The necktie is one of the most universal pieces in men's fashion. It's present in most Western countries regardless of nationality, race, religion or culture. That doesn't mean, however, that every single guy out there is wearing the necktie like it should be worn. It's a small style detail but there are many rules that dictate how it ought to be used. Ignoring any of these tie traditions will mean an outfit that looks immature or even simply sloppy.
Clip-on and Zipper ties are a product of today's convenience-loving culture. Just because it's the easy option, though, means you should wear it. On the contrary, a slip-on tie in situations that call for a real one – work, for example, or formal events – is one of the gravest faux pas.
If your problem is with the seemingly time-consuming practice of knotting the fabric, this is something easily solved by practice and repetition. In short, the best and most effective solution is to wear your (real, elastic-free) necktie for often.
Since neckties are such a major component of men's fashions, certain trends do emerge every so often. These trends are things that you should definitely try. What you shouldn't try, on the other hand, are novelty ties. Not only do they never come up as a trend, but they're universally unflattering for almost all men in almost all situations.
Plaids, checks and bright colors on your necktie are no problem because these designs are based on the rules of sharp style and good taste. Smiley faces and cartoon characters rely on their cuteness to have an impact, and thus have next to no sartorial merit. If you want to attract attention, you're much better off with a contemporarily slim tie in a shocking shade instead of wearing one with Taz the Tasmanian Devil on it.
Modern men's style is equal parts great design and perfect fit; that's why a profession as old-school and traditional as tailoring still thrives today. Neckties shouldn't be exempt from that life philosophy. If your shirts and trousers work with the proportions of your body, then so should your accessories – including your ties.
Keeping things proportional is fairly straightforward. If you've got some width to your frame, go for wider ties. If you're on the skinny side, though, you should look around the skinnier end of the necktie width spectrum. Keep in mind that going to either extreme is never a good idea. The range of acceptable widths is from one and a quarter inches to two and three quarters. Anything beyond that is extreme – and extremely unsightly.
It's true that men's fashion has become very liberal in the last few decades, which would partly explain why you have so many style options today. When it comes to choosing a necktie, though, staying on the classic side is always the best plan to follow.


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NAPHL announces 2019-20 All-Star Game coaches and partners
The North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) is pleased to announce the coaches and team name partners for the 2019-20 NAPHL 18U and 16U All-Star Games. The NAPHL 18U and 16U All-Star Games are scheduled for Sunday, December 15th at 6:30pm (18U) and 8:30pm (16U) at the NSC Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota.
The NAPHL is pleased to have the teams for each game named on behalf of league partners Warroad and Hockeywolf.
The 18U All-Star Coaches are Brian Sherry (Meijer AAA) and Darrin Nicholas (Thunder Bay Kings) for Team Warroad and Bryan Fuss (Sioux Falls Power) and Kevin Holmstrom (Colorado Springs Tigers) for Team Hockeywolf.
The 16U All-Star Coaches are Yuri Krivokhija (Esmark Stars) and Bryan Erikson (Northeast Generals) for Team Warroad and Brent Gough (Arizona Bobcats) and Turner Stevenson (Everett Silvertips Elite) for Team Hockeywolf
The NAPHL All-Star Games are a part of the NAPHL's sixth regular season event of the season, which will also be played in cooperation with the 2019 NA3HL Showcase. The entire event will run from December 13-17, 2019. All games at the event in Blaine, including the NAPHL All-Star Games, will be broadcast live and in HD through HockeyTV.
NAPHL 18U All-Star rosters
Each of the four teams consists of 21 players, including 12 forwards, six defensemen and three goaltenders.
The NAPHL All-Star Games will feature players who are leading the way in the NAPHL and many of whom are considered top prospects in North America in their respective birth-years. The NAPHL has enjoyed a record-breaking amount of advancement, which is again is highlighted this season by a large amount of advancement of players to the NAHL, which includes 80+ former players currently playing in the NAHL. No other USA Hockey Midget Tier I league has had more players play in the NAHL over the course of the last three seasons than the NAPHL.
The All-Star teams were selected based on nominations from coaches and player evaluations from NAHL Central Scouting throughout the first three months of the season. Additionally, consideration was given to the overall standings when determining the number of players selected from each team in addition to those players who have already signed NAHL tenders or made NCAA Division I commitments.

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When I was growing up, I often heard that the gesture in many images of Jesus, that is, his raised left hand means that in the year 2000 will be the end of the world. Obviously, it was a mistaken interpretation. Now its 2007 and the end seems to be nowhere in sight. Is it still relevant to discuss and talk about the END of TIME?
In our gospel today, Jesus speaks about the End of Time by means of prophesy of destruction of Jerusalem and he even referred to the some perplexing signs that will precede the end of time. Most often, talks about the End brings out FEAR in us because no one would normally enjoy the sight of death.
Is FEAR the only response and attitude we have in facing the END of TIME. I truly believe Jesus would not even want us to be overwhelmed with fear. Jesus rather tells us "to stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand." Let me then share with you two positive attitudes we need to have in facing the coming END suggested by Jesus in our Gospel today.
FIRST, the imminent end points not to the coming of God who was absent but to the constant presence of God in our midst. The END is already here, it has already begun, particularly in the moment of our history when the Son of God becomes one like us. Even if Jesus Christ has ascended to be with the Father, he continued to be with us in His Spirit. Every time we celebrate the Eucharist and in every community gathered in prayer God is present there. God is in our midst so we must rather be confident and sensitive of His presence among us. While we are assured of God's constant presence, we are at the same time being called to be constantly open and to welcome His presence in the ordinary events and persons that come our way. Again, the END strongly tells us to be confident because God is here with us and asks us to be constantly sensitive in recognizing that presence in our midst.
SECOND, faced with the tribulations and perplexing signs preceding the final end that often overwhelm us with fear; the imminent end rather means the finalization of our redemption. What God has promised us in the coming End is not our DEATH and DESTRUCTION but the fullness of life in the presence of God. Then, the END must be a source of our joy and hope amidst the difficult realities of life we constantly experience in this lifetime. Its like taking the comprehensive exams, although it normally draws out the worst fear in us, yet armed with the volumes of books we have read we are joyful and confidently hopeful of passing. Indeed there is real joy and hope in the coming END.
Complemented by the joy and hope of the coming end, our confidence and sensitivity to the presence of God is all the more heightened. The hope and joy of the end of time inspires us more to recognize God in our midst and celebrate His presence. Here we must remember what Jesus emphatically said in the Matthean vision of the Final Judgment: "What ever you do to the least of these you did it to me." If we have faith, we can even say, his presence among us is more than enough. It is already a joy to love and serve God in our brothers and sisters. Yet God wanted more for us, He wants us to share God's full friendship and love at the End of Time. Out of His love God come to be with us to inaugurate the coming of the End, and it is also out of the same love that God calls us all back into His embrace for us to enjoy the fullness of life at the End of Time. Again, in with confidence and sensitivity let us be open to God's presence in our midst while in joyful hope we await His final return in glory. Amen.


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Mary Hull, a hospital patient in Albuquerque, cracked a poignant joke that gets to the heart of a healthcare movement whose time seems to have come.
Hull, 43, was waiting for her doctor to do a routine check up, but she was sitting in her living room, comfortable and calm. At home, she was treated with intravenous antibiotics for a skin infection on her leg and abdomen.
X-rays were taken with a portable machine and her blood was being drawn every day. A nurse came by three times a day. She avoided the worry of finding someone to watch her cat, according to the New York Times.
Similarly, Martin Fernandez, 82, was brought to the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room in New York with unbearable abdominal pain. Like Hull, the elderly man would need to be officially admitted to the hospital to receive treatment for a urinary tract infection.
But then, much to his surprise, he and his family were asked if he wanted to stay at the hospital or be treated at home. The decision was a classic no-brainer, one you would make in an instant.
His hospital room turned out to be his daughter's apartment two blocks away, where he got TLC, his favorite foods, wore his own clothes, and comfy pajamas at night. In his shoes, which he also was able to wear, you would be happy to be fed by someone who loves you.
The costs were the same at home as they would have been in the relatively loud and lonely hospital environment.
Hull and Fernandez are just two examples of what some hospital systems are trying to reduce costs while improving quality of care.
It also holds at bay, by working around it, the real threat of infections acquired at hospitals and the dangers they pose, more so to older adults.
About 1.7 million people in the U.S. acquire an infection from being in the hospital, says Washington, D.C. medical malpractice attorney Patrick Malone. "What's becoming an even more ominous outcome of that experience is post-hospital syndrome — a condition of extreme vulnerability to a variety of health threats to which recently discharged patients are subject," Malone writes on his blog.
Given the choice, wherever it's offered, lucid patients want to be hospitalized at home. It can be accomplished even with patients who have severe, chronic conditions. Frank Blondin, 52, who has severe rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease, was treated at home for an infection that caused diarrhea.
His case was handled through Presbyterian Health Care System's Hospital at Home program in Albuquerque.
The concept isn't new, having been pioneered by Bruce Leff, MD, in a groundbreaking study 10 years ago. Leff is now director of geriatric health services research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Leff's study showed that even elderly patients who needed admission to an acute care hospital for pneumonia, worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure, and cellulitis could be treated at home.
The study also found that the at-home approach improved the quality of medical care while lowering costs – mostly by shortening hospital stays – a combination that is a huge part of the continuing attempts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system. As more Americans are given the choice, at-home hospitalization is gaining steam.
Leff believes the at-home concept is still evolving. But, he has been contacted by more than 100 health system executives curious about how the transition can be accomplished. He also sees hospitals of the future providing very specialized, very high-tech care, while the rest of medical treatment returns – essentially – to house calls.
If you live in an urban area, the chances are higher that at-home programs are being offered. That's because there are simply more hospitals and healthcare systems in urban areas. The American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) can help you find at-home services, and you can access guidelines to learn more about how at-home care works.
This at-home movement is indeed expanding as it piles up positive results. But it isn't necessarily going to keep you out of a hospital.
Patients have to be carefully selected for the at-home option. Some need the constant monitoring only a hospital can provide for conditions that could turn life-threatening in an instant. But as this experiment continues, patients who can be hospitalized at home will become easier to identify.


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Q: SwiperJS library not working properly: Swiper is not defined So I'm trying to use the SwiperJS library, but it doesn't work. It's a pretty big website with A LOT of content on the page I'm trying to use it for. The strange thing is, on a small testing website of myself it does work. But when I try to use it on the bigger website console throws an error.
My code:

And the JS:

Console error: Swiper is not defined at www.url.com/script.js
I already tried window.onload and to set a timeout of a few seconds before running new Swiper. Does anybody maybe know how to fix this?

A: You need to add CSS tag also in your header:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css"/>

p.s. I know it's a year later but hopefully this helps someone who comes across this question.

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Want to Join Google? Be ready to answer tricky and quirky job interview questions like these!
Ranked among the world's 'best workplaces', Google certainly has a pull among young professionals who want to build a successful career.
Gaurav Macwan
Updated: Feb 22, 2018 10:29 IST
Want to Join Google?
Ranked among the world's 'best workplaces', Google certainly has a pull among young professionals who want to build a successful career. But, while almost everyone would certainly jump at the opportunity to become 'Googlers', not many are able to do so; thanks to the tricky brain-teasers and quirky interview questions that are asked to the candidates.
Infact, Google has a well-established tradition of asking tricky interview questions that do not necessarily have a right or wrong answer and they are quite proud of it. These 'not so easy to answer' questions have little to do with the job profiles for which the candidate is being interviewed or their knowledge base. These are just brain-teasers aimed at testing the personality traits and cultural perspectives of the candidates.
So, if you are planning to go for a job interview at Google, better start preparing for such tricky questions right away. For your reference, we have included some of the most popular Google interview questions below.
1. What is your favourite Google product, and how would you improve it?
2. If ads were removed from YouTube, how would you monetize it
3. What do you know about Google?
4. If you wanted to bring your dog to work but one of your team members was allergic to dogs, what would you do?
5. A coin was flipped 1,000 times and there were 560 heads. Do you think the coin is biased?
6. Name a prank you would pull on x manager if you were hired.
7. What would you want to do if you didn't have to work?
8. How would you explain cloud computing to a 6-year-old?
9. What is the market for driverless cars in the year 2020?
10. Do you prefer earning or learning?
11. You're the captain of a pirate ship, and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up. If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?
12. How many times a day does a clock's hands overlap?
13. Why are manhole covers round?
14. How many buses are there in Hyderabad?
15. What happens from the point when you type in a URL in your browser to the point the page gets displayed?
While these interview questions certainly act as a guideline for job aspirants lookout to join IT majors and tech giants such as Google and Facebook; they are probably not going to be repeated during the interview process. Especially for Google, being the brand that it is; it never repeats any of the interview questions that are published on any online forums. So you can only use them to prepare for any such surprises that are thrown at you during the Google Job Interview.
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This latest trailer for Dragonball FighterZ stars Android 18 & 17 and features lesser known Z-Fighters Picolo, Krillan and Android 16. The "Ice-Climbers" archetype for Android 18 & 17 is very unique and unexpected. I would have liked to see Android 17 get his own slot in the game. The gameplay for Picolo and Krillan were actually really interesting. Picolo's Special Beam Cannon looks amazing. This game is looking better and better as time goes one. We're still waiting (impatiently) for more details regarding the open beta coming soon. In the meantime, check out the latest trailer from Gamescom2017.
Dragonball FighterZ will be released February 2018 on Xbox One and Playstation 4.


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The King on Netflix Stars Timothée Chalamet as a Shakespearean Monarch
The upcoming movie was inspired by the Bard's Henry IV and Henry V.
By Chloe Foussianes
Timothée Chalamet already conquered our hearts—now he's coming for England. The actor stars in Netflix's new movie, The King, which is based on several of Shakespeare's history plays. Here's what we know about the upcoming film.
We finally have a trailer.
Timothée Chalamet's Hal is distrustful of his advisors, wary of the weight of his crown, and very, very moody. We also get a preview of Lily Rose-Depp's accent, and Robert Pattinson's long, golden locks. Watch it in full above.
The first production still has been unveiled.
Fans finally got a peek at The King after Netflix released a single preview photo. In it, Timothée Chalamet appears with a never-before-seen haircut (the internet had a lot of thoughts about the look). The image also features a muted color palette, and generally somber cast of characters. It is a Shakespearean tragedy, after all.
Timothée Chalamet in The King.
The cast is pretty stacked.
Timothée Chalamet plays the lead, King Henry V, known to his friends as "Hal." Ben Mendelsohn co-stars as King Henry IV; Robert Pattinson plays the Dauphin of France; Joel Edgerton, who also co-wrote the movie, portrays Hal's friend Falstaff; and Lily-Rose Depp appears as Catherine.
The film's plot is adapted from three of Shakespeare's most famous plays.
Director David Michôd and Joel Edgerton pulled from Henry IV: Part One, Henry IV: Part Two, and Henry V to write the screenplay for The King. The official synopsis reads, "A young, disgraced prince, Hal (Chalamet) inherits the crown and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff (Edgerton)."
David Michôd and Joel Edgerton.
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It'll be released in theaters before it hits Netflix.
According to Indiewire, The King will premiere in theaters on October 11, and land on Netflix a few weeks later, on November 1.
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Q: Classification metrics can't handle a mix of multiclass and unknown targets I like to try to predict event logs using Graph Neural Networks (GCN). However, when calculating the Acc I get the following error message: "Classification metrics can't handle a mix of multiclass and unknown targets".
The length of the training and test data set matches:
print(len(actuals))
print(len(predictions))
7348
7348

When I print the results for an event, I get the following result. Here actual and prediction is not in one format, is that maybe the error?
print(actuals[101])
print(predictions[101])
tensor([9.])
tensor(9)

How can I make the results comparable with each other?
Here is my code:
lr_run = 0
for lr_run in range(3):
  if lr_run==0:
    lr_value = 1e-03
  elif lr_run==1:
    lr_value = 1e-04
  elif lr_run==2:
    lr_value = 1e-05
  run = 0
  for run in range(num_runs):
    print("Run: {}, Learning Rate: {}".format(run+1,lr_value))
    model = EventPredictor(num_nodes, num_features)
    train_dl,valid_dl,test_dl = generate_input_and_labels(path)
    adj = generate_process_graph(path)
    criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
    optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(),lr=lr_value)
    print("************* Event Predictor ***************")
    print("Train size: {}, Validation size:{}, Test size: {}".format(len(train_dl.dataset),len(valid_dl.dataset),len(test_dl.dataset)))
    print(model)
    model = model.to(device)
    adj = adj.to(device)
    epochs_plt = []
    acc_plt = []
    loss_plt = []
    valid_loss_plt = []

    for epoch in range(num_epochs):

        model.train()
        num_train = 0
        training_loss = 0
        predictions, actuals = list(),list()

        for i, (inputs,targets) in enumerate(train_dl):

          inputs,targets = inputs.to(device), targets.to(device)
          optimizer.zero_grad()

          yhat = model(inputs[0],adj)

          loss = criterion(yhat.reshape((1,-1)),targets[0].to(torch.long))
          loss.backward()
          optimizer.step()

          training_loss+= loss.item()

          yhat = yhat.to('cpu')
          yhat = torch.argmax(yhat)
          actual = targets.to('cpu')
          actual = actual[0]
          predictions.append(yhat)
          actuals.append(actual)
          num_train+=1

        with torch.no_grad():
          model.eval()
          num_valid = 0
          validation_loss = 0
          for i,(inputs,targets) in enumerate(valid_dl):
            inputs,targets = inputs.to(device),targets.to(device)
            yhat_valid = model(inputs[0],adj)
            loss_valid = criterion(yhat_valid.reshape((1,-1)),targets[0].to(torch.long))
            validation_loss+= loss_valid.item()
            num_valid+= 1

        acc = accuracy_score(predictions, actuals)
        avg_training_loss = training_loss/num_train
        avg_validation_loss = validation_loss/num_valid

        print("Epoch: {}, Loss: {}, Accuracy: {}, Validation loss : {}".format(epoch, avg_training_loss, acc, avg_validation_loss))
        epochs_plt.append(epoch+1)
        acc_plt.append(acc)
        loss_plt.append(avg_training_loss)
        valid_loss_plt.append(avg_validation_loss)


These workbooks have been developed for the children of South Africa under the leadership of the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, and the Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Mr Enver Surty.
The Rainbow Workbooks form part of the Department of Basic Education's range of interventions aimed at improving the performance of South African learners in the first six grades. As one of the priorities of the Government's Plan of Action, this project has been made possible by the generous funding of the National Treasury. This has enabled the Department to make these workbooks, in all the official languages, available at no cost.
We hope that teachers will find these workbooks useful in their everyday teaching and in ensuring that their learners cover the curriculum. We have taken care to guide the teacher through each of the activities by the inclusion of icons that indicate what it is that the learner should do.
We sincerely hope that children will enjoy working through the book as they grow and learn, and that you, the teacher, will share their pleasure.
We wish you and your learners every success in using these workbooks.
The Department of Basic Education has committed to improving literacy and numeracy skills of learners. To achieve this, the Department has produced a series of workbooks to assist learners in Grade R-9.
Each workbook is made up of 128 easy-to-follow worksheets for listening, reading and writing skills. The workbooks are organised into four worksheets per week, divided over eight weeks per term. All workbooks comply with the latest Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). For each year a learner (Gr1-9) will get two workbooks for each subject. Workbook 1, to use from January to June and Workbook 2, for use from July to December. Grade R learners will receive four books per year, one for each term.
Workbooks are distributed free of charge.
What is the point of the workbooks?
They provide every learner with worksheets to practise the language and numeracy skills they have been taught in class. They are also meant to help teachers track the progress of learners and provide extra support if needed. They are a simple way to structure learning activities for learners.
What happens to the workbooks at the end of the year?
Each and every child will own the workbooks. This means they can take them home and write in them.
Do the workbooks replace textbooks?
No. These are meant to be used with textbooks. They save the teacher from writing exercises and preparing their own worksheets.


Yes we experience many issues between my spouse and I as well as dealing with the child who has the disability and my other son who has been dx with ADHD and my four year old. It is HARD!
While some don't like the forum that I put this story on, I did so because I have told everyone I know to tell to present date and I wanted to tell the public. I have put links on every single social network that I belong to. I have notified Disability law, Legal Aid, The ACLU, TN Dept of ED, US Dept of ED, Congressman, Senators and numerous other individuals who proclaim to represent children. To date resolution has been avoided. It did happen to my child and it was investigated by Child Protective services they sided with the school because they didn't say " Oh we beat up a disabled kid because I the principal didn't like his disciplinary record. My son's are the victims as they have lost their right to education because of Educators who are unwilling to educate themselves about the needs of students.
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/morristown-tn/T58LS6EL6GUU9INF7/p8 My comments start at #168 and YES I HAVE TOLD EVERYONE my name is BLUNT on the forum!
My name is AnneMarie. I am 42, and live in Melbourne, Australia. Quite by accident, I have stumbled across your website tonight, regarding your book "Living with an Asperger's Partner" and have found myself in floods of tears. I'm not even sure what has compelled me to write to you, but I feel the need to. Please do me the honor of taking time to read my story, I have no expectations, other than some hope that sharing with you may help me understand someone I love very much and find some forgiveness and healing.
Thank you for listening to my story, I just felt the need to tell someone who would understand. You don't need to reply, I feel better just telling you.
And maybe, somewhere, sometime, John and I might get another chance.
I wish you well with your journey, and hope your book gives hope and help to those who deserve the understanding.
I am a wife with Aspergers and my poor husband is at his wits end. I read your book and it has a lot of great points that will be very useful if I can get my husband to read it. He's not generally for getting help. There are many very lucid passages in your text that describe our situation to a tee and you make reasonable and potentially solvative suggestions.
Your book has mostly information about husbands with Aspergers, some of which is applicable to our situation, too. Can you point me in the direction of some resources for men married to women with AS? I understand that usually the situation is reversed, and so that there is less research and less market share in helping situations with female AS sufferers.
My father likely had AS. My son also has AS. I was involved with several abusive men before my current husband, who is not abusive, but is on the controlling/OCD edge of NT.
I have several professional careers and have a PhD, all based on special interests. Ranging from art, natural science, to computer programming. I currently juggle three part time jobs, one in each of these disciplines. All of my jobs I do from home so I don't have to interact with people.
Early in my current relationship I would enter prolonged shut downs when overwhelmed. My husband did not like this and begged that I try to give him my thoughts, and stop internalizing. I did work on this, but the result is that now have these ugly mean shouting fits that end in me feeling quite empty, exhausted, ashamed. Everyone else in the house is left feeling bad. I think internalizing is better and am going to try to go back to that approach. I don't seem to be able to find that appropriate middle ground of expression, however self-aware I am and hard I try.
I am extremely emotionally sensitive to animals. Driving by roadkill can ruin a week for me and I still have photographic/vidographic images preserved in my mind of driving past unsightly roadkills. If I read about endangered species, I become deeply depressed for weeks on end. I have to shelter myself from the news as a result. In one of my jobs, I help with climate change issues so I feel that I am doing my part.
I have no tolerance for teasing, even friendly jabs, sarcasm, or mimicry. My primary connection to the world around me is through my computer and my beagle. I have two friends outside my marriage. I don't see them often, but knowing they are there helps at times. I love logic, puns, patterns, complex mechanical devices (currently into accordions, used to be typewriters) and music that has self-similarity like Bach.
I am quite comfortable talking to one person at a time or presenting in lecture form to large groups. I struggle with anything in between.At dinner with two good friends at once, I will say nothing. With only one I chatter on.
I have no trouble with making eye contact unless confused by a person, then I will look at the floor, ceiling, or to their side. I can fake it if I need to, only by pretending that I am watching the conversation from a camera above the room. Generally no one suspects I have AS unless I have told them except my family.
In my sculpture I do portraits, and I do forensic reconstructions, so I have learned mechanically in detail how to produce and read expressions. It is work for me and I am still not very good at it, but it naturally became a special interest of mine early on, my first portraits being produced when I was 12 years old. My work has been shown and commissioned nationally.
To my naive mind, I thought that Dave can't have been that severely Asperger-ed, he's a solicitor and great at his work. He 'functions'. We have been living together for the past 2 months, its temporary (Dave will be working in another community 5 hours north in another month) but they have been challenging +++.
And when I search online for some help and discover that 80% of marriages, where one partner has AS, end in divorce… I'm not exactly filled with hope.
We have never yelled or sworn at one another, but we have some terrible arguments that never seem to end… the fact that we both have a tendency to 'over-think' everything, doesn't help!
But I love this man and I hope that he and I can have a family and all that we both dream of, and while we are still in-love I want to give our relationship every possible chance.
and I have read many... It is extremely practical, immensely Helpful..
explained the strangeness I knew I had and fought to mask my whole life..
You are a cut above Ken ...most men are not willing to (a) admit to a diagnosis or (b) work on their weak spots. Sounds like you have a very open mind. Good for you... and I am very proud of you for doing the tough work of self-exploration and self-disclosure.
My husband is undiagnosed, but he fits the description on so many levels. We have been married for 41 years and our struggles seem fruitless at this point. Is it important that he seeks diagnosis? I think he would be highly resistant to the idea. I am afraid to even mention aspergers to him as he might think it is just one more attempt on my part to criticize him. Can I make progress if I apply the principles on my own. I have felt so alone for so long, but still have a glimmer of hope.
Re: Is it important that he seeks diagnosis?
Yes. My bias is that it is better to know than not to know. If he has Aspergers and doesn't know, it affects him anyway; if he does know, he may be able to minimize the negative impact and leverage the positive. Without the knowledge that one has Aspergers, one often fills that void with other, more damaging explanations such as failure, weird, disappointment, not living up to one's potential, etc.
Re: Can I make progress if I apply the principles on my own.
Absolutely. Be sure to apply the "Fighting Fair" principles.
I highly suspect, in fact, I am certain my fiance has Asperger's. I also highly suspect his 9 year old daughter does too. I suspected her first and after reading about it, and coming across articles about Aspies and relationships, I then realized he is also and Aspie.
After a year of living with him, and we were both on the verge of calling it quits, I told him I think he has Asperger's. He laughed at me while I was sitting there bawling my eyes out. I told him I don't care if he seeks a diagnosis but that him being aware of the traits and how it affects a relationship would be immensly helpful to our relationship. That day he told me he's not happy with our relationship and then last night, three months later, he said he still isn't happy but wants to figure out what we can do to be happy again like we used to be.
My problem lies in that he refuses to believe he's an Aspie and takes offense that I labeled him and that it's him who has something wrong. He suggested that I fix myself before trying to fix him. I told him that I am more than willing to have a psychological evaluation done on me but he said he will not do one for him. He also said he's not willing to go to counseling because he doesn't want to put that much effort into a relationship. He believes relationships should "just work" and that you shouldn't have to try, it should just come natural like it does in the beginning. He says he was perfectly happy when it was just him and his daughter and they could do what ever they wanted, when ever they wanted. No rules, no responsiblity to anyone else.
The other problem is that he has routines with his daughter but no rules. He and his ex wife (whom is clearly an Aspie) set rules and teach her manners but do not enforce them. Mostly because they are preoccupied and don't notice most of the time. Then I come along and start enforcing and she starts having more meltdowns in the form of uncontrollable crying for half hour or more at a time. This is also putting a strain on our relationship because he does not like to see his daughter feeling pain. He will console her until he feels she is ok. I think this is due to the awful treatment he received from his father growing up, most likely because his dad didn't understand him and that he was/is and Aspie. He also doesn't think she's an Aspie so he believes the meltdowns are her just upset that I am asking her to have manners when before there were no rules to follow.
Long story short....will these strategies help when I have so much opposition? Can I use them with my 9 year old step daughter? My fiance does love me and wants to work things out but on the premise that I fix myself. He does not see anything wrong with himself. I keep telling him there is nothing "wrong" but that he is different and we need to learn to deal with it as a couple. Then we are right back to him wanting me to fix myself first. I have been depressed over this and I know he sees and feels that but he doesn't understand why since there is nothing "wrong" with him.
has helped me have a better understanding of the Asperger's man in my life.
behaviors that describe someone with Asperger's.
the total opposite. I see limitless potential in myself and him.
offer me would be greatly appreciated.
Re: The assistance I am looking for is; how do I talk with him about this without him taking it as a personal attack?
Be sure to review the business on "reframing" ...that will come in very VERY handy here.
Having said that, I understand that one of your goals for him is to be more motivated -- BUT - is this a goal he has for himself?
If not, then you are treading on thin ice. If so, then he will have to get there on his own time.
...NO, this is not going to make him even more unmotivated. Rather, this gives him permission to be himself - and it gives him a sense that you accept him for who he is. Then - AND ONLY THEN - will he be "motivated" to work toward having more drive.
Then, when you notice him making small steps toward having more drive, reward that behavior with acknowledgment and praise.
I have been helped by your ebook, and I see that my husband is also making an effort to put some suggestions in place too. Our house has been more peaceful over the past week, with just a few tense moments here and there. There is still a lot of emotional arousal in both our minds which I am sure will take time to reduce.
There is one area that I am finding difficult to resolve. I decided many weeks ago to accept that he is not going to initiate or get involved with the heavier weekly cleaning in the house. I know that he dislikes it, and it just doesn't work out. I just get on with it now, and really am fine about him not doing any of it. But, because we did have rows about it in the past few months, he now gets very defensive about it when he sees me starting to do it. I have told him that it is fine, but he always jumps up and says the same thing 'Oh I was going to do that, I was going to do it later/tomorrow/when I got finished with this'.
I understand that somehow he believes that he would do it, but I know that this is not the case. I have gently explained on several occasions that I have moved past this issue, that I will do the cleaning, that I don't hold it against him.
How can I help him to move past it? Not cleaning doesn't make me angry, but him saying that he wants to do it does. This sounds so trivial. yet it is a sticking point and I need another view on it.
Re: How can I help him to move past it?
I would give him an assignment or two so that he can feel like he's helping. For example, you can start cleaning whatever ...then he'll say "I was going to do that" ...then you can say "O.K. I'll let you take care of that ...no rush." Then you go about your other business and let him attend to that particular chore whenever he gets to it. If he never gets to it - then leave it undone. That's his chore.
Alternatively, you can give him a couple assignments to complete -- on his time!
You may just have to leave a couple things undone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck and let me know how this goes.
My oldest son was just diagnosed with Asperger's and two different therapists of mine who have met my husband during my sessions have suggested that we might be looking at Asperger's in my husband as well. The marriage described in your advertisement could be mine. I love my husband and I know he loves me, but after fourteen years, of trying to lift him up and twelve of those also trying to help my son, I am really struggling. I have tried to suggest it might be helpful for him to get tested to see if that is what we are dealing with, but I don't know how to put it strongly enough that he sees he has a problem that we could maybe help him with. Any suggestions?
To cohabit in a fufilling way with an Aspergers sufferer the N/T would have to be prepared to sacrifice their needs and desires to the altar of Aspergers...The very nature of the Aspie demands that life is built around their rituals and desired activities.. much like that of a child... I want an adult/adult relationship.... Not a Parent/child one... I am 13 years older than my partner and i am led to believe that male Aspies often seek out older woman to guide them, and show them the way ..They need looking after, and they know it.
I was on your website trying to learn about Asperger disorder.
bedrooms now for 8 years. He seems to think that is ok and normal.
very day couseling will help when the root problem is do deep.
We have 2 children together and I had 2 when we married.
I am not sure how to stay in a marriage to me that feels so dead.
Can you give me advise?
- He's not able to see things from my perspective.
- He has light sensitivities. In the morning, he gets ready by candle light.
- He takes words literally...like the word overboard makes him very angry.
- He's always complaining about how hot it is.
- He has skin sensitivities...some fabrics break him out.
- Too much stress takes a lot out of him and he becomes very depressed and down. He doesn't talk about his issues at work and holds everything in.
- He has a very hard time making new friends. For example, when we got married I suggested that was start hanging out with this other couple and his response was that he had enough friends and didn't need any more. Although when he does get out with other couples he can carry on a good conversation and have a good time.
- His hugs and kisses are empty and guarded.
- He's always guarded and gets frustrated very easily.
- He does things like, I'm going to my mom and dads this weekend. I'm suppose to know that by him telling me that that he's asking me to go.
- He appears sometimes very self centered and selfish but I have learned that his mind is just elsewhere and not focused on us or the family.
Don't get me wrong, there are many positives about him as well he loyal, hard working, intelligent in certain subjects, dedicated to his family...all wonderful traits but I need more. We are at our wits end and on the verge of divorce. We can't communicate, we never resolve issues and it's just getting worse.
with aspergers and know the heart ache it can bring to families.
he won't and doesn't want to change?
in families unless you are lucky enough to have more than one.
shouldn't be doing this etc.
be in a battle zone any more. It's affecting my emotional well being now.
us such as tubby to my son (who was upset by this), no apology.
these off as a joke.
walk behind him as girls should walk behind. Surely this isn't aspergers?
at them and told them to get out.
upset someone he refuses to acknowledge he's upset them and won't apologise.
That's a hard thing for us to live with.
mindsets/character/or just being plainly unkind.
Thank you so much Mark for such a valuable resource. It has made much more sense out of terrible confusion with my aspergers boyfriend.
My BF of almost 2 1/2 years has shut me out after my telling him I believe he has Asperger's. What do I do?
I have been researching this for 6 months and he fits the criteria to perfection. His older brother is in a half-way house with Austism and mental retardation. He is an engineer doing sales for a major international software company, but struggling due to his social awkwardness. He exhibits almost all of the characteristics listed as common to Aspie's, yet he is personable, friendly, loyal, attractive, etc. Our relationship has been difficult due to his continued mind blindness--my experiences are perfectly reflected in your 25 Tips video. I am 48 and he is 45. He was married before, and it ended when she came out as a lesbian. I was divorced in 2007. No kids for either of us.
I approached the subject 6 months ago in a very gentle, positive-traits manner, to help him consider why he is the way he is. He took the suggestion calmly, but never spoke of it again, and I never brought it up again until this past Easter. We live in NY (separately, about an hour's drive apart) and had been planning for a year to spend Easter in New Hampshire with his father and stepmother (just as we did last year). We talked of this trip at least 5 times during the year, the last time in March when we took out the calendar to check the date. Then, a few days before we were to leave, I accidentally find out in an email from his stepmother that the trip was canceled by him. I calmly texted him about this. He texted back that work commitments caused him to cancel. I texted back "You forget I was invited?" He responded, "Yes! I forgot completely." I was devastated and angry (I had to do a lot of juggling to fit this trip in), but stayed calm.
Over the next day or so, by text and emails, he explains he forgot I was invited, then explains he thought I would not want to go, because previously I had expressed anger and frustration at spending so much time with his family and friends these last 2 years, coming to love them and consider them a part of my life, when he is still unable to decide if he wants a future together with me. We have been at a stand-still over whether to stay together or break up.
After this back and forth, he texted me, "This was a very big deal and I didn't even know it." It was then I decided to bring up Asperger's again. I sent him your 25 Tips video and another video featuring a clip from a documentary on a young man geologist and his experiences living with Asperger's that reminded me of my BF. I pointed out several examples of things he had said or done, or experiences he had as a kid, that all fit the definition of someone with Asperger's so that he could see why I feel this applies to him. He never responded. I waited 3 days and tried to call, but got only voicemail. Now, a week later, I texted him that I love him and know he's going through a lot, that I would like to speak to him when he is ready and would wait until he contacts me.
Problem is, I fear he won't contact me. I fear he has been looking for some excuse to end the relationship--not because he doesn't love me--but because a relationship is so confusing for him and difficult, hard work.
Should I just let go and wait, as I said I would?
Hi Mark………Just wanted to let you know I downloaded your book and have read it. I actually cried for hours. That is my life.
I have been married for 44 years this week……….many struggles but my faith and belief in commitment to marriage sustained me. My husband came from a very dysfuntional family which is what I always blamed his behavior and actions on.
I finally sought counseling and she is the one who suggested Aspergers in my husband. Your book said so many things I have experienced. His anger….antisocial….the reason for 30+ jobs………..his resentment to our son and family. SO MUCH!!! But your book explains so much and I am trying to cope better. I have always thought it was me…………I should try harder…etc…etc.. I have worked full-time as a nurse for 44+ years and "carried the load as they say"………………but never understood and being an enabler I just kept going. Now my mother is quite ill…………I get no compassion really from my husband…………….makes it difficult. But now I know why.
Thanks much for your book and input. I will reread it I am sure….and continue to grow and enjoy the times we can together………..knowing I can't change him. And I am not sure if I can ever tell him. But I do know I need to keep doing the do the "right thing" as I see it.
RE: "My main struggle is how not to take the behaviours of my partner personally..."
Let's say you had a long distance romance with a man from another planet, and he finally decided to travel to planet Earth to see you in person. The two of you hit it off pretty well, and you decide to date. One thing leads to another, and you get married.
You have noticed that this man has some peculiar habits... he speaks differently... thinks differently ...behaves differently... and so on. But you know that this is simply they way people are on his planet. You don't take offense to it. In fact, you find his unique way of functioning very interesting.
Now this sounds like such a far-fetched analogy - doesn't it? But... this is exactly the type of man you are dating (of course with the exception that he was born on planet Earth). Would you be offended if he were diabetic and became very grouchy and disoriented when his blood sugar dropped dramatically? Would you take offense if he suffered from clinical depression and had episodes where the only thing he wanted to do was stay in bed all day?
Bottom line: You want him to "get it." That ain't going to happen! You can work around it, or let it hurt you.


David Remnick '81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker, will be speaking at theClass Day ceremonyfor the Class of 2013on Monday. The Daily Princetonian spoke with Remnick about his experience at the University, which he said was greatly enhanced after he took a year off between his sophomore and junior years. He spent the first half of the year interviewing American poets in New York and other parts of the country and spent the second half of the year working as a street musician in Paris. After he returned to campus for his junior year, Remnick, along with two friends, founded the Nassau Weekly.
The Daily Princetonian:Why did you choose Princeton?
David Remnick:I wish I could tell you because it was close to home, but it's because it was by far, in a way, the best place I got in and everything else great about it—details known once I got there. Look, I have to be honest with you: I didn't think I would get anything on the level of Princeton. I didn't come from a high school where that happened very often.
DP:What high school did you go to?
DR:I went to a high school called Pascack Valley High School. It's in North Jersey. You know if you go to certain kinds of high schools, you know better than I do, it is a very common thing, and people are talking about schools of that caliber all the time, and they are crushed if they don't get in. That wasn't the case.
DP:How did your experience at Princeton change from freshman year to senior year?
DR:Well, I mean you see, first you have to remember there were still dinosaurs on the earth. So, it's a little bit of a long time ago for me to remember. It's so long ago that when I look in my college yearbook, I recognize one face out of 15, 20, and that may be me, but I think maybe it's a normal state. But, what I remember is that I didn't really hit my groove until I came back from a year off.
DP:When did you take a year off?
DR:In between sophomore and junior year. I did miserably in Russian.I think I am going to talk about that maybe brieflyon Monday.And when I mean miserably, I don't mean a B-—I mean horrible. It kind of shook me up. I probably didn't really know what I was doing academically, and I took a year off. The first half of the year, I lived in New York, and I had a small grant to do interviews with American poets in New York and all over the country, and the second half of the year, I was a street musician in Paris. I played in the metro. I was a guitar player; I sang. By the end of morning rush hour, … I had enough money to, you know, read books and go to the movies and run around Paris all day and night. It was kind of like a heavenly existence. I think I might have grown up a little bit, and I got back to college and kind of concentrated more and better. I think in those two years, I kind of was much better [at] taking advantage [of the] infinite possibilities of Princeton; not that I took advantage of even remotely a small percentage, but I was kind of more aware.
DP:How did you decide to take a year off?
DR:In other words, I just did it. I did it the way you jump off a diving board or get married, and as with getting married, that turned out to be a pretty terrific decision.
DP:When I spoke with you last, you talked a little bit about how you weren't in an eating club and that you were opposed at the time to bicker? Why were you opposed to bicker, eating clubs, etc.?
DR:I was pretty political ... The image I had of myself, however direct or misguided, didn't include bickering. And you know, I didn't make a big thing of it—I didn't care that much. I had a perfectly fine life living in Wilson College. In fact, I liked it a lot ... Remember, this was before the college system. It was really kind of homey. I was an RA eventually. I had a real life there. And I had a good time. And, you know, I went to parties here and there on Prospect but not much. I do remember seeing Tom Waits at Ivy Club … It would be the equivalent of seeing Kanye West … He was huge at the time, and he played at this tiny, tiny club, and it was was kind of a big deal.
DP:When you founded the Nass with a couple of people, that happened during your junior year? Am I correct?
DR:[Robert Faggen '82 and Marc Fisher '80] had this idea, and I thought, "Yeah, let's do this"… First of all, I was going to be in Press Club, and you know we loved everything about the Princetonian at that time, and we were probably snobs about it — you know, as people always are, and so we wanted to try this other thing. My impression of it was quite different at the beginning than it is now. I think the emphasis is more on humor now and satire when we started my recollection of it, and I was pretty involved … It was much more about trying to imitate what we were reading in the magazines we liked at the time … A lot of the people involved became journalists … an unbelievable percentage [went] into it for real.
DP:What do you think of the Nass today?
DR:I think it's great that it exists, and when it's funny, it's really funny, but you have to remember when you are not living in the community, it's a little bit like trying to understand jokes in Romanian. You are not living in it. You are not marinated in that language andset of references; you are reading pieces that you know want to be funny, and you have no idea if they are or not.
DP:If there is one thing you can change about your experience at the University, what would it be?
DR:I would've stayed longer. You have to understand — I am not saying that an undergraduate's life isn't complicated … But, when you are my age, and you think there was a time in your life that your entire job was to take four or five courses in things that you are interested in and be surrounded by people who are intelligent and full of possibility, you get to understand why people get nostalgic about what really amounts to a brief period of your life … You are at a time [in] your life when you are incredibly pliable — intellectually and socially and all kinds of things. I met people from walks of life that I would not have otherwise, and I think that Princeton is much more diverse and worldly—incredibly more so, thanks to Shirley Tilghman in large measure, than when I was there. Immensely more so.
DP:What would you say your biggest regret from your time at the University is?
DR:Same answer. Well, I have all sorts of intellectual regrets too if I look back and think about what I missed and what I could've done … Anthony Grafton was a young professor at the time — Imissed out on that. The list is quite endless. But that's why I have a library. You can always keep reading. And an iPad and whatever else floats your boat.


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With a disabled grandmother as his only guardian, Titus Perkins was forced to become the leader of his household at a very young age. "I was cooking since I was 6 or 7, standing in a chair to reach the stove, while [my grandmother] was in her wheelchair," Perkins says.
"My grandmother is from Mississippi, so we made that real Southern stuff … you know greens, cabbage, fried chicken."
It wasn't until after a run-in with the law at age 16 that Perkins landed a position — a 5 a.m. shift in the jockey kitchen at the New Orleans Fairgrounds — that would later lead to his current job. Perkins left such a good impression that his managers at the fairgrounds helped him score a dish washing position at one of the Ralph Brennan Restaurants for $4.50 an hour, and, as they say, the rest is history.
Over the 22 years of his employment at the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, Perkins strove to excel in all of the various positions he's held, from prep cook and grill cook to pizza maker and baker, holding nothing back. But it wasn't until his current role as Executive Kitchen Manager that Perkins truly found his calling: educating and motivating entry-level job-seekers and helping them realize their potential. "The problem I found while interviewing was that a lot of people didn't know the proper way to apply for a job," Perkins says. "You get people who come in wearing shorts, tank tops, flip flops … they fill out the application in marker or pencil. So, I started teaching them the proper way."
Determined to help potential employees, Perkins began teaching applicants by showing them what they did wrong during the interview. "I'll show them the mistakes they made; how they didn't dress properly or speak properly," Perkins says. "Then I have them come back a week or so later and do the process all over again." In this way, Perkins has vastly expanded the work force at the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, and, since the company does most of its promotions from within, the only path for Perkins' employees is up. "When you work for the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, you can come in as a dishwasher and you could become literally anything," Perkins says.
Two decades of determination and hard work has not only supported Perkins, but it also has enabled him to put his two children through college. "My son is a sophomore at Mississippi State University studying computer technology and my daughter is a freshman at Philadelphia University studying marketing and fashion design," Perkins says proudly. "I didn't get to attend college. I missed that part of life because I had kids early, so, seeing them succeed, loving what they're doing and bettering themselves, it's worth every penny."
For over a decade, the National Restaurant Association has honored individuals exemplifying diversity, leadership and achievement with its Faces of Diversity award. Perkins is the second member of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group family that has been so honored. And the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group surprised Perkins with an extra bonus. "They sent my son and my daughter out to Washington, D.C., for the awards ceremony," Perkins says. "So they got their all-expense paid trip as well, and they got to see their dad accept the award." As a part of the award, the National Restaurant Association also established a $2,500 scholarship in Perkins' name for an aspiring student pursuing a career in the restaurant and hospitality industry.
Appreciated by both his employer and employees, Perkins is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get to work, regardless of the task. "I'm a supervisor, but I still do everything that I ask my employees to do," Perkins says. "I'm not one of those people who sit behind a desk at all. I do the same thing they do everyday." When asked about his plans for the future, Perkins doesn't even hesitate. "I'm going to retire from the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group," he says. This is it. I have no complaints. I love my job — I couldn't see working for anyone else." neworleans-food.com
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Birago Diop (11 December 1906 – 25 November 1989) was a Senegalese poet and storyteller whose work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers. A renowned veterinarian, diplomat and leading voice of the Négritude literary movement, Diop exemplified the "African renaissance man".
Son of Ismael and Sokhna Diop, Birago Diop was born on 11 December 1906 in Ouakam, a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal. His mother raised him with his two older brothers, Massyla and Youssoupha; his father, for unknown reasons, disappeared two months before Diop was born. Diop's childhood exposed him to many folktales, which he later used in his literary work.
In 1920, Diop earned a scholarship to attend the French-speaking school Lycée Faidherbe in Saint-Louis, which was then Senegal's capital. During this time, he became fascinated with the poems and style of writing of Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe and several others and began writing his own. In the late 1920s, he served as a nurse in a military hospital and later went on to study veterinary medicine at the University of Toulouse in France, graduating in 1933.
Although he was mostly recognized for his poems and folktales, Diop also worked as a veterinary surgeon for the French colonial government in several West African countries, spending 1937–39 in the French Sudan (now Mali), 1940 in the Ivory Coast and French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), and 1950 in Mauritania. Throughout his civil service career in 1934, he collected and reworked Wolof folktales, and also wrote poetry, memoirs, and a play. He also served as the first Senegalese ambassador to Tunisia from 1960 to 1965.
During his time in France as a veterinary student, Diop met numerous African, African-American and Caribbean students, among them Léopold Sédar Senghor, who later went on to become Senegal's first president after its independence. Inspired by these young black intellectuals, artists and poets, Diop drafted his earliest poems in L'étudiant noir ("the black student") - a student review that established the idea of the Négritude movement, which protested against the assimilation theory in favour of African cultural values.
During his work as the head of the government's cattle-inspection service for several regions in Senegal and Mali, he was introduced to traditional folktales, most of which he committed to memory. These served as the main inspiration for much of his literary work. Indeed, most of his poems and tales have their roots in oral African traditions. Generally recited to a group at night by a professional storyteller, called a griot, folktales were repeated in different places by the people who heard them. These ceremonies commonly consisted of songs and dances in addition to these folktales. Although the tales served as entertainment, they also had the greater purpose of teaching younger generations about the beliefs and values of their ancestors. By combining his mastery of the French language with his experience with African folktakes, Diop was able to spread the values and beliefs of his ancestors throughout the world.
"Here, far from my home in Senegal, my eyes are surrounded by closed horizons. When the greens of summer and the russets of autumn have passed, I seek the vast expanses of the Savannah, and find only bare mountains, sombre as ancient prostrate giants that the snow refuses to bury because of their misdeed...." (from "The Humps").
When Diop finally returned to Africa, he served as a director of zoological technical services in Ivory Coast and Upper Volta (modern day Burkina Faso). His first literary piece Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba was published in 1947. The work, totaling three volumes, managed to earn him the Grand prix littéraire award. Each volume contained a collection of short stories: animal-centred tales he directly transcribed from the griot Amadou Koumba's accounts. These tales provided a combination of humor, fantasy and realism where people, supernatural beings, and animals interacted.
As soon as Senegal gained its independence, Diop was nominated as the first Senegalese ambassador in Tunisia. Upon accepting this position, he claimed to have "broken his pen," suggesting that he was ready to give up writing altogether and focus on his diplomatic career. It was not until the mid-1970s, towards the end of his life, that his "pen was mended." He published La plume raboutée in 1978, followed by À rebrousse-temps (1982), À rebrousse-gens (1982), and Senegal du temps de...(1986).
Birago Diop died on 25 November 1989 in Dakar at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife of many years, Marie-Louise Pradére, and two children, Renée and Andrée. His legacy includes the titles of novelist, diplomat, a founder of the Negritude movement and veterinarian. Even now, decades after his death, his stories and poems remain, sharing African values and culture.
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Festival Place and Dove House partnership helps young learners fly
Basingstoke Shopping Centre Festival Place has partnered with specialist provision, Dove House Post 16, to help young people and adults with learning difficulties move into mainstream employment.
The shopping and leisure destination is supporting 18-year-old Adam Graham in the second year of a supported internship programme organised by Dove House School Academy's Post 16 provision team.
Adam, who has speech, language and communication difficulties, is part of the Festival Place Customer Lounge team, where he works three days a week. The other two days he spends at Dove House Post 16, studying and preparing for employment and life as an adult.
The study programmes are carefully tailored to each individual to give them the skills and support they need to achieve in the workplace – with the aim of being taken into employment by the final term of the internship programme.
Festival Place Customer Services Manager Sonya Elliott supervises Adam in his Customer Lounge role.
"I have seen a massive change in Adam," she said.
"I can hardly visualise the shy boy he was when he first started when I see the confident young man he is now; he is amazing.
"To start with he couldn't stop shaking and he stuttered quite a bit. But I always tell him to be loud and proud because of how well he's done. He will say hello to anybody, and he always has a smile.
"He's had to manage so many different roles in the Customer Lounge, from giving people directions to selling gift cards, handling the tills, dealing with enquiries, and taking in dry cleaning. This helps with his maths and personal skills, and we have had lots of positive feedback from the customers.
"Adam is confident, he's funny, he has a really cheeky character. It's been lovely to see that blossoming. I think this scheme is just amazing. It gives these young adults the opportunities they need and deserve – we will definitely continue to support the programme."
Adam is also delighted with the progress he has made since starting at Festival Place.
"I was very nervous at first," he said. "But it was much better than I thought. People were very friendly. It has boosted my confidence and I find it much easier to speak to customers now – it's my favourite part of the job.
"Dove House and Festival Place have completely changed my life, from making me more confident, to the way I am with people. I have made lots of friends, and I am very happy. I know my family are really pleased and they are proud of me, too."
Hannah Stroud, Assistant Headteacher at Dove House and Head of Post 16, said: "Social isolation and unemployment are not uncommon among young people and adults with special educational needs.
"What we aim to do at Dove House Post 16 is work with a range of employers across the community to identify and utilise our young people's strengths and give these amazing individuals the confidence, independence and skills to be successful in the workplace.
"The national average for people with learning difficulties getting into employment is around six per cent. At Dove House Post 16, our figure this year is projected to be around 80-90 per cent, and that is because of the partnerships we have built with many committed employers across Basingstoke, and all of the hard work they are willing to put in.
"The Festival Place team are amazing with Adam. They are passionate in wanting to learn more about what they can do, and how they can help Adam develop.
"Adam started at Dove House School when he was 11 and has moved right through into Post 16. Our aim is to transfer him into work through the two-year internship, and it will be amazing to have supported him all the way along that journey.
"Since he started at Festival Place, we have seen a huge difference in Adam – particularly with his confidence. He is a totally different person."
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Monument record TAT 018 - St Mary's Hospital; Samford Poor Law Institution
Samford Incorporated Hundred Workhouse, erected in 1765-6.
Centred TM 1360 3729 (96m by 176m) (Centred on)
TATTINGSTONE, BABERGH, SUFFOLK
WORKHOUSE (18th century to 19th century - 1701 AD to 1800 AD)
CEMETERY (18th century to 19th century - 1701 AD to 1800 AD)
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL (Early 20th century to Late 20th century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
HOSPITAL (Early 20th century to Late 20th century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Samford Incorporated Hundred Workhouse, erected in 1765-6. For background information see (S1), with burial ground to east of road (S2). A hospital for infectious diseases is also shown (S3) which may have been a pest house like the building associated with Shipmeadow (SMW 002). It was built at a cost of 6,992 pounds 10s 1d (S4), with accommodation for 500 paupers. Alterations were made in 1819 and 1937.
In 1841 is held 191 inmates, and in 1912, 127 inmates (S5). Converted into hospital in C20.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish file. Parish file: copy (S2)(S3).
<S1> SSF5451 (No record type): Dymond D & Martin E (eds), An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 1988, 96-97.
<S2> SSF50026 Map: OS. OS Map. OS, 1:2500 map, sheet no LXXXII.14, 1926.
<S4> SSF21184 (No record type): Shaw John, `The Finance and Construction of the East Anglian Houses of Industry', PSIA, 37, 1992.
<S5> SSF7011 (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: East Suffolk, SCC 1990.


Former Murano chef Jessica Simmons is planning to launch a second Beef & Brew restaurant in London following a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Simmons and co-founder Daniel Nathan have hit their £250,000 target on Seedrs and are looking to grow the business.
The team launched Beef & Brew in Kentish Town in 2015 in a bid to offer cheaper cuts of meat 'without the fuss and price tag', and the restaurant has since earned a recommendation in the Michelin Guide.
Nathan told BigHospitality they were currently negotiating on a second London site in an unconfirmed location after raising nearly £257,000.
The team believe the concept's simple menu, which includes a £10 steak and chips for weekday lunch and early evenings, can be replicated in multiple sites without losing its quality.
Simmons, who cooked under Angela Hartnett at Murano and Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room, has created a menu offering a selection of cheaper cuts of meat under £20 and sides such as brisket jam nuggets and smoked pig's cheek on toast.
The restaurant also offers beer to pair with different meats, a salt beef sandwich with beer cheese – a mix of beer, citrus powder and quality cheese – and beef, pork and ale sausage rolls.
Speaking to BigHospitality in 2015 Simmons said Beef & Brew was designed not to 'break the bank' and while there big plans for the business she wanted to avoid creating a 'soulless chain'.


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For an excited public, many of whom consider diffusion-based image synthesis to be indistinguishable from magic, the open source release of Stable Diffusion seems certain to be quickly followed up by new and dazzling text-to-video frameworks – but the wait-time might be longer than they're expecting.
Are We Heading For 'Deepfake CAPTCHA' Challenges in Video and Voice Calls?
A new paper from Israel proposes the institution and ongoing development of a 'deepfake CAPTCHA' protocol, to challenge audio or video callers that may be using deepfake technologies to attempt to deceive or defraud.
Detecting Deepfakes Through Personality Assessment
In the original, and the various cinematic incarnations of Jack Finney's 1954 science-fiction novel The Body Snatchers, the fact that aliens are 'taking over' the earthly population is signaled to their loved ones by some imperceptible changed quality that cuts through the perfect simulation of their form.
To Uncover a Deepfake Video Call, Ask the Caller to Turn Sideways
There is an interesting vulnerability in video deepfakes that, to date, has been generally overlooked by the security research community, perhaps because 'live', real-time deepfakes in video calls have not been a major cause for concern until very recently.
Defeating Deepfaked Video Calls by Monitoring Electrical Fluctuations
2022 has seen the emergence of 'live' deepfakes in videoconferencing as an acknowledged security threat. In June, the FBI issued a warning to businesses about the increasing use of deepfake technologies to apply for remote work positions; in July, also in the United States, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warned against the use of deepfakes as an enabler for a new and unsettling strain of fraudulent and criminal phishing and social engineering attacks.
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Elizabeth receives instructions from a midwife during her check up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
Rumbek, South Sudan -- Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang is a teacher at a nursery and primary school in Rumbek, a town in central South Sudan. It was her dream job but something that she had to work extra hard for.
In South Sudan, four out of 10 girls are married before the age of 18. Elizabeth is part of the statistics – she was married and gave birth to her first child at 18. What sets her apart though from other young mothers was her determination to finish her studies despite having a family.
"I went back to school because I wanted to continue my studies and become a teacher," Elizabeth says. Since then, she balanced her time between taking care of her family and attending her classes. It was challenging, she says, but her determination was stronger.
Now 23, she teaches at a local school and finds fulfillment contributing to the empowerment of her students, especially the girls, through education.
As part of the school curriculum, primary level students are taught modules on gender and HIV and AIDS, and family planning.
"We teach these subjects so they become aware of gender issues and their rights, especially the girls, as well as to educate them on how to protect themselves from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections," Elizabeth explains.
The students respond well to the subjects, the teacher says. "They are encouraged to participate in the discussion especially when they realize that it is beneficial for them to be informed about these issues."
Elizabeth shows the module on gender and HIV & AIDS that she uses for her class. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
Elizabeth is expecting to deliver her second child any time soon. The five-year spacing between her two pregnancies was made possible with family planning – something that she hopes more South Sudanese women and couples will be able to practice.
"If I follow cultural norms, I am not supposed to practice family planning. But I decide for myself and my husband supports me," she says. Because of the conflict and instability the country is facing, she says having more children that you can't feed makes the situation worse.
Gordon Magang, one of the midwives deployed by UNFPA to Rumbek under its Strengthening Midwifery Services Project, says Elizabeth is not just a good role model for young girls; she also sets a good example for pregnant women with the way she takes care of herself.
"She regularly comes to the clinic for antenatal check-ups and to receive her vitamins. She wants to make sure that both she and her baby are healthy," the midwife shares.
South Sudan has been dubbed a dangerous country to be a mother because of poor maternal health statistics. In 2006, government data shows that for every 100,000 live births, 2,059 South Sudanese women die from pregnancy and childbirth complications. A more recent 2015 data from the UN shows that the number has improved to 789 deaths per 100,000 live births.
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