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Q: Determine whether the center of a $C^*$-algebra is 0 Let $G$ be a locally compact group and $A$ be a non-unital $C^*$-algebra. )$(A,G,\alpha)$ is a $C^*$-dynamical sysytem. The space of all continous functions from $G$ to $A$ with compact support is denoted by $C_c(G, A)$. Suppose $f,g\in C_c(G,A)$. The product of $f$ and $g$ is defined as following:
$fg(t)=\int f(r)\alpha_r(g(r^{-1}t))dr, \forall t\in G$.
I wonder whether there exist some propositions to determine when the center of $C_c(G,A)$ is 0?

A: First, $Z(C_c(G,A)) = C_c(G,Z(A))$. Indeed, if there exists an $f\in C_c(G,A)$ and $t\in G$ such that $f(t)\notin Z(A)$, then $f\notin Z(C_c(G,A))$. Thus, $Z(C_c(G,A))\subseteq C_c(G,Z(A))$. $(\supseteq)$ is relatively easier to show.
Second, one can use the functions of the form $t\to \phi(t)x$, where $\phi\in C_c(G)$ and $x\in A$, to show $C_c(G,Z(A)) = \{0\}$ iff $Z(A)=\{0\}$.

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You can ask Swamiji his opinion on (a) abortion and on (b) unmarried men and women living together in the same Ashram. (c) And you can interview individual inmates of the Ashram. Ask them about their experience there.
Abortion in any form and for any reason, is bad and should be discouraged. However, Hindu Dharma permits abortion in very exceptional cases, but there is no case that can be quickly defended as an exceptional case. One has to study scrupulously any special case before one can call it a very rare and exceptional case.
With reference to your question on unmarried men and women living together in the same Ashram, we do not answer concerning other organisations, institutions, Ashrams, but we refer only to our Ashram. Unmarried men and women in our Ashram follow absolutely the principle of Brahmacharya and abide by all codes of conduct dictated and determined by all-absorbing love for the supreme divine Mother, Parashakti, Parameshwari. All men in our Ashram look upon all women as direct Manifestations of the all-seeing, all-pervading Divine Mother. Moral lapses are not possible and unknown in the Ashram. Should anyone feel unable to adhere strictly to the principle of Brahmacharya and not be able to keep up his divine attitude to women as divine Mother's incarnations, he is asked to leave the Ashram.
Omkarananda Ashram is a Sri Vidya Ashram, where every lady, young or old, is adored as Divine Mother, and not as a woman. With this well established attitude, there is no question of sensual thoughts. Should however any Ashramite feel attracted to the idea of marriage, he or she will leave the Ashram.
c) Ask inmates of the Ashram about their experience there.
See the Fourth Supplement, printed as the last pages of this Questions and Answers Text.


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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer borrowed a private jet to travel to Florida during COVID-19 lockdown
by Hannah Segal
A spokesman for the Michigan Governor confirmed that Whitmer did indeed travel to Florida to visit her father all while insisting that residents of Michigan stay home due to lockdown orders.
It has also been reported that she asked a wealthy Detroit businessman to lend her a private plane instead of booking her own charter.
"We wondered why she reached out to us instead of booking a private charter," one of the owners of the plane said. "You can't tell a governor no. Who needs that kind of trouble?" the billionaire responded when asked about Whitmer's wishes.
If Whitmer had chartered her own private jet the costs would have totaled about $40,000, about a quarter of her gross salary. The governor's office insists that taxpayer money was not involved in her travel, however, it is still unclear whether she has reimbursed the Detroit billionaire.
"I've said everything I'm going to say about my trip to check on my father," Whitmer reported to WWTV. "I've got nothing to add. We don't discuss my travel. I have received an incredible number of death threats over the last year and a half. There are a lot of reasons we don't discuss how I travel and when I travel."
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Reportedly Borrowed A Private Jet For Secret Florida Trip During Lockdown https://t.co/djYFO1lfqx
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) May 6, 2021
Two weeks after she returned from her trip to West Palm Beach, she once again advised Michigan residents to stay home.
"Michigan and Florida are not next to each other," she said. "But this is the time of the year that snowbirds come home from Florida, where people are going on spring break, and all of these things can contribute to spread. We're imploring people to take this seriously, mask up, get tested. If you've been around someone who's positive, stay home" Whitmer mentioned on MSNBC's "Meet the Press."
Executive director of the Michigan GOP Jason Roe was refused details of Whitmer's trip due to "ongoing security concerns."
"Governor Whitmer lied about her trip to Florida and is compounding her lies by refusing to disclose the cost of the private plane she used, if she paid for her personal trip, and what the fair market value of that payment was," said Roe.
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I penciled this drawing of my dad several years ago. His name is Gerald Melton but I call him "Deddy." He is known as "Jewel" to all those who know him and love him. I think that this is also the name his Heavenly Father has given him. Jewel. About 10 years ago Jesus Christ powerfully saved my dad. He is a "Jewel" of God's grace. He is not an orphan, he has a Father – an Abba – who deeply cares for his adopted son and loves him incredibly.
To me, this is what Father's Day is all about. Not that my dad was a good father to me. And not that I am a good father to my children. But that the Heavenly Father is a good Father, a perfect Father, who loved us so much that He sent His Son to die for us so that we might become children of God and have the unfailing Blessing of our Abba (Romans 8:15). That is a Father's Day thought to shout about.
So, Happy Father's Day Jewel! Happy Father's Day Deddy! I love you! Isn't it great that we have the same Papa?
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Thanks for sharing that, Tim!


Give that man a Bok jersey!
You're about to watch one of the best rugby tackles you will ever see.
Once upon a time at Northgate Mall in Johannesburg, shoppers were quietly going about their business.
All of a sudden, a man appeared from nowhere.
He was running away from security guards because he had just stolen three cellphones.
Another man, named Jacques Erasmus saw the action, and had split seconds to assess the situation.
Jacques then pulled off probably the best rugby tackle East Coast Drive has ever seen.
Admittedly it might have been referred to the TMO, as it is debatable as to whether he used arms in the tackle.
Who cares? Give Jacques Erasmus a Bok jersey!


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our thoughts.
Taking Down the Taboos
Hello! My name is Monica Manmadkar, and I am a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School in
the San Francisco Bay Area. When living in such a diverse and accepting community, my bi-annual
trip to India was definitely a shocker. I was left flabbergasted at the amount of sexism that exists in
these misogynistic communities. Seeing this type of treatment of young girls gave me a sense of
responsibility in that I should shed light on the issue of girls worldwide not having adequate
information regarding their sexual health all due to the cultural taboos that they are surrounded by.
How do misogynistic communities affect adolescent girls going through puberty? In many countries,
pubescent girls do not know enough about their reproductive health. The lack of sex education leads
to a cultural taboo surrounding the topic of women's health. This leads to higher rates of unplanned
pregnancies, illegal abortions, and a higher mortality rate.
As girls worldwide are transitioning into the womanhood, the onset of menstruation marks the
turning point in their lives. Although this is an experience shared by women, it is still stigmatized.
Unfortunately, many traditional cultures refuse to discuss menstruation, leading to a lack of
sufficient knowledge regarding it. Cultures around the world have also developed harmful ideas
surrounding menstruation. For example, many communities, especially ones with strict religions
such as those in India or the Middle East, associate menstruation with impurities and restrictions.
Due to this stigma surrounding personal hygiene and reproductive health, women all around the
world, especially in developing countries, know little about reproductive health and their bodies.
The major barriers for discussing sexual health are the socio-cultural norms that prohibit and
condemn any dialogue regarding it. This causes a culture of silence and shame to form, which only
perpetuates the patriarchal dominance in society. There are over 3000 research cases in India
addressing how sex is viewed as culturally inappropriate and disrespectful; this unfortunately leads to
inadequate knowledge about pregnancy. For example, a research report conducted in Mumbai
analyzed how inadequate knowledge affects the generations to come. The report found that many
girls received all the information regarding their personal hygiene from either their mother, other
female relatives, or school teachers, which is good, but there is an offset of the relay of information.
The information that is passed on through the generations is usually medically inaccurate and
support the historically stereotypical comments. The survey shows that many girls were unaware of
menstruation and later were not given sufficient information. Studies conducted in other parts of
Asia reveal similar patterns in young women's sex education throughout the continent.
Due to this taboo, many women do not know how to fight against sexual harassment and rape,
which thus causes numerous unplanned pregnancies. As a result of the cultural barriers, there are
many women who feel unable to freely talk to their partners or other people about sexual consent
and the purpose of sex. Their lack of education causes them to not have enough information
regarding sexual intercourse and the contraceptives that are used. In a study in Delhi, India, many
women reported to have been quite frightened on their wedding night and did not know what to
expect. The statistics also show that many women had misconceptions regarding contraception,
which in turn caused many unplanned pregnancies. For all survey participants, the discussion
regarding sex and other sexual rights is considered disrespectful and culturally inappropriate. Buying
contraceptives or other needs for a woman, such as sanitary napkins, tampons, etc., is considered as
jeopardizing to the woman's and the family's honor.
Each year approximately 125 million women get pregnant, but worldwide about 40% of all pregnancies are unplanned, which means that there are 85 million unplanned pregnancies. (Hussain) Insufficient knowledge of contraception and deficient resources in developing countries cause the number of unplanned pregnancies to rise, putting the health of hundreds of women at risk. Since the risk of unplanned pregnancies is higher than planned ones, the number of maternal deaths also increase. Among the millions of pregnancies that are terminated each year, 60% are carried out under unsafe conditions. Each year, thousands of women in developing regions die or are injured due to unsafe, illicit abortions. Several of the abortions that are conducted in these low-income countries are considered to be unsafe. Furthermore, out of the 25 million unsafe abortions performed every year, the majority of are illegal due to strict abortion laws in many countries. The risk of dying from abortion drastically increases, which causes over 68,000 women a year to die. When they are illegal, the citizens turn to unhygienic methods of abortion. The effects of unintended pregnancies are serious and need to be addressed.
As a result of cultural taboos, many women worldwide, especially in developing countries, do not
have access to information about their sexual health and personal hygiene. In order to provide a
safe environment for the women, schools in third-world countries must place more emphasis on
sexual health education. As a part of the school curriculum, it should be mandatory for teachers to
educate the girls on personal hygiene, puberty, pregnancies, and abortions. The shame and silence
within the community already harms women and limits them to learning more about themselves,
therefore providing better education and understanding of menstruation was key to improving
health outcomes for women. These taboos exist globally and are especially prominent and relevant
in developing countries. A 2014 study by Femme International in Nairobi's Mathare Valley slum
found that over 75% of girls had little idea what menstruation was before they got their first period,
causing them to feel scared, confused and embarrassed.
Whether it be mothers not telling their girls about the birds and bees of life, or girls feeling
uncomfortable to have the "talk", these cultural taboos causes them to have a lack of knowledge,
leading to an increased amount of unplanned pregnancies and unsafe, illegal abortions. Believing
that everything is linked to education, schools around the world need to have a place where they can
educate the girls on puberty and on how menstruation is a natural process. Nations also need to
raise awareness about female health issues by supporting NGOs and other organizations, such as
Girl Up and WHO, whose main purpose is to help out these nations by providing funds to educate
females. This would result in the next generation of females having the knowledge they need to be
safe when they are ready to have sex and for starting a family. By teaching sexual health to girls at a
young age, we take a step forward in ensuring their safety in the future and ultimately, equality
between men and women.
Post written by guest writer Monica Manmadkar
Find more of Monica at her blog: http://daysofmylifebymgm.blogspot.com
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The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.

Overview
The NOFV-Oberliga Sud was formed in 1991 when, along with the political reunion of Germany, the East German football league system was integrated into a unified German system.

The abbreviation NOFV stands for Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, meaning North East German Football Association.

Along with this league, two other NOFV-Oberligen were formed, the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.

The league was formed from clubs from six different leagues: One club from the Oberliga Nordost, the former DDR-Oberliga, fourteen clubs from the NOFV-Liga A and B, the former East German second division, and one each from the three Verbandsligas, the new state leagues. The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany. Unlike the two other NOFV-Oberligas, it contained no clubs from Berlin, due to geographical reasons, and therefore was the only one of the three to have no West German clubs in it.

The league became one of the then ten Oberligen in the united Germany, the third tier of league football. Its champion was however not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga but had to take part in a promotion play-off. In 1994 the league champion was successful in this competition, in 1992 and 1993 they failed.

For the duration of the league and onwards, the leagues below it are:

 Sachsenliga
 Thüringenliga
 Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt, except clubs from the very north of the state
 Brandenburg-Liga, only clubs from the very south of the state

In 1994, the German football league system saw some major changes. The four Regionalligen were introduced as an intermediate level between 2nd Bundesliga and Oberligen, relegating the Oberligen to the fourth tier. In the east of Germany, the Regionalliga Nordost was formed, a league covering the area of former East Germany and western Berlin. Four clubs from the NOFV-Oberliga Süd were admitted to the new league:

 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
 FC Erzgebirge Aue
 FC Sachsen Leipzig
 Bischofswerdaer FV 08

The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was disbanded and its clubs spread between the two remaining Oberligen in the east. Four clubs from the former league were added to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

From 1995 to 1999, the champions of the league were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost.

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligen to two, the league came under the Regionalliga Nord. Six clubs were relegated that season from the now disbanded Regionalliga Nordost to the Oberliga. The regulations about promotion kept on changing and until 2006, the league champion had to play-off with the champion of the northern league for one promotion spot. Only in 2004 did the southern champion failed to win the play-off. From the 2006 season onwards, direct promotion was awarded again.

The league changes in 2008, with the introduction of the 3. Liga, meant the Oberligen were now the fifth tier of league football in Germany. The top three teams of the league in 2007–08 gained entry to the Regionalliga, the fourth placed team had to play-off against the fourth placed team from the north for one more spot, these teams being:

 Hallescher FC
 Chemnitzer FC
 VFC Plauen
 Sachsen Leipzig qualified for play-offs

Otherwise, the setup of the league did not change and its champion was directly promoted from the 2008-09 season onwards.

Another league reform, decided upon in 2010, will saw the reestablishment of the Regionalliga Nordost from 2012 onwards, with the two NOFV-Oberligas feeding into this league again. Three teams from the league achieved direct promotion to the new league, these being VfB Auerbach, Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Zwickau.

Founding members of the league
The founding members of the league in 1991 were:

From the Oberliga Nordost:
 FC Sachsen Leipzig, now defunct
From the NOFV-Liga Staffel A:
 Fortschritt Bischofswerda, now Bischofswerdaer FV 08
 Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe, now Hoyerswerdaer FC

From the Verbandsliga Sachsen:
 VFC Plauen

From the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt:
 SV Merseburg 99

From the Verbandsliga Thüringen:
 FV Zeulenroda, now FC Motor Zeulenroda

From the NOFV-Liga Staffel B:
 FSV Zwickau
 Wismut Aue, now Erzgebirge Aue
 Chemnitzer SV, now VfB Chemnitz
 Soemtrom Sömmerda, now FSV Sömmerda
 Wismut Gera, then 1. SV Gera, merged to form FV Gera Süd, now Wismut again
 1. FC Markkleeberg, club defunct, reformed as Kickers Markkleeberg
 TSG Meißen, now Meißner SV 08
 Bornaer SV
 Motor Weimar, now SC Weimar 03
 Stahl Riesa, disbanded, reformed
 1. Suhler SV
 Wacker Nordhausen

League champions
The league champions:

Placings in the league
The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings:

Notes
 1 1. FC Markkleeberg declared bankruptcy in 1994.
 2 VfB Leipzig II withdrew from the league in 2000 because the first team was relegated. VfB Leipzig folded in 2004 and reformed as 1. FC Lok Leipzig.
 3 VfL Halle 96 withdrew its team to the Verbandsliga in 2001.
 4 FV Dresden-Nord renamed itself SC Borea Dresden in 2007. The club withdrew from the league after four rounds of the 2011–12 season.
 5 1. FC Gera 03 withdrew from the league during the 2011–12 season.
 6 FC Sachsen Leipzig declared insolvency at the end of the 2010–11 season and folded.
 7 In 2009 SSV Markranstädt sold its Oberliga licence to RB Leipzig.
 8 Dynamo Dresden II, Chemnitzer FC II, Erzgebirge Aue II and Hallescher FC II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.
 9 BSG Wismut Gera was formed in 2007 in a merger of 1. SV Gera, Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos, and withdrew from the league after the 2018–19 season.
 10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt II and FC Energie Cottbus II withdrew from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season.
 11 Wacker Nordhausen II withdrew from the league in 2020 because the first team was relegated.
 12 VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal withdrew from the league during the 2019–20 season.
 13 Carl Zeiss Jena II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2021–22 season.
 14 1. FC Merseburg withdrew from the league during the 2021–22 season.

Key

References

Sources
 Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen,  An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
 Kicker Almanach,  The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
 Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005  History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.

External links
 Weltfussball.de Round-by-round results and tables of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd from 1994 onwards
 NOFV-Oberliga Süd at fussballdaten.de
 Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband (NOFV)

NOFV-Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
Football competitions in Brandenburg
Football competitions in Saxony
Football competitions in Saxony-Anhalt
Football competitions in Thuringia
1991 establishments in Germany
Sports leagues established in 1991

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Wow, it's been a week. I'm not sure why I'm not writing much these days. I guess I don't have much to say.
I think I'm in a rut. Just kinda existing. Coasting by. Which isn't to say I'm depressed. Because I'm not. I'm actually doing mostly good these days. I mean, I have my moments of moods and rages, but not too unbearable.
I'm not really doing any photography right now, but I'm just not inspired. It's so cold and bleak and, well, winter. You can only take the same pic of a kid so many times before it gets old, so, I seek inspiration elsewhere. But this season just doesn't inspire me.
And I guess the same could be said of writing.
Aside from being pregnant, there really isn't much going on right now. And even the pregnancy is pretty quiet. I'm past the feeling sick all the time days, but not yet at the exciting, being kicked all day days. It's too early for the big gender reveal. I'm 13 weeks. It just isn't the exciting time in a pregnancy. So what is there to report?
I'm working quite a bit. Regular lane, mostly, which makes me happy. But what is there to say about that?
I guess all this is to say that I'm here. I'm around. There just isn't much going on right now and therefore not much to blog. But, I guess that's bound to happen from time to time.
If anyone needs me, I'm not hard to find. But for now, I'm going to go back to quietly sitting back and reading what everyone else has to say.


HEAD CLUTTER – DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE PLEASE?
The Uncluttered Office – The Workable Home. Are you trying to work from Home?
Have you hit a brick wall with uncluttering?
How do I create a new habit and more importantly how do I stick to it? Uncluter your resistance.


BLACKEST NIGHT EVENT part 22 of 79!
Concluding the 2-part BLACKEST NIGHT tale of Superboy-Prime! The Black Lanterns have forced Prime to face his deepest and darkest fears, but what--and who--are they? And how will Superboy-Prime strike back after this devastating attack?


As part of The Partners Group year-end volunteering program, every employee is given a day off to spend time volunteering for their non-profit of choice. Some of The Partners Group employees* volunteered at The Salvation Army Moore Street Corps and Community Center location. The volunteers stayed busy at The Salvation Army with many projects, such as: preparing for the distribution of holiday toys and food boxes, setting up the gym for sorting the toys by gender and age, moving the giveaways from various storage areas, helping to clean out and organize storage rooms, removing trash and materials that were no longer needed, and unloading the food truck.
The Salvation Army Moore Street Corps and Community Center serves Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County. The Portland Salvation Army has 7 programs and 4 social service locations. These programs are: domestic violence programs for women and children, feeding programs, veterans' programs, residential programs for adolescent and pregnant teen girls, shelter services for people experiencing homelessness, recreational and retreat facilities, utility assistance, Christmas assistance providing toys for kids, and back-to-school assistance for eligible families.
*The Partners Group employees who volunteered at The Salvation Army Moore Street Corps and Community Center: Geneva Stegemoller, Jane Perlas, Paul Fedotov, Shawn Higley, Alli Fraser, Kim Nelson, Karen Ray, Steve Tagmyer, Kolleen Couch, Adam Fuller, Scott Averette, Adriana Roman and Mark Mills.


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MIKE EVANS is the author of Neil YoungEURO"The Definitive History (Sterling, 2012), The Art of BritishRock (Frances Lincoln, 2013), WoodstockEURO"Three Days That Rocked The World (Sterling, 2010), BowieTreasures (Carlton, 2014), The BeatlesEURO"Literary Anthology (Plexus, 2004), the acclaimed The Art Of The Beatles (Frederick Muller, 1984), and Elvis: A Celebration (Dorling Kindersley, 2002), a bestselling collaboration with the Presley estate. A graduate of the Cavern Club with two singles on Decca under his belt, MikeEURO"with poet Adrian Henri and future Pink Floyd guitarist Andy RobertsEURO"performed as The Liverpool Scene, supporting both Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan in 1969. He subsequently moved into radio and writing for Sounds, Melody Maker, and the Guardian. Since the late 1980s, Mike has commissioned and edited over sixty books on music, movies, and fashion. See less
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The Godless Girl
Brief Synopsis
A young couple's flirtation with atheism leads to disaster.
Cecil B. De Mille
Lina Basquette
Judith Craig
Marie Prevost
George Duryea
Bob Hathaway
Eddie Quillan
"Goat"
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Godless Girl (1929)
C. B. De Mille Productions
Pathé Exchange
Mono (RCA Photophone System) (talking sequences)
9,328ft (12 reels)
Judith Craig, the daughter of an atheist, forms a club called The Godless Society in her high school and begins to recruit members. Bob Hathaway, a stalwart Christian lad, incites the students to attack the atheists, and there is a riot. Grace is killed as a direct consequence of this disturbance, and Bob and Judith are sent to the state reformatory. Bob and Judith are badly treated by the head guard, and Bob, attacking the grocery man, escapes with Judith in his wagon. They are quickly recaptured and locked in cells. A fire breaks out, and Bob rescues both Judith and the head guard. As a result of this selfless bravery, Bob and Judith are returned to freedom, facing life with a renewed faith in Divine Providence.
Mary Jane Irving
Clarence Burton
Dick Alexander
Kate Price
Hedwig Reicher
Matrons
Julia Faye
Viola Louie
Emily Barrye
Jimmy Aldine
Vivian Bay
Elaine Bennett
Wade Boteler
Betty Boyd
Julia Brown
Archie Burke
Colin Chase
Cameron Coffey
Cecilia De Mille
Jacqueline Dyris
George Ellis
Anielka Elter
James Farley
Larry Fisher
Evelyn Francisco
May Giraci
Grace Gordon
Milton Holmes
William Humphrey
George Irving
Peaches Jackson
Dolores Johnson
Jane Keckley
Nora Kildare
Richard Lapan
Ida Mckenzie
Don Marion
Edith May
Mary Mayberry
Collette Merton
Buddy Messinger
Pat Moore
Pat Palmer
Janice Peters
Hortense Petra
Gertrude Quality
Rae Randall
Billie Van Avery
Dorothy Wax
Anne Bauchens
Roy Burns
Beulah Marie Dix
Jeanie Macpherson
Peverell Marley
Franklin Mcbride
Addl Photographer
Curt Rehfeld
Paul Sprunck
Tech eng
Frank Urson
J. F. Westerberg
Hosted Intro
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Godless Girl (1929) Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Godless Girl, 1929.
Intro Aired: May 2016
Cecil B. DeMille bid goodbye to the silent era with The Godless Girl, a 1929 epic about the conflict between atheists and Christians in an American high school. Although the film featured many of DeMille's silent film trademarks -- epic sequences, piety and the exploitation of contemporary issues -- it also represents a surprisingly mature treatment of its central religious conflict. The latter makes the film particularly timely today, in an era when heated political debates continue to inform the political scene.
The Godless Girl's was DeMille's follow-up to his epic life of Christ, The King of Kings (1927). Although he had taken great pains to insure the purity of that film, even contractually obligating leading man H.B. Warner for five years so that he couldn't appear in more worldly roles and forbidding him from being seen night-clubbing or even playing cards during production, the director/producer had been condemned by the faithful for devoting too much screen time to the Savior's relationship with Mary Magdalene. In response, he started looking for a project that would take on the immoral and the overly moral at the same time. He found his inspiration in a newspaper story about the furor that erupted at Hollywood High School when students were found with flyers advertising a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. At the time, he was researching reform school conditions in the U.S. The high school incident gave him a hook; the reformatory scenes would follow a conflict between high school Christians and atheists during which a student would be killed. Amazingly for DeMille, though he presented the student atheists as irreverent and even militant, the Christians were presented in an even more unattractive light. He clearly portrayed them as the instigators of the violence and painted their leader, Bob, as harsh and judgmental. By the film's end, both godless girl and self-righteous boy have developed more moderate approaches to religion while falling in love along the way.
At the time DeMille conceived the plot for The Godless Girl, he was already researching reformatory conditions for a film tentatively titled The World Against Them. According to some sources he spent $200,000 obtaining affidavits from former inmates and sending male and female researchers into reformatories undercover for a firsthand account of conditions. The results were assembled in two large scrapbooks, which, according to journalist Dorothy Donnell, contained "things so revolting they will probably never be printed."
Initially, DeMille announced that he would cast the film with high-school aged actors in the teen roles, but that was not to be. Although he tested the young Sylvia Sidney, then starring on Broadway at the age of 17, he instead cast 20-year-old silent film and Ziegfeld Follies star Lina Basquette, recently the widow of Harry Warner (some sources claim she inspired him to invest in talking pictures). An unsolicited test sent by an instructional film producer led him to 31-year-old George Duryea, who would later star in low-budget Westerns as Tom Keene. For the chief supporting roles, he cast two Mack Sennett veterans, Eddie Quillan (20) and Marie Prevost (29).
The Godless Girl was built around two mammoth set pieces: the fight in the high school stairwell and the reformatory fire. The latter took place on a massive set constructed on the Pathé lot by DeMille's art director, future director Mitchell Leisen (although publicity claimed the scenes were shot on location). The set was so large, cameraman J. Peverell Marley had a special monorail constructed with a platform that could hold four men, including DeMille. For the climactic fire, the director decided to shoot the real thing by burning down Leisen's set. In an attempt to insure the cast's safety, the art director had extras sprayed with asbestos (long before there was any knowledge of the substance's long term effects). Nonetheless, at least three female extras were badly burned, and Basquette lost her eyebrows to the flames.
The set of The Godless Girl was a hotbed of romance. Jeanie Macpherson, the screenwriter for the ever-pious DeMille, had been his mistress years earlier. His current inamorata, Julia Faye, was cast in a small role, despite the fact that his daughter Cecilia also had a bit part. The still grieving Basquette, involved in a bitter battle over her husband's estate with the rest of the Brothers Warner, found a sympathetic ear in cameraman Marley. They would marry in 1929 and divorce over a year-and-a-half later.
By the time The Godless Girl was finished, the film industry had been shaken by the success of Warner Bros.' The Jazz Singer (1927). Late silent films were dying at the box office, and most filmmakers were tacking on at least a few talking scenes to draw crowds. After releasing The Godless Girl as a silent, the production company, Pathé, called the film back to re-shoot two scenes with sound. DeMille was tied up with his next film, so they turned the scenes over to actor Fritz Feld, who had worked as an assistant to director Max Reinhardt in Germany. Even with the new sound scenes, however, the film was one of DeMille's biggest flops, losing almost $300,000 of its $782,000 investment. Although DeMille eventually recovered from the debacle, most of the cast ended up in low-budget films. Prevost's talking film career did so badly that she turned to alcohol and died of malnutrition in 1938, an incident immortalized in song by Nick Lowe on his album "Jesus of Cool" (aka "Pure Pop for Now People").
One place the film succeeded, however, was the Soviet Union. Years later, DeMille learned the reason for its success. Censors there simply cut the last reel, featuring Basquette's religious conversion. Later critics and historians, most notably Kevin Brownlow, have suggested the picture might be one of the most contemporary of DeMille's silents because of its violent reformatory scenes and its take on faith. The Godless Girl also brought Basquette a fan letter with a very famous signature, though it would be years before she realized its significance -- the letter came from Adolph Hitler.
Producer-Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Screenplay: Jeanie Macpherson
Titles: Beulah Marie Dix, Macpherson
Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Art Direction: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Lina Basquette (The Girl), Marie Prevost (The Other Girl), Tom Keene (The Boy -- as George Duryea), Noah Beery (The Brute), Eddie Quillan (The Goat), Julia Faye (An Inmate), Cecilia de Mille (Bit), George Irving (Principal).
BW-113m.
by Frank Miller
Cecil B. DeMille bid goodbye to the silent era with The Godless Girl, a 1929 epic about the conflict between atheists and Christians in an American high school. Although the film featured many of DeMille's silent film trademarks -- epic sequences, piety and the exploitation of contemporary issues -- it also represents a surprisingly mature treatment of its central religious conflict. The latter makes the film particularly timely today, in an era when heated political debates continue to inform the political scene. The Godless Girl's was DeMille's follow-up to his epic life of Christ, The King of Kings (1927). Although he had taken great pains to insure the purity of that film, even contractually obligating leading man H.B. Warner for five years so that he couldn't appear in more worldly roles and forbidding him from being seen night-clubbing or even playing cards during production, the director/producer had been condemned by the faithful for devoting too much screen time to the Savior's relationship with Mary Magdalene. In response, he started looking for a project that would take on the immoral and the overly moral at the same time. He found his inspiration in a newspaper story about the furor that erupted at Hollywood High School when students were found with flyers advertising a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. At the time, he was researching reform school conditions in the U.S. The high school incident gave him a hook; the reformatory scenes would follow a conflict between high school Christians and atheists during which a student would be killed. Amazingly for DeMille, though he presented the student atheists as irreverent and even militant, the Christians were presented in an even more unattractive light. He clearly portrayed them as the instigators of the violence and painted their leader, Bob, as harsh and judgmental. By the film's end, both godless girl and self-righteous boy have developed more moderate approaches to religion while falling in love along the way. At the time DeMille conceived the plot for The Godless Girl, he was already researching reformatory conditions for a film tentatively titled The World Against Them. According to some sources he spent $200,000 obtaining affidavits from former inmates and sending male and female researchers into reformatories undercover for a firsthand account of conditions. The results were assembled in two large scrapbooks, which, according to journalist Dorothy Donnell, contained "things so revolting they will probably never be printed." Initially, DeMille announced that he would cast the film with high-school aged actors in the teen roles, but that was not to be. Although he tested the young Sylvia Sidney, then starring on Broadway at the age of 17, he instead cast 20-year-old silent film and Ziegfeld Follies star Lina Basquette, recently the widow of Harry Warner (some sources claim she inspired him to invest in talking pictures). An unsolicited test sent by an instructional film producer led him to 31-year-old George Duryea, who would later star in low-budget Westerns as Tom Keene. For the chief supporting roles, he cast two Mack Sennett veterans, Eddie Quillan (20) and Marie Prevost (29). The Godless Girl was built around two mammoth set pieces: the fight in the high school stairwell and the reformatory fire. The latter took place on a massive set constructed on the Pathé lot by DeMille's art director, future director Mitchell Leisen (although publicity claimed the scenes were shot on location). The set was so large, cameraman J. Peverell Marley had a special monorail constructed with a platform that could hold four men, including DeMille. For the climactic fire, the director decided to shoot the real thing by burning down Leisen's set. In an attempt to insure the cast's safety, the art director had extras sprayed with asbestos (long before there was any knowledge of the substance's long term effects). Nonetheless, at least three female extras were badly burned, and Basquette lost her eyebrows to the flames. The set of The Godless Girl was a hotbed of romance. Jeanie Macpherson, the screenwriter for the ever-pious DeMille, had been his mistress years earlier. His current inamorata, Julia Faye, was cast in a small role, despite the fact that his daughter Cecilia also had a bit part. The still grieving Basquette, involved in a bitter battle over her husband's estate with the rest of the Brothers Warner, found a sympathetic ear in cameraman Marley. They would marry in 1929 and divorce over a year-and-a-half later. By the time The Godless Girl was finished, the film industry had been shaken by the success of Warner Bros.' The Jazz Singer (1927). Late silent films were dying at the box office, and most filmmakers were tacking on at least a few talking scenes to draw crowds. After releasing The Godless Girl as a silent, the production company, Pathé, called the film back to re-shoot two scenes with sound. DeMille was tied up with his next film, so they turned the scenes over to actor Fritz Feld, who had worked as an assistant to director Max Reinhardt in Germany. Even with the new sound scenes, however, the film was one of DeMille's biggest flops, losing almost $300,000 of its $782,000 investment. Although DeMille eventually recovered from the debacle, most of the cast ended up in low-budget films. Prevost's talking film career did so badly that she turned to alcohol and died of malnutrition in 1938, an incident immortalized in song by Nick Lowe on his album "Jesus of Cool" (aka "Pure Pop for Now People"). One place the film succeeded, however, was the Soviet Union. Years later, DeMille learned the reason for its success. Censors there simply cut the last reel, featuring Basquette's religious conversion. Later critics and historians, most notably Kevin Brownlow, have suggested the picture might be one of the most contemporary of DeMille's silents because of its violent reformatory scenes and its take on faith. The Godless Girl also brought Basquette a fan letter with a very famous signature, though it would be years before she realized its significance -- the letter came from Adolph Hitler. Producer-Director: Cecil B. DeMille Screenplay: Jeanie Macpherson Titles: Beulah Marie Dix, Macpherson Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley Art Direction: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Lina Basquette (The Girl), Marie Prevost (The Other Girl), Tom Keene (The Boy -- as George Duryea), Noah Beery (The Brute), Eddie Quillan (The Goat), Julia Faye (An Inmate), Cecilia de Mille (Bit), George Irving (Principal). BW-113m. by Frank Miller


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I measured my speed (on a self supported touring bike) and it approximated that of horse and buggy in central Ohio Amish country, – 14mph. In 34 days, I retraced the inaugural train path of Abraham Lincoln averaging this speed. History and weather conditions contributed to my reading of place. Slow travel over vast distances of rural countryside at 19th century speeds had a direct relationship to my perception of people and environment. All beings are afforded equal treatment to the winds and the rain. Because of this, I couldn't help but infer the direct relationship to this fact and the insights of Lincoln's prose. As I moved through the environment, I was forced to rely on different methods of navigation, – cellphone, GPS, as well as paper maps. This had a direct influence on the way I saw my interior and exterior space yielding writing and painting that resulted in narrative as well as abstract forms. One system's limitations would be picked up by the next.


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Can disabled people park near your premises?
Yes—beside ramp-area can be coned off when necessary with prior notice.
Is the stair free entrance easy to find from the street or car park?
It can be a little tricky to find. There are signs up to follow. From 53 Kilbirnie Street you go through two large metal gates with blue bins next to them (usually!) opposite the party cakes shop.
Is the entrance wide enough for all users?
Is the front door at street level?
Front door is up 10 steps and has a hand rail on one side. Back door is stair free—approached by a ramp from the car park.
We ask all event organisers to ensure that this entrance is opened, as it can only be opened form inside. However we have had instances where people have forgotten to open it. It may be best to let event organiser know that you are coming and will need access, and to get their contact number to ensure that you don't get stuck outside.
Is it easy to get around the premises?
The main hall, library, wood workshop, tea making area and toilets are on ground level. One toilet has rails and is usable by a wheelchair user. The kitchen and meeting room are up one flight of stairs which have hand rails on both sides.
Yes. Please let us know if anything is unclear and we will endeavour to improve it.
Is the lighting as good as it could be?
Are floors, walls, ceilings and doors easily distinguishable?
Yes—all colourfully painted wooden in main hall, kitchen & toilets white walls and blue non-slip floor.
Is the alarm system and procedure effective?
Yes—smoke detectors are fitted and all fire safety equipment in place.
Is seating available if necessary?
Yes, a range of seating is available. We have sofas available for anyone that needs to lie down.
If public WC facilities are necessary, are they accessible to all?
Yes—1 disabled toilet. This toilet has a baby changer in it but does not have an emergency pull cord.
GAS can be cold at times. There are heaters available which work best if you sit directly under them. We also have hot water bottles available for anyone who would like one.
Unfortunately we do not have a hearing induction loop.
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We will do our best to accommodate anyone's needs. Email glasgowautonomous@riseup.net to let us know your requirements.
We hope that this information will help you in weighing up whether the space would work for you or your group. We are also aware that there are many facets to accessibility and ways to support people to feel welcome in the space. We will do our best to cater to whatever would work best for you or your event so please do get in touch and explore options with us. We really value feedback so please do get in touch.
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Spring at Northern Stage features ambitious new productions made in Newcastle alongside new work from some of the UK's most exciting and innovative theatre companies. Plus comedy, dance, family shows and an eclectic programme in the newly transformed Stage 3 performance space.
Queens of the North - a season of stories by women, about women, told through the eyes of women - launches with two headline co-productions from Northern Stage and Greyscale.
The first is based on one of the greatest novels in the English language; Dr Frankenstein opens at Northern Stage (3 Feb - 11 March) before touring. Following the story of a brilliant, visionary young woman born into a world not ready for her, Dr Victoria Frankenstein's scientific experiments lead her to the very brink of human knowledge in Selma Dimitrijevic's psychologically disturbing version of Mary Shelley's classic drama, di-rected by Northern Stage Artistic Director, Lorne Campbell.
The second is a new adaptation of Hedda Gabler (16 Feb - 8 March) written and directed by Greyscale Artis-tic Director, Selma Dimitrijevic. Often mistaken for a love story, Ibsen's masterpiece - possibly the greatest stage role ever written for a woman - is actually a funny, shocking and powerful exploration of the nature of identity, and the desperation and absurdity of trying to be something you're not.
Played on the same stage and performed by a 7-strong ensemble, both shows will be designed by Tom Piper MBE.
Returning to his native North East before directing the world premiere of Ravi Shankar's only opera, Sukanya, Suba Das directs a new production of the Olivier Award-winning comedy that became a BAFTA-winning film, East is East (18 April - 13 May) in a Northern Stage/Nottingham Playhouse co-production.
From the writer of the critically-acclaimed Wet House (Live Theatre), Paddy Campbell's new play Leaving (23 Feb - 4 March) draws on his own experience of working in a children's home as well as taking inspiration from two real life stories of people who have been through the care system in a new Curious Monkey pro-duction directed by Amy Golding and developed at Northern Stage.
Visiting companies include Gecko, who return to Newcastle with brand new show; created by the company's artistic director, Amit Lahav, The Wedding (30 March - 1 April) opens at Northern Stage before touring. Ac-claimed theatre company Cardboard Citizens presents Cathy (16-17 January) - a powerful and emotive show, provoking discussion and debate, inspired by Ken Loach's pioneering drama, Cathy Come Home. Pilot Theatre are back with The Machine Stops (30 March) - EM Forster's short story masterpiece published in 1909 is astoundingly prophetic and poignant in 2017: a chilling prediction and exploration of our increasingly complex relationship with technology. And hot on the heels of critically acclaimed 2015 and 2016 tours, groundbreaking learning-disability theatre company Mind the Gap present Contained (4-6 May) - a vibrant, compelling and personal production of nine interwoven true stories of the everyday and the extraordinary.
For dance fans, following a triumphant premiere in London, BalletBoyz are back with Life. (6-8 April) featur-ing work by internationally acclaimed choreographers; and Mark Murphy's V-Tol: Out of This World (26-27 May) combines Murphy's signature mix of aerial choreography with projected film and explosive special ef-fects.
For families, children aged 6+ will be treated to a mischievous new production of Roald Dahl's The Twits (21-25 March) from Curve, Leicester. While for younger children there's a topsy-turvy re-telling of The Elves and the Shoemaker (20-22 April) for children aged 4+; the timeless classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar (18-19 May), and Dinosaur World (1-3 June) featuring remarkably life-like puppets, both for children aged 3+; and every first Saturday of the month, Chris Bostock, The Storyteller, captivates children aged 4-8 with tales of discovery and dreaming, with plenty of participation thrown in.
After a short break to redevelop Northern Stage's most intimate performance space, the Stage 3 programme is back with an eclectic mix of theatre, music, comedy, spoken word, poetry and scratch nights including one of comedy's most exciting rising stars, Rachel Willan: On Record (9 March); a riotous new musical comedy about inequality, Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor (28-29 March); and 2016 Fringe First award-winners Kieran Hurley: Heads Up (11-12 April) and Sh!t Theatre: Letters to Windsor House (3 May).
Plus, live comedy from some of the UK's best stand-ups including new shows from Mark Thomas (16 March), Andrew Lawrence (2 February), Dr Phil Hammond (15 February) and Susan Calman (6 March).


You can quantify just about every part of your life with today's tech, but what's more important than getting enough rest? There are now a plethora of ways to keep an eye on the quality of your sleep as well as how much you're getting.
Whether you want to buy a separate device or just use an app. Here are some of our favourites.
While we've not been able to play around with all of these gadgets at the Gizmodo office, you shouldn't have to look too far on the web to find reviews from current users, which will help you make a choice. Where we had the chance to test out a device, you'll see it mentioned it in the text.
Plus, for reasons of brevity we've counted out smartwatches, but don't forget the likes of the Apple Watch, the Moto 360, and just about every other model on the market that can track your snoozing as well as telling the time — provided you don't mind going to bed each night with a watch strapped to your wrist.
The simplest way to start tracking your sleep is with an app that uses the sensors inside your phone to monitor how well you're sleeping. Sleep Cycle is one of the best and most well-established apps that works on both the major platforms, though it's focused primarily on waking you up at a 'natural' time rather than analysing your sleep in detail.
Using the movements and sounds you make while you're asleep, Sleep Cycle works out when you're in light or deep sleep, and sets an alarm inside a specified 30-minute window to ensure you're as refreshed as possible when you open your eyes. Among the premium features is an option to monitor how certain daily activities affect the overall quality of your shut-eye.
SleepBot follows the same template as Sleep Cycle, with the main feature being a smart alarm that wakes you up at the perfect time for your body's circadian rhythms. Unlike Sleep Cycle though, SleepBot is completely free to use with no in-app purchases. The Android app is rather out of date, so this is probably only an option for iPhone users.
You need to manually start the sleep tracking mode and then the app measures movement and sound while you're asleep. Using this data it identifies a good time for you to wake up as well as displaying said data for analysis later on. You can also set up a timed ambient noise soundtrack to help you fall asleep more easily in the first place.
An app from fitness experts Runtastic that doesn't require any additional hardware besides your phone (it even works in airplane mode). Like the two apps we've already mentioned, you put your phone somewhere near your pillow on the mattress, and the Sleep Better app takes care of the rest—it tracks sleep duration, cycles, and efficiency.
You can plug in certain variables — such as coffee consumption, exercise, and stress levels — straight into the app to see how they affect your sleep, and like Sleep Cycle and SleepBot, there's a smart alarm feature that will get you up at the right time. If you pay for the premium version, you can set a window of time for the smart alarm to work within.
Just for Android users, obviously, but Sleep As Android has earned itself a good reputation for being one of the best sleep-tracking apps out there. If you've read the three blurbs above then you know the drill: you place your phone on the mattress, and the app uses the accelerometer on the device to work out how soundly you're sleeping overnight.
Again, you can set a smart alarm that wakes you up when your body is 'optimised' for it, and there's a handy bedtime countdown feature that lets you know when you should be getting ready for bed. There are plenty of extras, like natural sounds to lull you to sleep and optional integration with Pebble, Android Wear, and Samsung smartwatches.
Fitbit has a pile of trackers, watches and other devices on the market, and just about all of them can track your sleep, but for the purposes of this list we'll focus on two of the newer trackers more suited to wearing in bed. The Charge HR features a small LED display, a buzzing vibration alarm, and a built-in heart rate monitor (as the HR in its name suggests).
It's a recommended choice if you want something that's going to comprehensively cover the other parts of your day as well as sleeping, specially with that heart rate monitor, and the sleep tracking turns on and off automatically. From the time we've spent with a Charge HR, it seems to be as accurate as any other device out there in terms of sleep logging.
Of course the Alta comes with the same friendly, intuitive Fitbit app as the Charge HR, and it also has automatic sleep tracking, so what are the differences? Well, it looks a little nicer, it's a little cheaper, and it cuts out the heart rate monitor while adding a movement reminder feature and the option to show simple phone notifications on your wrist.
As with the Charge HR, sleep tracking seems pleasingly accurate whether you're bedding down for the night or just catching a few winks in the afternoon, and it's comfortable to wear too (always a bonus if you've got it on in bed). A slightly cheaper and more stylish alternative to the Charge HR if you think you can live without heart rate monitoring.
Jawbone might not have the market share that Fitbit enjoys but it makes some very decent fitness trackers of its own, and the UP3 is currently the best of the bunch (despite our rather ambivalent review). Sleep tracking needs to be activated manually but you do get sets of statistics and analysis that's arguably better than those that Fitbit provide.
Like the Charge HR, the UP3 has a heart rate monitor that gives extra insight into how well or otherwise your times of slumber are going, and the Jawbone app also gives plenty of advice and tips on how to make improvements to the quality of your sleep. Jawbone splits sleep into three stages (light, deep and REM) as opposed to Fitbit's two (light and deep).
You can wear the Shine on your wrist, clipped to your clothing, or anywhere you like. As well as counting your steps during the day it can track your sleeping at night. It's water resistant up to 50 metres and because it's powered by a watch battery you never have to recharge it (you just replace the battery with a new one after six months or so).
Of course a tracker is only as good as the app that comes along with it and the Shine ticks all the boxes in that regard. Sleep tracking is automatic and you get a decent amount of nighttime statistics that tie in well with the rest of your fitness data. Sleep time is divided into light and restful, and there's an integrated vibration alarm feature too.
If you want to go one level up with standard fitness and sleep trackers you wear on your wrist then Sense is it. There's a cylindrical sensor you put on your nightstand to check temperature, air quality, noise, and more, and a small clip-on sensor that fixes to your pillow to automatically detect when you go to sleep and how restless you are during it.
The obvious advantage is you don't have to wear a gadget of any kind or push a button when you go to sleep and wake up. Having tested Sense, the sleep monitoring seems pretty spot on, and the extras such as environment monitoring, smart alarms, and personalised insights make it one for the more serious sleep trackers among you.
Withings makes a bunch of smartwatches and trackers that are worth checking out, but here we're going to focus on the Aura lamp. Like the Sense, it monitors conditions in your bedroom, so you can work out what might be affecting your sleep. When the morning comes, it's able to wake you up with light that mimics the natural rising of the Sun.
You could combine the Aura with any sleep tracker you like, Withings or otherwise, but the company does sell an official sleep accessory to go with the Aura; it straps to your mattress and uses your restlessness and movements to judge if you're getting a good or bad night's sleep. All your data syncs to the very competent WIthings mobile apps.
Like the Withings Aura sleep accessory, Beddit straps to your mattress, and like the Sense bauble, it frees you from having to wear any kind of wearable in bed. We've spent a few nights with the Beddit (now actually owned by Misfit) and found it to be very accurate at monitoring sleep duration and quality (although it's difficult to verify in the latter case).
It's hard to grumble about the quality of the Beddit apps for Android and iOS, which are very nicely put together, and overall it's refreshing to have a sleep tracking device that you don't need to activate, wear or even charge (it plugs straight into the mains). Beddit can even measure your snoring, but maybe you don't want to know very much about that.
Last but definitely not least is Eight, an entire mattress cover designed to track your sleep and make sure you have the best possible chance of a good night's rest every time your head hits the pillow. Unfortunately, it's not out yet, but you can put your name (and some cash) down for a pre-order, with the initial shipping run expected for October this year.
Of course that means we don't know how good it is yet, but Eight is promising to work with a host of other devices (from smartwatches to smart lights) to bring you the most detailed breakdown of your sleep patterns yet. It's promising to track temperature, breathing rate, humidity, heart rate, and light levels as well as all the usual variables.


The combined cost of three generic drugs ranged from $12 to $400.
Neither pharmacy type nor location explained the price differences.
A full manuscript will be simultaneously published in JAMA Internal Medicine at 1:30 p.m. CT/ 2:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2016 — Prices for generic drugs to treat heart failure can vary so widely that uninsured patients may not be able to afford them, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016.
Researchers surveyed 175 pharmacies in the greater St. Louis area encompassing eastern Missouri and neighboring Illinois to assess how much they charged uninsured customers for three generic medicines used to treat the heart-pumping problem known as heart failure: digoxin, lisinopril and carvedilol.
$12.00 to $397.58 for the high doses of the drugs, with a median price of $70.68.
Similar data were obtained for 90-day supplies.
The study did not find a link between price and type of pharmacy, or median income associated with the zip code in which the pharmacy is located. Surprisingly, two major pharmacy chains did not have consistent pricing across their own stores.
Hauptman added that it is common for patients with heart failure to take five or six medicines to treat the condition, making it even more difficult for patients to get the lowest combined price of the drugs they need.
"It's not reasonable to expect patients who are sick and of limited financial means to call or visit half a dozen pharmacies to get the best price," he said. "What is more likely to happen is that patients visit a pharmacy and find out that the drug is too expensive, so they don't fill the prescription and therefore do not garner benefit from guideline-directed medical therapy."
Since a greater understanding of pricing practices at the retail pharmacy level is required, the researchers said their study should be replicated across other parts of the country and with different generic drugs to treat other medical conditions.
The results of these analyses may have significant policy implications given the potential impact on costs borne by patients and adverse outcomes if generic medications are no longer affordable for vulnerable patients who are uninsured or underinsured.
Heart failure doesn't mean that your heart has stopped beating. It means that your heart isn't pumping blood as it should. The heart keeps working, but the body's need for blood and oxygen isn't being met.
According to the American Heart Association about 5.7 million Americans are living with heart failure today. In fact, it's one of the most common reasons people age 65 and older go into the hospital.
Co-authors are Zackary D. Goff, B.S.; Andrija Vidic, D.O.; John T Chibnall, Ph.D. and Barry Bleske, Pharm.D. Author disclosures are on the abstract.
Note: Scientific presentation time is 1:30 p.m. CT, Tuesday, Nov. 15 in Science and Technology Hall, Population Science Section.
Paul J. Hauptman, M.D., study senior author and professor of medicine and a cardiologist specializing in the care of patients with heart failure at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri.
Clyde Yancy, M.D., American Heart Association past president (2009-10), offers perspective (via Skype) on SS16 T2134.
He is Vice Dean, Diversity & Inclusion; Professor of Medicine; Professor, Medical Social Sciences; Chief, Cardiology, Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Northwestern University, FSM & Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.


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Most people don't cycle because there are easier ways to get around which they can afford and involve less physical effort.
That has always been the case since the bicycle was invented.
Survey results such as these can be dismissed as irrelevant and untrue.
As soon as motor cars became affordable, many people abandonded bikes and bought cars. How does this fit in with a population which claims it doesn't cycle because of too much motor traffic? Surely they would have never bought cars in the first place, even though they could afford them, preferring instead to continue cycling.
The vast majority of London journeys are not by car. But those cars that are on the road, and (more importantly) the commercial vehicles, are more than enough to discourage everybody from cycling, no matter how much they complain about train fare hikes or overcrowded buses.
Ed you have clearly never been to the Netherlands, many people own cars there but the excellent provision of cycling facilities mean that the bicycle is a very normal means of transport, particularly in cities, as well as much more pleasant. All of which makes dutch cities very liveable.
But if you fast forward to many urban environments today, you'll find that the motor car isn't the easiest way to get around, but people are forced to stay in their cars or on public transport due to the traffic on the roads which they'd have to mix with on a bicycle. In London for example, it is far faster and easier to get around town by bicycle than motor vehicle, but 60% people won't cycle due to the fear of the roads.
This is clearly shown in urban environments like Amsterdam or Copenhagen, where 30%+ of all journeys are by bicycle simply because motor traffic has been constricted and provisions have been made to make cycling safe and easy.
It's also odd to dismiss the linked surveys and research as untrue without providing any evidence.
the most significant barrier to cycling in general and for specific trips.
The Manchester survey apparently only asked cyclists. That means that about 98% if the population was ignored, which does make it useless for conclusions on cycling policy. The TfL survey question mentioned by Hex, also seems to be aimed at cyclists, but it is hard to check because there is no specific table reference.
Ed hits the nail on the head when he says that "As soon as motor cars became affordable, many people abandonded bikes and bought cars." Surprisingly little research is done on why non-cyclists don't cycle. However, I would bet that the best single predictor of non-cycling is car ownership.
Even if it is correct that lack of cycle infrastructure, and nothing else, deters people from cycling, that does not mean that provision of cycle infrastructure will cause people to cycle. This article of faith has yet to be substantiated by research.
Campaigns for cycle infrastructure which attribute mythical powers, and ignore the logic of provision at specific locations, will contribute to results like those in the first video at this post by Mark Wagenbuur at David Hembrow's blog. It shows a completely unnecessary upgrade of an adequate cycle path, built solely to help justify the adjoining ring road, and its associated urban-edge development. It is not a good alternative for the existing cycle lanes and paths, because it is longer,and more exposed. That is what happens, when you ask local government to "build cycle paths please", without any concern for logic, planning, or ethics.
Rubbish! provision of good cycling infrastructure DOES lead people to cycle, if you need evidence go to ANY dutch town or city. there isn't some peculiar 'dutch gene' that makes them ride their bikes so much, it's because cycling there is easy, safe and pleasant, and in urban areas faster than car use, not to mention free and providing exercise.
Must go now, am meeting a friend in Dam Square on my bike, and it's great because I can have a few drinks without worrying about whether I would be over the drink/drive limit, no worrying about train/metro times and no shelling out for a taxi. Transport planning in the UK is myopic in the extreme.
If cycling in the Netherlands is "easy safe and pleasant", and in urban areas faster than car use, and free, and it provides exercise, then why are 76% of total passenger-kilometres accounted for by car travel? And if all the Dutch "ride their bikes so much", then who is driving those cars?
Implicit fallacy: "many people ride bikes in the Netherlands, therefore everybody in the Netherlands rides a bike".
Implicit false premise and fallacy: "everybody in the Netherlands rides a bike, therefore that is caused by the cycle infrastructure".
Lack of cycling infrastructure is a very significant obstacle preventing people from cycling. Proper cycling infrastructure is required, though not necessarily sufficient, to get people cycling.
There's plenty of world wide research concluding cycling infrastructure increases cycling and/or cycling safety.
Could you quote the research that shows a causal relationship between provision of cycling infrastructure and "increasing cycling".
Dill and Carr, 2003: correlation, no causation demonstrated.
Jensen, 2008. Impressive '20% increase' in bike/moped mileage, but where was that, and how was it measured?
Jensen and Jensen, 2007. Copenhagen, cycle paths increase cycling by 18%-20%. Impressive, but does not say how much was abstracted from parallel routes after cycle path construction.
Lusk, 2011. More bike traffic on roads with bike tracks, than on roads without them, but that is not the same as an 'increase in cycling'.
Pucher, 2001. Correlation, no causation stated.
Pucher, Dill, Handy, 2010. "increases in number of cyclists after bike lanes installed." Where? How much is abstraction from parallel routes?
Wilmink and Hartman, 1987. Delft, "significant increase in bicycle use" after better cycling network, but the report actually says that was an increase in trips, by the same number of cyclists. Quote says '40% cycle use', but current national statistics say 27% of trips.
Yang, 2010. Does not separate infrastructure from other cycle-promoting measures, and does not attribute causation.
That is all very meagre. The example of Delft is interesting, since it has probably the best cycle infrastructure of all the places quoted. It is a university city with a historic centre unsuited to car traffic, which ought to favour cycling. Nevertheless, the figures here indicate that the car is beating the bike, even as the bike infrastructure improves (table 2.4).


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Shipt Shopper Linda is a local 'selfie celebrity' with her extravagant Thanksgiving car decorations.
Having shopped for Shipt for more than six years now, Linda has become a bonafide 'selfie celebrity' in the Tampa community - but not for the reason you may think. People are actually looking to capture selfies with Linda's car, because of the various ways she proudly decorates it for holidays and timely moments from smiley faces at the beginning of the pandemic and Halloween to right now, Thanksgiving.
"It started out as promoting school events - but then it turned into holidays, seasons, whatever I'm feeling in the moment! When I'm out in my car, people are taking selfies, rolling the windows down, and even recognizing me from past decor themes," said Tampa area Shipt Shopper Linda.
As we enter into the height of Thanksgiving shopping season, she and her car Bea (which means 'joy' in Latin) are embarking on a 'pilgrimage' of their own - decked out in turkey feathers, pilgrim hats and autumn leaves to deliver holiday essentials.
Linda's Thanksgiving car
Linda infuses her light-hearted, joyful spirit into every delivery experience - and, for some, weekly drop offs have developed into tried and true friendships - such as that of her and Shipt customer, Beth. Linda is Beth's Preferred Shopper, a new Shipt feature which allows customers to favorite shoppers so that the shopper can shop for the customer over and over. As such, Beth's daughter Abigail places the order for Linda's weekly grocery delivery with the confidence of knowing it's in good hands.
"Linda shops on behalf of my mother, Beth. She knows every order inside and out. From picking up her weekly 'three ripe bananas and two semi ripe bananas,' to knowing exactly which foods best cater to my mother's diet, Linda gives me peace of mind in knowing that she is being taken care of," said Beth's daughter Abigail.
As Beth lives in a senior living facility, she enjoys Bea's 'Gobble Day' decor from afar - as Linda takes the time to pause for Beth to look down from her condo on the 11th floor.
"Linda's Friday visits are the highlight of my week. We've been through so much together - we really are like family," said Beth.
Thanksgiving is not the only time that Bea has been a showstopper in the Tampa community. Linda has also decorated Bea for other holidays and timely observances, which recently include a "pink out" for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Halloween.
"As a Shipt Shopper, I'm always running around town in Bea - people always know when I'm at the store because they're regulars, and so am I. In doing so, not only does decorating Bea bring me joy, but it brings others joy - and that's what matters, " said Linda.
Linda embodies Shipt's values of positivity and authenticity. She is just one example of all the phenomenal shoppers in the Tampa area and across the U.S. For those in the Tampa area, if you see Linda in her car this week, honk and say hi!
Linda's car through the season
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