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Matches Made In Heaven
— June 20, 2004
By Mike Mooneyham
At first glance, pro wrestling and religion might not appear to be a very likely combination. But don't tell that to Jim Palmer and Andy McDaniel. To the two local pastors, it's a match made in heaven.
Both longtime fans of old-school grappling, Palmer and McDaniel are joining forces to present a family-oriented weekend of professional wrestling. Palmer's church, Miles Road Baptist in Summerville, will host Family Fun Night 6-8:30 p.m. Friday. McDaniel, pastor of Betaw Christian Church, has organized the first-ever Community Outreach Event 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Refuge Temple in St. Stephen.
There's no hidden agenda behind the free events, say the pastors. It's all about bringing families together for clean, wholesome fun, with some old-style wrestling thrown in for good measure.
"We're just trying to give back to the community, and at the same time introduce them in a positive way to the Lord Jesus," says Palmer. "We use wrestling and all the other things simply because it seems to be what people enjoy coming out to see and being a part of. The whole idea behind this is to share with them the love of Jesus Christ, and show them that in Christ you can have fun."
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Palmer realized long ago that pro wrestling was a natural hook for many who ordinarily might not attend a church event. He invited former Four Horseman Tully Blanchard to speak at his Sumter church during the early '90s, and the response was so great that Palmer never looked back.
"Knowing a lot of the old-school wrestlers personally and seeing how they came to know the Lord, I recognized their desire to share their faith. I also saw a growing desire among many people to be able to watch a clean version of wrestling. It has seemed to work very well here."
Palmer, whose church has become known as the Lowcountry's "wrestling church," has brought in a number of current and former wrestling stars to share their testimonies over the years. The list includes names such as Superstar Billy Graham, Ernie Ladd, Ted DiBiase, Tully Blanchard, Sting, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Greg Valentine, Terry Taylor and George South.
This weekend's production marks the sixth year for Family Fun Night, which has become one of the more successful events the church puts on annually. Attendance for the event has ranged from 1,000 to 1,500, with the number increasing each year. "This year we'll probably easily reach the 1,500 mark," says Palmer.
Not only will the brawn be on hand for the Summerville event, but the beauty will be there as well. Miss South Carolina Jessica Eddins is scheduled to make a guest appearance, and may even get involved in some of the ring theatrics.
Bell time for the four-match Summerville event is 6:30 p.m. Friday, while the St. Stephen program will kick off around 1 p.m. Saturday. Refreshments and items such as ice cream, cotton candy and snow cones will be free, while vendors will provide food for a nominal charge.
Observing firsthand what a huge success the event had been at Palmer's church, McDaniel decided to organize his own program this year. A newly ordained minister with a relatively small church, McDaniel knew the undertaking was more than a congregation his size could accommodate. So he pitched the idea to several neighboring churches in the St. Stephen area.
"The response was tremendous," says McDaniel, who helped organize a wrestling legends reunion in Charleston in 1998. "I discussed the plan with a lady at a local Christian book store, and she put me in touch with her pastor, Jeremiah Ravenel. He got so excited about the idea that he asked to host it at his church, which has a large parking lot and plenty of room. We needed a good central location, and this one is ideal since it's right off Highway 52 leading into St. Stephen."
Both events will feature such names as Greg Valentine, Jimmy Valiant, Terry Taylor, Ricky Morton, The Barbarian, Lodi and George South, as well as surprise main events for each show. The matches are under the auspices of South's Charlotte-based Exodus Wrestling Alliance.
The highlight of the St. Stephen event, says McDaniel, will be a special ceremony honoring veteran wrestler and longtime Moncks Corner resident Burrhead Jones.
"He really is a legend and a cult figure in these parts, and we thought this would be a great way to show our appreciation," says McDaniel. "Everybody knows Burrhead, and we're going to honor him in a special way. In wrestling lingo, we're going to really put him over."
For more information on the St. Stephen event, call McDaniel at (843) 567-2567. For details on the Summerville event, call Palmer at (843) 873-7887.
– Chavo Guerrero Sr. was released from WWE Tuesday after no-showing two consecutive house shows. Guerrero was given notice upon arriving at Smackdown tapings in Chicago. Guerrero dropped his cruiserweight title to Rey Mysterio later that night at the show.
Guerrero, who started with the company in January, had alienated management in recent weeks with his rejection of storyline ideas. The older brother of WWE Smackdown champ Eddie Guerrero and father of Smackdown performer Chavo Guerrero, "Classic Chavo" had worked in recent years as a cab driver and hotel security guard in Las Vegas. He created a well-publicized disturbance earlier this year at the annual Cauliflower Alley banquet where he angrily confronted Verne Gagne and other former stars before being asked to leave.
– The perfectly executed but graphic angle last week on Raw involving Shawn Michaels and Kane was designed to allow Michaels to take time off for the upcoming birth of his second child. Michaels, who recently signed a one-year contract extension, is expected to be back in time for Summer Slam and a probable showdown with Kane.
It now looks like the Edge-Chris Benoit title bout, initially scheduled to take place at next month's Vengeance pay-per-view, may be put on the back burner, with Benoit defending first against either Triple H or Kane in a possible submissions match.
– Thomas Simpson reports that his protege, independent star Krazy K, suffered a partially collapsed lung in a recent match in Connecticut and will be out until early July. K, who has appeared locally on Carolina Pro Wrestling shows, had been scheduled to be C.W. Anderson's (handpicked) opponent in Charlotte this weekend for an angle with Ole Anderson. K is scheduled to start with World-1 on their July tour in Florida.
Simpson, by the way, is a College of Charleston alumnus and sometimes indy wrestling promoter who was named 2003 Distinguished Teacher of the Year at the University of South Carolina-Union. Simpson also was a driving force behind the critically acclaimed North Carolina-based OMEGA promotion that spawned such stars as Jeff and Matt Hardy, Lita (Amy Dumas), Shane "Hurricane" Helms and Shannon Moore.
– Jeff Jarrett vs. David Flair in a cage will headline a charity show for the University of Virginia Children's Medical Center Oct. 30 in Waynesboro, Va. Also on the card: D-Lo Brown vs. Kanyon; Big Bossman vs. Bull Buchanan; The Barbarian vs. NWO Sting; Jerry Lynn vs. Abyss; and Gillberg vs. Doink The Clown.
– NWA-TNA will hold its two-year anniversary pay-per-view Wednesday night. NWA heavyweight champ will defend his title against Ron "The Truth" Killings in the main event. Also on the bill: Kid Kash vs. AJ Styles in an X division title match; Nosawa and Miyamoto vs. America's Most Wanted in an NWA tag-team title match; Trinity vs. Desire in a stretcher match; and Raven's tribute to The Sheik.
– A Legends Fanfest will be held Aug. 14-15 at the Clarion Hotel in Fayetteville, N.C. More than two dozen former NWA stars will get together for two days to meet and greet fans. Former Four Horseman Tully Blanchard will be featured in one of two Saturday night VIP question-and-answer sessions. Among the stars already signed include Sting, Cactus Jack (Mick Foley), Ricky Steamboat, Magnum T.A., Ole Anderson, J.J. Dillon, Baby Doll, Dory Funk Jr., Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Tommy Rich, Jimmy Garvin and Precious, Dustin Rhodes (Runnels), The Rock 'N Roll Express, George South, Bill White and David Isley. Bob Caudle, the voice of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, will emcee the weekend's festivities. Tickets are on sale at http://www.NWALegends.com.
Charlotte will host the returning Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Legends Fanfest Nov. 26-28 at the University Place Hilton with a special tribute to the early Starrcades. Among those confirmed for the three-day event include Harley Race, Jack and Jerry Brisco, Dory Funk Jr., Paul Jones, Ricky Steamboat, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Magnum T.A., Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Baby Doll, Jimmy Garvin, The Rock 'N Roll Express, Greg Valentine, Jimmy Valiant, Sir Oliver Humperdink, George South, Italian Stallion, Don and Rocky Kernodle, Tony Romano and Bill White. Two evenings of VIP question-and-answer sessions will feature Race, The Briscos, Jones and Caudle. Tickets are on sale at http://www.MidAtlanticLegends.com.
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Morningstar's Annual Fee Study Finds That Investors Paid Less In 2018
Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, today published its annual fee study, which evaluates trends in the cost of U.S. open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The study found that across U.S. funds, the asset-weighted expense ratio dropped to 0.48% in 2018, compared to 0.51% in 2017. As a result, investors saved an estimated $5.5 billion in fund fees in 2018. This 6% percent year-over-year decline is the second largest recorded since Morningstar began tracking asset-weighted fees in 2000.
For the first time, the study examines trends in flows through Morningstar's service-fee arrangement attribute—dividing funds and fund share classes into bundled, semibundled, and unbundled groupings.
"As awareness grows around the importance of minimizing investment costs, we have seen a mass migration to low-cost funds and share classes," said Ben Johnson, Morningstar's director of ETF and passive strategies research. "A shift in the economics of advice has further accelerated this trend. As advisors move from being paid on commission to collecting a fee for their service, a clear preference for semibundled and unbundled funds and share classes has emerged, as embedded advice and distribution costs are being stripped away from funds' fees and charged separately."
Key findings of the study include:
Investors are paying approximately half as much to own funds as they were in the year 2000; they're paying roughly 40% less than they did a decade ago; and about 26% less than they did five years ago.
The mass migration to lower-cost funds has been a key driver behind the decline in the asset-weighted average fee. In 2018, active funds' fees fell to 0.67% and passive funds' fees fell to 0.15%. By these numbers, active-fund investors paid about 4.5 times more than passive-fund investors on each dollar in 2018.
It's evident that investors are favoring lower-cost share classes, as the "fee war" continues and new funds and share classes are introduced, which are represented in the equal-weighted average expense ratio. In 2018, active funds exhibited a 3.7% decline in equal-weighted average fees while the equal-weighted average fees across all share classes of active funds dropped to 1.11% from 1.15% in 2017.
The cheapest of the cheap are making headway. In 2018, the cheapest 20% of funds saw net inflows of $605 billion, with the remaining 80% of funds experiencing net outflows of $478 billion. Of the $605 billion that flowed into the cheapest 20% of funds and share classes, 97% of net new money flowed into the least costly 10% of all funds.
As a result of these trends, most investors now own lower-priced funds; 83% of all assets reside in mutual funds and ETFs whose fees rank in the bottom 40% when compared with other funds in their category group.
Over the past five years, bundled funds and share classes have seen a collective $1.28 trillion in net outflows while semibundled and unbundled funds and share classes have amassed just over $3.0 trillion in net new flows.
As an alternative to higher-cost actively managed funds, some asset managers have launched strategic-beta funds. In 2018, the asset-weighted average fee for U.S. equity strategic-beta funds was 0.17%, which was slightly higher than traditional index funds' fees, but significantly lower than active funds' fees.
Vanguard continues to have the lowest asset-weighted average expense ratio among asset managers, which was 0.09% in 2018, followed closely behind by State Street with 0.17% and BlackRock/iShares with 0.30%.
The full study is available here and an article summarizing the study's key findings is available here. The study excludes money market funds and funds of funds.
Morningstar has approximately 130 manager research analysts worldwide. The company provides data on approximately 249,780 open-end mutual funds, 13,010 closed-end funds, and 16,720 exchange-traded product listings as of March 31, 2019.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with more than $210 billion in assets under advisement and management as of March 31, 2019. The company has operations in 27 countries. For more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.
Morningstar's Manager Research Group consists of various wholly owned subsidiaries of Morningstar, Inc. including, but not limited to, Morningstar Research Services LLC. Analyst Ratings are subjective in nature and should not be used as the sole basis for investment decisions. Analyst Ratings are based on Morningstar's Manager Research Group's current expectations about future events and therefore involve unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause such expectations not to occur or to differ significantly from what was expected. Analyst Ratings are not guarantees nor should they be viewed as an assessment of a fund's or the fund's underlying securities' creditworthiness. This press release is for informational purposes only; references to securities in this press release should not be considered an offer or solicitation to buy or sell the securities.
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The Q3 2018 GDP flash estimate indicates Portugal grew +0.3% in Q3 compared to last quarter (q/q), after growing +0.6% in Q2. It registered its lowest q/q growth in more than two years. After stagnating in Q2, partly due to higher inflation dynamics, private consumption is expected to have picked up a bit. Compared to the same quarter last year (Q3 2017), GDP growth continued cruising above +2% (+2.1% y/y) as it has done in the last two years. The National Statistics institute indicated that domestic demand added less to y/y GDP growth while the contribution of net exports was again negative. Indeed, private consumption decelerated y/y despite the pick-up from Q2 2018. The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since 2002 (6.8%) and employment growth has been decelerating y/y for three straight quarters. Against this backdrop and with export demand projected to weaken going forward, we still expect Portugal to grow above +2% this year before decelerating to +1.9% next year.


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Pilot License or Pilot Licence? It's an Atlantic thing. In the UK we say licence for the noun and license for the verb. In the US they're both license.
Actually, outside of the USA in all English speaking countries it's licence for the noun and license for the verb. It's only the USA that doesn't use licence.
Now that we've cleared that up, what about getting one and using it?
You've got a Private Pilot License - so what's next?
There are two points at which student or newly qualified pilots tend to drop out of flying altogether.
The first is after the first solo and the second is after completing the syllabus and obtaining the licence. The latter is often due to the fact that new pilots will take friends and family on short flights from their local airfield but thereafter they have no one else to take.
If they haven't developed any friendships within the aviation community, or if they haven't set themselves any new goals, they can soon find themselves flying less often. As time goes on, without fresh challenges their confidence goes into a spiral descent until they no longer venture outside the local area.
Eventually, short flights inside the shrinking comfort zone lose their appeal and they stop flying and the license is shelved. This is a sad state of affairs as it means lost opportunities for the pilot and the General Aviation sector loses another participant.
Here then are some suggestions as to what you can do as a private pilot to keep that licence current, develop new skills, gain confidence, and enjoy more flying.
1. Go Exploring
Get out your chart and plan trips to other airfields, large and small. Visit unfamiliar airfields and airports where the challenges might be the amount of traffic and radio calls or the approaches and take-offs. Check out the farm strips and consider dropping in, with prior permission confirmed of course. Plan a series of stops, perhaps with one or more nights away. There's a whole world out there to explore and a runway is all you need.
By flying in the aircraft type in which you trained and qualified you will consolidate and augment your confidence in; flight planning, weather decision making, radio calls, navigation skills, and approaches to unfamiliar airfields.
2. Buddy-up.
All this exploring can be enjoyed on your own but there are lots of advantages to flying with a co-pilot. For a start, there's an extra pair of eyes for the lookout, someone to point out anything you've missed inside the cockpit, and someone to fly alternate legs, giving you a break. There are plenty of clubs and associations made up of people who love to fly and many who don't have a license but who are eager passengers.
Take a pilot or a passenger (or more) and they can make a contribution to your costs. Flying can not only be sociable but cheaper too.
3. Change Your Attitude
If you learned to fly on a nose wheel aircraft do a type conversion to a taildragger, or vice versa. All the airfields and strips you've already visited now have the potential to teach you something new as you return in a different aircraft type. If you convert to a taildragger then you'll be putting down foundations for heavier vintage aircraft in the years to come.
Just imagine putting in logbook entries for a Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, Harvard, or even one day, a Spitfire.
4. Be a Night Owl
Flying at night is a whole new experience for the senses, not just your eyes but your ears too. With fewer aircraft airborne the radio is quieter. With the changes in temperature the air can be more still and the whole atmosphere in the cockpit changes.
Familiar landmarks and airfields take on a whole new look and once again, there are plenty of opportunities for developing your skills as you taxi, take-off, and land, guided by runway lights.
5. Get Complicated
Perhaps you learned to fly on a conventional training aircraft on which both undercarriage and propeller pitch are fixed. Consider converting to a more complex type that has retractable undercarriage and a variable pitch propeller.
Then consolidate that learning by visiting familiar airfields and noticing the difference in speeds and fuel consumption. All this training and experience will prepare you for the move from single engine to twin.
Alternatively, get a seaplane rating and learn all about the complexities of taxiing on water when there is a current and a wind. Combine flying with boating!
6. Win with a Twin
Once you're comfortable with retractable undercarriage and a variable pitch propeller you could opt for a twin rating, or simply throw yourself in at the deep end and deal with it all at once.
With the increases in speed and range your options for exploring are expanded. Suddenly those distant airfields look a lot closer, and you've got the room and the power to pack some bags for overnight stays.
7. Check Your Instruments
Expand your horizons by getting qualified to fly in worsening weather or through it to the clear skies above. Here in the UK you could go for an IR(R) (Instrument Rating (Restricted)), the replacement for the IMC rating.
Or you could go the whole hog and get yourself a full Instrument Rating for flights during which maintaining VFR is unlikely.
8. On Your Marks
Once you've got 100 hours PIC in your logbook you could consider entering air races. Given the fact that you're going to be flying at full throttle a lot of the time, with other aircraft in front, behind, and all around you, then you need to be a fairly accomplished pilot.
Like motor racing, air racing is a sport with different engine categories and handicaps. It's another avenue to explore, with all the characters, locations, and competitions that go with it.
9. Turn things upside down
Aerobatics are not everyone's cup of tea but flying some aeros has the potential to put a big silly grin on your face. A few 20 minute slots under the professional eye of an instructor will show you just how much fun flying can be when you're hanging in your straps.
Some pilots log thousands of hours without ever flying inverted, looping, or rolling, but if this is your bag then take it to the level where you are safe and competent to fly a few routines solo.
Once you have a routine worked out you could enter amateur competitions and dream of that podium and a collection of cups.
So there you have it - 9 ideas for things to do once you've got your PPL. Work through this list and it will keep you busy for years to come.
Got any additional ideas? Post a comment below and share them.


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Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman defends Elon Musk amid layoffs and chaos at Twitter - and says he's not concerned about the bank's massive loan to the Tesla exec
"I wouldn't bet against Elon Musk," Gorman said. "Who would not want to do business with a person who has that kind of capability?"
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Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman says there's about to be a "washout" of fintech valuations and a wave of consolidation. Here's how the bank is thinking about potential deals.
Fintech founders need to accept the valuation slump, James Gorman said. Banks are well-poised to scoop firms to bolster their tech prowess.
There's a 50% chance of an economic recession but it will likely be mild, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman says: 'I'm pretty relaxed'
"I don't think we're falling into some massive hole over the next few years. I think eventually the Fed will get hold of inflation," Gorman said.
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Morgan Stanley's CEO is pushing for a return to the office and says employees need to give up on 'Jobland' and focus on 'Careerland'
Gorman told a Sydney business conference he's concerned it's harder to develop "career skills" while working remotely from colleagues
Here are all the names of Morgan Stanley's 199 new managing directors — its largest class of promotions in a decade
At Morgan Stanley, 199 employees earned a promotion to managing director — the most in a decade. Insider has all the names of the new MDs.
Morgan Stanley just promoted a mammoth group of 199 new managing directors — its largest class in a decade
Managing director promotion season is in full swing, and 199 employees at Morgan Stanley just made the cut — that's the largest group size since 2012.
Morgan Stanley keeps extending perks like Seamless dinners and Uber rides. It shows how confusing Wall Street's WFH policies have been.
Morgan Stanley bankers can expense private rides to work and meals while WFH. The firm has extended the policy twice amid its back to office push.
Morgan Stanley CEO says bitcoin isn't a large part of the bank's business, but admits crypto is more than just a 'fad'
"These things aren't going away, and the blockchain technology supporting is obviously very real and powerful," the CEO told investors.
Wall Street's return to the office is going to be weird
For investment bank leaders trying to restore in-person work, it's not as simple as just ordering people back. Here's what firms are up against.
Morgan Stanley just raised base pay for first- and second-year investment-banking and capital markets analysts worldwide, with entry-level bankers now making $100,000
Morgan Stanley is the latest bank to raise base pay for junior bankers, following JPM and Citi. Going rate for first-year analysts is now $100,000.
Morgan Stanley's CEO wants employees back to the office by Labor Day, but the bank just told its newest crop of juniors they can head in as early as this month
New associates in investment-banking and global capital markets are eligible to head into the office as soon as July 27, Insider has learned.
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Q: Objective-C - Base64 string to base64Binary (XML) I'm developing an app on iOS requesting a web service with SOAP, and I have an issue with the datatype xsd:base64Binary (XML).
I build my SOAP envelope according to the expected fields from the web service. When the types are xsd:string or xsd:integer or any other simple type, I have no problem.
But when I try to add an xsd:base64Binary type to the SOAP envelope, the web service cannot receive the data correctly; it seems to be an encoding issue but I can't figure it out.
For example, the envelope looks like :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema- to instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
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      <aBase64>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgAB...
              ...RRQAUUUUAf/Z</aBase64>
      <aBool>false</aBool>
      <anInt>89</anInt>
      <aDouble>0.0</aDouble>
      <aString>Hello</aString>
    </hereTheMethod>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

Then the web service reads "false", "89", "0.0" or "Hello" without any problem. But with base64, I have something like "����JFIF��XExifMM*�i&..." as an encoding problem.
In Objective-C, I proceed like :
NSMutableString *envelopeText = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:@"(header)\n"
    "<aBase64>%@</aBase64>\n"
    "(footer)", base64String];

// Some code...

NSData *envelope = [envelopeText dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

// I launch the connection.

Lastly, when I build the base64 string, I take care to encode it in UTF-8 like :
NSString *base64String = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

Notice that the app also exists for Android (Java), and works with the same web service correctly.
Thanks for your help !
PS : Sorry for my English :/

A: try use CDATA for Base64 string like this:
<aBase64><![CDATA[%@]]></aBase64>\n

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So you want to start an Internet business. You look around to see what kind of businesses are succeeding. You read in the WSJ about someone who had a unique and clever idea and is now turning down eight figure acquisition offers; he only has a small share of the potential market and you can do what he's doing better: his site isn't even that well designed.
You show your potential investors how quickly a business like this can grow. If you're UNlucky, they DO invest. Then you fail even though your predecessor with the same business plan succeeded.
Because the important part of his business plan is that he was first, not the other specifics. craigslist is a huge success; if you try to start joeslist, you fail. Craig was first.
This isn't an immutable rule. Google wasn't the first search engine (remember Alta Vista?), but it had a better search algorithm AND quickly combined it with a better advertising model than anyone else had. Excel was hardly the first spreadsheet (remember VisiCalc, MultiPlan, and Lotus 1-2-3?). #1 can blow their lead through complacency and a lead can be overcome by a better mousetrap AND a big budget.
But nothing beats first mover advantage for starting on a shoestring and winning big. It was being #1 that got the hypothetical early mover you read about back in the first paragraph of this post into the WSJ. They're not going to write about you being #2 (unless you've got a great publicist).
The first bloggers had a good shot at becoming famous bloggers – not because they started famous but because they were first. Then blogging, like most many-player phenomena, settled into a power curve, the notorious long tail; and it became very difficult to break into the rank of top bloggers unless you are already famous or well-connected to the top bloggers.
The Internet is no longer a small community – hardly! Getting attention in cyberspace is at least as hard as getting attention in the real world. Even first movers need to be well-connected, well-known, or well-represented (or very lucky) to get noticed.
It's an oxymoron to use a first mover as a model for your me-too business because you're missing the essential ingredient; you're not first.


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Q: How to close multi-image popups on one button Im trying to close three modals on one button after calling ID and it seem it doesnt work. The playagain() button function is to start over the game and to close 3 popups at the same time.
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JavaScript
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A: jQuery selectors are just like CSS selectors (they allow commas). Use:
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Nickelodeon is Bringing Rocko's Modern Life Back as an Hour-Long TV Movie
By Lily Lou | August 12, 2016 | 2:53pm
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In addition to MTV Classic bringing the 90's back, Rocko's Modern Life is going to be on Nickelodeon again.
According to Entertainment Weekly, a TV movie of Rocko's Modern Life has been greenlit by Nickelodeon. The announcement was made yesterday, on Nicktoons' 25th anniversary.
Rocko's Modern Life was the fourth Nicktoons show, following Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show. It was broadcast for four seasons from 1993 to 1996.
The hour-long special will bring back all of the characters from the show, including Rocko, Spunky, Heffer, Filburt, and Mr. and Mrs. Bighead. Joe Murray, who created the series, will executive-produce and co-direct the film.
"I'm very happy to be rejoining Rocko and my friends from O-Town again," said Murray to EW. "What I have found by bringing these characters back is that it's not so much about nostalgia, but a sense that they still feel relevant and fresh to me, and after 20 years, they can't wait to comment on modern life in the 21st century. They still have a lot to say."
Nickelodeon is revising other classics like the game show Legends of the Hidden Temple and Hey Arnold!, which will premiere as movies in the fall and in 2017, respectively.
"It's a testament to the strength and appeal of these characters that so many people have loved Nick animation for these last 25 years, and we are excited to bring them back for new stories and adventures," said Chris Viscardi of Nickelodeon.
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MANISTEE — So what do you want to be when you grow up?
A career in cosmetology was one of the many careers shown to the Kennedy Elementary School students.
That is question often posed to young children as a way to start those young minds thinking about the future. Sometimes an early seed planted in a child's mind can lead to a lifelong occupation.
Students at Kennedy Elementary School had the opportunity to hear from people in 20 different careers about what the do in their job and why they decided to go into that line of work. It was all part of the second annual Career Day at the school.
Kennedy Elementary principal Kevin Schmutzler said they actually had more people want to come in to talk to the students about their careers than what they had in available space for them to present.
Scott Heintzelman of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division talks with the students about what types of things he does in his job. Students had the chance to ask questions and learn more about each career they visited during Career Day.
Schmutzler said they were able to get all of the careers represented that the kids wanted to see.
Schmutzler said he hopes some of the students will have their interest sparked and it will start them down the path to a future career and inspire them to study hard to make their dreams come true.
Besides speaking to the students about what they do, the presenters also brought many things they use in their jobs to show the students.
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Q: Best way to append params to url without function i am looking to find the best way to keep adding a id to the url params example.
http://example.com/1

so say if i had it set around a interval it would be.
var i = 0;
setInterval(function() {

document.location.search = 'http://example.com/' + i++;

}, 1000);

what i am trying to result is the extra param to the url without a page refresh so it would just keep updating.
http://example.com/1
http://example.com/2
http://example.com/3
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etc...
any help please.

A: You want to change the "fragment identifier" which is the part of the url that can be changed without a page refresh.

A: This does not really sound logical but if you really need to do this you could use history.pushState
simplest way to achieve this would be:
history.pushState("", "", "/1");

do take note that support in IE is very limited

A: There are 2 ways you can do this. one is to use HTML5 History API , will be this code :
var i = 0;
setInterval(function() {

history.pushState(null, document.title, 'example.com/' + i++);

}, 1000);

However, this will push it to the browser history and not all browsers support it. If I remember correctly there's a way to push it to url without pushing it to history, but read a bit about it to see if you can do it.
Or you can use hash codes in case you don't mind a little # over there, but it will probably annoy the visitor as it might bump the page to top every second, if you don't mind then this is your code :
var i = 0;
var url= window.location.href;
setInterval(function() {

window.location.href = url+"#"+i++;

}, 1000);

However this sounds like a bad idea anyway, so reconsider using it. I'm pretty sure what you're trying to achive can be done in a cleaner way.

A: This can now be done in Chrome, Safari, FF,  IE10.
window.history.pushState("object or string", "Title", "/new-url");

In your case:
var i = 0;
setInterval(function() {

window.history.pushState("", "",'http://example.com/' + i++);

}, 1000);

More information here:
http://spoiledmilk.com/blog/html5-changing-the-browser-url-without-refreshing-page/


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A funny thing happens when you commit to a yoga practice. Yes, the physical benefits are phenomenal and you'll be sore in places you didn't know existed prior to your new exercise routine. But, here and now, I'm talking about the kind of yoga that sneaks into your mind ever so quietly and redecorates the whole damn place without ever setting off the alarm.
The shifts are subtle at first and may seem coincidental if each one were to happen in isolation. However, collectively, they're powerful, and before you know it, you may not even recognize the former furnishings.
As you allow yourself to deepen your practice, you inevitably bring lessons and curiosities off the mat with you. Your decisions are more mindful, and you're aware of how those decisions affect others. Perhaps you incorporate more whole foods into your diet because your body craves nutrients after a week of challenging classes. Then you're wondering where those vegetables are grown and who is responsible for planting and sowing them. How do the farmers live and work? Let's meet them on Sunday at the market. What are their business practices and standards? Do the companies you buy from take care of their employees and care about the environment?
You begin to practice your Pranayama breath work while sitting in traffic, while in a meeting, while studying for final exams. You realize that you hold the key to remaining calm in stressful situations and that a slow, consistent inhale and exhale keeps your fight-or-flight emotions in proper function.
And now that you're thinking about it, when was the last time you even got road rage or said things you didn't mean out of anger to someone you love? You no longer sweat the small stuff because compassion has built a sturdy bridge for you to safely cross into the world. Your social anxiety has subsided, and since you're comfortable in your own skin, you've learned to accept others for who they are.
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Universal FanCon is First Large-Scale Event to Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion of Fans and Fandoms April 27-29, 2018
Thu, 01 Feb 2018, 09:00:53 EST | From: Geek Club Books, Inc.
BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 1, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The inaugural Universal FanCon is the first large-scale, inclusive event that celebrates the diversity of fans, fandom and true needs of those who love pop culture. This year's event will help benefit relevant causes, including Geek Club Books Charity for Autism. Coming to Baltimore, Maryland, April 27-29, 2018.
Actors, Authors, Artists and Advocates Activate their Voices for Autism during National Bullying Prevention Month
Thu, 05 Oct 2017, 15:04:47 EDT | From: Geek Club Books, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 5, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Geek Club Books, Inc., an autism nonprofit, today launched #Activate4Autism movement, a public awareness campaign as a part of National Bullying Prevention Month. The autistic are often misunderstood, marginalized, undervalued and 3 times more likely to be victims of bullying. The campaign brings together voice, stage and film actors, children's authors, comic artists and autistic advocates who activate their voices for autism, speaking out for acceptance and inclusion.


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Deal secured: AIE has signed a long-term charterparty agreement to secure the Hoegh Galleon FSRU for its Port Kembla Energy Terminal Photo: HOEGH LNG
Hoegh also collaborating with AIE on next generation FSRU that would allow import hub to handle "clean fuels" in the future such as green hydrogen
30 November 2021 7:24 GMT Updated 1 December 2021 14:22 GMT
By Josh Lewis
in Perth
Norway's Hoegh LNG has secured the contract to supply the floating storage and regasification unit for what could be Australia's first liquefied natural gas import terminal.
Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) confirmed on Tuesday that it had signed a long-term charterparty agreement for Hoegh to supply the FSRU that will operate at its Port Kembla Energy Terminal, being developed in the state of Victoria.
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The agreement will see the Hoegh Galleon FSRU take on LNG cargoes from visiting carriers at AIE's Port Kembla LNG import project, that will then be stored onboard in double-hulled tanks.
When needed, the LNG will be regasified onboard the FSRU and transferred via high pressure loading arms into the onshore underground pipeline being built by Jemena.
We share AIE's clean energy vision and look forward to working together on the next generation capabilities that will ensure that the Port Kembla Energy Terminal remains at the forefront of the energy transition
Hoegh's chief development officer, Richard Tyrrell
Construction has already started on the Port Kembla Energy Terminal, with the project expected to be operational by mid-2023.
The A$250 million (US$177.8 million) import terminal at Port Kembla, near Wollongong, has consent to receive up to 46 LNG cargoes per year and the project is intended to handle some 1.8 million tonnes per annum of LNG under the existing development consent.
Australia's first LNG import terminal moves a step closer with key deal
Despite being one of the world's largest exporters of LNG, Australia's east coast gas market is facing the prospect of domestic gas supply shortfalls in the coming years.
"With the phasing down of Australia's fossil fuel industry already underway, the Terminal will be critical to ensuring hundreds of thousands of Australian businesses and households avoid supply shortfalls from 2023 onwards," AIE chairman Andrew Hagger said.
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"Now that critical infrastructure agreements and approvals are in place for the Terminal, we look to NSW and Victorian natural gas retailers to now take active steps to help resolve the energy security crisis they have warned about."
New FSRU being designed to handle green hydrogen
AIE also revealed on Tuesday that it had agreed to collaborate with Hoegh on the future design and development of a new generation FSRU capable of receiving "clean fuels", which can be used as part of future green energy supply chains.
AIE said the new design FSRU would have the capability of delivering both natural gas and green hydrogen, or derivatives, unlocking opportunities for the terminal to support a potential future hydrogen energy industry in Australia.
"We share AIE's clean energy vision and look forward to working together on the next generation capabilities that will ensure that the Port Kembla Energy Terminal remains at the forefront of the energy transition," said Hoegh's chief development officer Richard Tyrrell.
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LNG import vessels queue up for Australia
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Fluch der Dimensionalität ist ein Begriff, der von Richard Bellman eingeführt wurde, um den rapiden Anstieg im Volumen beim Hinzufügen weiterer Dimensionen in einen mathematischen Raum zu beschreiben.

Leo Breiman beschreibt beispielhaft, dass 100 Beobachtungen den eindimensionalen Raum der reellen Zahlen zwischen 0 und 1 gut abdecken. Aus diesen Beobachtungen lässt sich ein Histogramm berechnen und Schlussfolgerungen lassen sich ziehen. Werden vergleichsweise in einem 10-dimensionalen Raum der gleichen Art (jede Dimension kann Werte zwischen 0 und 1 annehmen) 100 Stichproben gesammelt, sind dies isolierte Punkte, die den Raum nicht ausreichend abdecken, um sinnvolle Aussagen über diesen Raum zu treffen. Um eine ähnliche Abdeckung wie im eindimensionalen Raum zu erreichen, müssen 10010=1020 Stichproben gezogen werden, was einen wesentlich höheren Aufwand zur Folge hat.

Auswirkung auf Distanzfunktionen
Eine oft zitierte Formulierung des "Fluchs" besagt, dass für verschiedene Arten von zufälligen Verteilungen der Datensätze der Unterschied zwischen der kleinsten und der größten Distanz zwischen Datensätzen im Vergleich zur kleinsten Distanz beliebig klein wird, wenn sich die Dimensionalität d erhöht (mit anderen Worten: die kleinste und größte Distanz unterscheiden sich nur noch relativ wenig), und daher für die betreffenden Verteilungen in hochdimensionalen Räumen die Ergebnisse von Distanzfunktionen (und darauf basierenden Algorithmen) nicht mehr brauchbar sind. Dies lässt sich formalisieren als

Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse deuten jedoch darauf hin, dass nicht die reine Anzahl der Dimensionen ausschlaggebend ist, da zusätzliche relevante Informationen die Daten besser trennen können. Lediglich zur Trennung "irrelevante" zusätzliche Dimensionen verursachen den Effekt. Während die exakten Distanzwerte ähnlicher werden, bleibt dann jedoch die daraus resultierende Reihenfolge stabil. Clusteranalyse und Ausreißererkennung ist mit geeigneten Methoden weiterhin möglich.

Eine weitere Möglichkeit, den "Fluch" zu charakterisieren, bietet der Vergleich zwischen einer -dimensionalen Hypersphäre mit Radius  und einem -dimensionalen Hyperwürfel mit Seitenlängen . Das Volumen der Hypersphäre ist gegeben durch
,
wobei  die Gamma-Funktion ist, und das Volumen des Hyperwürfels ist gegeben durch .  Betrachten wir nun den Quotienten, so fällt auf, dass das Volumen der Hypersphäre im Vergleich zum Volumen des Hyperwürfels mit steigender Dimension sehr klein ("insignifikant") wird, denn

 für .

Diese Konvergenz lässt sich durch die Abschätzung

 für

zeigen, wobei verwendet wird, dass  und  für .

Maschinelles Lernen
Der Fluch der Dimensionalität ist eine ernst zu nehmende Hürde bei Maschinellen-Lern-Problemen, die von wenigen Stichprobenelementen die Struktur eines hochdimensionalen Raumes lernen müssen.

Indexstrukturen
Viele Indexstrukturen sind entweder distanzbasiert oder versuchen, den Raum dimensionsweise zu teilen. Diese Verfahren haben meist Probleme mit hochdimensionalen Daten, da entweder die Distanzwerte nicht mehr aussagekräftig genug sind oder die Anzahl der Dimensionen und die daraus resultierenden Partitionsmöglichkeiten Probleme bereiten.

Numerische Integration
Bei der numerischen Integration spielt der Fluch der Dimensionalität ebenfalls eine große Rolle, da die Anzahl der benötigten Funktionsauswertungen bei einfachen Algorithmen wie der Trapezregel exponentiell mit der Anzahl der Dimensionen steigt. Das führt dazu, dass die Konvergenzgeschwindigkeit drastisch abnimmt. Bei einfachen Aufgabenstellungen lässt sich dieses Problem mittels Monte-Carlo-Verfahren umgehen, da diese nicht von der Dimensionalität abhängig sind. Ansonsten werden hierarchische Zerlegungsverfahren verwendet.

Einzelnachweise

Quellen

Bellman, R.E. 1961. Adaptive Control Processes. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Numerische Mathematik
Multivariate Statistik


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CIS MILITARY STRUCTURES SEEN SHRINKING AT DEFENSE MINISTERS' MEETING
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 126
By: Vladimir Socor
June 29, 2005 04:00 AM Age: 18 years
Russian Defense Minister Ivanov's name frequently appears on the short list to succeed Putin.
The Council of Defense Ministers of CIS member countries met in a depleted format on June 24 in Dushanbe, with Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov in the chair. The host, Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmonov, noted the "negative impact of disintegration processes" — a reversal of the ubiquitous Russian cliché "integratsionnyie protsessy." Georgia, Moldova, and (as usual) Turkmenistan were absent; Ukraine had announced in advance that it would downgrade its attendance to that of an observer; and there was no clear word regarding Uzbekistan's attendance.
Rakhmonov aired an unprecedented proposal for creation of rapid-deployment forces of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for Central Asia, in parallel with the existing rapid-deployment structure of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). As the SCO includes China and Uzbekistan, which are not CSTO members, Rakhmonov's proposal may be read either as a veiled attempt at balancing the CSTO, or as an implicit acknowledgment of the CSTO's ineffectiveness. The Dushanbe meeting also discussed inconclusively the issue of drug trafficking from Afghanistan, which Ivanov and Rakhmonov termed the main security challenge to neighboring countries. All these issues are, in any case, beyond the competence of the CIS as such and its Defense Ministers' Council.
The meeting was only able to review the operation of the CIS Joint Air Defense System in 2004 and a framework plan for 2006-10. In fact, the Dushanbe session — like the CSTO's summit in Moscow on June 24 — highlighted Russia's shift of emphasis from the CIS nonintegrated air defense system to an integrated one to be developed within the CSTO (see below).
The meeting approved a six-month extension of the powers of Russia's Maj.-General Sergei Chaban as commander of the "CIS peacekeeping force in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone." Such extension is granted routinely to Russian-appointed holders of that post at six-month intervals by the CIS Defense Ministers' forum. In this case, the decision demonstrated even more starkly than usual the disregard for international law and internal due process in CIS bodies. The meeting confirmed Chaban in Georgia's absence. With Chaban first appointed in March, the extension was not due for routine consideration until September; but, apparently, Moscow is not certain whether another CIS defense ministers' meeting can be held (or held smoothly) by that time. The fictitious CIS label covers a purely Russian force. The CIS has no legal authority to grant peacekeeping mandates; even Moscow no longer claims such authority on behalf of the CIS, but rather for the CSTO.
In the meeting's aftermath, Russia's Air Force Commander in Chief, General Vladimir Mikhailov, threatened to "smash terrorist bands beyond Russia's territory." Specifically, Mikhailov accused Georgia of harboring "bandits in that [Pankisi] valley, who can move as they please." He dismissed Georgian concerns about violations of its airspace by Russian planes with a guffaw: "Fear has big eyes, and Georgians think that we are flying over Tbilisi." This latter remark seemed to gloat over Georgia's unrequited wish to procure modern airspace surveillance equipment (Itar-Tass, June 27). Earlier this month, Russia's Federal Security Service anti-terrorism directorate chief, Yuri Sapunov, similarly accused Georgia and also Azerbaijan of allowing their territories to be used by "international terrorism."
Mikhailov supervises an ongoing CIS air defense exercise, Combat Commonwealth 2005, the first phase of which began on June 24 and is scheduled to culminate on July 10. The exercise includes detection and firing practice at the Telemba range in Russia's Chita oblast, as well as rehearsing coordinated actions of air defense units of Kaliningrad-based Russian forces with those of Belarus. The second stage and third stages, from July through September, will take place in Kazakhstan and at Russia's Ashuluk training range in Astrakhan region. Although billed in keeping with tradition as a CIS exercise, Combat Commonwealth 2005 in fact involves only CSTO member countries. This reflects Russia's just-announced decision to fall back on the "core" group CSTO while bypassing or discarding CIS military structures, due to the political fragmentation of the CIS.
Russia hopes to persuade NATO to deal with individual CSTO member countries via Moscow, rather than directly. However, most CSTO member countries will not willingly accept such a limitation. Armenia does not. And, on June 24, Kazakhstan submitted the presentation document of its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) to a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in the NATO + Kazakhstan format in Brussels.
(Itar-Tass, Interfax, June 24-27; Avesta, Kazinform, June 24; see EDM, June 24, 28)
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Oklahoma National Guard says NO to Biden vaccine mandate, Pentagon promises retaliation
Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma has replaced Army Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson with Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino, and now the state's National Guard no longer has to get "vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).
Following the Biden regime's edict requiring all military servicemen to take the DNA-modifying jab, Gov. Stitt went to work replacing Thompson, a jab advocate, with Mancino, who immediately issued an order halting the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard's "mandatory" injection policy.
According to reports, the Oklahoma National Guard "rescinded" the Pentagon's requirement less than 24 hours after Mancino took over Thompson's post. This saved thousands of servicemen from being forced to roll up their sleeves for the series of toxic spike protein injections.
"No Oklahoma Guardsman will be required to take the COVID-19 Vaccine," reads a memo that was issued by Mancino as his first order of business.
That memo went on to explain that the Oklahoma National Guard responds to Gov. Stitt, not to Biden or any other usurper in Washington, D.C., who is demanding that supposedly free Americans damage their DNA and immune systems with Big Pharma drugs.
"No negative administrative or legal action will be taken against Guardsmen who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine," Mancino's memo went on to clarify.
Thompson says he was let go via tweet
FOX 25's Dan Snyder spoke to Thompson, who suggested that he was removed from his post and replaced by Mancino via Twitter. He respectfully referred the reporter to Gov. Stitt for any further questions.
As for the Pentagon's response to all this, the deep state entity indicated that it plans to respond "appropriately," whatever that means, to the Oklahoma National Guard going its own way under the leadership of Gov. Stitt as opposed to fake "president" Joe Biden.
"We are aware of the memo issued by the Oklahoma Adjutant General regarding COVID vaccination for Guardsmen and the governor's letter requesting exemption," said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby in a statement to Axios. "We will respond to the governor appropriately."
"That said, Secretary Austin believes that a vaccinated force is a more ready force. That is why he has ordered mandatory vaccines for the total force, and that includes our National Guard, who contribute significantly to national missions at home and abroad."
Mancino was already slated to replace Thompson come Jan. 15, 2022. That date was changed out of apparent urgency, seeing as how the deadline for Guardmen to take the clot shot was set for November.
Before Mancino was officially appointed, Gov. Stitt announced that the mandate was not going to be enforced regardless. Some 10 percent of the state's troops have refused the injections, and Gov. Stitt called it "irresponsible" for anyone to try to force them to take the shots against their will.
The Stitt Administration did its homework and is confident that it has full legal authority to defy Biden's mandate. The only way Oklahoma would "forfeit" any of its federal funding for failing to comply with Title 32 would be if the Guard ignored "the lawful order of the dually elected civilian authority, i.e. The Governor of Oklahoma," explained Charlie Hannema to the Army Times.
"This is where the difference between Title 32 and Title 10 becomes a real issue," added National Guard Bureau spokesman Air Force Maj. Matthew Murphy in a statement to Stars & Stripes.
"In most instances, the guardsmen are in their Title 32 capacity, which means they're on state duty. In order to be federalized, they have to be on Title 10."
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Do you have a passion for creation? Are you ready to discover an inspiring story? Visit an art workshop, specifically one where the artists are people with intellectual disabilities.
In this workshop, artists learn to view their surroundings in a new way as they take on a variety of different artistic mediums. It's an inspiring and lively place where all artists are called to evolve, reinvent themselves and persevere and where their artwork instills wonder and contemplation.
Here we have an interview with Pot-en-Ciel workshop leader Josée Lemieux. Josée founded the workshop with Claude McLean and now around twenty people with intellectual disabilities work there. This interview provides a great example on how to develop a workshop for artists with intellectual disabilities.
The late Claude McLean was a core member of the L'Arche Beloeil community and founder of the art workshop. As a tribute, we dedicate this article to Claude, who contributed to making Pot-en-Ciel what it is today.
Before starting the workshop, Claude already showed artistic potential. He was always drawing and he was always the one who made birthday and Christmas cards.
One day Claude told me, "I want to make a cross for my home and I want you to help me." Having seen Saint Damian crosses, he already had a vision but he wasn't sure how to go about making it happen.
Since I'd been trained in art, I told Claude, "Come to my place and let's draw together." And that's really how the workshop started… with Claude coming to my house to draw, at first just an afternoon… and pretty quickly it became a whole day! We had so many projects… He'd come in the morning with his lunch, we would eat together and then keep going in the afternoon.
We made so many things: cards, crosses, candles. There was quite a variety. The more Claude drew, the more I could see that he liked guidance; he was longing to learn.
Little by little, other people from the community joined us. Claude welcomed each one of them. The workshop evolved according to the community's needs and what the artists wanted to do.
One day Claude said, "People from outside the community need to come too." And that's what happened. In fact, everything that Claude said came true.
We presented the project to our regional Centre de santé et de services sociaux (CSSS) [Health and Social Services Center] as a day program for adults with intellectual disabilities and obtained funding to welcome new artists. People from outside the community came and we opened the workshop for an additional day.
These days, the workshop's most experienced members play an important role. They determine the pace and structure for the day. They're the ones who set the tone for community life.
It is touching to witness the transformation of these people. They can't get enough of the workshop and are proud to come to Pot-en-Ciel.
After a while, we realized that Claude really liked to observe and this helped him create.
We'd look through magazines or art books… He'd use them to find inspiration. He had that natural curiosity to try and discover, to understand, to work and then feel good about everything… Because you have to feel good. You have to have the patience to sit and draw and wait for the transformation.
For Claude, this was natural. I believe he was a true artist. He had the capacity to sit, look, reflect and do his work, and then after he'd act as his own critic. He'd observe and say, "Oh yes, I could have done that differently… Oh this, I'll do this to fix it, I don't like it." He already had this artistic side to him.
It was in 2009 that we really found our way and discovered the spirit and goal of the workshop.
This is when I realized that people were able to take the time to enter into the creative space and observe… To engage with a form of introspection on what they were drawing, and to be able to take this further.
And for us this was truly a revelation. "Okay," we said. This is how we're going to accompany our artists." We are going to encourage them to go further, to draw not just for the sake of making a drawing, but to accompany them through a real process.
When Zizi, Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal came to the workshop, we shared our vision with her of how to accompany people in their work, hoping to be able to go further.
Zizi is trained in drawing and painting… She is an illustrator and continues to practice observational drawing.
We saw that some people were already talented.
But even with an innate talent or gift, doing the work is still essential. We saw that some people particularly needed our accompaniment and for us to believe in their capacity to evolve.
Some people did repeat the stereotypes that they'd learned and had been praised for. "Wow! You can draw a tree, a sun, a house…" Sometimes we needed to de-construct the previously learned images to get them to observe with more depth and go further… by looking at things differently.
I love it when we receive flowers! Because then we can really take the time to analyze them. What is a flower made of? A sunflower… They all dream of drawing sunflowers… but when we have a real one in front of us, how is it made?
Each person is working on this concept of observation, and like all artists, everyone has a different way of seeing the same thing. Drawing isn't just sitting in a chair and passively filling your paper; we need to teach artists to be dynamic in the creation process and to develop their own vision of the subject.
We try to explore different mediums: wax crayons, coloured ink, paper, canvas, nib and India ink, pastel… We try to explore as much as possible, and help the artists feel comfortable with the medium while also encouraging them to challenge themselves.
For each piece, we begin with a pencil sketch on paper… Then we get started on the canvas using a water soluble pencil so that we can erase certain lines and make a few corrections… And afterwards, we trace with a fine tip marker or with Indian ink and a brush or nib. Once we've coloured with wax crayons, we switch to coloured ink.
Other artists who are comfortable with these mediums explore acrylic or collage which allows them to experiment. Charles actually did an entire series of acrylic on cardboard, paper and canvas. We try to mix things up to encourage people to develop different techniques.
Although the people in our workshop are fairly autonomous, they do need some guidance and assistance in how to proceed with each of their projects' steps.
People come regularly every week. Doors open at nine o'clock and we take time to plan our day and offer up the outcome. From there, our work begins. We work until our coffee break and then until lunch. After lunch, we work through to three o'clock. Over the course of one day, artists have time to complete a number of different steps on their projects.
Each artist has his or her own particular style. Even when using a similar medium, the results are always unique.
We can see rather quickly whether or not people are able to enter into this creative space. Not everyone is in a position to participate and they may not necessarily feel comfortable. This becomes pretty obvious. After one or two days in the workshop, we can tell if someone is in the right place.
The artists love displaying their work. They are so happy to share their creations. At the workshop's vernissage, they are delighted to welcome their family and friends. The exhibition is a motivating event that inspires artists to continue their work.
They want to be there, to be part of the workshop. For our artists, it's a transformative experience.
I think it's wonderful when people are aware of their own evolution.
Just as it is for all artists, there are periods when everything flows and it comes out easy. This is lovely. Something's happening. And other times things seem blocked. It's all part of the process.
Backed by more than 20 years' experience and research, the Pot-en-Ciel workshop has developed methods that are adapted to the creative needs of artists with intellectual disabilities. We've accomplished this by providing these artists with a workshop that encourages their growth and artistic development. Since 2009, we have organized an annual exhibition to promote the artists' creations throughout the regions. Hundreds of pieces have been sold. This success clearly demonstrates the value of their work and contributes to changing our society's perception of difference, one masterpiece at a time.
Follow Pot-en-Ciel's artists on Facebook or at L'Arche Beloeil's website where we'll be announcing our upcoming expositions.


Being a blogger has opened up doors that I never imagined I would walk though. This was literally the case a few weeks ago. Christina (Cutestkidever) and I were personally invited to tour the new corporate Price Chopper building in Schenectady, NY. We had been told prior to going that only the people that worked there had seen many of the places were were being taken. No media had been given a tour at this point since they were just moved into the facilities. Talk about being honored.
The world of Social Media and blogging truly made this tour possible. Had I not seen a Tweet on Twitter, gone to the Price Chopper page on Facebook and signed up for their Cook's Ham event – this would not have happened. While at the Cook's event at Price Chopper, Christina and I started to chat with Heidi and Liz about plans that we had for a local blogging conference. After the event, we continued to be in contact via Twitter/Facebook/e-mail/phone. While talking about the ideas we had for a blogging event in the area, I was asked if I we would consider something a little different. Of course, my answer was yes and I was told I would hear more soon.
This is where a big thank you to Mr. Jerry Golub is in order. He is Price Chopper's new President & COO and is very aware of the importance of Social Media. He asked Heidi to invite us for a personal tour of their new building. Of course, we said yes!
This new corporate building is big news in the area. The new state of the art building has many green features to be energy efficient for the 700 Price Chopper employees that will work there. Even bigger was the initiative to transform what was once polluted brownfield into a usable corporate space. To read more about the building, The Business Review has more details about the new $30M corporate facility.
When you drive up to the Price Chopper building, you immediately notice the size of the building. Then you start to see the whole picture. The facility is gated and has amazing security. When I drove up, I was told where to park and proceed in to check into the building. When Christina arrived, we went into the building to the security desk. They found our names on the guest list and asked for our drivers licenses to make us guest badges. At this point, they called Heidi and Liz to let them know we were here.
Once we were done giving security our information, Heidi, Liz and Maureen came to meet us in the lobby. I wish I had taken a photo of this area, but had not taken my camera out at this point. Not to worry, the photo taking permission came right after this and I started to take some photos.
One of the stops on the tour is the giant conference area. Can you see where I am going with this?
The ballroom like room is sectioned off into three smaller rooms that can be opened. The room has a lot of AV/technological opportunities for something like a blogging conference. Round tables could be set up for networking and the ability to live blog/Tweet from any event thanks to Wifi availability. Christina and I kept imagining who would be up at the podium talking to all of the bloggers that come to our event. Yes, it was becoming more real with every step of the tour.
Heidi, Liz and Maureen also took us to more behind the scenes areas. We saw smaller meeting rooms and back rooms that were not quite set up yet. One of the locations not completely set up was the new photography lab/kitchen area. When we walked into this room we were greeted with shrimp on a barbeque right in the area and the computer monitors set up to create the Price Chopper ads for the coming weeks. They explained that a kitchen would be there to help with preparations of their own displays. In addition to that, one side of the room would be used for the Kids Cooking Club segments with Jodie Fitz that are available online.
I could definitely imagine break out sessions in here and/or a meet and greet time during a conference.
Next, we were taken to the back of the cafeteria into a special room. The surprise was on us. We would be participating in a quality control/taste testing exercise. The following was set up on the table for each of us. We were testing white grape juice, apple sauce, chocolate chip cookies and rice crisp cereal.
Megan and Jane explained that they had done a similar exercise at a local middle school to show the students how often it is next to impossible to tell the difference between brand name and store products. Of course, they also showed the kids the math involved when the identities of the items marked A and B were revealed. Price Chopper uses this room, with a kitchen to keep quality control on their store items. They have different groups of people that do this to tell their input on taste, texture, look and feel compared to the brand name twin. It is not surprising that on almost all we were not able to tell much if any differences and several cases liked the Price Chopper brand item more. This was not only an educational/eye opening experience, but a lot of fun. Hmmm. . . something else for a conference perhaps?!
Just as we were finishing up with this, Jerry Golub came to meet with us. I have to admit, I was even more impressed with his dedication to social media, his employees and the community in person. Mr. Golub explained why he feels Twitter, Facebook, and blogging are important to companies. In addition to this, he made me laugh by saying how funny it was to see me blog one day about ham and the next about shopping for Passover.
After Mr. Golub left us, we brain stormed a little about the possibility of having our blogging conference at the Price Chopper corporate building. We had so many ideas in our head, but not enough time to fully develop them. We talked about a good time for one and what we would like to do. After this we went to lunch in the gorgeous cafeteria and chatted a bit more.
So, what have we decided for our Capital District blogging conference?
How: More details on pricing coming soon. Still need to talk to the caterer on the specifics for the day and will get back to you ASAP.
Why: Why not?! There has never been a blogging conference in Upstate NY and we want to begin this tradition for those in the Northeast to have the opportunity.
I would like to thank Price Chopper for making this conference a possibility. Thanks to you opening up your doors, our dream is now going to be a reality. We look forward to working with everyone over the next few months to finalize the details to share with bloggers who will be coming to the event this fall.
If you have any questions please let us know. As soon as more details are available we will keep you posted and have a special sign up website up for purchasing tickets to the conference.
Please save the date and we hope to see you in our area in October.
Disclosure: I was invited to the Price Chopper corporate building for a tour, lunch and to discuss using it for a conference facility. Much to my surprise we were given a taste test and some grocery items to take home to use with our families. No blog post was expected or compensation given.
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Exciting news from the ivory tower as emerging academic research in Jewish studies takes hold. Drawing on the nascent field of virtue signalling, the discipline of 'frum signalling' is showing promising results in the measurement of both piety and the long term sustainability of the Orthodox community. James Bartholomew, writing in the The Spectator, a UK publication, coined the term 'virtue signalling' in 2015 to describe 'the way in which many people say or write things to indicate that they are virtuous.' Obviously it's being anti-Trump, but other examples include fundraising campaigns like the 'ice bucket challenge,' wearing wristbands for a particular cause and using recycled shopping bags that announce you're buying organic food.
First adapted to the field of Jewish studies in my peer-reviewed article for the Journal of Modern Jewish Behaviour, the research shows that frum signalling is an effective psychological mechanism and without it, our capacity to define, categorise and demonise others is in jeopardy. Doctoral students are developing research projects that reflect contemporary phenomena and currently, the most well studied topic is that of a man or woman refusing to shake the hand of someone of the opposite gender. The recalcitrant hand-shaker who does not accept the halachic rulings permitting handshaking is frum signalling that his or her honour is more important than embarrassing the other person.
Kashrut is a swamp of frum signalling. The quality of the hechsher, the propriety of the caterer, the assumed level of observance of the baker and the willingness to eat in someone's home are just some mechanisms for signalling a level of frumkeit (noun) and how a person wants to be perceived. And as Pesach approaches, frum signalling goes into overdrive with much sanctimonious handwringing and extra stringencies that create a culture of fear of 'doing the wrong thing.' Frum signalling also has the knock-on effect of increasing the financial burden of maintaining religious rituals and economists are just beginning to explore complementary research.
Women's dress is frum signalling par excellence. Denier thickness, hem length, collarbone exposure, colour loudness, body snugness, heel height and hair covering are the basic points of reference. Much continues to be written about the modesty movement and its paradoxical nature as women experience modesty as liberating and empowering, but also controlling and restrictive. Who has the more powerful frum signal – the woman in a coiffured wig and tight skirt just to the knee, or a woman in a beret with her fringe showing and a loose-fitting mid-calf dress? The work on fashion by the pre-eminent semiotician Roland Barthes is most helpful in understanding observant women who are frum signalling from the moment they wake up and decide what to wear that day.
Frum signalling comes into its own in the synagogue – deference to rabbinic leadership, the type of mechitzah separating the men and women, and the sort of educational programming on offer gives very clear frum signals. An Orthodox synagogue that only allows Artscroll editions of the Torah is frum signalling something very different to one where a Hertz or Soncino edition is available. With the development of partnership minyanim, frum signalling demonises those who are seeking to expand the opportunities for women to participate in communal prayer within halachic boundaries. Interestingly, those in support of more inclusivity are frum signalling in reverse – wearing their badge of modernity proudly in a way that technically smacks more of virtue signalling.
Chessed, those acts of kindness that shape a community such as visiting a shiva house, cooking meals or shopping for a home-bound elderly person, are all frum signalling fodder when the person doing these kind acts is quick to tell everyone. Quiet, anonymous acts of kindness by definition defy frum signalling because there is no public accolade in the offering, but when one seeks to be known as such a good person, they are definitely sending out frum signals asking to be noticed and rewarded. This is an area where those in Jewish studies would be best advised to consult with colleagues in psychology and sociology to understand the complex relationship between giver and taker.
Some rabbis live by a code of frum signalling that includes smashing the smartphone, regarded as the golden calf of our generation, creating additional barriers to marriage, divorce and conversion, and suggesting that certain prayers combined with a donation to the rabbi's favourite cause will bring salvation. Maintaining rigidity in the face of modernity is the height of rabbinic frum signalling and in a world where religious education and knowledge are venerated, frum signalling denies children and yeshiva students a decent secular education that will eventually allow them to be self-sufficient. An esteemed colleague has highlighted the additional challenges faced by baalei teshuvah (those who become Orthodox) when it comes to frum signalling. She suggests that their desperate need to fit into a community and be accepted into the 'right' school leads to self-infantilising and obsequious behaviour, masked as frum signalling. Behavioural theorists may have insights to contribute to our understanding of social conformity that seems to underpin frum signalling.
Academics are actively debating the policy implications of these initial findings and everyone agrees on the need for more in-depth research before the evidence can be relied on for long-term projections regarding the type and structure of orthodoxy. In the interim, communal leaders need to consider all the indicators highlighting the rise of frum signalling as without constraint, it may evolve into a full-blown international and cross-denominational phenomenon.


What is a brain? Is it a clump of cells and tissues working together as an organ in the human body? Your heart beats, your lungs breathe, and your brain thinks. Or is it something more? Can we define a brain by it's function? Is it a collection of thoughts, memories and notions, our own sense of self?
In The Mind-Body Problem, author Jonathan Westphal explores this philosophical problem of the connection between the mind and the body, discussing historical solutions and presenting his own. Do we think with our brains? Or are our minds something beyond that?


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Edward River canoe and kayak trail in Murray Valley National Park is a great paddling spot with camping, picnic, and swimming opportunities. It's also equipped with a wheelchair-accessible kayak launch.
61km of trails
Time suggested
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There's a wheelchair-accessible kayak launch at Edward River Bridge to help people with mobility restrictions get in and out of the water safely.
Tent-based camping along Edward River is free
Kayaking or canoeing Edward River in Murray Valley National Park is a great adventure that awaits you. Spend a few hours on the river, a whole day, or organise a multi-day journey and camp as you go at various places along the way. There are so many options.
Edward River is a peaceful, lesser-known alternative to the nearby Murray River, so it's ideal for paddlers of all age groups and experience levels. It also allows you to escape the summer crowds that can flock to Murray River during the holidays and over long weekends. Along Edward River canoe and kayak trail are beaches and swimming spots, which are great places to stop and have a picnic.
Edward River lies within the traditional lands of the Wamba Wamba and Perrepa Perrepa Nations. The traditional name for the river is 'Kolety' (pronounced 'kol-etch').
For directions, safety and practical information, see visitor info
Sculpture in the Red Gums
Sculpture in the Red Gums is in Murray Valley Regional Park at Edward River Bridge picnic area. It's a unique way to learn about the rich history of the many different ways people use forests.
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On your next visit to Murray Valley Regional Park, enjoy kayaking or canoeing using the wheelchair-accessible launch at Edward River Bridge picnic area.
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