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Award Act. 08 Sep 2018
BBVA awarded 'Spanish Company' prize by Spanish-Turkish Chamber of Commerce
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BBVA won the Spanish Company category of the third annual Spanish-Turkish Official Chamber of Commerce and Industry prizes, which recognize achievements in promoting mutual understanding between the two countries. At the event, Jorge Sáenz de Azcúnaga, BBVA's Director of Country Monitoring, said BBVA's Turkish subsidiary Garanti Bank is one of the pillars of the group's transformation.
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The award was announced during at a ceremony this week attended by company executives, government officials and diplomats from the two countries, including Ömer Önhon, Turkey´s ambassador in Madrid. The Spanish-Turkish Chamber´s annual prizes go to people, institutions or companies that have made distinguished contributions to achieving greater understanding and closer relations between the two countries.
The Spanish Company prize was presented to BBVA by Francisco Javier Garzón Morales, of Spain's Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX). He underscored the leading role the BBVA Group has taken in the Turkish financial system. "BBVA has made the largest investment by a Spanish company in this market," Garzón Morales said.
The BBVA Group in 2010 acquired a 25% interest in Garanti Bank of Turkey for 4.2 billion euros. It has since raised its participation to 49.85%, becoming the largest shareholder in Garanti, Turkey´s second-largest bank by asset size.
The awarded by the Spanish-Turkish Chamber. From left to right: Turhan Semizer, CEO of Standard Profil; José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia, President of Técnicas Reunidas, and Jorge Sáenz-Azcúnaga, director of Country Monitoring at BBVA. - BBVA
Garanti, at the forefront of digital transformation
Garanti named best retail bank in Turkey for third consecutive year
Garanti Bank was selected as the Best Retail Bank in Turkey in 2017 by World Finance Magazine, one of the world's most prestigious business publications. This marks the third consecutive year that Garanti has won this award, making it the first Turkish bank ever to do so.
In accepting the award, Jorge Sáenz de Azcúnaga, BBVA's Director of Country Monitoring, recalled that Garanti is the leading Turkish bank in profitability and solvency, and has been showing robust growth and prudent risk management. "But just as important is the fact that Garanti is at the forefront of digital transformation, not just at the local level, but also internationally."
"Garanti shares with BBVA a clear vision of the transformation of the finance industry. It is, in fact, one of the pillars of the transformation of the BBVA Group," said Sáenz de Azcúnaga, who is also vice-president of Garanti.
Jorge Sáenz-Azcúnaga during his speech at the Spanish-Turkish Chamber. - BBVA
Garanti currently has a 25% market share in digital banking among retail customers. Nearly 35% of its sales are digital, one of the highest percentages in the BBVA Group.
Sáenz de Azcúnaga said BBVA's investment in Turkey are part of its strategy in emerging markets, where it has a clear competitive advantage. "BBVA knows how to work in emerging markets – which by definition have greater volatility – by doing universal banking," he said.
He also reaffirmed the bank´s commitment to Turkey itself, saying it is "one of BBVA¨s most important markets."
The Turkish market offers a number of attractive features: a population of 80 million people, of which 38% are under 18 years of age; positive prospects for economic growth; and a powerful middle class, which translates into a banked population eligible to obtain credit.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (5th Gen, 2020) review
Minor updates improve a winning formula
By Phillip Tracy published 28 August 20
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Yoga remains the best business 2-in-1 despite sticking with an aging formula.
Bright, vivid 1080p and 4K displays
Great performance (superfast SSD)
Garaged stylus included
World-class keyboard
Thick display bezels
Weak graphics
Small touchpad
Laptop Mag Verdict
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga specs
Price: $1,670 (1080p); $2,106 (4K)
CPU: Intel Core i5-10310U; Core i7-10610U
GPU: Intel UHD
Storage: 256GB; 512GB SSD
Display: 14-inch, 1080p and 4K
Battery: 11:30 (1080p); 7:28 (4K)
Size: 12 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
After swapping carbon out for metal, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga returns this year with only minor updates. Opting for the 5th Gen model will get you the latest 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake vPro CPUs along with a few other expected additions, like Wi-Fi 6 support. The ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5 is otherwise identical to its predecessor. It would normally risk criticism if the previous model hadn't been dubbed the best 2-in-1 laptop for business users.
This latest model retains the title of best business laptop in a convertible form factor, but the gap between it and its closest competitors, like the HP Elite Dragonfly, is closing. That has more to do with the competition catching up than the X1 Yoga having any notable shortcomings. This 2-in-1 laptop delivers everything we loved about the previous model, including great 1080p and 4K displays, a world-class keyboard, tons of business features and a useful garaged stylus.
But the lack of any meaningful updates means there is no need for those with a 4th Gen X1 Yoga to upgrade while most other consumers looking for a top 2-in-1 should consider non-business models, which deliver many of the same features as the ThinkPad X1 Yoga but at a lower price.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga price and configuration options
This is an expensive laptop so you'll want to consider whether a business laptop is right for you.
The base model X1 Yoga starts at $1,439 and comes with an Intel Core i5-10210U CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and a 14-inch, 1080p display.
We reviewed two ThinkPad X1 Yoga models. The cheaper version costs $1,670 and comes with an Intel Core i5-10310U CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and a 1080p display. Our pricier version costs a wallet-busting $2,106 and is equipped with a Core i7-10610U CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a 14-inch, 4K panel.
From there, you can increase the storage from 512GB to 1TB for an extra $268 or work on the go with 4G LTE for another $200 (plus a mobile subscription fee).
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga design
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga has the same design as its predecessor apart from a few styling changes. We'll give Lenovo a pass on this one considering it took a big risk last year by shifting the X1 Yoga from carbon to aluminum.
I'm still not convinced it was the right move. I miss the carbon finish; the plush material gives the X1 Carbon (the X1 Yoga's sibling) a distinctiveness and feels great against your palms as you type. Not that I have any problems with the aluminum and magnesium blend employed by the X1 Yoga — it feels sturdy and premium but just...ordinary.
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When the X1 Yoga moved to aluminum it received a stylish Iron Gray finish. It's the same shade seen on the Yoga C940 and enough to make the X1 Yoga stand out from its boring silver competitors.
This particular laptop may have ditched the stealthy black finish, but it kept all of the other elements that make a ThinkPad a ThinkPad. That includes the red trim around the touchpad, a fingerprint sensor on the deck, a red-illuminated "i" on the lid and the red rubber pointing stick nestled in the center of the keyboard. The only visual update I noticed on this 5th Gen version is the large X1 sticker stamped beneath the "ThinkPad" logo on the lid, which gives the notebook a more consumer-friendly look.
Overall, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is a thin, lightweight and attractive laptop, but it's a few tweaks away from feeling cutting edge. For that, Lenovo needs to reduce the display bezels on all sides, particularly the chunky top and bottom bezels. Doing so would modernize the look and possibly reduce the X1 Yoga's overall footprint.
While it might look a step behind, the X1 Yoga feels great. It has a subtle rough texture on the deck for added grip and the hinges are sturdy. Speaking of which, "Yoga" denotes a 2-in-1, meaning this laptop can transform into a tablet. What makes this a better tablet than most 2-in-1 laptops is the included stylus, which slots into a garaged housing on the right side of the laptop for safekeeping when you're done drawing or jotting notes.
At 12 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches and 3 pounds, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is heavier than the HP Elite Dragonfly (2.5 pounds) and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2.7 pounds). The Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (3 pounds) weighs as much as the X1 Yoga.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga durability and security
Like most ThinkPads, the X1 Yoga is loaded with security and durability features. The chassis passed a dozen military-grade durability tests, proving its ability to withstand extreme conditions, like high altitudes, dust storms, and other environmental hazards you generally want to avoid.
Hardware and software features work together to protect the data inside of your ThinkPad X1 Yoga. Those you can see include the fingerprint sensor on the deck and the IR camera above the display. When the webcam isn't in use, you can slide over the ThinkShutter camera cover with your thumb for added peace of mind.
Every ThinkPad X1 Yoga comes with a dTPM 2.0 chip that ensures all transferred data is encrypted while certain configs come with a ThinkPad PrivacyGuard, a built-in privacy filter that intentionally reduces the viewing angles of the display.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga ports
The X1 Yoga has a generous selection of ports for your work-at-home needs. On the right side of the laptop are a USB 3.2 Type-A port and a lock slot.
On the left side, you'll find two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a second USB 3.2 Type-A port, an HDMI 1.4, a headphone/mic jack and a network extension connector for docking.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga display
There are three different display options to choose from; we tested two of them, the 14-inch, 1080p panel and 4K screen. They are both great but if you want the best picture quality, go for the 4K display. It exhibits more vivid colors and sharp detail than the FHD screen.
4K (left); 1080p (right) (Image credit: Laptop Mag)
The trailer for Black Widow looked intense on both screens. On the 1080p panel, colors were rich and there was plenty of detail. Red Guardian's mask was a dark blood red and I could see individual strands of hair in David Harbour's beard. The 4K display was brighter and more saturated, however, I preferred the more realistic red tones on the 1080p compared with the blood orange tone on the 4K panel.
On the other hand, the 4K display had a more accurate white balance — the ornate molding in a subway scene was a pure white compared to a light gray on the FHD display. The UHD display delivers more lurid, punchy tones, but I'm not convinced that the gap in image quality is worth the battery hit (more on that below).
According to our colorimeter, the 1080p panel covers 102% of the sRGB color gamut while the 4K display reaches 133%. Given the scores, It wouldn't surprise me if this is the same 1080p (101%) and 4K (135%) panels on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The Elite Dragonfly's 1080p display (117%) and the Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (111%) is more colorful than the one on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga. The category average for premium laptops is 120%.
The Yoga's 1080p display reached 404 nits while the 4K model got up to 488 nits. Both panels outshone the Elite Dragonfly (474 nits), the Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (287 nits) and the category average (378 nits). Again, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon received similar results (498 nits on 4K; 364 nits on 1080p) as the Yoga.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga keyboard, touchpad and TrackPoint
It's the ThinkPad keyboard we know and love, just on a super-slim chassis. The bouncy scalloped assisted my fingers in jumping from one letter to the next as I typed up this review. There is a surprising amount of key travel given the space constraints and the keys are a generous size for people with larger hands.
I also like the keyboard layout apart from one annoying oddity. In typical Lenovo fashion, the left Fn and Ctrl keys are swapped so I couldn't instinctively reach for the bottom-left-most key when using hotkeys, like Ctrl+C to copy or Ctrl+V to paste. Now for the good stuff: the arrow keys, while small, are positioned in an easy-to-use inverted-T and there are some unique shortcut keys on the top row, including a mic mute button and an accept/deny call key.
The 4 x 2.3-inch trackpad is on the smaller side; my fingers brushed the edges of the rectangle when I performed Windows 10 gestures, like pinching out to zoom and three-finger swiping to switch between windows. Size aside, it's a very good touchpad with a smooth surface and reliable Windows Precision drivers.
Alternatively, you can use the red pointing stick located between the G, H and B keys. You either love the nub or you don't; while I'm in the latter camp, I didn't have any problems using it to navigate around webpages, and I appreciate how your fingers can remain on home row as you move the cursor around and use the discrete left-and-right clickers above the touchpad.
And then there's the stylus, your third input option. It's included with the ThinkPad X1 Yoga and hides snugly in a slot on the right side of the machine. It's a real convenience to store the pen when you're done with it and to know where it is the next time you need it. But physical constraints result in a very slim stylus that isn't comfortable to hold.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga audio
Speaker quality used to be a key weakness of ThinkPads, but Lenovo stepped it up in recent generations. Those improvements can be attributed to a unique quad-speaker setup consisting of two downward-firing speakers and two upward-firing drivers.
The Killer's "My Own Soul's Warning" filled my large living room/dining area with clear, distortion-free sound with the volume maxed out. The tweeters did a good job with the flurry of electric guitar notes while preventing Brandon Flower's vocals from being blanketed. The treble was piercing at times, but dropping the volume down to 80% balanced things out nicely.
The downward-firing woofers, on the other hand, are weak; the bass in the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" sounded like someone knocking their fist on a table, not like the low thud I was anticipating.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga performance
We tested two versions of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga, a 1080p model with an Intel Core i5-10310U CPU and 16GB of RAM, and a 4K model with a Core i7-10610U CPU with 16GB of RAM.
Both performed admirably in my real-world testing, loading 25 Google Chrome tabs simultaneously without any noticeable slowdowns. There were some minor pauses on the Core i5 version when I played four 1080p YouTube videos in the background and watched someone stream Fall Guys on Twitch, but they never slowed me down. I should also point out that whatever performance gap there is between the Core i5 and Core i7 models wasn't perceivable in my real-world testing (the benchmarks below do a better job of showing the differences).
With a score of 3,567 on the Geekbench 5.0 overall performance benchmark, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga with a Core i5 CPU edged out the Core i5 ThinkPad X1 Carbon (15,467) and the Elite Dragonfly (14,071), which is stuck on Intel 8th Gen CPUs. You'll need to buy the Core i7 model of the X1 Yoga for performance that can best the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (16,958, Core i7-10610U), the Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (16,849, Core i7-10610U) and the category average (17,091).
On our video transcoding test, the cheaper ThinkPad X1 Yoga needed 20 minutes and 28 seconds to convert a 4K video to 1080p resolution using the Handbrake app. The Core i7 model cut that time by a minute, finishing in 19 minutes and 22 seconds. Both models outpaced the Elite Dragonfly (22:23) but lagged behind the Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (19:09) and the premium laptop average (18:38). The Core i5 ThinkPad X1 Carbon (19:51) edged out the equivalent X1 Yoga.
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The ThinkPad X1 Yoga seems to use the same SSDs as the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and that's a good thing. The 256GB PCIe SSD in the 1080p model converted 5GB of multimedia files in 7 seconds for a transfer rate of 759.6 megabytes per second. The 512GB SSD did the same task in 5.2 seconds for a rate of 978.7 MBps.
The reason I think the X1 Yoga uses the same drives as its sibling is because the ThinkPad X1 Carbon achieved similar results (256GB: 783 MBps; 512GB: 997.9 MBps). Both laptops obliterated the Elite Dragonfly (424.1MBps, 512GB SSD) and the Spectre x360 (318.1MBPs, 512GB SSD) and the category average (681.9 MBps). Only the Latitude 9410 2-in-1 put up a faster pace (1,017.8 MBps).
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga graphics
We're eagerly anticipating the launch of Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs with their accompanying Xe graphics, which should mark a big step forward for integrated GPUs. Until then, we're stuck with Intel UHD graphics.
It's good enough for most programs and casual gaming, but if you're going to play graphically intensive games or edit photos in Photoshop then consider buying a laptop with a discrete GPU.
Our rally car barely missed the minimum speed limit of 30 frames per second when we ran the Dirt 3 benchmark on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga (29 fps). The Spectre x360 13 (47 fps) with Iris Plus Graphics fared better but the Elite Dragonfly (31 fps), Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (38 fps) and ThinkPad X1 Carbon (33 fps) also struggled against the premium laptop average (63 fps).
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga battery life
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga's battery life ranges from great to respectable depending on which display option you choose: 1080p or 4K.
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The FHD model proved to have the lungs of a marathon runner when it endured for a stellar 11 hours and 30 minutes on our battery test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits. That tops the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (10:45) but loses out to the Elite Dragonfly (12:25), Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (16:54) and the Spectre x360 13 (13:20).
The 4K version powered down after 7 hours and 28 minutes, which is a decent result for any laptop with a UHD panel. However, it doesn't last as long as the average premium laptop (9:37).
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga webcam
In what can only be considered a cruel irony, the webcam — a seemingly stagnant technology — has become one of the most important features on a laptop due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It's especially important on a business laptop because who doesn't want to look good for the boss?
Well, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga doesn't buck the trend — its 720p webcam produces grainy photos. I took the laptop outside on a nice day to give it a chance. Sadly, a selfie I snapped was too dark — you could see any color in my green eyes — and shrouded by visual noise. My red shirt was the proper scarlet hue and I could see a fair amount of detail in my face. So while the webcam isn't great, it'll work in a pinch. We still strongly recommend buying one of the best external webcams, like the Logitech HD Pro C920.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga heat
Both versions of the X1 Yoga we tested remained below our 95-degree Fahrenheit comfort threshold when we subjected them to a 15-minute, 1080p video before checking their temperature. That's great news for people who like to use their laptop as intended — on their lap.
The touchpad on the 1080p and 4K models maintained a breezy 76 degrees. The center of the keyboard on these laptops also stayed well within our comfort range, at 84 degrees (1080p) and 87 degrees (4K). Even the hottest areas only matched our upper limit, at 95 degrees on both notebooks.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga software and warranty
Lenovo neatly packages its pre-installed software into a single app called Lenovo Vantage. Here, you can see your warranty status, update your drivers, run diagnostics or request support. It is a one-stop-shop should anything go wrong with your X1 Yoga.
So, there is a second app called Pen Settings, which does exactly what you'd expect: allow you to remap the two buttons on the stylus or enable Hover Click. You can also add the battery status of the pen to the Taskbar.
Our ThinkPad X1 Yoga models run Windows 10 Pro so they are mostly free of obnoxious bloatware. I say mostly because you'll encounter Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Groove Music and a few other Microsoft apps. There is also a Glance by Miramax app that interfaces with the webcam and locks your screen when it determines you're away.
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga Carbon ships with a one-year warranty. See how Lenovo fared in our Best and Worst Brands and Tech Support Showdown special reports.
The 5th Gen ThinkPad X1 Yoga is a conservative update to an already great business laptop. For now, that's OK. But in the future, it might not be. The competition is heating up with the likes of the HP Elite Dragonfly pushing the boundaries of design in the business segment. If it wasn't for outdated CPUs and an inflated price, the Elite Dragonfly would be neck-and-neck with the X1 Yoga as the top business 2-in-1 laptop.
Then there are the non-business users who are considering the ThinkPad X1 Yoga as an alternative to the HP Spectre x360 13, Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 or Lenovo Yoga C940. If you're not going to use the business features — the IR camera, vPro CPU or TrackPoint — then we'd resist the urge. Yes, you'll be happy with the ThinkPad X1 Yoga as your personal day-to-day laptop but your wallet won't be at this price.
Unless you need the stylus garage, the Spectre x360 is a better laptop for the price, flaunting a more modern design and longer battery life (also consider the affordable Envy x360 13). Even if you do need the pen garage, Lenovo already sells the perfectly capable Yoga C940, which costs considerably less than a comparably specced Thinkpad X1 Yoga.
So, is the ThinkPad X1 Yoga my first choice 2-in-1 laptop? At this price, no. But it's an excellent option for business users, particularly those who gravitate toward the brilliant ThinkPad keyboard or divisive pointing stick, a pair of features you won't find on any other laptop. And if you need the aforementioned enterprise-focused options available on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga, then there's no better 2-in-1 laptop on the market...for now.
Phillip Tracy
Phillip Tracy is the assistant managing editor at Laptop Mag where he reviews laptops, phones and other gadgets while covering the latest industry news. After graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Phillip became a tech reporter at the Daily Dot. There, he wrote reviews for a range of gadgets and covered everything from social media trends to cybersecurity. Prior to that, he wrote for RCR Wireless News covering 5G and IoT. When he's not tinkering with devices, you can find Phillip playing video games, reading, traveling or watching soccer.
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Students told term 'be a man' represents toxic masculinity
Alissa Lopez - Gettysburg College •October 18, 2016
'Lesson made it seem like masculinity was an unacceptable human trait'
Gettysburg College freshman James Goodman began his first moments of higher education by being lectured by campus leaders about "toxic masculinity," he tells The College Fix in an interview.
Students who "identify as male" were shown a docudrama film about masculinity. The film, titled "The Mask You Live In," was part of the lessons warning students that the notion of masculinity comes with harmful side effects, he said.
According to the trailer of the film, it teaches that the "three most destructive words" a boy can hear growing up is "be a man." Experts quoted therein also suggest that violent outbursts are prompted by masculinity pressures because "respect is linked to violence."
"They really buy into a culture that doesn't value what we feminize," says scholar Dr. Niobe Way in the trailer, continuing that people of both genders will "go crazy" under that construct.
Psychiatrist Dr. James Gilligan added "whether it's homicidal violence or suicidal violence, people resort to such desperate behavior only when they are feeling shame or humiliated, or feel they would be if they didn't prove that they were real men."
As he makes the comments, headlines reporting on suicides and murder-suicides flashed on screen.
Others headlines that peppered the trailer apparently link shooting massacres to masculinity; images included stories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six staff members, and the shooting in Aurora, Colo., in which James Holmes killed 12 people inside a movie theater.
"We are in a culture that doesn't value caring," the "The Mask You Live In" trailer warns, noting American society pushes a "hyper-masculine narrative."
Gettysburg College freshman James Goodman told The College Fix that, following the film, the group of students engaged in a small discussion about how the film made them feel. Additionally, the student moderators "attempted to tie Sandy Hook and the Aurora shooting into being a result of toxic masculinity," Goodman said.
Moreover, it was expressed during group discussion that "video games and movies make us violent" and that "kids are becoming violent because they can't talk about their feelings," he said.
"Then we went back to a classroom where we talked about … what we look for in a good male friend," he said.
The next activity asked the male students to put green, yellow or red dot stickers on pictures of various popular culture images. The green dot was intended to symbolize something good and acceptable, yellow was more moderate, and red as completely inappropriate and unacceptable behavior.
The students were given choices such as Barney Stinson, a misogynistic character from the "How I Met Your Mother" television show, and Grand Theft Auto, among others.
"The entire movie and lesson made it seem like masculinity was an unacceptable human trait. That it's something males should avoid. It was completely pointless. It did nothing to help anyone. I got absolutely nothing out of the experience, other than a headache," Goodman said to The College Fix.
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The masculinity lesson was one part of a much larger series of educational events hosted by Gettysburg College as part of orientation week for first year students in late August.
The Gettysburg College website states that these discussions focused on "important aspects of becoming a successful member of the Gettysburg College community."
Other sessions involved informing students of various conduct policies and campus life programs.
Upperclassmen who volunteered to assist with orientation performed skits and monologues for the first-year students. A portion of these involved performances by the Diversity Peer Educators that touched upon "diversity and inclusion topics related to the student experience," according to Kiera Kant, associate dean of college life at Gettysburg College.
Goodman said skit topics included microaggressions, gender identity issues and the Confederate flag.
Kant told The College Fix that the purpose of the orientation was to "introduce incoming students to topics and issues facing college students today, here at Gettysburg and across the nation."
"The workshops are also intended to relay expectations, rights, and responsibilities as described by our Student Handbook, as well as important federal guidelines about safety on college campuses. Teams of faculty, administrators and students facilitated the sessions," she added.
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This week Mortgage Solutions is talking to Pauline Hibbert, business development manager for Magellan Homeloans.
I am responsible for more than 1,200 intermediaries located across the East Midlands covering the following postcodes: PE, LE, DE, NG, LN, DN, S, HD and WF, which keeps me pretty busy.
I maintain a daily schedule of booked appointments and make sure e-mails are checked regularly throughout the day. I need to be able to react to requests for help from brokers as and when they arrive.
I maintain a to do list that I work through to make sure that all queries and follow-ups are answered in a timely fashion. Sometimes scheduling meetings and responding to requests and queries can feel a bit like keeping several plates spinning at the same time, but I'm pleased to say that I haven't dropped any yet.
Explaining to brokers that, as a specialist lender, we can deal with people with impaired credit histories. There is still a misconception that such clients cannot get a mortgage and simply have to wait for their adverse details to finally be removed from their credit records.
Brokers also inevitably want to know about timescales, because quite often an application has already been submitted to a mainstream lender and may have failed credit score, before being submitted to Magellan. The clock may already have been ticking for several weeks before the deal lands on our desk.
Brokers also want to discuss paperwork and check what supporting documentation is required.
My role is to help brokers and I will do everything within my power to help them submit a successful application. I then work very closely with our underwriters to make sure they have all the relevant information to make the final decision regarding the mortgage application.
I will always do my level best, but I can never guarantee a yes every time.
It goes without saying that good communication skills and a good understanding of a broker's business are essential prerequisites. It also helps to be a bit of a diplomat, which not only means being able to build positive long-term relationships, but also being able to deliver the occasional bad news when needs be.
As with many jobs, a sense of humour and the ability to laugh always helps.
Email is always a good option as I check my inbox throughout the day.
If a broker needs an immediate answer, they should contact Sarah who is our mortgage helpdesk manager and her team in head office, who are always happy to help.
All our contact details are available on the Magellan website.
I would make it easier for everyone to understand what is required of them, as there is still a lot of confusion and misunderstanding in the industry.
I come from an adviser background and it seemed a logical step to take. I was always someone who liked problem solving and I quickly got to know which lenders and BDMs would help with my business.
As a BDM I get to use both my knowledge of the mortgage market and my understanding of the underwriting process to help intermediaries place business with us. And nothing beats that feeling of getting those challenging cases successfully through to completion.
I am a good listener. My priority is to find out about a broker's business and what help they may require to generate and process more mortgage business. I then build on that information and knowledge and maintain regular contact with them thereafter.
I find that having experienced what it is like to be the other side of the desk is a great icebreaker and immediately creates a bond with brokers.
I am getting to know the head office team at Magellan and they are a pretty friendly bunch. A team curry on my second day in the company was a big help.
Does my wife need to know about my other family?
I wanted to be a journalist. I think I was attracted to the profession because I am fascinated to hear people's stories and love to travel.
However, I guess being a BDM has fulfilled both those desires.


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In early 2017, the Supreme Court of India denied permission to a woman to abort a 26-week old foetus detected with Down Syndrome, on the ground that the 20-week ceiling prescribed in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP Act), within which she had to terminate her pregnancy, had already passed. In the same year, the Supreme Court, once again, rejected the abortion plea of an HIV-positive rape survivor, as she was 26 weeks pregnant because she was well over the 20-week limit. In the latter case, the woman initially requested an abortion when she was 17 weeks pregnant, and well within the statutorily prescribed ceiling.
However, the hospital did not timely respond, and by the time she sought the interference of the Patna High Court, she had already crossed the 20-week ceiling. After the Patna High Court denied her request, she approached the Supreme Court, which was also compelled to deny permission, as abortion at such an advanced stage of pregnancy was determined to pose a risk to the lives of both the woman and the foetus. These landmark cases and a host of other judgments that followed suit, which demonstrably interfered with the women's reproductive rights, recurrently brought the inadequacies in the Indian abortion laws, into focus.
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Taking into account the persistent and long-standing demands from women's groups, the advancing medical technologies, and also to facilitate women's access to safe abortions, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among other things, proposed enhancing the upper gestation limit for abortion from the currently permissible limit of 20 weeks to 24 weeks; and to do away with the upper gestation limit in cases of substantial foetal abnormalities. Last week, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal, and to give effect to it, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is stated to be introduced in the upcoming parliamentary session.
Downsides of the Proposed Amendments
Failure to safeguard women's right to autonomy, self-determination and bodily integrity
While the suggested amendments, on the whole, intends to preserve the women's reproductive rights, they fall acutely short of enabling women to exercise their rights to an extent that they are, in actuality, able to reap the fruits of the law, that is meant for their benefit.
The MTP Act, in its current avatar, authorizes one registered medical practitioner (if the woman is less than 12 weeks pregnant) and two registered medical practitioners (if the woman is less than 20 weeks pregnant) to terminate the pregnancy or perform an abortion, if the registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in 'good faith', that the pregnancy risks the life of the woman, or causes grave injury to her physical or mental health, or there is a substantial risk that if the child is born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities so as to be seriously handicapped.
The proposed amendments modify the existing abortion law, to the extent that:
(1) the upper gestation limit will be enhanced from 20 weeks to 24 weeks for 'special categories' of women. This will include vulnerable women, such as survivors of rape, minors, victims of incest and differently-abled women;
(2) for terminating the pregnancy upto 20 weeks, opinion of one practitioner is required, and for terminating the pregnancy of 20-24 weeks, opinion of two practitioners is required.
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Demonstrably, the proposed amendments do nothing to address the problems posed by the archaic MTP Act:
First, the proposed amendments continue to disregard numerous other legitimate reasons for seeking termination of pregnancy. For instance, the conditions that did not exist at the time of conception, or were inconspicuous, eventually change to an extent that they become game changers in relation to the decision of whether to keep the baby or not; or women initially decide to keep the baby as they succumb to third party pressure, but eventually are able to take a strong stand on what they personally desire owing to their realistic circumstances; or the sudden loss of the support that had in the first place impelled the woman to keep the baby. The law ought to take into consideration, such well-founded reasons and the emotional ramifications of an unwanted pregnancy into account, as against the prevailing narrowly-construed limited circumstances in which the law (and patriarchy) approves of abortion.
Also read: The MTP Act And Why Women Should Have The Absolute Right To Abortion
Second, the proposed amendments continue to empower third party medical practitioners by bequeathing upon them, the power to take the decision vis-à-vis the woman's womb and her pregnancy, consequently appropriating the woman of her most innate and intimate rights: right to autonomy, self-determination and bodily integrity. The one and only factor that ought to be taken into consideration before terminating a pregnancy (especially when the pregnant woman's life is not at stake), is the woman's consent.
the proposed amendments continue to empower third party medical practitioners by bequeathing upon them, the power to take the decision vis-à-vis the woman's womb and her pregnancy, consequently appropriating the woman of her most innate and intimate rights: right to autonomy, self-determination and bodily integrity.
Upsides of The Proposed Amendments
Facilitates abortion even after 24 weeks in case of foetal abnormalities; and ensures privacy
One of the most apparently laudable aspects of the proposed amendments is that abortion can now be sought even after 24 weeks, if there are 'substantial foetal abnormalities'. This significant amendment is likely to enable women to terminate their pregnancies at any time through their term, if there are substantial foetal abnormalities, without having to do rounds in the mighty halls of the layered judiciary, and thereby mitigating the trauma associated with the abortion process, to an extent.
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However, even in this case, pregnancies can be terminated only after the foetal abnormalities are diagnosed by the medical board. The composition, functions and other details of such medical boards are yet to be formulated. One can only hope that the proposed boards are so structured that the women can efficiently decide and undergo abortions, without being entangled in bureaucratic quagmires.
Also read: Women On Web Making Self-Managed Safe Abortion Accessible
Further, the proposed amendments provide that the name and other particulars of a woman whose pregnancy has been terminated will not be revealed, except to a person authorized by law. Arguably, these amendments make a considerable headway in terms of attempting to protect the privacy of women, who undergo abortions.
Prarthana is a Mysore based lawyer. You can find her on Twitter.
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Q: Is it ever justifiable to write code without tests when doing TDD? Is it ever justifiable to write production-code without also writing tests for it when doing Test Driven Development?

A: Strict TDD? Absolutely not. How can you write a test, make it fail, make it pass, without writing a test?
In the real world, very few people do strict TDD. It's an ideal that shouldn't be allowed to get in the way of common sense. Every rule has a scenario where it's justifiable to break it, and that's fine. But we shouldn't lie to ourselves or others and claim we do TDD when we don't. If for no other reason than it gives a bad impression of TDD, when it fails to achieve its goals.
(Replace TDD with any other process and the point stands.)
Also, the most common justification for not doing TDD is time. And that's very rarely a good reason.
If a change isn't complex, it shouldn't take long to write the test. If it is complex then you're inviting issues down the line by not writing tests first, so the time isn't often truly saved.
But, perhaps there is a justification even for that. Perhaps it's better to get something imperfect into the market and then fix it.
Without knowing the justification being disputed, it's hard to know whether it's valid. But I will reiterate that most rules can be broken, with good justification. As long as we're honest with ourselves about it and acknowledge when it turns out to be a mistake.

A: Depending on your definition of "also writing tests", it may be acceptable :

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*At the Refactor step. Refactoring doesn't require writing new tests (but does imply a test suite already in place)

*When you make adjustments in purely cosmetic UI code or other non directly testable code.

*Also, I won't write tests when I set up a preliminary quick and dirty 10- lines of code prototype to prove some technical detail is working. Here, TDD's feedback loop is slightly too long for what I want. But I guess that doesn't count as being inside of a normal TDD process. And I do delete this code and start a regular TDD cycle after.

A: I assume that by tests you mean 'unit tests', don't you?
TDD has its limitation, in particular you can't write unit tests for the parts of the system that depend on external components that you can't mock. Of course you can write tests but it would be different kind of tests with different level of granularity.

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The GED social studies test should not be too daunting! If you are getting ready to take it, this lesson will give you some good test taking strategies that will prepare you for success.
Are you getting ready to take your GED tests? The social studies test is an important aspect of the process. The test lasts for 70 minutes and is comprised of different types of multiple choice questions. The questions will assess your understanding of different social studies strands. The strands it focuses on are history, geography, economics, and civics/government. If you are taking the test in Canada, the history and government questions will focus largely on Canadian history and governmental structure; in the US, you will cover the United States specifically. The history section also deals with world history.
Of course, the best way to prepare for the social studies test is to make sure you have a solid understanding of the underlying concepts and ideas in the different areas of social studies. Yet, there are also some particular test-taking strategies that will help you succeed. This lesson provides you with an overview of strategies that should make the social studies test easier for you, and put you on the path toward your GED.
Some of the strategies that will help you with the GED social studies test are the same ones that help with most standardized multiple choice tests!
On the GED test, you are better off answering a question with a guess than skipping it altogether. There is no penalty for guessing, but if you skip a question, you will automatically get it wrong. Therefore, make sure you answer every question on the exam.
If you do not know an answer at all, but want to make your best guess, read all of the answer choices and get rid of the ones that seem completely impossible. This will narrow down the choices you have left and give you a better chance of guessing the right answer.
The social studies test lasts for 70 minutes, and you want to make sure to complete the entire thing. Every ten minutes or so, check to see where you are in the test. By 35 minutes in, you should be approximately halfway through.
This may seem obvious, but on the test, be sure to read your questions and answer choices carefully. Sometimes, one or two words can make a big difference in the meaning of a question or an answer choice. At the same time, be mindful that careful reading is not the same as slow reading. Practice reading carefully without spending too much time on any one item.
When you are answering questions about a particular document, like a map or a political speech, it helps to read the questions and at least skim the answer choices before perusing the document itself. Doing this will enable you to read strategically to find just what you are looking for.
Reading maps will help assess your understanding of geography as well as politics and history.
You may be asked to read speeches and consider their relationship to governmental structures.
Historical documents, like letters and old newspaper articles, will be used to test your understanding of history.
Graphs and charts can be great for thinking about economics as well as government and civics.
Overall, the test is not content-heavy but focuses on critical thinking, careful reading, and analytic ability.
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Jody Espina is the founder, president, owner, and designer of JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces. In 2018 JodyJazz acquired Chedeville and Espina redesigned the entire line of Clarinet and Saxophone Mouthpieces while using all of the best elements of Chedeville's glorious past mouthpieces. In 2020 JodyJazz Acquired the famous Rousseau Music Products.
Jody Espina is a highly regarded jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist with a unique and personal sound and is also a respected jazz educator.
Up until the year 2005, Mr. Espina was the Director of the Jazz Department at the prestigious Hoff Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, New York, where he taught Jazz Theory, Improvisation, ensembles and private lessons. He was also adjunct professor of Saxophone and Clarinet at Concordia College in Bronxville, New York. Because of the exponential growth of JodyJazz, which Espina founded in 2000, he made the difficult choice to stop teaching and devote all his time to JodyJazz.
In Barcelona, Spain, Espina was Professor of saxophone, clarinet and flute, and the Director of the Big Band at the Aula de Musica i Moderna Jazz. While in Barcelona, Espina also taught at Taller de Musics and at The Lutier School of Fine Arts. Jody is a conductor in the musical sign language system called Sound Painting and has given seminars and workshops in Europe and the United States teaching it. (Sound Painting is a conducting/composing system created by New York composer Walter Thompson)
Mr. Espina has been involved with the Grammys In The Schools Program, bringing performing artists to inner city schools and has written and performed "What Is Jazz?", an entertaining educational concert for children.
Mr. Espina currently gives Master Classes and clinics around the world on subjects ranging from sound production, improvising, practice techniques and mouthpiece technology. He occasionally gives private lessons. Jody's greatest goal in teaching, aside from sharing his musical knowledge and inspiring his students to be creative, is to carry on the tradition he learned from his teachers: kindness, warmth, patience and a love for his students.
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Espina has been a regular substitute in the pit Orchestras of Broadway. He has been a featured soloist on the soundtracks to three Mirimax films, and a documentary about Holland entitled, "Sex, Drugs and Democracy," as well as Guiding Light, The Reading Rainbow, and television shows in Japan and Spain. He has recorded with Illuminatti, Brilliant Coroners, Feed The Meter, Splatt, and The Walter Thompson Orchestra, whom he plays with regularly. Tours include The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Illuminatti.
Espina has performed live with show business legends Mel Torme', Milton Berle, Patty Page and Country music icon, Eddie Arnold. He has also performed with Jazz greats Louis Bellson, Don Alias, Lew Solof, Vic Juris, Harvie Swartz, Bob Moses, Dave Douglas, the Charlie Persip Superband, Rachel Z, Rolf Sturm, Rob Henke, and Mark Feldman.
Jody has played throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean at major Jazz Festivals, opening for Jazz greats such as Chick Corea, Carmen McRae, Roy Haynes, Spyro Gyra, Joshua Redman, David Sanborn and many others. In 2001, Espina received a Meet the Composers grant for his composition, "The Universal Symphony", in which he conducted his professional quintet and fifteen of his students.
Currently, Espina can be heard in his new hometown of Savannah, Georgia,and occasionally on tour abroad with the trio Tricycle, the chamber Jazz group "4 Five VI", and the theater company "Strike Anywhere". Click here for Jody Espina CD's.
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Jody has studied with the most revered masters of the saxophone, teachers that have shaped the course of Jazz itself, having taught almost all of the major saxophonists of our time. Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Sonny Stitt, Harry Carney, Michael Brecker, Joe Lavano and Jerry Coker are only a few of the influential players that have been taught by Jody's teachers: Joe Allard, Junie Ferrell, David Gross, Dave Liebman, Santy Runyon, Joe Viola , George Garzone, and the great pianist/composer Joanne Brackeen.
After majoring in classical clarinet for two years at the University of South Florida, Espina transferred to Berklee College of Music where he won a Phil Woods Performance Scholarship. While at Berklee, he had classes with master teachers: Herb Pomeroy, John LaPorta, Gary Burton, Mike Metheny, Phil Wilson, and Joe Viola. Espina graduated magne cum laude with a degree in Performance; his senior recital was broadcast on National Public Radio.
Professional Organizations and Skills
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Wash hand basin, WC, space for fridge/freezer, tiled floor, plumbing and drainage for washing machine, fitted work surface and space for tumble dryer.
Tiled fireplace, fitted double wardrobe and radiator.
Tiled fireplace, built-in double wardrobe, fitted storage cupboard, radiator and lovely views over open fields.
Panelled bath with shower attachment, wash hand basin, WC, extractor fan, part tiled walls and radiator.
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From Salisbury head north on the A30 at St Thomas bridge roundabout take the first exit onto the A338 continue through the Winterbournes and at the roundabout take the 3rd exit continuing on the A338 through Porton, Idmiston and Boscombe into Allington and just before the end of the village take the second to last left turn, where you will be able to park. The house is the furthest on the left.
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Corona virus | According to a report, Omigron is the dominant variant in Indian metropolitan areas NNDC | The world
Byron Rodgers January 23, 2022 2 min read
The Omigran variant is at the stage of social outbreak in India and is dominating several metropolitan areas of the country which have experienced a significant increase in COVID-19 infections in a few weeks, the Indian government said on Sunday.
Final report prepared by the Genome Sequencing Consortium SARS – Cove-2 From India (INSACOG), under the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, warned that ómicron "is now socially pervasive and dominates many metropolitan areas, where new cases are increasing exponentially".
Omigron Supplement, also known as PA2, a "Substantial fraction" Of India during this period.
Most of Omigran's cases have been so far Asymptomatic or mild As noted by INSACOG "Hospital and ICU cases on the rise in the current wave" In an Asian country.
Localization Omigron, First detected in India on December 2, justifying the strong increase in cases due COVID-19 The country has been enjoying for weeks in cities like New Delhi or Bombay, the capital of the western state of Maharashtra.
In a single month, the India It has reported more than 333,000 cases in the last 24 hours from reporting less than 10,000 daily cases, raising the total number to 39.2 million since the outbreak began.
Balram Bhargava, Director, Medical Research Council of India (ICMR), said that although initial data collected by other countries indicate that this variant is less viral and less hospitalized, the rapid increase in Omigran is a matter of concern to Indian authorities.
In turn, 525 deaths have been reported COVID-19 This represents a total of 489,409 since the virus was first detected in the country, making it the second most infected country in the world after the United States.
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Maharashtra, Continues to be the worst affected region, with 46,393 new positives reported in the last day, followed by 45,136 in the southern states of Kerala; And in Karnataka, there are nearly 42,500 infections.
For its part, the Indian capital seems to be showing signs of recovery after several days, realizing an upward trend in the number of infections, with 11,486 positive and 45 fatalities, and maintaining controls such as night curfew orders and non-essential closures. Services on weekends.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of Govt-19 infections in many countries around the world, driven by the new variant of the virus, Omigran. When can I be with others if I have tested positive?
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All the facts on stress point to the conclusion that it has become a problem of epidemic proportions in today's fast paced society.
According to Harvard Health, in a study done by the American Psychological Association in 2011, 25% of people contacted reported their stress levels to be high. Another 50% of the people in the study reported their stress levels to be moderate. That means that in 2011, 75% percent of the people studied were experiencing moderate to high stress levels. And over the years that number has only increased.
The good news in the Harvard report was that when people learned to respond to stress with mind power techniques such as meditation, progressive relaxation and visualization, more than 50% were able to stop their hypertension medication entirely. That is fabulous!
The bad facts on stress is that it has a dramatic impact on the body. The mind and body are connected, so when you experience chronic stress, your body will continually try to compensate. Your adrenal glands will pump out adrenaline, which will put you in a hyper-aware state.
That hyper-awareness was great for prehistoric men and women who needed it to figure out how to fight or flee from predators. But it is not good for you. it depletes your immune system and makes you susceptible to all sorts of health problems.
In today's world it causes a lot more problems than it solves. Constant production of adrenaline causes physical pain and overwhelming fatigue. It can also cause your kidneys and adrenal glands to malfunction.
It's not just the adrenal glands that are affected by stress. Stress makes your heart pump faster and harder, which increases the chances of a heart attack. Blood pressure rises in response to stress.
Lack of sleep due to adrenaline can lead to poor brain function and also puts more stress on the body. Chronic pain in the joints and soft tissue can also be caused by stress. More on physical symptoms of stress here.
Stress management is critically important to staying physically and mentally healthy.
If you are not too concerned about your health, perhaps the ugly facts on stress will get your attention. Hair loss, belly fat and gum disease can be caused or made worse by stress.
Add to that the fact that too much stress can cause havoc on personal relationships because people who are chronically stressed become irritable, erratic, and quick to anger.
It's also a fact that people who are stressed out make poor decisions. Because their concentration is off, they are often dangerous drivers and seldom fun to be around.
Limit caffeine: Caffeine is a stimulant, which is something that people who are already stressed out don't need. Taking a stimulant on top of the adrenaline that is already flowing in the body can cause serious physical damage. Instead of drinking coffee in the morning switch to tea. Some teas have caffeine in lower amounts than coffee, and herbal teas have no caffeine.
Instead of reaching for a cup of coffee in the afternoon when you are exhausted and need a lift, try taking a 10 minute power nap or eating a piece of citrus fruit. Citrus fruit is rich in antioxidants that will give you a natural energy boost.
Meditate: Meditation Is one of the best ways to manage stress. Deep breathing will help you relax physically. And meditation can help relax and focus your mind.
You may think that you're "too busy" to make time to meditate, but you don't have to invest an extended period of time to get the benefits. Even five minutes of deep breathing in the shower each morning will help you manage stress.
If you get stressed out at work shut your office door and spend five or ten minutes focusing on your breathing and meditating on a relaxing scene. You will be amazed at how much more relaxed you feel.
Exercise: Exercise is a great way to deal with the physical impact of stress. Aerobic exercise will help your body regulate the release of stress hormones. It will also help you eliminate the negative effects of stress on the body. After 20 minutes of vigorous exercise your body will release endorphins that will help you relax.
You don't need to make time to hit the gym or go to an exercise class either. If you are busy you can go for a walk on your lunch break or go out in the yard and play with your kids after work. Put on some music and dance around the house or put on a workout DVD. Find something physical that you enjoy doing and do it for at least 20 minutes a day.


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STUDIO welcomes French electronic music Crayon behind the DJ decks on June 10, 2016. Been described as a "French disco phenomenon," Crayon is signed the famous Parisian record label Roché Musique, and frequently collaborates with label mates such as Zimmer, Darius and Karma Kid. Crayon released his first EP - Dune x Crayon - earlier this year to critical acclaim. At the tender age of barely 24 years old, his music tastes are far beyond his years and his peers from around the world have heralded him as a musical beacon of light providing a sound and mayhem to the scene. STUDIO is excited to host Crayon's fresh new sound for one night only. Limited availablity! RSVP on Pelago for complimentary entry.


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Museum of Visual Materials | Drawn Through Movement
Solo Exhibition at the Apex Gallery
Please join us this Friday, Sept. 30 for the opening reception of Movement, Muscle, Measure.
An exhibition of drawings by Michael B. Baum
On view September 28 – October 28, 2016
Reception Friday, September 30, 5 – 7
Artist's talk, at 6
Michael Baum left the plains of the Dakotas in his early twenties for the mountain ranges of California, Wyoming, Montana, Washington and Alaska. His interactions with nature and the wilderness became the impetus for his graduate studies in fine art, which he completed at Washington State University with an emphasis in drawing and printmaking. Michael is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Black Hills State University in South Dakota, as well as curator for the Ruddell Gallery.
Through rigorous physical practice he explores the intersection of kinesiology, drawing, and technology. He has an extensive list of exhibitions and was awarded a career development grant through the South Dakota Arts Council for a series of drawings entitled Heart to Heart.
" My work employs both drawing and kinesiology to examine the convergence of sport and art. I make work with the aid of drawing devices that have been designed to record various outdoor pursuits, ranging from long distance cycling trips, to backcountry ski tours. The resulting work exists as a series of drawings, an indexical record of my travels. The images stand as a document providing the means of engaging and communicating with both nature and the self through performance. "
Site:Brooklyn is proud to present its newest show, Drawing Lines Across Mediums, an exhibition of new drawing. Drawing Lines Across Mediums seeks to show the art form at its most dynamic and diverse. These pieces range from those which investigate the potential multi-dimensionality of drawing to conceptual geometric works to monochromatic figurative studies. Olga Valle Tetkowski, our guest curator, is responsible for the selection of the work. She has worked for many years at The Drawing Center, one of the premiere non-for-profit institutions in the world dedicated to the art of drawing. Her work there makes her especially well situated to understand both the classical place of drawing and its most exciting and important developments. We hope that this show gives the viewer the opportunity to encounter drawing in unexpected and challenging ways.
Ming Studio | Leftovers VI
Wingtip Press presents the 6th Annual Leftovers silent auction to raise funds for the local nonprofit The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force. The Auction opens Friday, April 22nd at 3:00pm and ends Saturday, April 23rd at 10:00pm. Learn More
Ming Studios is an international contemporary art center and residency program.
Ming Studios' mission is to exhibit, explore, and experience contemporary arts and cultures. We showcase the work of artists from across the globe, and invite them to Boise to create new work. Ming Studios is committed to our community. We invite you to partake in a multitude of cultural experiences, interactive programs, and to be part of the creative process.
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Site:Brooklyn
Drawing Lines Across Mediums is an exhibition of drawings that reflect the ambitious, innovative and contemporary in drawing today.
About the Juror:
Olga Valle Tetkowski is currently head of exhibitions at The Drawing Center in NYC. She has held the position of Administrator of Curatorial projects and Curator at the Bard Graduate Center NYC, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Art and Design, Urban Glass and Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University.
Site:Brooklyn is a street level gallery located in the heart of the Gowanus arts district. The gallery is dedicated to exhibiting a wide range of emerging and midcareer artists. The gallery invites artists, curators and writers to engage in lively exhibitions, criticism and the exchange of ideas through art, reflecting our times and shaping our culture.
Art on the Plains | Plains Art Museum
Art on the Plains is Plains Art Museum's signature juried exhibition for contemporary art in the region, presenting a survey of media and styles and identifying emerging and mature talent. Now in its twelfth installment, the exhibition has become an important career builder for young artists and a point of pride among established artists. Juried by Aaron Spangler, a sculptor and printmaker who lives outside of Park Rapids, MN. He is represented by Zeiher Smith & Horton, in New York City, and Gallerie Michael Janssen in Berlin. His work can currently be seen in the collection of the MIA in Minneapolis, MN. This exhibition will serve as a cornerstone of the Museum's 40th Anniversary celebration.
Supported in part by U.S. Bank Foundation
Interdisciplinary | Juried Exhibition
January 9, 2016 from 7-10 PM
ON VIEW:
January 9, 2016 to January 30, 2016 Saturdays from 12-4 PM
Some of the most dynamic contemporary artworks marry more than one technical approach. Creative Living Works is hosting a juried exhibition at Washington Street gallery that challenges the traditional boundaries of art making and involves multiple mediums. National, international and local artists will be displaying work that crosses creative fields in the subject matter, the medium or a combination of both.
The exhibition will be January 9 -30, 2016 at Washington Street gallery, opening reception January 9 from 7-10 PM. This opening will also be one of the first to be broadcast in virtual reality thanks to StreamVR. Watch the webinar recording to find out more about how VR will be used.
There will be workshops during the month, check out creativelivingworks.com for details. Closing reception will feature live music by The Steve Gutenband and The Breakfast Project on January 30 from 7-10 PM with suggested $10 cover. Best in Show and People Choice awards will be announced that night as well.
Exhibiting artists:
Elaine Alibrandi | Jamie Andrade | Jim Baab | Michael Baum | Divine Beauty Photography | Grace Durnford | Vita Eruhimovitz | Sandhya Garg | Chuck Guest | Joe Hedges | Jiyun Jung | George Lorio | Elham Masoudi | Joey Morgan | Frances Muldoon | Charmaine Ortiz | Elizabeth Schowachert | Catherine Siller | Patty Simon | Derick Smith | David Terrar | Stephanie Todhunter | Sarah Trahan | Ye-Ye Tsang | Elizabeth Welch
Creative Living Works is an online community where creative minds can expand their tool-sets to master the balance of art, business and life. We can all benefit from learning and sharing our experiences. Curating talented instructors to teach skills across a variety of channels, CLW courses are available to help improve upon your process and open up new doors. Regular webinars feature experts in the business of being creative to inspire you to tackle challenges.
OPEN DOOR 11 | Juried Group Exhibition
Rosalux Gallery presents "Open Door 11″
Opening reception Saturday, December 12th, 7-10 PM
Open Door is Rosalux Gallery's annual national open call exhibition. This year marks our eleventh installment which has been curated by Mia Lopez, 2014-2015 Curatorial Fellow at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Participating artists in this years exhibition are:
Michael Baum, Kimberly Benson, Liza Dorsey, Erik Farseth, Christopher Harrison, Kelly Hider, Jim Hittinger, John Ilg, Susan Kassin, Nicholas Kovatch, Keren Kroul, Elizabeth Lueth, Heather Macali, Ellen Mueller, Andrew Nordin, Thatiana Oliveira, Morgan Pease, Bunny Portia, Robin Schwartzman, Kurt Schulz, Christopher Selleck, Alessandra Sulpy, Joshua Wenck, Russ White, Chris Willcox, Jane Wunrow, Dustin Yager, Michael Zuhorski.
Open Door Exhibit: December 5th – 27th, 2015
Gallery Hours: Noon-4pm Saturdays and Sundays
Recently had work selected for the Open Door Exhibition in Minneapolis
ABOUT ROSALUX GALLERY
Rosalux is a cooperative art gallery that was founded in Minneapolis in 2002. The gallery is home to twenty artists whose work is well known both nationally and internationally, featured in various major collections, and who have individually received numerous prestigious awards and grant recognitions. The gallery is located in the Van Buren Building in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Open Door is an exciting opportunity for non-member artists to showcase their work in the gallery. Typically, this exhibition is reviewed and receives extensive press coverage.
JUROR: Mia Lopez
Mia Lopez is a curator and educator with over ten years of experience in museums and non-profit art spaces. As the 2013—2015 Curatorial Fellow for Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis she collaborated on exhibitions, programs, and catalogues including 9 Artists (October 2013), Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections (October 2014) and International Pop (April 2015). In 2013 she completed dual Masters at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism and Arts Administration and Policy; her graduate thesis examined anthropology, museology, and performance in work by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. She also has a BA in Art History from Rice University.
Exhibition opens December 5th and closes December 27th. An opening reception will be held Saturday December 12th from 7pm – 10pm. All artists and their guests are welcome.
Shipping work to the Visual Arts Exchange - Raleigh, North Carolina
First Friday Reception: August 7, 6-10pm
The Exhibit:
Given the long history of artists who have created work about nature and their environment, Navigating the Natural seeks to highlight how artists are finding new ways to respond to nature today. The 29 pieces exhibited in Navigating the Natural as well as a juror spotlight exhibition of Nicole Pietrantoni's work shows how artists critically reflect humans' changing relationship to an ecologically complex and increasingly fragile world.
The Juror:
Nicole Pietrantoni, artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Whitman College.
The following works will be exhibited in Navigating the Natural
Michael Baum, Heart to Heart 2. Day 1-2 120 miles, Spearfish to Sage Creek
Michael Baum, Heart to Heart 6. Day 6 80.5 miles, Big Bend Dam to Huron
George Bedell, Fin Soup
George Bedell, Crow / Boat
Sarah Bielski, Blacktop/Greentop
Sarah Bielski, Yawn
Nicole Geary, A Fossil Experience
Nicole Geary, Memory Core
Michael Kaster, Antelope Island
Ann Marie Kennedy, Field Studies (March, 2014)
Ann Marie Kennedy, Field Studies (pages)
Elaine Kinnaird, Seed Bundle 2
Gerard Lange, Seed Pod Books
Margaret Leininger, The Whole 9 Yards
Margaret Leininger, Landscape
Mimi Logothetis, bottled water
Amanda Maciuba, Rural Purgatory
James Mullen, Bonsai Quarry
James Mullen, Earthroom
Mark Nystrom, Winds / April 3, 2015 / Boone, NC
Mark Nystrom, Winds / October 27, 2010 / Boone, NC
Joseph Ray, Pretense I
Joseph Ray, Pretese II
Kathleen Thum, Shan Shui
Kathleen Thum, Distillation
Jayne Walther, Oblivious
Tracy Wascom, Homestead Air Force Base, Dade County, FL
Tracy Wascom, Refuse Hideaway Landfill, Middleton, WI


The LGP Gravataí located in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre (RS) was conceived as a differentiated project with the adoption of sustainable measures at each stage of construction. In addition to reducing environmental impact in the construction phase, the initiatives represent a real saving of natural resources such as water and electricity for customers. The project follows the guidelines for the development of the sustainable construction industry in Brazil.


Creating Precision Robots: A Project-Based Approach to the Study of Mechatronics and Robotics shows how to use a new "Cardboard Engineering" technique for the handmade construction of three precision microcomputer controlled robots that hit, throw and shoot. Throughout the book, the authors ensure that mathematical concepts and physical principles are not only rigorously described, but also go hand-in-hand with the design and constructional techniques of the working robot. Detailed theory, building plans and instructions, electric circuits and software algorithms are also included, along with the importance of tolerancing and the correct use of numbers in programming.
The book is designed for students and educators who need a detailed description, mathematical analysis, design solutions, engineering drawings, electric circuits and software coding for the design and construction of real bench-top working robots.
Professor Nickols has taught at universities in the U.K., Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and China. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a Researcher and Product Design engineer in the Ford Motor Co. UK, Lucas Microelectronic Automotive Control Systems, UK, American Machine and Foundry, (AMF) UK, Renishaw Research and Transducers, UK, and Danfoss Flowmeters, UK. In 2009, he was awarded 1st prize for the most innovative engineering product invention for the Crown Prince award in Brunei. At Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, he was personally responsible for the detailed design and construction of an all-wood automobile that led his team of students to win 1st prize Design, 1st prize Safety and 2nd prize Fuel Economy in the Diesel engine category of the Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2014. His research interests concern (i) bench-top robots for mechatronics engineering education and, (ii) biomimicking robot muscles, for which he has recently been granted a US patent dated 16 May 2017 No.9,653,962. He is a fervent proponent of high quality engineering education attested by the innovative robots that he designs and builds thus creating highly effective custom-built teaching and learning materials for students.
Professor Y.J. Lin was appointed as Associate Provost for Global Engagement in August 2016 after three years of service as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at UNNC. Before joining UNNC, he was Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas in Tyler from 2008 to 2013. He has also taught at the University of Akron in Ohio for twenty years. He worked in the electrical appliances industry as a design engineer for several years in Taipei before he went abroad to the U.S. for his postgraduate education. In his academic career over two decades, Professor Lin has built up rich research experience in mechanical design, structural mechanics, and control engineering that has grown into engineering application areas leading to aircraft health monitoring, de-icing, and more recently, to the design of nano-devices for energy harvesting. YJ has been on the editorial advisory boards of three international journals in automation, sensors, and robotics. He has also served as PI for a number of NASA sponsored key projects in the development of aircraft mechatronic de-icing systems that was commercialised by the aerospace industry. Currently, he is a PI for a municipal key lab in reconfigurable manufacturing, and for an innovative team project concerned with the sustainable manufacturing of auto parts.


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Hidden icons in iOS 8 show Apple's working on car-finding feature
Cody Lee on June 10, 2014
Last fall it was reported that Apple was working on a new feature for its Maps application that could assist users in finding their car. Using the iPhone's M7 chip, it was said the app could register the location of a parked vehicle, and then help its owner return to that spot at a later time.
The expectation was that this car-finding feature would turn up in iOS 8, but WWDC came and went with no mention of the functionality. It still could make its way into the public release of the software though, as new evidence shows Apple has indeed been working on such a feature…
9to5Mac shares the following screenshot:
As seen in the screenshot above, Apple's latest mapping software contains six images dedicated to the parked car location feature, each a purple pin with a car-shaped glyph. It's very likely that this is one of the many features cut from what is now the first public beta of iOS 8 late in development.
As we discussed on this week's episode of Let's Talk iOS, a number of things we heard about in the run up to WWDC didn't make it into iOS 8. Apple didn't even really talk about the Maps app during its keynote, and it sounds like the subject is a sore one for the Cupertino company.
Still, the hidden icons shown above prove that Apple has clearly been working on the feature, and it's very possible that it could still make it to market. We're expecting to see several betas between now and the public launch of iOS 8 this fall, and we don't imagine 8.1 will be far behind.
iOS 8 Beta 1
iOS 11 Maps has crazy cool VR mode that lets you move around by walking
iOS 8.4 launching at 8am Tuesday, iTunes Match song limit increasing to 100,000 with iOS 9
Apple posts iOS 8.4 beta 2 with new Trending Searches feature on iTunes Radio


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Community college students who plan to complete their bachelor's degrees at NLU can use our dynamic Transfer Articulation Guide to learn how their credit will transfer to NLU programs. Community college students matriculating from colleges that are not available on the drop-down menu should contact their enrollment specialists for general transfer credit information.
Per the University Undergraduate Residency Policy Requirement, a minimum of 60 QH must be taken at NLU, including the last 45 QH (minimum of three courses) taken for the degree.
The courses are normally applicable to a baccalaureate program.
The courses were taken at an institution with CHEA-recognized accreditation (note: NCE accepts only credit from regionally accredited institutions).
The student received a "C" grade (GPA of 2.0/4.0) or better.
Note: The way in which credit is applied toward the degree is at the discretion of the University.
Evaluation of transfer coursework toward specific degree program requirements is completed by the Registrar's Office, in consultation with the academic departments at the time of admission. Admitted students should work with their academic advisor in completing their degree plan. All credit considered of appropriate level, content and applicability to the degree program being pursued may be accepted for transfer according to established admissions standards.
Physical Education: Only up to three quarter hours of physical education credit may be accepted.
Program-specific transfer credit limits: Up to 60 quarter hours of technical credit may be accepted by the following programs: Applied Behavioral Sciences, Health Care Leadership, Management and Management Information Systems.
Mathematics courses: Students planning to take a mathematics course at another institution must receive written approval from their academic advisor before enrolling to ensure the course will be accepted for transfer credit.
Military Experience and Training Credit (ACE approved): All College of Professional Studies and Advancement programs accept ACE credit. ACE credit can be used for General Education and electives only. It cannot be used to fulfill major, minor or concentration requirements. Programs in the National College of Education do not accept ACE credit.
There may be additional limits to the acceptance of different kinds of credit according to the specific degree program.
Students whose academic work was not performed in the United States are asked to provide official transcripts or an appropriate equivalent documentation of their work. Certified English translations of such documents may be required. In addition, students may be required to submit their foreign credentials to one of several approved foreign credentials evaluation services. Credit will be awarded only after official documents have been received and appropriately evaluated.
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Dion Dawkins: Buffalo Bills player describes moment he realized 'something is really, really wrong' after Damar Hamlin collapse
Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins has recalled the moment he realized something was "really, really wrong" when teammate Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Hamlin is hospitalized and in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest in Monday's game. His uncle, Dorian Glenn, told CNN that Hamlin was still resuscitated twice — on the field and again in the hospital.
The game was later adjourned with players from both teams standing by as a distraction.
Dawkins told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday, "You look around and you see the medical staff doing their job, and you know when it's something minor like someone is down, but they're sitting People are moving along at a good pace." ,
"But when things like this are going on, they're waving really fast and calling people on the field and calling elite medical staff – that's when you really realize something is really wrong." .
"It was one of the first experiences for me where something like this has happened where it silenced an entire stadium that was rowdy for the first half of the game."
Live Updates: NFL star Damar Hamlin in critical condition after cardiac arrest
According to Glenn, Hamlin is on a ventilator to relieve some of the strain on his lungs, which have been damaged after cardiac arrest. He added that his nephew's condition is "going upwards in a positive way" while being treated at the hospital.
For Dawkins, who is in his sixth season with the Bills, the gravity of the situation immediately made him turn to prayer.
"Whether you're a believer or not, only a higher power can really know what's next," he said.
"Our people helped and that higher power also helped. But in that moment you just have to be sensitive and let the prayer rise up and work its magic.
On Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the game between the Bills and Bengals would not resume this week, adding that no decision had been made on when it could be played.
Dawkins said, "I'm really blessed that we didn't have to continue playing."
He added, "The fact that we didn't have to go back and play on that field shows that there is care, and all we can ask is that we be treated as people."
"Most people regard us as athletes, as superstars and some as celebrities, but at that moment they [the NFL] Treated us like people. And to be treated as a person who is being taken care of is a beautiful feeling.
"I'm grateful that I was treated as a person and so were the rest of my teammates because at the end of the day, we are people. And we have feelings, we have feelings, we cry, we hurt. And we have families, and they hurt, and they cry.
A giant plasma cloud erupts from the Sun, but it won't hit Earth
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Cerebellar ataxia is the loss of muscle coordination due to disease or injury to the cerebellum in the brain.
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