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Q: Running processes in OS X, Find the initiator process I'd like to create a daemon (base on script or some lower level language) that calculates statistics on all opened applications according to their initiating process. The problem is that the initiating process does not always equivalent to the actual parent process.
For instance, When I press an hyperlink from Microsoft Word that should open executable file like  file:///Applications/Chess.app/
In the case above, I've observed that the ppid of 'Chess' is in fact 'launchd', just the same as if I was running it from launchpad.
Perhaps there's a mach_port (or any other) api to figure out who really initiated the application ?

A: You can't. Mac OS X does not keep track of this information in the way you're looking for -- opening an application from another application does not establish a relationship of any sort between those applications.

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The Kosciusko Kettleheads Homebrew Club and Cerulean Restaurant are hosting the 3rd Annual Homebrew Tasting at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15.
The event is at the Cerulean Garden, 1101 E. Canal St., in Winona Lake. Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 the day of the event, and complete proceeds benefit Combined Community Services. All donations not only benefit the community, but give participants the opportunity to taste dozens of the best, locally made beers!
Only 200 tickets are available. They can be purchased at Cerulean, by calling (574) 269-1226 or online at http://www.ceruleanrestaurant.com/garden/.


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Telefilm hires Jeremy Spry to lead CMF funding administration
The former DATSIT Sphere exec takes on the Montreal-based role of national director, CMF program administrator on Jan. 8, 2020.
By Kelly Townsend
Telefilm Canada has tapped Jeremy Spry (pictured) to lead administration on Canada Media Fund's television and digital media funding programs.
The role of national director, CMF program administrator is based out of Montreal. Spry will take on the job as of Jan. 8, 2020, reporting to René Bourdages, Telefilm's senior director, cultural portfolio management.
Telefilm has overseen administration of CMF's funding programs since 2006. Dominique Lapierre previously held the role, acting as interim director in 2015 before officially taking it over in 2016.
Spry previously worked at Montreal-based prodco DATSIT Sphère as VP of business affairs and executive producer. While at DATSIT he negotiated option rights, including Thea Lim's novel An Ocean of Minutes, and served as an executive producer on Sphère Média Plus' CTV medical drama Transplant. He also led business affairs at Muse Entertainment and served on the CMPA's board of directors. He held early legal positions with CBC/Radio-Canada and Just for Laughs.
Telefilm added two members to its executive team in October, hiring Bourdages, as well as Marie-Claude Lavigne as director, government and public Affairs.
The government funder will review its Success Index in 2020, according to executive director Christa Dickenson, who said a "major overhaul" would go into effect for the 2021/22 fiscal year.
Jeremy Spry, Telefilm
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In brief: Canadians hit the festival circuit in 2020
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UFO Sightings: Where is the Proof?
[...] Before we dismiss these eye witness reports as pure hooey, we need to consider that in courts of law all over our beloved New York State, eye witness testimonies are highly regarded.
North America has about 400 UFO sightings a month, or approximately 4800 a year. On an average month, New York State residents report about 40 UFO sightings, or about 500 per year.
Experts and experienced investigators will say that only a tiny percentage of sighting reports are hoaxes or delusional people. Some sightings turn out to be natural phenomena and others are simple misidentification of other things. On the other hand there is the rather large body of sightings that just can't be explained. Ultra conservative numbers say it's about 3 percent. The experts I've spoken with said the number of unexplained sightings sits in the 10 – 20 percent range.
To misquote Verdi: ""You may have the universe if I may have... ONE DECENT PHOTO!"


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Telco StarHub Implements the Denodo Platform to Accelerate IT Delivery of Data Services
PALO ALTO, Calif., September 21, 2020 – Denodo, the leader in data virtualization, today announced that StarHub, a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communication, entertainment and digital solutions, has implemented the Denodo Platform as part of the modernization of StarHub's IT landscape. By adopting the Denodo Platform, StarHub aims to provide a single secure data services delivery platform to provide timely data to the business.
"We wanted to provide our business users with relevant and timely data via self-service capabilities to improve operational effectiveness and reduce reliance on our IT team. At the same time, we want to establish better data governance through modernizing our data management and optimize our data infrastructure cost," said Yaw Yee Kee, chief information officer at StarHub. "Denodo's data virtualization platform has enabled us to create a single data delivery layer, unifying cloud and on-premise data for better competitiveness and operational effectiveness, while providing the right guardrail in place. As we rationalize and modernize our legacy data sources, the Denodo Platform minimizes business disruption by abstracting the complexities of our underlying data sources for our business users."
StarHub, a fully-integrated quad-play service provider in Singapore, has a complex ecosystem of data sources, consuming applications, and shadow IT systems. The company wanted to establish a standard semantic and data delivery layer across the organization, while meeting the corporate security standard and discontinuing its shadow IT systems, as part of the company's broader digital transformation and IT modernization goals. It set forth a broad digital transformation goal to meet diverse operational and analytical needs within the organization.
Denodo's industry-leading data virtualization platform was the only data integration technology that met all of StarHub's needs for performance, scalability, security, and real-time integration at a significantly low infrastructure cost.
"We are proud to be working with StarHub, to help them establish a secure access to integrated business views of different data across the enterprise," said Ravi Shankar, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Denodo. "The advanced data virtualization capabilities of the Denodo Platform such as self-service search and discovery and streamlined security and governance are benefiting service providers like StarHub, that use it for accelerating data access and improving speed-to-market."
About Denodo
Denodo is the leader in data virtualization providing agile, high performance data integration, data abstraction, and real-time data services across the broadest range of enterprise, cloud, big data, and unstructured data sources at half the cost of traditional approaches. Denodo's customers across every major industry have gained significant business agility and ROI by enabling faster and easier access to unified business information for agile BI, big data analytics, Web, cloud integration, single-view applications, and enterprise data services. Denodo is well-funded, profitable, and privately held.
About StarHub
StarHub is a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment, and digital solutions. With our extensive fiber and wireless infrastructure and global partnerships, we bring to people, homes and enterprises quality mobile and fixed services, a broad suite of premium content, and a diverse range of communication solutions. We develop and deliver to corporate and government clients solutions incorporating artificial intelligence, cyber security, data analytics, Internet of Things, and robotics. We are committed to conducting our business in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. Launched in 2000 and listed on the Singapore Exchange mainboard since 2004, StarHub is a component stock of the SGX Sustainability Leaders Index and the SGX Sustainability Leaders Enhanced Index.


Women with low levels of physical activity reduced by 52 percent.
Physical activity was more protective against vascular causes of dementia, while mental activity seemed to help ward off Alzheimer's disease.
In fact, what you do with a few decades before your 60s could make a big difference, new research suggests. That 's why keeping physically and mentally active in middle age may be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia later, according to a study in the recent issue of Neurology.
In the study, researchers followed 800 Swedish women for 44 years, starting when they were, on average, 47 years old. The mental health and physical activity at the time.
The former category included reading, writing, artistic work, singing, and manual activities like needlework or gardening. As for physical efforts, the researchers have a lot of time and effort. The inactive group, comprising 17 percent of participants, to be mainly sedentary, while the active group, which the rest of the group is regularly logged in competitive sports.
Over the course of 44 years, 194 women developed some form of dementia. Those who were physically active were 52 percent less likely to develop the condition.
In particular, the higher levels of mental health were associated with lower risk of vascular dementia.
The study's lead author, Jenna Najar, M.D., from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, told Runner's World that they are not exactly sure what it is about exercise that helps promote cognitive health. However, they believe it may have helped them against the vascular forms of dementia.
The takeaway here, she added, is that the sooner you start with mental and physical exercise, better off when those retirement days — and beyond — roll around.


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Tag: Persuasive communication
Strategic Storytelling: Using Data to Tell a Story and Telling Stories with Data
Describe how to find a story within a set of data points and how to use data effectively within a story.
Summarize different ways to use data both ethically and effectively in a story.
Explain how to tell stories of structure change.
List Edward Tufte's six guidelines for the visual display of information.
Mark Dessauer, MA
Vice President of Learning
Spitfire Strategies
In the final webinar of our Strategic Storytelling series, Mark Dessauer, MA, shows us how public health practitioners can use data points to build a story and demonstrate impact. He walks us through the steps of finding a story in data and provides clear guidelines to ensure that the story we choose is engaging. He introduces the seven different types of data stories, while highlighting their strengths and weaknesses along the way. Mark emphasizes the most important dos and don'ts of using data in stories and shares vital infographic tips. After reviewing several examples of data stories, he explores how to tell stories about structural change and provides an overview of Tufte's guidelines of the visual display of information. Finally, he shares a number of valuable resources to help enhance the use of data in creating effective stories.
Describe the value and power of using stories to engage audiences in a strategic manner
Identify six different types of stories to use when engaging audiences
Explain techniques for creating powerful stories, including both the process of telling stories and the content
Date: October 6th 2020
In this month's Log-in2Learn, Mark Dessauer, MA, discusses the power of storytelling and how to optimize it. He emphasizes the importance of using stories as a public health tool to engage diverse audiences. He talks about the impact stories can have on changing existing narratives and addressing cultural norms. During this time of uncertainty, Mark stresses the need to use stories to connect people by sharing emotions and experiences that reflect their communities. He reiterates the use of this strategy to shed light on untold stories and to encourage equitable visibility. He also makes use of a variety of examples to demonstrate the effective use of this strategy to influence changes in attitudes and behaviors. Lastly, Mark walks us through the "storyteller's toolbox", providing insights on the types of stories to share, what angles to take and how to best showcase them.
Participants will learn how to the following:
Assessing your Audience for More Effective Cross-Sector Collaboration
Define an audience analysis
List approaches to audience analysis
Describe how to conduct an audience analysis based on situational characteristics
Describe how to conduct an audience analysis based on demographic characteristics
Describe how to conduct an audience analysis based on audience disposition and motivation
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Nick Linardopoulos, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor & Public Speaking Coordinator
Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information, Department of Communication
Multi-sector collaboration is increasingly important for addressing health challenges. This training focuses on assessing audiences to develop tailored communication strategies for building collaborative partnerships. Using a case approach based in fictitious Tycho County, this training will describe the steps of developing an Audience Analysis strategy in order to build cross-sectoral partnerships to address opioid misuse.
Participants will learn about the following:
Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Persuasive Communication
By the end of this module, you should know how to:
Identify the key theories of persuasion
Identify instances where key theories of persuasion can be applied in a public health context
Conduct an audience analysis assessment for a persuasive presentation in a public health setting
Describe how to assess elements of key theories of persuasion to create a persuasive argument
…and see how you can incorporate these concepts in your practice to address a major public health crisis.
The Strategic Skills Training Series developed by the Region 2 PHTC aims to help prepare public health leaders and the public health workforce to develop the practices and competencies associated with being a Chief Health Strategist. The modules in this series use the community health improvement planning process to introduce you to the basics of the following four strategic skills areas. The first set of modules have been developed at an introductory level; the next part of the series will build on these foundational modules.
To help you think about ways to leverage these skills in your journey as a Chief Health Strategist to address real world problems in your community, the modules will utilize a case study approach, set in the fictitious Tycho County.
Follow how the Tycho County Health Department could adopt a systems approach to inform its thinking and planning while developing a community health improvement plan focused on a familiar public health problem, opioid misuse.
In this module, you will learn some strategy-based communication principles you can use across different settings and audiences.
Building BRIDGES to Communicate with Multi-Sector Partners
Describe the process of identifying others' positions including values, actions, and resources
Explain how differing definitions of key issues and problems can create misunderstanding
Identify systems and structures that support collaboration
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Dr. Anne Marie Liebel, EdD.
Health Comunication Partners LLC.
This month's Log-in2Learn is the second in a three-part series designed to help you convey public health messages that resonate with audiences outside of public health. Using the approach of building BRIDGES, Dr. Anne Marie Liebel concentrates on communication strategies to use with potential collaborative partners.
It is well known that multi-sectoral partnerships are key to addressing some of society's most deep-seated problems, and that multiple perspectives are beneficial in seeking to affect meaningful and sustainable change. It is essential in such collaborative efforts to be able to build on commonalities, and communicate across differences, recognizing various stakeholders' goals, assumptions, and approaches.
Drawing on policy sociology and inquiry-as-stance, this webinar explores communication to and from policy-makers, the media, and other potential partners. You'll have the opportunity to explore the main challenges in successful cross-sector communication. You'll examine how communicating with multi sector partners contrasts with communicating with a public health audience. And you'll learn the steps for building bridges to potential collaborators.
Combating the Opioid Crisis with Audience-Centric Communications Strategies
Describe audience knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs around the risks of prescription opioids
Develop messaging models that build knowledge in a logical, audience-centric sequence
Identify communications strategies to reduce risky management of prescription opioids
Sophia Lerdahl
Group Management Director, Substance Programs
Rescue: The Behavior Change Agency
This webinar discusses the various communication strategies used to reach the diverse audiences surrounding Opioid Misuse. Participants will learn about effective communication strategies in combating the Opioid Crisis from Sophia Lerdahl, Group Management Director at Rescue.


One of the greatest features of Edius is the wide range of flexibility that it offers users in the way you are able to edit video. In this tutorial on Edius 6.0 we demonstrate a method of editing that is quick and easy! We will take you step by step, from edit, to preparing internet files for upload. Edius 6.0 makes it easy for you to take all of the footage from a family event, and quickly edit them down to a ten minute video for upload!


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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Episode 10 Fact Check
Yes, O.J.'s son really did give him a puppy as a welcome-home gift, and more unbelievable true facts from the series finale.
By Nicole Jones
From AFP (Simpson), by Evan Agostini/Hulton Archive (Newspaper), both from Getty Images.
The verdict is delivered halfway through the finale of FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson. There are re-creations of the now-famous reactions of the defendant and his lawyers, but the creators have also smartly included a fairly long montage of news clips from 1995 of audiences anticipating and then responding to O.J. Simpson's acquittal, whether in celebration, anger, or shock. By this point, the whole country was tuning in, and the effect of cutting together video of people freaking out in one way or another jogs the memory and narrows in on the question the writers are getting at: Where were you the day the O.J. verdict was announced?
If you are old enough to remember, you probably do. At the time his book The Run of His Life was written, Jeffrey Toobin likens the effect of the O.J. verdict on America's collective memory to John F. Kennedy's assassination; if amended now, he'd be as likely to list the verdict alongside September 11.
There is a scene where the Goldmans, weeping and enraged, get in their car to leave the courthouse after the verdict. Ron turns the ignition and the radio comes on with nothing but O.J. news; the reporters are astonished that the anticipated riots in reaction to a guilty verdict were instead a celebration. Poor David Schwimmer vomits upon realizing that his former best friend/probable murderer is actually going to be released. In this episode for the first time, Kardashian is wearing glasses, as if to signal that finally he sees clearly. There will be no more pouty turmoil, but rather literally thumping a Bible at the Juice's house, and, a year later, a Barbara Walters interview in which he confesses that he believes Simpson is a murderer.
The overall tone of this episode is somber, save for a few scenes that capture the winking fun the writers have shaping the moments we're waiting for. We see Johnnie Cochran trying to come up with the perfect turn of phrase for his closing arguments. "If the glove's too small . . . easy call?" he tries aloud before crossing that out on paper, so theatrically you half expect a cartoon light bulb to turn on overhead. Justice is reduced to a catchphrase—but we love it because it sounds good. And when he repeats the infamous line in his closing arguments, it resonates like an incantation.
There's a wonderful series of scenes at the end of the episode where Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Simpson contemplates different perspectives of his image: first, as a man, naked in front of the bathroom mirror; and then in front of the statue he built of himself. In the closing arguments, Darden says of Simpson, "He's a murderer. He was also one hell of a great football player, but he's still a murderer." What's the story that Simpson is telling to himself, as he examines both men?
In a confrontation between Cochran and Darden that is more a mash-up of real conversations than a real event, Darden argues that the verdict "isn't some civil-rights milestone. Police in this country will keep arresting us and beating us, keep killing us. You haven't changed anything for black people here. Unless of course you're a famous rich one in Brentwood."
Cochran walks right from that into a champagne-fueled celebration where he and his team watch then-President Bill Clinton discuss the verdict and the role race plays in how the world is experienced. "That's the victory. Our story is now out of the shadows," he whispers.
Martin Sheen is reportedly producing a documentary that claims conclusively to prove Simpson's innocence . . . even after Simpson wrote a book called If I Did It, basically admitting, even bragging about his guilt. But a good story is impervious to the facts. As long as you've got the most entertaining story, you are the winner. If you need any evidence of that, look at Marcia Clark and Chris Darden; such emphatic believers in truth over entertainment, both abandoned practicing law to write fiction. What made the trial of the century so compelling? Everyone has a different version.
One last time, a look through the other highlights of the episode, from the very real role played by Star magazine in O.J.'s welcome-home party to the not-so-real presence of the Fruit of Islam.
Johnnie Cochran received death threats while defending Simpson.
True. Most of the defense team endured threats and harassment, according to Lawrence Schiller's American Tragedy; at times this even extended to their children. Cochran's daughter Tiffany, then working as a local TV news anchor in South Carolina, has said that she "endured death threats, nasty taunts, and general misery on a daily basis." Robert Kardashian instructed his then-16-year-old daughter Kourtney, "Watch your rearview mirror. Be careful how you drive. Don't come home late at night."
Johnnie Cochran hired Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam guards for protection.
Sort of. Six Fruit of Islam guards volunteered their services. But it is true, according to Jeffrey Toobin's source book, that Robert Shapiro disapproved of the guards and "had been appalled when Cochran brought the Fruit of Islam into his entourage." This gets mentioned in a bizarre but entertaining tangent on the lunchroom politics of the court room, which sound very similar to those of any high school. Seeing Shapiro sitting alone, having spurned the company of his co-counsels and their protectors, Toobin recounts that he and a group of journalists, "feeling a little sorry for him—and always eager to chat with an insider—asked him to sit with us. He picked up his tray, sidled over, and joined in our reveries of life after O.J. His own fantasy, he said, would be to take a month off and join Oscar De La Hoya's training camp at Big Bear Lake."
In her closing arguments, did Marcia Clark wish aloud that Mark Fuhrman were never born?
Pretty much: "In fact, do we wish there were no such person on the planet? Yes."
The police officers guarding O.J. asked for his autograph while they awaited the verdict—and gossiped with the officers assigned to the jury about their deliberations.
True. Though, according to Toobin, it wasn't just the one, as portrayed in the show. "'All the deputies here are asking for my autograph,' Simpson told his lawyers. 'They hear from their boys over with the jury that it's going to be the last chance for them to get one.' It was the last leak in the case—from the sheriff's deputies guarding the jury to their colleagues guarding Simpson: O.J. was going to walk."
That final confrontation between Darden and Cochran.
Sort of. At some point months before the trial was over Cochran told Darden, according to Darden's book In Contempt, " 'Stay out of the racial stuff and we'll see what we can do about getting you back in' . . . I knew what he meant. He would see what he could do about getting me 'back in' the black community . . . Beneath the court case that everyone else saw, Cochran and I fought another battle, over the expectations and responsibilities of being a black man in America."
Marcia Clark was a rape victim herself.
True. In her memoir, Without a Doubt, she writes in horrific detail about the experience of being a young girl, 17, vacationing in Israel with friends and being assaulted by a waiter.
Chris Darden broke down and could not finish his statement at the press conference.
True. After "I'm not bitter, and I'm not angry" (which he told Oprah was a lie), he tries to go on and then, as portrayed, walks away from the podium to hug the Goldmans. To Oprah he said of the trial it was "a mockery, a circus, a joke. It was a waste of my life. A waste of the lives of my colleagues. It was pointless."
O.J.'s statement outside his Rockingham house.
False. While read on-screen nearly word for word, it was his oldest son Jason who delivered the speech, not O.J.
Jason Simpson gave his father a puppy upon his acquittal.
True, amazingly and weirdly: an "eight-week-old Great Dane."
O.J. threw the "party of the century" at his Rockingham estate the night he was released—and arranged to sell the photographs to Star magazine.
True. According to Jeffrey Toobin, Star magazine paid a six-figure sum for photos from the party, which seems to have been a sad, "quiet" affair, in contrast to the "rager" Simpson envisioned. "Only one person stayed by Simpson's side the entire evening. That was Peter Burt, a reporter for the Star. . ."
Toobin, author of the book the series is most directly based on, does not hide his opinion of Lawrence Schiller, author of a competing Simpson trial book American Tragedy, from which much of the show's background info also seems to come. Toobin delivers a restrained burn, calling Schiller a "literary entrepreneur" in The Run of His Life. Schiller himself is matter-of-fact about his association with Simpson, telling The Believer magazine:
"O. J. Simpson is a cold-blooded, vicious killer. My daughter was his babysitter. And we lived across the street from him. I know about all the spousal abuse. I've had fights with him about it. In jail, I screamed at him and said, "Look at the good Rock Hudson did before he died, by acknowledging his sexuality and his illness!" I said, "If you get out of this fucking mess"—I didn't say "fucking mess," but—"If you get out of this, if you're judged to be innocent, you should go out and talk about spousal abuse. Do you realize how many women and men you could help?" "I never did anyth—" I said, "Fuck you, O. J." Of course, he continued to deal with me… but he's a cold-blooded killer."
Where Are They Now: The O.J. Simpson Cast
Left, AFP/Getty Images; right, by Ethan Miller/Getty Images.
THEN: A beloved football player for the University of Southern California and the Buffalo Bills, Simpson was more of a pop-culture figure, thanks to his appearances in the Naked Gun films and a series of Hertz commercials, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered in June of 1994. Simpson was the primary suspect. You remember what happened from there. NOW: Found liable in a 1997 civil suit for $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families, Simpson moved to Florida, reportedly to avoid having his residence seized for payment. In 2007 he was arrested in an armed robbery—an attempt, he said, to reclaim sports memorabilia that had been stolen from him. He is currently serving a 33-year sentence in Nevada, and is eligible for parole in 2017.
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Zulfiqar Babar
Full name Zulfiqar Babar
Born December 10, 1978, Okara, Punjab
Current age 41 years 42 days
Major teams Pakistan, Baluchistan, Baluchistan Bears, Multan, Multan Tigers, Pakistan A, Quetta Gladiators, Rest of Punjab, The Rest, Water and Power Development Authority
ODIs 5 5 3 35 14* 17.50 40 87.50 0 0 2 1 0 0
T20Is 7 3 3 27 13* - 27 100.00 0 0 2 1 1 0
First-class 108 147 24 1937 89 15.74 0 7 41 0
List A 96 61 26 647 52* 18.48 0 1 25 0
T20s 95 36 20 192 20* 12.00 180 106.66 0 0 10 9 23 0
Tests 15 28 4478 2129 54 5/74 8/233 39.42 2.85 82.9 2 2 0
ODIs 5 5 294 246 4 2/52 2/52 61.50 5.02 73.5 0 0 0
T20Is 7 7 156 185 12 3/23 3/23 15.41 7.11 13.0 0 0 0
First-class 108 26100 11902 509 10/143 23.38 2.73 51.2 22 33 6
List A 96 96 5078 3758 119 6/10 6/10 31.57 4.44 42.6 5 2 0
T20s 95 94 2158 2345 103 4/15 4/15 22.76 6.51 20.9 4 0 0
Test debut Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, Oct 14-17, 2013 scorecard
Last Test Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, Oct 30-Nov 3, 2016 scorecard
ODI debut Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 7, 2014 scorecard
Last ODI Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Apr 22, 2015 scorecard
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T20I debut West Indies v Pakistan at Kingstown, Jul 27, 2013 scorecard
Last T20I Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka, Apr 1, 2014 scorecard
Last First-class Southern Punjab (Pakistan) v Central Punjab (Pakistan) at Karachi, Dec 2-5, 2019 scorecard
List A debut Faisalabad Wolves v Multan Tigers at Karachi, Mar 11, 2006 scorecard
Last List A Water and Power Development Authority v Habib Bank Limited at Lahore, Nov 4, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut Multan Tigers v Peshawar Panthers at Karachi, Feb 28, 2010 scorecard
Last T20s Islamabad v Multan at Multan, Dec 23, 2018 scorecard
2/151, 0, 0/83 Southern PNJ v Central PNJB Karachi 2 Dec 2019 FC
5/56, 2, 3/90 SPNJB 2nd XI v Khyber 2-XI Karachi 26 Nov 2019 Other
1, 4/120 SPNJB 2nd XI v Centr 2nd XI Bahawalpur 20 Nov 2019 Other
3/84, 17*, 2/40 SPNJB 2nd XI v Sindh 2nd XI Karachi 14 Nov 2019 Other
4/103 SPNJB 2nd XI v North 2nd XI Bahawalpur 9 Nov 2019 Other
8, 0/4 SPNJB 2nd XI v Khyber 2-XI Hayatabad Sports Complex 3 Nov 2019 Other
3/96 SPNJB 2nd XI v Bloch 2nd XI Karachi 28 Oct 2019 Other
3/28, 0 SPNJB 2nd XI v North 2nd XI Karachi 24 Oct 2019 Other T20
3/34 SPNJB 2nd XI v Centr 2nd XI Karachi 23 Oct 2019 Other T20
A left-arm spinner with plenty of experience, Zulfiqar Babar had to wait more than ten years since his first-class debut to finally get a Test match. When he finally played against South Africa in the Test series in the UAE in 2013, he had already taken 309 first-class wickets at an average of 20.36.
Babar hails from Okara, a small town 85 miles away from Lahore, and is the first from the town to play for Pakistan in 65 years. The lack of top-class facilities, though, didn't diminish his hunger or ambition. Despite not breaking through to the national team earlier, Babar made sure his name was always in the reckoning by consistently being among the wickets. In the 2009-10 Quaid-e-Azam tournament, he took 69 wickets at 16.42. A national call-up didn't come about then, but the selectors couldn't look away when he took 93 first-class wickets in 13 games in the 2012-13 season, at an average of 17.04. He sealed his case when he took 6 for 22 in a practice game between Pakistan Chief Ministers XI and Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman's XI in October 2013.
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POLISCI 148: Chinese Politics: The Transformation and the Era of Reform (POLISCI 348)
Overview of the reforms in China since 1978 that have made its economy one of the fastest growing in the world yet it still has the Chinese Communist Party at the helm wielding one party rule. Key questions addressed include the following: What has been the process and challenges of reform that have reshaped China¿s economic landscape? What are the political consequences of these dramatic economic changes? Why has the CCP remained strong while other communist regimes have failed? Markets have spread but what is the role of the state? What are the opportunities for political participation and prospects for political change? Materials will include readings, lectures, and selected films. This course has no prerequisites. (Graduate students register for 348.) This fulfills the Writing in the Major requirement for PoliSci majors.
Last offered: Winter 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
POLISCI 149S: Islam, Iran, and the West
Changes in relative power and vitality of each side. The relationship in the Middle Ages revolved around power and domination, and since the Renaissance around modernity. Focus is on Muslims of the Middle East.
Instructors: Milani, A. (PI) ; Alrababa'h, A. (TA)
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Wed 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM at 200-205 with Milani, A. (PI)
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Fri 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM at 160-330 with Alrababa'h, A. (TA)
Instructors: Alrababa'h, A. (TA)
POLISCI 149T: Middle Eastern Politics
Topics in contemporary Middle Eastern politics including institutional sources of underdevelopment, political Islam, electoral authoritarianism, and the political economy of oil.
POLISCI 211P: International Security in South Asia: Pakistan, India and the United States.
This course critically examines the dynamics of continuity and change in American interactions with nuclear armed adversaries, India and Pakistan. It also aims to sensitize the students to Indian and Pakistani perspectives on regional security and the mainsprings of their interactions with United States. There will be an in-depth exploration of the impact of the Indo-US strategic partnership for evolving balance of power in South Asia.
Last offered: Autumn 2012 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 213S: A Post American Century? American Foreign Policy in a Uni-Multi-unipolar World
This seminar examines recent policy from Bush to Obama in the context of two classic traditions: Wilsonianism vs. Realism. What is the role of the international system, what is the weight of domestic forces like ideology, history and identity? Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 215: Explaining Ethnic Violence
What is ethnic violence and why does it occur? Should elite machinations, the psychology of crowds, or historical hatreds be blamed? Case studies and theoretical work on the sources and nature of ethnic violence. Counts as Writing in the Major for PoliSci majors.
Instructors: Moe, T. (PI)
POLISCI 226T | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI | Class # 17591 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM | Students enrolled: 17 / 20
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM at Encina West 106 with Moe, T. (PI)
POLISCI 240C: The Comparative Political Economy of Post-Communist Transitions
Dominant theoretical perspectives of comparative democratization and marketization; focus is on the political economy of transition in Eastern Europe and Eurasia while comparing similar processes in Latin America and Asia. Topics include: meanings of democracy, synergy between democracies and markets, causes of the collapse of communism, paths to political liberalization and democracy, civil society, constitutions, parliaments, presidents, the rule of law, electoral systems, market requirements, strategies of reform, the Russian experience of market building, exporting democracy and the market, and foreign aid and assistance.
POLISCI 245R | 5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI | Class # 16616 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM | In Person | Students enrolled: 10
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Wed 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM at Encina West 202 with Milani, A. (PI)
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Diaz, A. (PI) ; Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI)
POLISCI 248S | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci | Class # 17183 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM | In Person | Students enrolled: 8
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue, Thu 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at McCullough 126 with Diaz, A. (PI); Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI)
Instructors: Diaz, A. (PI); Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI)
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Conway, Honoria (Sister Mary Vincent)
Lunney, Sheila
Conway, Honoria (Sister Mary Vincent) (1815–92), Sister of Charity, foundress, and educator, was born 18 June 1815 in Dover Castle, Isle of Wight, England, youngest of three children (one son and two daughters) of Sgt Michael Conway of the Galway Militia, Galway, and Eleanor Conway (née McCarthy) of Inchigeela, Co. Cork. The family returned home to their small holding in the Poolboy area of Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, where the children received their education at Miss Rose Tully's private catholic school. Honoria emigrated (1837) to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; some years later she moved to Nova Scotia, but returned to Saint John in 1852, where she worked in an orphanage. Dr Thomas Louis Connolly, bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick, failed to secure Sisters of Charity from New York to open catholic free schools in Saint John. These sisters, however, gave some training in religious life to Honoria Conway and a companion who entered the order on 14 October 1853. They received the religious habit 7 March 1854.
A cholera epidemic broke out in Saint John on 23 June 1854. In response to an appeal by Dr Connolly for sisters to care for Irish immigrant children orphaned by this epidemic, Honoria Conway volunteered to return to Saint John in August to work in the recently opened orphanage for thirty boys. She founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint John when she and three companions were professed by Dr Connolly (21 October 1854). By 1857 they became known as the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. Honoria, who took the religious name Sister Mary Vincent, was appointed superior.
The sisters managed orphanages, established free schools, select day- and boarding-schools, and Sunday religious-instruction schools, nursed sick children, and undertook visitation of the sick and poor in their own homes. The education act of 1858, dealing with parish schools, guaranteed £14 per teacher to the owner or authority of such schools. The sisters fulfilled the requirements and so became eligible for the government grant. Convents were founded in Portland (3 June 1857) and in Acadian French-speaking Madawaska (December 1857), where young girls were trained to become teachers in the surrounding primary schools, in Fredericton (1858), and in the Acadian district of Clare, Nova Scotia (1864). In 1857 the new congregation and its rule were approved by Pope Pius IX. The institute remained diocesan for the first sixty years of its existence; then convents were founded in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Alberta; and British Columbia, establishing hospitals, schools and orphanages.
Mother M. Vincent remained the superior of the community until 1862. The termination of her superiorship may have been due to the defection of one of the founding sisters and two postulants in December 1861. This sister (who had previously entered two other convents) and her two companions spread stories of deprivation and persecution. Mother M. Vincent refused to take them back into the community. There is no record as to whether her resignation was voluntary or demanded by the archbishop. She was appointed local superior of the convent in Fredericton from 1862 to 1882 and taught in the school. In 1882 she returned to Saint Vincent's Convent at the age of 67, where she remained for the last ten years of her life. Mother M. Vincent Conway died 27 May 1892, aged 76.
Sr M. Genevieve Hennessey, SCIC, Honoria Conway; woman of promise. Foundress of Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, Saint John, New Brunswick (private publication; n.d.); K. Fay Thrombley, SCIC, 'Thomas Louis Connolly (1815–1876): the man and his place in secular and ecclesiastical history' (Ph.D. thesis, Louvain, 1983); information from Sr Marian McDonald. SCIC, 692 W. 32nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Each week, a professional investor tells MoneyWeek where he'd put his money now. This week: James Foster, co-manager of the Artemis Monthly Distribution Fund.
This summer's news bulletins have been dominated by the shambles in Greece rather than discussions about interest rates. It's understandable. The Delphic comments of central bankers cannot hope to compete with the drama of all-night meetings and high-level political horse-trading in Brussels. Yet the relatively small size of the Greek economy means that, whatever solution the eurozone eventually stumbles upon, its real significance will be political rather than economic. Globally, the more pressing question remains when – and at what pace – rates will rise. Although the first rate rise by the US Federal Reserve is already "in the price", there is less certainty about the timing of the second and third increases.
This has implications for asset prices globally. The yield curve on government bonds represents the market's best guess as to the future path of short-term interest rates. In turn, government bonds in general – and US Treasuries in particular – are the asset against which everything else is measured. So, as we saw during the "taper tantrum" in 2013 (when the Federal Reserve began gradually winding down its quantitative-easing programme), changing expectations around monetary policy can provoke extreme volatility.
So what can investors do? Some degree of diversification seems sensible. The correlation between equities and fixed income has been quite low during many previous interest-rate cycles. We adopt a straightforward approach to spreading our risk, with around 60% in fixed income and 40% in dividend-paying stocks. It sounds simple – but it has served the fund well since its launch. But even in a well-diversified portfolio, generating an attractive income without taking unacceptable risks means striking a balance. At one extreme lie the highest-yielding, riskiest bonds. At the other are government bonds, which are reputedly safe but low yielding and (as we saw earlier this year) potentially volatile.
Meanwhile, traditionally high-yielding, "safe" equities have enjoyed a significant re-rating over the last five or six years. Their rising share prices mean these companies no longer provide the yield they once did. How are we striking that balance today? Firstly, through a significant allocation to banks. They're hardly popular, but banks aren't the pariahs they once were. They will benefit from higher rates (which help their net interest margins) and are rebuilding their balance sheets. Some even pay dividends, a sign that the regulator believes they are in a good financial position. On the bond side we favour Virgin Money, a bank focused on credit cards and mortgages. It has a strong brand and none of its rivals' legacy issues.
We also have significant exposure to high-yield bonds. The yield contributes to our income account, and with yields likely to move higher, they also have the advantage of being less correlated with government bonds than their investment-grade peers (in other words, movements in their prices are less closely tied to movements in government bond prices).
Our holdings include the AA. The company operates a duopoly in roadside assistance with the RAC, so it generates dependable revenues, and a refinancing earlier this year reduced its interest costs.
Cinema chain Odeon is another high-yield bond we like. Although highly leveraged, the company's management team is getting to grips with this, and debt levels are falling quite sharply. Blockbuster films will help – the fourth quarter of this year will bring both a new James Bond film and the latest instalment in the Star Wars franchise. Cinephiles may demur, but Odeon's bondholders can look forward to the autumn with optimism.


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The Upward Gaze: Ceilings that Embrace Aesthetics
Author: Joslyn Fagan November 4, 2016
Inspiration, News, Profiles, Projects
#FluentInDesign, Architecture, ceilings, creativity, design, Projects
The architect Ben van Berkel of UN Studio selected the ceilings from Hunter Douglas Architectural as much for their linearity and sculptural qualities as for the clean detailing and acoustical performance.
Whether it's a rectilinear grid of acoustic ceiling tile or fashionably exposed joists and ductwork, to many architects the ceiling is often a strictly utilitarian affair. Still, there's no reason why a concern with function should keep the "sixth surface" from being beautiful. Indeed, some architects and designers are now looking for ways to incorporate the ceiling into their overall designs, while encouraging inhabitants to look up and find shape, movement, color and texture.
When Avery Dennison, a leader in packaging and labeling, upgraded its headquarters in Glendale, California, they wanted their workplace to better reflect their company culture. HOK architects was entrusted to lead the project; their primary task was updating the expanse of wall-to-wall private offices into something more stimulating. The aim was for shared spaces to have a natural flow and for an expressive ceiling to contrast with the straight-edged geometry of the building.
As the newest addition to Hunter Douglas' award-winning High Profile Series™ product line, Curved HPS offers flexible, customizable design for a range of indoor commercial applications. By using a series of differing beam radii, Curved HPS can be used to create an undulating appearance, giving any ceiling a clean, modern aesthetic mixed with a sense of motion.
To accomplish this, HOK turned to Hunter Douglas Architectural. Across the multipurpose room and lobby stairs, HOK designed a layout that included a series of curved extruded aluminum beams. Each beam has soft arcs with varying radii that contribute to a random appearance. "The organic, 'flowing water' pattern of the ceiling juxtaposes beautifully against the geometric, orthogonal surroundings of the rest of the space. "It's powerful without being overwhelming," said Clay Pendergrast, Director of Interior Design HOK Los Angeles.
The Avery Dennison headquarters is just one example of how rethinking a purely functional view of ceilings can transform space, creating a central visual focus that keeps occupants looking up. In this New York coffeehouse for example, Hunter Douglas' straight and curved beams allowed designers to extend their concept upward and reinforce the design elements in the rest of the room.
For this NYC coffee shop, designers took inspiration from the local environment, developing a modern, sleek concept that reflects the constant movement of the city, and the liveliness of the adjacent train station. The design called for a multi-tier ceiling with a series of straight wood-finished metal beams overlaid by a number of curved metal beams, set to emulate the look of converging and diverging train tracks.
Other versatile options like the linear box series used in UNStudio's Agora Theatre in Lelystad, the Netherlands, aid designers in creating unique, expressive spaces that break away from traditional layouts.
"At Agora, theatrical drama and performance are not restricted to the stage and to the evening," says architect Ben van Berkel, "the party should start in the foyer." While the linear ceilings and white walls contrast dramatically with the foyer's exuberance, it is precisely that counterpoint that serves van Berkel's concept so well.
The Desert Sky Transit Center in Phoenix, Arizona, also placed emphasis on the ceiling as an essential design element. For the new hub, lead architect Dev Pawar from Architectural Resource Team selected the linear deep box exterior ceiling system in metallic green.
With new products to inspire them, designers are taking a more holistic approach to design, one that seeks to instill structure with identity. Especially exciting are the possibilities for creating engaging and original interior spaces. With ever-more-customizable solutions that need not sacrifice price, safety, or quality, we can look forward to looking up.
Dev Pawar from the Architectural Resource Team said that the custom-made metallic green color palette was chosen because it mirrors the neighborhood's existing architecture. The center now stands as an oasis in the Maryvale community landscape, its canopy a safe-harbor and respite from the sun on Phoenix's sultry days.
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2 Year Anniversary of Japan Tsunami, Quake
March 11, 2013, 11:10 AM HST
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Tsunami effects at Kahului Harbor, Maui, March 11, 2011. Photo By Wendy Osher.
By Wendy Osher
Today marks the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that stuck Japan, killing thousands of people, and triggering concerns over a crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima.
The Japan government outlined plans moving forward saying a top priority is accelerating the "revitalization process".
The government will focus on policies that benefit economic revival, reconstruction and crisis management, areas identified as the three main 'pillars' for enacting meaningful change.
Government officials say steady progress is being made in post-earthquake reconstruction. Immediately following the earthquake and tsunami, some 470,000 people were evacuated, according to government records. Public or temporary housing was made available to the 320,000 people displaced.
Tourist numbers have also been showing recovery. According to information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Government of Japan, there were around 8.37 million foreign visitors to Japan in 2012, up from 6.22 million foreign visitors in 2011.
In response to additional needs raised in the directly affected regions, the Japan government has also reportedly pledged to secure budgetary resources by 6 trillion yen to 25 trillion (about $266 billion US dollars) for the five year period beginning FY2011.
Here in Hawai'i, the after effects of the tsunami continue to be monitored. One area of interest is the tsunami debris that continues to be reported in Hawaiian waters. There have been at least six confirmed incidents and nearly 100 sightings of potential Japan Tsunami Marine Debris in Hawai'i, according to state Health officials who released a report last month.
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No Tsunami Threat to Hawai'i After 7+ Mexico Quake February 16, 2018
No Tsunami Threat to Hawai'i after 6.9 Papua New… March 29, 2018
No Tsunami After 4.2 Quake On South Flank of Kīlauea May 1, 2018
Second Summit Quake in Three Hours, No Tsunami Expected May 16, 2018
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This distribution is a release of FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, the latest point along the 6-STABLE branch.
FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha), AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen "x86" based PC hardware (i386), Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), and UltraSPARC® machines (sparc64). Versions for the PowerPC® (powerpc), and MIPS® (mips) architectures are currently under development as well. FreeBSD works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything from software development to games to Internet Service Provision.
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If you're tracking the 6-STABLE development efforts, you must join the FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list, in order to keep abreast of recent developments and changes that may affect the way you use and maintain the system.
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2018 for Second Thought Theatre
STT moves to four plays next season, with another world premiere by Blake Hackler, plus works by Lucas Hnath, Ana Nogueira and Alice Birch.
by Mark Lowry
published Tuesday, August 8, 2017
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Dallas — Second Thought Theatre had its best year yet in 2017. It moved up to Actor's Equity Association Small Professional Theatre status, meaning better pay and insurance for actors and stage managers. It was also an artistic triumph, from Jenny Ledel in the timely, one-woman play Grounded, to Christie Vela's bad-ass production of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men to Blake Hackler's stunning world premiere The Necessities.
Hackler will have another premiere in 2018, which looks incredible for several reasons. After many years of three productions, STT moves up to four next year. It also looks to be a highly political season, with the regional premieres of Lucas Hnath's Hillary and Clinton, Hackler's loose adapation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, and the area premiere of Alice Birch's Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Also on the season is Empathitrax by Ana Nogueira, who you might know as a actress on TV's The Vampire Diaries, but who has solid theater and playwriting cred.
This means half of Second Thought's season is women playwrights (and both will have women directors). Awesome ratio. There's also an interesting Ibsen thread with Hackler's Enemies/People on a season with Lucas Hnath, whose The Christians has drawn comparisons to An Enemy of the People and made his Broadway debut this year with a A Doll's House, Part 2, a "sequel" to the Ibsen masterpiece.
Below is the complete news release, with dates, descriptions and subscription info.
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Director Carson McCain
On the heels of closing a successful 13th season, Second Thought Theatre Artistic Director Alex Organ announced details for the company's 2018 season today. The new season adds a fourth production for the first time since 2013 and is comprised of three area premieres and one world premiere. Play selections include "a work of total fiction" taking place during the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic primary, a committed couple resorting to a miracle drug to regain their capacity for empathy, a city planner fighting for the safety of a town that doesn't want his help, and a provocative ensemble piece that exposes the incongruities of being a woman in the 21st century. Season subscription and ticket information for STT's 2018 season is available online at 2TT.co.
The 2017 season saw STT tackle several new initiatives, beginning with initiating the transition to becoming an Actors Equity Association (AEA) "Small Professional Theatre" (SPT). This transition increased weekly compensation rates for union artists and allowed STT to begin offering health insurance eligibility to AEA members. "2017 was a year of exciting growth for STT," said Organ. "I'm enormously proud of the three plays we produced, and we continue to be encouraged by fruitful discussions during our talkback series. We were particularly honored to partner with Community Conversation Dallas for the first time for some of those talkbacks. We were also thrilled to carry on our tradition of offering "pay-what- you-can" ticketing for 30 percent of our performances – something that remains very important to us."
Their successful season was also reflected in fundraising efforts, leading to the increase in programming for the 2018 season.
The season begins with Lucas Hnath's Hillary and Clinton, the story of a woman named Hillary trying to become president of the United States. Set during the 2008 New Hampshire primary, audiences may think they know what happens next, but in Hnath's play these characters aren't necessarily the people you've seen on the news, and the outcome isn't necessarily what you might expect. STT alum Lee Trull (Belleville, The Midwest Trilogy) will direct.
Following Hillary and Clinton, Carson McCain (The Great God Pan) returns to direct Empathitrax by Ana Nogueira. In an unnamed city in the not-so-distant future, two unnamed people are struggling to make their 10-year relationship work, so they decide to give new miracle drug Empathitrax a try. Now able to experience their partner's feelings through touch, they seem to be back on track – until one of them stops taking their Zoloft. STT alum Jenny Ledel and Director of Operations Drew Wall are back together on stage for the first time since 2015's Bellville in this compelling look at what happens when big pharma tries its hand at empathy.
Next is the world premiere of Enemies/People, a new play by local playwright/actor/director and SMU professor Blake Hackler. A loose, modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Enemies/People tells the story of Tom Stockmann, an urban planner determined to shut down his town's new hot springs attraction because he believes the water has been poisoned by fracking. But the town Mayor – who is also Tom's brother – has the people on his side and will let nothing – not even facts – get in the way of the town's monetary success, even if it means silencing his brother for good. Hackler's play The Necessities closed STT's 2017 to critical and audience acclaim. STT Artistic Director Alex Organ takes the stage as Tom, and Hackler will direct.
The fourth and final show of the season is Alice Birch's subversive new play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Birch's play explores how language and other forces have influenced the modern day female experience through a series of short conversations between women and men and women and other women. Led by Tiffany Nichole Greene, making her STT directorial debut, an ensemble of actors probe into what happens when rebellious women take over the conversation and do what's least expected of them.
Second Thought Theatre's 2018 season will be presented as follows: Hillary and Clinton (Jan. 10 – Feb. 3); Empathitrax (March 28 – April 21); Enemies/People (June 13 – July 7); and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Aug. 22 – Sept. 15). All performances will take place at Bryant Hall next door to the Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.
To learn more about STT's 2018 season or how to purchase season subscriptions or single tickets, please visit 2tt.co. Season subscriptions can also be purchased by phone at 1-866-811-4111.
More on the season:
Hillary and Clinton
by Lucas Hnath
Jan. 10 – Feb. 3, 2018
Directed by Lee Trull
She was destined for this. She had prepared her entire life for this. And yet, one fateful New Hampshire evening in January 2008, she sees it all beginning to slip through her fingers. Exhausted but not yet discouraged, with spirits, funds, and poll numbers all on the decline, the woman who would be president finds herself questioning, for the first time, whether her dream will ever become her reality. Director Lee Trull (Belleville) returns for Hillary and Clinton, "a work of total fiction" about a woman named Hillary, a man named Bill, and the distance between who we are and who we're meant to be.
Pay-What-You-Can Previews – Wednesday 1/10 and Thursday 1/11
PRESS OPENING – Friday 1/12
Regular Performances – Saturday 1/13, 1/20, 1/27; Thursday 1/18, 1/25, 2/1; Friday 1/19, 1/26, 2/2
Additional Pay-What-You-Can Performances – Monday 1/15, 1/22, 1/29
Closing Performance – Saturday 2/3
Photo: Laura Rose Photography
Playwright Ana Nogueira
Empathitrax
by Ana Nogueira
Directed by Carson McCain
Featuring STT Alum Jenny Ledel and Director of Operations Drew Wall
What if repairing a broken relationship was as easy as taking a pill? For one couple, a new drug that allows them to experience exactly what the other is feeling could be their miracle cure. However, complications arise when medical advice is ignored, secrets are revealed, and one person's struggle with depression threatens to consume two people. Directed by Carson McCain (The Great God Pan) and featuring STT artists Jenny Ledel and Drew Wall, Empathitrax is a compassionate, humorous, and unflinchingly honest portrait of a relationship that dares to test the limits of intimacy.
Pay-What-You-Can Previews – Wednesday 3/28; Thursday 3/29
Regular Performances – Saturday 3/31, 4/7, 4/14; Thursday 4/5, 4/12, 4/19; Friday 4/6, 4/13, 4/20
Additional Pay-What-You-Can Performances – Monday 4/2, 4/9, 4/16
Closing Performance – Saturday 4/21
Enemies/People
a world premiere written and directed by Blake Hackler
Loosely adapted from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
Tom, an intrepid urban planner, suspects that a new city-sponsored hot springs project may be more dangerous than the local government is willing to admit. But when Tom speaks out against the project, he is met with resistance from several unexpected sources. The divide between right and wrong proves to be anything but black and white, and Tom finds himself risking everything for a town that doesn't seem to want his help. Second Thought continues its commitment to local playwrights with this thrilling world premiere play, written and directed by Blake Hackler (The Necessities). Loosely adapted from Ibsen's classic political drama, An Enemy of the People, and starring STT Artistic Director Alex Organ, Enemies/People is a timely world-premiere about the search for truth in the age of alternative facts.
Additional Pay-What-You-Can Performances – Monday 6/18, 6/25, 7/2
Photo: Eric Richardson
Director Tiffany Nichole Greene
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Aug. 22 – Sept. 15, 2018
by Alice Birch
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
To be a woman in the 21st century is to experience - and to embody - a world of contradictions. To express them all in one play is impossible. But, we're going to do it anyway! Work, relationships, family, sex, and power intersect as one daring group of actors turns everything you thought you knew directly on its head. Language is inverted, bodies are distorted, men are banished, and nothing is sacred in a bold, provocative, riotous play like nothing Dallas has ever seen before. Helmed by Tiffany Nichole Greene, making her STT directorial debut, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. is nothing short of revolutionary.
Regular Performances – Saturday 8/25, 9/1, 9/8; Thursday 8/30, 9/6, 9/13; Friday 8/31, 9/7, 9/14
Additional Pay-What-You-Can Performances – Monday 8/27, 9/3, 9/10
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Q: Dapper strongly typed collection from Type In my application I use Dapper to access the database.
I've the following example code:
public IEnumerable GetByParentId(Type childType, string table)
{
    IDbConnection _connection = _dbProvider.GetConnection();

    var _sqlString = "select * from " + table;

    IEnumerable _ret = _connection.Query(_sqlString).ToList();
    //return IEnumerable<Dapper.SqlMapper.FastExpando>

    return _ret;
}

It is possible to cast FastExpando item to my childType or force Dapper to return a strongly typed collection?
I cannot change my method signature!

A: You can call Query method via reflection and supply generic TItem argument of your childType. Then, Dapper will return IEnumerable and you will be able to cast it.
Also, you could fork Dapper (it is not very big) and make a very simple overload of Query, that will include (Type childType) argument and call proper methods inside.
What you face is the problem of C# in working with generics. Being statically typed language, C# is bad a working with dynamic types. If you want to work dynamically, you always end up with reflection.
Here's a sample of how you could call query method with type arguments. You may have to correct this a bit:
    public IEnumerable GetByParentId(Type childType, string table)
    {
        IDbConnection _connection = _dbProvider.GetConnection();

        var _sqlString = "select * from " + table;

        var t = typeof(SqlMapper);
        var genericQuery = t.GetMethods().Where(x => x.Name == "Query" && x.GetGenericArguments().Length == 1).First(); // You can cache this object.
        var concreteQuery = genericQuery.MakeGenericMethod(childType); // you can also keep a dictionary of these, for speed.
        var _ret = (IEnumerable)concreteQuery.Invoke(null, new object[] { _connection, _sqlString });

        return _ret;
    }

Append:
Also, I see a more general design problem here. You want to specify type dynamically, but then want to get statically typed objects, that you will be able to cast (I assume statically, or you want to continue with reflection?). Then... Why do you create dynamic interface in the first place? You say, that you can't change the interface, but this looks a bit stupid. It seems, that all your context is statically typed, but then, for some reason, you have one dynamically typed method.
If you know types during compilation time (or via generic arguments in the runtime), then you should simply change your method to something like this:
    public IEnumerable<T> GetByParentId<T>(string table)
    {
        IDbConnection _connection = _dbProvider.GetConnection();
        var _sqlString = "select * from " + table;
        var _ret = _connection.Query<T>(_sqlString);
        return _ret;
    }


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He has recently sold several abstract paintings with environmental themes including Kauri dieback destroying our forests and global warming endangering the Great Barrier Reef.
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The Salem-Keizer School District (SKSD) is already planning how it might revamp the McNary High School campus in 2019 if a new bond measure passes next year.
That may sound like putting the cart before the horse, but the cost of what might be a massive project is a factor.
"We are moving forward as if the bond will pass because, if we don't it, it will delay the whole program and cost $30 million more. It makes sense to do that prep," said SKSD Chief Operations Officer Mike Wolfe.
1. Expansion of administrative offices (970 square feet) to accommodate additional staff needed to serve larger student population.
2. Career Technical Education (CTE) addition supporting one large, and one small CTE program area (9,000 square feet), as well as replacement classrooms (CTE and other) for those lost in the demolition (17,200 square feet).
3. Flexible learning space (2,500 square feet) and science lab with prep area (1,625 square feet).
4. General Classrooms (13,020 square feet), Special Education Classrooms & Support (3,938 square feet), Extended Learning and Small Group Areas (2,200 square feet).
Wolfe and Principal Erik Jespersen unveiled a conceptual map of potential changes in the works at the school during a community forum at McNary Thursday, Oct. 12. School and city officials called for the forum to deal with the impacts of a growing student body on parking and traffic in the surrounding neighborhoods.
"One of the reasons McNary is one of the first in the queue is because of parking issues," Wolfe said.
For the past two years, neighbors along Newberg Drive North have voiced complaints to the Keizer City Council and Salem-Keizer School Board regarding drastic increases in school-related traffic and parking on their street.
The conceptual map, and the changes it forecasts, hinge on striking a deal for additional land behind St. Edward Catholic Church. School district and church officials are already in talks for an acquisition.
If everything goes according to the concept plan, the softball fields and tennis courts would be moved to the field behind the church. The current softball fields would be converted into additional parking and a drop-off loop. New classrooms – for career and technical education, science labs and special education – would be added to the north end of the building.
The district plans on assembling a task force of McNary area stakeholders to hammer out specifics of the any redesign if the bond passes.
While Wolfe and Jespersen hoped to redirect some of the growing animosity from neighbors along Newberg Drive toward hope for the future, there was plenty of grievance aired throughout the evening.
Residents along Newberg argue that closing two other pedestrian gates to the McNary campus – on Sandy Drive and Robindale Drive – have only served to shift the problems to Newberg.
"What motivated us was escalating criminal activity. It wasn't just kids behaving poorly, but interacting poorly with adults living in that area," Eppley said.
During a question and answer session, residents voiced concern regarding lack of respect on the part of parents using Newberg to drop off their students, the lack of sidewalks and street lights along Newberg Drive and the lack of a signalized intersection at the entrance to the school on Lockhaven.
The most resounding moment of the proceedings came when a resident of Newberg Drive asked the residents of Robindale and Sandy in attendance what should be done. "Close the gate," was a near-unanimous refrain.
While it was the consensus of the audience, Wolfe said it wasn't something the school would act on immediately.
"The more barriers that we can remove for students getting (to school) is one of the things we have to balance," Wolfe said.
Some of the solutions proposed included expanding the number of parking passes sold, having staff park off campus and shuttled in, creating park-and-ride areas for students to utilize public transportation, posting campus monitors at the gates and opening all three during drop-off and pick-up times, and having a Keizer traffic patrol officer stationed at the Lockhaven entrance during drop-off to keep traffic flowing.
The sheer number of complaints and potential solutions was illustrative of the size of the problem, Jespersen said.
"If every person in this room was passionate about the same solution, we would do it," he said.
The one idea that seemed to find some favor with the officials in attendance was opening the school to students earlier. Currently, the school doors open at 7 a.m. and the first class begins at 7:35 a.m. Opening the doors earlier might spread the number of cars utilizing Newberg over a longer time frame and reduce bumper-to-bumper jams.
While much of the discussion focused on student activity and expectations, some in attendance felt that students should not be blamed, or punished, for the actions of parents.
"I feel like it's the parents who are most disrespectful as far as traffic goes. How do we get them involved in whatever happens with this situation? They need to be good neighbors," said one resident.


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Norway challenged on Snowden again
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's chapter of the international organization PEN, dedicated to freedom of expression and human rights, is testing the Norwegian government's commitment to such values itself. In awarding its Ossietzky Prize to American whistleblower Edward Snowden, Norsk PEN is demanding that Snowden be allowed to accept his prize in Oslo without fear of being arrested and extradited for prosecution in the US.
Another prize to Edward Snowden is once again putting the Norwegian government in a difficult position. It's being challenged to put its rhetoric in favour of human rights and freedom of expression into action, at risk of upsetting one of its most important allies. PHOTO: Wikipedia Commons
It's not the first time the Norwegian government has been put in an awkward position over Snowden, who revealed the US National Security Agency's' widespread and illegal surveillance of its own citizens and spying on its own allies, including Norway, three years ago. Snowden's revelations led to official apologies, new laws and more control over illegal surveillance, but he remains charged with violating the US Espionage Act, breaking his vow of confidentiality and theft of government property. US officials want him arrested and tried in the US for treason, and will expect Norwegian officials to turn him over if he sets foot on Norwegian soil.
Debate continues over whether Snowden, currently living in exile in Russia, is a patriot who exposed massive constitutional violations in his own country or a traitor for revealing national secrets. Many media outlets and literary organizations, meanwhile, have hailed Snowden for his bravery in exposing what Oslo newspaper Aftenposten called on Tuesday "a surveillance monster gone amok, that put itself above the rules of democracy and the laws of its own country." Snowden has since been among those nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Last year the Norwegian government was also challenged when another literary organization awarded the now-32-year-old computer expert with its Bjørnson Prize "for advancing freedom of expression." Like Norsk PEN, Norway's Bjørnson Academy (named for human rights champion Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson who also wrote Norway's national anthem) called on the government to guarantee Snowden's freedom while in Norway to collect his prize.
The government claimed it couldn't guarantee Snowden would avoid arrest and extradition while in the country, since it's bound by an extradition treaty with the US, Norway's most important ally. Both the conservative government and opposition politicians in Parliament, led by Jonas Gahr Støre of the Labour Party, also claimed Snowden's case was a matter for the police, immigration authorities and the courts, not least since Snowden's US passport was revoked.
William Nygaard survived an assassination attempt in 1993 after the publishing company he led, Aschehoug, released the book Satanic Verses in Norwegian. Now Nygaard is fighting for the right to freedom of expression for Edward Snowden, and is demanding that the Norwegian government secures his freedom while in Norway to collect a prize. PHOTO: Aschehoug
It may not be "so easy" this time, noted Aftenposten on Tuesday. Now William Nygaard. leader of Norsk PEN, is putting the government to the test again and he is a powerfully symbolic figure himself. Nygaard is the former book publisher who was the target of an assassination attempt in 1993 that was tied to his company Aschehoug's publication of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. He survived and has continued his own commitment to freedom of expression. Now he expects his government to do the same.
"Norwegian authorities must secure that he (Snowden) can obtain travel documents and a guarantee for free movement," Nygaard told newspaper Dagsavisen on Tuesday. Nygaard further contended that Snowden can't legally be returned to the US if it will have serious political consequences for him.
"For us, it's important that we put the spotlight on the Snowden case with him here to develop the debate over limits on national and international surveillance," Nygaard said. He thinks both Norwegian and other international authorities have avoided engaging themselves in the issue for fear of the consequences for major political cooperation. "It's almost unbelievable that hardly any politicians, apart from perhaps representatives of the Socialist Left party (SV), have taken a position on this," Nygaard added.
EU officials have given Snowden the status of "whistleblower" and defender of human rights, and encourage EU members to grant him asylum. All the EU countries, however, have an extradition treaty with the US and none has been willing to challenge it. Norway is not a member of the EU.
Carl von Ossietzky was a radical German pacifist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 after revealing Nazi Germany's rearmament. The new prize to be awarded to Edward Snowden is named for Ossietzky, who died in prison after infuriating Adolph Hitler. PHOTO: Nobel Institute
Aftenposten commentator Harald Stanghelle noted in a column published Tuesday that no country can officially allow individual citizens to decide when it's correct to violate confidentiality clauses and reveal national secrets. The Snowden case, he wrote, is full of paradoxes and they're all rearing their heads with the Norsk PEN prize. It's named for Carl von Ossietzky, the radical German pacifist who dared to defy Adolph Hitler by revealing the German government's rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Ossietzky was arrested, imprisoned, convicted of treason and ultimately sent to a concentration camp in 1933. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936, infuriating Hitler who declared that no German would ever be allowed to receive a Peace Prize again. That in turn led to the only time in the history of the Peace Prize that the Norwegian monarch, King Haakon VII at the time, "stayed away from the award ceremony, probably prompted by the Government, which feared German reactions," according to the Nobel Institute.
It was not Norway's proudest moment, and Ossietzky was prevented from traveling to Oslo to collect his prize. He died in prison in 1938. Nazi Germany invaded Norway two years later, in 1940.
Ossietzky's chair in the University of Oslo's Aula, where the Peace Prize ceremony was formerly held, was empty 80 years ago and now speculation is swirling as to whether Snowden's chair will be empty as well. Norsk PEN's ceremony is also due to be held in the University's Aula, on November 18.
At issue, claims one commentator, is whether the politicians making up Norway's government and Parliament will let principles weigh more heavily than pragmatism in the Snowden case, or put their credibility regarding human rights and freedom of expression at risk. PHOTO: newsinenglish.no
At issue, according to Stanghelle, are "principles versus pragmatism, backbone versus cowardice, freedom of expression versus self-censorship and reconciling words with actions." Norwegian politicians at both ends of the political spectrum are quick to promote freedom of expression and human rights, except, perhaps, when that might offend an important ally like the US government which, Stanghelle wrote, "will gladly overlook international rules when it suits."
Now, he suggests, it's time for Norway to "stand up for the rights we love to view as our fundamental values." The government, he said, "can't close its eyes (again) and pretend this isn't up for them to decide. That's cowardly, and can be understandable, but the price of holding the world's most important whistleblower at arm's length is being robbed of all credibility in our time's most important debate over rights."
It will be tough decision for Prime Minister Erna Solberg, just as she also can finally welcome a new US Ambassador to Norway this week. The question, according to Stanghelle, is whether Norway, in the name of democracy, "can demand a lot of others, but not make demands on ourselves if it's going to cost us." Nygaard of Norsk PEN said he will soon be taking contact with the Norwegian authorities to secure Snowden safe entry and exit from Norway this autumn.
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Mercury One was pleased to announce the First Annual Veterans Day Breakfast. We hosted this exciting morning on Friday, November 11, 2016 at the Ritz-Carlton Dallas, where the morning's events included a full breakfast and a keynote speaker. The Veterans Day Breakfast marks a celebration of five years of service to Mercury One's veteran initiatives.
Through Mercury One's initiatives, various programs at two local centers were funded; these programs focus on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) treatment, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) therapy and suicide evaluation and management. Adaptive therapies are also part of the equation for the returning veteran's family to help them cope and assist their returning family member during this transition period. We also support organizations that provide educational training and tools to integrate veterans back into civilian life and give them a new sense of purpose. Many have gone on to hone skills in the agricultural realm, disaster response and rescue, IT specializations, as well as entrepreneurial sectors.
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2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg.
3. Shift in the flour and cocoa and fold them together using a metal spoon. Stir in the milk and fold.
5. Bake the cakes in preheated oven, 190 C for 10 -15 minutes. Transfer to cool rack.
1. Break the chocolate into a saucepan and add the cream.
2. Heat gently, stirring until the chocolate melted.
3. Pour into heat proof bowl and beat the mixture using an electric whisk for 1o minutes or until thick, glossy and cool.
5. Chill in for an hour. Decorate if you like.
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