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General Assembly Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 554
Repealed by GA#591
Safety and Integrity in Conflict Journalism
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Free Press
Proposed by: Refuge Isle
The General Assembly,
Observing that, in times of unrest, a scrutinising media provides a safety net for civilians in conflict's path, not only by keeping them apprised of dangers, but by holding leaders accountable for what atrocities might otherwise be concealed,
Recognising that, while operating in close proximity to a conflict zone is perilous, a journalist's actions may be the only mechanism by which news of happenings may be returned to international authorities,
Aware that conflict journalists face dangers beyond battlefield hazards, including being specifically targeted for arrest, kidnapping, and murder by belligerent factions or even their own government,
Resolved that it falls to the World Assembly to establish specific provisions which protect these journalists, safeguard their vital function, and assist in providing reports of non-compliance with international law,
May it be enacted that this chamber:
Defines within this resolution:
a "conflict zone" as a battlefield, combat area, or zone where military-grade equipment is deployed to defeat, rout, or suppress opposing forces.
a "conflict journalist" as a reporter or a reporter's technical assistant, operating independent of any belligerent faction, and employed in providing journalism from an ongoing conflict zone or its immediate surrounding area.
an "act of espionage" as the clandestine gathering, reporting, or delivery of information for the purposes of benefiting one or more belligerent factions, except to uphold international law.
an "act of warfare" to be any of the following:
The capturing or killing of combatants.
The intentional damage or destruction of equipment or vehicles deployed to the conflict.
The transportation of personnel or supplies for a party of the conflict.
Declares that conflict journalists:
are classified as civilian non-combatants of a protected status.
are permitted to carry out any journalism that is not an act of espionage from or near a conflict zone.
are prohibited from carrying, operating, or transporting weaponry in a conflict zone.
are prohibited from hiring or otherwise soliciting the services of armed escorts and mercenaries.
are prohibited from accessing military facilities, except when invited by the owner or controller of the facility.
Prohibits member nations from:
disallowing conflict journalists access to a conflict zone and freedom of movement within it.
undertaking retaliatory action towards conflict journalists in response to unfavourable press coverage, or fear thereof.
detaining conflict journalists solely to limit their access to the conflict zone, or to delay their reporting.
Establishes that the kidnapping, murder, or deliberate use of a conflict journalist as a military target shall be illegal and considered a war crime.
Clarifies that a conflict journalist who commits an act of espionage or proactively engages in an act of warfare will be considered a hostile combatant, exempt from the protections of this resolution, and unable to be considered a civilian in the conflict.
Passed:
Sun May 23 2021
Repealed:
Against:
Protecting Imprisoned Youths
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Civil Rights
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Jedinsto
The World Assembly,
Noting past efforts to improve conditions experienced by prisoners,
Noting the prevalent violence and intimidation within prisons often targeted at those younger or smaller than the aggressor,
Further noting that imprisoned youths often face extreme neglect and mistreatment,
Hereby;
Defines an imprisoned youth as a person below the age of majority held in confinement because of the suspicion of a crime or conviction of a crime,
Bans the holding of imprisoned youths with imprisoned adults for any purpose unless informed consent is given by all legal guardians of the minor, without any form of coercion, for them to meet with one or more imprisoned adults for a short period in a manner heavily supervised by prison staff,
Requires that all imprisoned youths;
are provided access to education, health, and social services equivalent to that of a youth not imprisoned,
are afforded access to legal counsel equivalent to that of imprisoned adults,
Urges member states to provide alternatives to imprisonment for youth criminals or to improve the facilities in which imprisoned youths are held.
Repeal: "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Category: Repeal
Resolution: GA#553
Proposed by: Daarwyrth
General Assembly Resolution #553 "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands" (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognising the noble intentions of GAR #553 "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands" to protect and preserve these unique ecosystems, yet finding itself in disagreement with the manner in which it seeks to achieve its goals and intents, the General Assembly hereby finds the following:
GAR #553 shows its complete disregard for the diversity among the members of this international assembly, and incompetence at adequately implementing reasonable and workable protection plans for a species that it claims is endangered, by effectively halting any and all development in nations where prairie tall grasses are a prevalent, if not dominant biosphere. Not only will this cause great economic disaster because of a lack of progress and development - especially in still developing member nations with widespread and prevalent prairies - but it will eventually bring about severe housing and food shortages, and dangerous overpopulation in those member states as a result.
Furthermore, the target resolution makes the grave error of presuming that prairie tall grasses are prevalent across all member nations. This is not only a show of ignorance regarding the diverse nature of the members of this international body, but also harbours an incredible danger to unique and delicate ecosystems, to which this particular species of tall grasses would be a destructive invasive species. GAR #553 therefore prevents member nations from destroying these prairie tall grasses as an invasive species in order to protect and preserve their own threatened ecosystems.
In addition, GAR #553 unnecessarily places onerous restrictions on member nations, when General Assembly Resolution #465 "Preventing Species Extinction" already charges member nations in Clause 2 "to develop and faithfully implement WAESC-approved conservation plans to protect all at-risk species within their own jurisdiction". Furthermore, GAR #465 approaches the subject of at-risk species protection in a detailed and reasonable manner, creating provisions that compensate those negatively impacted by the protection plans, while GAR #553 is a superfluous piece of inflexible bureaucracy in comparison, with destructive consequences to developing member nations in tow.
Lastly, GAR #553 inexplicably singles out ecosystems with prairie tall grasses, while completely ignoring other equally unique and valuable biospheres. It sets the undesirable precedent for an individual resolution for every single rare ecosystem in existence, instead of either relying upon the protections that GAR #465 already provides for truly endangered species, or establishing one resolution that legislates on the subject of unique ecosystems efficiently.
And therefore, the General Assembly repeals GAR #553 "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands".
Prohibition Of Unwarranted Digital Surveillance
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Greater Cesnica
Acknowledging that the specific targeting of private digital communications pertaining to certain individuals may be justified in the interest of protecting the general public from criminal acts,
Noting, however, that the practice of carrying out digital surveillance without the use of warrants, especially in cases of mass digital surveillance, has not been demonstrated to prevent acts of terrorism or other unlawful activities to any meaningful degree,
Aware that data collected from unwarranted digital surveillance is at risk of being accessed or stolen by unauthorized entities, with such data collection thus posing a risk to the integrity of private communications and data,
Seeking to preserve the guarantee to personal privacy and prevent violations of civil liberties,
Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
"digital surveillance" as the collection or monitoring of digital communications through mediums that are ostensibly private,
"warrant" as an authorization issued by a court of law for the purposes of carrying out digital surveillance, and
"unwarranted digital surveillance" as any digital surveillance that lacks authorization via a warrant, where the warrantless carrying out of digital surveillance is not necessary to prevent imminent serious injury or death to one or more persons.
Prohibits member states from:
carrying out unwarranted digital surveillance,
using the services of private entities or foreign governments to carry out unwarranted digital surveillance in their jurisdiction, or
using data gathered for non-prosecutorial or non-spying purposes for prosecutorial or spying purposes without a warrant.
Clarifies that:
the particular suspicion of unlawful activities needed to perform digital surveillance shall not be primarily based on an individual's religion, sexuality, race, nationality, gender identity, or any other arbitrary, reductive categorization and that
the following does not constitute "unwarranted digital surveillance":
the use of closed-circuit television cameras for surveillance purposes,
the voluntary acquisition of data by a police informant without authorization from a warrant,
the acquisition of data accessible in the public sphere, or
the digital surveillance of foreign government entities and/or foreign entities that pose an active threat to national security.
Affirms that the General Assembly may collectively act to further restrict surveillance operations in future legislation.
Sat Jun 12 2021
Repeal: "Toxic Heavy Metals Act"
General Assembly Resolution #371 "Toxic Heavy Metals Act" (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Noting the good intent of the Toxic Heavy Metals Act which aims to sensibly limit the use of toxic heavy metals,
Understanding that the definition of "Toxic Heavy Metals" is incredibly broad and problematic as the resolution does not require that toxic heavy metals actually be toxic, only "potentially toxic" (which may apply to far more metals than is intended), reasonably dense and noted as such by the World Assembly Scientific Programme,
Realizing that such an incredibly broad definition does the following:
bans member states from discharging these metals into the "natural environment," (which again, applies to more metals than intended),
forces member states to waste valuable resources and funding researching alternatives to the use of all these toxic heavy metals, which as noted above can include harmless metals and,
needlessly regulates the use of harmless metals,
Recognizing that the language used to actually reduce the use of toxic heavy metals is extremely weak, as the only mandate related to use requires member states "phase out the use of toxic heavy metals and their compounds" without any further elaboration which allows for extremely slow and negligible reduction of the use of toxic heavy metals,
Confused by the exemption of military use of toxic heavy metals, as military use is just as damaging to the environment as civilian use, when such use is actually damaging, and such an exemption also makes way for loopholes in the form of otherwise illegal disposal of toxic heavy metals in the name of military use,
Hereby repeals GA#371, the Toxic Heavy Metals Act.
Fri Jun 18 2021


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In Ban Phe there is not much shopping, it is a small village with small shops and some groceries.
Inside Rayong there are major department stores and shopping centers, the most popular are Laemthong and Central Plaza.
If you are really serious about shopping, we recommend to go to Pattaya or perhaps spend your last days in Bangkok.
Take a look at our map over Ban Phe and Rayong to see what kind of shopping that you can do. A recommendation is the Friday night market near Tesco Lotus in Rayong, here you can find a lot of stuff!


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Votefinder: The Universe In Peril - A Doctor Who Minimafia
Moderator: Mordiceius
Game Day: Day 8 began 11 years, 5 months ago on Aug. 19, 2010, 5:48 a.m.
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Economic Planning Advisory Commission Act 1983
Date of Assent 19 Jun 1983
Date of Repeal 16 Apr 1998
Repealed by Productivity Commission (Repeals, Transitional and Consequential Amendments) Act 1998
Amending Item
Prime Minister and Cabinet (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995
Economic Planning Advisory Council Act 1983
Displayed here are links to compilations of the Principal, the most current at the top of the list.
Comp No.
Incorporating Amendments Up To
25/Nov/2009 C2004C03730 05/Dec/1995 16/Apr/1998 Act No. 138 of 1995
25/Nov/2009 C2004C03729 18/Dec/1991 04/Dec/1995 Act No. 199 of 1991


Being a writer, or trying to be one, is really hard. You think authors just whip out a novel like it's easy peasy? Nope. Lots of sweat and tears and frustrations are involved. Having writer's block is possibly the worst thing to happen to a writer. Sitting at your desk, staring at the blank screen in front of you, fingers on the keyboard—and nothing. I've gone weeks without being able to write anything (even a simple blog post). There's lots of advice out there for writer's block, but if you're anything like me most of it doesn't help you. These are some techniques I've had success with, whether big or small.
1. Go to a site that posts photos, such as Tumblr, WeHeartIt, StumbleUpon in the photography section, Instagram, etc. Scroll through until you find a picture that catches your interest or inspires you. Now, write a paragraph or even a passage that relates to that picture. Try not to think too much into it and just write whatever comes to mind. If you're looking for a challenge, stick to the first random picture you find (even if it doesn't interest you whatsoever). See what you can come up with. You never know!
2. Read a book. Sometimes what we need is a bit of inspiration from others. It helps to read a book and check out that author's writing style. If you really like it, it will hopefully inspire you to follow their footsteps. If you really hate it, hopefully that will inspire you to write something even better! Either way, reading other people's work helps you figure out what you do and don't like, and that's certainly a good step in doing your own writing.
3. Describe one of the happiest days of your life (or one of the worst). Not only will this get you writing, but it will probably spark strong emotions in you as you recall how you felt on that day. Sometimes writer's block comes from simply being bored and uninspired. If you think back to a moment in your life when your emotions were running high (whether in a good or bad way) it can help fuel your writing. A lot of what author's write stems from their own life experiences, so this can definitely help you get the ball rolling.
4. Try the alphabet character list exercise. Think of a character (could be one you already made up or start from scratch). For each letter of the alphabet, write ONE word that describes them. You don't even have to go in any particular order (and feel free to skip X, ha). This may not necessarily lead to lots of writing, but it can help you start to build a character and it's also fun to try and come up with different adjectives.
5. Find journal prompts online. This is kind of similar to number three because you'll most likely be writing about your own life. Journal prompts can be useful because it gets you thinking and you don't even have to be creative about what you're writing (since the topic has already been decided for you). You may even find that you start writing about something that suddenly inspires you and thus leads to more ideas and writing!
6. Write a letter to someone. You don't have to send it. The person doesn't even have to be real. It can even be a letter to yourself! If you look at it as just writing a letter, it may help you get the words out of your head. There's less pressure this way.
7. Write an alternate ending for a book/movie you didn't like. The characters and plot are already there, all you have to do is think of how you would have liked it to end. This exercise can help get your creative juices flowing but also provides you with a foundation for your writing. Writing based on someone else's writing can help when you seem to be stuck on ideas.
8. Just write. Really. I know you may be saying "but I can't!" Unless your hand is broken, you absolutely can. What you write doesn't have to be good. It doesn't even have to make sense. You can just write whatever pops into your head. A lot of the time writer's block is caused because of fear. You're scared your work will be crappy or that you haven't got a single good idea in your head. But look at it this way—if you just keep writing, there's a good chance that something will turn out brilliant. If you don't do any writing, chances of writing the next big thing are zero. So go write!
Do you have any writing techniques that have helped you combat writer's block in the past?
What's your favorite writing exercise?


What causes T to decline? While aging does play a role, lifestyle can have the most significant impact.
Stressful jobs, little or no exercise, sleep deprivation, and a poor diet can have a far greater effect on your testosterone levels. Let's take a look at what changing one of these factors can do to raise your T levels: Exercise.
A 10-week study (1) examined the effects of a heavy squat program on baseline hormone levels in two groups of men, one in their 30's and the other in their 60's. The routine consisted of four sets of 10-rep maximum squats with 90 seconds of rest between sets.
Blood tests showed that both groups experienced an immediate increase in testosterone along with a decrease in resting cortisol levels (cortisol inhibits testosterone) after completing the squat workout.
This study proves that even in late middle-age, just doing moderately heavy squats can quickly increase your T levels.
According to the Journal of Strength Conditioning Research (2), squats aren't the only way to increase testosterone levels – because the deadlift is just as good. Researchers had 10 athletic males complete eight sets of two repetitions at 95% of their one rep max for both squat and deadlift. What they discovered was that the increase in T levels immediately afterward was the same!
They concluded that the only difference was that squat training felt harder than the deadlift, so if you want a quick testosterone boost without too much fatigue, then skip the squats and pull some weight off the ground.
Not everybody has regular access to a well-equipped gym; what can you do if circumstances keep you away from heavy lifting? Although a slow long-distance run won't help, it turns out that sprinting for short distances can raise testosterone levels just like squats and deadlift.
Face it; relying on a just few movements to naturally build up your testosterone levels can get boring. How about using a training protocol that can turn loads of different exercises into testosterone boosters?
Consider doing high-intensity interval training (HIIT). HIIT is a training method that consists of short bursts of all-out effort punctuated by brief rest periods. A 2017 study found that HIIT training increased T in both sedentary and athletic men over age 60 (4).
HIIT can be applied to calisthenics, weight-lifting, and cardio training to turn every workout into a chance to naturally give your testosterone levels a quick boost.
GW Citroner's work has appeared in over 40 publications on a wide range of health, fitness, and medical topics.


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State Postmarks - Arizona Expresses
Arizona & New Mexico Express Co., black company frank on uncancelled 3¢ green (U163) entire to San Francisco, Cal., Very Fine.
Thomas No. ARI-001 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
In March of 1875, several newspapers reported the establishment of a new stage and express service that operated across Arizona and New Mexico. Henry Wells was listed as President and the General Superintendent was his son, Charles H. Wells. Stock certificates were created, a company was formed and line operations began to take shape. In late December 1875 or January 1876, this stage and express service started to operate over a route between Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson and the Terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Despite its name, the company never got as far as New Mexico. By 1876 the express folded due to lack of funding, having lost its usefulness as the railroad pushed further east.
Arizona & New Mexico Express Co., printed rectangular paid frank on 3¢ green (U163) entire cancelled by blue "A. & N. M. Ex Co., Prescott A.T., Apr 24" oval datestamp to San Francisco Cal., matching negative blue script "B" circular handstamp at left of frank; left side faulty but could be trimmed, otherwise Very Fine and rare.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO EXPRESS CO. FRANK.
Francis W. Blake (see Blake's Express) was Arizona & New Mexico agent in Prescott, Arizona.
Tombstone & Patagonia Express Line, illustrated four-horse stagecoach frank (TOP-400) on unused 1874, 3¢ green entire, Very Fine and choice, this being One of Two Known Examples of This Express Frank, the other example sold in our 2014 Westpex sale for $1,250 hammer.
Scott No. U163 Estimate $500 - 750.
A partnership between John Delamore Kinnear and H.C. Walker had resulted in a stage company which ran between Tucson and Tombstone, Arizona Territory. This affair ended around 1881 and each partner formed his own stage line that ran over the same route. It is believed that John Kinnear formed the Tombstone & Patagonia stage line when the partnership with Walker ended. In early 1883, Kinnear sold his stage lines to Robert Crouch & Company.
Tucson and Patagonia Express. Ingram & Co., Proprietors., printed frank on 3¢ green (U163) entire cancelled by "Tucson Ariz. Apr 27, 1880" cds duplexed with target cancel to Phoenix, Arizona; entire restored including "Tu" of frank, Very Fine appearance, Census #WC6471.
Thomas No. TUP-400 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE TUCSON & PATAGONIA EXPRESS FRANK.
Tucson and Tombstone Stage Line, Stage and Express Business, J.D. Kinnear, Proprietor., illustrated four-horse stagecoach frank on 3¢ green (U164) entire cancelled by "Tucson Ariz. Jan 7" cds duplex to New York N.Y., "New-York, Rec'd Feb 17" arrival backstamp, Very Fine, ex Dale-Lichtenstein.
Thomas No. TUT-400 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
John Delamore Kinnear and H. C. Walker established a stage company which ran between Tucson and Tombstone, Arizona Territory. This affair ended around 1881 and each partner formed his own stage company that ran over the same route. It is believed that John Kinnear formed the Tucson & Tombstone and the Tombstone & Patagonia stage lines when the partnership with Walker ended. At first, service over the 95 mile route between Tucson and Tombstone ran four times a week with a through time of about 17 hours. Times on this route were later reduced to less than 14 hours as roads improved. In early 1883, Kinnear sold his stage lines to Robert Crouch & Company.
Wells, Fargo & Co., Globe A.T., purple oval handstamp with manuscript "5/19/86" date in center on 2¢ red entire with printed Wells Fargo paid frank to San Francisco, reverse with magenta "W.F. & Co's Ex., S.F., China Route" bilingual oval handstamp and pencil "2cts Asstd Ex" notation above; reduced slightly at right, Very Fine and scarce use.
Arizona Territory Forts and Military Post Offices, group of 13 covers including Camp Verde (3), Fort Bowie (3 different), Fort Apache (2), Fort Defiance, Camp Grant, Fort Grant, 1869 and 1880 Apache Pass; mixed condition, Fine and scarce group of Arizona Territory Military mail.
Arizona Territory Towns, 1868-1900, group of 25 covers and cards including Aribaca, Arivaca, Chloride, Dos Cabezas, Isaacson (unique?), Grand Canyon, Mc'Dowell, Oro Blanco, Globe, Snowlow, Wilcox, 1868 Yuma, Terminus, Benson & Nogales R.P.O., etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F.


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Donna Deegan
Founder/Event Chairman
Donna Degan is a three-time survivor of breast cancer and anchored the nightly news for Jacksonville's First Coast News for more than 20 years. In 2003, she founded The Donna Foundation, which provides breast cancer patients in North East Florida with emotional, social and financial support. In 2007, she co-founded 26.2 with DONNA The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to produce world-class events dedicated exclusively to raise funds to end breast cancer.
Edith A. Perez, MD
Deputy Director at Large, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Group Vice Chair, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School
Edith A. Perez, M.D., is the Deputy Director at Large for Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Florida, Group Vice Chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Director of the Breast Program, and the Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine at Mayo Medical School. She is a cancer specialist and an internationally known translational researcher at Mayo Clinic. Her roles extend nationally, including positions within Mayo Clinic, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Perez has developed, and is involved in, a wide range of clinical trials exploring the use of new therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. She leads and has helped develop basic research studies to evaluate the role of genetic markers in the development and aggressiveness of breast cancer. She has authored more than 550 research articles in journals, books, and abstracts. Dr. Perez is invited frequently to lecture at national and international meetings. She serves on the editorial boards of multiple academic journals.
A select list of awards Dr. Perez has received includes: Breast Cancer Research Foundation Research Grant Award (1998-2013); Horizon Achievement Award in Cancer Research (2002); Mayo Clinic Outstanding Faculty Award (2002 & 2004); North Florida Hispanic of the Year Award (2003); Mayo Clinic Distinguished Educator Award (2003); Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professorship of Medicine (2006); Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of North Florida (2006); Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator (2007); Florida State Biomedical Research Advisory Council (BRAC) (2009-2012); Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2009); Mayo Clinic Outstanding Course Director (2009); EVE Award for Lifetime Achievement (2011); NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award (2011); and one of the 75 Most Influential People in Jacksonville Healthcare from Jacksonville Magazine's 904 (2012).
US Olympian, Author, Inspirational Speaker
Jeff Galloway has dedicated his career to the belief that all of us are designed to run and walk, and his efforts have encouraged thousands of people to make exercise a positive factor in their lives.
Galloway is the author of the top-selling running books in North America, Galloway's Book on Running and Marathon You Can Do, and a columnist for Runner's World. He is the inventor of the Galloway RUN-WALK method, an innovative low-mileage training program that offers the possibility of completing a marathon to almost everyone. Through his company, Galloway Productions, Galloway conducts dozens of fitness seminars throughout North America, as well as fitness vacations to Greece and Lake Tahoe, and training groups in 40-50 cities annually. He also delivers inspirational talks at more than 200 running and fitness sessions each year.
Galloway's expertise in the field is the result of his own athletic and business successes. He qualified for the 1972 Olympics in the 10,000 meters and as an alternate for the marathon. In 1973, he opened a store for runners called Phidippides, in Atlanta, and trained his sales staff to help customers select running shoes by considering the function and shape of each person's feet. He still owns two Phidippides stores in Atlanta. Galloway also helped to organize the Peachtree Road Race and the first Avon Marathon for women. Today he organizes the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk, which enters more than 20,000 participants each year.
Kurtis W. Loftus
President/Creative Director of The Kurtis Group
Artist, Official Race Poster
Kurtis Loftus has long been recognized by his peers as one of the area's foremost creative talents, with 30 years of experience in the Jacksonville, Florida, advertising and design industry. He is President/Creative Director of The Kurtis Group, a Jacksonville Beach agency specializing in focused and creative marketing strategies for small business.
Loftus has illustrated three books, published a surfing magazine, and developed art for numerous high-profile events, including the Annual Gator Bowl Classic, ACC Championship Game, Jacksonville Jazz Festival and PGA — America Supports You.
He has earned numerous local, state and national awards, including:
• A National Silver Addy for the Kingpins CD cover design,
• American Advertising Federation (AAF) Silver Medal, the group's highest honor recognizing an advertising professional who has furthered industry standards, achieved creative excellence, and is actively involved in community service, and
• Regional Gold ADDY for a series of illustrations done on behalf of The Donna Foundation
Loftus is a founding member of the American Institute of Graphic Artists local chapter and serves on the Advisory Board of the Flagler College Graphics Department. He participates in bi-annual portfolio reviews for both Flagler and AIGA, and frequently judges art exhibitions, and mentors graphic design students. He is a member of the Jacksonville Marketing and Advertising Club. In 2011, Loftus set the Guiness Book of World Records record for a marathon surfing session, raising $30,000 to benefit 26.2 with DONNA.
Loftus sits on several local boards, including the Beaches division of Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, where he has been twice honored as their Small Business Leader of the Year. He and his wife of 29 years, Margaret, have two grown daughters.
Tim Deegan
Chief Meteorologist, First Coast News
Tim Deegan is the Chief Meteorologist at First Coast News, providing weather forecasts on four weekday newscasts. Tim is a graduate of Texas A&M University, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and carries that group's important seal of approval.
Deegan has three daughters and is married to former First Coast News anchor Donna Deegan. He works with many charitable organizations, including the American Lung Association, and is an avid surfer, marathoner and skygazer.
Amanda Napolitano
Amanda Napolitano is the Executive Director of the 26.2 with DONNA Foundation, responsible for the vision and management of all 26.2 with DONNA events. An avid runner, Napolitano is a founding member of 26.2 with DONNA, and in partnership with Chris Twiggs leads the Jacksonville Galloway Training Program. In 2008, she and Chris were awarded the "Spirit of Galloway" award from Jeff Galloway for their work.
Previously, Napolitano was an Account Director for IDEA, a specialized practice within Idea Integration focused on interactive agency services. She holds a BS in Technical Communication from Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and is a member of the Society for Technical Communication and Jacksonville AMA. Napolitano is a Committee Member of the Gator Bowl Association and an active member of The Church of Eleven22.
Special thanks to the 2008 founders of the inaugural 26.2 with DONNA The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer.
Dr. Edith Perez
Kristine Kepler
James & Patricia Cannan
Tim & Donna Deegan
Dr. Joyce Karsko
Karen Doherty
Crawford Family Foundation
Agency Approval & Development
Gracor Training Centers, Inc.
Frances Palmieri
Mr. & Mrs. Preston H. Haskell
Dr. Elizabeth DePeri
The J. Johnson Gallery
Benchmark Homes
Dr. & Mrs. S. Terkonda
Don & Carol Pitman
Ali Korman
Howard Serkin
Marty Lanahan
John & Theresa Snyder
Eulah Ellen Bruce
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Hicks Charitable Foundation
Deborah Gianoulis Heald
Pam Paul
Francis & Kathleen Kennelly
The Newton CLT III – 1997
Ann McDonald Baker
Jim Hanson
Teresa & Arthur de Balmaseda Milam
Barnwell Lane
Kenneth Kirschner
Joan Newton
Bonnie Solloway
J. Carson & Donna Blevins Eddings
John & Sherry Earle
Betty & David Berkman
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Linda Kozick
Jax Greyhound Racing
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Q: Cannot reconstruct decomposed image I tried to reconstruct an image that I decomposed into patches. I tried either with sklearn.feature_extraction.image.reconstruct_from_patches_2d or with my custom function but the result is the same

Here is my try:
image_path=r'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Thesis-Diabetic Retinopathy\Datasets\DIARETDB1\SeeFar Project\Images\Processed images\image001.png'

os.mkdir(r'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Patched Image')

def create_patches_from_lesions(image_path,patch_widht,patch_height):
    im1=cv2.imread(image_path)
    im2 = cv2.cvtColor(im1, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
    x1,y1=im2.shape[0]//50,im2.shape[1]//50
    x2,y2=x1*50,y1*50
    im3 = cv2.resize(im2, (x2,y2))
    print(im3.shape)
    patches=[]

    for row in range(0,im3.shape[0],50):
        for column in range(0,im3.shape[1],50):
            patch=im3[row:(row+patch_widht),column:(column+patch_height)]
            patches.append(patch)

    for i in tqdm(range(len(patches))): #### keep only the patches with non zero elememts

        cv2.imwrite(os.path.join(r'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Patched Image','{}.png'.format(i)),patches[i])

    return patches,x2,y2

patches,x2,y2=create_patches_from_lesions(image_path,50,50)

def reconstruct_image(patches,image_height,image_width):
    patches=np.asarray(patches)
    print(patches.shape)
    reshaped_patches=np.reshape(patches,(image_height,image_width,3))
    print([reshaped_patches.shape])
    cv2.imwrite(r'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Reconstructed Image.png',reshaped_patches)
reconstruct_image(patches,x2,y2)

A: sklearn.feature_extraction.image.extract_patches_2d reshapes a 2D image into a collection of overlapping patches. To decompose your image into non-overlapping blocks you could use skimage.util.view_as_blocks.
The following snippet is a possible implementation of your custom functions. Notice that create_patches gets rid of the bottom and right borders of the image if the image size is not an integer multiple of the patch size. I adopted this solution to avoid resizing of the image (an operation which is likely to introduce artifacts). The original image can be reconstructed either from the patch files (not implemented) or directly from the 4D array returned by create_patches.
import os
import numpy as np
from skimage import io, util

def create_patches(img, folder, patch_width, patch_height):
    # Trim right and bottom borders if image size is not
    # an integer multiple of patch size
    nrows, ncols = patch_height, patch_width
    trimmed = img[:img.shape[0]//nrows*nrows, :img.shape[1]//ncols*ncols]

    # Create folder to store results if necessary
    patch_dir = os.path.join(folder, 'Patched Image')
    if not os.path.isdir(patch_dir):
        os.mkdir(patch_dir)

    # Generate patches and save them to disk
    patches = util.view_as_blocks(trimmed, (nrows, ncols))
    for i in range(patches.shape[0]):
        for j in range(patches.shape[1]):
            patch = patches[i, j, :, :]
            patch_name = f'patch_{i:02}_{j:02}.png'
            io.imsave(os.path.join(patch_dir, patch_name), patch)

    return patches

def reconstruct_image(patches):
    img_height = patches.shape[0]*patches.shape[2]
    img_width = patches.shape[1]*patches.shape[3]
    return patches.transpose(0, 2, 1, 3).reshape(img_height, img_width)

Demo
In [134]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
     ...:
     ...: folder = r'C:\Users\User\path-to-your-folder'
     ...: filename = 'sample_image.png'
     ...:
     ...: original = io.imread(os.path.join(folder, filename))
     ...: patches = create_patches(original, folder, 50, 50)
     ...: reconstructed = reconstruct_image(patches)
     ...:
     ...: fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(1, 2)
     ...: ax0.imshow(original, cmap='gray')
     ...: ax0.set_title('Original')
     ...: ax1.imshow(reconstructed, cmap='gray')
     ...: ax1.set_title('Reconstructed')
     ...: plt.show(fig)
     ...:
     ...: for patch in os.listdir(os.path.join(folder, 'Patched Image')):
     ...:     print(patch)
     ...:
patch_00_00.png
patch_00_01.png
patch_00_02.png
patch_00_03.png
...
patch_07_05.png
patch_07_06.png
patch_07_07.png
patch_07_08.png
patch_07_09.png

The image used in the example above can be downloaded from here

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The virtual collaborative organization: Magnifying transcultural, technological and strategic complexity
Shauna Torrance, Christine Anne Reilly, Amos Peter Haniff
This paper introduces the concept of the Virtual Collaborative Organisation (VCO), as an evolution from the single, temporary organisation. A VCO is described as a structure where multiple organisations enter strategic partnerships through a collaborative virtual project. The paper undertakes a critique of existing literature on temporary organisations to examine the complexity of achieving strategic alignment within a multiple organisation virtual collaboration. Themes arising from the management of such organisations are discussed in detail, before the role of technology in negotiating strategic alignment within and across multiple organisations is considered. Finally, tensions arising from alignment are debated, and the conclusion is drawn, while the VCO offers organisations a useful route to successful collaboration, tensions remain in the quest for strategic alignment.
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Jen Karsten has served as Executive Director of Pendle Hill since 2012. She has been at Pendle Hill since 2010. She and her family are members of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting).
Jen: There was a pretty clear path through the Friends schools for my family to come into Quakerism. I grew up a member of Doylestown Monthly Meeting, and then took a long time, actually, in my late teens and early 20s, away from Quakerism. Then my family and I–my nuclear family now– joined Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
Jen: Trying to unify the inner life, the inner landscape, with outer action, and how those two layers sometimes find a friction-but in that friction or tension is the life of the Spirit, for me. I wouldn't want to be purely inward, and I wouldn't want to be purely outward, but in marrying the two, and noticing what happens when they become decoupled, and trying to bring them back together, I find myself really joined and held in Quakerism. I value the ongoing prompts of Quakerism to re-evaluate, look again, continuing revelation. The coming-back as a sort of group aspiration really draws me. And being in silent worship is a real draw and special feature of this faith community for me.
You talked about having left in your late teens and 20s. Can you tell me about that, and what you learned from that experience in terms of your faith and spiritual life, and then coming back to Quakerism?
Jen: As a young child, I didn't experience a conscious need for religion, and was feeling almost a rejection of anything that seemed to have an institutional frame that I didn't feel like trying to fit into. I had to be dragged to Meeting. I didn't often want to attend. By the time I went off to college, I really would only go to Meeting one or two times a year. One habit my mom had that I really valued, actually, was that she likes to explore smaller, low-attendance meetinghouses. It was a fun adventure for my mom and me to take together-so that felt special. That was the thin thread that kept me connected. I was traveling, living in different cities, and swept up into a life where there was a lot of activism and a lot of exploration of different practices. It wasn't really a rejection of Quakerism as much as a rejection of anybody telling me what to do. Then I had a cancer diagnosis in my late 20s. You asked about the spiritual piece of return and separation–you know, when you get really really sick like that, and you wonder if your mortality is at stake, there comes a sort of questioning and bargaining. I was drawn back into a strong desire to be reassured, and to connect with something greater than myself. That, coupled with getting married and deciding as a pair that we wanted to raise our child as a Quaker and within a faith community, led us back into checking out different Meetings.
Jen: Crisis feeds my spiritual life. It spurs me to seek, with a fervent dedication, and pushes me to remain grounded and rooted so that I can't fall into despair or have my impact minimized by despair. Nature feeds my spiritual life too. I've had some of my most transcendent spiritual experiences at dawn on the beaches of India. It's one of the most satisfying and inspiring things to see something unusual in the natural world. There's something called a "glory," (I think?) when you see a rainbow as a border around objects. I remember kayaking one day with friends, and getting out for a stretch– they hiked up onto a sandy ridge, holding their arms up for a photo, and there was a rainbow around them like a hazy colorful border, with long shadows. I'd never seen anything like that and this was in the age before the internet, so we didn't have an easy way to quickly identify what that was. We talked to some naturalists, and it was fascinating to learn about. In those moments, you understand how prior cultures would have of course found their spiritualities through these amazing natural phenomena, right?
Jen:I have a love/guilt relationship with my meeting attendance. Living here at Pendle Hill, I'm so lucky to get to start every day with worship if I opt in. I don't start every single day with worship, but probably 3-4 times a week. I get to begin my day grounded in stillness, which is incredible. But I feel guilty, sometimes because my monthly meeting attendance has been so sparse, and that's largely due to wanting to balance my work life with family time on weekends. On First Day mornings we typically like to just get up and make pancakes and hang out together, and it's rare that we decide to head into meeting. I don't feel like I have too few opportunities for worship, but I do recognize that being part of a monthly meeting includes showing up and being part of the community. I feel well nested in the Pendle Hill community, and a little bit negligent in my longer worship opportunities.
Jen: When I think of faith, I think of trust in an ability to believe beyond evidence, and to rely on that during times where there's confusion, or the path or the end-state is not known. The nature of faith work is to be in the confusion and reliance at the same time. I'm not a master of that. I also have long felt like, when it comes to faith, I'm "doing it wrong," because I've always assumed that my conceptions of Spirit or relationship to holy traditions are not conforming to set orthodox practices. It's taken me a long while to come to feel self-acceptance as well as comfort in talking about my own spirituality with others. As someone who has a job in a center defined by its religious tradition and commitments, I've never wanted to feel inadequate to that work. Also, realizing that I'll never be able to be everybody's conception of what Quakerism is, and so the decision to simply be one's own, and make peace with knowing that that won't be something that certain people relate to, has been really helpful and good work for me. It's hard to know what it means to be faithful-and I think some people use that word with a definition that feels clear to them and unclear to me. When I need renewal, it's helpful to remind myself that all things change.
Jen: It was always challenging to me that you were supposed to pick one thing. I always wanted to be able to be everything. When I was 15, I wanted to be free of others' expectations of me, and at liberty to travel, explore, experiment, get into mischief. I really, frankly, as a teenager, wanted to hit the road and just explore and travel, and I did a lot of that in my teens and early 20s. I didn't have a "this is what I want to be." I wanted to be everywhere and see everything and taste everything and leave no stone unturned.
Where did you attend college, and what was your major when you were there?
Jen: I went to Elon College, in North Carolina. I majored in journalism and electronic communications, and I minored in psychology. I really wanted to be a journalist who would travel, and embed with rebel factions and community groups, and see the real story of what was happening beyond what is shown through normal news channels. I have a sense of heroism for what I'll call "true journalists" that are led to follow that path and reveal the real pan and beauty of the world. I never really lost my wanderlust.
Jen: I did master's work in environmental education with a focus on community-building. I did doctoral studies in the Bioresource Engineering department of McGill University, but my topic was related to education, and how what's known from the field of complexity thinking has relevance for education, culture, and how we conceive of ourselves as a part of a web, an ecosystem. My academic career, sort of similar to my vocational career, has been less a matter of deciding at an early age what the final chapter would be and writing the book to get there; it's been more like swinging on a vine in the jungle and grabbing the next interesting vine that comes by, because it's interesting.
Jen: Unfolding. I don't feel like I've known where I'm headed far in advance, but I like to be tested and I really want to be well used. I never want to have a job that just has me doing functions to perpetuate status quo. I want to be doing something that leads to the kind of change that I value and feels important to me. If I'm not feeling as though my contributions are leading to that on different levels, then I will be stagnant and poorly used. I like what I do with others when there's excitement and a big goal to accomplish. I feel like there's "unstoppability" when excited, creative, talented groups get together. One of the best mindsets that I've ever enjoyed is loving the mystery of what's coming next. If you can't retain a sense of mystery around vocation, where you spend the bulk of your waking hours every day and every week, that's sad! I don't want that! I don't want to know what I'm doing next.
Jen: Yes. By talking to people who've had similar experiences. By talking to people with different life experience than I have. And not giving up. Persistence is a key quality in moving through life changes, be they career or otherwise. It's natural, for me at least, to want to escape at times or give up. You can usually find a way to move or shift, to no longer be in an unsatisfying situation. But I find that "standing in it" has been a huge teacher to me, when I'm really challenged. I've experienced a range of tests here at Pendle Hill. Sometimes when I don't know what to do, just knowing that someone does, or that a group coming together and sitting with the question will, is all I need. Knowing that I can ask, and that the wisdom is out there, is what makes it possible to stand there not knowing what's coming.
Jen: My job description's spot-on for administration in this setting. If we wanted to boil it all down, it's about being a good listener to the needs of the community, including not just the staff, but board and wider associates, alumni, formerly deeply-involved people. And listening for Spirit's nudge, so that we don't do things only because it's tradition or because we did it last year. If it's something we're called to do because it's going to effectively lead to beloved community, then let's do that. Let's be responsible stewards. Listening to where there's a loss of energy on any level is important. Listening for the voice of those who aren't yet here, and the ghosts or the presence of those who were here a long long time ago, but need for someone else to recognize their cautionary tales about equity. Because if you look far enough back, there are always marginalized and oppressed people. So listening for Truth, listening for the hints that there's always more to do, and any gains achieved in that regard are fragile and precarious. They need vigilance and constant re-working. I'm still learning to do this well.
Jen: My predecessor, who was very inspirational to me, who hired me and taught me a lot, suffered a car accident six months into my tenure. So, due to the nature of my then-role as Dean, being technically considered the "second in charge," I sort of de facto became acting Executive Director. After several months, and a transition to being interim director, the Board opened up a search for a new permanent director. I met with a range of people whom I trust, to get clear to make the application, and when I did, it was with a disposition to say, "I've been doing this work for close to a year now, so I feel quite familiar with what's needed, and what the routines are. If there's somebody who can come in and do it better, that's the person I want to work for! I will throw the weight of my support and any training I can pass over to them. Meanwhile, if they really do a wide search and become clear to hire me, then I'll feel as though I earned it and it didn't just fall to me through these circumstances." It was a really testing process. I felt vulnerable, because I knew that the staff knew that I'd applied. I knew that the process would be long. I felt sort of "out there," not knowing what would come. But I felt so honored to have been selected, in the end. I definitely made a clear decision to apply, and would have been happy for Pendle Hill in any event. I also knew that it was a size too big for me. I knew that I would be trying on practices and skills that I had experimented with, but never frequently used in combination, and that there would be some things, like providing leadership during a capital campaign, as a staff person, that would be new to my experience and would help me grow. I've felt honored and excited, all of these years, to be able to keep learning through a position, but also being of service while I'm learning.
Jen: Collaborative. Open to change. Relationship-oriented. My leadership style tries to say as many possible "yeses" so that on those occasions when I have to say "no," it does not feel arbitrary. I don't feel like I have a permissive leadership style, but I have an accepting style; accepting of what is, accepting of style differences. I have a desire to maximize the range of gifts and differences of personality and work style among the many people that contribute to the organization, while minimizing anything that comes up as a roadblock that doesn't have to be there. I think it's my job to help the community set strategy and vision, make sure all these talented staff people are clear on their roles, then just rove the landscape, scan for detritus, and get prohibitive factors out of the way so that everyone can make good use of their gifts and achieve shared goals.
How did you learn leadership skills?
Jen: No one source. Lots of life and job experience. And with dedication, pursuing my own growth over life. I think that's a characteristic that I bring to this. I think that every outcome of that is due to the good graces of other people sharing their stories and cautionary tales, and making their witness known so that I could be inspired and have a template for myself in human others, not just fiction. Repeat exposure to amazing people. And keeping eyes open to that which is broken all around, so that I felt compelled to apply myself, and whatever skills I didn't have to bring to it, going and finding them.
Do you feel that your work brings you closer, or further away, to your faith and faithfulness?
Jen: I don't know. It's hard for me to separate the fact that I live and exist here from the work that I do in and for the place. They're all so bound up together in my worshipful seeking. I take workshops here, just like other people do, and I learn and grow. I seek here. I don't know how to find a dividing line between those two things, so I guess they're joined.
Jen: I'm a member of a large meeting, Central Philadelphia, and membership in that meeting for a long time has included people who are working in various Quaker organizations, and leaders of those. So I feel like there's a culture of understanding for that, and forgiveness for my low attendance that can be partly attributed to my involvement in this work. I would say that if there's been any disjointedness between myself and the meeting, it's on me for not drawing on its many support resources or participating as much as I might like. My meeting's pretty incredible.
Jen: I don't have a formal one. I'm currently participating in an anchor committee for a dear Friend, and I'm finding that even as we seek to support her, it's as affirming and nourishing for me to be part of it. I understand the value of those, because so many people have recommended that for me since I took this position. The truth is that, due to the nature of the position, my time is limited, and what I find nourishing is time with my family, time with my daughter and husband, and frankly, as an introvert, to be alone. When I need support, I call a particular individual or two–often outside the Quaker world, sometimes in. I also know that if I needed something more, it would be a short turnaround to create that for myself. That's one thing I love about our community-knowing that there are so many different ways you can seek out deep listening and supportive engagement from others.
Who have your mentors been? Could be generally, or spiritually, or work-related; etc.
Jen: I think of people who've provided excellent counsel or helped me a lot. Clerks of the Pendle Hill Board. My friends and my mom. My husband is somebody whose counsel I rely on on a regular basis, and who I really look up to. Sarah Willie-LeBreton, one of our board members, is somebody who I knew prior to being on the board. I lift her up because I'm thinking about how many Quakers I know have personal/professional overlap, thus in the Quaker world where many of us are known to each other, we must learn to wear various hats (f/Friendship). So many people have been generous and helpful, role models and nurturers, too many to count!
What is something that you wish you had known at X, Y, or Z points in your spiritual path or career?
Jen: I've certainly had struggles in those areas–personal life, work life, and career life–so the things I might have wished to have known would probably be different in each of those arenas. But one general message I'd send back to younger me would be that whatever fear, confusion, destabilization you're experiencing is natural, and that all of your heroes and role models feel equally fearful and destabilized, but that it need not paralyze you. This too shall pass. Courage–coeur, from the heart–is to go towards or be with that which gives you fear, and then when you're tempered by that fire, you're stronger for next time. So–persist. Listen for the opportunity or invitation to change you. Understand that you can't change others, but that you can play a role in their change, and persist. When I've been heartbroken, or terrified of hurting others, or of doing something which might seem to be for the greater good but which will cause some people to feel angry or disappointed, I made it, through the grace of others who've made such moves letting me know that on the other side, there's joy again, and stability, and a better way.
Jen: There are many Pendle Hill pamphlets that I've had the good fortune to read, more frequently than probably anyone else because they're all right outside my door. I think what's been most helpful is that, as a collection, I'm able to see the range of voices. What I'm getting at is the multiplicity of viewpoints within Quakerism and within society. I've learned to seek them out.
Jen: Be yourself. Be in this moment. Let me know if I can help. Know that you're held. I don't think I find myself giving spiritual advice often, but I'd like to test that with people who spend a lot of time with me who might say something very different.
Jen: Don't settle into something that's not fulfilling for you. Don't hesitate to pursue an opportunity, even if it seems beyond your grasp. There's a lot to be gained from the asking. Sometimes trying on a fit too big can reveal growth opportunities, and most anything can be worked on and practiced through, until it becomes a skill. There are some innate characteristics that might not sound like leadership skills, but that executives would name as leading to their successes, and which can be really helpful to have in your bag of tricks. I've mentioned a few times the value of learning from other people's life experiences, but I don't mean that to imply that only people who've had longer lives than mine are wonderful resources. They often are, but I think it's helpful to have a social life with people who are like me and dissimilar to me, so that I don't fall too much into a self-affirming groove of friends. Being around my daughter and her friends, and the older students at her school, and high school and college students, and grad students, and people and leaders from different camps around the country, I'm reminded of the potency and relevancy of different stages of life.
Jen: Do your best to know yourself. Not just the self that you were five years ago, or yesterday-but knowing yourself in this moment, and knowing yourself in general is a responsibility that we have if we want to be in leadership. Knowing myself prepares me to share my stories and make my requests for support, pass on the benefits of things that have come easily or been granted to me, so that that could be shared by the community, as well as the places where I'm deficient or limited. When I know that, it makes it easy for me to specify what I could use in order to be strengthened. When I'm with others who are doing the work of knowing themselves, I can respond with tenderness and gladness to their requests, because part of knowing myself is knowing the struggle of being human, the emotionality, and where my different reactions and responses are coming from. That's something that makes us all so able to relate to one to another, that emotional experience. So, how to join with that connection? Find those people who, like you, are waving the flag of self-discovery pointed towards beloved community building, and when you find those others, join with them and dedicate yourself to doing good work with them.


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By moytoy12, October 10, 2019 in Billikens.com Main Board
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I have reached billiken_roy levels of posting
SLU at #6
https://watchstadium.com/news/atlantic-10-basketball-coaches-rank-the-best-jobs-in-the-conference-10-17-2018/
johnbj14
The fact that SLU, in a major media market, ranks 7th in media exposure is very disheartening, but not surprising.
HoosierPal
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13 minutes ago, moytoy12 said:
If this was based on any science, the answer to a question in another thread as to where we stand budget wise compared to other A-10 schools is right here. We follow VCU and Dayton.
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22 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
Yes but also St. Joe, UMass, and Rhode Island according to this ranking.
Metz Club
1 hour ago, johnbj14 said:
It's a pro sports town and the Bills are at the bottom of the totem pole.
Littlebill, RiseOfTheBillikens, Billiken Rich and 2 others reacted to this
slu72
We are making most assuredly ahead of St Joe's, UMass, and URI. And we are far behind DU and VCU largely because of their fan bases. DU is like a major state school in Dayton. The fans are rabid, because they are the entire show in that town. I guess Zaga's like that in Spokane. VCU because of that final 4 and continued dance invites. Not much competition in Richmond save for the Spiders. But VCU's much bigger than UR. I think we can catch VCU. Dayton? I doubt it.
2 hours ago, cheeseman said:
I was talking about budget/resources. Another thread was discussing this.
I see a certain someone downvoted me, but it's the truth. Start winning consistently and it'll change.
billikenfan05, Billiken Rich, Spoon-Balls and 2 others reacted to this
billikenfan05
No it's not. The list is not the best programs, a power rankings, best teams. It's about best coaching positions. It's about the upsides, the room for growth, commitment to the program, facilities.
12 hours ago, Brighton said:
brianstl
Location:St. Louis
The list is from last season. I would figure the tourney berth would have some impact on it if it was done again.
Also, there is no way the recruiting base is only the ninth best in the country. With the talent that the area has been turning out and the smaller number of bigger regional programs competing for that talent, the recruiting base should be much closer to the top of the conference. GW, VCU and Mason all in the top 5 in recruiting base? Come on. They are not only competing with each other for players from the same area, but they are competing with Georgetown, Virginia, Maryland, VA Tech, etc. That competition hurts your recruiting base.
3star_recruit
56 minutes ago, brianstl said:
St. Louis definitely punches above its weight but the DMV is over twice the size of St. Louis metro. And we're not only competing with mid-majors in a 300 mile radius but Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa, Illinois, Mizzou, etc. Once you get past the top 5-6 players or so in our metro, we don't have a lot of depth.
Just look at our current class. Caleb Love, Cam Fletcher, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Luke Kasubke and Davion Bradford (as of this evening) are off the board. Who else would you want from this class? But there are guys who were ranked 15-20 in the DMV who are starters in the A10.
1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:
Looking at your last paragraph confirms that this is NOT a good year for TF and staff in keeping the local recruiting plan in place. We were shut out in the year following our NCAA trip, so obviously that had zero positive affect on local kids. Hopefully, next years' class will provide a rebound in STL area recruiting. I think it's imperative that we keep getting one or two of the local top five most years to keep building positive vibes for SLU MBB. I understand that we are not yet in the position of being able to truly compete with the Dukes and Kentuckys for players like Love and Fletcher, but even in a year when we only had two scholarships available, it would have been nice to get any of the other 3 players you listed, into a Billiken uniform.
With at least 3 (JG, HF, JP) open scholarships available for the following class I hope TF and staff can nail down at least one of the top five locals.
Clock_Tower
Location:Chesterfield, Missouri
Lazy reporting. Archie Miller and Shaka are long gone. UD arena, even w upgrades, is nowhere near as nice as Chaifetz as 1/2 of the seats are nosebleeds as you sit in the dark to watch the game Location alone, SLU has a huge advantage in that UD Arena is a mile away from and off campus.
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41 minutes ago, bauman said:
Local recruiting at the mid-major level is more of a feast or famine proposition. When you have plenty of playing time to offer, you have a counterpoint to offer top 150 recruits: "Hey, instead of fighting to get off the bench for a middle of the pack Big 10 team, come and be a major contributor at a rising program right away." But we just brought in one of the largest recruiting classes in SLU history and the local 2020 class is incredibly top-heavy. So we have all these conditions going against us:
1. We don't have much playing time to offer a top 150 guard out of high school. Given the choice between being a rotation player at a mid-major or a high-major, a recruit will pick the high-major most of the time.
2. A top 40 guy has his choice of high-profile programs. Unless that guy has an intensely personal connection with SLU, you're not even getting that guy's attention.
3. Top 100 bigs are always hard to land at the mid-major level. Everybody is courting those guys, including bluebloods.
I think the staff did a good job of being realistic about their options. They shot their shot with Kasubke and Bradford and it didn't work out. They did their due diligence with the other top recruits and moved on quickly.
The local 2021 class isn't nearly as top heavy and currently projects like this:
Jordan Nesbitt 6'6 SF Top 100
Yaya Keita 6'9 PF/C Top 200
Sekou Gassama 6'10 PF/C Top 200
Nick Kern 6'5 SF Top 250
The good news is that we will have more playing time to give. The bad news is that, so far, there isn't much depth in this class.
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cgeldmacher
This was a poll of coaches, so, opinions are opinions and can't be right or wrong, but just debated. However, some of our rankings seem to be born out of coaches being uninformed.
History/Tradition - #12 really? We have less history and tradition than George Washington, LaSalle, St. Bonaventure, George Mason
Media Exposure - #7 Didn't necessarily disagree until I saw that St. Bonaventure is #6. Do they even have a local TV package?
Budget/Resources - #3 I was actually happy to see that coaches considered us to be 3rd best in this category.
Recruiting Base - #9 I think this comes from the other coaches not recruiting or expecting to get recruits out of our City or region. If they looked closer, I think we would have ranked higher.
Facilities - #3 Only disagreement here is that I cannot see how we aren't above Dayton. Our arena is better, and our overall facility is better
Quality Is Job 1 reacted to this
2 hours ago, bauman said:
It has been well documented that post season play has little impact on a current class of recruits given that the recruits have already established relationships with schools they are interested in. The impact is on class a couple of years away. To have expected our trip to the NCAA to bear fruit with this year's recruiting class is just not realistic. Doesn't Perkins have 3 years left?
-from the article --- in which we polled a handful of veteran coaches in every league to determine the best JOBS in each league, all the way down to the ones that are the most difficult. -- reading this not all coaches were surveyed
-the categories that I think we are not ranked correctly are History/Tradition (part of this I fault the ADept for not proclaiming our national championship), Buy Games (I can't believe we are bought more often than #1 Duq), Recruiting Base, Facilities (I have never been to SVU Arena or Siegel but their entire package is better than what we have at Chaifetz?) and Admission Requirements (but perhaps having the largest frosh class in history plays a part). I wonder if Media Exposure is being driven to some degree by holiday tournament participation?
Quality Is Job 1
17 minutes ago, cheeseman said:
Perkins has two years of eligibility remaining.
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Q: Rails AJAX request is returned 5 times instead of one I'm trying to do a simple AJAX request using link_to :remote option and display the response dynamically. The problem is that I get 5 responses instead of one. Why this might be happening?
page.html.erb:
<%= link_to item.title, item_path(item, :format => :js), :remote => true %>

show.js.erb:
$("<%= escape_javascript render(:file => 'items/show.html.erb') %>").insertAfter('#sortable');
$('#show_item').slideDown();

items_controller.rb:
def show
        @item = Item.find(params[:id])
        respond_to do |format|
            format.html
            format.js
        end
    end

Update: I'm using jQuery. Gemset includes Devise, paperclip and simple_form. I'm having also similar problem when using :confirm with link_to. The thing is that this confirmation dialog is then displayed 5 times regardless of what you press.
There is only one item with 'sortable' id in the generated html:

Another item

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A: You got this problem with different links, right?
Your link handler has been registered multiple times (you can easily check that by using firebug in firefox or the developer tools in chrome, just click the link and look up how many requests are getting sent up, or console.log the handler)
This can happen if you register remote links dynamically (after an asynchronous page fragment load, for instance) and the easiest fix is then to mark your link as registered (for example, by adding a class 'registered') and not register those again, like this
# Link registration
$('a.my_link:not(.registered)').click(function(e) {
  #your code here
}).addClass('registered');

If you have not yourself written any click event handlers in jQuery, check for libraries doing that for you. Look for something like:
$(document).ajaxComplete(function() {
  $('a[data-remote="true"]').click(function() {
    #some code here...
  });
});

A: Thanks! That was pretty much the case. I checked the code and here is the problem causing that behaviour:
application.html.erb
 <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.4.4.min', 'rails', 'application' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.min', 'rails', 'application' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.prettyPhoto', 'rails', 'application' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack', 'rails', 'application' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'placeholder', 'rails', 'application' %>

The thing is that I'm including here 'rails' and 'application' scripts with every other js file. Here is the fix:
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.4.4.min', 'rails', 'application' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.min' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.prettyPhoto' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'placeholder' %>

Removing those solved multiple AJAX GET requests, as well as :confirm dialogs displaying multiple times.
Also learned how to use Firebug for AJAX debugging :D Thanks!

A: I had the same problem when using the asset pipeline. assets:precompile copies the content of all js files into the application.js, when you now open the page in the browser and the application.js file gets cached, and start again in developent, the browser will load the application.js and the jquery_ujs.js file at the same time. So there are 2 remote handlers registered at the same time.
Cleaning the browser cache was the solution for me. (Maby this will help some others running in to similar problems)


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The exceptional Aventus was inspired by the dramatic life of a historic emperor, celebrating strength, power and success. Introduced in 2010 and crafted by the deft hand of Sixth Generation Master Perfumer Olivier Creed in collaboration with his son Erwin, this scent has grown to become the best-selling fragrance in the history of the brand. Olivier created its iconic name derived from A ("from") ventus ("the wind"), illustrating the Aventus man as destined to live a driven life, ever galloping with the wind at his back toward success. Aventus is a sophisticated blend for individuals who savor a life well-lived.
A phenomenon in its own right, Aventus is a fragrance that is groundbreaking in its use of bright apple and pineapple notes.
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Bergamot, blackcurrant leaves, apple, pineapple, pinkberries, birch, patchouli, jasmine, musk, oakmoss, ambergris, vanilla
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Been using Creed Aventus on and off for a few months, gets the most compliments. Ladys love it and this is probably the best way to get it without the huge price tag. Highly suggested
By Mitch DeAngelo - Clerk from Austin on 5/29/2019
I find the attitudes towards Aventus to be similar to pop culture reactions in general. The whole batch number debate, seems so polarizing as to dispel all credibility for those who either spew forth venom, or insulin level mountains of sugary praise. Aventus is a wonderful fragrance. To say that it's garbage seems absurd to me just based on it's uniqueness, and overall amazing presence, but that is subject to personal taste of course. Aventus would be 2nd or 3rd in my list of favorite Creeds. Royal Mayfair, Aventus, Green Irish Tweed, Spice & Wood, Virgin Island Water, Neroli Sauvage would be my order of preference. Honestly, Aventus is a modern fragrance masterpiece.
By RPB - Corporate America from S.F. on 7/24/2017
"Aventus Creed is only as good as the quality of the batch. Meaning Creed is inconsistant with their perfume, this is why I've remained nuetral about the Creed House. " I always find these types of fragrance snob posts annoying. As if they've performed an olfactory chemical analsys of all Creed fragrances and can determine batch variations and quality control far better than the perfumer. They remind me of wine snobs who try to determine the very essence of a wine thinking they can key out all the subtle nuisances and then educate the masses on the pros and cons. Fragrance snobs are the same as wine snobs. Best thing is to take their opinion with a huge grain of salt...and then don't believe what remains.
By Todd - Teacher from Jacksonville on 12/19/2016
Creed Royal Oud is my favorite scent. This one isn't too bad, but I wouldn't wear is. Creed Santal is dreadful.
By Ed on 1/24/2015
In New York in the course of a day I encounter SO many people who have seen it all and smelled it all, so for Aventus to get compliments says a lot to me. I've never gotten a bad batch and it's so good, I've actually been accosted by a co-worker who sniffed me up and down like Rick Moranis' character in "Ghostbusters."
By Mark - Systems Analyst from New York on 10/10/2014
Batches aside, this one is just really a dud. The synthetic pineapple open is impressive but the smoky birch driven dry-down that is what you get for most of the development is maddeningly bad, IMO. When taking the good with the bad the whole thing ends up as a slight negative.
By David on 7/10/2014
My go to fragrance. Absolutely love Aventus. Gets me attention and compliments everywhere I go. As far as the batch variations, I have three different batches the Z01, W01, & an unknown batch 100ml decant. There are differences but nothing to get hung up over.
By Larry - Self Employed from Birmingham on 5/31/2014
I think this fragrance is a great fragrance, however, it is not to die for. I now own the perfumed oil and recently had the fragrance itself-again, it is a great fragrance but...just that great! As others have mentioned, it give off a nice aroma with the combination of French apples, pineapple, bergamot, patchouli, musk and others however, I'd also put this on the same stage as Royal Oud (another great creation by Creed). I am using this in the winter time, however, not sure what this would be like in summertime...curious though!
By Stacey - Director from Grand Rapids on 3/24/2014
The comments here certainly point out the differences we experience when we smell the same fragrance. However, to assert that this is of department store quality is just wrong. There is NOTHING out there like Aventus. It is magnificient and, of the 100+ fragrances I've work, garner BY far the most compliments. As for the batch differences, remember that Creed uses NATURAL ingredients unles forbidden by law. So, there is going to be a small variation from batch to batch. I have three completely different batches of Aventus and would challenge anyone to actually identify any significant difference. My only disappointment with Aventus is that others can smell it long after I lose it.
By Anonymous - from South Carolina on 2/8/2014
I recently acquired the infamous Z01 batch in a 4 ounce flask and I guard this fragrance like it's gold. I've received compliments from women and men, who both strongly desired to know the name of the fragrance. Surprisingly, upon informing them of the price of a 4 ounce bottle, the reaction was similar and they did not care, they wanted the fragrance regardless of price. In one day, I received five compliments in a 8 hour shift and one of the females begged me for a decanted size bottle and wanted her boyfriend to wear it badly. She even went so far to travel from another city to my place of work on her off day to obtain the decanted bottle. Truly, Aventus works magic and is absolutely superior in longevity compared to the rest of the Creed line. Aventus is in your face but strangely not overpowering or offensive. IMO, it is an exotic mixture of fruit (blackcurrant/royal pineapple), rich brand new leather, wood, and a touch of patchouli that sets this apart from any other fragrance I've encountered. I cannot detect any other notes other than the aforementioned. Many of the Creed lines have Millesime written on them and are identified as Eau de Parfum but as far as I see it, this is the only fragrance that meets the gold standard in those two categories, in terms of longevity, projection/sillage. You will get your moneys worth with Aventus without any shadow of a doubt.
By Taskphorce - Street Cop from Niagara Falls, NY on 6/12/2013
Not much to say here. Wife loves this one! I do too. Wore this on my wedding day. It is AMAZING. Pineapple and a bit of smoke in the background. Masculine, and yet still appeals to ladies who like sweet/fruity. It checks all boxes. If you are worried about wearing Aqua Di Gio because your man card might get swiped, and replaced with a student library card, then check this one out.
By Anonymous - from Tucson, AZ on 5/31/2013
I agree with Preston on this one. I think this one is well made and isn't falsely subtle. There's no austere pretense here, and the ingredients are good enough to place it a cut above many designer fragrances. I put this on par with Green Irish Tweed regarding personal appeal. Nothing about the composition I dislike. Thank you, Creed for making another "real" eau de parfum! I could easily wear this one without feeling that "stuck-up" vibe!
By Christopher - from Evansville on 3/22/2013
Aventus Creed is only as good as the quality of the batch. Meaning Creed is inconsistant with their perfume, this is why I've remained nuetral about the Creed House. I've had samples and a big bottle and they were completely different. It's a diservice primarily due to the price tag. Creed has a reputation for creating world famous perfumes, and the fragrance community has co-signed, and overhyped some of these scents. I was also fooled by testers in Nieman Marcus, when I purchased the bottle it wasn't the same. So be mindful that you might get a bad bottle, this can happen with any scent. However Creed should live up to their high standards, especially for the prices.
By David S. - from Chicago on 9/21/2012
Aventus is hands down one of the best parfums in the past 5 years. It's a beautiful mix of fruits, birch tar, and roses. Ive been wearing this over a year, I've never once smelled vanilla in this. Even tho it's listed as a note, it's possible that it's used as a compound to make an entirely different accord. This is smoky and refined. Whenever I meet with my lawyer I wear this..
By Preston - Carpenter from New York City on 8/15/2012
Not a fan. I like the subtle pineapple opening a lot, but the smokey synthetics are just too much. Not terrible by any stretch, but not recommended either.
By Anonymous on 3/28/2012
I was so excited about tying this cologne just to be dissapointed I felt sick right after I put it on, it is very strong, overpowering. I had a headache all day from it. Still cant even smell it because I will get sick. Im so disspointed
By fer - radiologist from Boston on 2/19/2011
Aventus is a transport to another time and a definite classy note. Many of Creed perfumes defy reality in their magnifisence. To say anything else is to remain a child in a total men's domaine
By Lynn Manieri - Instructor from San Mateo, Ca on 1/24/2011
What happened to Creed? The vanilla base note is the straw that broke this camels' back.
By Stefano - from Minneapolis on 1/7/2011
If you enjoy FRESH and Classy...then it doesn't get any better than Aventus. Five Stars all the way!
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