id