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The Death of the Humanities
Posted: January 29, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Education, History, Think Tank | Tags: Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies, Education, Environmental Studies, Humanities, New York Times, Postcolonialism, Professor, Stanford University, United States, Victor Davis Hanson |1 Comment
A liberal arts education was once a gateway to wisdom; now, it can breed ignorance and arrogance
Victor Davis Hanson writes: The humanities are in their latest periodic crisis. Though the causes of the ongoing decline may be debated, everyone accepts the dismal news about eroding university enrollments, ever fewer new faculty positions, the decline in majors, and the lack of jobs for humanities graduates. Less than 8% of current BA degrees are awarded to humanities majors. The New York Times recently reported that while 45% of the undergraduate faculty at Stanford teach in the humanities, only 15% of the students major in them.
Of course, the numbers of humanities majors have been in decline since the 1970s. But what seems different today is that the humanities are less sacrosanct in the university. Literature, philosophy, and art are no longer immune from budget cuts by virtue of their traditional intrinsic value to the university. Either humanities professors can no longer make the case for the traditional role of their subjects or no one cares to listen to what they have to say.
About 15 years ago, John Heath and I coauthored Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, a pessimistic warning about where current trends would take classics in particular and the humanities in general. It was easy enough then to identify the causes of the implosion. At the very time the protocols of the universities were proving unsustainable—more expensive administrators and non-teaching personnel, soaring tuition hikes, vast non-instructional expenditures in student services and social recreation, more release time for full professors, greater exploitation of part-time teachers, and more emphasis on practical education—the humanities had turned against themselves in the fashion of an autoimmune disease.
For example, esoteric university press publications, not undergraduate teaching and advocacy, came to define the successful humanities professor. Literature, history, art, music, and philosophy classes—even if these courses retained their traditional course titles—became shells of their former selves, now focusing on race, class, and gender indictments of the ancient and modern Western worlds.
These trendy classes did the nearly impossible task of turning the plays of Euripides, the poetry of Dante, and the history of the Civil War into monotonous subjects. The result was predictable: cash-strapped students increasingly avoided these classes. Moreover, if humanists did not display enthusiasm for Western literature, ideas, and history, or, as advocates, seek to help students appreciate the exceptional wisdom and beauty of Sophocles or Virgil, why, then, would the Chairman of the Chicano Studies Department, the Assistant Dean of Social Science, the Associate Provost for Diversity, or the Professor of Accounting who Chaired the General Education Committee worry about the declining enrollments in humanities?
Even more paradoxical, humanities professors began to adopt the very values of the caricatured corporate world to define the successful humanist. The campus exemplar became the grandee who won the most time off from teaching, garnered the most grants, taught the fewest undergraduates, and wrote the most university press books that in turn were largely critical of the subject matter that ensured his university position in the first place. Now, in the latest round of declining interest in the liberal arts, the problem is not just one of declining enrollments and interest, but also that there is no longer any institutional safety net to subsidize an eroding but still vital mode of education.
A trillion-dollar student loan bubble is proving unsustainable for all students, business and humanities majors alike. This time around, arguments rage not over the value of a humanities major, but whether college itself is worth attending. Will earning a bachelor's degree still ensure greater lifetime earnings than bypassing college altogether?
Meanwhile, the new technology of online courses and for-profit tech schools offer a far cheaper antidote to the high cost and often partisan corruption of the traditional university experience. For-profit ventures are not worried about skipping the humanities and losing a broader college learning experience. And they certainly have a point, given that humanities professors themselves have not effectively argued that well conceived and taught liberal arts programs can restore the reputations of colleges that graduate ever more indebted students who often read, write, and think no more effectively than their non-college competitors.
If the humanities could have adopted a worse strategy to combat these larger economic and cultural trends over the last decade, it would be hard to see how. In short, the humanities have been exhausted by a half-century of therapeutic "studies" courses: Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, Post-Colonial Studies, Environmental Studies, Chicano Studies, Women's Studies, Black Studies, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, and Gay Studies. Any contemporary topic that could not otherwise justify itself as literary, historical, philosophical, or cultural simply tacked on the suffix "studies" and thereby found its way into the curriculum…
(Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow and chair, military history working group)
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Everyone knows that if you want to get jacked and build brutally terrifying strength, you need to include protein in your diet. There's some dispute in academic studies over the the amount of protein one needs among academics has raged for decades, and their research is largely ignored by elite strength and bodybuilding athletes for a "more is better and much more is much better" approach. On top of that, debates rage about timing and type of protein, so we'll cover that first.
If you are an athlete or highly active person attempting to lose body fat while preserving lean muscle mass, a daily intake of 1.5-2.2g/kg bodyweight (0.68-1g/lb bodyweight) is a good goal.
If you are an athlete or highly active person, or you are attempting to lose body fat while preserving lean mass, then a daily intake of 1.0-1.5g/kg bodyweight (0.45-0.68g/lb bodyweight) is a good goal.
If you are sedentary and not looking to change body composition, a daily target of 0.8g/kg bodyweight (0.36g/lb bodyweight) is a good goal.
"In non-vegetarian males with a dietary protein intake of 1.2g/kg or so at baseline, the addition of 25g protein (mostly whey, some egg and casein as well as glutamine added in small amounts) was able to enhance power output and enhance muscle hypertrophy more than placebo over a period of 14 weeks (Anderson).
Reidy PT, Walker DK, Dickinson JM, Gundermann DM, Drummond MJ, Timmerman KL, Fry CS, Borack MS, Cope MB, Mukherjea R, Jennings K, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Protein blend ingestion following resistance exercise promotes human muscle protein synthesis. J Nutr. 2013 Apr;143(4):410-6.
Reidy PT, Walker DK1, Dickinson JM2, Gundermann DM1, Drummond MJ3, Timmerman KL4, Cope MB5, Mukherjea R5, Jennings K6, Volpi E7, Rasmussen BB8. Soy-dairy protein blend and whey protein ingestion after resistance exercise increases amino acid transport and transporter expression in human skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Jun 1;116(11):1353-64.
All of the above have different gastric emptying rates, so they have different effects on the rate of muscle protein synthesis, including the two milk proteins, which can be processed in differing ways to produce different rates. Additionally, all of the proteins have different health benefits they can confer.
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Witchcraft and Demonology in: France and Italy
Cassini, Samuele. Questione de le strie.
[Pavia? 1505]; octavo (Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-e.23)
The first book to oppose the identification of witchcraft as a heresy. Cassini attempted to discredit the Inquisitors by arguing that they themselves were guilty of heresy because of their belief in the night flight of witches. He was one of the few writers before the mid-sixteenth century (Symphoriem Champier and Gianfrancesco Ponzinibio were the other two major authors) to oppose the position taken up by the Malleus maleficarum.
A rare book. R.H. Robbins reports only two copies extant, one in Milan and the other in Cornell University Library.
Spina, Bartolommeo, ca, 1475-1546. Quaestio de strigibus, una cum tractatu de praeeminentia sacrae theologiæ, et quadruplici apologia de lamiis contra Ponzinibium.
Romae [i.e. Rome], In Aedibus Populi Romani, 1576; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Al-y.62)
These three tracts were first published separately in the 1520s. Spina, an extreme supporter of the belief in witchcraft, opposed Gianfrancesco Ponzinibio, an Italian lawyer who condemned the methods used by the Inquisition to prove the guilt of witches. Sorcery as practised in Italy forms the background to Spina's book.
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533. Dialogus in tres libros diuisus: tiulus est Strix
[Colophon: ] Bononiae [i.e. Bologna], a Hieronymo de Benedictis, 1523; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Al-a.4)
Pico della Mirandola, having had his doubts about witchcraft removed by attending the examinations of those charged with sorcery in Bologna, then proceeded to write this book, so that the matter might better be prosecuted everywhere. The worth of the volume is probably best guaged from Henry Lea's judgement of Pico della Mirandola: "The credulity of so learned a man is scarce conceivable". This is a copy of the first edition.
Pico della Mirandola was the nephew of the famous humanist of the same time.
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533. Dialogo intitolato La strega, overo di gli inganni de demoni.
Pescia [appresso Lorenzo Torrentino] 1555; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-d.33)
The first Italian translation of the Strix, the work of the Dominican Leandro Alberti, was published at Bologna in 1524; it was the first book on witchcraft to be printed in that language.
This is a copy of the second Italian translation, the work of Turino Turini, which appeared at Pescia in 1555.
Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus.
Romae [i.e. Rome] [Apud IoannemMairam de Viottis] 1555; folio (Sp Coll Hunterian I.4.4)
Belief in sorcery and demons was firmly implanted in the Scandinavian countries, though persecution of witches never assumed the proportions it did elsewhere.
The Historia de gentibus septentionalibus is divided into twenty-two books, the third of which is called De superstitiosa cultura daemonum populorum aquilonarium. The entire work is profusely illustrated with woodcuts; those in book three show the northern peoples' special concern with the powers of sorcerers over the sea and ships. Hence, sorcerers were credited with the ability to raise and settle storms, to upset boats, and to cross the sea by means of spells.
Olaus Magnus, the Swedish historian and geographer, was made Archbishop of Upsala in 1544.
Bodin, Jean, 1530-1596. De la demonomanie des sorciers.
Paris, Iacques du Puys, 1580; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Al-a.1)
This book was written primarily for the information of judges by one who had himself acted as a judge at many trials in France. It is a landmark in witchcraft literature. Bodin was a particularly avid promoter of the worst features of the witchcraft delusion, following in the tradition of the Malleus Maleficarum. Typical of his extremism is his vigorous support of the torture of suspects.
This copy is of the first edition and contains manuscript notes by the linguist Richard Roberts Jones (1780-1843).
Remy, Nicolas, ca. 1525-1612. Daemonolatreiae libri tres.
Lugduni [i.e. Lyon], In Officina Vincentii, 1595; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Al-x.48)
Remy was privy Counsellor to Duke Charles III of Lorraine and became Attorney General of Lorraine in 1591.
This is the first edition of a work which, together with Del Rio's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex, largely superceded the Malleus maleficarum. Probably Remy's work owed much of its influence to the vivid way in which it was written - Remy gave authenticity to his statements by quoting the names of many of those condemned by him and the dates of their trials. On the title page it is claimed that 900 witches had been condemned to death in Lorraine within the fifteen years Remy had acted as judge.
Guazzo, Francesco Maria. Compendium maleficarum.
Mediolani [i.e. Milan], Apud Haeredes August. Tradati, 1608; octavo (Sp Coll Ferguson Ao-a.60, Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-c.50)
Guazzo, a friar in Milan in the early seventeenth century, wrote his Compendium maleficarum at the request of a bishop of Milan. The list of authorities cited in the work totals over 300, ranging from classical authors to his own contemporaries. Despite this apparently weighty scholarship "the whole book is a prodigious collection of marvels ... showing to what incredible lengths human credulity can extend" - Henry C. Lea, Materials toward a history of witchcraft.
The Ferguson Collection contains two copies of the 1608 edition.
Lancre, Pierre de. Tableau de l'inconstance des mauvais anges et demons.
Paris, Nicolas Buon, 1613; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Al-x.50)
Pierre de Lancre (1553-1631) sent by Henry IV of France to investigate witchcraft in the Pays de Labourd, a Basque-speaking region in Southwest France, concluded that of the 30,000 inhabitants very few families, including most of the priests, were untouched by sorcery. The Tableau largely stems from his activities in Labourd.
The book contains an engraving of a witches' sabbat by the Polish engraver Jan Ziarnko. The Tableau, including his engraving, was later satirized by Laurent Bordelon in L'histoire des imaginations ... de Monsieur Oufle, 1710.
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Relation de la sortie du demon Balam du corps de la Mere Pnieune des Vrselines de Loudun. Et ses espouuentables mouuements & contorsions en l'exorcisme.
Orleans, Chez Rene Fremont, 1635; quarto (Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-d.22)
The accusations of sorcery brought by the nuns of the Ursuline convent at Loudun against Father Urbain Grandier in 1633 resulted in what is probably the most famous of all witchcraft trials in France. Grandier was found guilty and burnt in 1634.
This incident formed the historical basis for Huxley's masterly study of mass hysteria, The Devils of Loudun.
Brognolo, Candido, 1607-1677. Alexicacon hoc est opus de maleficiis ac morbis maleficis.
Venetiis [i.e. Venice], Typis Io: Baptistae Catanei, 1668; folio (Sp Coll Ferguson Add. f2)
One result of the belief in demoniacal possession was the publication of numerous volumes on exorcism, of which this work is an important example. These set out to provide detailed instructions and formulae for the recognition of the state of demoniacal possession, for the discovery of a demon's name, for the cause of possession, and for the expulsion of demons.
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Bengaluru: Ahead of the hearing of the petition challenging Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala's decisions with regards to Karnataka Assembly elections, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said that the party has full faith in the Supreme Court to not repeat the Governor's mistake.
"We have full faith in the Supreme Court. It will not repeat the same mistake the Governor">Governor did," Azad told reporters here.
Responding to reports of Congress MLAs being shifted from Bengaluru over fear of defection, Azad said that all MLAs were presently in Bengaluru.
With 15 days left for the newly elected Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to prove majority in the state assembly, the Congress-JD(S) alliance alleged that the BJP was resorting to horse-trading to achieve the required number.
Last night, the Karnataka Governor">Governor invited Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) BS Yeddyurappa to form the government and prove majority on the floor of the House in 15 days. Following this Congress and JD(S) filed a petition against this decision in top court.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Congress filed a petition before the Supreme Court to postpone the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa.
However, the top court sealed the deal in favour of the BJP, following which Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka.
The matter will now be heard tomorrow.
In a turn of events, the JD(S) and Congress forge a post-poll alliance and got the support of one Independent MLA, taking their collective number to 117.


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SHOALHAVEN'S inspirational dressage rider Victoria Davies continues to impress in the competitive arena, this time with her horse Bravour M, affectionately known as Spud. Bravour M only joined Davies in September, but during that time, have claimed three trophy rugs, two trophies and a number of strong scores. The pairs first competition together was at the Shoalhaven Dressage Club Championships where they competed in Preparatory division. "We showed what we were all about, winning both our tests scoring 72 per cent and 74.60 per cent," Davis said. That earned them the champion for that level, before going on to win highest percentage of the competition award and Shoalhaven Dressage Club supreme champion. "Our second event was in the Hawkesbury, in terrible weather, but instead of withdrawing him, we decided to see how he would cope with the conditions," she said. "Spud was amazing, with two first places with a score more than 70 per cent with excellent feedback from a New Zealand judge. "This was our first FEI Para Equestrian tests and was only 3.36 per cent off our set target score which is really fantastic." Their third and final competition before leaving for the first World Equestrian Games (WEG) qualifier was last weekend at the DNSW Clarendon Winter Festival (rescheduled to November due to flooding in June). "Spud did three amazing tests – the highlight of the competition was the score of 76.66 per cent for our FEI Para Grade II freestyle to music with a 78 per cent for artistic," Davis said. "That is the highest score I have achieved in my riding career – I was speechless." They then claimed first in two other tests, scoring 70 per cent and 69.39 per cent, to be awarded overall champion FEI Para Equestrian. All three competitions have prepared Davies for the first World Equestrian Games (WEG) qualifier to be held at Werribee, Victoria. "My goal is to gain a place on the Australian team for the WEGs, held in Tryon, North Carolina next September," she said. "The target score for my grade is 74.24 per cent, based on an average medallist scores from the last Paralympics.  "It all comes down to the performances on the day and the scores achieved at these qualifiers – anything can happen and it's just about trusting the journey and remaining positive at all times." On the back of this success, Davies was named as a member of the Australian High Performance Green Squad (AIS - Podium Potential). "It was very nice to see that my hard work and scores have been identified," she said. "I have a goal for many years to compete at the Paralympics. "I was so close to reaching it last year until I was forced to withdraw from the Paralympic shadow squad on medical grounds due to my neck diagnosis.  "I'll never give up and I do believe I'm stronger and more determined than ever. I've been through so much in the past 18 months since my neck diagnosis.  "It's nice to know the officials and selectors still identify me as having podium potential for upcoming international events."
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Victoria Davies continues to chase her Paralympic dream
SHOALHAVEN'S inspirational dressage rider Victoria Davies continues to impress in the competitive arena, this time with her horse Bravour M, affectionately known as Spud.
Bravour M only joined Davies in September, but during that time, have claimed three trophy rugs, two trophies and a number of strong scores.
The pairs first competition together was at the Shoalhaven Dressage Club Championships where they competed in Preparatory division.
"We showed what we were all about, winning both our tests scoring 72 per cent and 74.60 per cent," Davis said.
That earned them the champion for that level, before going on to win highest percentage of the competition award and Shoalhaven Dressage Club supreme champion.
"Our second event was in the Hawkesbury, in terrible weather, but instead of withdrawing him, we decided to see how he would cope with the conditions," she said.
"Spud was amazing, with two first places with a score more than 70 per cent with excellent feedback from a New Zealand judge.
"This was our first FEI Para Equestrian tests and was only 3.36 per cent off our set target score which is really fantastic."
Their third and final competition before leaving for the first World Equestrian Games (WEG) qualifier was last weekend at the DNSW Clarendon Winter Festival (rescheduled to November due to flooding in June).
"Spud did three amazing tests – the highlight of the competition was the score of 76.66 per cent for our FEI Para Grade II freestyle to music with a 78 per cent for artistic," Davis said.
"That is the highest score I have achieved in my riding career – I was speechless."
They then claimed first in two other tests, scoring 70 per cent and 69.39 per cent, to be awarded overall champion FEI Para Equestrian.
All three competitions have prepared Davies for the first World Equestrian Games (WEG) qualifier to be held at Werribee, Victoria.
"My goal is to gain a place on the Australian team for the WEGs, held in Tryon, North Carolina next September," she said.
"The target score for my grade is 74.24 per cent, based on an average medallist scores from the last Paralympics.
"It all comes down to the performances on the day and the scores achieved at these qualifiers – anything can happen and it's just about trusting the journey and remaining positive at all times."
On the back of this success, Davies was named as a member of the Australian High Performance Green Squad (AIS - Podium Potential).
"It was very nice to see that my hard work and scores have been identified," she said.
"I have a goal for many years to compete at the Paralympics.
"I was so close to reaching it last year until I was forced to withdraw from the Paralympic shadow squad on medical grounds due to my neck diagnosis.
"I'll never give up and I do believe I'm stronger and more determined than ever. I've been through so much in the past 18 months since my neck diagnosis.
"It's nice to know the officials and selectors still identify me as having podium potential for upcoming international events."
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JUPITER, Fla. – Justin Martinson of Avondale, PA, birdied the second hole of a playoff Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club to win for the first time on the Minor League Golf Tour. Martinson outlasted four other players who also posted two under par 70's.
Matt Hill of Palm Beach Gardens, Corey Birch of Ridgefield, CT, and Dominick Vennari of Baltimore, MD, all missed birdie putts at the par-4 first hole. Martinson and Alejandro Garmendia of Pompano Beach, FL advanced by sinking putts of 10 and 9 feet, respectively.
At the par-5 second hole, on his third shot, Martinson chipped to 7 feet from behind the green and birdied after Garmendia missed a 20 footer for birdie. Martinson had eagled the second hole in regulation to go with 3 birdies and as many bogeys. Garmendia and Hill each made 7 birdies and 5 bogeys, Birch and Vennari 4 birdies and 2 bogeys apiece.
Martinson received $850 from the $4,800 purse, $170 from the optional bonus pool and $60 in skins for a total of $1,080. The four who tied for second each received $487.50 plus added money.
On a windy day, there were five more who tied at 71 and nine at 72 in the 38-player field.
10 players chose to enter the optional 3-day cumulative bonus pool where scores from all three 1-day events this week count towards. The entry fee was $100 and 100% of the entries go into the purse creating a prize pool of $1,000. Here is the leaderboard after the second event.
A big thank you to MLGT partner Joey D Golf for coming out to todays event to offer players complimentary strectching before the round. They are offering MLGT members a special rate of $50 per training session the entire month of October 2018. And as always you'll receive a complimentary physical assessment at your first visit.


In Hollywood, there are countless stars making millions of dollars a year. It can be easy to envy their lives, but oftentimes we don't know the struggles and hurdles they encountered to get there.
American Idol contestant, Wade Cota, may not be a Hollywood millionaire (yet), but his background story proves he has more than paid his dues in life.
Before his audition, Wade told the camera about his childhood. He is the youngest of three children who lived with his mom and biological father – who was severely abusive. According to Wade, his father knew that his mom wanted to escape with the kids and would get in the way of her ever leaving the house with all three children in tow.
After years, she finally devised a plan. She told her husband that she was taking all three kids to the doctor for their checkups. To avoid suspicion, she offered for her husband to join them and he declined. Wade said that was the last time he ever saw his father.
His mother and family are Wade's motivation to try to make it as a singer in Hollywood. He wants to give back to his mom for all of the sacrifices she made for him growing up. The family struggled a lot, but overall, he remembers a good childhood because his mom did everything in her power to make it one.
Walking into his audition, judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan were all aware of Wade's complicated past. Still, their job is to judge his talent as a singer, and he delivered!
Wade blew the judges away with his performance of George Ezra's "Blame it on Me". As soon as he started playing the guitar and singing it was clear that his compelling backstory was not the reason he made it this far in auditions – his talent is beyond measure.
Upon finishing his song, all three judges were simply stunned. Lionel told him that he has "character", Katy said Wade had one of the most unique voices she had ever heard, and Luke compared him to legend Johnny Cash!
To no one's surprise, Wade was invited to move forward in the competition – with support from all three judges.
As he left the audition room, Wade's mom was waiting patiently for him and gave him a huge congratulatory hug. The love and support the family has for each other were clear from that simple embrace.
We don't know where this competition is going to go, but we are fairly confident that Wade is going to be a fan favorite and make it far!
Check out Wade's amazing audition in the video below & don't forget to share!


As a beginning poker player there are many issues that you will be faced with. It is how you deal with these issues that will determine what type of poker player you end up as. If you think that you can simply take on these problems as they come up you may be right. The fact of the matter is that you will probably be hit with some of the common beginner poker player problems, while some of the others will pass you by. The great thing is that the more you learn from your mistakes the better off you will be in the long run. In order to get past the issues that will plague you, it is important that you are aware of the start up solutions that you can use to your advantage.
One of the best solutions to your early problems is getting help. There are so many new players that avoid this because they feel that they cannot "give up their pride." The fact of the matter is that if you want to be the best poker player that you can be, you will need to ask for help from time to time. This is particularly true if you are new to the game. Remember, you will hit some snags and being able to get advice from somebody who has been there before is very beneficial to the development of your career.
Another solution to start up problems is avoiding them altogether. Although this may sound hard to do, there are many ways that you can at least cut down on the start up mistakes that usually touch so many newcomers. The best way to avoid mistakes is to know what they are from the start. After all, if you know the common issues with getting started at the game of poker you will be able to better avoid them. For instance, one common problem is letting your budget get out of control. Sure, this is something that you can figure out after you have made a mistake, but why wait until it gets to that point? Instead, you can look into how you can avoid this and you will be much better off from the start.
Finally, if you do not find any solution to your problem right away there is no reason that you should get discouraged. Instead, simply step back and vow that you are not going to move forward until you solve the problem at hand. If you try to move past an issue before you solve it you are only going to end up causing more problems for yourself in the long run.
Overall, there are many start up solutions out there that can really help you to become a better poker player from the start. The more that you know about the common issues the better off you will be in the long run. So before you ever play your first hand, get a good idea as to what to expect and how you can combat the problems that may arise. This will go a long way in helping you to start off on the right foot.


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Sleep and exercise affect new mothers differently than new fathers
Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new moms differently than new dads, according to researchers.
In a study looking at the daily lives of new parents, a team led by Penn State researchers found that in general, getting more physical activity and more sleep from day to day was linked with more personal well-being, a better couple relationship and more closeness with their baby.
However, fathers who slept more on average than other fathers reported lower overall well-being and less closeness with their partner and child. In contrast, mothers who slept more on average than other mothers reported greater well-being.
Additionally, the researchers found that on days when fathers exercised more than usual, there was a lower likelihood of an argument between the couple. But, on days when mothers exercised more than usual, there was a higher chance of an argument.
Mark Feinberg, research professor in the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State, who led the study, said these differences may be due to mothers often being seen as the primary caretaker.
"Fathers may resist or feel resentful when mothers spend more time than usual on their own needs such as exercise, leaving fathers to pick up more responsibility for child care — leading to arguments," Feinberg said. "But, it's also possible that the extra time spent with the child is stressful for fathers, leading fathers to be more irritable on such days and leading to more arguments with the partner."
The findings — published in the Monographs of the Society for Research In Child Development — were part of a study that examined how factors like exercise, sleep and different daily stressors affected the day-to-day lives and family relationships of new parents.
Feinberg said that while early parenthood is stressful for parents both as individuals and as a couple, it is also a vital period of rapid development for the newborn child, making it especially important to understand and support parents' well-being during this time.
"In general, new parents report higher levels of stress, depression and couple conflict, as well as less sleep, companionship and romance with their partner," Feinberg said. "Ironically, it's also the period when children are most vulnerable, when their brains and regulatory systems are rapidly developing to set the stage for their functioning for the rest of their lives, and when they are most dependent on parents for consistent affection and support."
According to Feinberg, the current study is one of the first to explore these stress and resilience factors among new parents on a daily level.
He said that looking at how changes in one stressful or replenishing factor are linked to changes in parents' well-being and relationships from day to day — instead of annually, for example — can give researchers a better understanding on how to help parents achieve better functioning and well-being on more days.
"In past research, we might find that on average, one father sleeps more, is less depressed, and more affectionate with his child than another father," Feinberg said. "But that doesn't tell us if enhancing sleep for that father would affect his level of depression or parenting warmth."
For the study, the researchers used data from 143 mothers and 140 fathers collected ten months after their child's birth. The researchers interviewed the mothers and fathers separately by phone every night for eight days to gather data about the previous 24 hours.
They gathered data about time spent sleeping, at work, doing chores and physical activity. They also asked the participants about stress, well-being, and their relationships with their spouse and child.
Feinberg said the results may be used to help parents find and reinforce their strengths and have more good days than bad.
"Some parents are happier or sleep better overall than others, but most parents experience some difficult days and some good days," Feinberg said. "Most parents already have a good place to start from at least on some days, so it's a matter of figuring out what works on those days and then doing more of that. This would be an easier and maybe more effective approach than thinking that we have to help someone completely change their routines and emotional patterns."
Additionally, Feinberg said parents may be able to explore their own day-to-day dynamics by using mobile apps on a smartphone.
"Studying daily fluctuation is a very rich way to understand the complex unfolding of individual and family life," Feinberg said. "There are many apps and devices that are available for recording daily experiences such as sleep and physical activity. With a little bit more added functionality — being able to look at patterns across different experiences, and even across family members — these tools could provide even more benefit."
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Q: WPF custom MultiSelector won't use ItemTemplateSelector (but will use ItemTemplate) I've searched for and found many questions similar mine but none of them seem to be quite my situation.  Admittedly, mine is something of an edge-case.  I'm hoping someone can spot what I'm missing here.
I've long been using a custom ItemsControl which derives from MultiSelector.  I have a custom DataTemplate to draw the items in it.  And they're drawn just fine if  and only if I use the ItemTemplate property on the control.
But when I try instead to the ItemTemplateSelector property, my override of SelectTemplate is not being called.   I've verified that it's creates and then set as the control's ItemTemplateSelector.  But the breakpoint for its SelectTemplate override never gets hit.
The net effect is that the nice shapes that were previously being drawn beautifully by my one and only DataTemplate now just show up as string names.
The view I'm using is like this:
<UserControl x:Class="MyApp.Shapes.ShapeCanvas"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:gcs="clr-namespace:MyApp.Shapes"
             xmlns:gcp="clr-namespace:MyApp.Properties"
             xmlns:net="http://schemas.mycompany.com/mobile/net"
             >

    <UserControl.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <ResourceDictionary Source="/MyApp.Core;component/Resources/Styles/ShapeItemStyle.xaml" />
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

            <!--
            Default data template for most ShapeVm types, custom data type for PolyLineVm
            I've removed the contents for brevity but they draw Paths objects normally
            -->

            <DataTemplate x:Key="ShapeTemplate" DataType="{x:Type gcs:ShapeVm}"/>
            <DataTemplate x:Key="PolylineTemplate" DataType="{x:Type gcs:PolyLineVm}"/>

            <!-- ShapeTemplateSelector to pick the right one -->
            <gcs:ShapeTemplateSelector x:Key="ShapeTemplateSelector"
                                       DefaultTemplate="{StaticResource ShapeTemplate}"
                                       PolyLineTemplate="{StaticResource PolylineTemplate}"/>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </UserControl.Resources>

    <Canvas x:Name="Scene">
        <gcs:ShapesControl x:Name="ShapesControl"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                           VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                           ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ShapeItemStyle}"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Shapes}"
                           ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource ShapeTemplateSelector}"
        >
            <!-- If I use this line instead of ItemContainerStyle, It *does* pick up shape template -->
            <!-- ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ShapeTemplate}" -->

            <gcs:ShapesControl.ItemsPanel>
                <ItemsPanelTemplate>
                    <Canvas Background="Transparent" IsItemsHost="True" />
                </ItemsPanelTemplate>
            </gcs:ShapesControl.ItemsPanel>

        </gcs:ShapesControl>
    </Canvas>
</UserControl>

Custom DataTemplateSelector
public class ShapeTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
{
    public override DataTemplate SelectTemplate(object item, DependencyObject container)
    {
        *** THIS NEVER EVEN GETS CALLED ***
        return item is PolyLineVm ? PolyLineTemplate : DefaultTemplate;
    }

    public DataTemplate PolyLineTemplate { get; set; }
    public DataTemplate DefaultTemplate { get; set; }
}

Custom MultiSelector ("ShapesControl")
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace MyApp.Shapes
{
    // Created By:
    // Date: 2017-08-25

    using System.Linq;
    using System.Windows;
    using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
    using System.Windows.Input;

    /// <summary>
    /// ShapesControl - our own version of a WPF MultiSelector.  Basically an
    /// ItemsControl that can select multiple items at once.  We need this to
    /// handle user manipulation of shapes on the ShapeCanvas and, potentially,
    /// elsewhere.
    /// </summary>
    public class ShapesControl : MultiSelector
    {
        protected override bool IsItemItsOwnContainerOverride(object item)
        {
            return (item is ShapeItem);
        }

        protected override DependencyObject GetContainerForItemOverride()
        {
            // Each item we display is wrapped in our own container: ShapeItem
            // This override is how we enable that.

            return new ShapeItem();
        }

        // ...Other handlers are multi-selection overrides and removed for clarity
    }
}

Finally, the ShapeItemStyle I use to draw my custom ShapeItems
<Style x:Key="ShapeItemStyle"
       TargetType="{x:Type gcs:ShapeItem}"
       d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance {x:Type gcs:ShapeVm}}"
           >
  <Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true" />
  <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
  <Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding Path=Left, Mode=OneWay}"/>
  <Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Path=Top, Mode=OneWay}"/>

  <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
      <ControlTemplate  TargetType="{x:Type gcs:ShapeItem}">
        <Grid>
          >
          <!-- ContentPresenter for the ShapeVm that this ShapeItem contains -->

          <ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Shape"
                            Content="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.Content}"
                            ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.ContentTemplate}"
                            ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.ContentStringFormat}"
                            HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding Control.HorizontalContentAlignment}"
                            VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding Control.VerticalContentAlignment}"
                            IsHitTestVisible="False"
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding UIElement.SnapsToDevicePixels}"
                            RenderTransformOrigin="{TemplateBinding ContentControl.RenderTransformOrigin}"/>
        </Grid>

      </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter.Value>
  </Setter>
</Style>

(Edit to add ShapeItem per request.  Note that this includes selection code that interacts with the  custom MultiSelector ("ShapesControl") above.  I removed some of those functions from ShapesControl code for brevity as they're triggered by mouse-clicks and I couldn't see how they could possibly prevent a custom DataTemplateSelector from being invoked.  But I've posted all of ShapeItem here)
namespace MyApp.Shapes
{
    [TemplatePart(Name="PART_Shape", Type=typeof(ContentPresenter))]
    public class ShapeItem : ContentControl
    {
        public ShapeVm ShapeVm => DataContext as ShapeVm;
        public ShapeType ShapeType => ShapeVm?.ShapeType ?? ShapeType.None;
        static ShapeItem()
        {
            DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata
                (typeof(ShapeItem),
                 new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(ShapeItem)));
        }
        private bool WasSelectedWhenManipulationStarted { get; set; }

        protected override void OnMouseLeftButtonDown(MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnMouseLeftButtonDown(e);
            ParentSelector?.NotifyItemClicked(this, true);
            e.Handled = true;

        }

        // The following ShapeItem manipulation handlers only handle the case of
        // moving the shape as a whole across the canvas.  These handlers do NOT
        // handle the case of resizing the shape.  Those handlers are on the
        // ShapeHandleThumb class.

        protected override void OnManipulationStarting(ManipulationStartingEventArgs e)
        {
            // The Canvas defines the coordinates for manipulation

            e.ManipulationContainer = this.FindVisualParent<Canvas>();
            base.OnManipulationStarting(e);
            e.Handled = true;
        }
        protected override void OnManipulationStarted(ManipulationStartedEventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.Assert(e.ManipulationContainer is Canvas);
            base.OnManipulationStarted(e);

            // If this item was selected already, this manipulation might be a
            // move.  In that case, wait until we're done with the manipulation
            // before deciding whether to notify the control.

            if (IsSelected)
                WasSelectedWhenManipulationStarted = true;
            else
                ParentSelector.NotifyItemClicked(this, false);

            e.Handled = true;
        }
        protected override void OnManipulationDelta(ManipulationDeltaEventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.Assert(e.ManipulationContainer is Canvas);
            base.OnManipulationDelta(e);
            ParentSelector.NotifyItemMoved(e.DeltaManipulation.Translation);
            e.Handled = true;
        }

        protected override void OnManipulationCompleted(ManipulationCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.Assert(e.ManipulationContainer is Canvas);
            base.OnManipulationCompleted(e);
            if (WasSelectedWhenManipulationStarted)
            {
                // If nothing moved appreciably, unselect everything.  This is how I
                // am detecting just a Tap.  I have to think there is a better way...

                var t = e.TotalManipulation.Translation;
                if (Math.Abs(t.X) < 0.0001 && Math.Abs(t.Y) < 0.0001)
                    ParentSelector.NotifyItemClicked(this, false);

            }
            e.Handled = true;
        }

        private bool IsControlKeyPressed =>
            (Keyboard.Modifiers & ModifierKeys.Control) == ModifierKeys.Control;

        internal ShapesControl ParentSelector =>
            ItemsControl.ItemsControlFromItemContainer(this) as ShapesControl;

        public override void OnApplyTemplate()
        {
            base.OnApplyTemplate();
            Debug.Assert(ReferenceEquals(
                ParentSelector.ItemContainerGenerator.ItemFromContainer(this),
                ShapeVm));
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty IsSelectedProperty =
            Selector.IsSelectedProperty.AddOwner(
                typeof(ShapeItem),
                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(false, OnIsSelectedChanged));

        public bool IsSelected
        {
            get
            {
                var value = GetValue(IsSelectedProperty);
                return value != null && (bool)value;
            }
            set { SetValue(IsSelectedProperty, value); }
        }
        private static void OnIsSelectedChanged(DependencyObject target, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (!(target is ShapeItem item))
                return;

            var evt = (bool)e.NewValue ? Selector.SelectedEvent : Selector.UnselectedEvent;
            item.RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs(evt, item));
        }
    }
}

A: The problem is with following code:
protected override DependencyObject GetContainerForItemOverride()
{
    // Each item we display is wrapped in our own container: ShapeItem
    // This override is how we enable that.

    return new ShapeItem();
}

When you override GetContainerForItemOverride method, it is your code's responsibility to use ItemTemplateSelector and attach it to ItemsControl.

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Myanmar court due to deliver first verdicts in Suu Kyi trial
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Aung San Suu Kyi could face up to five years in prison if found guilty of abetting and violating COVID-19 regulations.
A Myanmar court is expected to deliver the first verdict in a series of trials for the country's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The decisions on Monday pertain to allegations of abetment and violation of the COVID-19 protocol.
If convicted, Aung San Suu Kyi and her co-defendant, Myanmar's ousted President Win Myint, each face up to five years in prison.
The decision was to be announced last week, but was postponed.
The cases are among a dozen cases filed against the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Other charges include multiple charges of corruption, violation of a State Secrets Act, and a telecommunications law that carries a combined maximum sentence of more than a century in prison.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained by generals on February 1 for taking control of the country, denies all charges.
Supporters of the 76-year-old leader say the cases are baseless and designed to end his political career and tie him to legal proceedings while the military wields power.
The military says Aung San Suu Kyi is being given due process by an independent court headed by a judge appointed by her administration.
The trial in the capital Naypyidaw has been closed to the media, and the military's public information outlet has not mentioned the proceedings.
Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers have been barred from communicating with the media and the public.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since February's coup, crippled by protests and instability, which escalated after the military's deadly crackdown on its opponents, whom it calls "terrorists".
The international community has condemned the violence, and Western states have called for Aung San Suu Kyi's release.
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