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What Trump Should Do Thursday Now That He Won't Be At The Debate
News!, Funny Or Die Hours January 27, 2016
As if God herself listened to all of our collective prayers, Donald Trump will not be attending the Republican debate this Thursday. But something for sure got lost in translation, because the reason Trump isn 't attending is because Megyn Kelly will be moderating it.
An adult man running for the highest office in our nation is throwing a temper tantrum because a woman he doesn 't like hurt his feelings. This is going to go over great when he has to meet with, oh I don 't know, everybody the president is required to meet with despite their personal feelings about them.
Normally press releases are boring, but take a look at The Donald explain The Donald in The Donald 's own words:
(New York, NY) January 26th, 2016 – As someone who wrote one of the best-selling business books of all time, The Art of the Deal, who has built an incredible company, including some of the most valuable and iconic assets in the world, and as someone who has a personal net worth of many billions of dollars, Mr. Trump knows a bad deal when he sees one. FOX News is making tens of millions of dollars on debates, and setting ratings records (the highest in history), where as in previous years they were low-rated afterthoughts.
Unlike the very stupid, highly incompetent people running our country into the ground, Mr. Trump knows when to walk away. Roger Ailes and FOX News think they can toy with him, but Mr. Trump doesn 't play games. There have already been six debates, and according to all online debate polls including Drudge, Slate, Time Magazine, and many others, Mr. Trump has won all of them, in particular the last one. Whereas he has always been a job creator and not a debater, he nevertheless truly enjoys the debating process – and it has been very good for him, both in polls and popularity.
He will not be participating in the FOX News debate and will instead host an event in Iowa to raise money for the Veterans and Wounded Warriors, who have been treated so horribly by our all talk, no action politicians. Like running for office as an extremely successful person, this takes guts and it is the kind of mentality our country needs in order to Make America Great Again.
' Via http://www.donaldtrump.com
There you have it. _Not doing the thing you don 't want to do takes guts! _And here we thought it was cowardly!
Well, since Trump will be taking the night off and because everyone else will be at the debate, he 'll have his schedule wide open. Here are some things he can get into:
8 Debate Alternatives For Trump
Make a homemade dinner with the only immigrant he loves, his wife Melania.
Get a haircut.
Have one of his staffers work out on an elliptical machine and take the credit for it. 'I was really gross and sweaty, I swear."
Read Kanye 's tweets to Wiz Khalifa from earlier today.
Claim he is a better rapper than both men.
Create a burn book for Megyn Kelly.
Start on that wall.
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PA Students Give Back to Local Communities
Programs Around the Country Got Involved During PA Week 2018
By Caitlin Harrison
Twenty-six PA programs from 19 states participated in the Student Academy's third annual PA Student Service Week, which encourages PA students to serve their communities during PA Week. These programs held food and toiletry drives for the homeless, participated in charity walks, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. A few PA programs are highlighted here, and more photos are featured on the Student Academy Facebook page.
Campbell University, North Carolina – Southeast Region
Forty PA students from the class of 2020 organized a drive for non-perishable food and personal hygiene items for victims of Hurricane Florence, a storm that affected tens of thousands of residents throughout the Carolinas. The class collected enough donations to fill the bed of a full-sized pick-up truck within a week. These items were donated during PA week through the North Carolina Academy of PAs in Raleigh, N.C.
Concordia University, Wisconsin – North Central Region
Concordia's PA class of 2020 volunteered with the Healthy Snack Packing program of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee. PA students decorated snack bags with motivational messages and pictures and put together snack packs for kids who attend after-school programs. These snack packs supplement meals served after school or are sent home with those facing food scarcity.
Pacific University, Oregon – Western Region
Thirteen PA students from Pacific University helped with landscaping and clearing property of a house that will be used as a day-service building for homeless adults in Washington County. They worked with the non-profit company, Just Compassions, removing blackberry bushes and laying gravel and mulch.
"It was a nice way to connect to the community that we are living in. It also provided a great opportunity to become closer as classmates by coming together for a good cause," said PA student Emily Hermann.
SUNY Upstate, New York – Northeast Region
#HappyPeriod is a nationwide organization that "provides menstrual products to anyone with a period who is low-income, homeless, or living in poverty." Recently, Upstate PA student Quinn Searles and her sister, Madison Searles, began a Syracuse chapter of #HappyPeriod, to work towards menstrual equity in the Syracuse area. On Sunday, October 7, #HappyPeriod Syracuse held their first packing party, an event where volunteers organized donated pads, tampons, wipes, and underwear with a personalized note in individual bags for distribution to those in need. Upstate PA students supported their classmate in assisting at the packing party, where nearly 100 kits were created. Each kit is enough for one period for one person. The kits will soon be distributed to The Rescue Mission, WYCA, Hope Print, The Salvation Army, and Wholely Grounds at the R.O.A.D. Church.
"The #HappyPeriod Packing Party was an amazing community-lead event which will have a great direct impact on the Syracuse community. It was inspiring to be together with other volunteers packing kits from donated items, to be able to give these kits to people with periods who need menstrual products. It's a wonderful organization working towards menstrual equity in the Syracuse area!" said Upstate PA student Alaina Wayland.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas – South Central Region
The Kelly-Rahn-Turnage Fellowship for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences PA students, in collaboration with the Arkansas Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association (AMDPA), held the fifth annual Heroes Against Hunger 5K at Murray Park in Little Rock on October 6. The race was at the start of National PA Week, with the intent to give back to the local community. With each single dollar providing one meal to five children, this is a tremendous support to local Arkansans. UAMS students set their highest goal to date, $10,000, for the race this year. Funds are still coming in, but the fundraiser should pass the $10,000 goal. Additionally, more than 200 runners came out to the race. Not only did the race feed hungry kids of the community, but it also educated the community about the PA Program and all that PAs can do.
"My favorite part of this week is sharing our talents and time with our local community. Food disparity in Arkansas is very real; I am so glad to be part of a university PA program that emphasizes a great education in healthcare but also a willingness to meet the basic needs of those around us," said Emily McKinney, a University of Arkansas PA student.
Towson University, Maryland – Mid-Atlantic Region
PA students held a donor drive for Be the Match. Be the Match helps to find bone marrow and blood stem cell matches for patients who are diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, and other life-threatening diseases, which could save their lives and potentially cure their cancer. PA students helped to raise awareness of this organization and diseases that students could help cure if they register to be a donor. (Read about PA Kevin Schwartzel, who signed up for Be the Match as a student and was able to save the life of a seven-year-old boy.)
"We loved being able to increase the diversity on the registry as Towson University has great diversity and the registry needs that!" said Rachel Weitman, a Towson PA student.
It's not too early to start thinking about how your program will celebrate PA Week 2019!
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Caitlin Harrison is of AAPA's manager of the Student Academy and Volunteer Engagement & Governance. She can be reached at [email protected].

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If our goal is education, asks Warren Nord, how can we ignore religion? But that's what happens in American public schools today, says Nord, philosophy lecturer. Nord argues that neutrality doesn't just mean that it's okay to teach students about religion, but that you're required to teach them about it if you teach them things that are hostile to religion. And yes, he says, it is possible to teach the subject without trying to convert a soul.
Teaching Without Preaching
by Angela Spivey
He can get annoyed at the idea that religion's too controversial a subject for American schools. Sitting beside an array of papers and books on a couch in his office, Warren Nord, lecturer in philosophy, points out that 20 years ago, women's studies and black studies were also ignored in the public school curriculum. "You can't say, 'Look, feminism and race are just too contro versial. Let's not bring them up.'
"Now we all know that that position's nonsense," Nord says. You aren't liberally educated if that's the kind of education you get."
Nord contends that public schools and universities today come close to indoctrinating students against religion by almost completely ignoring it. In Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma (UNC Press, 1995), Nord explains what he sees as deep political and constitutional problems with public education. The problems are largely unacknowledged, Nord says, in part because it's tempting to see the issue as a culture war "between the religious fundamentalists who are anti-intellectual and everybody else—all right-thinking, reasonable folk." But, as Nord points out, "the world's a lot more complicated."
Nord reviewed 42 high school textbooks in American and world history, economics, science, and home economics. Religion was mentioned only in the history books, where it was "exiled to the distant past." Nord argues that even though modern secular education doesn't openly attack religion, it sends the message that religion is irrelevant to understanding the world.
"There is no appreciation of the fact that there might be a problem in teaching students to think about economics or sexuality, or nature or psychology in entirely secular ways," he says.
Nord smiles at the suggestion that it's hard to imagine thinking about economics in a religious way. "Most people can't," he says.
Nord explains that economics courses usually teach that people are "self-interested utility maximizers" who compete for limited resources. Nord points out that this view stands "in some tension, if not overt conflict" with most religious traditions, which teach people to overcome self-interest and work in cooperation for the common good.
While Nord acknowledges that it's not possible for teachers to cover every religious view of each subject, he suggests that textbooks should mention that there are religious alternatives to the secular views being taught. "A liberal education exposes students to the major different voices arguing about the truth," Nord says. "But do we do that? No we don't. We only introduce them to the major secular voices arguing about the truth. We leave the religious voices out.
Is that politically just in a system that has public institutions? No, it disenfranchises many people," Nord argues. "It doesn't take their ideas, values, and traditions seriously."
Nord contends that ignoring religion also doesn't take the constitution seriously. He explains that, as the Supreme Court has interpreted the separation of church and state, government must be neutral among different religions, and also between religion and non-religion. "Everybody agrees," Nord says, "that it's perfectly all right for students to be taught about religions in public schools, so long as it's done neutrally. The teacher can't indoctrinate or proselytize.
"My argument is a stronger one," he continues. "Neutrality doesn't just mean that it's all right to teach students about religion, but that you're required to teach students about religion if you teach them things that are hostile to religion.
"Whereas once religion was common sense and indeed viewed as being reasonable, we now believe it's a matter of private faith, that it's irrational, that it's superstitious, that it has nothing to do with our intellectual life, that it has no place in the academy. Well, is that neutral?" Nord asks. "That may be true, but is it neutral? Those are different questions."
A national movement has begun to address the issue, Nord says. Organizations as different as the American Jewish Congress, the Islamic Society of North America, and the National Education Association have agreed that religion should be included in the public school curriculum and that it must be taught neutrally. Some history and social studies textbooks have begun to include more information about religion. In 1989 North Carolina became the second state to require the study of religion in history and social science courses in kindergarten through the eleventh grade.
Nord agrees with the intentions of the requirement but says the execution of the plan has faltered because there's little money for educating teachers. Many shy away from mentioning religion because they don't have a clear idea of what they legally can and cannot say, they don't know when they might be offending someone, and they haven't been educated about religious traditions other than their own.
Carolina's Program in the Humanities and Human Values, which Nord directs, has tried to help by offering free seminars addressing these topics for teachers, administrators, and school board members. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funds the seminars, some of which provide materials to be used in the classroom, such as films or literature written by people within various religious traditions.
Even these efforts are not adequate, in Nord's view. His ideal school system would require all high school students to take at least one course in religion, taught by someone with an undergraduate minor in religious studies. He would exempt students who, because of religious beliefs, felt that taking the course burdened their consciences.
Citing statistics from Gallup opinion polls, Nord points out that religion is not dead; 90 percent of Americans say they believe in the existence of God, while 55 percent of them say religion is very important in their life. "Now, how do we square that with the idea that religion and God are completely irrelevant to everything we teach students about our contemporary culture?" he asks.
"Oftentimes the assumption is that anybody who argues for taking religious ideas or values seriously must be a conserva tive, must be a fundamentalist, must be out to preach and convert people," Nord says. "Well, there are a good number of those folks out there, but I'm not one of them. My argument is that there are plenty of good liberal and secular reasons for requiring students to understand religion." In the end, he calls for educators and intellectuals to have "a little humility," to not be "so convinced we've got the truth that we don't even have to bring up the alternatives."
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Our democracy will be impoverished if MPs are too scared to do their jobs – The Guardian
The ornate black gates that loom at the mouth of Downing Street were designed to look as though they have guarded the entrance for centuries. In truth, their installation was a relatively recent event in the history of Britain's most famous street. They were put in, as a protection against terrorism, over the Christmas period in 1989 when Margaret Thatcher lived there. In a more innocent age, anyone could wander up Downing Street as they pleased and even have themselves photographed in front of the polished letter box of Number 10, posing there as if they were prime minister. The gates put a definitive end to that.
While commissioned to enhance her safety, the barrier turned out to be damaging for Mrs Thatcher. Opponents seized on the erection of the gates as symbolic of how imperiously remote she had become towards the end of a premiership that would be terminated less than a year later. When Tony Blair moved into Number 10 in 1997, he considered having the gates removed to signal the arrival of a fresh and open kind of government before being persuaded that they had to be retained to keep the street safe. With the passage of time, he would also be accused of being another arrogantly detached prime minister gated off from the public. The concrete and steel shield that now encases parliament was also a response to terrorist threats. The accretion of security has made our centres of power somewhat safer from violent attack, but at the price of making politicians seem more distant from the public. When people bemoan "the Westminster bubble", that complaint is fuelled by the sense that SW1 is physically cut off from the rest of the country.
There's a tension between politicians being accessible to voters and the protection of elected representatives, their families and staff from those who mean them harm. The conundrum has been made tragically sharper by the killing of Sir David Amess. The response to his death from parliamentarians has come in two parts. The first was an outpouring of sorrowful affection for an unusually well-liked and effective backbencher with a yard-wide grin and a flamboyant zest for life. When the Commons paid its tributes, one colleague recalled Sir David celebrating his knighthood by dressing up in medieval battle finery, mounting a horse and riding around his constituency. Others noted his indefatigable campaigning to secure city status for Southend, a wish posthumously granted.
The other response has been a torrent of accounts, from MPs of all parties, about being inundated with harrowing abuse, including numerous rape threats and death threats, and the strain this puts on them, their families and aides. It is clear – and this is bad – that a lot of MPs feel unsafe doing their job. It is also clear – and this is tremendously bad – that many feel especially vulnerable in their constituencies. Kim Leadbeater, the MP for the Batley and Spen seat once represented by her sister, Jo Cox, who was murdered by a neo-Nazi outside her constituency surgery, revealed that her partner has asked her to step down from parliament.
Sir David died while holding a surgery in a church. Two is dreadful. Four is a pattern. In 2010, the Labour MP Stephens Timms suffered a life-threatening stabbing by an Islamist extremist while holding meetings with constituents in east London. In 2000, Andrew Pennington, an aide to the Lib Dem MP Nigel Jones, was killed as he tried to shield the parliamentarian from an assailant wielding a sword.
Some propose that encounters between MPs and constituents become much more formal or move online, but many are highly resistant to that. It is hard for politicians to urge GPs to see more people face to face or exhort the police to be more visible on the streets if they stop doing these things themselves. Many MPs share Sir David's view that constituency surgeries are a fundamental component of their role, a precious opportunity to be able to talk directly to voters about their problems and concerns. A small minority might hanker for the bad old days when many constituencies were lucky if their MP deigned to visit once every three months. The great majority of parliamentarians think that barricading themselves off from their voters would be hugely undesirable, magnify the often unjust accusation that they are "out of touch" and deepen the mistrust many of the public have for politicians. It has been less often said, but it is also true, that many parliamentarians think being deemed "a good constituency MP" helps build a "personal vote" and improve re-election chances.
After four grave attacks on parliamentarians this century, three leading to a fatality, it is promised that safeguarding will be improved. The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and the home secretary, Priti Patel, have declared that all MPs will be offered trained security protection when meeting constituents. That may help, but short of placing MPs inside impenetrable fortresses their safety can never be absolutely guaranteed.
This comes with a price. The talent pool of politicians will shrink when able and decent people who might have made a valuable contribution to national life see MPs living in fear and make a different career choice rather than expose themselves and loved ones to atrocious abuse and risk to life. Another harm to democracy is that scared MPs may avoid contentious topics or self-censor their opinions for fear of the consequences of attracting the wrong kind of attention from extremists. Then there is the complex of questions about how much of a connection can be made between the death of Sir David and the general toxicity of political culture. Some argue that doing better at safeguarding MPs from physical attack should be accompanied by an effort to elevate public respect for their profession. I agree that it is a crude and destructive caricature to depict all politicians as mendacious graspers. There are highly public-spirited people in parliament and there are absolute shits. Most MPs are at neither end of the spectrum, but somewhere along it. Part of the problem is that the expenses scandal left an enduring taint on the public's view of parliament. The reputation of politicians isn't helped when some continue to behave in ways that give force to the charge that they are self-serving frauds. Remedying that lies mainly in their own hands.
Others make a link between physical threats to MPs and a coarsening of political discourse. Britain has a long and vital tradition of spirited debate and its democracy is the more vibrant for the fiery testing of political ideas and the robust scrutiny of the characters of politicians. The price we pay is that this can cross a line into something uglier. This is not new. During the 1945 election campaign, Winston Churchill made the outrageously untrue claim that a Labour government would introduce "a political police… some form of Gestapo". A few years later, one of Labour's great men, Nye Bevan, described the Tories as "lower than vermin".
The use of that kind of language was rarer in the 1940s and those remarks were turned against both men. Incendiary rhetoric is now much more routine and the most hideous bile can be spewed on social media where trolls exploit anonymity to spread their poison. There is as yet no proved correlation between online abuse and Sir David's death. It has nevertheless reinforced the consensus at Westminster that social media has made a significantly baleful contribution to feeding hyper-polarisation and the radicalisation that can draw some people down terribly dark paths. There is escalating pressure for the tech giants to be held responsible for the toxins they pump into the bloodstream of the body politic. Threats of violence, whether directed at politicians or anyone else, ought to be energetically dealt with by the police and the prosecuting authorities.
The tone of politics is also set by politicians. There's a danger in language – "scum", "traitor" – which dehumanises opponents. Some of the responsibility for the debasement of the public square lies in their own hands or, rather, with how they use their own tongues. Argument can be vigorous, even vehement, without descending into the venomous.
The hardest question, one that politicians have been grappling with over the decades since the installation of the Downing Street gates, is how they reconcile the tension between security and openness. Can we keep alive direct and unfiltered engagement between MPs and voters without risking further deaths? There is, I fear, no perfect answer to that.
Andrew Rawnsley is Chief Political Commentator of the Observer


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War against Ukraine: London: Russian forces enter Bakhmut
According to British estimates, Russian forces have penetrated the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which has been fought over for months.
21 December 2022 Wednesday 02:55
According to British estimates, Russian forces have penetrated the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which has been fought over for months. "The Russian infantry is now likely to have gained a foothold in the city's eastern industrial areas and at times has advanced into the city's residential areas," the Defense Ministry in London said on Wednesday, citing intelligence findings. "Street fights continue." The Russian troops are both regular military and mercenaries from the Wagner group.
There has been fighting over Bakhmut in the Donetsk region since June. So far, the front line ran east of the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Bakhmut on Tuesday and distributed medals and gifts to soldiers.
Since the fighting for the cities of Lysychansk and Sievjerodonetsk in July, there have been few battles in urban centers, according to London sources. Such battles required well-trained infantry. "This type of combat is unlikely to favor poorly trained Wagner fighters and the Russian Army's mobilized reservists," the ministry said.
Artillery raids and Russian airstrikes reported
After Zelenskyj's visit to the frontline town of Bakhmut in the east of the country, heavy fighting broke out again in the area. "The enemy is continuing its efforts in offensive operations against Bakhmut and Avdiivka," the general staff said in Kyiv last night. Among other things, tank attacks were reported from the region, as well as artillery raids and isolated Russian airstrikes.
North of it, Russian troops tried to reach better positions near Kupjansk. There, the Russian army used "its entire spectrum" of artillery against at least 15 settlements, it said. The information from Kyiv could not initially be checked independently.
The British Ministry of Defense has published daily information on the course of the war since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine at the end of February, citing intelligence information. In doing so, the British government wants to both counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a targeted disinformation campaign.
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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2016/04/28/melodramatics-theater-companys-west-side-story-at-schwartz/)
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Melodramatics Theater Company's West Side Story at Schwartz
By James Frichner | April 28, 2016
This past weekend, a few hundred lucky people had the privilege of seeing something truly special at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. I, like most people, had heard of West Side Story but had never seen it. I had hopes of being treated to an entertaining production, something a little more fun and high energy than the highbrow, somewhat pretentious theater you would usually encounter at the Schwartz. (Full disclosure: I adore that type of theatre.) But I knew that this was not an official Cornell-sponsored production, but rather a largely student run and conceived show, with students from both Cornell and Ithaca College coming together as part of Melodramatics Theatre Company to present their vision. Add in the fact that these students had but a short two months to bring this classic production from conception to the stage and, needless to say, I was not expecting anything too grandiose. I was very happy to be proven completely wrong.
What these dedicated students managed to achieve is something that some Broadway shows never accomplish, with budgets in the stratosphere and months of production work before they ever even begin rehearsal. Those who attended were treated to a show that not only had heart and soul, but was a genuine joy to watch. Every part of the show was a labor of love, from the magnificent, gritty set design, featuring graffiti, chain-link fences and scaffolding that towered above the audience in the Flexible Theatre, to the vibrant, thrilling choreography. I was completely captivated from beginning to end, and rarely has two and a half hours passed by so quickly. Sure, the dancers were not perfect, and there were many moments of someone being a step or two off the beat, but this only added to the sense of the immense difficulty they faced in putting on a show like this. What they were able to achieve was nothing less than spectacular.
Much of the credit has to be given to the hard work put in by the partnership of the Melodramatics Theatre Company with Teatrotaller. Together they were able to create an experience that not only captured the power and energy of musical theatre, but portrayed believably the unending struggle in this country to bridge the racial gap and find a way to live in harmony. The director, Andrea Fiorentini, called it "an homage with some modern twists" and it was amazing to see the way that this production was able to highlight the simultaneous optimism and darkness of the original work while contextualizing it in a way that is completely relevant to America's current political atmosphere. Some parts of the plot of West Side Story are admittedly hokey and contrived, but in many ways the daring choreography and absolute commitment of the cast and crew made the central message of our common humanity and the need for respect shine through. Fiorentini said she had "never seen a cast so connected with the material," and I couldn't help but agree. Perhaps the show attributes a bit too much to the power of love, but it never shies away from showing the disgusting, vile sides of human nature in all their chilling foulness. I couldn't help but be enraptured, and I never imagined that a former Broadway musical could portray sensitive issues of race, gender and class with such nuance and effectiveness.
This, perhaps more than any other show I have seen, presented the problems we face in a manner that is still lingering in my mind. As Fiorentini put it, "we have such a long way to go." Although I absolutely loved the show, it inspired a surprising amount of melancholy within me, not all of which was due to the heavy subject matter. Why is it that the best show I have seen at Cornell was a completely student conceived affair? Why is it that in order to put on a show like this, the production team should have to fight through "so many obstacles," to have to push back against doubters and critics at every level? At a time like the present, I would argue that this university would benefit greatly from more shows like this being put on. These are the type of experiences that help create community. And a sense of community is what makes this campus strong.
The other day I was walking up Ho Plaza right before sunset, and I watched in amazement as a group of students began to sing the alma mater. More and more joined in, until there were nearly a hundred students, of all races and genders, holding hands, singing a song I didn't think anyone knew or cared about. It ended, and with peals of laughter, these students dispersed, each returning to their individual, seemingly disconnected paths. Rarely have I witnessed such a display of hope on this campus. It was one of those beautiful moments when for a brief, fleeting second it becomes possible to imagine a better world, to hope that Cornell in some small way can embody the theoretical values that supposedly underpin it, can be a place where any student can find acceptance, guidance and a sense of home. This was my experience watching West Side Story, and it is my sincere hope that this show did not represent an exception to the norm, but rather a resurgence of the welcoming, inclusive theatre this campus needs.
James Frichner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jfrichner@cornellsun.com.
Perfectly Sensible: Precious Nonsense at the Kitchen Theatre
By Emily Fournier October 23, 2016
The aptly-named musical Precious Nonsense is advertised as a simple diversion from the stress of everyday life, and it delivers. Playwright and artistic director Rachel Lampert's production is fun and lighthearted, serving as pure entertainment.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] at Schwartz
By James Frichner March 7, 2016
There is no artistic experience quite like going to the theatre. Each performance of a show functions as a unique entity, and there is a challenge in recreating it night after night with consistency.


Bluetooth is popping up on mobile phones, PDAs, cameras, and even printers these days, but what about your PC? Meritline tiny USB Bluetooth adapter plugs into a PC's USB port so that it can interact wirelessly with other devices. Bluetooth is not as fast as a 10/100 wired Ethernet or an 802.11b/g wireless connection, but it's fast enough for synchronizing PDA data, transferring the occasional file from PC to PC, and casual Web browsing.
Connect up7 devices in a Pico net.


When October goes, can Christmas be far behind? Well, at least Holiday music is here, and here I am listening to my first one for 2017. I have always been a lover of Holiday music, but old age has made me perhaps a bit cynical about it. But still, I still get a thrill when it is fresh and new, and Leslie Odom Jr's new album 'Simply Christmas' made my heart skip a bit.
This is a smooth jazz album and is probably best when played to with a few cocktails, because Odom Jr's soulful renditions inspire more contemplation. I like the melancholy 'Merry Christmas Darling,' and he can even make 'The Christmas Song' sound fresh (or close to it) and his 'Ave Maria' is right on mark. The album can at times be too mellow – I listened to it straight through once and fell asleep. But with your coffee and whiskey, this album is good company.


Obesity, heart disease, tooth decay, slavery. When it comes to white powders and their attendant evils, cocaine can't hold a candle to cane sugar. There's no question about it: sugar screws us up. We'd be better off without it, but we're hooked. We go for sweet things as cattle for the salt lick. It seems all primates do. But there is something special about the place of sugar in Western civilisation, the way it has become a necessity for us, has come to permeate almost everything we consume—all processed foodstuffs, for a start—as a preservative or a stabilizer as well as a sweetener, even where sweetness is not desired.
Sugar has made fast food possible: no part of a hamburger is without it, soft drinks are laced with it. In the West we consume, in general, more of every kind of food than any society in history, and we are greediest of all for sugar. Top of the world league, it may be noted, is Iceland, with 150 pounds per person per year. Britain is second with 125.
But what sugar has done to us and Iceland is nothing compared to what it has done to the West Indies. Centuries before Columbia was taken over by the cocaine trade, Cuba and Guyana and Jamaica became the first country-sized cane plantations, peopled for the specific purpose of producing sugar for consumption in Europe. The sugar the slaves produced helped keep the free workers of Europe sweet. In a spiral of substance addiction sugar fuelled the industrial revolution.
In the course of the industrial revolution sugary tea—a multiple drug cocktail of caffeine, tannin and sucrose—replaced small beer, making its consumers alert rather than soporofic, coming to play a similar role to coca leaves in the lives of miners in the Andes.
This special role of sugar in the diet of the new industrial proletariat is a central theme of Sidney Mintz's Sweetness and Power. But a summary does scant justice to this diffuse and fascinating book. Professor Mintz is an anthropologist who has done field-work not just in libraries and kitchens but also in fields of cane in Puerto Rico, so he knows his subject from the ground up.
Sugar, as he describes it, is a miraculous food drug, with a calorific yield ten times higher than that of potatoes. It is an irresistible source of cheap sweet calories, and has a taste for which there is no decent synthetic analogue. Food manufacturers wish there was an acceptable substitute, one that would give the distinctive sweetness of sugar without calories, or give body to drinks, when in solution, without concomitant sweetness: sugar in food and drink, it seems, doesn't just make it taste good, it has a feel we like.
Mintz points out that the countries with the highest culinary achievements usually have a low consumption of sugar. France and China are cases in point. But as eating becomes more informal, faster and less structured, sugar consumption shoots up. Snacks, TV dinners, takeaways all have oodles of it. Mintz excoriates contemporary American eating habits and the consequent erosion of the idea of the meal and attendant rituals.


Upbeat, vibrant, foot tapping! You will not stop dancing. Band leader Una Bryson on accordion with fellow musicians on fiddle, drums and keyboard put the glamour and fizz back into Scottish Music.
CELTIC MUSIC WITH A DIFFERENCE !!
Combine this with the latest lights, sound system and sound engineer that will accommodate any venue. We'll make your night one to remember.


Turnberry for the Arts retained RLA to provide assessment and maintenance services for artworks in their public art collection. These contemporary sculptures and electronic installation pieces by blue chip artists are located throughout the mall site, particularly featured at the Aventura Mall. The site is heavily visited, especially during the busy winter months and well-meaning visitors often touch the engaging works, resulting in fingerprints, marring, grease and dirt affecting finishes and patinas. To maintain these works, RLA's crew works night shifts, while the mall is closed to the public. The success of this ongoing collaboration between this private-public art client is a result of RLA's extensive experience with a wide variety of contemporary artists materials and conservation of public art collections.


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Q: How to check if the current repository is the top level git repo I'm trying to check if the current repo is not a submodule but the top level
git repository.  I have tried the following command: git submodule init
Output:
You need to run this command from the toplevel of the working tree.

But it will init the submodule. How can I check the current repository if it isn't a submodule but the top level git repository, without making a change in the repository?

A: You probably want git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree, with a fallback to git rev-parse --show-toplevel if you aren't in a submodule. For example:
toplevel=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
superproject=$(git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree)

if [[ -z "$superproject" ]]; then
    echo "submodule in $superproject"
else
    echo "toplevel is $toplevel"
fi

I'm not currently aware of a builtin that provides an all-in-one answer for both situations.

A: If you do use git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree, make sure to use Git 2.20 (Q4 2018), in order to avoid the error message "returned path string doesn't match cwd"
See commit c5cbb27 (27 Sep 2018) by Sam McKelvie (sammck).
(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster -- in commit d152a74, 19 Oct 2018)

rev-parse: --show-superproject-working-tree should work during a merge
Invoking 'git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree' exits with
"fatal: BUG: returned path string doesn't match cwd?"

when the superproject has an unmerged entry for the current submodule, instead of displaying the superproject's working tree.

(That was first reported here)

The problem is due to the fact that when a merge of the submodule reference
  is in progress, "git ls-files --stage —full-name <submodule-relative-path>" returns three seperate entries for the submodule (one for each stage) rather than a single entry; e.g.,
$ git ls-files --stage --full-name submodule-child-test
160000 dbbd2766fa330fa741ea59bb38689fcc2d283ac5 1       submodule-child-test
160000 f174d1dbfe863a59692c3bdae730a36f2a788c51 2       submodule-child-test
160000 e6178f3a58b958543952e12824aa2106d560f21d 3       submodule-child-test

The code in get_superproject_working_tree() expected exactly one entry to be returned;
this patch makes it use the first entry if multiple entries are returned.

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TV Show Episode Scripts > Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) (2014) > Season 3 > The Druids' Holy Land
Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) (2014) s03e08 Episode Script
The Druids' Holy Land
1 What's wrong? Meliodas is the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins.
The Seven Deadly Sins? Her memories erased by Gowther, Diane suddenly vanishes.
Lost World.
I erased her memories.
Captain, I'm sorry, but I'm going after Diane even if I'm on my-- Don't just stand there, King! We're going after Diane right now! Okay! Meliodas and the others leave the royal capital Camelot in order to find her.
They're heading for the Giant race's homeland, Megadoza.
We're counting on you, Mom! Wait for us, Diane.
We'll find you no matter what.
Still, 300 miles is a lot of ground to cover.
I mean, thank goodness we're moving fast, but Hey, Merlin, is there any way you could use Teleportation? I'm really worried about Diane.
Right now, it's all I can do to keep my soul contained in Aldan.
I'm sorry, King.
Not only that, I'd like to keep a reserve of my magical power for emergencies.
For emergencies? In the direction Diane is heading, from the ruins of Edinburgh Castle along the way I'm picking up waves of monstrous evil.
This is a tale of ancient times, when the human and non-human worlds had not yet split.
The 3,000-year-old seal has been broken.
The Demon race's elite troops, the Ten Commandments, now awakened, are about to bury Britannia in blood and fear.
Rising up to counter this threat is a group of great sinners, a legendary order of knights.
They are called the Seven Deadly Sins.
EPISODE EIGHT: THE DRUIDS' HOLY LAND You say you slew Meliodas? I did indeed.
I also disposed of the other pesky gnats, but what a disappointment! To think that the heretic who once struck terror into the heart of the Demon race would meet such an end! Is that true, Galand? I find it hard to believe you could bring him down so easily.
Are you doubting me? Meaning you don't believe the words of Galand of Truth? No, I'm well aware of your powers, but Are you going somewhere again? Just a walk! It's not in me to sit still.
I have to tell everyone in the homeland right away.
That Matrona protected me.
And di-- What's that? I've never seen anything so strange.
A mysterious rocky mountain? Or maybe Why are you alive, Giant girl? What is this? It's like there are goose bumps all over my body.
Who's behind me? No, I can't turn around.
I'm sure I delivered the final blow.
Don't think! Just run as fast as you can! It's a member of the Giant race.
A huge soul like yours will help to restore my magical powers.
Monspiet! I see you have a keen nose as well! The one Human soul I ate just made me even hungrier.
I'd be willing to bet that you're here at Derieri's request.
You're such a meddler, aren't you! She has nothing to do with this.
I'm here because of my own hunger pangs.
What? Who are these two? They look Human, but inside they're something else entirely! Not the Fairy or Giant races, either! Don't tell me Don't tell me! By the way, Giant girl.
You still haven't answered my question.
Why are you still alive? Don't come near me! I've never seen you-- It's no use lying to me! You saw it, didn't you? How that annoying mage told a lie in my presence and turned to stone! What are you talking about? I have no idea who you are! You just told a lie! Stay away from me! You're not turning to stone.
Do you not remember anything? Maybe I did fail to finish you off? Meliodas, I'm so scared! Save me! Well, whatever.
In any case, be sure to die this time! All right, I'm going to help myself to your soul now.
What's this? Breaking Wave! No way! That magical power is Did you do something so foolish knowing we're the Ten Commandments? Prison Grip! Hawk's Mom! Stop for a second! Don't slam on the brakes with no warning! What's going on, Captain? Let's get going-- What's this? These three powerful auras It's the Ten Commandments and I don't know who else.
But they're clashing right now.
On the Ten Commandments' side, there's Monspiet and Galand.
The other one has a magical power I haven't encountered before.
No way! Is that you, Matrona? Thank goodness! I was so sure that you'd-- Why? For the first time in forever, I'm getting fired up despite my age! I have to admit, it's pretty amazing that you caught me off guard! Huh? They're nowhere to be seen.
Teleportation? It can't be.
A member of the Giant race with such an advanced magical power? I've never heard of such a thing.
Could she have turned into a bird, and flown off into the skies? Cruel Slash Barrage! Interrupting my meal This is why I detest people with no manners.
Elder Sister! Could this overpowering murderous intent be Yes.
It looks like they've detected our presence as well.
Seriously? But they're hundreds of miles away, right? Just how keen is their sense of smell? I-I don't think they detected us by smell.
Of all things, to be noticed by him Multiple powerful presences concentrated in one place, like a birdcage.
Not only that, but one of them is similar to Meliodas.
Hellfire Bird.
Why don't I give it a shot? Subdue it, no matter what! F-Fire! A mass of devastating magical power is heading towards us at blinding speed! What? ETA, ten seconds.
Hawk's Mom! Change direction and run as fast as you can! The magical power just changed trajectory! It's pursuing us! Something's coming! That magical power attack is to see if it's really me who's here.
If I use Full Counter, it will betray both the fact that I'm alive and my exact location, but I have no choice but to do it! Mom? He said not to go that way! Mom! Mom! -Help! I'm so scared! -Hey, Hawk! Never mind that, get off me! The Hellfire Bird's signal vanished.
This has to be Meliodas' Counter Vanish.
No, that's not it.
It didn't vanish so much as it seemed to get swallowed by something.
Dear me.
I just wasted the smidgen of magical power I regained from eating that Human soul.
No sign of them surfacing.
And I'm sure I met some resistance.
Did they perish? Oh man, I came this close to being turned into a whole roast pig there! But seriously, you're unbelievable, Hawk's Mom! To swallow that intense magical power in a single gulp! Maybe a little too unbelievable, don't you think? Hawk's Mom, your stomach's not upset, is it? Captain.
I would advise a change of direction.
Hold on, Merlin! That's not what I agreed to! If you don't want to look for Diane, I'm going off on my own! I understand how you feel, but calm down, King.
Diane's presence has faded, along with whoever was facing the Ten Commandments.
And right before we were attacked, too.
Most likely, they're both safe.
But if we were to recklessly approach them now, we would put Diane in danger.
We're definitely going to rescue Diane! All of us together, okay? Captain Anyway, Merlin, a change of direction means you have somewhere else in mind, right? Right now, our top priority is to power up so we can fight the Ten Commandments.
And to start We'll have a meal, right? I'm going to give you back the power I stole from you, Captain.
Elder Sister stole it? Sir Meliodas' power? What do you mean? I did so because the captain's power was too overwhelming and dangerous.
That's why the captain had to constantly keep his emotions in check so his powers wouldn't run rampant.
Is that like me always exerting myself whenever I transform like this? But on a whole different level! But it's not like he hasn't gone berserk more than once before, right? Those times? In terms of his true power, what you saw was merely the dregs.
Merely the dregs, she said! Well, excuse me.
Ten years ago, in the midst of the drama surrounding our exile, when a certain young girl was seriously injured trying to help us, the captain started to lose control.
The moment he let down his guard, I separated his strength from him.
I can't believe something like that happened.
Oh, I completely forgot about that.
We're going to need that power to battle the Ten Commandments.
So, where is it now? The location isn't that far from here.
The Holy Land of the Druids, the sages of the forest Istar.
So this is Istar, the Druids' Holy Land, right? Yep.
I think it's been about ten years or so since I was last here.
Sir Meliodas, are you familiar with the Druids? A little, because of one of the Seven Deadly Sins' missions.
Still, there's nothing but stones as far as the eye can see, and there doesn't seem to be anyone around, does there? What a splendid stone pillar! -It sure is! -Hey! Did the Druids build of all these, too? Sir Meliodas! What is this? What do you know, the entrance was already open? What are you talk-- Whoa! This is amazing! How exactly does this work? It's a type of gate that leads to this place.
However, to pass through it, you need the spell caster's permission.
By that logic, Elder Sister, if the gate's open, then Somebody's there? That's correct! We were aware of your arrival.
Who's that? The Druid chiefs.
It's been a while, Seven Deadly Sins! You sure are humongous, Chief! I'm Hawk! The star and master of the Seven Deadly Sins! I'm the captain of the Order of Scraps Disposal! I'm the chief! Lady Jenna and my younger sister, Zaneri! Y-You mean these two youngsters are the Druid chiefs? Then who's this old guy? I'm the priest in charge of protecting our chiefs.
My name is Theo! How old are you, anyway? Yo, Theo! You really bulked up, huh? Yes, Sir Meliodas.
I'm 15 now, after all! You fraud! This pig is so amusing! You do you know who I am? It's very nice to meet you.
I'm the Kingdom of Liones' third princess-- Yo, Zaneri! We're still a couple of shorties, aren't we? Meliodas.
I'm happy to see you again.
Okay, that's enough greetings.
The reason we came here today-- We know your purpose for coming to the Holy Land.
That makes things easier.
I'd expect no less of the Druid chief.
I appreciate it.
By the way, Merlin.
Are the people just standing over there your comrades? Yes.
Arthur, aren't you going? What about you, Sir Gowther? Shouldn't you go? Right now, I'm in the process of reading the room.
Now then, Meliodas, let's go to the tower on the right.
Okay! And you, as well.
Me? Everything's moving so quickly, I can't keep up.
To think that they not only knew we were coming, but our purpose, as well.
The Druids are known to use mysterious spells.
And on top of that, they have their own way of thinking.
Could it be that Lady Zaneri has feelings for Sir Meliodas? Elizabeth! Are you all right? Y-Yes! It's pitch dark! My power is inside this place? Yes.
You'll go through a trial now, Meliodas.
Whether we return your power will depend on the result.
Oh? In short, I just have to complete this trial, right? It will be very painful and difficult for you.
I'm very worried about whether or not you can take it.
If she's going so far as to tell Sir Meliodas that What could it be? When you say that, it motivates me even more! I'll gladly face any sort of trial! Where am I? Whoops.
Sorry about that, kid.
How rude of me, Captain of the Order of the Holy Knights! Huh? This outfit No way! That crest! Is this Danafall? Is it? Hey, I've been looking for you, Meliodas! It can't be! That voice Liz.
Subtitle translation by Yuki Urakawa
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Six years ago when Glenn Ellison volunteered to coach his daughter Caroline's middle-school math team, he hardly realized he would soon become a leading authority in the niche market of advanced mathematics textbooks for elementary- and middle-school students.
After coaching Caroline's team for two years, Ellison, Gregory K. Palm (1970) Professor of Economics, decided to compile the notes, worksheets, and packets he had created into Hard Math for Middle School: IMLEM Edition (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008) to make the information more easily accessible to kids not on his team.
Although Ellison had intended the book for a small local audience — the middle-school students who participated in the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts (IMLEM) — the book took off nationally, selling thousands of copies across the country.
The enthusiastic response to Hard Math for Middle School made apparent the absence of excellent textbooks for above-average math students. This revelation — in addition to the frequent requests from his youngest daughter, Kate — spurred Ellison to create a follow-up textbook designed for an even younger audience.
Earlier this year, Ellison released his second book, Hard Math for Elementary School (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013), geared to challenge third- to sixth-grade students who are capable of working above grade-level math. Ellison hopes his latest book will arm elementary school kids with solid fundamental math skills, as well as curiosity, and an enduring passion for mathematics.
He explains that young, high-achieving students can become complacent or even apathetic in their math classes because the material isn't difficult enough to sustain their interest. To keep such students occupied during class, teachers will often give them the next grade-level textbook; but in many cases even the next-level material is not challenging enough, and these most advanced students simply lose interest in math.
That's where Hard Math for Elementary School comes in. Presenting above-average students math problems that are more difficult and more widely ranging than standard texts, the book has proven exciting to gifted young students.
"Math is really intriguing," says Ellison, "and it's critical for kids to learn math well while they're still young. High school students are harder to reach than third graders, but you can make an impact on elementary school kids by showing them that math is not only interesting, but also pretty cool."
math as something powerful, beautiful, and fun.
I love that he encourages kids to reach high."
Ellison composed Hard Math for Elementary School to be used as an enrichment textbook to supplement classroom lessons. The problems covered in the text are broad and deep in scope, and introduce topics now commonly omitted from elementary school curricula, such as prime numbers, counting, and probability.
The chapters are structured so the first few pages are relatively easy, followed by pages that gradually increase in difficulty, an approach enables kids to gain confidence.
Although Ellison alerts his readers in the introduction that some of the problems are extremely difficult to answer (even for adults), he finds that does not deter high achievers from using the book. Rather, the challenges enthrall such students, who often equate "difficult" with "fun," and feel a great sense of accomplishment when they can solve an especially complex math problem.
Parents who use the book with their children substantiate Ellison's theory. "I love that Glenn does not talk down to students," said Lakshmi Iyer, who uses the book with her second-grade daughter. "He makes it clear early on that this book will be challenging — but most importantly, he presents math as something powerful, beautiful, and fun. I love that he is encouraging kids to reach high. My daughter feels a strong sense of achievement when she manages to get a problem right in his 'hard math' book."
Others who have used Ellison's textbook laud him for creating unparalleled supplemental math textbooks.
Ying Gao, a senior at Newton North High School, used Ellison's book Hard Math for Middle School throughout middle school to prepare for the IMLEM and MATHCOUNTS. However, she still references the book and its more advanced topics for her current coursework. And now her nine-year-old brother Steven has begun using Ellison's newest book. He describes the book as "fun" and especially enjoys the jokes Ellison interspersed throughout the lessons.
Ellison hopes his books ignite more interest in math among younger students. For now, he can appreciate the impact his books are making whenever he attends his daughter's math competitions, where he has attained quasi-celebrity status. Here Ellison encounters numerous kids carrying his middle school math book—an occurrence he describes as "very cool."
Paper: "The Gender Gap in Secondary School Mathematics at High Achievement Levels"
MIT economists suggest that environment may determine how well girls do in math class. "As debate over the gender gap in school math rumbles on, Ellison and Swanson suggest a practical reason it matters: 'The phenomenon may be related to the underrepresentation of women in scientific fields," they write in their recent working paper, 'The Gender Gap in Secondary School Mathematics at High Achievement Levels.' If highly capable girls are not encouraged to pursue math in school, they may never pursue scientific careers — thus limiting the talent pool of researchers."


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Popular car makers are helping Australia's bushfire victims by waiving fees, supplying vehicles and offering extended leave for volunteers.
Car makers give bushfire victims a break
by David McCowen
23rd Jan 2020 7:09 PM
Car makers have responded to the summer's bushfire disasters with cash donations, vehicles for emergency services, reprieve for customers in financial distress and extended leave for volunteers.
Volkswagen committed $2.5 million to bushfire causes on Thursday, allocating $500,000 to fire services, $1 million for organisations involved with endangered wildlife and $1 million toward reforestation.
The manufacturer's response is among the most generous from corporate Australia, matching the AFL.
Volkswagen Group Australia managing director Michael Bartsch said the bushfires represented "an unprecedented disaster".
"Volkswagen has been part of Australian life since the 1950s," he said.
"Therefore, we step up both to assist those at forefront of this crisis and to aid in what will be a protracted recovery."
Volkswagen's donation is larger than those of BHP, Woolworths and the Commonwealth Bank.
Holden pledged $1 million toward bushfire relief and recovery on January 10, announcing the first $200,000 would go to the Australian Red Cross.
It said the rest of the money would be used "where it will make the most meaningful impact", with specific details to be confirmed.
Toyota Australia and its Japanese parent company donated $250,000 to The Salvation Army Disaster Appeal in November 2019, following it up with a further $223,000 in January.
Ford donated $100,000 to the Red Cross, and is prepared to match up to $50,000 more in donations by employees and dealers.
Like many brands, the blue oval has offered cars to assist organisations in need.
Other top 10 best-selling brands have been more discreet.
Representatives of Hyundai and Mazda say the marques have made donations but prefer not to make details public.
Kia will donate to the bushfires cause through its partnership with Tennis Australia and the Australian Open.
Isuzu has joined ute rivals such as Mitsubishi and Holden by helping the bushfire cause.
The Honda Foundation initially donated 26 generators to provide power to communities in affected areas, and is working with organisations on the ground to provide additional help.
Mitsubishi made undisclosed donations and responded to government calls for extended paid leave for emergency service volunteers by giving staff up to four weeks of paid leave to assist in the bushfire crisis.
It will also work with people affected by fires who have outstanding bills with Mitsubishi's finance arm.
Nissan Financial Services Australia is taking a similar approach by working with people in impacted areas.
Dealers are providing cars where appropriate, and employees have been encouraged to volunteer in recovery efforts.
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