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Interiors A Revamped Home For An Arts Non-Profit By Perkins+Will
A Revamped Home For An Arts Non-Profit By Perkins+Will
A modest facelift creates a clean slate for SKETCH, a 20-year old organization in Toronto that engages marginalized youth through the transformative power of art.
Two years ago, SKETCH moved into its new home at Artscape Youngplace, a downtown Toronto school building refurbished into a cultural hub of art studios and organizations. The 20-year-old non-profit engages at-risk and street youth aged 16 to 29 through visual and performance arts, in everything from painting and drawing to breakdancing. It carries out its programs on the ground floor of Artscape Youngplace, and runs its operations from a 112-square-metre admin hub on the second floor.
"There was no design when we moved in," says Rudy Ruttiman, the executive director and founder of SKETCH. That's where Perkins+Will came in. Janine Grossmann, principal of interior design at the firm's Toronto office, had joined SKETCH's board. "I got to understand both the monetary issues the non-profit faced, as well as the fact of just how crammed their office space was."
The grassroots organization required a space that announced it was invested and here to stay. As a non-profit, it didn't want to feel opulent or flush, but needed to be more effective – employees would often feel the need to go home to get work done in the crowded space – and show donors that it was serious. In a matter of months, from spring 2016 to September, Perkins+Will, with the help of ARIDO (the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario) carried out an interior revamp that balanced those aims.
Perkins+Will espouses a social responsibility initiative that devotes one percent of its time to pro bono projects. ARIDO has its own not-for-profit initiative, called the Renew-Originate-Implement initiative, or ROI. This allowed Perkins+Will to provide design services, while ARIDO members, including Herman Miller, Teknion and Interface, donated everything from workstation furnishings to carpeting, whiteboards and plumbing.
The result is a gleaming white testament to the power of smart spatial organization, thanks to a densified floorplate that maximizes space for 24 people with a variety of functions, from workstations and sit-stand tables to enclosed meeting rooms.
An island table for impromptu meetings positioned near the entrance establishes the office's new energy. Beyond it, suspended translucent acrylic panels delineate three rows of workstations. On one side, a new kitchenette with teal base cabinets features shelving that soars to the ceiling and displays SKETCH's awards.
"We maximized verticality because storage was so low," Grossmann says, explaining the tall cupboards, open shelving and lockable storage that line the walls. A small phone room behind suspended sliding doors – where employees can have Skype meetings – also serves as a records archive.
On the other side of the workstation configuration, two back-to-back meeting rooms are tucked behind another set of suspended swinging doors. In the larger one, set against the window wall, employees can conduct board meetings without paper – thanks to an interactive screen and whiteboard. A suspension light fixture composed of cool LED arrays forms a sharp square outline and adds a graphic punch to the space. In the second meeting room, a clerestory window ushers natural light in.
While the interior is bright-white, the firm injected colour here and there – through Interface's patchwork-y carpet tile, the vibrant meeting room seating, the display of artists' works, and, of course, the teal cupboards – to reflect the brand and to delineate space.
"We were taken aback by the obvious investment, quality and care. They really heard who we were," says Ruttiman. The renovation has succeeded in creating a welcoming space – not just for SKETCH, but also for the other artist groups with which it collaborates. "We can really hunker down and work here."
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Architectural Ideas Contests. Second award Ceremony.
October 15, 2019 September 15, 2019 by EXPO 2023
On October 9, 2019, the second award ceremony (for the 4 projects that remained to be awarded) was held at the Central Society of Architects of the Argentine Republic. The first award ceremony took place weeks before at the CCK.
With more than 200 projects received (more than 2000 participants among students and professionals), the ideas contests for the Expo 2023 site represent a positive sign of what is to come for Expo 2023..
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The "Small Stadium and International Pavilions Building" Contest has a winning project. Take a look at it!
Introducing the winning projects for the six architectural ideas contests for the Expo 2023 site.
The BIE is the Intergovernmental Organization in charge of supervising and regulating all international exhibitions that last more than three weeks and are non-commercial in nature.
Argentina invites the international community to dialogue about creative industries in digital convergence, as part of the new knowledge economy.
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János Huszti is a portraitist based in Budapest, Hungary. His paintings depict historical times featuring special characters and places from the past using a variety of materials to create unique pieces. He is also interested in contemporary street art, so his images feel current with origins rooted in the past. Huszti received his diploma in painting from the University of Pécs in Hungary. He also studied conceptual art for one term at the University of Herfordshire, Hatfield, England. He has been working in a professional studio at PP Center in Budapast for more than four years where he has had the opportunity to meet other artists and curators and establish himself within the Contemporary art scene there.
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Thank You, Vince Gilligan
[Content note: possible Breaking Bad end-of-series spoilers]
After my recent Team Walt debacle, I didn't have any intention to write about this magnificent series again. And I still won't...at least not at length. But with the coming of the end, I figured I'd go ahead and indulge in a little, "I told you so"...but more importantly, some thanks and reflection.
Since you've read this far, I'll assume you saw the series finale. Which means that we both know that in Walt's final moments, he admits to Skyler that his behavior throughout the series was driven by selfishness and that it wasn't actually all for his family.
Vindication! For this, I'll extend Breaking Bad's creator, Vince Gilligan, the first thank you. It's kinda sad that this fact needed to be spoon fed to the die hard Team Walt members out there, but what ya gonna do?
The second thank you I'd like to extend is for developing Skyler into the amazing character she became. It's sad how the Skyler haters that came after me couldn't see past their own misogyny* to notice that she was so much more than a nag (and that's the nicest term they use.) For me, Skyler, as a character consistently begged the question, "What would you do if you found yourself in this situation?" She certainly isn't perfect, but neither are any of us, and that's kind of the point. She's been traumatized, manipulated, and is trying to cope with what she was thrust into...hoping to gain some control over her life again. It is upsetting that so many people want to blame her for her situation, and mistake trying to survive with being a partner in crime. But ultimately, Gilligan did Skyler justice, despite some people's inability to understand her.
The final thank you I'll extend to Mr. Gilligan is for creating this incredible, nuanced, complex show in general. And for trusting his audience with such heavy questions of morality (for better and worse.) While the conversations surrounding this show frequently frustrated me, it's a testament to the writing that such conversations we're able to be had at all.
*That piece is great satire.


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A&M-CC's Young sets school record at Houston Invite
A&M-CC hurdler Chloe Young set a new indoor record in the 60-meter hurdles
A&M-CC's Young sets school record at Houston Invite A&M-CC hurdler Chloe Young set a new indoor record in the 60-meter hurdles Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2jC3WI9
Corpus Christi Caller-Times Published 4:14 p.m. CT Jan. 28, 2017 | Updated 5:50 p.m. CT Jan. 28, 2017
Islanders logo(Photo: A&M-CC)
HOUSTON — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Chloe Young set a new indoor record Friday during the opening day of the Houston Invitational when she posted a time of 8.97 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles. Young qualified for the semifinals with her time.
Ebony Collins and Sierra Pruitt also qualified for the semifinals in the 60-meter dash. Collins posted a time of 7.63 while Pruitt finished with a 7.86.
Hannah McWilliams cleared 3.70 meters in the pole vault and finished fifth in the competition.
Faith Williams finished fifth in the "B" final of the 200-meter dash at 26.24.
The Islanders were slated to compete on Saturday. For more go to caller.com.
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And so we bade a fond farewell to little Seward today, home of the Iditarod, to good-hearted Shelley who cooked and served our breakfasts, to helpful Wes, Alaska's sharpest fisherman, to the ladies at Nellie's who serve the best-ever seafood chowder… But first, Wes's attempts to get me out on a trail ride on this perfect day sadly (oh, so sadly) coming to nothing, he took us to see the salmon weir out of town, where clusters of sockeye salmon were hanging in the water until the urge took them to head further upstream.
There, waiting for them, was a sneaky mesh fence and a fish ladder with a girl poised above it to count them as they passed. The lucky 3000, paired-off, would get to wait in the pond to be inoculated – yes, injected individually – against a kidney disease, before heading up to spawn, their eggs to be collected and raised in the fishery. The others would meet their maker, one way or another (including via bear), quick smart.
Did I think of that when I tucked into a share of a whole roast salmon in the Panorama restaurant tonight? Er, no. I was just enjoying being back aboard a Silversea ship, our clothes unpacked by our butler, our cupboard stocked with our own choice of drinks (all included), our toiletries selected, ditto the pillows… And here I am in our little sitting room, the sky outside fading from pale pink to silver, the sea from pale turquoise to silver, the motion restful, the wake breaking rhythmically outside the veranda, the room creaking quietly, a faint hum from the engines barely perceptible, more of a vibration. I expect to sleep very well tonight.


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Actually, different types of sound are made for a movie like the background music and music incredibly composed for that movie. Music for Film is required because music is a awesome source for expressing feelings. It makes the scenes look real and result in the audience express their feelings when they observe the film whether they are love tunes or comedies.
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"The Electra" is located in the Downtown West End District of Roanoke, VA. This historic building was built in 1947 for general office use and almost immediately converted into a standalone car dealership for Blue Ridge Buick. It now bears the name "The Electra" a model of Buick and houses 22 Apartments and 4 Commercial units. Unique layouts include "Micro-Loft" Studios with exposed brick and soaring 15 foot ceilings.
Residents enjoy easy walks to Downtown, The Jefferson Center, local shops, dining, and parks, as well as a variety of fitness options including RAC Express, Brickhouse Crossfit, and the YMCA. The building is located with close access to the Roanoke Valley Greenways and public transportation stops.
Walking distance to RAC Express, YMCA and Brickhouse Crossfit.
Trash, water and sewer are included in the monthly rent. Residents are responsible for electricity which includes heating and cooling. Pets are considered with a deposit and month fee. Deposit (equal to one months rent) and first months rent due on signing. Terms of lease include one years commitment.
Offered by Garland Properties LLC. For more information please visit website.


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Q: i have converted a animation python program to an .exe file but on opening the .exe file cmd popups and after 4-5 seconds it closes automatically I have created the file by using the pyinstaller module in python
[This is the Error I get on running the .exe file]  CLick on the "1000" to see the error image file ==>  1000
The Code of the Animation file is given below, i have converted this code to .exe file using pyinstaller module in python
import pygame

pygame.init()

FPS = 60000000000000
fpsClock = pygame.time.Clock()

dis = pygame.display.set_mode((500,500))
white = (255,255,255)
pygame.display.set_caption("Cat Animations !")

catImg = pygame.image.load('cat.png')
catx = 5
caty = 5
direction = 'right'

while True:
    dis.fill(white)

    if direction == 'right':
        catx +=5
        if catx == 270:
            direction = 'down'
    elif direction == 'down':
        caty +=5
        if caty ==270:
            direction = 'left'
    elif direction == 'left':
        catx -=5
        if catx ==5:
            direction = 'up'
    elif direction == 'up':
        caty -=5
        if caty ==5:
            direction = 'right'
    dis.blit(catImg, (catx,caty))

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            quit()
    pygame.display.update()
    fpsClock.tick(FPS)

A: You can use relative path. Add this function in your program and specify your path as resource_path("cat.png"). Change you statement to catImg = pygame.image.load(resource_path('cat.png')):
def resource_path(relative_path):
    """ Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
    try:
        # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
        base_path = sys._MEIPASS
    except Exception as e:
        base_path = os.path.abspath(".")

    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

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Sports - JMU
JMU Volleyball sweeps William & Mary on Senior Day
By JMU Athletics |
Posted: Mon 12:31 AM, Nov 11, 2019
HARRISONBURG, Va. (JMU Athletics) -- James Madison volleyball sent out its seniors in style, as it cruised to a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-22, 25-7) against William & Mary on Sunday at Sinclair Gymnasium/Godwin Hall.
JMU Volleyball head coach Lauren Steinbrecher
The victory moved the Dukes' record to 17-7 overall and 11-3 in Colonial Athletic Association play.
Briley Brind'Amour finished with 12 kills on the day to lead the Dukes offense while finishing with a hitting percentage of .346. Sophia Davis hit .583 with eight kills, and M'Kaela White contributed six terminations. Both Davis and White had a match-best four blocks.
Sarah Martin also led the defense with eight digs, and three blocks while dishing out 28 assists, moving her into fourth place all-time at JMU. She needs just six more to reach 3,000 assists for her career.
SET 1 | The Dukes grabbed control on the first point and never trailed to win the first set 25-18. JMU led by as many as nine points at 24-15 before finishing off the set. JMU also supplemented their offense with three aces in the opening set.
SET 2 | After their win in the first set, JMU put themselves on the cusp of a sweep with a 25-22 victory in set number two. The Dukes grabbed the set propelled by a strong performance on the attacking end. JMU registered a .300 attack percentage with 13 kills in the set win. After the lead changed hands five times, the Dukes took control for good at 15-14 and rode that advantage to victory. JMU's front row had a solid defensive performance, blocking five William & Mary attacks in the stanza.
SET 3 | JMU closed the match in a 3-0 sweep after grabbing set three. The Dukes scored first and never trailed in the set to earn a 25-7 victory. JMU ended on a high note, claiming its biggest lead, 18 points, to close out the set. The Dukes were dominant on the attack, putting together a .733 attack percentage, with 11 kills on 15 swings with no errors.
» JMU finished with a .395 attack percentage, as opposed to the Tribe's .100.
» Five players finished with at least four kills, led by Brind'Amour's 12.
» Caroline Dozier had a match-high two aces in the win.
» JMU never trailed in the first and third sets and used a 16-9 run to rally in the second set.
» JMU got a team-high eight digs from Sarah Martin, and six players finished with at least three.
» JMU attackers were helped by a match-high 28 assists with no set errors from Sarah Martin.
SENIORS' FINALE AT SINCLAR
It was the final home match for JMU's three seniors – Briley Brind'Amour, Sarah Martin and M'Kaela White. Over the past four years, the trio has guided JMU to an 83-31 overall record, including a 44-9 mark at Sinclair Gymnasium. They were part of JMU's 2016 and 2017 CAA championship teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship.
QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"William & Mary has so many good attackers, especially their opposite, to see us come out and play the way we did was super exciting. Huge kudos to our seniors. The team played really hard for them, and it was a great tribute to them and their careers here to go out with a win like that. They're one of the most special classes to come through, top-to-bottom. They are everything you would want in a player at JMU, both on and off the court. They built a great culture. I don't know how many points they've scored for us over four years, but it's been a lot. I hope they make a big, strong finish to end the season."
JMU is back in action on Friday, Nov. 15 when they travel to Hempstead, N.Y., to face Hofstra at 7 p.m. The Dukes close the regular season on Sunday, No. 17 with a noon matchup in Boston at Northeastern.
This article created using technology provided by Data Skrive.
H.S. Basketball Scoreboard: Friday, Jan. 17


Why you ask? Because this was in my notifications.
I can't believe I hit this milestone. For several reasons.
One, I didn't even know I was close to this number. Not something I notice or track. Secondly, it came on a day that I wrote for Friday Fictioneers and received such wonderful feedback on the story I wrote. It helps stoke the writing fire. I do not want fame or fortune from this blog or from my writing. I just want to write. I want my family and friends to enjoy it. But I want to be better at it. I want to feel more confident in what I am creating. This helped so much.
Thank you to those who have chartered this journey with me. Those who are reading my, sometimes insane word vomit, and then checking in when I finally write something.
I have met so many wonderful people through this blog and I am grateful beyond words.
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Thanks so much. Such a surprise!
I kid of course…keep up the great work! Glad we connected.


Hi, it's Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. This is part two of my book review and summary of Tony Hsieh's book Delivering Happiness. So just to give you a quick rehash, Zappos is a huge ecommerce company in the States that sells shoes. For this part of the video, what I want to do is to draw the applications for sales organizations. This is because the principles are really important and can be carried over to the sales profession.
So in the summary of the book, I talked first about the focus on culture and values. This is incredibly important for any sales organization. You see, one of the major barriers to people selling effectively is a subconscious belief that selling in itself is not ethical. Now if you compound this with a toxic sales culture, this is going to really hamstring their efforts as they go out, trying to sell. Their belief in the product and the belief in themselves, and the company will have a really strong influence on how effectively and how passionately they sell.
So the first takeaway for you as a sales manager is that you need to understand the importance of communicating and living out the values of your company. Make sure that things like telling the truth, authenticity, transparency and integrity are just part and parcel of everything that you do. When you increase the ethical standards of your company, your people will feel much more comfortable doing what you ask them to do. If you say, "Hey guys, we got to increase sales…" Well, they're not going to do it if they feel it's a conflict of interest in terms of their own personal ethical standards.
Point number two in the book summary of "Delivering Happiness" was that they were immensely customer focused. This is a beautiful message for sales people, because sales in essence is a service that you are rendering to people.
Now imagine if your sales people are hugely customer focused, how different would their conversations be? Imagine the type of interactions that they have. The customers are going to get a sense that, "Hey, these guys really care about me." They're not just here for their own commissions and for their own benefits. As a byproduct of focusing on the customer, your sales are going to increase.
But in addition to that, if your sales people can find ways to wow their customers and their prospects, imagine how much more easily it is going to be for them to make sales and to get referrals on a regular basis. You know, the companies that create these types of experiences and networks don't have to do outbound prospecting. This is because they're getting inbound prospects all the time. So if you want to build that kind of sales organization, you really need to focus on wowing your customers.
The third point in the summary is that the Zappos company are really passionate about what they do. Now, if you want your sales people to be effective, they need to be passionate about everything that they do. They need to be passionate about selling, they need to be passionate about your company and your product. You know, their level of belief will determine their ability to sell. And so you need to have a think about how you can help to increase this passion.
One of my key advice for you is to tie everything that you do into the purpose of the company. So Zappos sees themselves not just as a company selling shoes. Rather, they see themselves as a company that delivers happiness to their customers. They're making a difference in every person's life, one person at a time. In fact, this has extended far beyond just what they sell. They no help other companies to improve their customer culture.
So those are the three key takeaways. What are your thoughts? How can you increase the culture and the values of your organization? Just leave a comment below. Don't forget to like and subscribe, and remember that integrity plus skills equals success.
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require "cases/helper_sqlserver"
require "models/citation"
require "models/book"

class EagerLoadingTooManyIdsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
  fixtures :citations

  def test_batch_preloading_too_many_ids
    in_clause_length = 10_000

    # We Monkey patch Preloader to work with batches of 10_000 records.
    # Expect: N Books queries + Citation query
    expected_query_count = (Citation.count / in_clause_length.to_f).ceil + 1
    assert_queries(expected_query_count) do
      Citation.preload(:reference_of).to_a.size
    end
  end
end

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Cinema, büro für architektur
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Within the context of the planning for the fitting out of a disused production hall, an auditorium for film presentation will be constructed, amongst other exhibition structures. The architectonic idea for the space was developed in cooperation with an agency for organising events, which is also responsible for the general idea for the fitting out. Mobile not immobile. Traditional architectural solutions were deliberately ruled out in the design: the appearance of the projection room follows the construction principles of the car building. Since there can in this case be no massive foundations, only four steel legs supportthe floating bloblike enclosure. Thus the auditorium acquires a mobile character. The enclosure,colloquially known as "the big blob", consists for its part of a steel frame and a light synthetic shell of two layers of epoxy GRP with 15mm balsa core beams. The surface area of the shell is about 700 m2, costing about 150DM pro square metre. This epoxy shell would then be laminated on ply frames, as in boat construction. Approach to technical innovation. During planning consideration was also given to shells of metal or glued plywood, but these options were discounted on cost grounds. Additional problems lay in the shaping of the synthetic shell and naturally in ist geometric definition. In order to establish precise geometric data for the construction, the whole structure was modelled on the computer with the programme Form Z, and then cut into sections. The two dimensional shop-drawings were completed from these sections.


The Bill Williams River system drains more than 5200 mi2 of west-central Arizona. It is the largest tributary of the Colorado River between the Virgin River and the Gila River. However, the name "Bill Williams River" is applied to a relatively short reach of this major drainage system-from the confluence of the Big Sandy and Santa Maria rivers to the Colorado River confluence at Lake Havasu (Figure 1). The watershed of the Bill Williams River spans very diverse physiography, however, ranging from high elevation forested mountains in the Central Highlands and low-lying, rugged desert mountains in the western Sonoran Desert. Historically, the hydrologic regime of the Bill Williams River was generally similar to its comparably sized counterparts to the east-the Verde and Salt Rivers. However, natural streamflow in the Bill Williams River is more variable overall than in these rivers. One report and two map sheets.
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Henry Lawrence- From Football to Foot Stompin'
Patti Pearson
Henry Lawrence just turned 65 but he has no plans for slowing down. "It just means now I officially get my Medicare," Henry chuckles.
Whether he's singing at a local jam or helping raise funds for a charity, he has a huge presence around town both in talent and stature. At 6-foot-four, weighing in at 310 pounds, he wasn't hard to find in the crowd at the Clam Jam at Cortez Clam Factory last Tuesday night. He was just hard to tackle because everyone and his brother seemed to want to hug him or talk to him, even after we sat down for an interview. One man came up and asked if he'd sing at his church.
"I have a hard time saying 'no,'" Henry said as the man left and he looked at me with that intense, somewhat intimidating, yet teddy-bear look he has.
Henry was an offensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders; a three-time Super Bowl champion; two-time Pro Bowl champ and his pro football career ended in 1987. But even while he was juggling the pigskin, he was singing at a variety of venues, including being a lead singer for a country western band in Chico, California.
He's sung at Super Bowl celebrations; Hall of Fame after parties; performed in the NFL Gospel Choir; and at an endless list of private functions and fundraisers. And he'll be singing at the Oakland Raiders' half time show in October. He's appeared on Arsenio Hall and Soul Train. And had some television gigs including First and Ten, an HBO series.
Henry grew up on a farm and even then, was competitive. He tried to pick more produce than his mom, but could never do it. Produce, packing, shipping, restaurants, bars, he's done a little of everything he says, but his true love is singing.
"I've been singing all my life," says the football star and life-long Palmetto, FL resident. "My older brother taught me…and my mom – she could sure hit those high notes."
Henry grew up with Gospel, loves it still today, but his repertoire has expanded to everything from Motown and R&B to country and jazz.
"I sing any song I like," Henry says. "But I put my own spin on it."
You Look Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. Frank Sinatra's My Way. On Broadway and Walkin' the Dog. They're all Henry-ized and jazzed up with a little James Brown and Otis Redding pizzazz
He has a lot of favorites, 'old-school songs' he calls 'em, which just happen to be on his latest CD, titled "Heart and Soul." He didn't cut it to get rich, just "to get it in the hands of the people and make 'em smile."
"And I can't get out the door without singing Mustang Sally," he says, rolling his eyes and nodding his head as most musicians do with an overplayed tune. But he does it. And people love him.
Henry's charity work abounds and includes serving on the board of Manatee Children's Services, as well as being a a charter board member of Father Kazar's Open Door Foundation, affiliated with St. Stephens School.
"This (Open Door Foundation) is a charity that does what it says - 100 percent of those kids go to college." He went on to say, "I try to influence young people (wanting to be musicians). First and foremost – make it your own. That's the key to performing."
Henry ran for Congress two years ago and got 39% of the votes. His advice to everyone?
"You have a voice. Use it. Register to vote. Vote. Vote. There are so many decisions being made that aren't good for us."
His goals for the rest of his 'golden years?'
"To live my life," Henry says, then he turns to talk to another person waiting in line to visit with him. He has three sons and three daughters and is single – you hear that ladies?
We locals are fortunate to have guys like Henry to make us smile. He normally makes an appearance at the Clam Jam at Cortez Clam Factory on Tuesday nights. Go check him out. Or ask him to perform for your private parties or fundraisers.
For more information, you can email Henry at henry.lawrence70 @ gmail.com
Photos by Patti Pearson and Facebook
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Ed Castrillo, monuments builder; 73
By: Lito B. Zulueta Inquirer Lifestyle / 01:25 AM May 19, 2016
Top sculptor Eduardo Castrillo, builder of some of the most familiar monuments to two generations of Filipinos across the country, died on Wednesday morning. He was 73.
Writer-artist Jeannie Javelosa told the Inquirer that the sculptor succumbed to cancer at 10:45 a.m. at the Asian Hospital in Muntinlupa City.
Javelosa said Castrillo was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago. The cancer lately spread to the stomach and bones, she disclosed.
"He had been suffering so much this week, he wanted to go," said Javelosa.
The art world was devastated.
"His passing on is a great loss to me personally and to the art world," said sculptor Ramon Orlina.
Orlina said Castrillo was godparent to his daughter Ningning while he was godparent to the Castrillo's son, Ovian.
"I am a great admirer of his art and his influence on me in some of my abstract forms cannot be denied," Orlina said. "I shall surely miss him."
Castrillo broke into the art scene in the 1960's for his modernist sculptures that made use of brass and metal fashioned into abstract forms.
'The Virgin,' 'Pieta'
Born in 1942 in Santa Ana, Manila to a jewelry-draftsman father and a homemaker mother, Castrillo originally started as a jewelry designer for Estrella del Norte.
He later studied fine arts on a scholarship at the University of Santo Tomas, the cradle of modern art in the Philippines.
After his studies, he became known for his installations, "The Virgin" at La Loma Cemetery and "Youth's Cry of Defiance" in Fort Santiago in 1966.
Perhaps because he had been making crucifix or cruciform designs at Estrella del Norte and also because of his studies at UST, Castrillo also became known because of his sacred sculptures.
His most famous sacred sculptures are the "Pieta" and "Last Supper" at Loyola Memorial Park in Parañaque.
Because he was working with the difficult metal alloy medium of brass, his representational sacred works also assumed certain abstract dimensions that made them modern.
'Redemption,' People Power
Perhaps his most famous abstract monument very familiar to the public is "Redemption" at the Metrobank Plaza on Gil Puyat Avenue in Makati.
But the public is most familiar with Castrillo's representational patriotic monuments because of their size and ubiquity.
They include the "Spirit of Pinaglabanan" in San Juan City; People Power Monument on Edsa, Quezon City; "Rajah Soliman" in Malate, Manila; "Bonifacio and the Katipunan Revolution" near the Manila City Hall; "Spirit of Edsa" at RCBC Plaza in Makati; and Cebu Heritage Monument.
His sacred works can be found in several churches such as Our Lady of Loreto in Bustillos, Manila and the beautiful metal-and-wood crucifix at Don Bosco Church in Makati.
National Artist nominee
Castrillo was likewise commissioned to do monuments in Saudi Arabia, Poland, Brunei Darussalam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Castrillo has been nominated to the National Artist Awards.
Javelosa said Castrillo's remains would lay in state at his studio in Molino, Cavite. No burial date has been set, she added.
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The NFL is doing a good job of bringing the issue to the forefront. I overheard an old timer make a remark at the Chiefs game that players always used to play after receiving a concussion. It doesn't make you tough to play with a concussion and in fact may very well threaten an athlete's ability to function for the rest of their life.
Education and dissemination of information should begin at the little league level. The basic symptoms should be known by everyone. These are: 1. Headache, 2. Nausea or vomiting, 3. Balance problems or dizziness, 4. Sensitivity to light or noise, 5. Double or fuzzy vision, 6. Concentration/memory problems, and 7. Feeling sluggish or groggy. Not only should everyone understand these symptoms, but they should treat the symptoms very seriously.
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Aerobic activity such as running, skating, and strength training.
If symptom free through all of these steps, return to game action.
The days of just putting a band aid on an injury involving a concussion are over. Please take the issue seriously.
According to the Brain Injury Association of America 3,800,000 concussions occur in sports and recreation activities. It also states that 41% of athletes with concussions return too early. Sixteen percent of football players who lost consciousness during a concussion returned to action later the same day.
My quote of the day is from college coach, Frank Kush, "Being in peak physical condition is just as important as throwing and kicking the ball. In fact, it's probably more important than some techniques. If you're not in shape, you can't respond physically or mentally."


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O  latão é uma liga metálica de cobre e zinco com percentagens deste último entre 3% a 45%, dependendo do tipo de latão.

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Apesar da base ser formada por cobre e zinco, outros metais podem ser adicionados, e variando a quantidade e a proporção destes metais, alteram-se as propriedades da liga. Ocasionalmente se adicionam pequenas quantidades de alumínio, estanho, chumbo e arsênio para potencializar algumas das características dessa ligação, dependendo de como e onde a liga será utilizada. É bastante maleável (mais que o cobre ou o zinco separadamente), dúctil, resistente a impactos e um bom condutor de energia térmica e energia elétrica.

O latão possui um ponto de fusão relativamente baixo e pode ser fundido facilmente em pequenos fornos especializados. Este ponto de fusão não é fixo, pois depende da quantidade e da proporção dos metais que forem utilizados na sua composição. No geral, o ponto de fusão do latão situa-se entre 900 °C e 940 °C. Por estas características o latão pode ser forjado, fundido, laminado e estirado a frio de maneira mais fácil do que os próprios metais que o compõem.

Esta liga apresenta densidade maior que a dos aços mas menor que as ligas de cobre, sendo de aproximadamente 8600 kg/m³. Tem uma cor amarelada semelhante à do ouro e é consideravelmente resistente a manchas. As utilizações do latão são vastas e compreendem uma série de segmentos industriais. Essa liga metálica é aplicada, por exemplo, na fabricação de tubos de condensadores, armas, cartuchos de munição, torneiras, cadeados (a parte dourada), rebites, núcleos de radiadores, instrumentos musicais de sopro, aparelhos médicos e cirúrgicos, ornamentações, jóias e bijuterias, terminais elétricos, tachos e bacias, moedas, parafusos, arames, vergalhões, válvulas, rodas para carro, entre outros. Na Antiguidade o latão polido era utilizado como espelho e suas primeiras utilizações apareceram ainda na pré-história.

Tipos de latão
 Latão de almirantado contém 30% de zinco, com 1% de estanho para inibir a dezincificação em alguns ambientes;
 Liga de Aich tipicamente contém 60,66% de Cobre, 36,58% de Zinco, 1,02% de Estanho e 1,74% de Ferro. Foram projetados para uso em atmosfera marinha devido a sua resistência a corrosão, dureza e tenacidade. Uma aplicação característica é a proteção de costados de navios, embora métodos mais modernos de proteção catódica tornaram seu uso menos comum. Possui uma cor semelhante à do ouro;
 Latão alfa tem menos de 35% de zinco. É maleável, pode ser trabalhado a frio, e por isso são utilizados em operações como prensagem e forjamento. São ligas monofásicas, de estrutura CFC - cúbica de faces centradas
Latão de príncipe Rupert é um tipo de latão alfa contendo 75% de Cobre e 25% de zinco. Devido a sua bela cor amarela característica, é utilizado em bijuterias como imitação de ouro. A liga é assim chamada por causa do príncipe Ruperto do Reno;
Latão alfa-beta (metal Muntz), também chamado latão duplex, possui de 35 a 45% de zinco e é adequado para ser trabalhado a quente. Contém ambas as fases α e β'. A fase β' é cúbica de corpo centrado e é mais dura e resistente do que α;
Latão aluminado contém alumínio, o que aumenta sua resistência à corrosão. É usado para serviço em atmosferas marinhas e também em moedas de euro, a unidade monetária da União Europeia (também conhecido como ouro nórdico);
Latão arsênico contém adição de arsênio, e frequentemente alumínio, e é usado para fazer os recipientes de queima de alguns motores;
Latão beta, com 45 a 50% de zinco, só pode ser trabalhado a quente. É mais duro, resistente e tem maior fusibilidade;
Latão para cartuchos é um latão com 30% de zinco com boas propriedades para trabalho a frio. Utilizado para cartuchos de munição de armas de fogo;
Latão comum, ou latão de rebite, é um latão com 37% de zinco, barato e padrão para trabalho a frio;
Latão DZR é um latão resistente a dezincificação com uma pequena percentagem de arsênio.

Bibliografia
Bayley, J. (1990). "The Production of Brass in Antiquity with Particular Reference to Roman Britain". In Craddock, P. T. (ed.). 2000 Years of Zinc and Brass. London: British Museum.
Craddock, P. T. and Eckstein, K (2003). "Production of Brass in Antiquity by Direct Reduction". In Craddock, P. T. and Lang, J. (eds.). Mining and Metal Production Through the Ages. London: British Museum.
Day, J. (1990). "Brass and Zinc in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 19th century". In Craddock, P. T. (ed.). 2000 Years of Zinc and Brass. London: British Museum.
Day, J. (1991). "Copper, Zinc and Brass Production". In Day, J. and Tylecote, R. F. (eds.). The Industrial Revolution in Metals. London: The Institute of Metals.

Rehren, T. and Martinon Torres, M. (2008) "Naturam ars imitate: European brassmaking between craft and science". In Martinon-Torres, M. and Rehren, T. (eds.). Archaeology, History and Science: Integrating Approaches to Ancient Material. Left Coast Press.

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It's a competition over the past few seasons that has regularly lifted the Gunners' mood as things stalled in the Premier League, but this time Arsenal enter the FA Cup with confidence at an all-time high.
Even with a frustrating draw against Newcastle last time out, the Gunners are still five points clear at the top of the Premier League, raising hopes of a first title in nearly two decades.
There is still a long way to go and for now Mikel Arteta and his team are focused on the FA Cup and a trip to Oxford, who sit 14th in League 1.
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Q: Returning each object in an 'each.do' array The title may not have described my question properly, I wasn't sure how to explain what I'm doing without visuals.
I have a set of snags, each snag is connected to a plot (a plot has many snags). Each plot is linked to a development (a development has many plots). Each development is linked to a user (a user has many developments).
I want to return a list of snags that are relevant to each developer.
I currently have the following in my snags controller:
def index
  @developments = Development.accessible_by(current_ability)
                             .where(enable_snagging: true)
  @developments.each do |development|
    @plots = development.plots
    get_snags(@plots)
  end
end

private

def get_snags(plots)
  plots.each do |plot|
    @plot_snags = Snag.where(plot_id: plot.id)
  end
end

And in my view:

      <%= sortable(@snags, :id) %>

    <% @snags.each do |snag| %>
    <tr data-snag="<%= snag.id %>">
      <%= snag.id %>

    <% end %>

I initially had @snags in place of @plot_snags in the controller, but of course that only returned the last snag / set of snags, rather than all of them.
If I try to create and return a @snags array and add each object in @plot_snags to it (or any other variation of declaring @snags as an array), I get:
undefined method `human_attribute_name' for #<Array:0x007ff5334861d0>

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong here.
UPDATE
Having looked at it with fresh eyes again today - I couldn't figure out why my join table isn't populating, I will have a look into it again today to get things working 'properly' - it turns out the error I was getting was due to the Sortable interface I was trying to implement in the view. Once I removed the Sortable I was able to populate my snags array and I get the output I was hoping for.

A: When you do an each loop inside the controller you end up with the last value asumed by the variable @some_variable_inside_the_loop. That value is what you get in the view.
There are many ways to solve the problem, for example using joins: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/v5.2/active_record_querying.html#joining-tables
This is very basic option, moving loop in the view as nested loop.
Models about:
development has_many :plots
plot has_many :snags

Controller:
def index
  @developments = Development.accessible_by(current_ability).where(enable_snagging: true)
end

View (let's suppose each model has a title attribute, but do whatever you need):
<% @developments.each do |development| %>
  <%= development.title %>
  <% development.plots.each do |plot| %>
    <%= plot.title %>
    <% plot.snags.each do |snag| %>
      <%= snag.title %>
    <% end %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

A: You can find all the plot_snags in a single query. And iterate the @plot_snags variable in the view.
private

def get_snags(plots)
  plot_ids = plots.pluck(:id)
  @plot_snags = Snag.where(plot_id: plot_ids)
end


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Quto: Well my name is Bandit, I bark, I smile, and I.... Oh wait! You were talking to someone else?
Okay! Okay! No one has yet asked me any questions. So here I put together a bunch of questions that I might ask myself. Oh, and this page might be updated from time to time.
Cool, logo! But what do you mean with you call yourself a Idealist Author?
Thanks! The reason why I call myself a Idealist Author is because I do a lot more than just writing. Idealist Author in this case would be the short way of saying: a person with a great imagination that pursues in high goals and is creator of many things.
Why do you have cartoonist birds on most of your pictures? Also What does Quto mean?
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I asked Jesus to come into my life sometime when I was seven years old. I heard about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and rising from the dead on the third day at the Sunday school class at our old church. Later that night I ask my sister more questions about it and prayed that night for Jesus to come into my life.
What do you mean when you say that you want to write for God?
I want my life to be for God. And I want to do what this verse says to do. God has provided a way for me to do this with my love for writing. So in my books the characters will have some sort of problem that can only be answered in the Bible.
How long did you want to write?
Oh boy this one is a hard one! Well I didn't exactly always wanted to be a writer. I also couldn't read very well. However one day that all changed, when my sister gave me a Nancy Drew book by Carolyn Keene. I love the book very much even though I had some problems reading it. I love how the story was mysterious. Well as you can now tell this book (that I can't remember which one it was) was the book that made me want to write.


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7+ Languages
When asked, Nomi states that she knows "7" languages, plus "some shitty French" from highschool.
That makes sense if we're only thinking about the first languages of each of the cluster:
But on top of that, Sun can speak Mandarin (Season 1, Episode 1), and Riley can speak Dutch (Christmas Special) and fluent French (Series Finale)...
So how come those languages aren't included in Nomi's count?
They say Whispers' ability works by making eye contact with sensates, after which he can visit the sensate that made eye contact with him. This begs two questions: one, would closing your eyes or wearing shades help in any way to prevent this, or is it only unconsciousness that protects you? Two: if it does, why didn't Will, who knew Whispers will be there, bother to take shades with him to Iceland?
He was telling Riley to open her eyes, so it seems that keeping your eyes closed is enough (though he had her hooked up to some electrodes that would force her to obey him). Not clear if sunglasses would work. On the other hand, it was stated outright more than once that Will was charging in half-cocked with no real plan, relying on Nomi (and to a lesser extent his other clustermates) to figure things out behind the scenes as he moved. So they probably just didn't think of it.
Sara's cluster
For Sara Patrell to Visit Will, she must have been a fully awoken sensate with a cluster all exactly the same age as her. So the options are that, after cutting her skull open, Whispers then did the same to seven other children across the world (or may have killed some of them already before finding Sara) or that seven other children across the world all had to experience one of their cluster dying (an experience grown sensate Yrsa describes as a pain she thought would kill her and which no child would be equipped to deal with even if it wasn't the result of Nightmare Fuel brain surgery murder).
Or... It's never explicitly stated that all sensate clusters come in 8. The only confirmed "rule" of being a sensate cluster is sharing a birthday. At the time she was killed, Will and Sara could very well be the same age. It's also never fully explained how a sensate gets activated, but it is explained that Whispers and Jonas can visit sensates outside their cluster after making eye contact with them. Perhaps eye contact with active sensates is exactly how new sensates are activated; Angel makes eye contact with each of them in the pilot. This would also mean that Riley has been an active sensate for most of her life, having met Yrsa as a child. After having been activated by Whispers, Sara would be able to visit Will, assuming she had met him... Except, we are never given any indication that they've ever physically met, so the only way she could visit him is if they were clustermates... My God, what if one of their own was murdered as a child?
The very fact the Sensates share the same birthdate and hence age means that the other child members of Sara's cluster have to cope with a gargantuan trauma their minds are not well-developed for.
Oral sex as a religious experience?
Is Lito's talk of his first oral sexual encounter as a religious experience more of a commentary on religious condemnation of sexuality vs. something that makes sense storywise. It seems like a way to take a swipe at religion by someone who's been excluded from it? It seems like what he's saying is that since the sexual act is considered something that makes him not worthy of the Church, that's his substitute.
While I can't comment on the intent of the writers, most likely no. Powerful religious experiences can have elements of awe, mystery, reverence and ecstasy. This is what Lito is comparing his first time to: a powerful, transcendent experience. There's also a subtext there of "rightness". Just as the act of Communion is a ritual meant to bring one closer to God and thereby to one's own best spiritual self, Lito was saying that receiving oral sex from Hernando made him more right with his true self, i.e., being a gay man. Believe it or not, there are plenty of gay people in the world who don't hate the religions they were raised in, even if those religions don't accept them unconditionally.
Based on other scenes in the show, it's likely a reflection on the perceived capacity for sacredness to be found in intimacy, human connection, and sensuality to the writers. Sun says something similar about how much more she learns about her body and the body of an opponent she defeated in competition from sex than if she fought him a hundred times. It's part of a speech she gives Kala about the wonders of sex. There are also the scenes in the series where sexual intimacy shared by the cluster is treated as them connecting on a spiritual level. Lito's comments aren't a swipe at religion but commentary on how sensuality, vulnerability, self-awareness, and standing in your truth are components of spirituality.
Nomi's legal status?
I can understand how if Nomi was a minor, her mother would be able to force her to undergo the 'treatment' in the hospital. But, she isn't. Surely she'd be able to leave the hospital whenever she wanted to? I'm in the UK, so I don't know the US side of these issues, but it's not as if she's committed any offenses at that time to warrant her being locked up. There's later scenes I don't understand either, like when she's running from Amanita's mother's place, and the police pull guns on her. Why? Again, she's not committed any crime, certainly nothing to justify having a gun pointed at her. I can understand her being on the run if she had committed an offense, but she hadn't (and I don't remember Whisper's or his friends mentioning setting her up for anything like that).
The doctor convinced Nomi's mother that Nomi had mental problems, an explanation which she accepted gladly. From there, it's just a hop and a skip to declaring Nomi mentally unfit and give her mother legal control over her again, and then tell the police that she's dangerous. Keep in mind that we don't know how far the conspiracy spreads; at the very least, the doctor should not be allowed to practice medicine after killing several patients and putting at least one more in a coma (and even if his license isn't revoked, he shouldn't be allowed to continue performing that exact same procedure). If the conspiracy has a judge in their pocket, they can accelerate a lot of the legal issues that would keep this sort of thing bogged down in the real world.
Lito's pictures and Nomi's hacking
The pictures were digital information on Joaquin's computer and Daniela's phone. Why couldn't Nomi protect Lito by hacking in and deleting them?
Hollywood hacking aside, it's pretty easy for Joaquin to make sure he protected his computer. All he'd need to do would be to disconnect the internet connections of Daniela's phone and his own machine, then burn a few copies to disc and distribute them to different places. He doesn't give the impression of being stupid, and with celebrities having their phones leaked, he'd probably security conscious enough to have some protection in place. Why Daniela couldn't demand he returned the phone, or just say it was stolen and have it remotely locked is another issue, but Lito being outed drives the plot forward. Hopefully the later episodes might reference this, maybe by Nomi returning the favour and leaking some of Joaquin's details to the press.
Daniela didn't realize he had her phone until he sent a picture to Lito. By that point, having the phone locked (or getting him to return it) wouldn't have done much good - Joaquin would almost certainly have saved copies by then.
The other answer is that by the time Nomi learned of the photos, they were already on the internet. Once there it would have been impossible to keep them from spreading. The Sensate were still new at calling each other on purpose so it is unlikely that Lito contacted Nomi about them until he saw that they had been leaked.
What's going on in that fight?
At the end of the Christmas Special, Wolfgang gets into a fight with multiple men and the others come to help him. It's been established that they're only there mentally and can't interact physically unless they take over Wolfgang's body. But there's clearly a scene where Wolfgang gets tackled/grabbed by a guy, but Sun is seen fighting another guy behind Wolfgang, and then they swing back to Will helping Wolfgang with the guy who grabbed him originally. So Sun was fighting an entirely separate person than the one Wolfgang was touching? How is that possible?
The show has done similar things to this before, like the first time Capheus visited Riley. He picked up her tea and tasted it, all while Riley remained seated. But when the visit ended, it was Riley standing up holding the tea. Even though the scene played out as as though Capheus was physically in the room, it's clearly established that the filmmakers were playing with a trope unique to this show related to a visiting sensate's presence. The most prolific usage of this trope is: the more physically present a character is, the more "in sync" the present characters are. And in this instance, we know that the only character physically in the location where the fight takes place is Wolfgang, but what looks like multiple sensates fighting independently is actually just multiple sensates piloting Wolfgang's body in the same moment. Sun and Will didn't magically appear in Berlin to help Wolfgang fight; but Sun, Will and Wolfgang did become a sort of gestalt entity that drew on the fighting prowesses of all three of them, instead of one at a time. The filmmakers decided to convey that in the scene by having them all fighting on screen at once.
In this last fight scene, Wolfgang was dealing with one opponent and Sun was dealing with an entirely different opponent, both on screen at the same time, and with an after-scene that shows Wolfgang still physically in contact with his initial opponent, meaning that there's no way Sun could have taken control of his body to take out the second guy and then gotten Wolfgang back in that hold - this has never happened before. In previous fight scenes, it's made explicitly clear who is taking control of the body and performing which actions, and the sensates who aren't physically controlling the body hover and wait for an opening. If it's a decision by the creators to use this fight scene as a visual metaphor, it's strange that they decided to do this now after an entire season and a special episode of taking deliberate care to spell out what sensates can and can't do and how such scenes will be portrayed.
Word of God confirms they can't "project" their bodies and that it was an editing mistake.
Sun's Prison Escape
During the second season, Sun escapes from prison after an attempt on her life. She is very nearly lynched, and only saved by the timely intervention of her cellmate, who kills one of the fake guards and releases her from the noose. But how did her cellmate get out? Didn't the fake guards lock the cell?
Given that we've seen both Soo-jin and Min-jung (the cellmate that rescued Sun) coming to visit Sun during solitary confinement by bribing a guard, the most probable explanation is that the guard helped once more during that situation (either she was able to call for him just in time, or he knew about the fake guards' actions and stepped in quickly after.) How the cellmates were able to bribe him for so many times is another mystery.
As a corollary to this, the cellmate wasn't wearing her prison garb when the fake guards abducted Sun, but clearly took the time to put it on after Sun was taken, before she left to rescue her. Why bother?
To both notes above, the woman who rescued Sun was doing maintenance in the hallway of the prison, she wasn't in the cell at the time that Sun was taken out. They pass her in the hallway as they're walking to where they are going to kill Sun.
No, she was in the cell, along with Su-jin, Sun and the other cellmate. The camera even cuts to a close-up of her, after the fake guards lock the door. The person doing maintenance was someone else entirely.
Sensates and siblings
Various characters state that sensates are a separate species from homo-sapiens. However, both Kala and Nomi have siblings but don't have abilities (assuming of course that they don't just have said abilities dormant and are waiting to be born) , and the founder of BPO, Ruth El-Saadawi, is said to have had a twin sister who was a sensate. Not being a biologist so don't know how different species start to break off, are they really different species?
Simply put: No, sensates are not a different species.
Humans are another branch of humans more like, and there's no evidence that says that the various siblings don't have a chance to be activated later. Potential, if a sensate has to be activated, or "birthed," than a lot more potential sensates could exist/have existed that were never activated.
From someone who is a biologist: The definitions of species vary, but at the very least, you tend to need a separate population with which there is little interbreeding before speciation occurs. Therefore, it's ridiculous to claim that the Sensates, who were born out of a normal human population in different places in the world, qualify as a different species. Nothing more than a bad case of Artistic License – Biology at work. Movies sure do like mangling the definition of "species" for various purposes; the X-Men franchise is guilty of the same thing.
This could also be Jonas's Fantastic Racism talking. Racists of all stripes seem to genuinely believe that people with features they don't like are fundamentally other (and generally lower). Whatever semi-scientific understanding Angelica may have developed comes to us through Jonas's severe Us vs. Them lens. I don't think anyone both knowledgeable and benign refers to them as biologically definably separate species.
Sun's prison situation
Seems to be a major plothole to me, but in the second season, Sun is attacked twice by outsiders when in prison (discounting the fellow inmate), sent by her brother to assassinate her. I can't think that the prison system is so corrupt that no-one would flag up the point that she's obviously a target. This is even worse in the second attack, when it's people from an outside prison, flagged as I remember by the detective. Wouldn't she have been moved to a more secure location after the first attack? I'd have thought that even if the guards just claim she attacked the fake lawyers unprovoked, they couldn't discount the guns, tasers etc.
There was a year between attacks. Measures could have been taken to keep her from being attacked again after the first attack. Especially when Sun's brother was shown to have political connections. It possible the second attack was done by men posing as guards in that prison specifically because all other attempts to get to Sun failed because of the new protects placed upon her due to the first attack.
What happened in the end of season 2?
That's a lot of timeskipping and glossing over scenes after Wolfgang is captured by BPO. How did Will arrange a meeting with Whispers personally without tipping him off that he's there in person? How did they find Jonas? How did they infiltrate BPO to intercept Whispers being moved without raising flags? So many questions.
Blockers. At least, that's as much explanation as the show gives. Just before the plan is executed, someone says "I have a plan. But we're gonna need blockers."
It seems to be a plan that were already forming after they retrieved important classified files and IDs from the house the Whispers escaped from, before being distracted by Will's father's death.
Blockers in Kala's bag
How did Kala manage to bring in so many Blockers into the UK? Wouldn't it be suspicious that she was carrying a large quantity of unmarked pills into the country?
I don't know what laws govern the UK but given that Kala is a researcher for a major pharmaceutical company and that blockers likely aren't a regulated substance, it was probably easy. She probably just passed them off as an experimental drug for a clinical trial.
Even then, in her capacity as a pharmaceutical researcher, she would have to provide documents from her company and airport security would likely be obligated to double check that with her office. It's not as simple as you might think.
Riley's language ability
It's been shown that two sensates can communicate with each other without using the same language, as in the scenes between Kala and Wolfgang and between Sun and Capheus. Why, then, didn't Riley understand Capheus's Swahili when they two first met in person?
The scene with Caph and Riley was episode 4. The scene with Caph and Sun was episode 5. It stands to reason that some of their connections hadn't developed far enough to subconsciously recognise they understand each others languages. Also in episode 4, Will spoke Korean, and didn't even realise. By the time Sun and Capheus meet, their sub-conscious language comprehension has probably developed enough to not be an issue. It's also possible, that if Capheus didn't know English, he and Riley wouldn't have been able to communicate.
Talking/Visiting Between Sensates vs. What Normal People Are Seeing
In previous scenes, we've seen when sensates are visiting each other and talking/doing actions between themselves, they are actually performing these actions by themselves and people around act accordingly. Good examples of this are when Will gets caught kissing thin air by his colleague, Nomi talks to herself with her hacker friend around and Amanita having to explain she just talks to herself sometimes, Whispers having to repeat what Will is saying to someone else in his cluster and Will can hear him repeat it, Wolfgang and Kala play in the snow and Wolfgang is just rolling around by himself, etc. But when Lila is first introduced and her and Wolfgang are practically having sex on the dinner table, there are no outward signs of this visitation at all and it plays out like it's all in their heads. They talk to each other with no one else hearing them and when it cuts to them at the "normal" dinner, they're not panting or moaning or anything. So to what degree are the things sensates do in their visitations visible to normies on the outside?
Both Wolfgang and Lila are physically present at the location in that scene. They are also "visiting" each other from across the table. It stands to reason that what is actually going on is: any time Lila speaks, it's in WGs head, and WG speaks in Lila's head, but it was shot differently for stylistic or production-simplifying reasons. As for not having any obvious signs that they're getting off; WG already had a surprise encounter with Lila earlier where she lap-danced him, and he was pretty obviously surprised. By the time they were eating, he was ready for it.
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