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Phillies off-season personnel schedule and deadlines
Baseball super agent Scott Boras will be a central figure in the game, likely including with the Phillies, once again this off-season
Much of the attention surrounding the Philadelphia Phillies during this coming week will be rightly focused on the interview process as the ball club searches for a new manager.
Meanwhile, the Major League Baseball postseason excitement will roll on as both the National and American League Championship Series continue. By the end of this week or early next, both pennants will have been won, and the World Series match-up will be set.
Where individual veteran players are concerned, at least those not still participating in the playoffs, the month of October largely finds them in a holding pattern.
Most of those players are safely under contract for the 2020 season and have a fairly good idea of where they will be playing next year.
However, there are a number of players who will become free agents or the object of trades. Others will have their roster spot come up for evaluation, with some to be protected and remain with their current organization while others are exposed to the free agent market.
Let's take a first look at the 2019-20 Major League Baseball off-season schedule and deadlines, and the individual Phillies players who will find themselves directly affected.
As the off-season moves forward, I will frequently be addressing these players, events, and deadlines on a more individualized and detailed basis. This should once again be an eventful off-season for the Philadelphia Phillies, so stay tuned.
The NLCS will last at least through Tuesday and the ALCS at least through Thursday. That means the earliest the World Series can begin would be this coming weekend.
Odds are that at least one LCS will go farther, meaning the Fall Classic probably won't begin until some time next week. The likelihood is that we will have a new world champion crowned by the final week in October, which gets this off-season clock started.
• First day after the World Series ends: Teams can trade Major League players once again. Also, eligible players will officially become free agents. However, they must first pass through a five-day period in which these new free agents may negotiate only with their current team.
The following are players of interest who appeared with the 2019 Phillies and who will also become free agents at the conclusion of the World Series: Corey Dickerson, Brad Miller, Sean Rodriguez, Logan Morrison, Drew Smyly, Jason Vargas, Pat Neshek, Tommy Hunter, Jared Hughes, Juan Nicasio, Nick Vincent.
• Fifth day after the World Series ends: This is the final day to reinstate players from the 60-day injured list. Importance? Room will need to be made on the 40-man roster for any players who the club wishes to retain. This is also the deadline for clubs to tender qualifying offers to eligible free agents.
Currently on the 60-day Injured List with the Phillies are Dickerson, Hunter, Neshek, Robertson, Victor Arano, Jake Arrieta, Seranthony Dominguez, Jerad Eickhoff, Adam Morgan, Andrew McCutchen.
With Dickerson, Hunter, and Neshek all becoming free agents, the Phillies will have to make decisions involving the others. Robertson will be an interesting decision.
If the club protects all seven non-free agents, there are a number of 40-man roster players who still have minor league options and could be strategically demoted/opted to make room. Those include Arano, Deivy Grullon, Edgar Garcia, Austin Davis, Cole Irvin, Ranger Suarez, and Enyel De Los Santos.
• Fifth day after the World Series ends: Perhaps most importantly at this time, free agents may now sign with any club they wish. Just as last off-season with the pursuits of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, expect the Phillies to be involved in both rumors and actual negotiations with most big-name available players.
The club is expected to go hard for one or two veteran pitchers this off-season in the free agent market. Possible targets include starters Gerrit Cole, Madison Bumgarner, Zack Wheeler, Rick Porcello, and Stephen Strasburg (should he opt out of his contract with the Nationals), reliever Dellin Betances, and former Phillies hero Cole Hamels.
Among position players the Phillies could target as new starters, third basemen Anthony Rendon and Josh Donaldson and outfielder Marcell Ozuna (as a center fielder) would be among the leading possibilities. GM Matt Klentak will certainly be looking at strengthening his bench in free agency as well.
Players who appeared with the Phillies this past season who will become free agents and could be targeted to return include Dickerson, Miller, Hughes, and Vincent.
• Fifteenth day after the World Series ends: Deadline for players to accept qualifying offer.
This should not affect the Phillies in any way. There are no pending free agents who are eligible for a qualifying offer from the club who will receive one.
• November 20: In addition to my birthday, this will also be the deadline for MLB teams to add players to their 40-man rosters to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft.
The Phillies will need to add top ten organizational prospect pitchers Adonis Medina and JoJo Romero to their 40-man in order to protect both this year.
• December 2: Tender deadline. Sometimes referred to the non-tender deadline, it is the time by which teams must formally tender 2020 contracts to unsigned players. If a player is non-tendered, he becomes a free agent.
The Phillies will be tendering 2020 contracts to Rhys Hoskins, Vince Velasquez, and Hector Neris. Interesting decisions will come on a few other players including Cesar Hernandez, Maikel Franco, and Blake Parker.
• December 9-12: The baseball Winter Meetings are held during this week in San Diego. On the final day, the Rule 5 Draft will be held.
For years, this was when many big trades went down. That was because it was a rare opportunity for the management teams of each club to be located in the same place at the same time.
While the Winter Meetings remain a hotbed of rumors in that regard, with the advent of modern communication methods the bigger trades can happen at any time.
Last year, the Phillies signed McCutchen during this period. Also, Carlos Santana, whom the Phillies had dealt to Seattle as part of the Jean Segura deal less than two weeks earlier, was traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians.
• January 10, 2020: Salary arbitration figures are exchanged between MLB clubs and any eligible players. It will be interesting to see the figures exchanged between Hoskins, Velasquez, and Neris with the Phillies. Possibly even Hernandez and/or Franco, if either or both is indeed offered a contract.
• February 3, 2020: Arbitration hearings begin. The Phillies have not been to a hearing in more than a decade since losing in February 2008 to first baseman Ryan Howard. The club avoided a hearing with Aaron Nola a year ago, agreeing with their budding ace on a four-year, $45-million dollar deal with a club option fifth year.
February 22, 2020: The spring training Grapefruit League schedule begins with the Phillies visiting the Detroit Tigers at Lakeland, Florida. The club's pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Clearwater on a date yet to be set, but which will come roughly a week or so earlier.
There is a chance that big personnel doings could still take place at this point. The Phillies are expected to once again be major players in free agency. Remember, Harper was not signed until spring training was already underway prior to the 2019 campaign.
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Two brothers from Virginia are stroking in the right direction to help get kids outdoors. Right now, somewhere in far northern Maine, brothers Ben and Liam Malakoff are near the completion of their 350-mile journey on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail to raise awareness of the need to get more young people outside and healthy….
"Canoe for the Kids" is the brainchild of these young men from northern Virginia who are seeking to raise $10,000 to support the Northern Forest Explorers youth program which takes young people from the rural communities in the region on five-day paddling and camping adventures.
Ben is a recent college graduate and former intern of the non-profit Northern Forest Canoe Trail and Liam is a competitive whitewater paddler. As part of his internship, Ben joined a gathering of young people from around the nation to help raise awareness of what has been called "nature deficit disorder", the result of America's young people no longer spending hours at play in the outdoors. This Outdoor Nation campaign was launched by members of the outdoor industry in response to this alarming trend and as a way to connect young people in a community to help raise awareness and increase youth participation in outdoor activities.
Leading an effort in our region, Northern Forest Explorers engages young people in learning and activity on five-day paddling trips on the rivers and lakes of the Adirondacks, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. This year, trips in the four states will help enrich the lives of more than 200 young people. The Malakoff brothers are actively working to tell this story to their contemporaries and have been raising funds to donate to this program via an online campaign. Support from Old Town Canoe is helping to make their trip possible with the donation of a canoe for their several-week journey which will take them on such storied Maine waters as Flagstaff and Moosehead lakes and the Allagash and St. John rivers.


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Jammu & Kashmir reduced status official
Author: Asia Watch
No longer an Indian state . . .
As of October 30, Jammu & Kashmir is no longer an Indian state. The semi-autonomous status of the state was suspended in August with the revocation of Article 370. After three months of lockdown, cutting off communication networks, and incarcerating local leaders, India's Modi government this week officially broke the state into two union territories – Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. These 'new' territories will be governed directly by India's central government. Under Article 370, the erstwhile state of J&K had its own constitution, a state flag (other Indian states don't have a flag), and autonomy over its internal administration. The Indian government has maintained that the removal of Article 370 will allow the people of J&K to assimilate with the rest of the country.
'Unlawful and void': China . . .
China has called out the Indian government's actions as "unlawful and void." According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the two new union territories now include an area that is within China's 'Line of Actual Control,' which demarcates a disputed border area between China and India. Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar responded that the change was an "internal matter" and had no implications for "either the external boundaries of India or the Line of Actual Control with China. India is not raising any additional territorial claims." Interestingly, President Xi Jinping did not mention Kashmir during his mid-October visit to India.
Radicalization fears . . .
The revocation of Section 370 and subsequent Indian government actions in J&K have been widely viewed as an infringement of Indian citizens' democratic rights. Many fear that the continued tension in the region since August 2019 has left no space for open conversations and may instead push people towards radicalization. The Muslim majority state has remained a hotbed for insurgency and terrorism for almost three decades as factions in support of separation from India collided with Indian military forces, leading to loss of life and economy in the valleys. Meanwhile, the first-ever elections for the Block Development Council, which allows for a more grassroots approach to governing the people, took place in Jammu & Kashmir last week with a 98.3 per cent turnout. While the elections may hint at normalcy, the people of the newly formed union territories remain on tenterhooks regarding their future, which appears to be increasingly drawn either by militants or New Delhi.
NDTV: US Slams China Over Dalai Lama, Tibet's Religious Freedom, Praises India
The Economic Times: Formation of J&K and Ladakh union territories "unlawful and void": China
The Guardian: India strips Kashmir of special status and divides it in two


Maybe I'll do a series of these. They could be mantras. Reminders. Maps of how we can go. Portable. Easily moved from place to place. Following the day. And I'm thinking $25 because there are holes in the household economy's bucket.
so…i'm watching. waiting for "mine" to show up.
nouns are sounding trite to me. overdone. even the wonderful ones.
I love those hanging pots!!!!
me too. they were a gift from so long ago. i think of them as mini burden baskets.
Catching up a bit… Going backwards–I really like the dolphins cloth. We saw the film The Cove not long ago–what a heart breaker. And love the freedom of this exercise in cloth tossing.


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Jenoptik contracted for Patriot missile components
By Ryan Maass
Jenoptik's orders include the delivery of electrical generators, spare parts and testing equipment for the Patriot missile defense system. U.S. Defense Department photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- German manufacturer Jenoptik received a $13.8 million contract to deliver components supporting the Patriot air and missile defense system.
Jenoptik received the order as a follow-on to earlier assignments from 2016. The contract includes the delivery of electrical generators, spare parts packages and testing equipment.
In a statement announcing the contract, Jenoptik notes it has been a long-term supplier for the Patriot program. The company produces power supply units and sub-systems for the weapon at its facilities in Germany.
The Patriot air and missile defense system is a U.S.-led program aiming to develop solutions for countering airborne threats such as enemy aircraft and ballistic missile attacks. The surface-to-air missiles are manufactured by Raytheon.
In addition to the United States and Germany, the system is employed by armed forces in Israel, Greece, Japan, Saudi Arabia and several other U.S. military allies.
U.S. Air Force to retire MQ-1 Predator drone in 2018 Sikorsky, Polish affiliate prepare for M28 demonstration Lockheed Martin to relocate Fleet Ballistic Missile program
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Austin visits Ukraine, voices U.S. support against Russian aggression
Oct. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Ukraine continues to have U.S. support against Russian aggression and is free to decide its own foreign policy during a visit to Kyiv Tuesday.
Citing Russian occupation, U.S. signs new defense pact with Georgia
Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed a new security agreement with Georgia Monday, seeking to buttress relations with the Black Sea nation as it continues to face Russian troops in two of its regions.
Pentagon orders all civilian employees to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22
Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Pentagon on Monday ordered all Department of Defense civilian employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by no later than Nov. 22.
Army investigating suspected suicides of three Fort Drum soldiers
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is investigating the suspected suicides of three soldiers based at New York's Fort Drum.
Four Marines remain hospitalized month after suicide bombing at Afghan airport
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Four U.S. Marines remain hospitalized after an attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month as service members were evacuating foreign nationals and refugees.
South Korean firm to supply rapid COVID-19 test kits to U.S. military
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion has agreed to supply its DiaTrust rapid COVID-19 test kit to the U.S. military.
Army tests MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle at Fort Bragg ahead of fielding
Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Army has successfully tested the MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle to clear it for fielding.
U.S. Navy, Bahrain partner to ramp up unmanned systems use
Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Bahraini leaders committed Thursday to partnering with a new U.S. Navy task force to ramp up new unmanned system efforts.
U.S. F-16 fighter jets intercept Cessna during U.N. General Assembly
Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. fighter jets escorted a small plane flown by a U.S. Army soldier out of restricted air space over New York City during the United Nations General Assembly.
U.S. Space Force to take over SATCOM operations from Army, Navy
Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Space Force will take over satellite communications billets, funding and mission responsibility from the U.S. Army and Navy, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.


For many years I loved listening to Alistair Cooke's Letter from America. I wonder if an e-mail from America would have held the same feeling, emotion and power?
There are good sides to online networking too. I plan trips using Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter with people across the world, exchange pictures and videos online and keep in touch with many friends more than I ever could writing letters.
One trend I notice with Social Networking is the desire for 'followers'. The more there are, the better for you (apparently), but I feel that just because 10,000 people follow what you say, doesn't mean that they read it. Quality is surely better than quantity..?
Regardless of my dreaming, we cannot (and must not) shy away from progress. Digital communication and Social Networking has happened whether we like it or not and we must stay ahead of the game. Do not forget the past, but embrace the future or risk getting left behind.


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Below is some of the feedback we have had from inspiring young people who have taken part in our projects.
"The Safeline people were really nice and funny and because of them I was able to make friends. My favourite was Jess and Ash because they made everyone smile. The project was really good and happy. Everyone knew where they had to be and everyone felt happy. After this project, if someone was in trouble, I'd know what to do. I'm proud of making friends."
"The holiday project was a really positive experience for me. I've definitely made new friends who I'll stay in touch with. The staff are really kind and friendly and they're always up for talking if you need to, which is great. In terms of how it has changed/helped me personally, I have grown so much more confident. I can even finally talk to people and make eye contact! I know it seems really silly but my sleep is finally regular which has helped a lot with what I'm able to do. The bit I'm most proud of would probably be being able to make and hold eye contact and also that I made an input on the music."
"You guys are really nice- I thought it would just be you telling us don't do this, don't do that, but it's not like that, you listen and let us share our ideas."
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"I thoroughly enjoyed the project and it taught me a lot about myself and other people. The staff were very friendly they eased you into everything and were very stable. I feel that it was a very worthwhile experience due to the fact that it raises awareness of abuse and helps to prevent incidents from happening. I would recommend it to other young people. It was a completely worthwhile experience I cannot praise it enough I loved it and it helped me. I would like to support Safeline in the future."
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Mimosas, anyone? Start tackling that list of nearby brunch spots you've been wanting to try together.
2. Host a brunch party.
Instead of throwing a dinner party, throw a brunch one. Show off your omelet skills and invite your favourite couple(s) over for a late-morning meal.
3. Go for an early morning hike.
Explore your neighbourhood — or get out of town and explore nature — before the rest of the world wakes up.
This one's for the early risers. Bring coffee, pastries, a blanket and your camera, and start your day together at a scenic spot.
Spend a morning on the water. If you catch something, you'll have the main for your next date night. If you don't catch anything, you still won't regret spending that quality time together.
6. Be a kid again.
Spiritual compatibility is important. If you're a regular church-goer — or regret not going more often — maybe it's time to bring your partner to your place of worship.
8. Check out local yard sales.
Meet the neighbours and do some bargain shopping. Brush up on your haggling skills and have fun. Maybe give yourselves a budget with the plan to refurbish an old piece of furniture. The couple that DIYs together stays together?
9. Shop at the farmer's market.
Shop local. Buy a breakfast of fresh baked goods and hot chocolate from vendors as you wander through the stalls. Pick up fresh ingredients with the plan to make dinner together soon.
10. Set off on a short road trip.
Beat the traffic and get out of town before the highways fill up. Pick a not-too-distant destination you've been wanting to visit, pack a breakfast-to-go and hit the road. Maybe plan a picnic at a national park. Or meet up with friends in a nearby city for lunch.


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HOME is with my wife Danii and our dog, Pixie. Danii and I love travel and exploration (She is a qualified Yachtmaster and remotely manages legal navigational software for superyachts). We married in Crete and approach life as an adventure. Pixie is a princess, refusing to leave the house unless its 18°C and sunny.
I have a close family with 5 brothers and sisters. My mother was a single parent who while living in a one bed flat did night classes and eventually built up a national company. From her I learnt you can achieve anything with a strong work ethic.
Weekends were spent with my father. He was a South African national and came to the UK with £10 in his pocket. He too became successful, running the IT department of West Mercia police. He was always relaxed and positive in any situation, a trait I'm told I have in common. Sadly he passed away, but while alive he loved our annual camping trips, which we still hold every year in his memory.
WORK has allowed me to visit incredible places and meet fascinating people. Whether it's filming brain surgery, spending 48 hours in a homeless shelter or having lunch with a Princess of Yugoslavia, I enjoy interacting with all spectrums of humanity. Everybody deserves to be heard and fantastic stories often come from unlikely sources.
I've led and worked on some great projects with brilliant teams. I've directed crews across Britain, outside the UK and in difficult environments, overseen multi camera shoots from boat races on the London Thames to a road trip across Romania, and filmed alone in countries like Greece and Egypt.
I've also made lifelong friends while road tripping both alone and with teams across different countries on various productions, with the most rewarding often the most challenging. I'm fortunate that many of the crews I work with continue to want to be involved on my projects and will go above and beyond for the production.
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PLAY for me is all about exploration, discovery and adventure. For me the best way to do all those is by foot, and so I love walking. Mainly in the countryside, whether by Mountains, Forest or Sea, closely followed by any city that can trace it's roots to antiquity. Which also lend themselves to another of my passions, photography.
I also have a fascination with history. From the classical era to the renaissance, the Enlightenment to the 20th Century, whether it's accounts from figures like Herodotus and Plutarch or standing within the Roman Forum, nothing to me is more intriguing than discovering the secrets of the past.
When I'm not swotting up on an interesting era or donning my hiking boots I'm generally found making things, from pottery to wood crafting, I enjoy creating something from nothing. One of my favourite creations was building a motorised camera slider using a wooden shelf, metal tracks and a mirror ball motor.
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Climate change explained with a giant infographic comic
By Ryan Whitwam 09.15.2016 :: 10:27AM EST 09.15.2016
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You probably know XKCD, the geek-oriented web comic that has tackled such issues as standards and making sandwiches. Now, XKCD is explaining climate change with a handy (and giant) comic. It's better than other global warming infographics because this one has jokes.
The full comic is a massive timescale that starts around 20,000 BCE as the last ice age was ending (average 4 degrees Celsius colder). It's almost 15,000 pixels tall, so check XKCD to scroll through the whole thing. The premise of this comic is to put into context the claim often made by climate change deniers that the climate has changed in the past, which makes the current change no big deal. The timeline starts off very cool, then approaches the averages seen in the 20th century.
Along the way, you can watch the ice age end, humans arrive in North America, the domestication of dogs (who we then breed to be small and easily dressed in amusing costumes). In case you were wondering when the last North American Pokemon went extinct, that was around 9,000 BCE, according to XKCD. A dark day for the world, indeed.
The point XKCD is trying to get across is all the fluctuations cited as arguments against anthropogenic climate change were small and gradual. The rate at which global average temperature has increased in the last few decades is alarming.
There are a few hypothetical trend lines at the end of the comic — one where temperature levels off from an immediate reduction in emissions, one with a gradual moderation of temperature, and one where it continues spiking at its current rate.
An XKCD comic isn't going to get published in Nature or anything, but it's an interesting way to look at the problem.
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Vietnam Heritage has been publishing a series based on the National Museum of Vietnamese History's on-going exhibition of jade objects and the museum's publication Vietnamese Ancient Jade. This month the topic is jade slabs used by the Emperor and mandarins of the Nguyen dynasty to grate Chinese ink and ochre blocks.
Vietnam Heritage, November-December 2011 -- Vietnam Heritage has been publishing a series based on the National Museum of Vietnamese History's on-going exhibition of jade objects and the museum's publication Vietnamese Ancient Jade. This month the topic is jade slabs used by the Emperor and mandarins of the Nguyen dynasty to grate Chinese ink and ochre blocks.
A group of four 'slabs' or graters (the word 'grinder' has also been used) are blue-grey, white or striated blue. They are carved with ancient Chinese characters, including on the faces. One is dated Tan Suu, the first year of Thieu Tri's reign, 1841, and is characterised as 御制硃砚诗一首, referring to a seven-line royal poem about the slab, which was for ochre blocks and owned by the Emperor.
One slab was produced in the year Binh Ngo, the 6th of Thieu Tri's reign, 1846. It was carved with an ancient Chinese seven-lined poem, 御制墨砚诗一首, about the king's jade slab for Chinese ink.
Both the above slabs were carved with large, four-part flower motifs and two dragons with winding bodies and heads turned and cloud.
The third and fourth slabs or graters are in the form of boxes of about the same size and colour. They were produced in the 7th year of Thieu Tri's reign (1847). On the grating faces of both are carved two royal seven-line poems' 右墨砚 and 右硃砚, referring to graters for Chinese ink and ochre blocks.
On the faces of graters for Chinese ink were carved a four-part flower motif and what are called 'Buddha hand' flower motifs. On the faces of graters for ochre blocks were carved four-part flower motifs, peach-flower motifs and four bat shapes, the latter at the corners.
These four graters provide historians with information about the poems of Emperor Thieu Tri, whom, records show, wrote ten works with about 4,000 poems and hundreds of essays.
Other graters, inscribed 御筵硃砚, meaning Emperor's slab for ochre blocks, and 御筵墨砚, Emperor's slab for Chinese ink, are in the form of boxes from white-blue jade and white-grey with blue striations. On their faces are carved two bats (a symbol of happiness) or two oval shapes. The dates of these items are not determined exactly, but they are believed to have been made during the Nguyen dynasty.
Still other slabs, as boxes, are of grey-blue jade and carved with dragon and water-droplet or rolling cloud motifs and two fish emerging from waves.
Two slabs, as boxes, are of white jade and decorated with 'Buddha's hand' flower motifs and peach-flower and bat shapes.
There are slabs from brown or white-grey jade decorated with the themes of fish and dragons playing with water (Ngu Long Hy Thuy).
In the same jade, there is a slab decorated with lotus leaves.
In the collection of slabs are oval ones of white jade, their faces carved with a phoenix with spread wings.


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Q: woocommerce plugin bugs I have some problems with displaying some values and I have no idea what I did wrong.
    <?php
/*
 Plugin Name: Wallet for WooCommerce
 Plugin URI:
 Description: Wallet for a Client
 Version: 1.0
 Author: InDeepTerror
 Author URI:
 */

 include( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'wallet.php');
include( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'settings.php');

$wallet = New wallet();

 add_action( 'woocommerce_product_options_general_product_data', 'getPerProduct');

 add_action( 'woocommerce_process_product_meta', 'save_wallet_option');

?>

<?php

/**
 * Class wallet
 *
 * @param int $customer_id Current customer ID
 *
 */
class wallet {
function __construct()
{
        if ($this->checkEcommerce()) {
            add_filter( 'woocommerce_account_menu_items', 'account_menu_hook');
            add_filter( 'woocommerce_account_menu_items', 'account_wallet_menu');
            add_action( 'woocommerce_account_wallet-endpoint', 'displayWallet');
            add_action( 'wp_login', 'walletOwner', 99);
            add_action( 'woocommerce_created_customer', 'createPointsField');
} else
            throw new Exception('WooCommerce is not Installed. The plugin Requires WooCommerce', 7);
}

function checkEcommerce() {
    if ( in_array( 'woocommerce/woocommerce.php', apply_filters( 'active_plugins', get_option( 'active_plugins' ) ) ) ) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

function walletOwner($login) {
$user = get_user_by('login',$login);
    $user_id = $user->ID;
    return $user_id;
}

function displayWallet() {
/*    $userID = $this->walletOwner();
    $this->getUserPoints($userID);
echo " ". $amount . " "
;*/
echo "TEST!";
}
function newMenuWP($pagetitle, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function, $position, $icon_url) {
    add_menu_page( $pagetitle, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function, $icon_url, $position );
}
function getPerPrice($percentage) {

}
function WPMenu(){
    echo '';
}
function getPerCategory($points) {

}
function getPerProduct() {
    global $woocommerce, $post;

    echo '
';

    woocommerce_wp_text_input(
        array(
            'id'    => '_number_field',
            'label' => __( 'MoneyBack Wallet', 'woocommerce' ),
            'placeholder' => '',
            'description' => __( 'Enter the product percentage points'),
            'type'        => 'number',
            'custom_attributes' => array(
                'step' => '0.1',
                'min'  => '0',
                'max'  => '100',
            )
        )
    );

    echo '
';
}
function isAffiliate($product_id) {

}
function SignUpBonus($bonus) {

}
function setSignUpBonus($bonus_amount) {

}
function addPoints($add_points) {

}
function convertPoints($points)
{

}

function save_wallet_option()
{
    $woocommerce_number_field = $_POST['_number_field'];
    if (!empty($woocommerce_number_field)) {
        update_post_meta($post_id, '_number_field', esc_attr($woocommerce_number_field));
    }
}
function account_menu_hook($items) {
$items['wallet-endpoint'] = __('Wallet EndPoint', 'woocommerce');
    return $items;
}
function account_menu_insert_position($items, $new_items, $location) {
    $position = array_search( $after, array_keys( $items ) );
    $array = array_slice( $items, 0, $position, true );
    $array += $new_items;
    $array += array_slice( $items, $position, count( $items ) - $position, true );

    return $array;
}
function account_wallet_menu($items) {
    $new_items = array();
    $new_items['wallet-endpoint'] = __('Wallet EndPoint', 'woocommerce');

    return $this->account_menu_insert_position($items, $new_items, 'dashboard');
}
function getUserPoints($user_id) {

  $points = get_user_meta($user_id, 'points', true);

  if (!isset($points)) {
      $this->createPointsField();
      return $points = $this->SignUpBonus();
  }

    return $points;
}
function createPointsField($customer_id) {
add_user_meta($customer_id, 'points', $this->SignUpBonus());
}

}
?>
The errors I get in add new product:

Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid
  callback, function 'getPerProduct' not found or invalid function name
  in /home/styleadda/developers.styleadda.in/wp-includes/plugin.php on
  line 524

The errors I get in myaccount:

Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function 'account_menu_hook' not found or invalid function
    name in /home/styleadda/developers.styleadda.in/wp-includes/plugin.php
    on line 235

Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid
  callback, function 'account_wallet_menu' not found or invalid function
  name in /home/styleadda/developers.styleadda.in/wp-includes/plugin.php
  on line 235
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
  /home/styleadda/developers.styleadda.in/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/myaccount/navigation.php
  on line 28

A: You need to correct how you call function in your class, if the function you want to use is in the class, for the add_action:
     add_action( 'woocommerce_account_wallet-endpoint', array($this, 'displayWallet') );
            add_action( 'wp_login', array($this, 'walletOwner'), 99);
Replace all add_action or filter like this.

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3 thoughts on ""Secular power" in early medieval Bavaria"
The lack of work on early and High Middle Ages preaching is indeed unfortunate, especially since preachers were supposed to have been 'licensed' by the pope around 1100 (which we seem to know almost nothing about), and in at least one case that I know of were granted permission to beg for food (Bernard of Tiron), which must mean something to the (pre-)history of mendicancy (the orders which are mostly responsible for all that famous Late Medieval preaching).
Your observation of the substitution of 'secular' is also very interesting, especially from a kind of 'begriffsgeschichte' perspective. Would it be too easy to impute a political motivation, or to say that one word clearly had more contemporary 'meaning' than the other? It might be the case that by this time the firm dichotomy between 'secular' and 'spiritual' power had already coalesced, and that a word such as 'royal' (and perhaps ducal?) is altogether more ambiguous (combining both 'secular' and 'spiritual' to some people); that 'secular' is simply a technical term which avoids the problem of referring to a 'royal' or 'ducal' power which was invested with religious symbolism. I refer to kings having been 'anointed' and 'consecrated' by episcopal authorities (who, interestingly, were also the people responsible for permitting urban preaching). If the king is consecrated, anointed with holy oil, &c., can his power be properly synonymous with the 'secular'?
Charles West says:
"If the king is consecrated, anointed with holy oil, &c., can his power be properly synonymous with the 'secular'?"
That is an excellent question. I think I'd suggest that there's obviously plenty of ambiguity – but that we should not confuse 'secular' with 'atheist'. I'm increasingly keen on the idea that the secular is an intrinsically Christian category, part of a Christian worldview: that some things are of the next world (religious), some things are of the devil (profane), but many, perhaps most things are of this world (secular), and as such as neither good nor bad, but to be tolerated. In which case there's really no contradiction between secular and religious at all: rulers could be both 'secular' while being firmly within a Christian framework. But I do need to think more about this.
Charles, I think this question could be a bit of a rabbit hole, especially in light of how 'sacredness' seems to be one of the most historically variable concepts there is, since it has been 'weaponised' by various factions on many occasions.
I keep thinking of how, in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, royal power expressly became a religious kind of power, for people like Wyclif, Hus, and the French 'Gallicanists' – where the state became a 'salvationary community' (an individual 'Church Militant' in each country). Hus wrote of 'The Church of Christ in Bohemia' and 'the Church of Christ in England' [John Hus, 'To Richard Wyche of London in Answer to His Letter', M. Spinka (trans.), The Letters of John Hus (Manchester, 1972), p. 48]. To Hus' supporters, the king was the 'principal prelate'. To Wyclif, it was a matter of sovereignty ('For þe chief lordshipe in þis lond of alle temporalties boþe of seculer men and religious, perteyneþ to þe kyng of his general governynge. For ellis he were not kyng of alle Englond, but of a litel part þerof'). Of course, this has been seen in a 'pre-Reformation' light.
For the most part, I think that since in Europe (as elsewhere), the 'religious' appellation generated a great deal of real power and authority in itself, this means that the terms 'religious' and 'secular' would count as some of the most temporally sensitive terms as far as meaning goes. In that sense, I think I would stress that the 'secular' label, while not being 'atheist' as you say, nonetheless would often be used as an instrument to deny certain classes of people from claiming certain kinds of power (religious power). I don't think the term 'secular' was ever really 'politically inert'.
I don't know if your research will extend into the fourteenth century, but I think that the way that 'Wyclifism'/'Gallicanism'/'Hussitism' used concepts like 'secular' and 'religious' to accrue power to the office of the king is very revealing indeed. In the context of our sermon scribe, therefore, my instinct would be to ascribe political motives, because 'secular' and 'religious' are political categories. 'Secular' in this sense is used to deny the ruler any claim to religious power or power over the church in a way that 'royal' does not. 'Kings' could command churches without any change in how they were imagined (legendary Prester John), and so of Emperors (Byzantine). Perhaps a more revealing context might be the Christianisation of Europe, and the relatively recent conversion of Bavaria itself (a useful source for contextualisation might be the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum).


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NFL draft arrives, and pressure is on teams to get top value
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dave Gettleman has learned many lessons as an NFL executive. The new general manager of the New York Giants has one mantra in the draft room.
He says teams must "stay with the value." They "can't get too cute" or hope for a player to be around in a later round.
WATCH: The NFL Draft will air live on FOX Sports beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern
The Giants pick second Thursday night after the Cleveland Browns. The New York Jets go third, followed by the Browns and Denver Broncos.
Plenty of top quarterbacks are available: USC's Sam Darnold, Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield, UCLA's Josh Rosen and Wyoming's Josh Allen. There's also Penn State running back Saquon Barkley and North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb.
Analyst and former NFL general manager Phil Savage says the Giants are in the "catbird seat" and can go in many directions, but he encourages them to consider Barkley.
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Learning how to string a ukulele is pretty necessary. Just like guitars, the strings in ukuleles get worn out eventually. Sooner or later, you will have to replace them. Depending on the frequency and force that you use, you might have to restring your instrument every two weeks or so. Doing this will ensure that your ukulele will always be in its top shape (and sound).
Don't worry a thing here. You see, stringing your ukulele is not difficult. In fact, if you have experience already in stringing a guitar, you are quite fine already. You just have to make some minor adjustments, and you are good to go!
But for the sake of consistency and appropriateness, I do encourage that you check out this tutorial of mine. The method that I have written here is the one that is applied by pros. You might still learn a thing or two here.So if there's nothing more to beat here, so let's start the whole process now.
Before we begin, let me remind you that it is necessary that you know if your ukulele is using a tie-bar bridge or standard bridge. It would also be beneficial to determine if the instrument is slotted-head or not. Knowing all these stuff can lessen the complication every time you change the strings of your ukulele.
The first thing that you need to do is to loosen the strings, just like in guitars. You can do this by maneuvering the tuning pegs to the direction in where you can unfurl the strings. There is no direct way of knowing which direction will loosen the string. It all does depend on how the current strings were attached and the variety of tuning pegs that are used in the ukulele. At some point, you need to do small experiments to gauge the direction.
Of course, if the pitch of the string gets higher or louder, then it is pretty evident that you are going in the wrong way. You can also know if the string is beginning to lose its hold if the stiff tension is gone and things get wobbly. Most probably, all the strings are tuned in the similar direction. Therefore, if one string loosens in a particular direction, then you should go on the same route with the other strings.
Once all of the strings are loose and flexible, you can pull already them out from the tuning peg. You can remove them from the device by pulling them off. But always practice caution and moderation. You don't need to force the strings to be pulled out. If they are still stiff and clingy the tuning pegs, there's a good chance that they are not that loose yet.
You have to continue unfurling your strings until such time you can effortlessly pull them. On the other hand, if you force your way, some components and hardware of the ukulele might get damaged.
For ukuleles with a standard bridge, you need to remove both of the ends of the strings. At first, you might think that this is a ridiculous procedure, considering the strings are susceptible from being stuck and tangled in the bridge. But if you really encountered trouble during the process, you can always use nose pliers or tweezers so that you can clutch the knotted end of the string.
Always be careful when you are using any of those tools that I have mentioned. You can't have a pair of clumsy hands if you are working them on your ukulele. Otherwise, they might scratch the surface of the instrument. That's not something that you want, right?
Follow this method if your ukulele has a tie-bar bridge. Hold the knot that locks the string. Next, pull it so that you can remove the string by passing it through the loop. Just like standard bridges, the process might come complicated in the beginning. But don't worry. You can get the hang of it eventually.
This is the continuation of the instructions that I have given earlier for standard bridge ukuleles. Once the old strings are gone, you can bring your new pack to the scene. The first string that you are going to use is the G-string. You have to make a knot on its end. Make sure that you can leave at least 1.5 cm or half an inch of the string at one end of the knot. After this, you can drag the remaining part of the string going to the head of the instrument. Slip it to the hole of the tuning peg so that you can attach it firmly.
This is the continuation of the instructions that I have given earlier for tie-bard bridge ukuleles. Just like the process I mentioned above, you need to start with the G-string first. You need to thread it on the bridge by going to the side that is the nearest to the sound hole of the instrument.
Next, grab the end of the string that you have trod to the hole. You need to loop it to the back of the string end and lead it to the hole. Loop the string that goes through the top portion of the tie-bar of your ukulele twice. After that, you can already pull the end of the string to the direction of the head. You have to slip the string to the metal pin hole of the first tuning peg of the ukulele.
You need to pull the string tightly and guide it to the first notch of the nut. Once done, you can already start turning the tuning peg until such time you can tighten them. Most of the commercial strings today have a downward wound. Therefore, if you are tightening the strings, make sure that you can guide it downward and spiral. It would make the nearer the ukulele headstock.
Just repeat the procedures that I have listed in Step 4 and Step 5 for the remaining strings. Always check the right bridge and tuning peg placements before you start working with the strings.
Now that you know how to string a ukulele already, it would not be difficult for you anymore to do these things by yourself. You can already change worn out strings with new ones whenever it is necessary. And the best part of this is that you don't have to embarrass yourself from asking somehow to do it for you. Feels great, right?
If you have some questions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below!
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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Did you know your hard-earned tax dollars are paying for upgrades at Gov. Rick Scott's Tallahassee mansion? Gov. Scott has repeatedly pledged to slash government spending since his 2010 election yet more than $800,000 has been spent for substantial improvements to the Greek Revival mansion where he and his wife live.
Taxpayers have footed the bill for things like the cleaning of oriental rugs and refinishing the oak flooring at "the People's House," a sprawling edifice at 700 North Adams Street that serves as private residence as well as official entertainment venue for the state's chief executive. Some money, though, has come from lobbyists and corporate donors with business before Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Nearly $3 million was spent during Jeb Bush's eight years in office, but that included some expensive, post-9/11 security upgrades. And what has been spent under Scott far exceeds the money spent while Charlie Crist was in office.
Most of the money spent on the mansion— nearly $600,000 — has come from taxpayers and goes toward upkeep of the grounds and what is called the "public side" of the mansion, which includes the garden and rooms where public receptions are held.
But more than $200,000 spent on both public rooms and on the personal quarters used by the Scott family came from a handful of the state's most powerful companies. Records from the Governor's Mansion Foundation show that U.S. Sugar, Florida Crystals and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida each donated $100,000.
On top of that came $20,000 gifts from fundraiser and lobbyist Brian Ballard; Scott's political adviser, Tony Fabrizio; and George Zoley, the CEO of private prison company The GEO Group, which runs two Florida penitentiaries.
House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, questioned the state spending money on the mansion while it has been pushing cutbacks elsewhere.
"Maybe the first place in government cutbacks is where you are staying at," said Thurston.
Thurston also said he was surprised to hear about private donations for the mansion and said he doubted anyone in the public was aware of it.
Scott, a multi-millionaire who owns a mansion in southwest Florida, did not put any of his own money to the renovation effort, although foundation records show that he and his wife donated furniture, lamps and exercise equipment valued at more than $93,000.
Located 10 blocks north of the Capitol building, the governor's mansion is hidden from view by aging commercial properties that sit along a Tallahassee main street. Large iron gates block the street in front of the mansion, keeping visitors away. Ballard said he was glad to make his 2011 donation, which came at a time when there were discussions of using the private money to help purchase the commercial property. The idea was to create a kind of "mansion park" that might qualify as a national historical landmark.
The long list of renovations to the governor's mansion includes a $2,000 mirror for first lady Ann Scott's bathroom and $38,000 in new rugs. Private money paid for those items. The mansion also boasts new wallpaper, pillows, furniture, drapes, paint, window repairs, new screens for the swimming pool and an upgraded kitchen.
The amount of public money spent on the mansion the last three years far exceeds what was spent between 2007 and 2011, when Crist was governor. State records show slightly more than $27,000 was spent during Crist's term, although he spent most weekends outside Tallahassee.
Nearly $3 million was spent between 1999 and 2007 when Bush was governor, but that includes nearly $1 million to acquire property near the mansion and to close the street due to security concerns.
Ben Wolf, a spokesman for the Department of Management Services, said improvements paid for by taxpayers were for historical preservation, to improve health and safety and for routine maintenance of the 60-year-old building. For example, Wolf said, the walls and ceilings hadn't been painted in more than 15 years.
Wolf said that the repairs were undertaken after an assessment by DMS, which manages real estate owned by the state among other functions. The improvements were not done at anyone's request, Wolf said.
Melissa Sellers, a spokeswoman for Scott, also said that neither the governor nor the first lady requested any renovations.
But minutes from a May 2011 meeting of the Governor's Mansion Commission— the state panel that assures the home maintains its original structure and character — show that first lady Ann Scott voiced concern about the home's condition to state officials.
"It's important to me to maintain its beauty and showcase its history, making the mansion a welcome destination for all guests," said the first lady, who had run her own interior design business before her husband was elected and has pushed to make the mansion more available to public events.
Sellers said that Ann Scott has been traveling a lot lately to spend time with her grandchildren and unavailable for questions about the mansion.
Meanwhile, Scott — who just announced he would seek to cut another $100 million in "government waste" next year — is known to be a strong supporter of the costly renovation to The Grove Plantation, the 180-year-old historic home of the late Gov. LeRoy Collins. It sits on a 10-acre site adjoining the governor's mansion and could be opened to the public as soon as next year.


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Infographic: Who's Paying for the President?
Our third infographic in the "Capital in the Capitol" series is a startling comparison of the candidates' fundraising strategies in their race to the oval office, and a crucial reminder that the candidates don't have to talk about money this election—the money talks for them.
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In the first presidential debate, President Obama relentlessly tried and failed to convince the audience that Mitt Romney's fiscal policies would only benefit wealthy individuals. He would have succeeded if he had made the point that Romney's super PAC has raised four times as much as his with the help of hedge fund managers and CEOs, or if he'd mentioned that the top five funders to Romney's campaign are all notorious big banks. Money speaks louder than rhetoric, especially to the 87 percent of Americans who think government corruption should be the next president's priority, but neither candidate brought it up.
So Rootstrikers decided to do it for them. Our third infographic in the "Capital in the Capitol" series is a startling comparison of the candidates' fundraising strategies in their race to the oval office, and a crucial reminder that the candidates don't have to talk about money this election—the money talks for them.
Perhaps neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney want to speak out about our government's crippling dependence on special interest cash because both of their campaigns hinge on it. Contrary to what some might suspect, Obama's campaign has raised more money than Romney's campaign. However, Romney's super PAC has collected nearly four times as much money as Obama, whose primary source of election money is direct contributions.
While the candidates talk about their stand on various issues of domestic policy, their campaigns will tell a different story: As long as politicians need tons of money to run for office, they'll be indebted to the few who can afford to give it to them. We all need to think about how these political "favors" influence the passage of laws that affect all of us as citizens.
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A Witness to America: On the 1964 Frank O'Hara and Mario Schifano Creative Collaboration
Curator Francesco Guzzetti Considers the Pair's "Words and Drawings" Exhibition
Via The Center for Italian Modern Art
By Vanessa Willoughby
In 1963, Frank O'Hara took a temporary break from writing and worked as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. During his tenure, he met Italian painter Mario Schifano. Schifano was best known for his postmodern collages, which utilized a combination of advertising visuals, wrapping paper, and painted figures. The two creatives eventually collaborated on "Words and Drawings." This joint effort featured text written by O'Hara and Schifano's distinct style.
Now, this collaboration is showcased at The Center for Italian Modern Art's new exhibition, Facing America: Mario Schifano, 1960-65. The exhibition is scheduled to run through November 13, 2021.
Below, curator Francesco Guzzetti shared the history behind the collaboration and explained the cultural context that shaped Schifano's vision.
Words and Drawings of Frank O'Hara Mario Schifano, 1964, Frank O'Hara, Mario Schifano (enamel, ink, wax crayon, spray paint, gouache on paper). Quenza Collection, ©Archivio Mario Schifano ©2020 Christie's Images Limited ©2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.
How did Schifano's work inspire Frank O'Hara? What was it about Schifano's art that allowed O'Hara to reignite and reclaim his creativity?
I can't say exactly what in Schifano's work inspired O'Hara. I think that particular kind of figuration, which was distinctive of Schifano's painting at that time, could inspire O'Hara with its unique combination of painterly gestures and references to high and low culture and multiple sources taken from various aspects of society and culture at that time. Somehow, the references to Larry Rivers suggested by American critics and commentators reviewing Schifano's solo show at Odyssia Gallery in New York, might also help understand how interesting Schifano's work was for O'Hara.
How closely did Schifano and O'Hara work together? What was their professional relationship like?
The two of them were neighbors for a few months in 1964, both living at 791 Broadway. It was actually O'Hara who introduced Schifano to many writers, intellectuals, musicians, and artists in New York, thus facilitating the artist's encounter with the New York School and the art scene in general.
Are the poems featured in the exhibition ones that O'Hara had previously written, or were they created during his time as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art?
The exhibition at CIMA doesn't include any actual poem by O'Hara. The exhibition features an extremely rare and outstanding work done by Schifano and O'Hara in collaboration while Schifano was in New York. Titled "Words & Drawings," it consists of 17 sheets showing drawings by Schifano and texts by O'Hara. Images and texts seem to flow independently from each other at a first glance. But, at closer inspection, each sheet reveals the deep interconnectedness between words and images.
The mutual cultural backgrounds of the two authors resonate with each other, thus turning "Words & Drawings" into a sort of diary of the first experience of the United States by an Italian artist—Mario Schifano—as well as an ideal travelogue by one of the most acute and sensitive representatives of the complexity of the New York cultural scene at that time—Frank O' Hara.
Evocations of landscapes, both imaginary and real, harsh references to the trauma of the war and dramatic political events, personal notes, literary genres, witty mentions of fellow artists and intellectuals, ironic homages recur through the sheets. Such a project actually resonates with other projects undertaken by O'Hara before then, such as "Stones," the portfolio created with Larry Rivers.
The title of this exhibit is "Facing America." What is the significance behind this title?
It's a reference to Schifano's attitude: his paintings always reflect the meandering path of his life. It's an utterly honest, sincere, even barefaced witness to the artist's interests and experiences. The artist's early years, around which the exhibition at CIMA revolves, namely from 1960 to 1965, especially showcases the evolution of his approach to the United States.
When he was still in Rome, America was a sort of a dreamy place, as typical of his generation: films, Jazz music, the American artists traveling or exhibited in Rome, all compose a multifaceted panorama of endless inspiration and possibilities for a young artist like Schifano. Growing aware of the actual complexity of American culture, and after the direct encounter with the New York art scene for almost seven months between late 1963 and the summer of 1964, Schifano returned to Italy somehow disenchanted and more aware of his own cultural roots and specific identity vis-à-vis the American art scene within which he felt he did not really fit.
How does it speak to Schifano and O'Hara's work, as well as the time period and the cultural upheavals of the 60s?
I can't say that much about O'Hara, whose figure is evoked in the show only in relation to "Words and Drawings." With regards to Schifano, it speaks to the artist's distinctive evolution from the nonfigurative style of his early years, when the artist explored new ways to emphasize the materiality of the surface of the picture plane and even the physicality of a canvas as an object, to the figuration which would characterize his practice starting from 1962. Despite being associated with Pop trends, Schifano kept always investigating the tenets of painting, thus creating works that combine external references with extremely refined painterly gestures.
How did the New York art scene influence Schifano? How did life in New York change his perspective of modern and contemporary art?
As I said before, Schifano dreamt of America while he was still in Rome. Several connections linked the city with the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Artists like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg were well known and widely discussed by Roman artists. Their work definitely served as a source of inspiration for Schifano and his peers. When in New York, thanks to O'Hara, Schifano realized how complex the cultural scene actually was. He got disillusioned and disenchanted about the myth of American art he had nourished before then, but he grew more aware of his own practice on the other hand.
More significantly, the artist was absolutely fascinated by the underground film trends in New York: he went to clubs and theaters to see all the films by Andy Warhol as well as all the other experimental filmmakers presented at places like Jonas Mekas's Film-Makers' Cinematheque. The trip to New York marked the beginning of Schifano's own experimentation with film, which would become a distinctive and remarkable aspect of his practice in the following years. He actually mounted footage recorded in New York into a film titled "Round Trip," which is his first film ever, currently also on view at CIMA.
Why did you choose to curate this collection? Which piece spoke to you the most?
Curating this exhibition was a tremendous opportunity for me, to expand my interests in postwar and contemporary Italian art and the focus on its international connections and dialogue with American art, which have always been the core of my scholarship.
It's hard for me to say which piece spoke to me the most: I love the artist's early monochromes, there's a multipanel piece titled N.3-4 which is a real treasure. But I also love the artist's figurative works, and probably the painting "Ai pittori d'insegne" (To the Sign Painters) extremely fascinates me. I think it marks a moment of transition in Schifano's development: made right after his return to Italy, "Ai pittori d'insegne" attests to the artist's reaction to the New York art scene and feelings of being absolutely different from the latest trends in American art.
What else should people know about Schifano, O'Hara, or the exhibit?
The exhibition is the first institutional presentation of Schifano's art in the United States. It's a rather unknown figure to the American audience, but he is a true protagonist in Italian and international postwar and contemporary art. His work from 1960 to 1965 attests to the artist's quality and historical significance, and also substantially enriches the multifaceted panorama of connections between Italy and the US. The exhibition aims to provide an insight into the artist's early period and to demonstrate how deep and diverse Schifano's dreams, expectations, knowledge, and response towards the American (first) and specifically New York (after) cultural and art scene were during those five years.
Vanessa Willoughby
Vanessa Willoughby is the Assistant Editor at Literary Hub.
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SailGP teams up with Little Sun to provide remote Tanzanian boarding school with solar energy system
1 DECEMBER 2022News
SailGP has once again teamed up with Little Sun to provide an off-grid boarding school in Tanzania with solar energy infrastructure as part of its local impact project in Dubai.
The project has identified a boarding school in Tanzania, which is home to 300-500 students, where it will install and maintain a 2-3kw solar system to power the main school buildings.
The system will provide energy to light classrooms, offices and outdoor spaces, as well as powering solar-energy compliant equipment, such as copy machines, projectors and computers.
It is hoped that the installation of the system will increase study and preparation time for students and teachers, thereby increasing teaching quality and improving academic performance.
The project will first undertake an energy audit before providing the solar systems for lighting and day to day energy needs. The project will continue to maintain the solar system after installation, ensuring it remains fit for purpose for years to come.
Speaking about the project, sustainability and impact project manager Rosie Gosling said: "We are very happy to fund this solar energy infrastructure project in Tanzania. Tanzania's 12 hours of daily darkness makes it difficult for students to study after dark - but providing them with a solar electricity system to light their school will change that.
"Having a positive impact and transitioning to clean energy are key focuses for us at SailGP and we are thrilled to work with Little Sun to support another vital project."
It comes after SailGP teamed up with Little Sun as part of its impact project at Season 2's ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix in Aarhus.
SailGP donated close to 600 Little Sun solar-powered lamps to children living in rural Tanzania, which has 12 hours of darkness every day, to allow them to study after dark.
The lamps provided each student with 1,200 additional study hours after dark, protecting them from the toxic fumes produced by burning coal or wood to see instead.
The impact project is part of SailGP's year-round purpose-led calendar of sustainable initiatives in which the league collaborates with each venue on the Season 3 tour.


Investors have driven the TSX tech component ahead by nearly 27 per cent year to date.
Cooling commodity prices are helping fuel investor interest in emerging tech companies, with Vancouver's SoMedia planning an initial stock offering that is says would be the first Canadian Internet technology debut on the junior TSX Venture Exchange since 2001.
"Our timing is just phenomenal," said SoMedia founder and CEO George Fleming, who is meeting with investors to drum up interest in advance of a final IPO prospectus before an initial listing planned by mid June.
After a pullback in new issues over the past few years amid booming commodity prices and resource company valuations, he said tech stocks are back in focus.
Weakening commodities demand from developing countries including China amid lower economic growth have helped push the gold and metals-weighted materials index of the TSX down by more than 23 per cent in 2013, while investors have driven the TSX tech component ahead by nearly 27 per cent year to date.
Analysts said a cooling residential real estate sector could impact real estate investment vehicles and add to the appeal of emerging tech companies, noting that the tech sector began to show strength in the second half of 2012 and has continued the resurgence into 2013.
BMO technology analyst Thanos Moschopoulos said institutional investors have also been impressed by the earnings performance of established Canadian tech enterprises including software maker Open Text and IT consulting firm CGI.
He said most TSX-traded tech stocks remain at multiples below their level before the 2008 recession, adding that the success of two recent tech IPOs suggests there will be more to come.
Investors have noted the performance of Ottawa-based cloud-based employee management software maker Halogen Software Inc., whose stock jumped 17 per cent in its first day of trading in Toronto earlier this month in an IPO that generated proceeds of $55 million.
Vancouver-based video surveillance company Avigilon Corp.'s shares are up more than 230 per cent since it went public in November 2011 in an IPO that raised more than $25 million including proceeds from a secondary offering, while Toronto-based semiconductor company ViXS Systems has said it is planning a stock offering.
Fleming, meanwhile, said a final prospectus for the SoMedia IPO will be filed with Canadian securities regulators within 10 days to provide a price range for the new shares among other details.
The company's offering is backed by Toronto-based Difference Capital Funding Inc., a new merchant bank that raised more than $85 million last year to invest in emerging Canadian technology companies.
Fleming said SoMedia, founded in 2006, and with about 40 employees, plans to use proceeds from the offering to tidy up its balance sheet and add sales and marketing staff.
He said the company used the lull in tech IPO interest to raise more than $12 million from private Canadian investors and build a globally scalable Internet video content production platform for business to serve a growing market, particularly in the U.S.


You love shopping at Amazon, but how would you like working for them from the comfort of your couch? The idea might not be so farfetched thanks to the company's Virtual Customer Service program.
On Thursday, Amazon announced it will be adding more than 5,000 new part-time roles over the next year which allows employees to work from home as an agent in its customer service organization.
"There are lots of people who want or need a flexible job — whether they're a military spouse, a college student, or a parent — and we're happy to empower these talented people no matter where they happen to live," said Tom Weiland, Amazon Vice President for Worldwide Customer Service in a press release.
Along with being able to work remotely, part-time employees who work 20 hours a week or more will be able to receive company benefits like paid time off, savings plans and health care. They can also participate in Amazon's Career Choice program that pre-pays 95% of tuition and fees for certificates and associate degrees in high-demand fields.
These jobs are part of a bigger Amazon initiative to hire 30,000 part-time roles across the country in the next year and 100,000 full-time jobs in the next 18 months. To learn more about working at Amazon visit amazondelivers.jobs.


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Older decoders used Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) motor drive operating in frequencies of about 30 to 200 Hz (cycles per second). PWM creates a variable output voltage to the motor by quickly turning on then off the full motor voltage. Unfortunately, these frequencies were low enough to cause a hum or buzz in the locomotive. Most decoders today use a high frequency drive of 15kHz to as high as 43kHz and are above the range of hearing the buzz, hence the term silent running and supersonic. One of the problems with the high frequency drive is with slow starts. With high frequency drives the motor tends to act like it is on DC power and is subject to stiction, where the motor does not start smoothly. This is where BEMF significantly helps to overcome the problem. Also, some manufacturers use CV65 as a variable kick start that can help or a process called dither.
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With BEMF and CV2 adjusted correctly, an engine should start to creep at speed step 1. If you place a finger in front of the engine to stop it, the wheels should continue and slip on the rails indicating the decoder is applying more voltage to maintain constant speed. This is especially beneficial for steam locomotives at slow speed that tend to run rough.
One of the dilemmas with BEMF control occurs when operating in a consist. When the first locomotive with BEMF starts up a grade, more power is applied to the motor. The second locomotive then cuts back its power. Then the second starts up the grade and increases its power, the first locomotive sees a drop in the amount of "pull" needed and cuts back. This sets up a situation where the two locomotives keep changing power levels resulting in an accordion-like action between the two locomotives.
To solve this BEMF decoders have various CVs to adjust a cut-off speed for BEMF.
The upgraded QSI sound units have progressed another step further by implementing a feature called RTC - Regulated Throttle Control. RTC self-adjusts for BEMF locomotives in a consist.


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Fitbit invests $6 million into glucose monitoring patch start-up
A new Fitbit wearable designed for diabetics could be on the horizon
By Cohen Coberly on January 5, 2018, 17:24
Fitbit is well known in the health and fitness industry for their popular heart rate monitoring and step tracking devices. While these wearables are already fairly well-received, Fitbit seems interested in expanding their market share to a new customer base - diabetics and pre-diabetics.
According to CNBC, the company has made its "first-ever" start-up investment, funneling well over $6 million of its own funds into a company called Sano.
The start-up is reportedly developing a small, coin-sized patch that will be capable of tracking one's blood sugar over time. The catch is that Sano's patch will still need to prick its wearer with a series of minuscule needles to obtain an accurate reading, an experience that is probably going to be less than pleasant for most users. That said, Sano claims their patch will still cause less discomfort than other options on the market while also being cheaper.
"This fits into our strategy of looking beyond the device and thinking more about [health] solutions," said Fitbit CEO James Park in a statement to CNBC, referencing the Sano investment. "I think the complete solution comes in the form of having some monitoring solution that is coupled with a display, and a wearable that can give you the interventions at the right moment."
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