Amazon has come up with a new social gaming service called GameCircle for its Kindle Fire tablet.
As you know Apple has Game Center on its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This app will also feature gaming achievements and leaderboards.
GameCircle can also automatically save a player's in-game progress to the cloud and allow them to pick-up exactly where they left off.
Check out the video showcasing Amazon's GameCircle below.


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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
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Author: Stephen Greenblatt
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Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Bolder, even, than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole, long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness. Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim worlds and, finally, so very "real" to millions of people even in the present. With the uncanny brilliance he previously brought to his depictions of William Shakespeare and Poggio Bracciolini (the humanist monk who is the protagonist of The Swerve), Greenblatt explores the intensely personal engagement of Augustine, Durer, and Milton in this mammoth project of collective creation, while he also limns the diversity of the story's offspring: rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature. The biblical origin story, Greenblatt argues, is a model for what the humanities still have to offer: not the scientific nature of things, but rather a deep encounter with problems that have gripped our species for as long as we can recall and that continue to fascinate and trouble us today.
"With all his usual clarity and freshness, one of our foremost literary historians and critics sets out a comprehensive picture of how a story foundational for European civilization developed, from its origins in western Asia to its much-contested place in the post-Darwinian world... This is a rich, learned, lively book, which should engage all who are interested in the history of our imagination and the interweavings of faith, poetics, and philosophy." -- Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Canterbury "A rare combination of wide-ranging erudition with verve of exposition. Even the most familiar materials are seen in a fresh, and humane, light. This is a book that makes one understand why old myths matter, even when they perceived unblinkingly as myths." -- Robert Alter, author of Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible "Bare then clothed, innocent then ashamed, blessed then cursed, sheltered then exiled. Stephen Greenblatt tracks Adam and Eve from an astute reading of the ancient origins of their story through a serendipitous tour of their afterlife in Jewish, Christian, and sometimes Muslim art, literature, and philosophy down to their post-Darwinian persistence in our own time. Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read." -- Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography and general editor of The Norton Anthology of World Religions "[A]lmost dizzying in its scope; Greenblatt draws from history, religion, art and science, and he writes about all of these fields with infectious enthusiasm. It's a strikingly intelligent book, but it's also accessible; he's a clear, unpretentious writer who can hardly hide his fascination with the subject." -- Michael Schaub - NPR Books "Most modern theories of human civilisation are, fundamentally, about the need to deal with mortality. Stephen Greenblatt's thrilling new book, however, on the peregrinations of the story of Adam and Eve - the world's most influential attempt to arrest the infinite regress of creation - shows just how central the question of human origins has been to pre-scientific conceptions of humanity." -- Tim Whitmarsh - Guardian "Greenblatt's particular genius is in synthesizing a vast array of knowledge, connecting the dots between anthropology, archaeology, biology, theology, history, philosophy, art and literature. . . . In The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve he does this brilliantly, creating a compelling and nuanced account." -- Patricia L. Hagen - Minneapolis StarTribune
Stephen Greenblatt Biography
Stephen Jay Greenblatt (born November 7, 1943) is an American Shakespearean, literary historian, and author. He has served as the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University since 2000. Greenblatt is the general editor of The Norton Shakespeare (2015) and the general editor and a contributor to The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Greenblatt is one of the founders of new historicism, a set of critical practices that he often refers to as "cultural poetics"; his works have been influential since the early 1980s when he introduced the term. Greenblatt has written and edited numerous books and articles relevant to new historicism, the study of culture, Renaissance studies and Shakespeare studies and is considered to be an expert in these fields. He is also co-founder of the literary-cultural journal Representations, which often publishes articles by new historicists. His most popular work is Will in the World, a biography of Shakespeare that was on The New York Times Best Seller list for nine weeks. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2012 and the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2011 for The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.
Greenblatt was born in Boston and raised in Newton, Massachusetts. After graduating from Newton North High School, he was educated at Yale University (BA 1964, PhD 1969) and Pembroke College, Cambridge (MPhil 1966). Greenblatt has since taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. He was Class of 1972 Professor at Berkeley (becoming a full professor in 1980) and taught there for 28 years before taking a position at Harvard University. He was named John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities in 2000. Greenblatt is considered "a key figure in the shift from literary to cultural poetics and from textual to contextual interpretation in U.S. English departments in the 1980s and 1990s."Greenblatt is the founder and faculty co-chair of Harvard's branch of the Scholars at Risk (SAR) program. SAR is a U.S.-based international network of academic institutions organized to support and defend the principles of academic freedom and to defend the human rights of scholars around the world. Greenblatt was a long-term fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. As a visiting professor and lecturer, Greenblatt has taught at institutions including the École des Hautes Études, the University of Florence, Kyoto University, the University of Oxford and Peking University. He was a resident fellow at the American Academy in Rome, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987), the American Philosophical Society (2007), and the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2008); he has been president of the Modern Language Association.In February 2022, Greenblatt was one of 38 Harvard faculty to sign a letter to the Harvard Crimson defending Professor John Comaroff, who had been found t ... Read full biography
Authors: Stephen Greenblatt
Illustrations: 16 pages color illustrations
Publication date: Sept. 12, 2017
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Lloyds acknowledged that when customers fell into arrears, the bank did not always do enough to understand customers' circumstances to be confident that their arrears payment plans were affordable and sustainable.
The bank plans to refund all fees charged to customers for arrears management and broken payment arrangements from 1 January 2009 to January 2016 and has provisioned £552m to fix its systems and cover costs to date. For customers who entered its litigation process during this period, redress will include any fees that were applied unfairly.
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Ezekiel prophesied that the separated nations of Israel and Judah would become one, and that a descendant of David would be the one Shepherd for them all (Ez 37:24). Throughout the Old Testament, which chronicled an ever-increasing disunity, there were nevertheless occasional prophecies of unity and prayers for unity. For example, the psalmist prayed: "Behold, how good it is, and how pleasant, where brethren dwell as one!" (Ps 133:1) Nonetheless, such aspirations for unity seemed unrealistic in a hopelessly divided and dividing world.
Jesus also prayed for unity (see Jn 17:21), and His plan of salvation is to bring all things into one under His lordship (Eph 1:10). He is the Fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies on unity. Jesus not only prayed for and planned unity; He did it. As Caiaphas prophesied, Jesus died for the Jewish nation and for all nations to "gather into one all the dispersed children of God" (Jn 11:51-52).
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Promotional model
Models at Games Day 2011 in Kiev
A promotional model is a model hired to drive consumer demand for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with potential customers. Most promotional models are conventionally attractive in physical appearance. They serve to make a product or service more appealing and can provide information to journalists and consumers at trade show and convention events. Promotional models are used in motorsports, other sports (such as dart competitions) or at trade shows, or they can act as "spokesmodels" to promote a specific brand or product in advertisements. During the 2010s, controversies over the used of scantily-clad promotional models in sports events and trade shows, involving claims that the practice is sexist, led to a decrease in the hiring of these models.
1 Practice
1.1 Motorsports model
1.2 Spokesmodel
1.3 Trade show model
2 Controversies
2.1 Trade shows
PracticeEdit
While each model may not be directly employed by the company they represent, they can be trained to answer questions and provide customer feedback regarding products, services, and brand appeal. The responsibilities of the promotional model depend on the particular marketing campaign being carried out, and may include: increasing product awareness; providing product information; creating an association in the consumer's mind between the product or brand and a particular idea; handing items to consumers, such as a sample of the product itself, a small gift, or printed information. Marketing campaigns that make use of promotional models may take place in retail stores or shopping malls, at trade shows, special promotional events, clubs, or even at outdoor public spaces. Promotional models may also be used as TV host/anchor for interviewing celebrities such as at film awards, sports events, etc. They are often planned at high traffic locations to reach as many consumers as possible, or at venues at which a particular type of target consumer is expected to be present.
Motorsports modelEdit
Grid girls at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix Formula One event
The motorsports scene often uses promo models as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing. The first usage of promotional models in motor races was during the late 1960s. It was then that the term race queen was coined. Prior to that, women in motor races were mostly wives and girlfriends of drivers and staff, with the exception of some who were drivers. In 1983, the sun tan lotion company Hawaiian Tropic sponsored the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The company brought its models over from the United States wearing bikinis bearing the company's name to appear on the racetrack before the race began. A year later, that practice was imported over to Japan for the Suzuka 8 Hours motorcycle race.
The models, referred as grid girls or pit/paddock girls in Europe, are very common in many series worldwide. In the United States, they are referred to as umbrella girls. Because of the manner of dress of these models, insurance companies regard the models as a safety hazard because of stringent dress codes imposed in the garage and pit areas by many sanctioning bodies; in New Jersey, the stringent dress codes effectively ban the models. In DTM and some other events, organizers have started to recruit male models as in startlines, mostly on female drivers' cars. The Korean term for a race queen is a racing model (레이싱모델). Racing models appear in motor shows and racing events.
Winners of the Gals Paradise Japan Race Queen Award 2018
In Japan, there is a phenomenon of race queens (レースクイーン) being often regarded as "idols". The average age for these girls is late teens to early twenties and demand for them wanes with age. It is not unusual for some of them to have a background in or a sideline career as a gravure idol. Race queens who operate in prestigious events and with a large fanbase can also be found at auto shows purely to draw crowds where they are nearly as important an attraction as the cars or electronics products that they are promoting. There is a magazine dedicated to them called Gals Paradise.[citation needed]
SpokesmodelEdit
Alison Carroll as Lara Croft at the Paris Game Festival 2008
"Spokesmodel" is a term used for a model who is employed to be associated with a specific brand or product in advertisements.[1][2] A spokesmodel may be a celebrity used only in advertisements (in contrast to a "brand ambassador", who is also expected to represent the company at various events), but often the term refers to a model who is not a celebrity in their own right. A classic example of such spokesmodels are the models engaged to be the Marlboro Man between 1954 and 1999, and the Clarion Girl since 1975. Contrary to what the term suggests, a spokesmodel is normally not expected to verbally promote the brand. In Japan, they are known as campaign girls (キャンペーンガール) or image girls (イメージガール) and are hired by government agencies.[3]
Trade show modelEdit
A booth model dressed as a video game character poses with a visitor
A trade show model (also known as a convention model,[4] trade show hostess,[4] booth companion,[5] or booth professional;[6] a term that has been used only in Japan is companion lady[7] but today more often used is event companion (イベントコンパニオン)) is an assistant that works with a company's sales representatives at a trade show exhibit, working on the floor space or a booth, and representing a company to attendees. Such models are used to draw in attendees and can provide them with basic information about product or services, and may be used to distribute marketing materials or gather customer information for future promotions. Attire and expected interactions vary depend on the nature of the show and on the image the company would like to portray, and they sometimes wear wardrobe that is particular to the company, product, or service represented.
Trade show models are typically not regular employees of the company, but are hired as they make a company's booth more visibly distinguishable from other booths with which it competes for attendee attention. If needed, they can explain or disseminate information on the company and its product and service, and can assist a company in handling a large number of attendees which the company might otherwise not have enough employees to accommodate, therefore increasing the number of sales or leads resulting from participation in the show. The models can be skilled at drawing attendees into the booth, engaging them in conversation, and at spurring interest in the product, service, or company.
Trade showsEdit
See also: Sex in advertising
Models promoting video game software and hardware at IgroMir 2009
The slang term booth babe, coined in 1986,[8] or booth bunny, coined in 1989,[9] is widely used to refer to any female trade show model.[10] The models are typically asked to pose for photographs with convention goers, but inappropriate attendee conduct sometimes occurs, such as in case of Electronic Arts' 2009 "Sin to Win" campaign to promote Dante's Inferno.[11][12] Since the late 1990s and increasingly so,[13] the practice of employing them has been, controversially,[3][14] strongly criticized by some journalists and segments of video game industry and consumer electronics communities. Critics of "booth babes" declared it a sexist problem, describing the practice as "outdated", sexually objectifying and demeaning, as well as insulting to and alienating other women, in particular those in the information technology industry.[15] In turn, some others argue that the models and companies are being unfairly targeted, accusing the critics of finger-pointing sensationalism, displaying "extreme" political correctness, being prudish and pro-censorship, and spreading a Puritan-like moral panic.[16][17]
The moniker "booth babe" is also controversial itself as it is considered offensive and degrading by some,[4][6] including trade show models themselves.[17][18][19] The term nevertheless continues to be often used by journalists and by the people opposed to the presence of the models they define as "booth babes".
A model at the E3 2011
Changing social and business standards have resulted in a decrease in the use of promotional models in trade shows,[20] especially in the United States.[16] The largest video gaming business convention, Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), attempted to ban "conduct that is sexually explicit and/or sexually provocative" in 2006 following Agetec's 2005 "Anti Booth Babe" protest,[21][22][23][24] but reversed on this stance in 2009,[25] after complaints regarding this and other policy changes.[8] GameSpot's Greg Kasavin commented that, with this attempt, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) was "trying to put a definition to what constitutes scantily clad and what's borderline offensive" as it was "under a lot of pressure these days to clean up the image of games and to at least demonstrate that the video game industry is responsible in regulating itself" in the aftermath of Hot Coffee mod controversy.[17]
Models at the 2015 ChinaJoy
China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) introduced and strictly enforced a dress code in 2012,[26] saying they did not want "to send the wrong message" to their adolescent primary audience,[27] and San Diego Comic-Con International banned the SuicideGirls erotic models from having a booth in 2010.[28] Video game convention Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) adopted a dress codes for both male and female models[29] in what they call a "no booth babes" policy guideline, where "booth babes are defined as staff of ANY gender used by exhibitors to promote their products at PAX by using overtly sexual or suggestive methods. Partial nudity, the aggressive display of cleavage and the navel, and shorts/skirts higher than 4" above the knee are not allowed."[30] Eurogamer Expo did not allow them completely in 2012, saying they wanted to make a more "friendly" show and all visitors "to feel comfortable," with a formal guideline saying "Booth babes are Not OK."[31]
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), including its president and CEO Gary Shapiro[32] and senior vice-president Karen Chupka,[4] initially defended the use of female models who were deemed not dressed enough by critics but discouraged the practice in 2014 after a Change.org petition started by a Forbes technology journalist Connie Guglielmo demanded a ban on them and reached 250 signatures.[8] The campaigners' proposal to "ban booth babes" was rejected as the CEA refused to "create and impose arbitrary or unenforceable rules, or worse, inch our event towards a Talibanesque ban on exposure of skin,"[8] but the new Consumer Electronics Show (CES) exhibitor guidelines stated, "recent news articles show that 'booth babes' can reflect poorly on your exhibit, so we ask that you give this thoughtful consideration, to avoid alienating or offending various audience segments."[33]
In 2015, tube tops were among the items banned for booth staff at the RSA Conference, a major trade show/conference association, as part of dress codes that also informed booth staff not to wear minidresses or skintight bodysuits.[34] The previous practice of having barely-clothed booth staffers was seen as creating a culture in which women were seen as "eye-candy or as decorative objects or hypersexualized figures".[35]
A walk-on girl guiding darter Michael Smith to the stage at the 2017 German Darts Grand Prix
After a round of talks with broadcasters, the Professional Darts Corporation announced on 27 January 2018 that it would discontinue the use of walk-on girls in darts tournaments. The decision has encountered a backlash from some fans, players and models.[36]
At the 2012 Italian Grand Prix
On 31 January 2018, Formula One management announced that it would end the practice of grid girls who accompany the racers to the track, a tradition that "has been a staple of Formula 1 Grands Prix for decades", stating that "[they] feel this custom does not resonate with [their] brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms."[37] The move has drawn criticism from former grid girls, including British model Kelly Brook. Former F1 executive Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull Racing leader Christian Horner also expressed disapproval.[38] In February 2018, Formula 1 announced it intended to replace grid girls with a new program called grid kids this season. The children used would be competitors in karting or junior categories, chosen by national motorsport authorities.[39]
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^ Duhaime, Arielle (10 January 2014). "Why can't CES quit booth babes?". The Verge. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ Kerr, Dara (31 March 2015). "Scantily clad booth babes at tech trade shows get wardrobe check". www.cnet.com. CNET. Retrieved 22 April 2019. RSA Conference follows other associations in writing new dress codes for its exhibitors. And that means no more tube tops, minidresses or bodysuits for women -- or men -- staffing their booths.
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Composer Bobby Prince
Arranger Bobby Prince
Programmer Jason Blochowiak
Length 0:56:25
Game Duke Nukem II (DOS)
Title Origin Official
Loops Yes
King Duke was composed by Bobby Prince for the game Duke Nukem II (DOS). The song was composed using Sequencer Plus Gold in MIDI format and then converted to an IMF file to be played on the OPL2 chip. The song is played during the boss battles of each episode.
This song's internal title is "kingduka". The official title, an oxymoron since a duke is not a king, was verified by Bobby Prince.
Listeners have compared the beginning of this song with Raining Blood by Slayer.
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Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
The Case for Software Patent Protection
Willis E. Higgins
Some programmers, especially those in an academic environment, believe that strong intellectual property protection for software is undesirable. Other programmers, especially those in start-ups and small companies, find that copyright and patent protection for software is necessary to secure venture funding for product development. Such protection also allows them to protect their companies against competition by larger companies and others who would otherwise use the programmer's unprotected innovation without having to make a development effort comparable to that of the originator. Copyrights and patents promote economic growth and innovation in software by rewarding the creators of original works and inventions by granting them exclusive rights in the works and the inventions for limited periods of time. Because software is both a literary and technical work, both copyright and patent protection are appropriate forms of protection. Software is not so different from other literary and technical works that it should have special rules which either eliminate or drastically limit its intellectual property protection.
Willis E. Higgins, The Case for Software Patent Protection, 14 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 315 (1991).
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You won't want to miss our annual Spring Beer Dinner April 29 at 5:30 pm this year because it's going to be amazing. As usual it takes place inside the brewery with brewmaster Will Kemper talking about the beers being served and chef Jeremy Weizenbaum chatting about the food that's been paired with them. First course features Mexican Style Lager with a fresh oyster on the half shell and Kolsch Granita. Second course it a house made pita served with smoked eggplant baba ganoush and pickled veggies paired with our historic Gerste Lager. Third course is roasted shishito peppers matched with our amazing Pilsner. For the entree we'll be serving duck leg confit with wild rice pilaf, preserved lemon and currants and our Marzen Lager. Closing out the meal will be a housemade Chocolate Sorbet with berries and pomagranates paired with our Maibock. Sound good? Call 360-752-3377 option 1 to buy your tickets (non refundable but transferable) for $75 (food, beer, tip) plus tax.
Bellingham Beer Week features Chuckanut's Lecture Series. You will definitely want to hear our special speakers this year. On April 23 John Holl, national beer writer & podcaster, will talk about his upcoming book exploring how the words used in the beer industry are now more important than ever. How we talk about beer and communicate our impressions really matter. April 24 Portland beer writer & podcaster Jeff Alworth will discuss his latest book Secrets of the Master Brewers. Village Books will be on hand both nights selling books by the speakers and other pertinent books about craft beer. The last lecture will be the kick off of our Classical on Tap series with members of the Whatcom Symphony. Executive Director Gail Ridenour will discuss the music being played by a small group of symphony musicians. This event continues on the last Wednesday of the month throughout the summer. All the Lecture events start at 7 pm in the back patio (dress warm) and are free to attend.
Skagit Farm to Pint Week.Win schwag and meet the women in beer in Skagit!
Spring has sprung and some of our favorite foods are now on the menu. Our special Matzo Ball Soup is back for the month. A clear WA chicken consomme with a special dumpling that's light and tasty floats in the cup or bowl. Our Thai pizza returns with it's peanut sauce, chicken, and peppers. Of course there's always a special Brulee and some great seafood specials available this month too. If you're hungry come in to try out the latest on our menu.
There's lots of celebrating around the state this month. Chuckanut will be in Spokane this month on April 18 and 19. Stay tuned for the announcement at what account we'll be having celebrating at. We will be having a brewers night at Pub 282 on Camano Island and another couple of brewers nights in Tacoma at both The Ale House (April 18) and Zog's (April 19). We always have a nice collection of multiple Chuckanut beers on tap during our brewery night wherever they happen. Don't forget to join us at the Nutty Sisters tapping on April 6 at Elizabeth Station and April Brews Day beer festival in Bellingham on April 28. And now look for Chuckanut on tap in selected accounts in Portland, OR!
Make sure to watch for this year's Marzen Lager and see if you can get it at one of your favorite haunts or Chuckanut's South or North Nut. One of the most tantalizing of lager beers it's not often around so get a pint or growler fill if you see it. As we get to the end of April our bottled Maibock will be coming out. Maibock is the last in our big beer series. A light colored Bock this lager is strong and rich with lots of malty, bready flavors and a nice balanced hop presence. In limited supplies you can get it to go in bottles or on tap.


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We envision a Washington, DC where mediation is used to build strong and peaceful communities, and every DC resident has access to high-quality, collaborative conflict resolution services.
Before Serena joined the board of CMDC, Serena volunteered with a community mediation center in Baltimore, Maryland. She was looking for an opportunity to learn how to mediate well and never envisioned herself as a community organizer, and then she fell in love with the mission, the vision, and the people. When she learned that community mediation was forming in her hometown, Washington, D.C., Serena knew that she wanted to participate in developing the program. Other than mediating, Serena enjoys being a wife, mom, spending time with friends, hanging out by the water, and reading a good book.
Sal worked for 15 years in academia as a Psychology Professor before transitioning to nonprofit work doing Workforce Development training and program management. His vision is to help others build and maintain healthy relationships with conflict transformation being the primary focus. His extensive background in leadership facilitation supports his efforts to keep showing up and sharing as a core outreach team member who has been with CMDC since its very beginning. Sal attended a CMDC info session and then magically found himself lost in various counties of MD attending the basic mediation training. Once recovered, he has since committed himself to the organization as the Mediation Coordinator.
Caroline likes reading, rollerblading, wearing cool earrings, and watching 30-minute comedies. She's currently the Director of Community Mediation DC, passionate about co-creating spaces to have difficult conversations and harnessing intense conflict energy to rebuild relationships and power. When she's not mediating, training, or spending time with this amazing group of volunteers, you can find her working on local criminal justice issues or hanging in her group house in Petworth
Sadia White
Kayla is a Canadian-born, Maryland-raised soul who is now finding her niche building peace in DC as Board Treasurer, mediator, and outreach team lead with CMDC. She appreciates a deep book with a cup of tea, a friendly pool game with a dark beer, or good company with a smooth bourbon. When she is not promoting collaboration and conflict resolution in communities, Kayla is most likely to be found on the floor swing dancing the night away.
Jullion hails from the First State, and sits on CMDC's Board of Directors and Fundraising team while volunteering as a mediator. When Jullion is not working he's either being a language nerd (Chinese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and French); hogging the mic at karaoke; listening to opera (preferably Verdi, Puccini or Bellini…but Rossini and Donizzetti will also do); or working on his inclusive listening mediation skills as a volunteer with Community Mediation DC
Sig Cohen
Natalie Bamdad
Troy Burner
Jeffery Kearney
Vivian is originally from Sweden and has lived in the DC Metropolitan area now for about 20 years. She has been active in the animal welfare community for many years and works as a dog behavior consultant. She enjoys going on local adventures with her daughter, learning new things, spending time in nature with her dog, strong coffee, red wine and inspiring conversation.
Yusef Rabb
Lauren Javins
A lifelong Washingtonian, Carl joins CMDC as a volunteer mediator and outreach team member. He works in mental health, with a Support Program designed to help individuals identify and address barriers that keep them from progressing in their personal life, and in the evenings he works as a violence interrupter. In his spare time he loves amusement parks, sports and spending time with family. Carl is passionate about volunteering with CMDC because he wants to help as much as possible with settling any type of issue people may have.
Renee is a Buffalo, NY native who thinks DC winters are kind of wimpy. She volunteers with CMDC on the Outreach team. She became interested in mediation and conflict resolution after joining a 13 person intentional community in Takoma Park. In her free time, Renee loves cooking vegan food, contra dancing, and reading memoirs and self-help books.
Monique is a volunteer mediator and outreach team member with CMDC. Her favorite distractions are The Moth podcast, another cup of licorice tea, and hide-and-seek with her moody pup, Zoey. Monique looks forward to her next old school games night with friends, or anyone, really.
We began as two strangers in a Lyft ride. Now we are a city-wide movement empowering communities to resolve conflicts.
Community Mediation DC (CMDC) kickstarted when Founding Director, Caroline Cragin, shared a dream with a friendly neighbor giving her a Lyft downtown. She told Karlus (KC) that she wanted to equip DC residents with more tools to solve their own conflicts. She believed in offering mediation in our community and training mediators from our community. Ultimately, she wished to create a community mediation organization in Washington, D.C. Inspired, KC, was all in.
CMDC Core Team Members and Volunteers at first Retreat in January, 2018
Next door in Maryland, community mediation centers have flourished throughout the state under Community Mediation Maryland. CMDC brings community mediation to the District. The initial Lyft conversation quickly evolved into multiple partnerships. Within a few months, a passionate group of trained mediators and community leaders joined together in May 2017 to launch a full-fledged movement.
CMDC emerged from a radical idea: trust communities in the District to resolve their own conflicts. Everyone faces conflict. At home. In the neighborhood. In the workplace. We believe that community members already have the strength, knowledge, and resources to resolve these conflicts. The missing link is collaboration.
CMDC offers an opportunity to collaborate. CMDC provides free mediation and conflict resolution education to individuals of all backgrounds within the city. Our mediation process is designed to give every person a voice. Our highly-trained mediators work with people to break down barriers and create solutions to conflict.
CMDC and Maryland volunteer mediators after completing our 45-hour Basic Mediation Training in May, 2018
As a mediation program, CMDC is unique. CMDC is the only mediation center in the District detached from the court system. Every person in the District has access to community mediation. Only CMDC trains volunteer mediators from diverse backgrounds. And only CMDC actively joins with communities to build a more peaceful city.
Since our humble beginnings, we have been building strong community partners, engaging neighborhoods, and welcoming many dedicated volunteers. April 2018 marked our first mediation in the District. By June 2018, we celebrated training our first cohort of DC mediators. Our movement grows passionately as we remain committed to building strong, peaceful communities.
The Ten Point Model of Community Mediation
Community mediation provides a non-profit framework for assuring access to mediation services at the community level with control and responsibility for dispute resolution maintained in the community. As a part of CMDC's commitment to community mediation, we strive to meet the Ten Points below:
Train community members - who reflect the community's diversity with regard to age, race, gender identity, ethnicity, income and education to serve as volunteer mediators.
Provide mediation services at no cost or on a sliding scale.
Hold mediations in neighborhoods where disputes occur.
Schedule mediations at a time and place convenient to the participants.
Encourage early use of mediation to prevent violence or to reduce the need for court intervention, as well as provide mediation at any stage in a dispute.
Mediate community-based disputes that come from referral sources including self-referrals, police, courts, community organizations, civic groups, religious institutions, government agencies and others.
Educate community members about conflict resolution and mediation.
Maintain high quality mediators by providing intensive, skills-based training, apprenticeships, continuing education and ongoing evaluation of volunteer mediators.
Work with the community in governing community mediation programs in a manner that is based on collaborative problem solving among staff, volunteers and community members.
Provide mediation, education, and potentially other conflict resolution processes to community members who reflect the community's diversity with regard to age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, income, education, and neighborhood.
A group of stakeholders throughout the state of Maryland, in collaboration with the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO) met several times to develop these guidelines. The guidelines have evolved into the standard by which all community mediation centers strive to operate in Maryland and beyond.


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Founded in 1886, Joseph Cheaney & Sons is a quintessential English shoemaker that does not compromise on quality or style. With a wide range, it's the latest shoemaker to join our burgeoning footwear offering.
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Joseph Cheaney established the company in 1886, and in 1896, along with his son Arthur, they moved to the site which the factory occupies today.
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^ Biggs, Michael (2009). "Self-fulfilling prophecies". In Hedström, Peter; Bearman, Peter. The Oxford handbook of analytical sociology (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199215362.
^ Sztompka, Piotr (2003), "Robert K. Merton", in Ritzer, George, The Blackwell companion to major contemporary social theorists, Malden, Massachusetts Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 12–33, ISBN 9781405105958. Also available as: Sztompka, Piotr (2003). "Robert K. Merton". Chapter 1. Robert K. Merton. Wiley. pp. 12–33. doi:10.1002/9780470999912.ch2. ISBN 9780470999912. Extract.


The Mix It Up Grants Program, administered by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, provides $500 grants to youth-directed activist projects that focus on identifying, crossing, and challenging social boundaries in schools and communities. Funded projects must promote collaboration across social boundaries — different youth groups, clubs, or community groups working together. Ideally, the project should be created and implemented by youth; however, various adults and community volunteers should also be invited to participate.
Applications are accepted throughout the year. For more information, please see www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp.


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Brotherhood hand in hand with police to repress protesters outside group's HQ in Cairo
Indiscriminate violence
CAIRO - Clashes at the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Moqattam district in Cairo intensified late on Saturday, with a number of journalists reportedly assaulted by members of the Islamist group.
Security forces attempted to disperse the protesters using tear gas and other reinforcements arrived to protect the headquarters.
Violence first broke out earlier in the day after a meeting between Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Islamist group's HQ to condemn President Mohamed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, and Badie, who many critics say is the actual ruler of the country.
The violence led to renewed accusations that the Muslim Brotherhood sends people to assault members of the opposition. The Islamist group faced similar accusations in late 2012 when its supporters and opponents clashed in front of the presidential palace in Cairo.
Activist Ahmed Doma, a staunch critic of Morsi, sustained injuries after he was beaten up by what he said was a Brotherhood "militia."
The activist said the Brotherhood members were "aggressive" and indiscriminately beat protesters, including women, and journalists.
Egypt's privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said its journalist, Mohamed Talaat, was assaulted by "young members of the Muslim Brotherhood" on Saturday.
He was attacked, the newspaper said, when he spoke with young people drawing anti-Brotherhood graffiti on the perimeter of the group's headquarters.
Brotherhood members, according to the report, pushed him away, before verbally and physically assaulting him when he said he was a journalist.
Amr Hafez, a photographer from Al-Watan – another private daily – said he was injured when Brotherhood members attacked those drawing graffiti.
Hafez told ONTV that a Brotherhood member threw a chair at him.
Photographer Mohamed Nabil picked up a foot injury in a similar manner, Hafez said.
Meanwhile, those drawing graffiti were also attacked by the Brotherhood members.
Diaa Rashwan, newly elected head of the Journalists' Syndicate, was quoted by media as saying the presidency must apologise for the assaults on journalists.
Senior Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan said some journalists and photographers had been involved in "provocative" acts alongside protesters.
A number of demonstrators swore at Brotherhood "youth" deployed at the group's headquarters, Ghozlan added.
Central Security Forces used teargas several times on Saturday to restore order.
Around midnight, several protesters hurled rocks at police who had blocked the streets surrounding the Brotherhood headquarters. A police vehicle was torched by protesters.
Several offices of the Brotherhood across the country have been attacked and torched during violent protests over the past few months.


Alpenglow is a strong Scotch-style ale, and the brewery's winter 2016 release, made with Fuggles hops, and a whole lotta malt (and love, I gather). The label imagery sure makes me want to spend some time in the mountains!
This 650ml bottle pours a clear, medium bronzed amber colour, with two chubby fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat bubbly tan head, which leaves a bit of disintegrating iceberg profile lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.
It smells of slightly biscuity caramel and toffee malt, muddled dark orchard fruit, subtle dark chocolate and coffee notes, a twinge of warm vanilla, and plain earthy, leafy, and grassy noble hop bitters. The taste is semi-sweet, doughy caramel malt, a further pastry-friendly toffee sweetness, black licorice nibs, bittersweet cocoa drink, vanilla cookies, and more hard to really get a grip on leafy, weedy, and grassy hoppiness. The bubbles are fairly low-key in their generally playful and sort of supportive frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, perhaps a touch of that as yet unheralded ABV starting to pick at the corners of this metaphor. It finishes sweet, sure, but somehow moderated just to the point where potential tongue-scraping becomes a non-issue.
Overall, one of the better offerings of late from this picture-perfect mountain retreat brewery – they get the easy-drinking, but still strong ale nature of the Scottish down pat here. Nothing too complicated, and yeah, I do indeed wish that I had a roaring fire and some snow-laden peaks at which to look right about now – or maybe I'm just a bit nazzy (thank you, new desktop calendar!) from it all.


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UVM Lane Series
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LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN, duo piano
Friday, January 31, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
$35 Adult | $5 Student
Lucas Jussen and his younger brother Arthur Jussen have developed a repertoire of piano works for four hands, including Mozart piano concertos, Beethoven piano sonatas, and works for one and two pianos by Poulenc and Ravel. The two have been national figures in the Netherlands since they were children. They will perform a selection of Bach/Kurtag choral preludes; the Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 by Schubert; Andante and Allegro Brillante in A Major, Op. 92 by Mendelssohn, and the two-piano version of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky.
For more information or to buy tickets
SKRIDE PIANO QUARTET
Thursday, February 6, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
Pre-Show Talk with Artists in Hall at 6:30pm
Sisters Baiba (violin) and Lauma (piano) Skride, Lise Berthaud (viola), and Harriet Krijgh (cello) combine their individual experiences as soloists in such a way that the group is commended for its refreshing interpretations, musical sensitivity, and delight with which it approaches the repertoire. The Skride Piano Quartet will perform the Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major, D. 487 by Schubert; Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3 by Mendelssohn; and Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 16 by Enescu.
MEOW MIX: A COLLEGIATE A CAPPELLA FESTIVAL
Saturday, February 8, 7:00pm | UVM Ira Allen Chapel
The Lane Series joins forces with UVM's Cat's Meow to present an evening of collegiate a cappella. This will be our third year of this fun collaboration that brings together ensembles from all over New England and beyond to share their talents --- great voices, young energetic singers, and clever arrangements of contemporary pop and rock and roll classics make this a fun night for everyone involved.
ALICIA OLATUJA
Friday, February 14, 6:00pm | FlynnSpace
$35 Adult | $10 Student
Co-presented with the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Jazz on Valentine's Day is a Lane Series tradition, and this year we are delighted to partner with the Flynn to present two shows at the FlynnSpace featuring the marvelous open heart, powerful voice, and exquisite style of Alicia Olatuja, joined by her masterful band.
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE: THE TEMPEST
Thursday, February 20, 7:00pm | FlynnSpace
Saturday, February 22, 7:00pm | FlynnSpace
A storm at sea, a shipwreck, a desert island, a magician, a monster, a spirit of the air, and a poignant tale of first love: these elements come together in one of Shakespeare's greatest late plays, The Tempest. Who better to take us on this theatrical voyage than the Actors from the London Stage? We anxiously await a return visit from the five versatile actors who pare Shakespeare down to its luminous essence.
ZOE KEATING, cello
Friday, February 21, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
$27 Adult | $5 Student Rush (night of show only, based on availability)
One of the world's most iconoclastic and sought after composers and performers, Zoe Keating plays truly original music: her concerts are an incredible journey through layers of sound, extraordinarily produced by one person, one acoustic instrument, and a computer.
Saturday, February 29, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
We've presented Dervish, who come from music-rich county Sligo, many times at the Flynn for St. Patrick's Day, and they really are one of the most accomplished, fun, and experienced Celtic touring ensembles performing today. We simply could not pass up the opportunity to bring one of our favorite Irish bands to our Recital Hall stage.
GRYPHON TRIO with PATRICIA O'CALLAGHAN, soprano
Friday, March 6, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
The Gryphon Trio (Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; James Parker, piano) and soprano Patricia O'Callaghan appear together on the Lane Series for the first time since 2014. Their new program, Moonshine Ballads and Various Charms, includes arrangements of traditional ballads by Randy Newman, Charles Ives, Jellyroll Morton, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, and more.
DAVID KAPLAN, piano; TESSA LARK, violin; COLIN CARR, cello
My Favorite Beethoven
Friday, March 20, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
December 17, 2020, marks the 250th year of Beethoven's baptism --- that is to say, there is no actual record of the date of his birth. In celebration, pianist David Kaplan, violinist Tessa Lark, and cellist Colin Carr have put together a program honoring this giant-among-mortals. It will include Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No.1; Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69; and Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke."
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OKAIDJA AFROSO
Pre-Show Talk with Artist in Hall at 6:30pm
Quadruple threat Okaidja Afroso is an extraordinary talent. A guitarist, singer-songwriter, percussionist, and dancer, he brings the richness of West African culture to audiences around the world. He'll be touring with his trio, which includes two percussionists, and an array of traditional instruments from Ghana.
MIPSO
Friday, April 17, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
This was the stand-out bluegrass band at 2019's Folk Alliance Conference in Montreal. Mipso (Jacob Sharp, mandolin; Wood Robinson, bass; Joseph Terrell, guitar; and Libby Rodenbough, fiddle) are from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. All members of the quartet are first-rate instrumentalists and great singers and their lush harmonies, heart-felt lyrics, and innovative playing get in your head and don't let go.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
How many of you have ever had an opportunity to listen to J. S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier live and performed by a pianist of the likes of Jeremy Denk? We're willing to bet that very few have, and Denk will, indeed, play the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Book 1, which is regarded as one of the most important works in classical musical history.
MAX HATT/EDDA GLASS
Friday, September 27, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
Max Hatt and Edda Glass perform in an original, mesmerizing jazz/Americana style --- nuanced and haunting music that gets under your skin. Accompanied by Max's beautiful jazz-influenced guitar melodies and bass player Clipper Anderson, their original songs will take you on a journey through an evocative dreamscape that is uniquely American and full of imagery and imagination.
THE JEREMIAHS
Saturday, October 5, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
Presented in support and cooperation with Young Tradition Vermont
We know one thing: the Lane Series audience loves being introduced to new Celtic bands, and The Jeremiahs are truly one to treasure. Everything about this Irish acoustic quartet is perfect for our hall --- be prepared to be blown away!
MATT HAIMOVITZ, cello & SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano
Friday, October 11, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
Cellist Matt Haimovitz brings his music to clubs, outdoor festivals, and intimate coffee houses – any place where he can inspire both classical music lovers and new listeners. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein is the founder of Neighborhood Classics, a concert series hosted by New York City public schools which raises funds for their music education programs. The two embark on a journey celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven, pairing his music with that of the influential contemporary composer, Philip Glass.
A rare and original talent, Brazilian/Argentine/French singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Dom La Nena is just 24 years old and has already been called "one of the major female voices in Latin music" (NPR). She employs sophisticated looping techniques, layering vocals and instrumental tracks, and building audio soundscapes that get under your skin and don't let go.
ALON GOLDSTEIN, piano
Alon Goldstein appeared on the Lane Series with cellist Inbal Segev last season, and we were impressed by his musicality and interpretive sensitivity – enough so that we wanted to bring him back for a program of solo piano music. His program will include works by Domenico Scarlatti and Leonard Bernstein, as well as the Sonata in E-flat Major, "Quasi una fantasia" by Beethoven; Sonata No. 3, Dance Suite by Avner Dorman, and Fantasie in C Major, "Wanderer" by Schubert.
SAM REIDER and THE HUMAN HANDS
Friday, November 1, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
We usually use the word "virtuoso" to describe classical artists, but Sam Reider is a composer/pianist/singer and jaw-droppingly great accordionist who truly earns that adjective as a performer in the folk and world music genres. He and his equally impressive band, The Human Hands, play music that's been described by Songlines Magazine as a "mash-up of the Klezmatics, Quintette du Hot Club de France and the Punch Brothers."
MODIGLIANI STRING QUARTET
Friday, November 15, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
The Paris-based Modigliani Quartet (Amaury Coeytaux, violin; Loic Rio, violin; Laurent Marfaing, viola; François Kieffer, cello) has been performing together for over fifteen years and, as such, has developed its own distinctive sound and rapport. They will be performing Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, "Quinten" by Haydn, Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 by Brahms, and Capriccio for String Quartet in E minor, Op. 81, No.3 by Mendelssohn.
KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND
Saturday, November 16, 5:00pm | Grand Maple Ballroom, UVM Davis Center
Presented in partnership with Vermont Humanities
Kinan Azmeh is the virtuosic, charismatic, and innovative clarinetist who toured with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, for which he won a Grammy in 2017. As a composer and instrumentalist, he weaves the mesmerizing sounds of his native Syria into a highly original and exciting form of haunting and celebratory Arabic Jazz with his first-rate ensemble, CityBand.
Dar Williams is one of the most accomplished and adored singer-songwriters alive. Warm, witty, and a shining star of intimate live performance, Dar has been touring her music throughout the United States and abroad since the early '90s. She is a lovely and accomplished performer and person, and we are thrilled to present her on our stage.
A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT with THE BOSTON CAMERATA
Puer Natus Est
with special guests The UVM Catamount Singers, David Neiweem, Director
Friday, December 6, 7:30pm | UVM Recital Hall
The Boston Camerata has conceived a medieval Christmas program, Puer Natus Est, which offers a glimpse of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence. The selection includes music of the church and songs of private devotion focused around the joyous theme of the Nativity, sung in Latin, Old French, Old Provençal, and Saxon and interlaced with Medieval English texts.
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Razif received threats from the 'Cengkih Manis' group but Razif and his family were put into the Witness Protection Program by the police so that they would not be killed before the prosecution's case. Razif's family had to disguise and convert their identity into villagers and had to adapt to the village environment.
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Our Ancient Forests
Please scroll to the bottom for videos of the public programs that took place on November 13th and 14th.
In collaboration with The Only Animal, the Living Forest Institute and Elphinstone Logging Focus.
Cease Wyss, Damien Gillis, Jess Silvey Ross Muirhead, Shel Neufeld, Robert Studer, Terra Long, Noé Rodriguez, Nita Bowerman, M. Simon Levin, Sophia Dagher, The Wild Empathy Project, Mark Benson, Shy Georgeson, Derek Georgeson
What role does art have in saving our ancient forests? How can artistic practice transform how we collectively understand the irreplaceable value of the last stands of ancient forests that remain, not just on the Sunshine Coast, but throughout British Columbia. These were the prompts shared to a group of artists who, in August of this year were invited into an area known at the Dakota Bear Sanctuary (The Sanctuary) in the Dakota Valley. This forty-six-hectare area was slated to be auctioned for timber as part of BC Timber Sales Block A87126. Within the unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) territory, there are many compelling reasons to save it from logging:
Home to some of the oldest trees (1800+ Years) in Canada, this mountain sanctuary ancient forest is a 'time capsule' of natural and cultural features. It contains hundreds of red and yellow cedar trees that could qualify as "Coastal Legacy Trees" and "Monumental Trees" considering their age, size and cultural significance. The area is also known to have a high density of active black bear den sites, and numerous Culturally Modified trees, some dated to the 16thcentury. In September BCTS announced the temporary suspension of the sale while it reviews its approach to cutting old and ancient forests.
The Sanctuary is a site that is both real, as well as a symbol of a much larger question – what will it take to simply stop any logging of these important places? What do we need to transform our understandings of the immense social, cultural, historical and ecological values of these environments? It is too easy to assume that the suspension of the cut-block is a result of a shift in how we assess the value of our ancient forests. It is much more likely a result of political and economic forces.
How can artists tell the stories about the release of carbon sequestered in the trees and ground, the elimination of rare and fragile ecosystems and plants that no longer exist in second and third growth forests, the destruction of active bear habitats, the cutting of trees two millennia old and the elimination of cultural forms that date back to the same time as the late renaissance in Europe. And these are to name just a handful.
It is from these urgent considerations that this exhibition emerges. The works included are as diverse as any attempt to capture the complexities of the ancient forest itself – they give you a sense of the infinite stories and images that can emerge. But they are also prompted by an effort to encourage involvement in citizen action. How can artists make a critical and joyful mess about these important matters by staying with the trouble and generating joy, terror, and collective thinking? How can artistic language open up new ways of creating meaning within the context of an urgent climate crisis? And in the specific, how can art and creativity contribute towards the need to protect this area from logging?
We hope the exhibition will connect with Coast residents and visitors and inform them about the unbounded losses we face with the logging of these environments. For us the exhibition is a means of opening up a series of conversations – about the values of these ancient places and the terrible consequences of their loss. Ancient forests are irreplaceable environments, and artists are best prepared to give voice and visibility to this.
The Wild Empathy Project is: Julie Andreyev, Maria Lantin, Damien Gillis (concept and art direction); Simon Overstall (sound recording and composition); Edward Madojemu (animation); Olivier Leroux (cinematographer); Sean Arden, Arian Jacobs and Alonso Benavente Fortes (post-production). Supported by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Basically Good Media Lab, ECU
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Boxer punches officer during 'yellow vests' protests
On two films, which went viral after the last protests of the French 'yellow vests', it is clear to see how a demonstrator tackles police officers in a harsh way. The man loosens up violently. Even the shield that the agents wear cannot protect them. Meanwhile, the French police identified the man. It was the professional boxer Christophe Dettinger (37).
The video of the attack immediately went viral in the French social media. Some even edited the music from the movie Rocky underneath. It shows how the big black man, who does not wear a yellow vest himself, jumps over a fence on the footbridge Leopold-Sédar-Senghor. Then he starts boxing with a policeman who tries to defend himself with a coat of arms. It was even more dangerous when the same man kicked up a policeman while he was lying on the floor.
Boxer without values
It was remarkable that the French union of chiefs announced via Twitter that they had identified the man. "Sir, you who beat our colleague who was lying on the floor. We have identified you. As a boxer you do not respect the rules. So, we will teach you the rules of criminal law", according to the Twitter message of 'Le Syndicat des Commissaires de la Police Nationale (SCPN). There is still a recognizable action picture that the man depicts during his sporting career.
Minister of Home Affairs Christophe Castaner shared the message of SCPN and wrote a word of explanation: "You will have to account for this cowardly action".
"I respect a boxer who honours his club and city", says Jérôme Guedj (ps). "But I have no respect for someone who boxes with a policeman. On the contrary, anger does not justify this violence." With the Twitter messages of both politicians, the photos of Christophe Dettinger during a boxing match were added.
Le @PrefPolice a saisi le procureur de la République de Paris.
Pleine confiance en notre justice devant laquelle il devra rendre compte de cette attaque aussi lâche qu'intolérable.
Gratitude à ces gendarmes mobiles pour leur sang-froid exemplaire.https://t.co/y6HXgyKnCL
— Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner) January 5, 2019
J'avais estime et respect pour le boxeur qui faisait honneur à son club et à sa ville, que j'ai vu souvent combattre, comme sur cette photo perso, et à qui j'ai remis des titres.
Je n'en ai pas pour celui qui boxe un gendarme. Au contraire.Nulle colère ne justifie cette violence pic.twitter.com/xB1FdI5GUL
— Jérôme Guedj (@JeromeGuedj) January 5, 2019
French boxing champion
According to the French media, it is a 37-year-old professional boxer from the Paris region: Christophe Dettinger. According to his personal Wikipedia page, the man was French boxing champion in 2007 at the weight class 'light weight'. His last fight dates from 2013. Dettinger have not been arrested yet.
Scattered over France yesterday there were again confrontations between the 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) and the police. Along the Seine in Paris, policemen pelted with projectiles, fired tear gas to keep protesters at bay. This happened, for example, on a footbridge, as can be seen on statues, but also at the parliament building and the museum d'Orsay.
Barricades were raised and lit in a number of places. A boat restaurant also had to pay for it. A cop was injured on the Seine quay because a bicycle was thrown at him from above. It was the eighth time that the yellow-jacket movement proclaimed Saturday as national protest day. Except in the French capital, people went out into the streets in Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lyon, reports the Le Parisien newspaper, also with some disturbances as a result.
©AFP – A protest of 'yellow vests' in Nantes also led to skirmishes.
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Texas secessionists launch petition drive for vote to break away
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A group called the Texas Nationalist Movement fanned out to 31 cities across Texas this weekend trying to gather the 75,000 signatures they say they need to get the question of the state's secession from the United States on the primary ballot next spring.
Texas is one of only two U.S. states, the other being Hawaii, that were once internationally recognized sovereign nations, with diplomatic ties to other countries. Although legal experts said it would be unconstitutional for Texas to break away via a primary vote, there is still a spirit of Texas independence among many in the Lone Star State.
"What we are seeing, over and over, is this complete disconnect between the people of Texas, what they want, and what is going on in Washington, D.C.," TNM President Daniel Miller told Reuters.
"The people of Texas don't have anything against the United States, they are just tired of being governed by bureaucrats we didn't elect pushing programs we don't want."
He compared Texas to Scotland, which narrowly defeated a proposal to secede from the United Kingdom last year, and Catalonia, which is pushing to hold a vote on independence from Spain this year.
"We are living in the era of the right of political self-determination," Miller said.
But there is one rather big problem, according to T. Gerald Treece, a professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston and an expert on Constitutional Law.
"That problem is the Civil War," Treece said. "When Texas and the other Southern states were re-admitted, each of them made a solemn promise that they would never leave the Union again."
Treece said there are some legislative options available to the Texas Nationalist Movement, short of another civil war.
"You have to have the Texas Legislature initiate a request, and then you have to have the U.S. Congress approve it, and then it could happen," he said, adding that with 'two sovereigns involved,' both would have to give their assent.
Many states have discussed leaving the Union over the last century, but the talk has been louder in Texas, with some Republicans, including former Governor Rick Perry, floating the idea of secession.
Texas would certainly have the clout to become influential on the world stage as an independent nation, with a $1.4 trillion-a year-economy, about the same size as South Korea's.
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Q: Searching a Database Table For a Large List of Keywords I am trying to search a table for multiple keywords.  However, I am not looking for one keyword or even 10.  It is around one thousand keywords.  These keywords are also in a table and can be controlled.  I would rather not hard-code these keywords into my SQL command...
The target table I am searching contains a lot of text and a cell could contain an entire sentences or paragraph... so doing something like a 'full text' search in mySQL seems like a good start.
Very similar to this question, but again, when I speak of multiple keywords, I mean hundreds to thousands.  mysql FULLTEXT search multiple words
Can I dump my keyword table into an array and run a FULLTEXT search?  Can this even be approached with mySQL or are there limits im not considering?  Im open to other technology suggestions too.  Sorry that I dont have code or errors to post.  I am first trying to understand conceptually how to approach this.  -tia

A: Recently i had to do a similar decision. I decided to go with lucene. I store the indexable fields in lucene, and return an id for mysql row.
Other choice is sphinx , a full tutorial can be found here.
See a related post here. And here.

A: SELECT * FROM articles WHERE body LIKE '%$keyword%';

A: you just need to use a for loop in your mysql query to read all keyworks.
its clear that you separated your keywords with comma or -
so you need to explode keyword by comma and put them in a variable .
for example :
  $keywords =  "key1,key2,key3,...";  // values come from keywords column from db.

now you just need to explode $keywords.
  $keys=explode(',',$keywords);

and finally in your query you need to use a for loop:
  $query = "SELECT * From targettable";
            $i = 0;
            foreach ($keys as $key)
             {
            $query .= "WHERE keywords LIKE '%".$key."%' )";
            $i++;
             }

i named your keywords column = "keywords".
also you can easily add your other condition into $query.

A: Watch out with mysql fulltext searches, if your result set is > 50% of the entire data set, mysql sees this is a failed search, and you wont get anything.
This sounds likely to occur if you have a hit list of 1000s of possible words.
I'd say you would be better off investigating the extraction of keywords from text (lets imagine they are articles) as they are stored.
Then store these keywords in their own table.
For best results though, you'd likely want to investigate Natural Language Processing and extract meaning from articles rather than just words.

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