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Julie Newmar (nom de naixement Julia Chalene Newmeyer, Los Angeles, 16 d'agost de 1933) és una actriu, ballarina i cantant estatunidenca coneguda per la seva feina en una gran varietat de produccions escèniques, cinematogràfiques i televisives, a més a més dels seus treballs com a dissenyadora i model de llenceria i per les seves inversions immobiliàries. És especialment coneguda per haver encarnat Catwoman, per primera vegada a la història, a les dues primeres temporades de la sèrie de televisió de Batman dels anys 60. El 1959 va guanyar un Premi Tony a la Millor Actriu de Repartiment pel seu paper com a Katrin Sveg a l'obra The Marriage-Go-Round, de Leslie Stevens, estrenada a Broadway l'any anterior. Va interpretar el mateix paper a l'adaptació cinematogràfica de l'obra de 1961, dirigida per Walter Lang.

El 1992 Newmar va aparèixer al videoclip de la cançó "Too Funky" de George Michael i va realitzar un petit cameo a la pel·lícula de 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar de Beeban Kidron. Recentment, després de 50 anys de la sèrie original, ha reprès el seu paper com a Catwoman posant la seva veu a les pel·lícules d'animació Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) and Batman vs. Two-Face (2017).

Naixement i joventut
Newmar va néixer el 16 d'agost de 1933 a Los Angeles, Califòrnia, filla de Don i Helen (Jesmer) Newmeyer. El seu pare era cap del Departament d'Educació Física de Los Angeles City College i havia estat jugador professional de futbol americà als anys 20, arribant a participar en la Lliga de Futbol Nacional el 1926 amb Los Angeles Buccaneers. La seva mare, d'origen francosuec, era una dissenyadora de moda que treballava sota el nom artístic de Chalene i que més tard es convertiria en inversora immobiliària.

Newmar té dos germans petits: Peter Bruce Newmeyer (n. 1935) i John A. Newmeyer (n. 1942); aquest últim és escriptor, epidemiòleg, i viticultor. Julie Newmar va començar a ballar de molt jove i, amb quinze anys, va debutar com a prima ballarina a l'Òpera de Los Angeles.

Carrera

Primeres obres
Julie Newmar va començar en el món cinematogràfic com a ballarina, amb petits papers sense acreditar com, per exemple, la "ballarina-assassina" de Slaves of Babylon (1953) o la "noia daurada" de Serpent of the Nile (1953). També va aparèixer en pel·lícules com Melodies de Broadway (1953) i Demetri i els gladiadors (1954). Als dinou anys va començar a treballar com a coreògraf i ballarina als Universal Studios. El seu primer paper important va ser el de Dorcas, una de les núvies de Set núvies per a set germans(1954).

El seu debut a Broadway va ser el 1955 amb Silk Stockings, l'últim musical escrit per Cole Porter, protagonitzat per Hildegarde Neff i Don Ameche. El 1956 va tenir un petit paper al musical Li'l Abner, basat en la tira còmica homònima d'Al Capp, que fou adaptat al cinema el 1959, comptant, també, amb la participació de Newmar. Aquell mateix any va protagonitzar la seva primera pel·lícula, una comèdia de baix pressupost titulada The Rookie i va guanyar el Premi Tony a la Millor Actriu de Repartiment pel seu paper com a Katrin Sveg a l'obra The Marriage-Go-Round, de Leslie Stevens, estrenada l'any anterior. El 1961 va participar en l'adaptació cinematogràfica d'aquesta obra, protagonitzada per James Mason i Susan Haywar i dirigida per Walter Lang.

Posteriorment, va actuar amb Joel Grey a la gira nacional del musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off i va protagonitzar produccions regionals de Damn Yankees (en el paper de Lola, 1961) i Irma La Douce (en el paper d'Irma, 1965). El 1968 va aparèixer a la revista Playboy i el 1969 va participar en el film L'or d'en Mackenna, en el que segurament és la seva aparició cinematogràfica més recordada.

Obres televisives
Més enllà de la seva feina cinematogràfica i teatral, Julie Newmar va assolir la fama gràcies a les seves aparicions televisives. El seu físic, marcat per la seva estatura (1,80m) i una fina cintura, la va convertir en tot un sex symbol als anys 60. Va protagonitzar una breu sitcom de ciència-ficció, titulada My Living Doll (1964-1965), on encarnava a Rhoda Miller, un robot que intenta conèixer les emocions humanes i a qui ensenyen com ha de comportar-se per ser una "dona perfecte". Però es va fer especialment coneguda pel seu paper com a Catwoman, La Gatona, en l'emissió en català, a la sèrie televisiva de Batman (1966-1968).

Tanmateix, per diversos motius, Newmar no va poder realitzar aquest rol a la pel·lícula de 1966, adaptació cinematogràfica de la sèrie i primera adaptació de Batman a la pantalla gran. En el seu lloc, el paper de Catwoman el va realitzar Lee Meriwether. Igualment, Julie Newmar no va poder participar en la tercera i última temporada de la sèrie perquè estava compromesa amb el rodatge de L'or d'en Mackenna, motiu pel qual Eartha Kitt la va substituir. Es diu que Julie Newmar va modificar el vestit original de Catwoman, col·locant-ne el cinturó als malucs en lloc de la cintura, per poder emfatitzar millor la seva figura; actualment, aquest vestit forma part de les col·leccions de la Smithsonian Institution.

El 1962 Julie Newmar va aparèixer en un parell d'ocasions a la sèrie Route 66 (1960-1964) i el 1963 va protagonitzar un dels episodis de La dimensió desconeguda (1959-1964). També va fer diversos cameos en capítols de sèries dels anys 60 i 70 com Star Trek (la sèrie original) (el 1967), Superagent 86 (el 1968), Embruixada (el 1971) o Columbo (el 1973), entre d'altres.

Darreres obres

Les dues dècades següents Newmar ha participat en diverses pel·lícules de baix pressupost i ha seguit apareixent en capítols de diverses sèries com The Love Boat (Vacaciones en el mar, a Espanya), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, CHiPs, Fantasy Island o Melrose Place. El 1992 va aparèixer al videoclip de la cançó "Too Funky" de George Michael.

El 2003 Julie Newmar va aparèixer com a ella mateixa al telefilm Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt juntament amb altres estrelles de la sèrie de Batman dels anys 60, com ara Adam West, Burt Ward, Frank Gorshin o Lee Meriwether (que la substituí en el paper de Catwoman). Al telefilm, Julia Rose va fer de Newmar de jove, tanmateix, a causa de diverses discussions sobre els drets d'imatge de la sèrie televisiva de Batman, l'únic metratge original de Catwoman que apareix al telefilm és el de Lee Meriwether a la pel·lícula de 1966.

Recentment, ha posat la veu al personatge de Catwoman a les pel·lícules d'animació Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) i Batman vs. Two-Face (2017). El 2016 va tenir una trobada amb l'actriu Camren Bicondova, que encarna una jove Selina Kyle (Catwoman) a la sèrie Gotham (2014-2019).

Vida personal
Julie Newmar es va casar amb l'advocat J. Holt Smith el 5 d'agost de 1977. Van anar a viure a Fort Worth, Texas, on va romandre-hi fins al seu divorci el 1984. Van tenir un fill, John Jewl Smith (fnascut el 25 de febrer de 1981), que té problemes d'oïda i síndrome de Down.

Durant un temps, es va pensar que Newmar patia la malaltia de Charcot-Marie-Tooth, un trastorn desmielinitzants hereditari força comú que afecta 1 de cada 2,500 persones als EUA. Tanmateix, un estudi genètic de la Duke University va descartar aquesta possibilitat. Una disputa legal amb el seu veí, l'actor Jim Belushi, va acabar bé amb una invitació per participar com a estrella convidada a un episodi de la seva sitcom According to Jim. Julie Newmar és una fanàtica de la jardineria i va intentar que l'Ajuntament de Los Angeles regulés l'ús dels bufadors de fulles per evitar les molèsties ocasionades pel seu soroll.

Julie Newmar sempre s'ha mostrat favorable als drets de la comunitat LGBTI, el seu germà, John A. Newmeyer, és gai. El 2013 va ser guardonada amb el Premi a tota una trajectòria de l'organització LGBT Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) de Los Angeles.

Emprenedora
Als anys 70 Julie Newmar va rebre dues patents dels EUA per la creació d'uns pantis i d'uns sostenidors.

Als anys 80, Newmar va començar a invertir dins el negoci immobiliari de Los Angeles. Una revista assegurava que "Newmar és en part responsable de la millora dels barris de Los Angeles al voltant a La Brea Avenue i Fairfax Avenue, prop del Grove."

En la cultura popular
La pel·lícula To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) és un homenatge a l'actriu, que hi apareix en un cameo cap al final de la pel·lícula.

El 2012, Bluewater Comics va treure una minisèrie de quatre còmics titulada The Secret Lives of Julie Newmar.

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Guanyadors del Premi Tony
Humoristes californians
Empresaris californians
Activistes LGBT californians
Convidats a The Love Boat
Actors de sèries de televisió de Los Angeles


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#include <aws/mediaconvert/MediaConvert_EXPORTS.h>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Utils
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namespace Json
{
  class JsonValue;
  class JsonView;
} // namespace Json
} // namespace Utils
namespace MediaConvert
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   * Use this setting if you do not have a video input or if you want to add black
   * video frames before, or after, other inputs. When you include Video generator,
   * MediaConvert creates a video input with black frames and without an audio track.
   * You can specify a value for Video generator, or you can specify an Input file,
   * but you cannot specify both.

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   AWS
   * API Reference

   */
  class AWS_MEDIACONVERT_API InputVideoGenerator
  {
  public:
    InputVideoGenerator();
    InputVideoGenerator(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    InputVideoGenerator& operator=(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue Jsonize() const;

    /**
     * Specify an integer value for Black video duration from 50 to 86400000 to
     * generate a black video input for that many milliseconds. Required when you
     * include Video generator.
     */
    inline int GetDuration() const{ return m_duration; }

    /**
     * Specify an integer value for Black video duration from 50 to 86400000 to
     * generate a black video input for that many milliseconds. Required when you
     * include Video generator.
     */
    inline bool DurationHasBeenSet() const { return m_durationHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     * Specify an integer value for Black video duration from 50 to 86400000 to
     * generate a black video input for that many milliseconds. Required when you
     * include Video generator.
     */
    inline void SetDuration(int value) { m_durationHasBeenSet = true; m_duration = value; }

    /**
     * Specify an integer value for Black video duration from 50 to 86400000 to
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    inline InputVideoGenerator& WithDuration(int value) { SetDuration(value); return *this;}

  private:

    int m_duration;
    bool m_durationHasBeenSet;
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} // namespace Model
} // namespace MediaConvert
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The Morrison Difference
Power of Food
Analytics & Innovation
Patient Solutions and Nurse Engagement
Hospital Staff & Guests
Bringing a Sense of Community to Food Service Operations
By Scott Anthony, Regional Director of Operations for Morrison Healthcare
Scott Anthony, Regional Director of Operations for Morrison Healthcare
My foodservice career has been a long, winding learning experience, but one that paid dividends during the COVID-19 crisis this spring.
I've worked as a chef for 17 years, including four months with the U.S. Air Force in Kuwait following the Sept. 11 attacks on our country. I was part of Operation Enduring Freedom, our country's response to global terrorism as troops prepared to go into Iraq.
I joined Morrison Healthcare as an executive chef at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. I have a degree in Restaurant Hospitality & Culinary Arts, and after 17 years as a chef, I was looking for a leadership role. I decided to seek a management role as a director seven years ago and haven't looked back.
During the past seven years, change has been constant. My journey has gone from an executive chef to a regional director of operations, managing 14 hospitals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and upstate New York.
Working as a chef, manager, or director at one hospital, it's natural to develop an organization's identity. You feel part of the hospital's team; you see the client every day and have friends in different departments. There is truly an emotional connection with the hospital.
But that changes – for the best – as a regional director. Now, I have working relationships with many people throughout Morrison and Compass. It's a whole new world that provides connections to people with new information and ideas that help serve patients and hospitals better.
My increased knowledge about our company has provided me with a new level of information to our operations team. I'm working hard to educate my directors about the vast amount of resources at their disposal. Our teams must understand that the best company in the world supports them.
How This Knowledge Helped During the COVID-19 Crisis
I probably reached out to Human Resources 100 times during those first few weeks of the crisis to find answers to a wide range of issues. In almost every case, I connected one of my directors or managers to someone in our organization to get help or additional resources to solve a problem.
Here's a great example: when COVID-19 began shutting down cities in the Northeast in March, some of our associates desperately trying to get to work couldn't make it when the Philadelphia mass transit system closed for several days.
After receiving a call one morning that approximately 15 associates didn't make it to work, I picked up the phone to speak with our Human Resources department team looking for answers. We quickly agreed that we needed to show our associates that we could help them do their jobs in times of crisis.
After several calls and discussions about potential solutions, our directors proposed reaching out to Uber to arrange for a corporate discount. This arrangement enabled approximately 30 associates to commute to work for three months. It made a difference in their lives and in our ability to serve patients.
At the same time, my teams worked with officials at several hospitals about closing the self-service food stations and other sections of our cafés. Again, we needed guidance from the Morrison regulatory team specializing in government regulations to help us make decisions. In some of these cases, I helped connect the team with the appropriate people in Morrison.
Serving Our Clients
I wasn't allowed to meet with most hospital administrators during the height of the pandemic's first couple of months. So, I led our teams remotely by being available at any hour of the day and night.
Each hospital had different evolving problems by the minute, and I had to consult with my teams at a moment's notice if needed.
Hospitals had questions about many aspects of our food service. For example, I received calls about Morrison's position on fountain machines – were we planning to operate or shut them down? I called our regulatory teams to determine the safest decision and find out how other hospitals were operating. In turn, I connected these experts with my directors.
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Neuroimaging-based analysis of a large group of stroke patients provides important insight in the complex interplay within the motor network during motor recovery after a stroke. The study, carried out by EPFL scientists with South Korean and German colleagues, shows the importance of changing stroke-rehabilitation strategies from one-size-fits-all towards more personalized, patient-tailored approaches. The work is published in Stroke.
Stroke is the main cause of long-term disability, with only 15% of patients recovering enough to re-enter their normal professional life. The unsatisfactory treatment might be the one-size-fits-all treatment strategy that does not take into account the heterogeneity of stroke patients and their recovery. It is therefore crucial to better understand the mechanisms of stroke recovery and develop innovative treatment strategies that can predict individual courses and degrees of recovery, and stratify patients for personalized treatments.
The brain's proper function depends on a well-connected and orchestrated neuronal network. Single brain lesions, such as those following a stroke, do not only impair the function of the affected brain region itself, but also leads to changes in the underlying neuronal network. Therefore, stroke must be considered as a network disease, causing changes in structural and functional connectivity.
Stroke-related network disturbances are not uniform across patients, but heterogeneous depending on individual stroke-related (e.g., lesion site and location) and stroke-unrelated (e.g., individual structural connectivity) factors that significantly impact the functional role of specific network hubs or connections for the course and degree of recovery. However, the interactions between different network connections are largely unexplored, although they have great potential as 'biomarkers' for treatment stratification for individual patients.
In this study, the lab of Friedhelm Hummel at EPFL, with colleagues in South Korea and Hamburg, shows that stroke damage to the cortico-spinal tract (CST), can determine recovery, as it is the main connecting tract between the motor cortex (M1) and the spinal cord.
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The study's findings can pave the way towards the use of 'biomarkers' based on structural imaging to predict outcome and treatment responses of innovative, neurotechnology-based treatments such as brain stimulation.
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With Bowl Expo Done, USBC & National Bowling Stadium Set Improvements
United States Bowling Congress (USBC), Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) and the city of Reno have agreed to use a $2 room tax to stimulate revenue for planned improvements to the National Bowling Stadium. The deal figures prominently for the United States Bowling Congress, which has agreed to continue to host several of its key championship events in Reno from 2019-30. Bowl Expo 2012 attendees were able to see the initial efforts of the agreement in late June. The bulk of the work begins now, and will run for several years.
Currently the proposal is restricted to National Bowling Stadium improvements until completion. The tax revenue was initially set to aid tourist-related improvements to downtown Reno, including the National Bowling Stadium – the 78-championship-lane mega-center. So far the NBS has seen minor improvements to the interior landscape, such as the recently dedicated satellite Hall of Fame museum, which has already been installed on the ground floor.
Other planned improvements to the stadium include:
10 new showcase lanes, replacement of other 78 lanes
New video projections
New sports bar
New stadium seating
Squad room renovation and expansion
Refurbishing the exterior by the year 2018
The city of Reno has already utilized revenue from the $2 tax increase. The former CitiCenter bus station used some of the tax money to make improvements on lighting and new police housing. The site also includes food truck vending events.
The NBS sees well over tens of thousands of patrons and tourists throughout the year.
RSCVA President and CEO Christopher Baum told Bowl.com's Jason Overstreet about the deal,
"This agreement is a testament to the commitment of the city of Reno, our resort hotels, the RSCVA and those Nevada state legislators who have worked to continue Reno Tahoe USA's long-term relationship with the USBC," says Baum.
"We are delighted that the USBC has officially agreed to keep the National Bowling Stadium in Reno as its home away from home."
Here is the National Bowling Stadium in 2011,
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Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2022) Nominations Round-Up, Winter
Each quarter, the Selected Lists teams compile the titles that have been officially nominated to date. These books have been suggested by the team or through the title suggestion form, read by multiple members of the team, and received approval to be designated an official nomination. At the end of the year, the final list of nominations and each Selected List's Top Ten will be chosen from these titles.
The Apothecary Diaries, v.2. By Natsu Hyuuga. Art by Nekokurage. Square Enix Manga, $10.99 (9781646090716).
Maomao's adventures as the official royal test taster continue! In this volume, Maomao faces the intrigues of the royal court while dealing with poisoning attempts against the Emperor's wives.
Asadora! v.4. By Naoki Urasawa. VIZ Media / VIZ Signature, $14.99 (9781974722969).
A lighthouse has been attacked by something resembling a giant creature, and Asa is called in by the government to find the monster before the Tokyo Olympics. With the monster's reappearance, Asa continues the search for her family.
Blue Flag, v.8. By KAITO. VIZ Media, $12.99 (9781974720941).
The conclusion of Blue Flag sees almost everyone's secrets revealed and concludes the main characters' romantic arcs.
Blue Giant Omnibus, v.1-2. By Shinichi Ishizuka. 2020. Seven Seas Entertainment, $19.99 (9781645058649).
Dai is graduating soon, and while his friends are all cramming for exams, he spends every day playing his sax. Dai is going to be the world's greatest jazz musician, and to be the best, he will need more than just passion.
Continue reading Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2022) Nominations Round-Up, Winter
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Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2022) Featured Review of Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell
Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell
Abrams ComicArts / Abrams Books
Publication Date: August 3, 2021
The song "We Shall Overcome" comes to mind as you read the graphic novel memoir of the great John Lewis. His memoir centers on illuminating the reality of our country's battle with racism. From sharing the history of the Vietnam War to showing the challenges of voting as Black Americans—and the brutal treatment that Black people endure just to advocate for equality—each moment can be felt, seen, and heard as you turn the pages of this memoir. This nonfiction graphic novel is a great tool to supplement textbooks.
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Memoirs and Biographies of Those Who Broke Equal Rights Boundaries
When I think of social justice and equal rights, the first person who comes to mind is Martin Luther King. But, we all know that he wasn't fighting alone. His I Have a Dream Speech is one of the most familiar speeches ever heard, but, Congressman John Lewis can deliver a powerful and memorable one as well, as you will discover if you read March: Book Two. I've selected a few recently published memoirs or biographies by or about significant African-Americans, some more familiar to me than others. What they all have in common is a drive to excel and a belief in what they were striving for – something that will resonate with today's readers of all ages.
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Young Readers Edition) by Misty Copeland (The 2014 edition has been nominated for YALSA's 2017 Popular Paperback for Young Adults in the biography category)
This is a recently published young readers' adaptation of Copeland's 2014 memoir about her becoming the first African-American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history. Despite not having started dancing until age 13, Misty's talent allowed her to transcend her rough home life. Her family didn't have much money, and she had a series of stepfathers growing up. As her talent brought her notice, she became embroiled in a custody battle between her mother and her ballet teacher, leading her to go to court to petition for emancipation. She is also frank about the prejudice she experienced as a black dancer, including the belief by some who said that black dancers had no place in classical ballet. "This is for the little brown girls," Copeland says, but her inspiring story will be embraced by readers of all races.
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
The author's father worked at NASA as did so many others in her community that she just assumed that "that's just what black folks did." She profiles four black women (Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden) who during World War II, were hired as "computers" – or female mathematicians by Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, in VA under NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) – later to expand to become NASA. At a time when educated black women good in math were only expected to become math teachers, these women helped the U.S.'s successes in space aeronautics. Women hired at Langley were as good or better at computing than the men but few were classified as mathematicians because that would mean they'd be on equal footing as the men. Instead, they were classified as "sub professional" and paid less than the men. The Fair Employment Practices Committee under President Roosevelt had opened up job opportunities for African Americans, desegregating the work force during the war.
Dorothy Vaughan joined the NACA in 1943 and was the first to be promoted into a management position. Mary Jackson was the first black women to become an engineer at NACA. Katherine Johnson's math skills helped put the first American in orbit around the Earth. Christine Darden became an expert on supersonic flight and her groundbreaking research on predicting sonic booms continues to be used today. These women opened the door for other women to become mathematicians as a career. This book, and the adult version, are the basis of the upcoming film Hidden Figures starring Octavia Spencer (as Dorothy Vaughan), Taraji P. Henson (as Katherine Johnson), Janelle Monáe (as Mary Johnson) but doesn't include a portrayal of Christine Darden because the film focuses on the years before she started at NASA.
Continue reading Memoirs and Biographies of Those Who Broke Equal Rights Boundaries
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History Comes Alive in Graphic Novels!
I am loving all the graphic novels that are being published that focus on moments in history. They are not just doing a textbook coverage of historical events, but they are personalizing the events and making them more real to readers. Maybe that is the benefit of reading a graphic novel? Things seem more real when they are represented both by text and by art. Check out some of the graphic novels below that will take you on a trip, back in time!
Ancient History/Pre-Industrial Revolution (up to 1800s)
Evolution: the Story of Life on Earth by Jay Hosler, Kevin Cannon, and others (2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
Industrial Revolution (1800-1900)
Around the World by Matt Phelan (2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming (2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
American History (1700-1900)
Lewis & Clark by Nick Bertozzi
One Dead Spy: the Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy by Nathan Hale (2013 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
The United States Constitution: a Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey, Aaron McConnell (2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
Gettysburg: the Graphic Novel by C.M. Butzer (2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
Grant vs. Lee: the Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War by Wayne Vansant
Best Shot in the West: the Adventures of Nat Love by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., Randy DuBurke
Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale (2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)
Houdini: the Handcuff King by Jason Lutes, Nick Bertozzi (2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens) Continue reading History Comes Alive in Graphic Novels!
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Genre Guide: Graphic Memoirs
Graphic memoirs are comics or sequential art that tell an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical story. Because they are a sub-genre of graphic novels and comics in general they may sometimes be referred to more generally as "nonfiction graphic novels."
Most graphic memoirs do not cover the same wide scope a print memoir would. Typically what they lack in breath, the make up for in depth. Since graphic memoirs are instead more focused, they often afford the author the opportunity to focus on one particular event, span of years, or relationship with someone or something and their feelings surrounding it. A key advantage of using the comics medium is the ability to show rather than merely tell. Everything from the font used for a particular character's speech, to the size and position of each panel helps to tell the story. In memoir, this can help the author to communicate a feeling or situation from their past more immediately and, and perhaps more effectively, than if they were relying on text alone. Continue reading Genre Guide: Graphic Memoirs
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This type of certification covers missions that are deemed to be "medium risk." In order to qualify, the vehicle must have had between one and three consecutive missions NASA deems successful. SpaceX had to achieve this certification before they are permitted to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
Certification was not guaranteed, and its inclusion did surprise a few individuals. This was due to the fact that it was still pending as of late last year. A member of the House space subcommittee warned the Accountability Office that SpaceX may need more time before it could be considered fully qualified. Additionally, another representative raised concerns in light of the vehicle's launch failure in June of 2015.
Now that certification has been achieved, the Falcon 9 is clear to launch TESS as previously anticipated. While this launch had originally been scheduled for March 20, 2018, NASA has pushed it back to April 16 at the earliest. A spokesperson for NASA explained that this was done at the behest of SpaceX. The company wanted to ensure they met the launch service requirements and requested more time to ensure the spacecraft is ready. It is currently at the Kennedy Space Center, awaiting its payload.
The Launch Service Program has also been investigating the Orbital ATK Antares launch vehicle, to determine if it is ready for certification. Other vehicles awaiting certification include United Launch Alliance's Vulcan, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and Orbital ATK's Next Generation Launch.


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Are you ready to start making some money from your kitchen table? I promise that it is possible and probably even more within reach than you realize. Do you have a hobby? Do you have expert knowledge in some area? A passion for anything? If so, you may very well hear the sounds of "cha-ching" sooner than you think.
It doesn't take setting up a store front, stocking up on expensive inventory or hiring employees to have a legitimate business. This economy turns on the fact that there is someone out there who needs what someone else has. For instance, if you are good at math – guaranteed someone needs a tutor in your neighborhood. If you have years of managerial experience – there is a home business franchise that needs management. If you are a people person and a jewelry fanatic – there is a jewelry company who needs a representative for its products. If you are a home repair guru, there is a housewife somewhere who needs your help!
If you have toyed with the idea of starting a home business, but aren't sure what you could do, I have a suggested exercise that is sure to get your creative juices flowing to help select which home business idea is right for you.


Totally picked this up from a street vendor in Greenwich, England. Yep. I gots magnet vendors all over the world.
I love the red phone boxes dotted all over the UK! They started having them back in the 1920s - apparently, they used to be manned, and people would go up to the kiosks and someone would place the call for them. Fun!
They started out with all sorts of localized designs, until they started standardizing them. Yes, there's a whole history - scroll down to the bottom of that page, and you can see the different ones over time. Though, I'm quite curious to see this new kiosk with phone/internet capabilities. That, I might consider using - how handy would a walk-up outdoor kiosk be?
But sadly, as with many things vanishing with time, they're slowly decommissioning the red boxes across the UK. There are a number of petitions you can find at this Save Our Phone Boxes site. Plus, check out the gallery of images - they're gorgeous.
I can't figure out if it's a nationwide "OMG, they're taking our phone boxes!" effort, or if it's just a handful of people clinging to the past. (Honestly, were it me, I'd be clinging, too.) But, apparently, it costs them a ton to maintain, and think about it - when was the last time you actually stood at a payphone on the street?
Really, I saw someone use one a couple of days ago, and I was wondering what happened to their cell phones. There's almost a stigma now, in using those Verizon phones on the sidewalks here. Of course, there's a part of me that still remembers that time I picked up a payphone to use it, and someone had smeared shaving cream all over it and it got into my ear. At least I hope it was just shaving cream. Or, the other time where I got smacked silly by my mother because I couldn't understand why she didn't know how to use the payphone we were at when I was little. Yep, even for a payphone I got a trauma. Hahaha.
It's a little sad thinking that somewhere in the backwoods of the UK, there's a red box graveyard.
Stop the presses! According to Mary in the comments below, BT is actually allowing folks to adopt a red box! Yay, that's happy-making news! How remiss of me not to look that up, but still, yay!
What is that -- soup? HEE. Save the red boxes!
Oh, Mary, that's lovely! I've added in an eta to the original post.


Are you planning to redesign your website soon? Have you already laid out the changes you want to make and have a timeline in place for getting the redesigned completed and launched? Is Google Analytics tracking code migration a task that is on your redesign list? If you answered yes, then I can tell website tracking is important to you. If you answered no, then you could be making a HUGE mistake and causing your team undue stress!! So this post is for you and I highly recommend you read on.
We have worked with many clients here at Beacon who have redesigned their sites. Some have worked with our development team and others have their own team. In house, Google analytics code migrations are always accounted for and known as a TOP PRIORITY before a site goes live. However, when we've worked with outside companies for development we've run into many instances where Google Analytics is a last thought. I'm actually working on site redesign right now where I get constant updates on when the site is planning to be launched live and yet the tag manager code hasn't even been added to the site nor is eCommerce tracking in place. Despite sending numerous emails and having multiple phone calls, it just doesn't seem Google Analytics tracking is a priority for the development team working on the site nor the PM managing all of the agencies. In all honesty, I'm very worried this site will be launched with no code in place or launched with the code in place but give me no time to get everything set up and tested before the site goes live. Either scenario is not good, which is why I wanted to write this post.
In a perfect world, all codes for GA (such as Tag manager container scripts, data layers, etc) would be added in the test environment so that GA can be fully set up and tested before the site goes live. Then when the site is ready to be pushed live, you switch out the UA ID variable, hit publish and you're done.
We've had GA codes conflict with other codes on a page which has caused pages to break.
We've seen checkout break due to codes conflicting. This is a BIG Problem for eCommerce site not just because people can't check out and they are losing revenue now but they also could losing a lifetime customer.
We've seen websites go live with no tracking and therefore no visits were tracked for days which in turn messes up YOY data and keeps you from seeing if the site has any potential issues with SEO or usage.
While these might sound like easy fixes, they have not been. Which is why I would highly recommend making GA Code Migration an important step in your website redesign. Whether you're in the midst of a redesign or just considering it, now is the perfect time to add Tag Manager to your site and move away from hard-coding GA. If you don't have a large complicated site, then it takes no time for a developer to add the container code and any data layers needed for tracking. It's much faster than adding hard-coded snippets to different elements on a site.
So with that said, don't let GA tracking be an afterthought in your redesign process. Don't let it fall through the cracks and miss out on tracking visits and engagements on your new site. Talk about it when you first start meeting to layout the redesign process. Make sure you have a GA specialist in your meetings who can tell you what codes to add, when to add them and get it tested before you push your new site live.
I promise you, making sure the code is in place and working correctly before a site goes live, keeps you and your development team sane and saves everyone from many headaches and the potential for lots of stress if it's added afterwards.


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Q: Separation of finite sets in homogeneous spaces by homeomorphisms Call a topological space $X$ flexible, if for each finite set $A \subset X$ there exists a homeomorphism $f: X \rightarrow X$ such that $A \cap f(A) = \emptyset$.
(Certainly not a good name, and by far not standard, but for the purpose of this question it might suffice.)
Let $X$ be an infinite, T2, homogeneous topological space (i.e., for all $x, y \in X$ there is a homeomorphism $f: X \rightarrow X$ such that $f(x) = y$).
Is $X$ flexible?
Notes

*

*Of course, a flexible, non-empty space is infinite and must provide a certain amount of homeomorphisms.
For instance, if it is rigid (i.e, the identity is the only homeomorphism), it can't be flexible. Therefore, it makes sense to restrict to homogeneous spaces.

*Considering "typical" homogeneous spaces as $\mathbb{R}^n$, the answer seems so obviously to be "yes". However, I couldn't prove the above in general, not even for two-element sets $A$.

*It is not difficult to prove that $X$ is flexible, if $X$ is infinite and at least one of the following conditions holds:
a) $X$ is the underlying space of a topological group
b) $X$ is a product with (at least) one factor flexible (this might indicate how weak flexible is)
c) $X$ is n-homogeneous for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$
d) $X$ is strongly locally homogeneous, T2 and contains no isolated points (in particular, if $X$ is a manifold)
e) $X$ is uniquely homogeneous
(The notations in c), d) and e) are the standard ones, see for instance here.)

*My assumption is that the answer is "yes". Perhaps, the proof is more combinatorial (eg. Ramsey theory) rather than topological?
Or even with some trivial argument, which I just didn't notice?

*The pseudo-arc is a standard example of a homogeneous, not strongly locally homogeneous, space. I'm not very familiar with it. Embarrassingly, I don't know, whether it is flexible or not. Perhaps, it provides a counter-example?

*[edit: I just deleted 6. (and my two related comments below), since after some further consideration it no longer make sense.]

*Perhaps the T2 requirement in the prerequisite is superfluous? I also don't know of a non-T2 counterexample.

A: This is in fact automatic for purely combinatorial reasons.  By a theorem of Neumann, a group cannot be covered by finitely many cosets of subgroups of infinite index (see https://mathoverflow.net/questions/17396/can-a-group-be-a-finite-union-of-left-cosets-of-infinite-index-subgroups).  As a corollary, if a group $G$ acts transitively on an infinite set $X$, then for any finite $A,B\subset X$ there exists $g\in G$ such that $gA\cap B=\emptyset$.  Indeed, if no such $g$ existed, that would mean exactly that $G$ is covered by the finitely cosets of the stabilizer subgroups of each element of $A$ which map them to each element of $B$.  These stabilizer subgroups all have infinite index because $G$ acts transitively and $X$ is infinite, so this is impossible.
Here is a direct proof of that corollary (this is just what you get by translating Neumann's proof into the language of group actions).  We use induction on $|A|$, the base case $|A|=0$ being trivial.  Now suppose $|A|>0$ and fix $a\in A$.  Pick $h\in G$ such that $h(a)\not\in B$, and also for each $b\in B$ pick $g_b\in G$ such that $g_b(a)=b$.  Now apply the induction hypothesis to the sets $A'=A\setminus\{a\}$ and $B'=B\cup\bigcup_{b\in B}g_bh^{-1}B$ to obtain $g\in G$ such that $gA'\cap B'=\emptyset$.  If $g(a)\not\in B$ then we have $gA\cap B=\emptyset$ and are done.  If $g(a)\in B$, let $b=g(a)$ and observe that $hg_b^{-1}g(a)=h(a)\not\in B$ and also for each $a'\in A'$ we have $hg_b^{-1}g(a')\not\in B$ since $g(a')\not\in g_bh^{-1}B$.  Thus $hg_b^{-1}gA\cap B=\emptyset$ and $hg_b^{-1}g$ is our desired element of $G$.

A: This answer currently has a fatal flaw.
Your supposition 4 is probably correct, in that the proof runs through infinitary combinatorics.  I use topology below, but purely instrumentally; with a little more cleverness, it probably could be eliminated.  This also implies your supposition 7.  Now, on to the proof.
Let $X$ be an set on which $G$ acts transitively and (w/oLoG) faithfully.  (For example, let $X$ be an infinite topological space and $G=\mathrm{Homeo}(X)$.)  For any finite $A,B\subseteq X$, I claim that either there exists $g\in G$ such that $gA\cap B=\emptyset$, or $X$ is finite. To reduce to your question, take $A=B$ in an infinite $X$.
Fix $x\in X$ and pick any $\{g_a\}_{a\in A\cup B}$ such that $g_ax=a$ (for all $a\in A\cup B$).  Note that $$\{g:gA\cap B=\emptyset\}=\bigcap_{a\in A,b\in B}{\{g:ga\neq b\}}=\bigcap_{a\in A,b\in B}{g_b(G\setminus\mathrm{Stab}(x))g_a^{-1}}\tag{1}$$
Now, give $X$ the coarsest topology such that $X$ is $T_1$: the cofinite topology.  (If $X$ is finite, this is discrete.)  Place on $G$ the initial topology induced by the action on each point of $X$; that is, $$\{\{g:gy\in U\}:y\in X,U\text{ open in }X\}$$ is a basis (flaw: this should be a subbasis) for this topology.  $G$ is not necessarily a topological group under this topology, but the following nice properties still hold:

*

*For any $l,r\in G$, the maps $p\mapsto lp$ and $p\mapsto pr$ are homeomorphisms.  This follows from the explicit $G$-invariance of our basis.

*The set $\mathrm{Stab}(x)$ is closed.  This follows immediately from the definition.

*If the set $\mathrm{Stab}(x)$ is not nowhere dense in $G$ (i.e. has nontrivial interior), then $X$ is finite.

To see the last claim, let $U$ be open and $y\in X$ such that $$\{g:gy\in U\}\subseteq\mathrm{Stab}(X)$$  Let $K=X\setminus U$, pick any $u\in U$, and, for each $k\in K$, choose $g_k\in G$ such that $g_ku=k$.  I claim that $$G=\mathrm{Stab}(x)\cup\bigcup_{k\in K}{g_k\mathrm{Stab}(x)}$$  For, if $g\in G$, then either

*

*$gy\in U$, so that $g\in\mathrm{Stab}(x)$, or

*$gy\in K$, so that $g_{gy}^{-1}gy=u\in U$ and $g_{gy}^{-1}g\in\mathrm{Stab}(x)$.

Thus $$|X|=|G/\mathrm{Stab}(x)|\leq|K|+1<\aleph_0$$ since $U$ is cofinite.
Now, $G$ with this topology need not be Baire.  Nevertheless, in any topological space, a finite intersection of dense open sets is dense.  Thus (1) is dense, and, in particular, nonempty.

A: To complete the picture I would like to add the following lemma, which is a trivial consequence of Eric Wofsey's proof:
Let the group $G$ be acting on the set $X$. Then it holds:
For  all $A, B$ finite subsets of $X$ there is a $g \in G$ such that $gA \cap B = \emptyset$,
if and only if each orbit is infinite.
( "$\Rightarrow$" is obvious. "$\Leftarrow$": Follows by the same proof as above: $h$ can be picked, since the orbit of $a$ is infinite.
Instead of $b \in B$ one has to consider $b \in B \cap \mathrm{orbit}(a)$.)
As a corollary we have that a topological space is flexible (as defined at the top), if and only if each homogeneity component is infinite.

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Elizabeth River Project offsite link · Portsmouth, Virginia
Children in the Norfolk, Va., area will inherit the highest sea level rise on the East Coast, second to New Orleans. In response, the non-profit Elizabeth River Project educated 25,333 students, 2,586 teachers, 63 Youth Resilience Leaders and 5 NEW River Ambassadors through a high school Youth Conservation Intern program for at-risk students. In addition, 180 River Star Schools and 13 new Resilient River Star Schools were recognized for implementing environmental projects addressing restoration, conservation, flooding and reducing their carbon footprint.
Children in the Norfolk, Va., area will inherit the highest sea level rise on the East Coast, second to New Orleans. In response, the non-profit Elizabeth River Project educated 25,333 students, 2,586 teachers, 63 Youth Resilience Leaders and 5 NEW River Ambassadors through a high school Youth Conservation Intern program for at-risk students. In addition, 180 River Star Schools and 13 new Resilient River Star Schools were recognized for implementing environmental projects addressing restoration, conservation, flooding and reducing their carbon footprint. The Elizabeth River Project prepared one of the first comprehensive youth education programs on resilience on this coast. The Elizabeth River Project, working since 1993 to restore the environmental health of the urban Elizabeth River, deployed its Dominion Energy Learning Barge, "America's Greenest Vessel," and its new urban park, Paradise Creek Nature Park, to empower K-12 students over three years to become informed decision makers and environmental stewards, prepared to adapt to rising seas. The project reached under-served schools in Norfolk and adjoining Portsmouth, Virginia. The lead science partner was Old Dominion University, on the forefront of climate change research and the University of Virginia for evaluation of education programs. Other partners included the Chrysler Museum of Art, ground zero for street flooding that has become routine in Norfolk. Elizabeth River Project's first Youth Resilient Strategy Resilient Youth – South Hampton Roads A Pioneer Strategy of Hope and Action to Prepare Those Who Will Inherit Rising Seas. This plan is the first in America to call on educators, both in our schools and in the community, to help our youth prepare to inherit these extraordinary and increasing challenges. The youth plan will complement Norfolk Resilient City, a call to adults to prepare for rising seas and related challenges with a vision for our children to become hopeful, resilient leaders who innovate and persevere to safeguard our community as our lives change with a changing environment. The Elizabeth River Project will also serve as the Clearing House for education resources, activities and curriculum related to resilience as we launch a Youth Resilient Educators page at www.elizabethriver.org. Additional partners included: City of Norfolk Resilience Office, Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Schools, Wetland Watch and Hampton Roads Sanitation District.
PI: Robin Dunbar
State: Virginia County: Portsmouth City District: VA03
Partners: Old Dominion University (ODU) · National Maritime Center (TNMC) Nauticus Museum · NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) · Groundwork Hudson Valley · NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Wakefield, VA Forecast Office · The Chrysler Museum of Art · City of Norfolk · Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) · Norfolk Public Schools / Chesterfield Academy · Portsmouth Public Schools · Wetlands Watch · National Sea Grant College Program / Virginia Institute of Marine Science · University of Virginia · City of Portsmouth · Norfolk Public Schools · Solar Services, Inc. · Chesapeake Public Schools · Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast (GSCCC) · Virginia Zoo · Norfolk Botanical Garden ·
Sound Resilience-Get on Board!
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offsite link · Norwalk, Connecticut
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is located at the mouth of the Norwalk River where it flows into Long Island Sound. Its mission is to inspire people to appreciate and protect the Sound and the global environment. Over the past decade, a large percentage of the region's 23 million people living within 50 miles of the Sound were directly affected by severe weather events, providing a timely opportunity to educate students, teachers and the public about community resilience.
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is located at the mouth of the Norwalk River where it flows into Long Island Sound. Its mission is to inspire people to appreciate and protect the Sound and the global environment. Over the past decade, a large percentage of the region's 23 million people living within 50 miles of the Sound were directly affected by severe weather events, providing a timely opportunity to educate students, teachers and the public about community resilience. In a three-year program, the Maritime Aquarium will deliver education related to environmental hazards, resilience, and the underlying science to schools from ten towns along or near Connecticut's coast, including eight in the Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Draft 2016-2021 for Southwestern Connecticut. In these towns as in many coastal regions, the most significant environmental threats are related to the nexus of land and water. To reflect that nexus, education will occur both in the classroom and on the water, aboard the Aquarium's hybrid-electric research vessel, Spirit of the Sound. An exhibit featuring NOAA assets related to threats and resilience will also build environmental literacy as it engages Aquarium visitors. The project will be supported by an advisory board of local educators, planning and emergency management officials, representatives from Connecticut Sea Grant, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation and the Western Connecticut Council of Governments.
PI: Thomas Naiman
State: Connecticut County: Fairfield District: CT04
Partners: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) · National Sea Grant College Program / University of Connecticut · University of Connecticut / Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) · Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) · Stamford Public Schools · Bridgeport Public Schools · City of Bridgeport · Norwalk Fire Department · City of Stamford · Fairfield Fire Department · Norwalk River Watershed Initiative (NRWI) · National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Northeast Fisheries Science Center · Norwalk Public Schools · State of Connecticut / Department of Economic and Community Development ·
Great Lakes Rocks: Earth Systems Science Teacher Professional Development
Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago offsite link · Chicago, Illinois
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) offers teacher professional development courses geared toward 4-8th grade teachers in high needs schools and with limited experience in science content. Through the Great Lakes Revealed (GLR) education course, teachers explored the interconnectedness of the Earth's systems through the unique lens of the Great Lakes region, and learned how climate has changed through time.
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) offers teacher professional development courses geared toward 4-8th grade teachers in high needs schools and with limited experience in science content. Through the Great Lakes Revealed (GLR) education course, teachers explored the interconnectedness of the Earth's systems through the unique lens of the Great Lakes region, and learned how climate has changed through time. Through hands-on and inquiry-based activities, MSI Senior Educators guided teacher through lessons and other resources, modeling content and pedagogy best practices, and encouraging knowledge building through a combination of experience, critical thinking and reflection. Participants also interacted with NOAA's Science on a Sphere, with educators at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and with scientists from Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Formal evaluation shows that GLR teachers complete the program with substantially improved content knowledge, teaching skills, and confidence in science teaching, many becoming teacher leaders at their schools. The second stage of the GLR program involves a select group of teachers from the first year's cohort who will deepen their understanding of climate change in the Great Lakes region by engaging in data-driven problem-based activities. Building on teachers' content knowledge, this program will help teachers develop mechanisms to search, access, and use high quality tabular, graphical, and visual data to support effective climate change education. NOAA's Science on a Sphere datasets will play a central role as teachers explore and then develop their own problem-based lessons to deliver to their own students during a Student Summit at MSI.
PI: Nicole Kowrach
State: Illinois County: Cook District: IL02
Partners: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) · Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) · University of Wisconsin (UW–Milwaukee) · NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) · NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries · National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Thunder Bay ·
Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability (Teen ACES)
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) developed museum-based education resources to engage high school-age youth in the exploration of climate literacy and Earth systems science through its Teen ACES (Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability) project. As the future leaders who will make decisions about the issues they face in their communities, youth participants were positioned to act as advocates for establishing resilient communities in the Midwest.
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) developed museum-based education resources to engage high school-age youth in the exploration of climate literacy and Earth systems science through its Teen ACES (Teen Advocates for Community and Environmental Sustainability) project. As the future leaders who will make decisions about the issues they face in their communities, youth participants were positioned to act as advocates for establishing resilient communities in the Midwest. The project utilized a variety of resources, including NOAA Science On a Sphere® (SOS) technology and datasets, Great Lakes and local climate assets from the Midwest Regional Climate Center and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, and existing local planning guides to develop museum-based youth programming. Teens explored environmental hazards including severe weather events and temperature extremes and considered the impact of the Great Lakes on regional climate. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Resilient Chicago, the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, and the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium advised on the project to support the integration of municipal resiliency plans and their related adaptation and mitigation measures into the program. After completing a 30-hour course with MSI, teen participants had the opportunity to facilitate SOS® experiences for museum guests. Teens also shared their learning with the Chicago community through programs at Chicago Public Library branches and Chicago Park District sites. The project revised content for use in 102 after-school science clubs for students from diverse communities across the Chicago area. Educational resources and experiences created through this grant reached nearly 150,000 students, educators and guests over four years.
PI: Marvin McClure
Partners: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery · Science Central · National Sea Grant College Program / University of Illinois · Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) · Chicago Public Library (CPL) · Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV) · Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary & Arboretum · Loyola University · Moraine Valley Community College · NOAA Regional Climate Center / Midwestern Regional Climate Center · City of Chicago · City of Chicago / Chicago Park District · Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago ·


Dishonour of Cheque—Blank Cheque—Subsequent filing in of an unfilled signed cheque is not an alteration. Dishonour of Cheque—Presumption of debt—The existence of a fiduciary relationship between the payee of a cheque and its drawer, would not disentitle the payee to the benefit of the presumption under Section 139.
Comments Off on Dishonour of Cheque—Blank Cheque—Subsequent filing in of an unfilled signed cheque is not an alteration. Dishonour of Cheque—Presumption of debt—The existence of a fiduciary relationship between the payee of a cheque and its drawer, would not disentitle the payee to the benefit of the presumption under Section 139.
Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.174-A–Proclaimed Offender-Quashing-Dishonour of Cheque-Petitioner was not served in the case because of non-furnishing of the correct address by the respondent—Thus impugned order declaring the petitioner as proclaimed person and directing the SHO to register FIR is not sustainable-Impugned order quashed-Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138.
Comments Off on Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.174-A–Proclaimed Offender-Quashing-Dishonour of Cheque-Petitioner was not served in the case because of non-furnishing of the correct address by the respondent—Thus impugned order declaring the petitioner as proclaimed person and directing the SHO to register FIR is not sustainable-Impugned order quashed-Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138.
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S. 138—Dishonour of Cheque- Compounding of Offence—Imposition of cost as suggested in Damodar S. Prabhu's case by the competent court is a matter of discretion-Court can reduce the costs with regard to specific facts and circumstances of a case while recording reasons in writing for such variance.
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Dishonour of Cheque—Rebuttable Presumption—The presumption under Section 139 of the NIAct can be rebutted by raising probable defence.
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Dishonour of Cheque—Offence by company—Director cannot get the complaint against him quashed merely on the ground that apart from the basic averment no particulars are given in the complaint about his role, because ordinarily the basic averment would be sufficient to send him to trial.
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Legally enforceable debt – Even entry of Rs. 200/- was made, but no entry for advancing a loan of Rs. 7 lacs to the accused was made-Complainant has failed to explain qua advancement of loan to the accused and that the legally enforceable debt is not proved— Complaint dismissed.
Comments Off on Legally enforceable debt – Even entry of Rs. 200/- was made, but no entry for advancing a loan of Rs. 7 lacs to the accused was made-Complainant has failed to explain qua advancement of loan to the accused and that the legally enforceable debt is not proved— Complaint dismissed.
Dishonour of Cheque—Offence by Company—If drawer of cheque (company) is not party, complaint qua accused is not maintainable merely because he was signatory of cheque. Dishonour of Cheque—Offence by Company—Complaint against director but company was not impleaded—Company cannot be allowed to be impleaded u/s 319 Cr.P. C—Complaint quashed.
Comments Off on Dishonour of Cheque—Offence by Company—If drawer of cheque (company) is not party, complaint qua accused is not maintainable merely because he was signatory of cheque. Dishonour of Cheque—Offence by Company—Complaint against director but company was not impleaded—Company cannot be allowed to be impleaded u/s 319 Cr.P. C—Complaint quashed.
Dishonour of Cheque—Joint Account—Complaint and summoning order against non-signatory of cheque is not maintainable.
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Dishonour of Cheque—Second notice is of no relevance and could be construed as reminder notice only. Dishonour of Cheque—Deemed Service—Once notice is sent by registered post by correctly addressing to the drawer of the cheque, the service of notice is deemed to have been effected.
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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138–Dishonour of Cheque- Comparison of Handwriting-Petitioner had given blank signed cheques to the complainant then it is obvious that he had himself allowed the complainant to fill up the same– Therefore, application for taking his specimen handwriting for comparison with the body of the cheques in question has been rightly dismissed.
Comments Off on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138–Dishonour of Cheque- Comparison of Handwriting-Petitioner had given blank signed cheques to the complainant then it is obvious that he had himself allowed the complainant to fill up the same– Therefore, application for taking his specimen handwriting for comparison with the body of the cheques in question has been rightly dismissed.


In 2003 I was invited by The Guild Shop in Toronto to participate in their "Turning Traditions" exhibition. Wanting to build something new for this event I designed a custom valet stand specifically to meet the needs of today's man.
This Gentleman's Valet Stand measures 25" wide x 25" deep x 52-3/4" high in the closed position. When the split shell opens the dimensions increase to 39" wide x 26-3/4" deep.
The exterior is crafted from a rare sampling of Curly Birds Eye Maple, which has been an integral part of my core stash of for many years. A purfling of Mahogany and Ebony is interwoven as inlay on all 4 sides, plus top.
The cabinet interior is crafted from quarter cut Makore, with 7 drawers stacked over a pair of lower doors. The upper drawer is fitted with compartments for wrist watches, cuff links, billfolds and fountain pens.
The image inlaid into the top of the chest is that of a turtle, and its form was inspired by an ancient aboriginal rock glyph. Not only is this image symbolic of protection, but given that turtles do not move very fast it also suggests the need for patience.


With a handsome design and panels of clear beveled glass, this black finish outdoor wall light has a chic, traditional look.
A single luminary glows behind delicate panels of beveled glass in this handsome black finish outdoor wall light. With a classic design and intricately detailed frame, it's ideal for a traditional style garage, entryway or porch. From the Cotswold Lane collection by Feiss.
11 1/2" high x 6 1/2" wide. Extends 7 3/4" from the wall. Backplate is 8 1/4"high x 5 1/4"wide.
Cotswold Lane outdoor wall light. Design is by Feiss lighting.
Matches other pendant lights, previously purchased. Love this website!
Arrived promptly in securely repacked condition.


Nose: aromas of ripe red berries: raspberries jam and notes of blackberries.
Palate: very unctuous with a lot of berries, blackberries on the palate, with a mellow tannic final. This wine is well-balanced with a great ageing potential.
Harvest: The alluvial deposit terrace is composed of shingles, limestone and schist blended, called the "Crest".
Soil: The alluvial deposit terrace is composed of shingles, limestone and schist blended, called the "Crest".
Vinification: Fortified wine: alcohol is added on the grapes and then maceration takes place for one month.
Ageing: A half is aged in vats and the other in oak casks for 24 months.


We are still in the midst of watching the dust from last week's presidential election settle. We'd like to remain neutral on the general character and abilities of President-elect Trump, but we can see a conflict between Trump and much of his party.
He would like to spend and spend big on infrastructure, education, space and other pet projects, but he is not offering to offset them with tax hikes. The trade-off between spending and taxes has always been difficult, but it has been Republican gospel not to pass new spending initiatives with cuts elsewhere, or, heavens forbid, raising taxes.
Trump wants to spend more money and cut taxes. This probably won't fly and it may cast the democratic minority in the Senate as the unlikely lead player in stopping such profligacy.
Traders and investors necessarily see the Trump contradiction as inflationary. But inflation of any sort will trigger more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The bond sell-off we are experiencing is the tip of that iceberg and indeed of a whole field of ice floes adrift on the economic ocean.
Perhaps calmer voices will tell Trump that it's either tax cuts or infrastructure spending. Both are not necessary and may hurt one another by making project prices soar and alienate lower-income white voters, Trump's main body of supporters.
As if cued onstage in perfect timing, it was reported today that consumer spending. Retail sales rose 0.8% in October, after an upwardly-revised 1.00% gain in September, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The two-month increase was the largest since the spring of 2014.
We're reasonably sure there will be a rate hike on December 15. Now we get to watch out for the size of the rate hike.


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Morning Media Newsfeed: Disney Cuts 700 | FCC vs Shared Stations | Tribune Names CEO
By Christine Zosche
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Disney Interactive Lays Off Roughly 700 (THR)
The Walt Disney Company has laid off approximately 700 employees at Disney Interactive, a company spokesperson confirmed. Prior to the layoffs, roughly 2,800 employees worked at the division, representing a cut of approximately 26 percent of its total workforce. Variety Cuts were expected, but not on this scale. They were anticipated to mostly affect Disney's Playdom group, which produces games for social media platforms. A Disney rep said the layoffs will occur across the board in the business unit. Re/code Last month, Disney Interactive reported its second consecutive quarter of profitability after a long string of losses, credited to the success of Disney's console game Disney Infinity. However, in tandem with the layoffs, the company will cease in-house console game development beyond supporting Infinity and publishing the as-yet-unreleased game Fantasia: Music Evolved, developed by Harmonix. New Disney games will instead be licensed out and developed by other studios. NYT Disney Interactive makes up a tiny piece of the Disney empire. The entertainment conglomerate as a whole had $1.84 billion in profit and $12.31 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter; Disney Interactive had operating income of $55 million on revenue of $403 million, according to financial filings. Reuters Disney's games and online division has for years been a persistent money loser and a small but significant drag on a corporate empire that spans movie-making and television to cable network ESPN, theme parks and cruise lines. Last year, Disney Interactive lost $87 million as revenues rose 26 percent from 2012; the division has lost a total in recent years of more than $1 billion.
Shared TV Stations Face Breakup Under U.S. FCC Proposal (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., one of the largest U.S. television station owners, would be forced to give up some properties it controls under a proposal by Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler, agency officials said. Wheeler wants to ban, within a specified period, some shared-service arrangements that have let companies avoid a U.S. ban on owning more than one TV station in a local market, said two officials briefed on his plan. Reuters On March 31, the FCC will vote on the new rules. Wheeler is proposing new rules that would count a broadcaster as having an ownership interest in any station where that owner sells 15 percent or more of advertising time. Another proposed rule would also ban two or more broadcasters that technically compete against each other in the same market from banding together and jointly negotiating retransmission agreements with cable and satellite companies. NYT Seeking to contain costs, stations in the same market that are affiliated with different television networks have been increasingly adopting agreements to share resources like employees, administrative units and equipment. But the FCC and the Justice Department have expressed concern that those agreements can drive up prices for consumers by reducing competition. TVSpy American Cable Association president and CEO Matthew M. Polka said in a statement, "FCC chairman Wheeler deserves high praise for addressing the broken retransmission consent market and moving to correct one of its most serious flaws — the collusion practiced by dozens of TV stations owners, who are supposed to be competing with one another." Variety If the rules are passed, station owners can apply for waivers and will receive them if they can demonstrate how a joint services agreement serves the public interest.
Jack Griffin Named Tribune Publishing CEO (LA Times / Company Town)
Veteran publishing executive Jack Griffin has been named chief executive of the new Tribune Publishing Co., leading a group of eight newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The publishing chain is being spun off as a separately traded public company by Chicago-based Tribune Co., which plans to retain ownership of its TV stations and related broadcast properties. NYT The appointment of Griffin as chief executive comes at a crucial moment for the Tribune Company as its creditor owners prepare to spin off its newspapers from its more lucrative broadcast assets. In an era of dwindling newspaper advertising, other companies, including Time Warner and News Corp., have made similar decisions to cleave their print assets from higher-performing broadcast and cable assets. Financial Times Tribune Publishing will have to pay Tribune's broadcasting group, which owns 42 local television stations across the U.S., a one-time dividend of $325m after the spin-off of the company, which is likely this spring. It has also separated its real estate portfolio from the newspaper group, with the newspapers expected to pay rent to the broadcasting company following the split. FishbowlNY Griffin is the former CEO of Time Inc. and has spent the last three years serving as CEO of Empirical Media, a consulting firm. He joined Time Inc. in August 2010, and by February 2011 he was forced out.
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Bill Whitaker Named 60 Minutes Correspondent (CBS News)
CBS News veteran Bill Whitaker has been named a 60 Minutes correspondent, it was announced Thursday by Jeff Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes and the chairman of CBS News. Whitaker is based in Los Angeles and will move to the New York area and begin appearing in the fall on the CBS newsmagazine. TVNewser Whitaker has been with CBS News for 30 years, joining in 1984 with stretches reporting from Atlanta, Tokyo, South Africa and Los Angeles. He has covered a wide range of topics, including earthquakes in Japan and Haiti, presidential campaigns, the O.J. Simpson trial and the early stages of the Afghanistan War. Deadline Hollywood While based in Atlanta, he won an Emmy for his reports on the collapse of Jim and Tammy Bakker's television ministry and covered the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis.
Guardian to Make Management Changes (NYT)
The Guardian will make broad changes among its most senior editors this year, the newspaper said Thursday, announcing that Janine Gibson, the editor-in-chief of its operations in the U.S., will return to London. Gibson, who has led Guardian U.S. as it broke a series of stories based on documents obtained from former national security contractor Edward Snowden, will become editor-in-chief of theguardian.com and a deputy editor within the larger organization. Politico / Dylan Byers on Media Gibson will be replaced by Katharine Viner, who's been in charge of The Guardian in Australia. Emily Wilson, currently network editor for The Guardian, will take over in Sydney when Viner moves to New York. The Guardian Viner, Wilson and Gibson will take up their new roles in mid-2014.
The New Newsweek Is Here (FishbowlNY)
The much-anticipated print reboot of Newsweek hit newsstands Friday, while the online edition of the magazine launched Thursday. IBT Media plans to print only 70,000 copies. FishbowlDC The magazine's cover story features a profile of the elusive man who invented the Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto. Newsweek went to an all-digital format in January 2013, when then-editor Tina Brown reinvented the brand as Newsweek Global. IBT Media subsequently bought the magazine in August 2013 with plans to return it to a print format. USA Today The cover piece, which ran online Thursday, revealed the unconfirmed identity of the elusive founder of crypto-currency Bitcoin, birthing a literal interpretation of reporters chasing a story. In a bizarre sequence, reporters at other news outlets rushed Thursday to the house belonging to Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto in Temple City, Calif., near Los Angeles, and waited to confirm Newsweek's piece. As Nakamoto, who later seemed to be denying his role in Bitcoin, fled the throng with a reporter from The Associated Press, a chase ensued through the freeways of Los Angeles.
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Noah Banned in Several Middle Eastern Countries (THR)
Darren Aronofsky's Noah — inspired by the Biblical story of Noah's ark — is starting to come under fire in the Middle East for contradicting Islamic law by portraying a prophet. On Thursday, censorship boards in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates informed Paramount they will not allow the release of the film. Similar rulings are expected in Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait, according to Paramount insiders. NYT The film, which stars Russell Crowe, has drawn early criticism in the United States for using a biblical story to convey contemporary messages about the environment, but it has not yet been widely viewed.
Kerry Sanders Temporarily Blinded After Hours of Live Shots (TVNewser)
Florida-based correspondent Kerry Sanders has ducked bullets and crawled through minefields covering the news for NBC. But he faced an even more dangerous situation outside a Florida courthouse last month: a malfunctioning TV light. Sanders was temporarily blinded while covering the Michael Dunn trial in Jacksonville. Poynter Sanders explained that the injuries were caused by a malfunctioning HMI TV light that slowly damaged his corneas while he reported live on the Today show, MSNBC and NBC Nightly News. Networks and high-end production companies use HMI, or hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lights, because the lights are color balanced for outdoor use. The light they put out is about the same color as sunlight. But the lights are dangerous if used incorrectly. As his doctors predicted, his eyesight is returning, slowly. He says he is currently about 80 percent healed and plans to return to NBC following his full recovery.
Here Are The Finalists for The Year's Best Brands on Twitter, Vine And Everywhere Else (Adweek)
Each year, the list of branded social media accomplishments grows longer, and the Shorty Awards are never far behind in recognizing them. This year's roster of finalists, announced Thursday, includes nominees in categories ranging from "Best Brand on Vine" to the delightfully meta "Best Use of Social Media by One Brand Responding to Another Brand."
Lisa Belkin Leaves The Huffington Post for Yahoo! (Capital New York)
Yahoo! has added another byline to its growing roster of journalism heavyweights. Lisa Belkin is joining the site as a senior national correspondent. The former long-time New York Times staffer will leave her job as a senior columnist covering family life and parenting for The Huffington Post, where she has worked since 2011. Belkin is the latest departure from HuffPost's group of marquee journalists recruited several years ago as the site was shifting its emphasis to original, in-depth reporting. At least three other Times veterans have left HuffPost in the past year: Tim O'Brien, Tom Zeller and Peter Goodman, whose exit for a job as editor-in-chief of the International Business Times was announced just two days ago.
NJ Adds to Magazine, Energy Staff (FishbowlDC)
National Journal's editor-in-chief Tim Grieve announced Thursday the magazine has hired a managing editor. Amanda Cormier comes on board as editor Richard Just and deputy editor Andie Coller begin their redesign of NJ. She previously wrote for the online magazine BKLYNR and has also worked at The New Yorker. Two more hires were announced as well. Jason Plautz will be the new energy reporter. He is currently a reporter at Environment and Energy News after having worked at Inside Climate News and Sports Illustrated. Additionally, Emma Roller will come on board from Slate as part of NJ's wire team. She edited and wrote for Slate's Weigel and Moneybox blogs and has also interned at NPR and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Machinima to Lay Off 42 Employees in Sales Reorganization (TheWrap)
Machinima will lay off 42 employees from its sales division, the company said Thursday. The changes come as Machinima, one of the first massive networks of YouTube channels, is in a state of flux. It is in the process of raising new financing and searching for a new CEO, as co-founder Allen DeBevoise looks to move on to a new venture. The three leading candidates to run Machinima are former Shine America CEO Emiliano Calemzuk, former Ovation TV executive Chad Gutstein and a third person, according to individuals familiar with the company's thinking.
CNN Team Told to Stop Broadcasting From Crimea (Politico / Dylan Byers on Media)
A CNN team in Crimea was told to stop broadcasting on Thursday or it would be kicked out of its hotel. CNN International correspondent Anna Coren told Anderson Cooper her team was told by the management of the hotel that unless it stopped broadcasting the hotel would kick the group out. Coren told Cooper her team got the "very strong feeling" the hotel was getting pressured.
DirecTV in Talks With Disney on Deal for Internet Rights (Reuters)
DirecTV is in talks with Walt Disney Co. to license the rights to offer Disney's broadcast and cable channels as part of an Internet-based product, DirecTV said on Wednesday. The deal would mirror a first-of-its kind agreement that Disney and satellite rival Dish Network Corp. announced earlier this week. A new pact could give both Disney and DirecTV, the No. 1 satellite operator, an additional revenue source as consumers gravitate toward online video services such as Netflix and watch more television online. The Internet rights being discussed are part of a large-scale programming agreement that would replace a deal between the companies that expires in late December.
TWT Expands Stable of Conservative Voices With Christine O'Donnell (FishbowlDC)
In what appears to be an effort to staff its paper with outspoken conservative voices that appeal to a Tea Party audience, The Washington Times announced Thursday that former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is being brought on as a columnist. This follows the recent hirings of former House majority leader Tom DeLay, defense hawk Cliff May and radio hosts Tammy Bruce, Steve Deace and Rusty Humphries.
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sher58 True Detective and Girls, the best season so far. @HBO is always the best!
Guitarmadillo21 #HouseofCards !!!!!!!!!! You're crazy if you're not watching it
lamonbrooks #wendywilliams is a must. #amishmafia & #ozarks r crazy-good new discoveries. #chopped, #tripleD & #nashville remain my loves.
Keith MacKenzie The Wire.
Catherine Michael Can't pick just one — but most glad Community is back. Need Imagination & Humour.
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