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#import "GPGSManager.h"
#import "GPGSLogging.h"
#import "GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate.h"

static GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate *_sInstance = nil;

@interface GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate()
@property (nonatomic) GPGRealTimeRoom *roomToTrack;
@property (nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *roomDataDictionary;

@end

@implementation GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate

+ (GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate *)sharedInstance
{
  if (!_sInstance) {
    _sInstance = [[GPGSRealTimeRoomDelegate alloc] init];
  }
  return _sInstance;
}

- (NSMutableDictionary *)roomDataDictionary {
  if (! _roomDataDictionary) {
    _roomDataDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:5];
  }
  return _roomDataDictionary;
}

- (void)logRoomStatus:(GPGRealTimeRoomStatus)status {
  if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusDeleted) {
    LOGD((@"RoomStatusDeleted. Game is over"));
  } else if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusConnecting) {
    LOGD((@"RoomStatusConnecting"));
  } else if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusActive) {
    LOGD((@"RoomStatusActive. Room is ready to go"));
  } else if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusAutoMatching) {
    LOGD((@"RoomStatusAutoMatching. Waiting for auto-matched players"));
  } else if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusInviting) {
    LOGD((@"RoomStatusInviting! Waiting for invites to be accepted."));
  } else {
    LOGD((@"Unknown room status %d", status));
  }
}

- (void)dismissRoomController {
  if (self.parentOfRealTimeVC &&
      [self.parentOfRealTimeVC.presentedViewController class] == [GPGRealTimeRoomViewController class]) {
    [self.parentOfRealTimeVC dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
  }
}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room didChangeStatus:(GPGRealTimeRoomStatus)status {
  LOGD((@"Room changed status"));
  [self logRoomStatus:status];
  self.roomToTrack = room;
  if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusDeleted) {
    // This very likely happened because the user hit cancel in the RealTimeVC
    [self dismissRoomController];
  }
  if (status == GPGRealTimeRoomStatusActive) {
    [self dismissRoomController];
  }
  if (self.statusChangedCallback) {
    self.statusChangedCallback(status);
  }
  [self sendPartipantListToUnity];
}

- (void)sendPartipantListToUnity {
  LOGD((@"Sending updated participant list to unity"));
  NSMutableArray *fakeArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
  [self.roomToTrack enumerateParticipantsUsingBlock:^(GPGRealTimeParticipant *nextPart) {
    BOOL isConnectedToRoom = (nextPart.status == GPGRealTimeParticipantStatusJoined ||
                              nextPart.status == GPGRealTimeParticipantStatusConnectionEstablished);

    NSDictionary *participantDict = @{@"participantId": nextPart.participantId,
                                      @"displayName": nextPart.displayName,
                                      @"status": @(nextPart.status),
                                      @"playerName": nextPart.displayName,
                                      @"playerId": nextPart.participantId,
                                      @"connectedToRoom": (isConnectedToRoom) ? @1 : @0};
    [fakeArray addObject:participantDict];
  }];

  NSError *error = nil;
  NSData *jsonifiedString =  [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:fakeArray options:0 error:&error];

  if (error) {
    LOGD((@"ERROR! Couldn't Jsonify our participant %@", [error localizedDescription]));
  } else {
    NSString *returnMe = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonifiedString encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    if (self.participantsChangedCallback) {
      self.participantsChangedCallback([returnMe UTF8String]);
    }
  }

}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room didChangeConnectedSet:(BOOL)connected {
  LOGD((@"Room changed connected set to %@", (connected) ? @"YES" : @"NO"));

}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room
 participant:(GPGRealTimeParticipant *)participant
didChangeStatus:(GPGRealTimeParticipantStatus)status {
  LOGD((@"Participant id %@ changed status to %d", participant.participantId, status));
  [self sendPartipantListToUnity];
}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room
     didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
    fromParticipant:(GPGRealTimeParticipant *)participant
           dataMode:(GPGRealTimeDataMode)dataMode {
  LOGD((@"Received data from %@", participant.participantId));
  if (self.dataReceivedCallback) {
    self.dataReceivedCallback([participant.participantId UTF8String], [data bytes], data.length,
                              (dataMode == GPGRealTimeDataModeReliable) ? GPGSTRUE : GPGSFALSE);
  }
}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room
didSendReliableId:(int)reliableId
toParticipant:(GPGRealTimeParticipant *)participant
     success:(BOOL)success {
  LOGD((@"Reliable data sent to %@? %@", participant.participantId, (success) ? @"YES" : @"NO"));
}

- (void)room:(GPGRealTimeRoom *)room didFailWithError:(NSError *)error {
  LOGD((@"Room failed with error"));
  if (self.roomErrorCallback) {
    self.roomErrorCallback([error.localizedDescription UTF8String], error.code);
  }
}

- (void)roomViewControllerDidClose:(GPGRealTimeRoomViewController *)roomViewController {
  LOGD((@"Room view controller closed"));
  [self dismissRoomController];
}

- (void)sendMessageReliable:(BOOL)isRealible
                       data:(NSData *)data
                toEverybody:(BOOL)toEveryone
            orParticipantId:(NSString *)participantId {
  if (toEveryone) {
    if (isRealible) {
      [self.roomToTrack sendReliableDataToAll:data];
    } else {
      [self.roomToTrack sendUnreliableDataToAll:data];
    }
  } else {
    NSArray *participantsToReceivedData = @[ participantId ];
    if (isRealible) {
      [self.roomToTrack sendReliableData:data toParticipants:participantsToReceivedData];
    } else {
      [self.roomToTrack sendUnreliableData:data toParticipants:participantsToReceivedData];
    }
  }
}

- (NSString *)getLocalParticpantId {
  return self.roomToTrack.localParticipant.participantId;
}

- (void)didReceiveRealTimeInviteForRoom:(GPGRealTimeRoomData *)roomData {

  [self.roomDataDictionary setObject:roomData forKey:roomData.roomID];
  self.pushNotificationCallback(GPGSTRUE, [roomData.roomID UTF8String],
                                [roomData.creationDetails.participant.participantId UTF8String],
                                [roomData.creationDetails.participant.displayName UTF8String],
                                roomData.config.variant);

}

- (void)declineRoomWithId:(NSString *)roomId {
  GPGRealTimeRoomData *roomData = (GPGRealTimeRoomData *)[self.roomDataDictionary objectForKey:roomId];
  [self.roomDataDictionary removeObjectForKey:roomId];
  NSLog(@"Declining room with Id %@", roomId);
  [GPGRealTimeRoomMaker declineRoomFromData:roomData completionHandler:^(GPGRealTimeRoomData *data, NSError *error) {
    if (error) {
      NSLog(@"**ERROR declining room: %@", [error localizedDescription]);
    } else {
      NSLog(@"Successfully declined room");
    }
  }];

}

- (void)acceptRoomWithId:(NSString *)roomId {
  GPGRealTimeRoomData *roomData = (GPGRealTimeRoomData *)[self.roomDataDictionary objectForKey:roomId];
  [self.roomDataDictionary removeObjectForKey:roomId];
  NSLog(@"Joining room with Id %@", roomId);
  NSLog(@"Room desription is %@", roomData.roomDescription);
  [GPGRealTimeRoomMaker joinRoomFromData:roomData];
}

- (void)leaveRoom {
  if (self.roomToTrack && self.roomToTrack.status != GPGRealTimeRoomStatusDeleted) {
    [self.roomToTrack leave];
  }
}

@end


Almost 4 years ago as our son left for Japan he put his car in storage at his aunt's house. Not knowing how long he would be in Japan he added fuel stabilizer to the gas tank and covered it. And there it has sat – only started occasionally.
We now have to move it back home. Having checked it out (see Shifting Gears below) we discovered that the clutch is not working. It is probably a rusted bearing in the clutch mechanism. I went back there recently to put some "miracle oil" into the clutch to see if that marinating in there for a while could break through the rust and get things moving again.
It got me thinking… Here is a car where the engine works fine. There is power and the ability to move forward but the flaw is in the ability to transmit the power from the source (the engine) to accomplish the task of motion. While the transmission itself (gears, axles, etc,) works, the linkage does not so it does not move. We are unable to transmit the power from the source to where it is needed to accomplish the desired movement.
It reminds me of the state of the church. We have a source of power in our relationship with God. That could provide the church, our children, our friends and family with power needed to move ahead in their lives as they confront the challenges and trials of life. But we have problems transmitting that power to others. We seem unwilling or unable to share our faith in real and compelling ways. The power is there and the need is there. The fault lies in our rusted abilities to share our story in non-preachy, non- judgmental and compelling ways in order to invite other to give it a try. We often are reluctant to share our faith story with others – afraid of ridicule, afraid of being labeled a fanatic; or afraid of rejection. We feel we need o be scholars, or ordained, or better disciples, or any of a dozen similar excuses.
We are the frozen linkage. What sort of "miracle oil" do we require to be able to break free and begin to transmit the power from the source to the need?
Perhaps we need to become comfortable with talking about our faith journey. With sharing what has led me to believe and to follow. Perhaps we need to rely less ojn words and to become the living Gospel other will "read" as they observe us and then ask questions about why we live the way we do. Perhaps me need to become less self-conscious and begin to share what we love with those whom we love as we do so easily with other less important things.
We may be the body of Christ in the world but unless we free ourselves up from the rust and corrosion of inaction and being inarticulate we will not be able to effectively transmit the source of our power to those who so desperately need that power of love, strength and compassion.


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John Rosenfeld was an actor most commonly known for his memorable roles in television. His acting career began with roles in the series "ER" (1994-2009), "Star Trek: Voyager" (UPN, 1994-2001) and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1996-2003). In the early 2000s, Rosenfeld devoted his time to various credits, such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000-2015), "Holiday at Pops 2000" and "Pops Goes the Fourth! 2001" (2000-01). He also worked on "Extreme Days" (2001). He also was featured in the TV movies "McBride: Tune In For Murder" (Hallmark Channel, 2004-05) and "Murder 101" (Hallmark Channel, 2005-06). Rosenfeld most recently acted on "Law & Order: LA" (NBC, 2010-11).
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Hundreds volunteer for Mitzvah Day projects
By Erik Rosen	January 1, 2014, 1:01 am 0 Edit
Delilah Picart (left), Todd Rosenfeld (another Mitzvah Day chair), Jewish Federation Volunteer Center Chair Judi Kanal, Mia Rosenfeld and Jordana Rosenfeld, volunteered to make sandwiches for the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry. (Chronicle photo by Sam Oshlag)
Every Christmas Day, Pittsburgh's Jewish community turns out in force to give help to those in need. Now in its 13th year, Mitzvah Day is a stark reminder that the needs of the less fortunate are many, and there are countless opportunities to roll up our sleeves as individuals and help.
"We have somewhere between 600 and 700 people," said Judi Kanal, chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's Volunteer Center, which oversees the event. "It's difficult to have exact numbers because we always have walk-ins who want to do mitzvahs."
In fact, on this single day, volunteers provided the equivalent of 1,700 hours of community service throughout the county.
"It's so important to let the workers at these locations have the holiday off so they can be with their loved ones," said Todd Rosenfeld, who co-chaired this year's event with his family.
The 60 locations countywide varied greatly. They included Family House, Rainbow Kitchen, the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society on the North Shore and Asbury Heights United Methodist Services for the Aging.
"One of the things we're really excited about this year is the ability to provide lasagna to the Kosher Food Pantry," said Kanal. "We have sponsors for this — Giant Eagle, Huntington Bank, and Fagrasso Financial Advisors — among others. And that helps us buy the supplies. Kosher food is really expensive, and this allows us to provide a real kosher dinner. The (clients) really look forward to it."
"It's also about creating awareness within the Jewish community that there are people we see every day who are food insecure," added Rosenfeld. "They don't wear (hunger) on their sleeves."
Congregation Poale Zedeck came on board and provided the kosher kitchen where the volunteers could assemble and cook the meals. "Mitzvah Day is a great opportunity for those of us who don't celebrate Christmas," said Joshua Donner, PZ site captain. "We have off of work, schools are closed, and we don't have a lot to do. This is a great chance to give back.
"Today we're making 150 lasagnas for the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry," he added, "which serves families who need extra help putting food on the table, and families that keep kosher elsewhere in Allegheny County."
The large community room buzzed with activity as a cheery group of adults and kids gathered around a long table carefully assembling the ingredients. Volunteers included students from the Hillel Academy Girls' School, synagogue members, and those who signed up from the Mitzvah Day website.
At Rainbow Kitchen in Homestead, volunteers made a complete holiday meal for food-insecure and homeless families and individuals. The small space off 9th Avenue was packed with smiling volunteers serving as cooks and wait-staff to a packed house of grateful clients.
Marlene Murphy, Rainbow Kitchen's outreach coordinator, explained that they served close to 100 meals.
"We really appreciate the (volunteers) coming and doing this," Murphy said. "It's a holiday and everybody goes home to their warm houses and forgets about these people who don't have anywhere to go. We cook meals Mondays through Fridays here, so if were closed, where are they going to eat? These volunteers allow us to open up and offer a nice warm meal and some good fellowship."
At Anathan House, home of the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, volunteers were assembling bags for children who are removed from their homes by the county.
"Oftentimes, these kids are removed in the middle of the night, or under other rough circumstances, and they aren't allowed to take anything with them," said Dana Himmel, site captain at Anathan. "Or if they are, things are thrown in a garbage bag, which sort of makes them feel like garbage.
"So this project, through the NCJW, provides bags to these kids — not a garbage bag," she continued, "and it's got some personal care items, like a toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap, a T-shirt, because sometimes they go without anything to wear but the clothes on their back, and a stuffed animal — something loving and nice and soft. Judges, social workers, and others pass these out … and it might be all the kid ends up with while moving from place to place."
All five Mitzvah Day chairs were Todd, Jordana and Mia Rosenfeld,
Delilah Picart and Emilia Brewer.
(Erik Rosen can be reached at writer00@yahoo.com.)


Knowing AI's reasoning is also going to be crucial if the technology is to become a common and useful part of our daily lives. Tom Gruber, who leads the Siri team at Apple, says explainability is a key consideration for his team as it tries to make Siri a smarter and more capable virtual assistant. Gruber wouldn't discuss specific plans for Siri's future, but it's easy to imagine that if you receive a restaurant recommendation from Siri, you'll want to know what the reasoning was. Ruslan Salakhutdinov, director of AI research at Apple and an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, sees explainability as the core of the evolving relationship between humans and intelligent machines. "It's going to introduce trust," he says.
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Domino's Can Drone Strike a Pizza Because…
Who knows? Drone. Pizza. A few drinks later and you have a damn business plan. Papa John is gonna be pissed him and Peyton didn't dream this up. Pizza Hut is still figuring out no one trusts it has Peruvian Cherry Peppers in Centre, AL.
Domino's? It's all in the gimmick. The company has delivered its first pizza via a drone in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand. Hey, there's hope for people living in rural areas.
Here's how it works. Fire up the app or head online. Opt into the service and order up whatever. The drone is limited in range to 1.5km (around a mile for us Americans), but the company wants to boost the range to six miles in the coming months.
Once the order is placed, the finished pizza goes in a normal pizza box that goes into a sturdier delivery box. Attach it to the drone, and it's off at 18mph to its destination. Once there, it hovers in the customer's backyard, lowers the pizza via a tow cable and detaches what hopefully is a still hot pizza.
Does it look silly? Hell yes. Do we all want to order Domino's now? Bastards. I keep imagining the drone pilots in the Air Force done with their enlistment moving over to pilot the hordes of delivery drones. Big difference taking out an ISIS column and setting a double pepperoni pizza in your neighbor's yard.
Both Flirtey (drone company) and Domino's have their eyes set on other countries. Domino's has an entire robotics division devoted to automation, while Flirtey has relocated stateside to enter the US drone market.
When can we expect pizza via drone? We will be waiting on the FAA to lift new regulations governing drone flights. For now, drone operation is limited to line of sight. Until new rules are in place for companies, the only way you're getting a pizza delivered to you via a drone is moving to a small town in New Zealand.
Sorry Domino's. It's a nice gimmick, but I'll stick to picking up the pizza.
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Ekspresjonizm – terminu tego po raz pierwszy użył dla oznaczenia swojej sztuki francuski malarz Julien-Auguste Hervè w 1901 roku, nadając tę nazwę cyklowi swoich obrazów wystawionych w Salonie Niezależnych. Kierunek w sztuce rozwinął się na dobre na początku XX w. w Niemczech, ale korzeniami sięga do eksperymentów artystycznych wielkich twórców schyłku XIX w.: Edwarda Muncha, Jamesa Ensora i Paula Gauguina, których można określić jako prekursorów ekspresjonizmu.

Ekspresja (łac. expressio – wyrażać) to wyrazistość, siła oddziaływania dzieła na odbiorcę, na emocjonalną sferę jego psychiki. "Dzieło ekspresyjne" i "ekspresjonistyczne" to dwa osobne pojęcia.

Po raz pierwszy w 1911 r. autor książki "Abstraktion und Einfühlung" Wilhelm Worringer w studium o malarstwie na łamach czasopisma "Der Sturm" wspomniał paryskich syntetystów i ekspresjonistów Cézanne'a, Van Gogha i Matisse'a.

W roku 1912 nazwą tą określano wystawiającą w galerii Der Sturm grupę "Der Blaue Reiter".

Cechy charakterystyczne to deformacja i ostro zamalowywane kontury przedmiotów. Ekspresjonizm miał na celu wyrażenie uczuć artysty. Przeciwstawiał się naturalizmowi. Wyraźna mimika w teatrze, w kinie kontrast barw.

Postawa wobec rzeczywistości
Ekspresjonizm odrzucał mentalność i obyczajowość mieszczańską. Postulował "odnowę sztuk" i twierdził, że poprzez deformację rzeczywistości przedstawianej w dziełach uzyskuje się obraz realności "bardziej ludzkiej", co prowadzić ma do moralnej odnowy ludzkości.

Franz Marc: Nowe pokolenie nie chce (i nie może) żyć równie beztrosko, co poprzednicy, nie wiąże się z tym jednak pogarda dla przeszłości. Świat zmienił się całkowicie i artyści, aby pozostać aktualni wobec rzeczywistości, muszą "przeciąć pępowinę łączącą ich z przeszłością". "Świat rodzi nowe czasy. Nie wiemy tylko, czy nadszedł już czas odrzucenia starego świata. (...) Oto niepokojące pytanie naszych czasów".

Poczucie kryzysu:
 niepokój, nieprzystosowanie, zaburzenia nerwicowe, apokaliptyczne zagrożenie
 przyspieszona industrializacja w Niemczech zachwiała porządek moralny, doprowadziła do rozluźnienia więzów międzyludzkich, przyspieszyła "zabójczo" rytm życia, przyczyniła się do pojawienia się różnych uzależnień
 rzeczywistość okazała się "miażdżącą machiną" dla żyjącej w niej jednostki, dlatego należy ją zniszczyć (zdeformować)
 pogłębianie się przepaści między pokoleniami (częste motywy walki ojca z synem), należy ją zniszczyć (zdeformować)
 gloryfikacja buntu przeciw wszystkim symbolom ustalonego porządku (rodzina, profesorowie, władza państwowa, armia) + solidarność z żyjącymi na marginesie społeczeństwa (biedacy, prostytutki, szaleńcy, młodzież)

I wojna światowa:
 oczekiwanie na odnowienie świata po katastrofie wojny – ma się to dokonać nie przez reformy społeczne, ale przez wewnętrzną odnowę każdego człowieka: przez wyrzeczenia, do doskonałości.
 wywołała tendencje pacyfistyczne i oczekiwanie na "nowego człowieka".

Zaangażowanie polityczne:
 głównie w ruchach komunistycznych (Herbert Kühn: socjalizm, tak jak ekspresjonizm występuje przeciw intelektualnemu barbarzyństwu, maszynie i centralizacji, broni natomiast ducha, Boga i człowieczeństwa w człowieku)
 Yvan Goll: "Ekspresjonizm to pierwiastek intelektualny walczący ze światem potęgi materialnej, bunt sumienia przeciw posłuszeństwu, krzyk serca przeciw masakrze i milczeniu uciśnionych".

Koncepcja artystyczna
 protest przeciw naturalizmowi i impresjonizmowi (kopiowaniu rzeczywistości), także tendencjom konstruktywistycznym sztuki Cézanne'a w imię skrajnego subiektywizmu w odczuciach i sposobach ich artystycznego wyrazu;
 Herwarth Walden: "Malarz przedstawia to, co postrzega w najgłębszych warstwach swej świadomości, wyraża samego siebie, przemijająca rzeczywistość jest dlań jedynie symbolem, angażuje w ów proces samego siebie: to, co świat zewnętrzny zapisuje w jego świadomości, on z kolei wyraża od wewnątrz".
 odzwierciedlanie głębokiej jaźni artysty;
 Herbert Kühn: "W przypadku ekspresjonizmu, między tym, co ma być przedstawione, a samym przedmiotem istnieje głęboka przepaść. Przedstawiony przedmiot nie jest prostą projekcją tego, co prezentuje, lecz zaproszeniem do zrozumienia tego, co rzeczywiście przedstawia. To, co ma być przedstawione, rozpoczyna się niejako poza samym obrazem."
 uwolnienie od wszystkiego, co narzuca zewnętrzna rzeczywistość i zrekonstruowanie jej;
 nawiązania do filozofii Nietzschego (indywidualizm), Schopenhauera (pesymizm), Bergsona (duża rola intuicji);

Środki formalne
 stosowanie sugestywnego koloru, często w kontrastowych (dysonansowych) zestawieniach, użycie aktywnych faktur, eksponowanie graficznego szkieletu kompozycji i koła lapidarność formy, deformacja uwypuklająca brzydotę (antyestetyzm)
 niekiedy ważniejsza forma niż treść obrazu
 pismo "Die Weissen Blätter": "Koncentracja, oszczędność, ogromna siła, starannie skomponowana forma, patos wyrażający wewnętrzne napięcie".
 egzaltacja, deformacja, paroksyzm
 intensywne barwy

Grupy, artyści, pisma
 1927 Herwarth Walden w "Der Sturm" ustalił chronologię historyczną:
Oskar Kokoschka, futuryści, zwłaszcza Boccioni, Rosjanie Kandinsky i Chagall, Niemcy Franz Marc i August Macke, Szwajcar Paul Klee, Francuzi Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay i Fernand Leger, Szwed Carl Fredrik Hill.
 1905 Drezno: powstała spokrewniona z fowizmem grupa "Die Brücke"
 pomysł założenia wyszedł od studenta architektury Ernsta Ludwiga Kirchnera, pierwszymi członkami byli jego przyjaciele: Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel i Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (później: Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller).
 malarze powoływali się na Gauguina i Van Gogha (tj. preekspresjoniści), ale głównie ze względów "duchowych"
 poszukiwanie ukrytej obecności natury, stosowanie przejaskrawienia i brutalności
 operowanie dużymi, niezróżnicowanymi płaszczyznami barwnymi, mocnym konturem
 akty w plenerze (jako utopia wolnego od cywilizacji organicznego bytowania) oraz motywy wielkomiejskie (nocne lokale, cyrki, ulica)
 Kirchner: najsilniej indywidualny charakter twórczości, czerpał z neoimpresjonistów, Van Gogha, Muncha, inspiracje kulturami prymitywnymi (na przykład polinezyjską) i niemieckim średniowieczem
 członkowie grupy zyskali w większości uznanie, Otto Mueller został profesorem Akademii Wrocławskiej, Pechstein – członkiem Pruessische Akademie der Künste, podobnie Kirchner i Schmidt-Rottluff. Pozycje utracili w 1933, pod dojściu Hitlera do władzy.
 obrazy:
 Kirchner: "Dziewczyna z japońską parasolką", "Woltyżerka", "Poranek nad jeziorem", "Sanki na śniegu"
 Heckel: "Przejrzysty dzień", "Leżąca kobieta", "Białe konie cyrkowe"
 Schmidt-Rottluff: "Przerwa w atelier", "Faryzeusze", "Latarnie nad Bałtykiem", "Pejzaż morski"
 Nolde: "Pokłon trzech króli", "Taniec przed złotym cielcem", "Panny mądre i głupie", "Ostatnia wieczerza"
 Pechstein: "Wazon z kwiatami i 2 akty", "Dwa akty", "W lesie"
 Mueller: "Dwie kobiety wśród trzcin"

Grupa rozpadła się w 1911, a oficjalnie zakończyła działalność 1913.
 k. 1911 Monachium, wokół Wasilija Kandinskiego i Franza Marca – "Błękitny Jeździec"
 związek z filozofiami egzotycznymi, "powrót do źródeł", prymitywizm
 Wasilij Kandinski: "über der Geistige In der Kunst" ("O duchowości w sztuce"), zerwanie z naturą prowadzące do dekoracyjności
 obrazy:
 Franz Marc: "Walczące formy", "Wieża niebieskich koni", "Niebieski koń I"
 August Macke: "Pani w zielonym żakiecie", "Dziewczęta pod drzewami", "Port w Tunezji"
 Kandinski: "Kościół w Murnau", "Senna improwizacja"
 grupa rozpadła się w 1914 z powodu śmierci Macke i Marca na froncie I wojny światowej i wyjazdu Kandinskiego z Niemiec

 Paul Klee, ur. k. Berna, ekspresjonistyczną działalność art. prowadził w Monachium
 swoje malowanie określał mianem "improwizacji psychicznej"
 obrazy malowane nerwowymi i gorączkowymi pociągnięciami pędzla
 spotkania z Alfredem Kubinem, Schiele'em, Kandinskim, Markiem – pracował nad kolorem
 1920-1930 pracował jako wykładowca w Bauhausie
 obrazy: "Fen w ogrodzie Marca", "Domy w Saint-Germain",

Inni w Niemczech: Aleksiej Jawlensky, Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth

Ekspresjonizm w Austrii
Przedstawiciele austriackiego ekspresjonizmu:

 Richard Gerstl
 jeden z najwcześniejszych austriackich ekspresjonistów
 popełnił samobójstwo w 1908 r.

 Oskar Kokoschka
 wpływ sztuki Wschodu i Klimta
 sztuki teatralne: "Die träumende Knaben" (Marzący chłopcy) i "Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen" (Morderca, nadzieja kobiet)
 1910 – współpracuje z "Der Sturm"
 brał udział w I wojnie światowej
 Egon Schiele
 popierany przez Klimta
 twórczość to głównie autoportrety, kontrowersyjny (wyrok więzienia za "rozpowszechnianie pornografii")
 zmarł w roku 1918 w wieku 28 lat, w czasie epidemii grypy
 3 marca 1910 pierwszy numer "Der Sturm", założony przez Herwartha Waldena
 prezentacja nurtów awangardowych: futuryzmu, kubizmu
 inicjowanie dyskusji na tematy estetyczne
 pisali do niego Franz Marc, Hans Arp i Kandinski oraz cudzoziemcy, m.in. Apollinaire, Leger, Marinetti, Delaunay
 1912 powstała galeria malarstwa Der Sturm (odbyła się w niej m.in. 1. wystawa "Der Blaue Reiter")
 1911 powstaje konkurencyjna do "Der Sturm" – "Die Aktion"
 wydawca: Franz Pfemfert określił Die Aktion jako tygodnik polityczno-literacki
 głównym celem jest zwalczenie wszystkiego, co jest "akulturą" (barbarzyństwem)

Ekspresjonizm w Polsce
W październiku 1917 Jerzy Hulewicz założył w Poznaniu dwutygodnik literacko-artystyczny "Zdrój". Czasopismu patronował Stanisław Przybyszewski. Pierwszy numer utrzymany był w duchu modernistycznym, następne jednak związane były z ekspresjonizmem.

W 1918 roku wokół czasopisma powstała awangardowa grupa artystyczna BUNT. Należeli do niej m.in. malarze i graficy: Jerzy Hulewicz, Małgorzata Kubicka, Stanisław Kubicki, Stefan Najgrakowski, Jan Panieński, Władysław Skotarek, Stefan Szmaj, Jan Jerzy Wroniecki, rzeźbiarz August Zamoyski oraz główni teoretycy grupy: Adam Boderski i Jan Stur. Blisko związana była z działalnością grupy Stanisława Przybyszewska, córka Stanisława Przybyszewskiego. Artyści BUNTU działali na styku dwóch kultur: polskiej i niemieckiej, współpracowali z awangardowymi środowiskami Berlina i Monachium, szczególnie z berlińską galerią "Die Aktion", grupami "Die Brücke" i "Der Blaue Reiter" z Wassilim Kandinskim.

Pierwsza wystawa Buntu odbyła się w kwietniu 1918 roku w Poznaniu. Wziął w niej udział Jerzy Hulewicz, Małgorzata Kubicka, Stanisław Kubicki, Władysław Skotarek, Stefan Szmaj, Jan Jerzy Wroniecki, August Zamoyski. Wystawie towarzyszył specjalny zeszyt "Zdroju" zawierający manifest grupy, w którym proponowano rewolucyjne zmiany w zakresie formy i teorii sztuki. W emocjonalnej sztuce ekspresjonizmu znajdowali formę protestu przeciwko sztuce naturalistycznej i impresjonistycznej. Środkiem artystycznego wyrazu, jaki sobie upodobali obok malarstwa była, na wzór niemieckich ekspresjonistów, grafika, a zwłaszcza drzeworyt i linoryt. Grupa rozpadła się w 1920 roku. Jedną z przyczyn jej krótkiego trwania były narastające różnice stanowisk i wizji, silnie zarysowane indywidualności poszczególnych twórców.

Kres ekspresjonizmu
 sytuacja ekonomiczna po I wojnie światowej:
 kryzys, inflacja, nędza
 niemożność kontynuowania pracy twórczej z powodu braku środków do życia
 zmieniła się sytuacja społeczna i oczekiwania wobec sztuki:
 Ludwig Meidner: "To, czego potrzebujemy, to fanatyczny, płomienny naturalizm, wiarygodność żarliwa, odważna i bezpośrednia."
 poniesiona klęska w wojnie, odprężenie po niej ⇒ ruchem bardziej odpowiadającym ówczesnym nastrojom stał się dadaizm
 władza Hitlera i jego nienawiść do sztuki awangardowej, 1937 Monachium – wystawa "sztuki wynaturzonej."

Zobacz też
 ekspresjonizm abstrakcyjny
 ekspresjonizm w architekturze, w literaturze, w kinie, w muzyce

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Ashley Bassie, Ekspresjonizm, Firma Księgarska Jacek i Krzysztof Olesiejuk – Inwestycje, Warszawa 2006.
 Mieczysław Porębski: Dzieje sztuki w zarysie. Wiek XIX i XX, tom 3, Arkady, Warszawa 1988.
 Lionel Richard: Encyklopedia Ekspresjonizmu, WAiF, PWN, Warszawa 1996.
 Stanisław Stopczyk: Ekspresjonizm, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, seria ABC Malarstwo Polskie, 1987.

Ruchy artystyczne
Ekspresjonizm
Kierunki w malarstwie

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Michael Barnwell "Mike" Silliman (ur. 5 maja 1944 w Louisville, zm. 16 czerwca 2000 tamże) – amerykański koszykarz, występujący na pozycji niskiego skrzydłowego, mistrz olimpijski z 1968.

W 1962 został zaliczony do I składu Parade All-American oraz wybrany najlepszym koszykarzem szkół średnich stanu Kentucky (Kentucky Mr. Basketball).

Osiągnięcia
Na podstawie, o ile nie zaznaczono inaczej.

Koszykówka
 College
 Zaliczony do I składu Academic All-American (1964)

 AAU
 Mistrz AAU (1968, 1969, 1970)
 MVP AAU (1970)
 Zaliczony do I składu AAU All-American (1968)

 Inne
 Zaliczony do:
 Galerii Sław Sportu:
 Stanu Kentucky – Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame (1988)
 Szkół średnich Stanu Kentucky – Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame (1990)
 Amerykańskiej Armii – Army Sports Hall of Fame (2008)
 St. Xavier's Hall of Fame

 Reprezentacja
 Mistrz:
 olimpijski (1968)
 igrzysk panamerykańskich (1967)
 Uczestnik mistrzostw świata (1967 – 4 miejsce, 1970 – 5 miejsce)

Baseball
 Mistrz Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League (1965, 1966)

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Biografia na findagrave.com
 Profil na olympedia.org
 Profil na realgm.com
 Profil na goarmywestpoint.com
 Profil na olympics.com

Linki zewnętrzne
 Profil na nba.com
 Statystyki z NBA na basketball-reference.com
 Statystyki z college'u na sports-reference.com

Amerykańscy koszykarze
Koszykarze Parade High School All-Americans
Koszykarze Army Black Knights
Koszykarze Buffalo Braves
Amerykańscy medaliści olimpijscy
Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1968
Ludzie urodzeni w Louisville
Urodzeni w 1944
Zmarli w 2000


This week on NeverQuest, our heroes race towards the thrilling conclusion of our Planescape Arc in… NeverQuest!
NeverQuest is BoLS' weekly celebration of the fact that you can order pizza, cookies, and yea, even ice cream all without having to put on pants. To celebrate this triumph of human achievement, and the newfound freedom from the Enemy Called Pants which plague us all, we here at the Bell of Lost Souls engage in the most liberating of all human activities: playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Each week, our team of pants-oppressed heroes toils bravely against the yoke of oppressive fabric, fighting for freedom and justice for all. We're still exploring PlaneScape (and specifically Sigil the City of Doors) so get in before we go back to the Prime Material Plane (probably).
Come join us for adventures in PlaneScape–it's one of my favorite settings. I've been excited to get to this part of the campaign. Trapped in Sigil, Harrowmont's Heroes have received aid from their home plane–they have everything they need to enter the Sigil Invitational and win a chance to get back home–except for a vessel upon which to race.
But when Harrowmont's Heroes are involved…you can be sure they'll get what they want, if not what they need.


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UBSOUND Launches The New FIGHTER PRO HD
Features, News Releases
The Italian company UBSOUND launch their new FIGHTER PRO HD aluminum in-ear earphones worldwide.
As we've already stated in several previous articles and reviews on Headfonics, UBSOUND is a rare bird in the audio business. It's an Italian consumer electronics company, based in Milan, specializing in portable audio products like high-quality IEMs, headphones and many upcoming projects such as amplified speakers, DAPs and amplified DACs.
After the great success and increase of worldwide brand awareness thanks to their first 5 series of IEMs and 2 models of headphones (Fighter classic, Smarter classic, Orchestra, Smarter Pro, Magister, Dreamer classic and Dreamer LE), the company starts another challenge with the new model of IEMs: the FIGHTER PRO HD.
New PRO HD Series
This new PRO series is going to replace their legendary Fighter classic launched in 2014, implementing several improvements on a design and technical perspective, whilst retaining the main somatic features of the classic version.
For this new product series, UBSOUND continues to emphasize their value for money tag with a worldwide retail price set at the launch of $39. The new FIGHTER PRO HD IEMs are available in 4 different colors: matte Black, sport Red, cool Blue and silver Grey. UBSOUND is still focused on a clear roadmap of upcoming products which include a new headphone model, DAPs, amplified DACs and amplified speakers.
Official manufacturer website and where to buy: www.ubsound.com
Official "FIGHTER PRO HD" IEMs video (Warning: this video contains flashing images)
We had a quick chat with Marzio Gasparro, President & CEO of the UBSOUND Group, to talk about the new Fighter PRO in-ear ear monitors.
Hi Marzio, it seems UBSOUND is accelerating its product launch phases during 2018 and also the research and development is going strong. Before talking about the new Fighter PRO HD, what can you tell us about UBSOUND's business and the last 2 product launches, the Magister IEMs and Dreamer LE headphones?
Hi Marcus. First of all, I would like to thank you for your time as usual. Yes, your kind business analysis is correct, during the last 18 months we have increased the research & development in order to deliver more new products in the worldwide audio market.
We think that, as of today, innovation has become a "must" in the consumer electronics segment and this is true also for portable audio. Considering the massive worldwide impact of several Asian companies which are landing onto the audio market with nice products on a daily basis, we had to accelerate the new models launch and carefully manage the "value for money" side at the same time, giving end-users the best quality as possible but at an affordable price point.
The sales figures of the Magister IEMs and Dreamer L.E. headphones are luckily higher than our forecast, probably due to their good quality and the robust price point. Also, the growing brand awareness of our company is surely helping the sales on a marketing perspective.
Following our conversation, it appears that the Fighter classic IEMs represent around 50% of the company revenues so far, therefore I suppose it's a tough challenge to send it into retirement after 4 years of success versus a new business bet named Fighter PRO HD. Can you tell us the main reasons of this decision?
That's right Marcus, during the last 4 years the Fighter series IEMs covered 47% of our sales and they are considered our best seller. It's a very tough challenge in terms of risk but we are 100% sure that the new Fighter PRO HD is better than the previous model on every single detail like design, fit, technical details, components, materials, robustness, sound performance and value for money, with a price tag of only $39.
The main reason of this virtual business bet is the fact that, after more than 4 years, we simply wanted to entirely change their design and improve many features based on data and feedback coming from clients, reviewers and friends, taking input from the positive feedback but also from every single complaint about sound, materials and other small details.
We've improved all the features in order to deliver a better product with a new style which maintains, at the same time, the main somatic features of the Fighter "Classic", but we decreased the MSRP to $39. That's why we believe in these new amazing IEMs, which are definitely an improvement on the classic version.
What can you tell us about the new Fighter PRO HD in terms of technical improvements and new features compared to the Fighter classic?
As already but partially mentioned above, the new Fighter PRO HDs have been entirely revolutionized, starting from a new body shape, new design, new materials and better sound performance compared to the classic series.
Obviously, as I said, we have maintained the 4 main somatic features that are loved by the Fighter users:
1) the tangle-free flat wire, that has been improved with a better coating material, it's lighter but more robust at the same time and less microphonic whilst moving.
2) A warm v-shaped acoustic signature, that has been slightly improved with a bit more midrange and textured bass thanks to their new 9mm independent dynamic drivers which, compared the 8mm drivers of the previous model, give more manageability in terms of audio performance, with higher dB and a better frequency response range. Moreover, we have decreased the impedance to 16Ω which, compared to 32Ω of the previous model, gives more manageability with common devices like smartphones and entry-level DAPs.
3) More robustness for all the components, including the remote control with integrated microphone, for extra durability of the IEM. 4) Better value for money, with a lower price tag of only $39.
Basically, these are the main improvements on the Fighter PRO HD. That said, I would add that they are also a better looking in terms of shape and design, which is more elegant. The product is available in 4 colors: Black, Red, Blue and Grey. We've added the silver Grey whilst killing the White from the previous model.
FIGHTER PRO HD Technical data
HD 9mm independent dynamic drivers
Sensitivity: 115dB/mW
Frequency response: 15-21.000Hz
Impedance: 16Ω
Maximum distortion <0,1%.
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NEW LEADERSHIP DELIVERING RESULTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Travis Nelson is a Huerfano County native, and is proud to announce that he has been nominated to run as rural moderate Democratic Candidate for Colorado Senate for SD35. Travis is not a politician, but a common man who has decided to step up for our People. Travis received 100% of the delegate's votes at the Senate District Assembly and is incredibly grateful to represent his home County of Huerfano, and greater Front Range of Rural Colorado. Travis is the "Citizen Candidate" and is here to fight for all the voters in his District, regardless of their political affiliation.
About Travis Nelson
Last Ditch Homestead!
Little did I know, this would be a metaphor for the roads to come.
Thankfully, I had amazing parents and step-parents. My father David "Arizona Star" Nelson and my stepmom Jan built a successful fence building company on the Western Slope and bought an appaloosa ranch with their countless years of hard work. I learned about solid work ethic, ranching, and building barbed wire fences from my dad.
My mom, Johnnye, worked as a secretary and bookkeeper. She also worked at the local clinic in Gardner called "La Clinica". Growing up, my mother taught me about relentless community service. She was a woman of action. She led the efforts to create the Gardner Summer Kids Program, Gardner Library, and local Little League. She continues to volunteer at the Gardner Valley School to this day, instructing the young kids about agriculture in the local school greenhouse.
Gardner was an interesting community to say the least! Roughly, one third of the residents were tough and loving Hispanics who had been in the community for countless generations. Another third of the residents were Anglo ranchers who ran cattle and sheep.
I was a product of the last third of the population.
In the 1970's, the counterculture attracted hippies into the area that moved into the Upper Huerfano Valley by the hundreds. This melting pot made for an amazing community that looked out for one another. There was limited law enforcement other than our local sheriff, the toughest local outlaw! He was put in charge of keeping our rambunctious behavior to a minimum in Gardner. We were blessed to have a community made up of the kindest folks you could ever meet.
Gardner was a wild and untamed outlaw country. Fighting was the norm in Gardner. As little kids, we would fist-fight on the weekends. Not because we had a disagreement but just for something to do on a Saturday night. Many of the older generations in Gardner were true outlaws. Employment was difficult to find unless you were working on a ranch. This was hard work and the pay was only $20 per day. You could also find work planting trees in the Spring.
Living in wild and untamed Gardner could not have hit home any harder. When I was six years old, my dad shot our neighbor over a dispute and our home was burned down to the ground. Gardner was a violent place. True "f*** around and find out" outlaw country, if you know what I mean.
Due to the lack of opportunity and loose enforcement of the law, Gardner developed into a narco-economy. Many of the locals grew cannabis in the 1980's Regan-era "war on drugs". It was acceptable to drink alcohol and smoke pot when we became teenagers in Gardner. I think back to drinking booze and smoking after work as well as at local Christmas parties in Gardner in front of my teachers. When we got to high school in Walsenburg, there was a vast amount of pot, liquor and even cocaine. Unfortunately, at age 15 I chose to travel that rocky road. When you get thrown in the fire this young, it is much harder to recover from substance abuse. The demons of violence and alcohol haunted me for 20 years.
While at rock-bottom, I hurt a lot of people, including those who cared the most about me. I was sent to prison for four long years in 2002 after running a Mexican National down with a car at 2:00 a.m. after being attacked with a knife on the East Side of Pueblo leaving a bar. Talk about poor choices and mistakes we make using substances! I will not hide when it comes to the hurt my drinking and bad behavior caused to so many people. Words can not express enough how sincerely sorry I am to any and all people my behavior ever hurt while I traveled down that rocky outlaw road.
I am a firm believer that when poor choices are made you take responsibility for them. This is where I put it all out there and apologize and take responsibility for my poor choices and actions during this outlaw road. I will not make excuses.
I was given four years to think long and hard about my conduct while in the Colorado Department of Corrections. When you sober up and have time to think things over, you see things much more clearly. I made the best of my circumstances. I finished my final semester and earned a degree in Sociology from CSU-Pueblo and completed my certification as a paralegal. I went to church and Bible study five days a week. I became an ordained Christian Minister while incarcerated. I studied law and helped countless others find justice and medical care with those skills. I went out of my way to help Spanish speaking inmates with legal filings to help them return to their home countries, which also saved Colorado taxpayers in the process. When released, I had a parole and job reference letters from the Pueblo Chief of Police, Jim Billings. Dan Corsentino, who was the Sheriff of Pueblo at that time, wrote references of support as well.
I found a job volunteering for Catholic Charities/CICI helping immigrants with their legal path to citizenship upon release. I was hired for my supervisor' position. Local attorney, Janet Kinniry, wrote a letter and got me approved to work as a state contractor for the Alternate Defense Counsel as a paralegal fighting for justice in the same courts I was processed through as an offender only a few years prior. I worked successfully as a paralegal while completing parole.
Years ago, after I completely stopped drinking alcohol, I began to truly fight for my community. In Huerfano County, we had a rate which was three times higher than any other county in Colorado due to overdoses from opioids. I organized many doctors and professionals to form the "Helping End the Opioid Epidemic" project to fight the problem in Huerfano County. I hooked up with some of my NFL contacts to host the "All-Southern Colorado Free Football Camp" for local youth. I lead fundraising efforts to save La Clinica in Gardner from several defunct years of tax liens.
Recently, I have been fighting the water corruption and mismanagement concerns that I and many others have encountered locally in Huerfano County.
I REFUSE to stand by while corrupt state actors abandon and steal our water owned privately by ranchers.
I REFUSE to stand by and allow our ponds to all be attacked, breached and dried up.
I REFUSE to allow developers from the Denver Metro area to drain our rural communities of water resources.
I REFUSE to stand by and watch corrupt inside dealings of water by the very officials in positions designated to protect our public waters.
I never had any intention to run for public office. I was CHOSEN by Democrats in Huerfano County to serve as a delegate to vote and choose the candidate at the Senate District 35 Assembly. I showed up at the Assembly where there was no candidate willing to run for office in this 60/40 Republican dominated district.
Desperate times call for desperate measures!
I stepped up in a vacuum and was nominated for democratic candidate for Colorado Senate District 35. I carried 100% of the Delegate vote and secured our slot on the November ballot. I am willing to fight for all people in Senate District 35 regardless of the odds stacked against us. I have made a conscious choice to not fight in an adversarial manner but to fight in advocacy for all people in Rural Colorado. I will use my unique experience, strength, and hope to work for my community and better our society. I will not sugar-coat the hard path that brought me here. I own my past and will not be hobbled by the poor choices I made as a young man. We have all made mistakes and poor choices. Without mistakes, there is no room for growth and learning. "He that is without sin feel free to cast the first stone."
I understand that I may not be the candidate for every voter. My skeletons are in my front yard versus hidden in a closet or buried under the house. I FIGHT for all people in Rural Colorado. I am appalled by what our political system has become and today's extreme views of both the far left and right. We need to meet in the middle and address the localized and desperate needs of Rural Colorado.
I do not care if you are a democrat, independent or republican. If you live in Rural Colorado, I will fight for you regardless. If my message resonates with you, please allow me the honor of receiving your vote this November 6th. Thank you!
Travis Star Nelson
Candidate for Colorado Senate District 35
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My wife and I used to have a real problem with antiquing. We'd go antique hunting every waking moment.
Our house was so full of antiques we could have opened our own antique store.
And we had a problem with strolling.
My wife and I were strolling everywhere. Our little strolls were turning into full outings.
Then I discovered big screen televised sports.
Baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR, hockey, golf - even darts and Texas Hold 'em Poker.
And don't forget women's beach volleyball.
And my antiquing and strolling…sort of…stopped.
And my wife…sort of…left me. For some guy that found Viagra.
Hahaha. Nicely put. Remember you can always go back to strolling while thinking of having a woman beach volleyball player thrown down on a nineteenth century Victorian bed.
Don: What sports channel is that on? Actually, what sport is that?
My wife once asked me to go antiquing. I told her that she was out of her mind. I go antiquing every day. Why would I want to mirror my career activities in leisure time?
Hmmm....I thought that affliction was caused merely by watching sports, regardless of the size of the screen.
00dozo: Hmmm... I guess mine's bigger than yours.
Are you the one who dropped that Viagra all over your blog, Dufus? Oh... here's your remote. You're welcome.
Leeuna: Yay, my remote. Just in time for the girls beach volleyball game!
Try it in high def, as I do. You'll never need a woman, friend or priest again. Now I'm waiting for 3D. I think 3D beach volleyball would be maybe the best thing ever invented.
i dropped by for theme thursday but this is the post that got my attention.
Mike: 3D women's beach volleyball? It'll even come with protective eyeglasses.


Harold Hillman is the Managing Director of Sigmoid Curve Consulting Group, a company he launched in December 2006. Sigmoid specialises in tools and frameworks that help executive teams lead their organisations through major change with a collective sense of ownership and commitment to strong results. Since change really is the only constant in business, developing the capability to lead it, rather than be led by it, is the true hallmark of successful and enduring organisations.
Over the past two decades, as both a senior executive and external coach, Hillman has coached a number of prominent chief executives and their teams in the U.S, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Hillman's client organisations include Kraft Foods, Fonterra, Sealord, Transfield Worley, Refining NZ, Bank of New Zealand, National Australia Bank, TVNZ, Auckland Council, Foodstuffs, Tegel Foods, Frucor, RD1, Air New Zealand, New Plymouth District Council, Southern Cross Healthcare, University of Melbourne, Duke University (USA), MIT (NZ) and FMG.
Hillman earned a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh (USA). With a strong belief that the best leaders are also the most skilled learners, Hillman coaches business leaders and executive teams to be open to stretching their own thinking.
Hillman is frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches and presentations at conferences in the arena of leadership, talent and human capital. His first book, The Impostor Syndrome, was named Whitcoulls Business Book of the Year 2013. Hillman's second book, Fitting In, Standing Out, will be published by Penguin Random House in August 2015.2013 and was named Whitcoulls Business Book of the Year 2013 upon its release.
You can listen to Hillman's weekly leadership commentary on Radio Live's Sunday Morning and view his regular contributions to the NZ Herald's business online edition.


Lyrical, insightful, and pleasantly avant-garde, this is the story of an intensely creative and ambitious young woman who discovered her love for place, for design, for building—that is, for architecture—even before she knew the word. It is an easy-to-read account chronicling the life and times of one in the early '60s. As a single mother, Wendy Bertrand accepted job security over the potential glamour, prestige, or celebrity of private practice, where architectural stars shine. She tells us how she pursued a career while continuing to value her perspective and insight as a woman, a mother, and someone who cares passionately about social equity. Her love of place infuses every aspect of her personal and professional life. She tells us of her adventures in travel, education, marriage, childbirth, motherhood, and work. This everyday architect worked in the traditionally male-valued US Navy from 1973 to 1991, and within her civilian job she found ways to add humanistic features to that institutional military engineering culture. She took pride in public service while creating opportunities to improve workplace norms. In effect, the management and design decisions she embraced continue to challenge cultural convention in the workplace today. She reflects on how what she knows now could influence the way our culture goes about the making of place. This is also a story about a woman coming into her own as she matures, enjoys the fiber arts, and embraces the elements of her life that have enduring value.
This is the personal and professional memoir of an architect who tells how her identity and life as woman are inseparable from her adventures in the profession of architecture. She reflects in the epilogue about how what she knows now could influence the way our culture goes about the making of place.
National Building Museum Shop, Washington D.C.
I admire the persistence you have had – and your honesty about gains and losses both in your professional and private life. What a life! Many of the aspects of the working life that you are talking about are familiar for me and are discussed among female colleagues. Over 50% of our students are young women, but often the tone of the discussion comes from men. When discussing about new job positions men tend to think about other men – and women withdraw. This is slowly changing. I will tell about your book for those friends who are active in Architecta. KIITOS. My very best wishes.
The book is so immediately engrossing I cancelled my calendar for a day and a half to do nothing but read, sleep, eat and read. Bright white silken-to-the-touch pages lead the reader into a masterwork also laden with exceptional tactile and visual pleasures.
In her book, Enamored with Place, Wendy Bertrand provides an honest and detailed account of how she came to be who she is — woman, mother, architect, weaver. She worked for decades in various leadership roles in the male-dominated profession of architecture, she faced varied challenges in her personal life, and now has made the transition to rug weaving. All the while, creating communities around her for mutual support and advancement. The story of her challenges and successes will resonate with many of us.
I've finished reading your book. Fascinating stories! Both L. and I came to America as foreign college students in the late 60s. We definitely noticed the differences in believes and behaviors of the born-in-America fellow students. Some of these caused me to be envious, e.g. travels, pursuits based purely on interest, mostly funded by supportive parents. Some of these appeared frivolous, wasteful or irresponsible, e.g. typical fraternity/sorority activities, excessive sense of entitlement, disrespect for foreign cultures, and such.
We have no children. We observe how our nieces and nephews – 2nd generation immigrants, grow up from a distance. We have never spent the energy to fully understand how these believes and behaviors are developed during a child's formative years. Your stories about your childhood, Chanette's, and your college years, filled in many of the blanks. I now have a better understanding of our nieces and nephews.
As for your activism in the feminist movement and career, these stories are more familiar to us. Feminism, along with anti-Vietnam-war and other activities, were hot issues on college campuses. We've seen our share of office politics and career road blocks to empathize with your experience.
Looking at the list of places that you've visited, you've certainly out done us by far. We're quite familiar with La Jolla because my sister and brother-in-law lived on UCSD campus in the 80s. We visited a few times. Santa Barbara is our favorite over-night stop-over whenever we drive down to southern Cal. We've only visited France once and have never set our foot in Africa. Your travel stories are amazing. Driving your own Model-A to college, riding a Vespa from Milan to Munich, going thru the Alps in a 2CV: these are some of the things that I wish I had done when I was young.
Thank you for sending a copy of your book, Enamored with Place: As Woman + As Architect to our Architecture library at Texas A&M University. We look forward to reading your fascinating story, and sharing this book with others.
I think it's delightful that you have been able to write such an intimate book about your life and career. I feel this book will touch many people. As it arrived, one of our library staff exclaimed to me that this author loves fiber arts – weaving and spinning! You see, even that resonates with someone who has a similar love of textiles and spinning.
Thanks for your efforts in publishing a new and refreshing account of architecture and life. We look forward to the full read.
Thank you for lending me your book- I loved it. The insightful, well written account of your life adventures was an absolute joy to read. I am amazed at the consistency in the goals and themes you have managed to weave throughout your life. You might not have known to pick architecture, but there was no way architecture could not have found you…and lucky for us in the field, it did. I am both thankful for the road you helped pave and inspired to continue the journey of finding true equality in architecture for women. I feel privileged to have met you and look forward to speaking with you again soon.
I enjoyed reading your book, and I would recommend it to anyone. I especially liked where you talked about your fiber arts.
Your daughter is only 2 years younger than me.
Your career and your skills in handcrafts are amazing, as is your ability to fight for the rights of women. Amazing!!! I only wish I had a chance to visit you and talk to you face to face.
What pleased me the most about your book was that it is a memoire. I was relieved to find the explanation as to why your daughter's name was spelled differently at times. I liked the factual events mixed with the motives and the revealing's of how your were personally affected. What impressed me were: 1) the freedom and encouragement to explore your individuality that you received from your mother, which was a strong foundation for your growth; 2) how that strong sense of self propelled you around the world in your early years; 3) not only were you aware of the feminine issues, but you did something about that, continuously; 4) you were observant of the needs and interactions of others and encouraged their talents; 5) you were creative; and 6) you tried to protect your daughter from situations that were beyond your control (therein lies sorrow). Thank you Wendy for sharing with me through this book. I have spoken in the past tense, only in regard to what I read. Obviously your vibrant life stretches onward.
Your book "Enamored With Place" is something wonderful to experience with your interesting travels abroad and especially with your descriptive and moving narrative of all the sexist discrimination from the majority of the men in your field of architecture. Your courage and many talents are evident in the stories of surviving that discrimination and proving your efficiency in your chosen field even though greatly outnumbered by men. You are a model for younger women architectural students. As an ardent women's advocate and memoir writer (While I Still Have All My Marbles) and as a knitter, I appreciated your words about developing an interest in spinning your own yarn and weaving beautiful items with that yarn in retirement. What separates your publication from most others is the artistry of the presentation from cover to cover. So attractive and enjoyable. Great job.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your experiences in a field with so few women and about your cooperative, innovative approach to problem-solving. Yours is definitely a book I will recommend to my longtime Women's Circle and also to young women who are embarking on their careers and could benefit from your inspiring words.
I thought your book was brave.
Terrific Read! I finished your memoir this week and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it!! Reading about your adventures, your heartbreaks, and your determination to be an architect are all inspiring. I was reading a story in the New York Times today about the struggle for gender equity at Harvard's Business School, and realized how your experiences working in an male dominated profession unfortunately still remains true today.
Wendy, I received the three books you sent. Terrific. Could you please send us another 3 copies urgently.
I thought you were a plain Jane from San Francisco, and then I read your very interesting book!
—Leonard Morrison, Carpenter, Del Norte County, Ca.
I finally completed the joy that was reading your life's journey. You are a marvelous writer and am so impressed w/ your commitment to your craft, your innate love of and abilities in architecture, your savoring of that which is space and its intentions and needs. Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wendy, I so enjoyed meeting you at the SF Book Festival, you are such a joy. I appreciated your thoughts on writing, sense of place, gender and the work place relevant and thought-provoking. Thank you for sharing your deeply personal story in the book and for keeping the magic of creating space alive. I also want to thank you for giving new energy to the important conversation about women's voice and value in the professional world. We need it, we need women like you who care and are living proof that it's possibly to follow your passion in a 'man's world' while living a very feminine life.
For many years I have searched for books like, Enamored with Place, as I have navigated through my own career in architecture. For me it was a very refreshing read that reveals what so many women struggle through in secret in this and many other professions. Wendy invites the reader into a detailed and candid story of her life as a woman, single mother and architect followed by an insightful epilouge about changes needed in the architectural profession. After charting new paths for herself and others as a woman in architecture, she has clearly chosen to blaze a new trail for herself by courageously sharing her intimate life story as a writer. As a sister designer, one can appreciate and experience in her writting the same care and thoughtful attention to detail with which she conveys her approach to her career as an architect. In addition to the writing itself, her passion for life, architecture and her daughter is equally evident in all the physical details of the book: the title and graphics, the incorporation of her daughters art work into the book cover, the time line graphics at the beginning and end of each chapter and thoughtful incorporation of photos to satisfy one's visual curiosity as she tells her story. Congratulations!!
—Shelley Davis, Architectural Project Manager & Jeweler, Oakland, Ca.
I am mightily impressed. I loved the way you write, and your descriptions are wonderful. What an interesting life you've led! I had to get out a world map in order to follow the places/cities you mentioned, and it is hard to believe that you traveled and lived on so very little money.
Presenting your book (at The Green Arcade Bookstore) and describing it made me visualize your book almost like a blueprint. You laid it out with the supports at either end- Preface, Introduction____ Epilogue. and 36 compartments within. It was so illuminating to me. I am now on Chapter 7 in my reading and I have been so struck by your memory, the descriptions of outfits, the moods, the first impressions etc. just amaze me.
The intriguing discussion could have gone in so many directions. I loved your clarity of purpose. The way you detailed your process of choosing the title. The importance of holding Place in the space of being a Woman and additionally holding Place from the space of being an Architect. It solidified into something geometric for me.
Describing the words and wefts of your rugs was one of those thoughts that I look forward to mulling over when I get back to my loom.
It was wonderful having you visit last Friday and all of us were so impressed with your book, presentation, and the professional way you got the job done. As one of the Wednesday Writers said yesterday, "Wendy knows how to execute!" The book is a beautiful work of art and shows the love and care you took with it.
Just wanted to congratulate you on your book. A nice true life story well presented, well written, nicely laid out and on good quality paper. I enjoyed reading your story about your world travels and your fight for equality in the work place. Sorry you had to fight a lot for woman's rights but that's the way it was then, you were a true pioneer at that time and i'm sure you still are today. I think today thanks to you and others like you that the situation is much better, perhaps not there yet, but much better than it was that's for sure. I remember when i worked for some of the larger engineering company's in the bay area that the number of woman engineer's was about 1%, that covered all dep't of engineering, so you were not a lone.
Gee I knew your mother but didn't ever know so much about you. I couldn't put it down. Thanks for writing this book. It was so much fun to read with all the colorful graphics and photos and I didn't have to look up many words. You were a champion of women in architecture. I feel like a feminist too.
Bertrand's engaging style draws the reader into her interesting life. Beginning with her childhood move into the family's garage, Bertrand always created her own place–whether as the only woman in her architecture class or pushing the boundaries of her career as an architect for the Navy. Doing this while a single mother, building her own living spaces, and traveling, makes her story an intriguing read. Especially recommended for memoir readers, students of the second wave of feminism, and those who want to explore what is social architecture.
As a single mother, going back to college at the age of 27, I am super excited to read your experiences and hope that it will inspire me continue pursuing a career in Landscape Architecture. I'm currently taking an English class and one assignment is to read a memoir. I wanted to find a memoir that would motivate me on my career path. Lucky enough, I googled architect, single mom and memoir and your book popped up. I cant wait to start reading.
"Everyone took his/her shoes off before stepping onto the white wall-to-wall carpet in the nondescript magazine interior of the elegant house." We have that same ideal in Finland, without personality!
The China year made me see and feel the atmosphere in the environment as well as in the marriage.
Liked the story about the cup p.145, an object we all use.
Did not have time to read the whole thing in ten days – but what I read was certainly enjoyable!
I finished your book today. You're an excellent writer, and I enjoyed the reading. Yet when I read the introduction, I wasn't sure I wanted to go on. For me, the somewhat general and abstract nature of the introduction wasn't very interesting. But then I got into your life story and the other specifics, and I was hooked.
Because we're contemporaries, I was able to compare what I was doing with the times/places you described. You were much more brave and adventurous than I was.
I'm a wanna-be architect. So I was interested to learn all about your schooling and day-to-activities as a working architect, especially for the Navy. Regarding two of my heroes–Buckminster Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright–I have a couple of comments.
Compared with my book, yours is beautiful and extremely well-produced. And though I thought the cover type treatment was a bit too fussy, I overall think the typesetting was excellent. Still, I found a few typos and omissions, but not as many as I've already found in my much-shorter book.
Stunning cover! Nice to see the hatched texture in the word "place." Nice the way the designer carries through the design on the jacket flaps. I like the list of places on the end pages in your architectural printing hand. The small size of photos sprinkled throughout is effective —the one of your artist grandmother is a little treasure.
ENAMORED WITH PLACE is more than a memoir–it's a wonderful account of an extraordinary woman's journey to become an architect and to work in that profession for many years. Wendy worked in "a man's world" for many years. In this book, she tells us about the special ways she approached working and living, both professionally and personally.
You know how to keep a reader interested with just the right pace and amount of time spent relaying a particular story. What I came away with mostly was how much a person can accomplish through work, family and adventures in a life if one desires to. I can't help but think some people who haven't really "lived" that read it will experience a wake up call or have feelings of regret that they have spent too much of their life going to work, running a household and getting caught up in the day to day routines.
Guy and I have an adventurous spirit and have traveled a fair bit, take in the theatre, arts, car shows, collecting, hiking, kayaking, etc and I think "Wow I need to ramp up my life" after reading your book. It is certainly inspirational!!
Something that is no surprise and disappointing is how far we (women) have not come. Your work challenges of the 70-80 decades are still too common today. Good for you to persevere and stand your ground on so many occasions. You had and still have, I'm sure , the Finnish sisu. Thank you for sharing your story!!
"Wow, what a whirlwind trip I have been through with your tales! Your journey is a real life rendition of Dr Seuss' famous book, 'Oh, the Places You'll Go'.
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AN INTEGRATED RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND TROPICAL STORMS IN EL SALVADOR
Seconded to the World Food Programme (WFP) as an information management officer (IMO), Sean Ng Yat Weng, provided critical information management services in response to the growing food security needs caused by the pandemic and tropical storms Amanda and Cristobal.
COVID-19 swept across the world, leaving in its wake populations suffering from a range of economic and social issues. For countries that are prone to natural disasters, with vulnerable populations in need of assistance, the impact of the pandemic has been amplified.
In 2020, El Salvador was one of the many countries that were affected by ongoing natural disasters while suffering to a large extent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the revised Humanitarian Needs Overview, the country declared the first case of COVID-19 on the 18th of March 2020.
Compounding the effects of the global pandemic, tropical storms Amanda and Cristobal struck the country on the 31st of May and the 6th of June, 2020, bringing devastating consequences to the already-struggling communities.
As most of the population relies on informal work while living off daily wages, the restrictions left many individuals unable to meet their basic needs while the level of food insecurity increased among the vulnerable population.
According to the revised Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) of May 2020, 643,000 individuals, approximately 10% of the population, were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance and protection due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to these numbers, 331,000 individuals were further impacted by food insecurity.
The damage caused by the tropical storms, in combination with the ongoing health crisis, led the national government to declare a state of emergency. However, the delivery of aid was largely impacted due to conflicting figures of COVID-19 cases and the unavailability of accurate information.
iMMAP's intervention
In this context of uncertainty and rapidly evolving needs, The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN agency with the largest presence in El Salvador, requested personnel surge support from iMMAP in order to overcome the issue of presenting timely, reliable and accurate data. Through the iMMAP information management roster, Sean Ng Yat Weng was promptly selected and seconded to provide the necessary services to improve the management of critical humanitarian data to support the emergency response.
Initially, Sean was assigned to assist the Food Security Cluster with improving the data collection process, data cleaning and visualization to enable an integrated response to the tropical storms and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after and based on the rapidly changing context on the ground, he extended his support to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the local government to improve the coordination of the response.
Throughout his assignment, Sean supported the Food Security Cluster partners with improving the irregularities in the data collection processes, data cleaning and visualization. These activities supported a total of 14 cluster partner organizations in their response across the country, while allowing them to understand duplication of efforts and identify the areas that were being underserved.
Furthermore, Sean supported OCHA with building the HRP for 2021 by coordinating the data collection and visualization processes. These activities were complemented through the coordination of the IM working group to ensure all processes were streamlined and standardized across the response.
Upon the request of the WFP and OCHA, Sean further supported the Ministry of Interior and the Civil Defense department with the irregularities identified in the reporting of the number of individuals displaced as a result of the tropical storms.
"ONE CANNOT MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS WITH INACCURATE DATA. MUCH OF THE WORK HAS BEEN IN SERVICE OF A BETTERCOORDINATED, MORE THOROUGH RESPONSE."
Sean Ng Yat Weng iMMAP IMO
The support provided to UN agencies, humanitarian clusters and the government departments improved the overall response through ensuring all humanitarian organizations were able to make informed decisions by minimizing duplication of efforts while focusing humanitarian response activities to support underserved communities.
Sean's role and work emphasize the importance of information management activities, as seen by the following statement:
"One cannot make informed decisions with inaccurate data. Much of the work has been in service of a better-coordinated, more thorough response."
iMMAP, with the support of the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), continues to provide critical information management surge support services to nine UN agencies in order to improve decision-making for coordinated and effective response activities across the world.


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Никола́й Влади́мирович Скороду́мов (13 (25) апреля 1887, Волоколамск, Московская губерния — 16 ноября 1947, Москва) — русский театральный деятель, библиограф, библиофил, член Русского библиографического общества. Работал и.о. директора (1925—1926), главным библиографом, заведующим научно-библиографическим отделом научной библиотеки им. Горького МГУ.

Биография

Учился в Московском  коммерческом училище, затем на естественном отделении физико-математического факультета Московского университета (поступил в 1909 году).
Один из организаторов и теоретиков крестьянского народного театра в России. Один из создателей студенческого кружка для изучения вопросов сельского народного театра. Работал  в Московском отделении Императорского Русского технического общества (в созданной художником В.Д. Поленовым Секции содействия устройству деревенских, фабричных и школьных театров). Автор книг и статей по вопросам народного театра. В предисловии к книге «Новый метод упрощенных постановок» писал: Работая в продолжении многих лет в селе, я не раз наблюдал, как вредно отзывается на развитии дела народного театра неумение устроителей правильно организовать внешнюю сторону спектакля: как наиболее рационально оборудовать сцену, как устроить декорации, как произвести те или другие световые и звуковые эффекты, как сделать костюмы и т. д. Десятки прекрасных пьес отвергаются лишь потому, что «очень сложна обстановка», и часто вместо них идут пьесы «легкие по обстановке», но совершенно не выдерживающие никакой критики ни со стороны художественности, ни со стороны содержания. <…> Автор этих строк был командирован за границу, чтобы на месте познакомиться с тем, как там поставлено дело в лучших сельских и наиболее «упростившихся» городских театрах. Пришлось познакомиться с целым рядом постановок, изучить литературу по данному вопросу, организовать ряд опытов, как непосредственно в сельских театрах, так и в самой Секции, и, наконец, обратиться к художественным авторитетам для проверки всего того, что добыто опытом. Результаты, полученные этим путем, и составляют материал нашей книги.

Театральная деятельность
Студентом в 1906 году организовал в селе Бурмакино Ярославской губернии народный театр, просуществовавший до 1912 года. Поставил здесь (вместе со студентом и молодым актёром МХТ В.В. Готовцевым) спектакли «Борис Годунов» А.С. Пушкина, «Власть тьмы» Л.Н. Толстого; «Не всё коту масленица» А.Н. Островского и др. Основной задачей организаторов было «приблизить сцену к трудовому народу, освободить театр от унизительной роли места отдыха и забавы образованного общества». В Бурмакино Н.В. Скородумов осуществил интересный опыт народного спектакля под открытым небом. Летом 1911 года была поставлена комедия Н.А. Попова по известной народной сказке «Шемякин суд». Происходил спектакль на лесной опушке, место действия, по примеру шекспировского театра, обозначалось укрепленной на шесте надписью: «Действие проходит в судной избе у боярина Шемяки». А «Ночное» М.А. Стаховича разыгрывалось поздним вечером при свете костра и луны. Естественность обстановки, настоящие шалаш и костёр, лесной фон — всё это придавало спектаклю непосредственность и убедительность.
Работой этого театра интересовались видные деятели искусства К. С. Станиславский, П. Н. Орленев, А. М. Васнецов и др.

В 1909 году Н. В. Скородумов создал крестьянский театр в подмосковных Больших Вязёмах вместе с В.В. Готовцевым и жителем Вязём В.А. Дицким. Репертуар этого народного театра также составляла русская драматургия. В репертуаре были пьесы «Не всё коту масленица» А. Н. Островского, «Порченый» крестьянского драматурга С. Т. Семёнова, «В низинах» А. Клепикова, «Русалка» А. С. Пушкина. Крестьянский театр в Вязёмах приобрел славу одного из наиболее выдающихся сельских театров. Весной 1910 года актер Павел Николаевич Орленев устроил в Вязёмах благотворительные спектакли, на которых присутствовали и самодеятельные артисты. В своих записках он живописно изобразил эти театральные перипетии.

16 сентября 1909 года в Большие Вязёмы по приглашению крестьян приехал Л. Н. Толстой, где осмотрел складочно-потребительское общество и посетил театр. Его секретарь В.Г. Чертков часто посещал театр в Вязёмах, а позднее устроил подобный в своем имении в Тульской губернии.
Артистами театра и их руководителями только за первые три года существования с 1909 по 1912 годы было поставлено 55 спектаклей (38 платных и 17 бесплатных), 12 литературно-драматических вечеров и 4 лекции. За это время его посетило до 12 тысяч человек. Из 29 членов при основании Вязёмского театра он вырос до 260 актеров перед Первой мировой войной, причем 40 % из них были крестьянами. Годовой расход театра вырос до 1200 руб. Театр существовал не столько от продажи билетов и членских взносов, сколько на средства Вязёмского складочно-потребительского общества. В 1913 году под Москвой действовало 11 подобных театров. Последние сведения о большевязёмском театре относятся к 1928 году.

Коллекционирование
Владелец крупнейшей в Москве частной коллекции порнографических и эротических материалов (книги, рисунки, акварели, кинофильмы и др.), которую завещал библиотеке им. Ленина. Ценность коллекции отмечал в 1920-х годах директор института психоанализа И.Д. Ермаков: Сексуальность требует серьёзной и тщательной научной экспертизы, особенно потому, что она сыграла столь широкую роль в эволюции культуры и повседневной жизни… Очень важно сохранить коллекцию в чистом виде как социально ценную работу.
После 1934 года Скородумов составил машинописный каталог своей коллекции «Список редких книг по вопросам Sittengeschichte, Sexualwissenschaft, Erotica, Curiosa, принадлежащих зав. Научно-библиографическим отделом Н. В. Скородумову и находящихся во временном хранении в Научной библиотеке им. Горького Московского гос. университета», список был завершён 16 октября 1941 года, состоял из 1324 пунктов на 185 страницах. Книги по этого каталогу были переданы на временное хранение в библиотеку им. Горького Московского университета, особо редкие и ценные документы Скородумов оставил в кабинете сотрудника научной библиотеки МГУ В.В. Сорокина. 18 октября 1941 года библиотека МГУ эвакуировалась в Ашхабад.
Есть версия, что с коллекцией был знаком и обеспечил безопасность владельца Г. Ягода.

«Среди сокровищ Скородумова было портфолио рисунков и акварелей авангардистского титана Михаила Ларионова. Сделанные в 1910-х годах, они не менее скандальны сегодня. На одном карандашном эскизе изображена счастливо задыхающаяся собака, стоящая перед человеком, который занимается гораздо большим, чем ласки. Акварель изображает двух солдат, имеющих интимную встречу на скамейке». После смерти Скородумова в его жилье был устроен обыск, было обнаружено 40 тысяч изданий, 1 763 из которых были эротического, а 5 тысяч — порнографического содержания. Правительство заплатило вдове, «гражданке Буровой», около 14 тысяч рублей за коллекцию, однако 6 173 издания (порнографические книги, брошюры и плакаты) оплачены не были. В то же время «Библиотека Ленина не сочла целесообразным вернуть литературу такого вредного характера гражданке Буровой, поскольку владение ею в доме частного гражданина представляет значительную опасность».

Семья
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Адрес
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Q: Google Play Location Library: Manifest merger failed When attempting to include the Google Play Services location library, I am getting the following error:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#android.support.VERSION@value
value=(25.4.0) from [com.android.support:design:25.4.0]
AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-35 is also present at [com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0] AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-35 value=(26.1.0).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to <meta-data> element at AndroidManifest.xml:26:9-28:38 to override.

My dependencies are as follows:
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    // You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:25.4.0'
    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0"
    implementation "com.android.support:preference-v14:25.4.0"
    implementation "com.koushikdutta.ion:ion:2.+"
    implementation 'com.twilio:video-android:2.0.0-beta2'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:12.0.0'

    compile('org.simpleframework:simple-xml:2.7.+') {
        exclude module: 'stax'
        exclude module: 'stax-api'
        exclude module: 'xpp3'
    }
}

What I have already tried:

*

*Changing the version of the support library. If I do this, I get a slew of errors about resources and attributes not being found.

*Adding a resolutionStrategy as described in several posts with similar errors, like this one. That results in a similar litany of errors.

*Updating the version of the build tools.

*Updating the compileSdkVersion.

I feel that there must be a simple solution but I cannot seem to find it. Thanks for your time.

A: You should check your dependencies from conflicted libraries with:
./gradlew app:dependencies

where app is your module name.
Or do the following (read the details at View the dependency tree):

*

*Select View > Tool Windows > Gradle (or click Gradle  in the tool windows bar).

*Expand AppName > Tasks > android and double-click androidDependencies. After Gradle executes the task, the Run window should open to display the output.

A quick check from your dependencies, the com.koushikdutta.ion:ion:2.+ is using the following in its dependencies:
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'

which will get the latest version of support library. So, you need to exclude support library from it with:
implementation ("com.koushikdutta.ion:ion:2.+") {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support'
    exclude module: 'support-v4'
}

You should try avoiding using + in your dependency library version.
Make sure you are using the same version for compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion, targetSdkVersion, and support libraries.

A: Try the below mentioned code for libraries:
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:preference-v14:27.1.0'
implementation "com.koushikdutta.ion:ion:2.+"
implementation 'com.twilio:video-android:2.0.0-beta2'
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:12.0.0'
compile('org.simpleframework:simple-xml:2.7.+') {
    exclude module: 'stax'
    exclude module: 'stax-api'
    exclude module: 'xpp3'
}

Also, make sure, the minSdkVersion is 16 or more as twilio library supports minSdkVersion 16 or more. And one more thing, the compileSdkVersion must be 27.

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News / Scotland
Farming sector vital to economy, say majority of Scots in study
by Press Association
Statistics suggest 83% of Scots think farming provides an essential public service (Rui Vieira/PA)
A majority of Scots believe farming is vital to the success of the Scottish economy, according to new research.
Figures published by the Scottish Government show 86% of a nationally representative online survey of 2,345 Scottish adults said the sector is critical to the country's economic success.
A total of 83% of the respondents also outlined their belief that farming provides an essential public service.
The statistics were published in a Government report evaluating the public's attitudes to agriculture, environment and rural development.
Alongside the online survey, a literature and evidence review, 15 interviews and two citizens' forums were also carried out to gather public opinion.
Those who participated in the forums agreed overall that farming provides a vital public service, while also suggesting Scottish agriculture helps make the country more self-sufficient.
Almost half (49%) of the forum participants said they have a preference for food to be produced in Scotland.
However, they also said consumers need more support to balance the priorities of cost, quality and local food production.
A majority (68%) said they think Brexit will have a negative effect on the cost of food – impacting on their consumption choices.
Animal welfare was given as the top reason for determining choices about food consumption, while 39% cited improving animal welfare standards as an important priority for the future funding of agriculture policy in Scotland.
There was also agreement that the farming sector should do more to protect and conserve the environment, with 90% of participants agreeing that without a wide variety of plants and animals, the environment would worsen.
Fergus Ewing (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said: "Farmers produce our food, they are the custodians of our countryside and are at the beating heart of our rural economy.
"So it is really pleasing to see the widespread recognition they are receiving.
"The public are clear that they want to see more produce grown locally as well as the protection of animal welfare and food standards – particularly if we leave the EU."
He added: "The public also want greater emphasis on environmental protection and more jobs, opportunities and support for rural areas.
"These are all areas we and the farming industry are committed to maintaining as we seek to grow our rural economy.
"So, as we look to celebrate the success of Scottish farming and the wider rural economy at the Royal Highland Show, it is absolutely fantastic to see this level of support for our farmers and crofters."


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