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We use premium materials and only the highest quality of editing software and graphics to make our products so that you are buying classic looking clothing. We don't look to mess around when it comes to guaranteeing quality – if we know that the extra mile is needed to create the perfect t-shirt then you can be guaranteed that we will go that extra mile.
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In our short film, many metallic capsules rain down from a giant chute that is stationed over our character's heads. We needed to design such a chute and also be able to see it from a top-down angle and a bottom-up angle. We were able to cheat it quite a bit by leaving most of the chute untouched for both angles, rather just adjusting the opening at the bottom. You can see in these two drawings the chutes are exactly the same except for the opening, where in one picture we can see the up into the chute and the other we can't. A big challenge to this undergraduate thesis project is trying to find creative solutions to saving ourselves work and time.
After having a final design for the pipes, now we needed to explore what color we want to use for them. Here is a page of our pipes in various colors along with their respective color swatches that are used for its light, medium, and dark values as well as its outline.
Another animation test to see how it would look to have a pipe appear and then vanish after a capsule had flown into it.
An animation test of a pipe appearing and disappearing.
For all of the props in our short film, we decided to push the angularity of the shapes as well as providing each object with a texture. Here we can see the final design of our photo frame, the capsules (screen left), and the desk (orange) all treated with these stylistic design choices.
Playing around with color and outline in order to figure out the final design of our coffee mug design.


Full circle and full heart, I leave you with another quote from Laura Esquivel's from "Swift as Desire":"[Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges them with loving energy. That is one of the qualities of love that moves me most, their capacity for transmitting love. Like water, words are a wonderful conductor of energy. And the most powerful, transforming energy is the energy of love."
You, Darling... Embody the Energy of Love.Treat yourself lovingly in every way and every sense, no matter what.I am sharing these 3 Part Valentine Series to help you get inspired to intuitively take action on honing your essence of a woman. I knew they would be perfect for you to enjoy a taste of their richness to incite the power of love, passion, pleasure, and partnership that comes from your personal source of love.
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Q: Injecting custom fields into JMeter report I have a JMeter test that is invoking an API (send API) in an asynchronous manner. The result of the invocation is then available via the other API call (results API). When I consume results, I do have a metrics about several phases of processing in the JSON response, which I would like to push into the resulting JMeter report.
I would like to get averages for that data, not just average times on the overall end-to-end test.
Is it something that can be implemented in JMeter?

A: Injecting custom fields into .jtl results file can be done using sample_variables property
Given you have 2 JMeter Variables, i.e. foo and bar you can "tell" JMeter to add them to the results file by either adding next line to user.properties file
sample_variables=foo,bar

or passing the values via -J command-line argument like:
jmeter -Jsample_variables=foo,bar -n -t test.jmx -l result.jtl

Once your test finishes you will see 2 extra columns in the .jtl results file holding the values for foo and bar JMeter Variables, hopefully getting average for this data will not be a problem.
References:

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*Configuring JMeter

*Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide

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Thrillahill Productions
Workshop Programs
Singer / Song Writer Development
Game Jam Collective
New Engineers Program
Performing Artist Series
First Off, What is "In The Box" Production?
The short answer is In the Box music production has a computer at its heart and soul. The "box" we are referring to is a desktop computer, but these days laptops and tablets have their place at the table too. Producing "In The Box" is all about seeing the speaker, the device the audience actually listens to, as an instrument all by itself. In the box composers will use recorded instruments, sampled instruments and modeled instruments but also custom made synthesizers for the widest spectrum of sounds possible. All of which you can learn how to do from any of our programs.
Here are some of the specific production skills our programs focus on:
Basic recording techniques
MIDI orchestration and composition
Music synthesis using digital audio production
Essential mixing and mastering techniques
But It's More About Collaborative Skills
At the Workshop, we are very interested in working together as a group in both leadership and support roles because both roles are essential to making music together. We also focus on establishing a common vision and learning to make sacrifices for that vision. Finally, we can't stress enough the importance of understanding that when one rises, we all rise and when one falls we all fall. We firmly believe this is how great music is made.
The Music Workshop is a project-based experiment in music production, it is not a classroom. There are no teachers and there are no students. While some will know more than others, our goal is to establish a common knowledge-base between all collaborators. At times things might look like a classroom environment but what we're really trying to do is make sure everyone's on the same page, technically speaking. Once that shared knowledge is in place, real collaboration can begin.
Thanks again for checking us out!
Thrillahill's Music Workshop is a product of the madness of Will Leamon.
Will Leamon is a Georgia-based producer who specializes in stage, video and music productions. He has been involved with the community arts for more than 30 years; working with Athens Creative Theatre, The Morton Theatre, Athens School of Ballet and his own community projects under the Thrillahill Productions banner. He was a founder and program director of Classic City Arts from 2008 to 2011 and has recently released an album as £400 Hacker and the essay collections FU Internet and Other Empty Threats and Gamer Goes Hiking.
He has three cats.
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Q: Disable pm2 log creation in node js I am using aws ubuntu instance for my application and using node js to sync data from third party apis.
I have 6 node js scripts that calls every minute to sync data by making http request for many users.
For process management I am using PM2 module of node js.This pm2 creates logs for each running file ,this files size increasing tremendously and instance space occupied by log files.
Is there any way to disable pm2 log creation?

A: We can user pm2 application declaration for our purpose and we can use:

Disabling logs
You can pass /dev/null to error_file or out_file to disable logs saving.

We can also set max_memory_restart parameter in process.json apps to set autorestart process on certain memory occupied by memory.example below for process.json:
{
  "apps" : [{
      "script": "worker.js",
      "watch": true,
      "max_memory_restart": "50M",
      "error_file": "/dev/null"
  }]
}


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Taiwan will build its own submarines, President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Tuesday, as the self-ruled island looks to fresh arms sales by the United States, accompanied by key submarine technology, to counter a growing military threat from China.
China has never renounced the use of force to take back what it deems a wayward province, and Taiwan's Defense Ministry says China has more than 1,000 missiles directed at the island.
"Strengthening underwater combat capabilities is most needed in Taiwan's defense," Tsai said during a tour of a submarine at the southern naval port of Zuoying, about 350 kilometers (218 miles) from the capital, Taipei.
"This is a problem everyone recognizes," she added. "We have been unable to solve this in the past. As commander of the armed forces, I am determined to solve this problem."
But the rare appearance of two of Taiwan's four submarines at the event also spotlighted the island's slow, sometimes stalled efforts, to upgrade key defense equipment.
The black-hulled vessel half-submerged in the water that Tsai visited has been in service for nearly half a century.
"Making a submarine isn't the problem," said Gao Chung-hsing, vice president of the National Chung-shan Institute of Technology, a quasi-defense ministry agency responsible for military research and development. "It is making what kind of submarine that is the problem."
To build an advanced submarine, for instance, Taiwan, which has never before built such a craft, will have to rely on foreign technology to resolve issues such as integrating the hardware with various electronic systems, defense experts say.
Such foreign support is critical to Taiwan's effort, which was allocated a four-year budget of T$3 billion ($99 million) for its design contract phase from 2016, Taiwan defense officials and experts say.
Two submarines in Taiwan's fleet date from the era of World War II, were bought from the United States, and are used mainly for training, while the other two, bought from the Netherlands in the 1980s, first saw service in the 1970s.
Although the United States agreed to sell Taiwan eight diesel electric submarines in 2001, the purchase never went through, beset by hurdles ranging from budget issues and lack of consensus in Taiwan to changing U.S. policy priorities.
Washington has begun considering a big, new arms package for Taiwan, a move sure to anger China.
This week, officials in Taiwan fretted that a planned summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could sacrifice Taiwan's interests.
Tsai, who leads the independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has never conceded to Beijing's view that Taiwan is a part of China, although she has soft-pedalled the issue since taking office in May last year.
In December, Taiwan briefly celebrated a diplomatic coup when Trump, then president-elect, took a congratulatory phone call from Tsai and raised questions about whether he would stick with the four-decade-old "one China" policy.
Trump changed tack last month, however, and agreed to honor the "one China" policy during a phone call with Xi, reviving the island's concerns about its vulnerability.
"If there was no threat across the Taiwan Strait, then we do not have to purchase arms," Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan told Taiwan's parliament on Monday.
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Q: Biholomorphism between Riemann Surfaces. Let's consider the homeomorphism $\psi : \mathbb C \rightarrow B_{1}(0), z \rightarrow \frac {z}{|z|+1}$.
Let $Z$ be be the Riemann Surface with topological space $\mathbb C$ induced by the chart $( \mathbb C,\psi)$.
I have to show that $Z$ is biholomorphic $B_{1}(0)$ .
I think that this means that I have to find a holomorphic function $g$ such that :
$\psi \space \circ \space g \space \circ \space id_{\mathbb{C}}^{-1}$ is a holomorphism and
$id_{\mathbb{C}} \space \circ \space g^{-1} \space \circ \space \psi^{-1}$ is also a holomorphism,
but I got stuck finding such function. Any ideas?
Thank you in advance.

A: One point of importance here is that $g$ need only be holomorphic as a map $B_1(0) \to Z$, not to the usual complex structure on $\mathbb{C}$. For this it suffices to check that $g$ is a diffeomorphism and $\varphi \circ g$ is holomorphic for all coordinate charts $\varphi$ in an atlas for the Riemann surface structure on $Z$. (We only need check holomorphicity one way, which comes from the fact that the inverse of a holomorphic map with nonvanishing derivative is holomorphic).
Since $Z$ is given with $\psi$ as the only chart in an atlas, we only need to show there exists a diffeomorphism $g$ with $\psi \circ g$ holomorphic. Such a map is given by the inverse map of $\psi: \mathbb{C} \to B_1(0)$, which one can work out to be $$g(z) = \frac{z}{1-|z|},$$ which is a diffeomorphism $B_1(0) \to \mathbb{C}$ and satisfies $\psi \circ g(z) = z$ for all $z \in B_1(0)$, which is holomorphic. This completes the proof.


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Albert Hoffmann (24 October 1907 – 26 August 1972) was a German entrepreneur and during the Third Reich the Nazi Gauleiter of Westphalia-South.

Early life
After his apprenticeship, he first took up a job as a raw tobacco salesman.  In 1925 Hoffmann joined the National Socialist Worker Youth (Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterjugend) and was among the founding members of the SA and Nazi Party in Bremen. He also worked as a propaganda leader in the Oldenburg area.

Nazi career 1933-1945
Shortly after Adolf Hitler's seizure of power, Hoffmann gave up his profession, entered full-time party work and held functions in the NSDAP's Bremen District Leadership, until he was appointed a Political Leader on Rudolf Hess's staff in July 1934 and went to work at the Brown House in Munich.  In November 1936, Hoffmann joined the SS. He was appointed Stillhaltekommissar for Austria and later also in the Sudetenland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which mainly involved taking care of property law matters. At the same time, he was responsible for building up the Party in the aforesaid areas.

In the summer of 1939, Hoffmann underwent military training and, assigned as an unteroffizier of reserves, participated actively in the Invasion of Poland. On 10 February 1941, while retaining his other functions, he was made Deputy Gauleiter of the recently established Gau Upper Silesia and, on 3 June, also gained a seat in the Reichstag representing electoral constituency 17 (Breslau).

From May to September 1942 he served as Martin Bormann's representative on General Walter von Unruh's staff, seeking to mobilize for total war and replenish losses of manpower. In this capacity, he traveled widely through the occupied eastern territories, including the General Government, Ostland and Ukraine. Hoffmann advised Hitler on the Holocaust. He gave insights into actions of the Einsatzgruppen murders and on the death camps of Operation Reinhard, on which he spoke at the Reich Chancellery. He made suggestions for improvement, or Verbesserungsvorschlägen, to Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.

"In the course of the travel of the DB by the "eastern territories", Hoffmann won deep insights in the extermination of the Jews, Germanization policies, and the brutal measures to recruit "Eastern workers." To leading representatives of the "Final Solution", including the General Governor of Poland, Hans Frank, and Odilo Globocnik, head of Operation Reinhard. He had to portray the work processes and "successes" of their campaigns. In his reports to Bormann, who came to discuss it with Goebbels and Hitler, Hoffmann forged the image of a ruthless occupation policy. (trans. from German)

On 26 January 1943 Hoffmann was appointed Acting Gauleiter of Westphalia-South, when Paul Giesler took up new duties in Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria. At the same time, Hoffmann also was made Reich Defense Commissioner for his Gau. On 1 August he was named to the Prussian State Council. On 9 November he was promoted to SS-Gruppenführer. In December of the same year, Hoffmann was appointed Deputy to Joseph Goebbels in his capacity as Reich Inspector for Civil Aerial Warfare Measures. On 17 April 1944, Hofmann was made permanent Gauleiter of Westphalia-South. On 25 September 1944 he was placed in command of the Volksturm units in his jurisdiction. In October he was named Reich Defense Commissioner for the Rhine and Ruhr regions.

Hoffmann, who did not enjoy widespread popularity even within the Nazi Party's top ranks owing to his arrogance and bossy manner, was said to have been a staunch Nazi right through to the war's end. Shortly before the war ended, as Allied troops were invading his jurisdiction, he ordered the destruction of numerous bridges and other infrastructure. Finally, on 13 April 1945, Hoffmann dissolved his Gau staff and the Volkssturm organization in Westphalia-South and went into hiding.

Post-war trial, conviction, and sentence
Hoffmann was finally discovered and arrested by British troops on 4 October 1945. He testified as a witness to atrocities in the Nuremberg Trials and was later himself charged in connection with the murders of Allied soldiers and foreign forced labourers. He was acquitted for lack of evidence.  However, he was then tried by a German De-Nazification Court and received a prison sentence of 4 years and 9 months, only part of which he served, receiving a pardon.

Later life and family
After his release in April 1950, Hoffmann earned considerable assets as an entrepreneur in Bremen.  Hoffmann was married. His son Bolko Hoffmann is likewise a successful entrepreneur and the founder of the Pro DM Party, a rightwing, conservative fringe party in Germany whose main policy is to campaign for the reintroduction of the Deutsche Mark.

References

Literature
Ralf Blank: Albert Hoffmann, in: Westfälische Lebensbilder 17, Münster 2005 [= Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Westfalen XXVII A, 17].
Ralf Blank: Albert Hoffmann als Reichsverteidigungskommissar im Gau Westfalen-Süd, 1943-1945. Eine biografische Skizze, in: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus 17 (2001), S. 189-210.
Ralf Blank: "... der Volksempörung nicht zu entziehen". Gauleiter Albert Hoffmann und der "Fliegerbefehl", in: Märkisches Jahrbuch 98 (1998), S. 255-296.

External links
Detailed Biography by Ralf Blank (in German)
Online-Biography of Albert Hoffmann (in German)

1907 births
1972 deaths
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Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
Nazi Party officials
Nazi Party politicians
Nazi propagandists
Military personnel from Bremen
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross
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Q: Show all xlabels and xticks in Matplotlib I am trying to plot multiple figures on a single pane using matplotlib.pyplot's subplot. Here is my current code.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame({"col1": [1,2], "col2": [3,4], "col3": [5,6], "col4": [7,8], "target": [9,10]})

f, axs = plt.subplots(nrows = 2, ncols = 2, sharey = True)

# for ax in axs.flat:
#     ax.label_outer()

for k, col in enumerate(df.columns):
    if col != "target":
        idx = np.unravel_index(k, (2,2))
        axs[idx].scatter(df[col], df.target)
        axs[idx].set_xlabel(col)

As it stands, with the two lines commented out, this prints all the xticks but only the xlabels for the bottom two plots.

If I uncomment those two lines, then the all the xlabels appear, but the xticks on the top row disappear. I think this is because the space has been 'freed up' by the [label_outer][2] function

I don't see how I can have both on the top row. If one prints out all the xlabels, then they are indeed all there.
Any help would be most appreciated!

A: You just need to call plt.tight_layout() after your loop. Refer to the guide to know more about options and capabilities.


Margaret Donovan from the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, MA, Edward McDermott of Goddard Library at Clark University, Don Richardson from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Laurie Welling, Assumption College Library, all in Worcester, MA, discuss their experiences, good and bad, taking on the positions of System Librarian at public and academic libraries. Find out how they deal with the many day-to-day varied situations of their jobs, and who they need to involve to keep the systems functioning smoothly.
Technology Culture is important in the library – staff should understand available tools. Libraries also have staff-only tools (mp3 players, digital cameras, etc.), to borrow, use and learn. The best way to create a technology culture is to rewrite job descriptions to include tech skills, and make sure new employees are qualified and comfortable in all aspects of librarianship.
What software do you use for statistics?
How do you manage unfreezing to do updates?
Do you create and update websites?
CML: There is a web team (2 people) who do most of the content, but there is supposed to be more. I do mostly thr tech support.
How is a good number for a web team?
WPI: We found 9 is too many, so pared it back to 6. Everyone knows basic HTML and has different areas of the site they maintain.
Do you implement technology competencies?
How about patron training at different skill levels?
How does network tech support work with individual libraries?
What about tech support coverage when you're not there, and how many hours a week are you open?
CML: We have almost complete coverage, but there is always plan B: hang an "out of order" sign, and it can wait until tomorrow. But we do get calls/emails at home.
What about your professional development?
How do you document your job for your replacement?
Do you have digital microfilm equipment (scan to pdf, email, etc)?
How much time do you spend helping patrons with computer questions?
CML: Maybe six times a week. Staff is good at calling me only in real emergencies. Also have to manage expectations, and not go above and beyond in every single situation.
What elevel of access do staff have to their machines?
CML: Most are powerusers (web people are local admins), and no one knows admin passwords on public computers. To do this, you need authority from above, and also the credibility for staff and patrons to believe you. We crack down a bit on non-work use (changing wallpaper, online shopping, etc), because these aren't the staffs personal computers, they are the library's computer (those are the people that usually end up with spyware and slow computers).


Secure Domain Foundation Aims to Prevent Fraudulent Domain Name Registrations - InternetNews.
The Secure Domain Foundation (SDF)—a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to provide information and services to domain registries to help prevent fraudulent domain name registrations.
"We're trying to tag and track the bad actors in the domain space," Chris Davis, SDF co-founder and president told eWEEK. "The Secure Domain Foundation is designed to be a true public benefit organization that provides free services to facilitate information sharing and helps domain registries and hosting providers to identify the bad actors at the point of domain registration."
SDF's supporters include Facebook, Verizon, Verisign, Enom, Name.com, CIRA(.ca), CO Internet(.co), CrowdStrike, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), Emerging Threats, ESET Anti-Virus, DomainTools, Internet Identity, CoCCA, Mailshell, Blacknight Solutions, Foreground Security and the SecDev Group.


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Overwatch Open 2016
Another tournament comes to a close tonight at 8:00PM MDT.
The Grand Final is between North America's Team EnVyUs and European regional's Team Misfits.
Who will win the grand prize of $100,000??
Watch here at: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchopen
For more check out the site: http://www.overwatchopen.com/
League of Legends 2016 Worlds
So you think playing video games doesn't pay off? Well you might be wrong. The League of Legends Worlds are happening now thru Oct 29 with a cool $2 million dollar prize pool! Here's more deets from the League of Legends page:
The 2016 League of Legends World Championship, more commonly called Worlds, is an international esports event that takes place over five weeks of competitive play with the top 16 teams from around the world. The World Championship travels to different host regions, and this year the event will take place in North America.
The top 16 who've qualified started to battle it out today with the breakdown internationally like this:
North America - NA League Championship Series (NA LCS) - 3 seeds
Europe - EU League Championship Series (EU LCS) - 3 seeds
Korea - League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) - 3 seeds
China - League of Legends Pro League (LPL) - 3 seeds
Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan - League of Legends Master Series (LMS) - 2 seeds
Wildcard regions determined at the International Wildcard Qualifier(IWCQ) - 2 seeds
Top teams from LCK, LPL, LMS, NA LCS, and EU LCS receive direct invitations to Worlds 2016, while squads from Wildcard regions qualify via an International Wildcard Qualifier.
For more check out the site: http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/about/


Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services will be stopping all buses at 2 p.m. for a minute of silence in honour of the late City of Winnipeg transit operator Irvine Fraser.
Irvine Fraser was killed by a passenger on his bus last week. The funeral service for the Winnipeg transit operator will take place this afternoon.


What is an article review? It's a thorough evaluation of the text of an article. This means that the writer should analyze, compare, summarize, and classify the information presented in the text of the article. If the article has a scientific nature, the author needs to evaluate the credibility of the research, check the results, and compare it to other related researches conducted on a similar topic. Article reviews are a common practice in many subjects and are an important part of larger research papers.
Why do tutors assign reviews? Article reviews play an important role in scholarship. If you will look through several scholarly journals and faculty publications, you will see that many publications are reviews. When students write reviews, they have a great possibility to analyze ideas and researches of other authors. By utilizing this type of writing, scholars enter into conversation with each other.
Reading and evaluating articles can be overwhelming. While you don't need too much time to read an article, you still can find it difficult to review it. Tutors are usually expecting to see not only that the student has understood the topic, but that he or she also is able to evaluate the article in accordance with personal experience and knowledge. Along with improving your skills in writing reviews, you will improve your critical reading, analytical, and evaluative skills.
Journal article reviews. In a journal article review, the student needs to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Research article reviews. For a research article, the student will likely evaluate the research methods, received data, and analyze the content.
Science article reviews. This type of review should involve everything that relates to science, like analyzing the background information, checking the database of previous research, etc.
Reading an article is not enough to create a good review. To meet the high standards of academic writing, you need to read more information and instruction on how to write a review on the article. Usually, an article review contains a summary of the content, an evaluation of the text, and a presentation of the reviewer's personal understanding of the article.
As a rule, the assignment asks the student to review an article that is hard to read and understand. Typically, tutors give detailed instructions where they state the list of requirements that should be considered while writing. But along with these requirements you need to know other details to be able to create a good review.
What kind of article should you review? How many articles should you read?
What format should you follow when you need to make a citation?
What issues do you need to address in your text?
Does an example of article review assignment require you to present background information?
Read the text. The first stage of writing a review is to read the article. You will need to apply all critical thinking skills to overcome this task. Critical reading is not about having a bad attitude toward the author's thoughts or criticizing his or her ideas. Too often, the student can't see the text as a whole and frequently skips reading acknowledgments and reference lists of the article. By doing this they miss all sorts of information that can be useful for their review.
Critical reading is about asking the right questions and finding answers in the context of the article. Usually these questions are related to the purpose of the article, the author's position, and arguments and themes. Also, the reader should think about relevance of the text to his or her own scholarship and course. You can create your own list of questions according to your assignment.
Take notes. It is extremely important to make notes as you read and make a short break after you finish reading. Writing down everything you think and feel when you read is an efficient method of mentioning every detail about the text. To make your note even more effective, you can practice on a double-entry notebook. You need to separate a page into two columns: in one column you will write your observations and note responses in another column.
Conduct extra research. Think about the author and other works related to the article. Carefully examine the text and conduct extra research to find out more information about previous works from the author. Use Google, your college library database, or consult a librarian.
Write an outline. Creating an outline for a review is about organizing your notes and structuring it in accordance with the central idea. You may have a temptation to follow the original order of notes, but this won't work. A good article review is about expressing your ideas coherently and logically. But you should remember that every guideline you read can tell you different information, as there is no ideal formula that will tell you how to write a great review. And you will find, as you read more and more critical review of an article examples, that most of them don't follow the structure described below.
Introduction. Imagine that you are staying in front of the audience. How will you introduce your review? What will you tell about the author and the main points? In this part you need to grab the reader's attention with a hook, give basic information about the author of the article, present a clear idea and significance of this work, and pinpoint your evaluation of work in a couple of sentences. Also, it will be beneficial to give the reader some background information about the current state of the issue related to the topic.
Summary. Briefly describe the content and focus on the main points that present the significance of the work. It is advisable to pick the ideas and arguments that you will subsequently evaluate in the next paragraph.
Analysis. In this section you will need to explain and evaluate the significance of the points that you have described in the previous section. Check whether the author has succeeded in presenting ideas and whether they are relevant or not. Think about your agreement with the accuracy and validity of certain statements and data. What are the reasons why you agree or disagree with the author? Insert direct quotes, paraphrasing, or a summary in the appropriate format style to make your text more convincing.
Recommendations. Present the overall assessment of the article. Tell whether the author offers new ideas and interpretations, or just restates standard information. Conclude your paper with explaining the significance of your assessment and how the author's approach may influence the target audience.
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Ever wonder what goes behind podcast recordings? How are they being published and when are they actually available on different platforms? In this episode, Tom Hazzard and Tracy Hazzard answer all your questions and debunk myths and misconceptions about podcasts. Whether you're simply curious about the whole process or looking to launch your own channel, Tom and Tracy have the answers for you. Listen in as Tom and Tracy share their views on podcast misconceptions and drop some of the tips and tricks they encountered in their own podcast creation journey.
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I am flying solo now, at least for a while. Tracy has something that she has to do unavoidable, so you are getting me alone now. What I thought I would go over with you is some common misconceptions about your podcast, especially some of the podcasts distribution channels and your episodes, when they are published. When are they available on different platforms? We are getting a lot of questions, not only from some new people but from some existing long-time customers even, about some expectations that they have for episodes and when they would be public? Some things also come back and impact the statistics of their show.
The first misconception is about the publication of your podcast episodes. Let's talk about when you launch a show first because some of you are new. This is going to have something for those of you that are seasoned podcasters as well as something for those of you that are new but let's start at the new place first.
People often say, "I want to go live with my podcast next Friday." There's a specific date. They want to make sure their podcast is live to the world on that date. That can be done but you've got to plan ahead because, while some podcast platforms are out there when you register your show, you can be live in 30 minutes in their system. Most often, that's not the case.
Most often, you need to register your show, which means we submit your RSS feed to them. They get all the information on your show and put it in their system available for people to find through their app and news. That happens within 24 to 48 hours usually but unfortunately, the number one podcast destination, platform, distribution channel or there are many ways people describe these things is Apple Podcasts. That's the new name for it.
Everybody commonly refers to it like iTunes. In reality, iTunes still exists as a program but it's only for certain things, and Apple split up all the different things. It used to be into iTunes, into their different little individual apps. Music and podcasts used to be in iTunes. Now there's Apple Music and Apple Podcasts. If you have an older computer, you can still have an iTunes app but it's different. It's not what it used to be.
Podcast Misconceptions: Some people think you're always going to know exactly how many stats, plays, or downloads you have on every little individual platform but in fact, there's no way you can absolutely identify exactly how many you've got.
I may interchangeably use the words iTunes and Apple Podcasts but we are talking about Apple. Apple invented podcasts because they weren't even called that until the iPod existed. They created the ecosystem but now there are an awful lot more players in it but now, Apple will still, for most podcasters, be 50% to 60% of where your listeners are, and your podcast plays or downloads as they may be referred to are coming from. Ironically, Apple, the pioneer in this technology, is the slowest to putting a new show in their system and making it available on Apple Podcasts.
They have invented and created these guidelines, policies, and requirements. They still vet new shows to make sure they are in compliance with their requirements. It's not automated. It is not this automatic process where you submit it, go through some computer stuff, and get it put out there. They have real people and employees that have to do it.
Over the years, we have found that the amount of time it takes for a podcast to become live in the Apple system can vary tremendously. At certain times of the year, when demand is not as high, and people are not away on vacations at Apple and things like that, this can happen in a few days. 2 to 3 days maybe is the shortest I have experienced but the longest we have experienced is over two weeks. I know that's a little alarming, especially for newbies who are trying to plan around a marketing or social media push around the launch of your podcast, that's a hard thing to deal with but often, we find it's usually seven days or less.
Usually, at most times of the year, you can count on if you plan a week ahead, you are going to be good. We are launching shows every week. We had a couple of shows that took three days, and they were live on iTunes. Unfortunately, it's unpredictable. Apple owns this space, and they are going to do what they do. There's no way to make them do it any different way. When you are planning a launch, you've got to plan around the potential that it's going to take you up to seven days and be ready for that or as little as three days.
You have to be ready for that as well. If the show comes out before you want it to, it's going to be available for the world to download, and that's the way it is. There is the option with Apple to hide the podcast. If it goes live and it's earlier than you want it to be, we can hide it from being visible and make it visible on the exact day you want to launch if you have a real marketing push and you want everything to be timed. Precisely, you can do that.
When you want to make sure their podcast is live to the world on a specific date, you have to plan ahead. Click To Tweet
However, we also have been experiencing and understanding there are some algorithmic consequences for that within Apple's platform. You may not be well-served for your show being ranked and your show rising in the charts. Certainly, in the new podcast section, as high as it would have if the day it launched, whatever there that was, you go with it, promote it and drive as many people to it as possible. You will do better, and we don't recommend doing that in every situation.
You've got to be prepared. A podcast launch could be a little bit of a fluid thing and takes place over a period of days but maybe not on one particular day. I want to make sure everybody is aware of that. It's also a common misconception that, especially newbies who want to go and publish an episode. They publish it at 10:00 in the morning. Maybe they published it two hours ago on Wednesday, and then they keep looking in their app, "I published it. I don't see it on Apple. I don't see it there." That's true. There's another common misconception about your podcast just because you would like to post something live. It's quite a bit different than going live on Facebook.
That's either going live on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram TV or something like that is the only way you are going to be completely live on-demand when you want it to be. The podcast ecosystem doesn't work that way. When you publish an episode, it's live to your podcast feed, and that's the mechanism of distribution of podcasts. If you didn't know that, it's an RSS feed, which stands for Real Simple Syndication, that makes it available for the world to find.
Any of you that have a website with a player app that is checking your feed will be live in pretty much real-time on your website if you've got a website app that's pulling the latest episode. When anybody loads that page of the website, that app goes and checks the RSS feed for a new episode, pulls it in, and people can play it right there.
Any of you working with us, we have a WordPress website, we put the fuse box player on your site, and there's an option to have what they call the sticky player at the bottom of every page of your website. That means no matter what page or your website someone is on, at the very bottom is a track player of your latest episode. People can play it right there without being on the podcast page, blog post for it or going into any other app. They can play it right there on your site. That's the most live experience anybody is ever going to have with your podcast, and real-time experience is going to be on your website.
Podcast Misconceptions: One of the podcast misconceptions is that publishing an episode is always completely predictable and that it always happens when it's supposed to but the reality is, it's a lot more unpredictable than that.
In the podcast ecosystem and distribution system, all of these apps, every single one of them, Apple, iHeart, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, there are a whole bunch more. I think we are up to fourteen or so. We are putting everybody on all these apps. They check your RSS feed, usually only once a day. Some of them don't even do it every single day. It's a little bit unpredictable with some of them. That's very unfortunate.
The closest you can predict as to when an episode is going to be published is the next day or the next morning, if you will after you publish it to your RSS feed. If you want your shows to go live on Fridays, and we are handling this for you, we are going to schedule that episode to publish usually Friday morning somewhere between after midnights like 12:05 AM and 3:00 AM. That's when we are going to do it.
Most of the podcasts distribution channels are checking your feed once a day for new content, new episodes published in the wee hours or early morning hours, usually before people would be driving to work, walking to work, commuting to work or however they are getting there. The idea being subscribers want a podcast as soon as they can get it, and they are going to make it live. They are going to go look for it, pull it in, and make it available for you to listen to as soon as they can on the day they have checked the feed.
If you publish an episode after they check the feed, let's say that Apple checks at 4:00 AM, it varies because there are so many feeds. There are hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there. Even as powerful as Apple is, it takes them time, a period of hours at least, to be able to check all the feeds for new content.
You publish an episode in the early way or hours in the morning, and by the time somebody drives to work, it's available on the device that can listen to it as they are commuting but if you wait and publish an episode until after that time, they have checked it and it's random. You have no way of knowing exactly when all these channels are going to check it. Anytime, probably 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning, if you publish your own episode at a time like that, it won't be available until the next morning. That's the way it works. In the vast majority of platforms, that's going to be the case.
Ironically, the very first pioneer with podcast technology is the slowest in adding and putting a new show in their system and making it available. Click To Tweet
There's one minor exception that you can refresh a feed and force an app to publish something right away but it still takes 1 or 2 hours and it's a little bit unpredictable. For the most part, you've got to plan on it and have an expectation. You've got to plan ahead. If you want it available on Monday, it's going to need to be published somewhere between 12:00 AM and 3:00 AM Monday morning or you may miss it, and it won't be available until Tuesday.
I hope that's clear, and others can get a little confusing but that's the way the podcast ecosystem works. It's not a live real-time situation the way Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Instagram TV, or anything like that. That's for new podcasters in publishing episodes in general. Other misconceptions are, you know how many subscribers you have. It's another newbie thing. Those of you in podcasters know this already but you will never know how many actual subscribers you have.
You can estimate it, and you can get a pretty good idea but you have probably never going to know exactly how many subscribers you have on Apple, Spotify, Google Play or at all in general across all of them because the ecosystem isn't built for that. It doesn't tell you how many subscribers you have. You will know how many downloads each episode has gotten, and that is a pretty good approximation of how many people have listened to it.
If you want an idea of how many subscribers you have, it's probably the number of people that have listened to an episode within the first 24 hours. Some people say twelve hours. It depends a little bit but how many downloads you get in somewhere in that first 12 to 24 hours are usually the number of subscribers you have because they get it first. It's not random that they are finding it. They are going to get it right away that day at publishes. That's the way you can estimate that.
Also, on podcasts platforms, we have this happen a lot, and this is with what existing podcasters do. This is getting out of newbie territory. It's valuable for all of you but we have people say, "I want you to publish that episode on this date." As soon as on that day, they go and check every different platform. Every single one. They check it to find out, "Is it available? Where is it available?"
Podcast Misconceptions: If you have a real marketing push and you want everything to be timed precisely, you have to understand there's some algorithmic consequences for that.
Unfortunately, the reality is that we don't have control over every platform and everywhere that it's made available while most of them check once a day. They are not required to. They do it on their time. They make up their rules, set up their own algorithms, and we have no control over that. Each of these different apps and channels is their own company, software and rules.
We are unable to predict and control it. Some people say, "My latest three episodes are not on Stitcher." Sticher has been weird in recent months. I've got to tell you. It was this standard for listening to podcasts on an Android phone platform. Google Podcasts is starting to take that over, and they want to take it over. Stitcher still exists, and it's worth being on Stitcher but an awful lot of people are finding that their episodes are not publishing there consistently.
We reach out to Stitcher. We try to work with them to see what's going on. The reality is we don't know what's going on. They are a little unpredictable. I want you to be aware. Some people think, even if they are DIY holsters with us, they are not even people we are doing production for but we are syndicating their stuff. They publish their own episodes on Podetize, and it pushes out everywhere.
Unfortunately, this is something we don't have control of and DIY or sometimes say, "What is wrong with your hosting? My show isn't appearing on Stitcher." It has nothing to do with our hosting. The episodes are published because it's on Apple, Spotify, and it's everywhere but it's not on that one platform. We deal with those issues on a case-by-case basis, try to provide support, and get them out there but be aware. There's a little bit of a misconception that it's always completely predictable and that it always happens when it's supposed to. There are glitches. It doesn't happen often but it can happen.
Here's another one. It's somewhat related and it's important. I have had this happen. Somebody gets threatened by someone that called them and made a threat, "You publish this. You are talking about my company. Takedown that podcast now." I have had people have a guest that the guest was unhappy with their performance, and they would demand to take it down.
If at the last minute you want to push back your podcast launch date, it can cause havoc with the algorithms and the charts. Click To Tweet
Hopefully, all of you are getting permission from your guests that they are going to be recorded, published and you have the right to publish it but in the rare exception where you want to unpublish an episode, be aware because we unpublish it. It doesn't erase it from the internet immediately. There are some places that won't erase it at all for quite some time because once you put it out there, it's out there. Anybody who subscribes to your podcast will have had it downloaded already to their device. They've got it, and you can't unring that bell.
There are certain platforms like Spotify that cashier episodes, meaning they put it in their system and serve it to their people from them. They don't check your feed as often usually. They might check it a few times a week, maybe not every day. It can take a while before they take an episode down that was published there.
We have had that happen with people that decide, "They want to unpublish something." We have had people decide to launch their podcast, and then the morning it goes live and they say, "I want to push back my launch date a week." You can't do that very well and effectively. That recall with the algorithms on Apple, for the charts and all that, too. Be aware of that if you are new.
A few misconceptions on stats. Some people think, "You are always going to know exactly how many plays or downloads you have on every little individual platform." Most podcasts, housing platforms, and all of them, I don't think there is any way you can identify exactly how many you've got on Castbox or how many you've got on Stitcher versus other platforms, even Apple.
The ecosystem is not built that way to give you that level of stats, although Tracy came up with a very cool concept that I'm not going to share with you details of because we think we may turn this into some cool new software. We think we have a method and we can implement in 2022. At some point, it's going to take us a little time where we will be able on Podetize if you are hosted with us to give you that detailed information. Anyway, more to come on that. That will wrap up my portion of what I was sharing with you now about misconceptions, your podcast, and publication, especially in a little bit about stats.


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Four types of mathematicians
I came up with this taxonomy when trying to explain certain conflicts and research choices that shaped the early history of the calculus. Below are a number of episodes that fit these categories very well. (For more details on the earlier systems, see this useful essay.)
Maestro philosophy: "Few but ripe." It is a mark of class to focus only on elegant, simple, important, emblematic masterpieces. Write enough to give a definitive, impeccable treatment of the subject, but not more. It will be evident that this is merely the tip of an iceberg, resting on a solid body of technical expertise. But the tedious explication of the latter—the scaffolding, the tricks of the trade—is left to lesser Technocrat mathematicians.
E.g. Archimedes:
17th century Maestro examples:
Huygens: tautochrone = cycloid = evolute of cycloid.
Leibniz:
Non-examples:
Johann Bernoulli:
Not Maestro because not classically motivated and self-contained; presupposes "nerd" Technocrat interest in evaluating everything that can be symbolically formulated. Same with Euler's so-called beautiful (actually only Technocrat) formula
A typical Maestro versus Technocrat conflict/misunderstanding: Leibniz versus the English on power series in the 1670s.
Leibniz typical Maestro, cares about singular, beautiful results: "I possess certain analytical methods, extremely general and far-reaching," but "exquisite" series "especially is most wonderful."
English typical Technocrat, care about plug-and-chug-ready formulas, criticise Leibniz for merely giving special cases. Collins: "infinite Series to be generally fitted to any equation proposed, so that an Algebraist being furnished with his Stock, will quickly fitt a Series." Newton: I gave "a general Method of doing in all Figures," whereas "Leibnitz never produced any other Series than numerical Series deduced from them in particular Cases."
But Leibniz has no interest in Technocrat that doesn't lead to Maestro: "I too used this method [of series inversion] at one time, but after nothing elegant had resulted in the example which I had by chance taken up, I neglected it forthwith with my usual impatience."
Later Newton turns from Technocrat to Maestro, because more classical and elegant (and perhaps associated with a certain snobbery and sense of superiority): "He thought Huygens's stile and manner the most elegant of any mathematical writer of modern times, and the most just imitator of the antients. Of their taste, and form of demonstration, Sir Isaac always professed himself a great admirer: I have heard him even censure himself for not following them yet more closely than he did; and speak with regret of his mistake at the beginning of his mathematical studies, in applying himself to the work of Des Cartes and other algebraic writers."
Euler disapproves, goes back to Technocrat, values toolbox adaptability more than beauty: "I always have the same trouble, when I might chance to glance through Newton's Principia: Whenever the solutions of problems seem to be sufficiently well understood by me, yet by making only a small change, I might not be able to solve the new problem using this method."
Leibniz is by nature a Visionary. The Maestro tendencies in the series episode are coloured by the influence of Huygens, who, in typical Maestro manner, praised the series as "a discovery always to be remembered among mathematicians."
Later Leibniz resisted Maestro and saw it as a distraction from his main task of Visionary. This is why, for example, he fights not to get drawn into the brachistochrone problem (a true Maestro problem): "The problem draws me reluctantly and resistingly to it by its beauty, like the apple did Eve. For it is a grave and harmful temptation to me."
Visionary need Technocrat to spell out the details of their systems. E.g. Descartes: Van Schooten; Leibniz: l'Hôpital, Johann Bernoulli.
Leibniz: "I wish there were young people who would apply themselves to these calculations. With me it's like the tiger who lets run whatever he does not catch in one or two or three attempts."
Leibniz is no more than 5% Technocrat: "Had I 20 heads, or better yet 20 good friends, I would put one of them toward working out the theory of conics."
Huygens: I will learn calculus but only for Maestro, not for Technocrat. "I still do not understand anything about ddx, and I would like to know if you have encountered any important problems where they should be used, so that this gives me desire to study them." "[Natural] curves merit, in my opinion, that one selects them for study, but not those [curves] newly made up solely for using the geometrical calculus upon them."
Leibniz: Agree, Technocrat calculus worth little. "You are right, Sir, to not approve if one amuses oneself researching curves invented for pleasure." But the difference between Visionary and Maestro is that Visionary is more focussed on general methodological insights, which is why Leibniz adds: "I would however add a restriction: Except if it can serve to perfect the art of discovery."
L'Hôpital's Rule: typical Technocrat result of the sort condemned here.
Systematic theory of integration by partial fractions: a Technocrat topic needed for Visionary, namely "a question of the greatest importance: whether all rational quadratures can be reduced to the quadrature of the hyperbola and the circle" (Leibniz). This forces Leibniz, reluctantly and contrary to his nature, to do some Technocrat work, with poor results (Leibniz erroneously believes that " can be reduced to neither the circle nor the hyperbola by [partial fractions], but establishes a new kind of its own"). A typical Visionary, Leibniz clearly has very little interest in actually evaluating integrals, and only cares about giving a big-picture methodological-foundational account of integration in general.
Myth: Early Leibnizian calculus driven by applications; lacks attention to rigour. Hence typically Pragmatist.
Reality: The exact opposite: Early Leibnizian calculus primarily Visionary. It was actually indifferent to applications and was consumed by rigour, only rigour meant something completely different at that time. This is one of the main points of my book.
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A patient's own account of various aspects of her surgery; the good and the bad including before and after photos.
Why did you need orthognathic surgery?
Initially it was in my regular dentist appointments where we picked up there might be a problem. I think I was about 7 at the time and just slowly my bite started to move out of alignment. Then over the years it got worse to the point where I was getting aching in the jaw joints and occasionally my jaw would lock when I was cold or exercising - and also my bite was getting worse and worse so whilst I still had minimal contact on my molars, over time I had no contact at the front - I wasn't able to actually chop food. So, over time it became more and more apparent that I needed to do something about it.
Unusual to your case you also had temporomandibular joint surgery. Can you tell us why that is?
What was causing my jaw to be off to one side and also forward was a particular area of bone which had continued to grow, so I had the initial TMJ surgery, first of all to shift the jaw slightly back into alignment and also to remove that area of bone that had continued to grow abnormally.
Where they any scars from the operation?
There is a really, really tiny scar literally along the line of my ear, but you would never notice it unless you were particularly looking for it.
Were you happy with the operation?
Absolutely thrilled. The initial surgery I was told was just to remove part of the bone and I was absolutely shocked at the impact that it had, just that little bit of movement bringing my jaw back into line gave me a lot more contact and then, obviously, the second surgery was phenomenal. For me, more than kind of the aesthetic side, the value in being able to eat without having to think about it and having the use of all of my mouth - being able to smile without being conscious, being able to eat whatever I like without having to worry about will I be able to bite it or won't I - and just generally feeling more confident.
How long did it take for the numbness to go away?
Initially I was numb pretty much from the nose down, but at that stage after the surgery that's probably not a bad thing, it meant that I wasn't particularly uncomfortable and then over time slowly, I guess within the first 2 - 4 weeks the majority of the feeling had come back. I still experience very mild numbness in one section of my lip, but nothing that affects me in any way.
What was the worst thing about the operation?
Surprisingly the most difficult thing for me was that the pain killers which I took after the operation made me feel really nauseous, so I kind of refused to take them and the worst thing, and possibly the best thing, was even without the pain killers the actual surgery itself didn't cause that much discomfort. Within the first two days I was comfortable enough to start eating soft foods.
No, I wouldn't say so. I would say that it's perfectly manageable, the pain. It's more adjusting to your jaw being in a completely different position because the way you speak, the way you eat is something that you've learned over, you know, decades and to suddenly having a completely different jaw position it takes a while to adjust, but in terms of pain from personal experience that's not something I can say was an issue for me.
Has anybody noticed a difference in you since you've had the operation?
My close family, people that saw me throughout the process, didn't necessarily notice a drastic change, but what I did notice is people who I hadn't seen for a while who saw me right at the beginning and afterwards, just first of all not having the braces and the preparatory orthodontic treatment and then also just that I'm much more comfortable smiling and that I'm generally just kind of happier.
Someone in a similar position to you thinking about having an operation or surgery for something similar. Would you recommend it to them?
Absolutely. Absolutely. If at any stage of the process I could go back and change anything I wouldn't. I was made to feel incredibly comfortable. I was looked after really well and I feel fantastic afterwards. It's made me happier and more confident and I would highly recommend having it done.


Oh my goodness, has it really been that long since I last updated?
I can explain. First it was down to nothing but my own laziness/busy-ness. Then it was because I started going gliding again for the first time since 2008, and as a result of that, I met a guy, moved to Shakespeare's County with him and now never have the time to update!
I went to Rome back in September for a long weekend with my mum, which was really nice. It's a bit of a tradition of ours, and it's nice because we're both interested in the same sort of stuff – especially the traces of very early Christianity that are all over the city if you know where to look. I stayed an extra night on my own and met up with a friend of mine, who just happened to be in Rome with a friend of hers that night. We went out for a fab meal at Da Baffetto in the evening, and the next day I took them on a bit of a tour (my friend's friend had never been to Rome would you believe!). We discovered the most fantastic place for lunch: Obika, a mozzarella bar!
It was absolutely amazing – I had no idea that there were so many different kinds of mozzarella. They bring out a massive platter of all the varieties, along with some tomatoes, bread, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and let me tell you, it is the food of the gods. There are branches of Obika in other countries if you can't make it to Rome, but it's definitely something that you should put on your bucket list if you're at all interested in cheese.
In December Lee and I had our first trip abroad together – a nice Christmassy weekend in France. We went to Boulogne and stocked up on French food and wine, wandered around a Christmas market (at which there were, inexplicably, llamas), treated ourselves to mouthwatering steak at a lovely restaurant in the square, and went in the cathedral. It's surprisingly do-able in a weekend and if you get Eurotunnel tickets, an overnight trip is only about £30 each way.
We returned to France again in April, stopping overnight in Boulogne en route to Bruges, where we spent a delightful sunny day. I had been to Belgium once before, but just passing through on the way to Germany with my grandparents many years ago, so there hadn't been time to take in the cultural differences then. From the moment we parked the car I was struck by how neat and tidy everything was – the carpark at the station was pristine and there was a massive secure room absolutely full to the brim with bikes.
The historic centre of the city is conveniently signposted for tourists arriving by train, so we had a leisurely walk through a park and then spent much of the day wandering the city's meandering streets. The number of chocolate shops was quite amazing, and inevitably we spent quite a few Euros on stuff to take back. I hadn't realised that Bruges has lots of canals, a bit like Venice, and there was a nice little market set up along the banks of one, where we indulged in waffles purely because we were in Belgium. We ended up sitting outside in the main square watching the world (and a marching band) go by. All we could just about afford in the extortionately priced restaurants was a ham sandwich to share, a giant beer for Lee and a glass of red wine for me. Needless to say, I came away sunburnt, but it was a glorious day.
Next weekend we are off to Scandinavia, which will be my first trip to that part of the world, though Lee has been before. We are going to Copenhagen for the day on Friday, before crossing the bridge into Sweden for the rest of the weekend, where we are attending the wedding of my dear friends Hanna and David in a village not far from Lund. It should be amazing, though I'm not really looking forward to a 3am start on Friday!
The next trip we have booked after that is a weekend in Rome to celebrate our anniversary in October. I can't wait to show Lee around my favourite city and introduce him to all the best gelaterias! I was surprised by how much the price of flights has gone up since I last went. In the end though we got a good deal with Monarch, which I discovered via cheapflights.co.uk. We'll be staying in my usual B&B, which is five minutes' walk from St Peter's, so that'll be lovely.
Our last trip of the year will be to Tunisia for a week in November. We booked through Thomas Cook so I'm not expecting five-star luxury, but it will be a great opportunity to experience a completely different culture from anything we've ever experienced before. And I'm told we can ride camels on the beach, which itself is reason enough to go.
Sorry for neglecting the blog of late. I have been insanely busy! I thought I'd share an interview I did with Wandering Educators a while back – better late than never – and I'll be back with more great Rome features in the New Year!
I took 5 years of Latin in high school. It wasn't enough for me – I couldn't learn enough about Rome, Italy, languages, and food (well, you know me). So, I am drawn to all things Rome – past, present, and future. From Romulus and Remus to Gelato, I am all in. So imagine my delight when I found a website ALL ABOUT ROME – for thinking people! Rachel's Rome Writings, by Rachel McCombie, is more than a travelogue – it's a resorce for learning about Rome – places, spaces, walks, food, and more. You can read about the Tomb of Eurysaces, the top Rome attractions, archaeology, churches, places to stay, the Seven Hills of Rome. It's so much fun to dig into this site and explore. AND! Rachel is our NEW Rome Editor, so look for more great articles from her – both on our site, and hers. Her latest here? Rome's Trevi Fountain – understanding the rituals. Love it!
WE: How did you get to love Rome?
RM: It all started when I was at university. I studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, meaning I got to study both ancient writings and the surviving monuments. In my second year, one of my many amazing tutors told me about a summer school which is held every year at the British School at Rome, and I decided to apply. I'd been to Rome before, but this was a lot more intense – site visits all day every day, with lectures in the evening. It was the best two weeks of my life, and I really got to know and love the city. I've been going back regularly ever since!
RM: I've always kept a journal and I loved reading back over what I'd written on the trips I'd made to Rome. Since the thoughts I'd jotted down weren't really that private, I thought it would be nice to start a blog and share my experiences with the world! It started off as just a transcript of some of my travel journals, but it's a lot more varied now, with posts ranging from history lessons to wine bar reviews. I've also taken thousands of photos of Rome during my time there, so it's a great way of sharing those, too.
WE: How can travelers best plan a journey to Rome?
RM: Don't go in July or August! It's unbearably hot. October is my favourite time of year to go, as the weather is on the hotter side of warm without being stifling. I'd definitely recommend finding a hotel or B&B that's as close to the historical centre as possible – not only is the atmosphere better, but it means you waste a lot less time on public transport! The centre of Rome is small enough that you can get around on foot to see all the main sights. As for planning what to see, it depends on your interests really. Rome is bursting with archaeology, museums, interesting churches, and of course shops and restaurants, so I'd recommend investing in a good guidebook – I like the Eyewitness Guide to Rome – and seeing what takes your fancy.
WE: What are your favorite off-the-beaten path places to see in Rome?
RM: Some of the smaller churches are wonderful, I think. The Caelian Hill – sort of behind the Colosseum – has several amazing churches which hardly any tourists seem to know about. Santi Quattro Coronati is a favourite, particularly if you get to hear its resident nuns singing, and it has a stunning chapel with scenes depicting the conversion of Constantine. I'd also recommend the Janiculum Hill, which is on the Vatican side of the river – the views from there are incredible.
WE:How can travelers best live like locals in Rome?
RM: Perhaps try renting an apartment from somewhere like Holiday Rentals. Make sure you visit an Italian supermarket – the food is great and the wine is cheap. Alternatively, go to the Testaccio market, where there's an abundance of delicious local produce. If you want to dine out, try Trastevere, over the river – it has some of the best trattorias, and an energetic atmosphere for a night out. Try tonnarelli cacio e pepe – a pasta dish with pecorino cheese and black pepper. It's a Roman speciality, and so simple but so delicious.
WE: What are your top Rome travel tips?
RM: Don't try to do too much, because you won't be able to fit everything in. And don't worry about getting lost in the maze of back streets – you see more by getting lost! Finally, don't waste too much time queuing. If you turn up at the Vatican and the queue goes right the way round the piazza, don't bother – just go back at around 6.30pm and you're likely to get straight in. For the Colosseum, buy a ticket at the Forum Romanum first thing in the morning, and that'll let you skip the queues (it's a combined ticket for the Forum, Palatine Hill and Colosseum). Don't get drawn in by the numerous tour guides who'll harass you outside, and don't photograph the men dressed as gladiators unless you're prepared to cough up around €5.
WE: Is there anything else you'd like to share with us?
RM: I'd like to share this photo that I took of the Via Baccina in Rome because it summarises what I love about Rome. Quiet backstreets with tall, ochre-coloured buildings with loads of shutters, and remarkable archaeology lying unexpectedly around every corner. That's the Temple of Mars Ultor at the end of the street, built by Augustus in his forum. It's just absolutely amazing to be able to walk down a modern street and see the same columns that Augustus would have seen.
I recently became the Rome Editor for a lovely travel site called Wandering Educators, and for my first post I decided to write about the Trevi Fountain. It's one of Rome's most popular landmarks, so I thought it would be interesting to delve a bit deeper, as it were, and look at the history behind the tradition of throwing a coin in.
You can read the post here if you're interested: Rome's Trevi Fountain: Understanding the Rituals.
Another Rachel's Rome Writings post coming soon!
I had been to Rome eight times before I discovered the gem that is the Janiculum Hill. Of course, I'd heard of it and knew where it was; you may remember my post on the Seven Hills of Rome, of which, as I noted, the Janiculum is not one. But somehow I'd never got round to exploring it, and one stiflingly hot day this July, I finally did.
I have to say, I owe my discovery of this peaceful part of Rome to my dad, who decided it would be a good place to go for a walk on our last morning in Rome. Admittedly I was a little unwilling on account of the heat, and I definitely would have got more out of it had the temperatures been more comfortable (the sun was beating down and temperatures were soaring into the mid-thirties – so high that even the lizards seemed to have sought refuge, for there were none in sight). However, we got a good sense of this part of Rome and it's somewhere I'll definitely return to at a milder time of year.
We approached the hill from the Vatican, via a series of steps set not far back from the Tiber. They're not continuous all the way up, rising instead in stages, and at each new level the view of Rome gets better. Once you're at the top, you are met with a stunning panorama of the city of Rome, and you instantly get a sense of how Rome sits within the mountainous landscape beyond. The immediate view encompasses Castel Sant'Angelo to the left, the Pantheon straight ahead and Trastevere down to the far right. As usual, the most eye-catching monument from this distance is the gleaming white Vittorio Emmanuele Monument, which dwarfs the surrounding buildings. I was surprised to have some difficulty in locating the whereabouts of the Colosseum, which, though it seems vast when you're standing next to it, blends into the cityscape remarkably effectively. Eventually I spotted it by reference to the Vittorio Emmanuele Monument and the senate house in the Forum Romanum, the sharp diagonal line of the Colosseum's restored wall edge giving it away.
There are plenty of benches along the top of the hill which overlook this impressive vista, and I could quite happily have sat there all day admiring it. But we valiantly continued our walk in the oppressive midday heat, coming to a lighthouse which was a gift to Rome in 1911 from Italians living in Argentina, and, a little further along, the striking Garibaldi Monument, of the man himself mounted on his horse in rather a Roman way. We were somewhat taken by surprise by the sudden firing of a cannon at noon, which my dad had forgotten to warn us about. This tradition, apparently dating from 1847, was started in order to signal the exact time to Rome's churches, so that they could start ringing the bells at the correct time at midday.
Our final stop of the morning was down the slopes of the hill into the Orto Botanico, which was a tranquil oasis filled with Japanese-style water features, elegant shrubberies and a small solitary duck which had orange feet. It's fair to say that we were pretty hungry by that point, so we didn't spend long there – just long enough to know that it is somewhere I'll definitely visit again. The other entrance to the Botanical Gardens is in the Trastevere quarter of Rome, and it was there that we made our exit for a much-needed lunch.
I've just returned from a week in Rome and have lots to write about, so there will be more blog posts coming soon! In the meantime, I thought I'd share a rather cool pic I took on my iPhone last week of St Peter's Basilica at dusk.
Night photography is difficult and I don't have a tripod! But there will be more to follow once I get the photos off my proper camera.
"Where should I go in Rome?" is a question I'm often asked by friends and acquaintances, and it's one I actually find fairly difficult to answer because there's just so much that I would recommend! Therefore I thought I'd aim this post at the first time Rome visitor, so that there is somewhere on this blog that I can point to for a basic overview. Here's a checklist of the really famous tourist attractions that you really shouldn't leave Rome without seeing – and some tips on the best times to go.
Don't worry – even if you don't go in, it would be difficult to miss Rome's most famous landmark, which is centrally located and not exactly hidden away. Nothing can prepare you for the vast size of this mighty Roman amphitheatre, and expect it to be seething with tourists. If you do want to go in, the ticket is combined with the Forum Romanum and the Palatine Hill (priced at €12), so buy your ticket at the Forum Romanum first thing in the morning and you'll be able to skip the daunting queues and get straight in.
The sunken garden of Domitian's Palace, on the Palatine Hill.
Once the seat of Rome's emperors, and the origin of our word "palace", the Palatine Hill is now an extensive archaeological site with commanding views of Rome and plenty of lizards. There are large areas which lack shade, so if you're visiting in the heat of the summer it's highly advisable to go first thing in the morning or late afternoon to avoid the worst of the heat. See above (the Colosseum) for Palatine Hill ticket advice.
The Roman Forum seen from the Capitoline Hill. In the foreground is the Arch of Septimius Severus.
The original Roman piazza, the Forum Romanum was the heart of ancient Rome and was where administrative buildings such as law courts and archives were located. The present jumble of ruins is difficult to make sense of, so take a guide book with a good map (I recommend the Blue Guide to Rome or the Eyewitness Guide to Rome). As with the Palatine Hill, there is little if any shade, so visit early in the summer months and/or take a good sun hat! See above for ticket advice.
The mighty Basilica di San Pietro is the largest Christian space in the world, and it's always heaving with visitors. You have to go through airport-style metal detectors to get in, and if you see a queue stretching round the piazza it's advisable to come back later in the day, when it's likely to have died down. Visitors can appreciate the basilica's vast proportions both from the ground and, providing they're not scared of heights, from Michelangelo's famous dome. There are two options for visiting the roof: on foot for €5, or by the lift for €7. However, be warned that if you chose the lift you'll still have a fair few steps to climb to get up to the cupola for the best views of Rome. The climb is well worth it when you step out of the narrow staircase to enjoy a stunning, 360 degree view of the city.
Home to one of the world's most important collections of antiquities and art, the Vatican Museums are definitely worthy of a visit. The exhibits seem to go on for miles and it's easy to get overwhelmed, so don't try and see everything in one go – you won't manage it! Instead, try and get an overview from a guidebook in advance and decide what you particularly want to see. Many visitors head straight for the celebrated Sistine Chapel, which is right at the end of the tour, so some sections of the museum can be surprisingly quiet. There are usually impressive queues to get into the museums, but lunchtime is often quieter.
The Pantheon is the most complete structure to survive from antiquity. This Roman temple owes its incredible state of preservation to the fact that it was converted to a church, and although the trappings of modern religion have an impact on the atmosphere, it's nonetheless an extremely impressive space. The hole (or oculus) in its vast dome is open to the elements, so the rain falls to the marble floor. Look out for the tomb of the Renaissance painter Raphael.
The Trevi Fountain, surrounded by people as always.
Rome's most famous fountain – and indeed one of its most famous landmarks – is always swarming with tourists, making it difficult to negotiate the small piazza which it dominates. However, don't let this put you off: the impact of seeing it for the first time is scarcely diminished by the crowds. Don't forget to throw in a coin to ensure your return to Rome!
The Spanish Steps aren't far from the Trevi Fountain, and make a great end to a day exploring Rome as they're particularly atmospheric at dusk. If you don't have the energy to negotiate the huge number of steps, there is a lift in the Metro station just to the left. Definitely try to get to the top, as the views are incredible! If you're in the mood for some history, pay a visit to the Keats-Shelley House, to the right of the Steps. This was the house in which the poet Keats spent his final days, and his former bedroom offers a view of the Steps which has changed very little since the time of the Grand Tourists.
I'm a huge fan of the Tomb of Eurysaces. I first encountered it in books as a classical archaeology student, when I studied it in some depth and it became one of the topics I felt most at ease answering questions on in the dreaded Exam Schools. I remember my first glimpse of it, from the Leonardo Express going into Termini from the airport – and then seeing it up close on the British School at Rome summer school. For me it's one of those landmarks like the Eiffel Tower or the Athenian Acropolis, which you see so often in books and then can't believe you're seeing in real life. Except that it seems to be only classical archaeologists who have heard of it!
Disclaimer: everything that follows is from my memory! So if any of my former tutors happen to be reading this then I apologise if I haven't done it justice ;-).
The Tomb of Eurysaces, though easily visible from the airport train, is relatively off the beaten track, at the Porta Maggiore – about ten minutes' walk from Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. The locality is dominated by the imposing remains of a Roman aqueduct (or two aqueducts to be precise, one on top of the other). The tomb is late Republican, thought to date to sometime between around 50-20BC, and the aqueduct was built later (under Claudius). Visiting the monument today, you can see just how close the tomb is to the aqueduct, which suggests that the aqueduct's engineers and architects were sufficiently impressed with the Baker's tomb that they built around it.
Eurysaces himself was a freedman, and the fact that he was a baker is made abundantly apparent by his impressive and wholly unique tomb. Not only does its inscription identify him as a baker and contractor (the final word of the inscription, the word "Apparet", translates "as is obvious", implying obvious from the appearance of the tomb, according to my tutor), but there is a wonderful frieze showing the bread-making process around the top. Furthermore, the strange form of the tomb itself is thought by some to depict machinery used to make bread. I don't think anybody really knows exactly what it represents (there are several theories), but an idea I like is that it represents a dough-kneading machine. There are rusty patches in the sockets of the prominent holes on the side, suggesting that there might once have been attachments – perhaps the arms which would have worked the machine. If this is indeed what it represents, it would show off the up-to-the-minute technology employed by Eurysaces, portraying him as wealthy (being able to afford brand new technology), successful (being contracted to produce the bread in such quantities as would demand such a machine) and progressive (this kind of machinery would have been a new invention at the time). Among other theories, it has also been suggested that the holes correspond to the size of a unit of grain, by which Eurysaces meant to demonstrate the importance of his bakery to the city.
The tomb is also very useful to archaeologists because its frieze shows organisation of production, indicating that industrial-scale production was taking place in the ancient world. Moses Finley had argued, among other things, that this did not happen, but we see in the frieze several different groups of slaves who are each specialising in different stages of the bread-making process. This is the level of organisation which would have been required to produce bread (or any other commodity) in industrial-scale quantities. As well as telling us about the great demand for bread in Rome, this means that Finley was wrong, and the tomb is part of an ever-growing body of evidence which contradicts his arguments and which shows the sophistication of the Roman economy, which had previously been understated.
The point to take away from the monument, though, is that here is a man demonstrating how dramatically his status has changed since he was freed from slavery. This is a common theme in freedman funerary art; we often see freedman depicted on their tombs clearly wearing togas (which were reserved for Roman citizens, i.e. slaves wouldn't have worn them), or clasping the hand of their wife in the gesture indicating marriage (another privilege of the free). There are other examples of bakery equipment on graves, such as a flour-grinding mill on a tomb at the Isola Sacra necropolis near Ostia, but Eurysaces took the idea to a whole new level. Baking was how he made his fortune, and so it is how he wanted people to remember him. He was clearly a wealthy and successful man, to have built such an impressive tomb – which just goes to show that upward social mobility was every bit as possible in ancient Rome as it is today.


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The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center and NPNA Encourage Eligible Immigrants to Apply for Citizenship
Alain J Nahimana | Executive Director
alain@welcomeimmigrant.org
Immigrant Welcome Center Joins "One Million Citizens by 2020 Campaign" and Condemns Trump's Attacks on Citizenship
Portland, ME - Today, the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center joined with partner organizations across the country to call on eligible lawful permanent residents (LPRs) to apply for citizenship and demand that the Trump Administration undo the bureaucratic bottleneck that is keeping hundreds of thousands of eligible LPRs from becoming citizens and voting in the 2020 presidential elections. The Welcome Center and national partners' goal is to reach one million eligible lawful permanent residents across the country by 2020.
"Despite the persistent attacks on citizenship, we will not back down. We are ready and eager to help eligible immigrants to apply for citizenship as soon as possible. The Trump administration should reverse course and substantially reduce the backlog of citizenship applications and the processing delays, which are keeping our community members from naturalizing and fully engaging with the electoral process," said Alain J Nahimana, Executive Director of the Welcome Center.
There are over 750,000 citizenship applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency that is part of the Department of Homeland Security. This has almost doubled since 2015, with the majority of it occurring under the current administration. Delays in processing these applications average over a year nationwide, with some regions exceeding 30 months.
In Portland, the only service center for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Maine, the backlog is 518 applications. The processing delay for applications in Portland is 10 - 19.5 months, which means that processing delays are so long that some eligible legal permanent residents in Maine are at risk of being unable to complete the citizenship process in time to vote in the 2020 elections strictly because of these extended processing delays.
Additional barriers to citizenship add urgency to the importance of applying for naturalization now. These include a proposed change to the citizenship fee waiver that would build a wall around citizenship based on wealth and class; the proposed changes to the N-400 form to apply for naturalization that will make it more burdensome for applicants, the legal community and USCIS adjudicators themselves; new policy guidance making it more difficult for LPRs with disabilities to apply; and efforts by USCIS to strip citizenship away from naturalized citizens.
In 2018, the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center registered 110 new voters in our first year of civic engagement; as 2019 progresses, the Center calls on all eligible residents to apply for naturalization as soon as they are eligible to begin the process to deal with barriers and unfairly long processing backlogs.
The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.
Press ReleasesGPIWC February 21, 2019 maine, immigrants, civic, citizenship
The Maine Community Foundation's People of Color Fund Approves a Grant to the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center for the Expansion of the iEnglish Project
GPIWC May 23, 2019
Press Release: The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center Asks Maine Congressional Delegation to Support Asylum-Seeking Families
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