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Q: How to Auto-Run a Script in Google Sheets when someone's Data Entry to the Sheet? I want to Auto-Run Script in Google Sheets every time someone registers from my custom form on my website and the Data Entry to the Sheet.
I tried with adding an OnSubmit event on Trigger but it did not work because I don't use Google Forms I use a Script to collect the data from my website.
Here is the Send Emails Script that I want to Auto-Run and send an email each time someone's data comes into the sheet:
function sendMail() {

  const emailTemp = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile("email");
  const sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("form1");
  const startRow = 2;
  const data = sh.getRange(startRow, 2, sh.getLastRow() - 1, sh.getLastColumn() - 1).getValues();

  data.forEach((row, i) => {
    emailTemp.first = row[2];
    emailTemp.last = row[3];
    emailTemp.phone = row[9];
    let htmlMessage = emailTemp.evaluate().getContent();
    let emailSent = row[11];
    if (emailSent != "EMAIL_SENT") {
      GmailApp.sendEmail(
        row[1],
        "Thank you!",
        "Your email doesn't support HTML.",
        { name: "Email App", htmlBody: htmlMessage });
      sh.getRange(startRow + i, 13).setValue("EMAIL_SENT");
    }
  });

}

Here is the Data Collection Script on my website:
// Variable to hold request
var request;

var url      = window.location.href;
$( document ).ready(function() {
$('#url').val(url);
});

console.log(url);
// Bind to the submit event of our form
$("#request-form").submit(function(event){

    // Abort any pending request
    if (request) {
        request.abort();
    }
    // setup some local variables
    var $form = $(this);

    // Let's select and cache all the fields
    var $inputs = $form.find("input, select, button, textarea");

    // Serialize the data in the form
    var serializedData = $form.serialize();

    // Let's disable the inputs for the duration of the Ajax request.
    // Note: we disable elements AFTER the form data has been serialized.
    // Disabled form elements will not be serialized.
    $inputs.prop("disabled", true);

    // Fire off the request to /form.php
    request = $.ajax({
        url: "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwa50RJFxZfnBXQX-LBHR4OD6Lzxb0a2tAclBzGV57nT0XY3WU/exec",
        type: "post",
        data: serializedData
    });

    // Callback handler that will be called on success
    request.done(function (response, textStatus, jqXHR){
        // Log a message to the console
        console.log("Hooray, it worked!");
        console.log(response);
        console.log(textStatus);
        console.log(jqXHR);
    });

    // Callback handler that will be called on failure
    request.fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
        // Log the error to the console
        console.error(
            "The following error occurred: "+
            textStatus, errorThrown
        );
    });

    // Callback handler that will be called regardless
    // if the request failed or succeeded
    request.always(function () {
        // Reenable the inputs
        $inputs.prop("disabled", false);
        console.log("It's running");
        window.location.href = 'success.html';
    });

    // Prevent default posting of form
    event.preventDefault();
});

And here is the Script I have used on the Sheet and Deploy it As Web App, and made it accessable to Anyone, even anonymous.
//  1. Enter sheet name where data is to be written below
var SHEET_NAME = "Leads";

//  2. Run > setup
//
//  3. Publish > Deploy as web app
//    - enter Project Version name and click 'Save New Version'
//    - set security level and enable service (most likely execute as 'me' and access 'anyone, even anonymously)
//
//  4. Copy the 'Current web app URL' and post this in your form/script action
//
//  5. Insert column names on your destination sheet matching the parameter names of the data you are passing in (exactly matching case)

var SCRIPT_PROP = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties(); // new property service

// If you don't want to expose either GET or POST methods you can comment out the appropriate function
function doGet(e){
  return handleResponse(e);
}

function doPost(e){
  return handleResponse(e);
}

function handleResponse(e) {
  // shortly after my original solution Google announced the LockService[1]
  // this prevents concurrent access overwritting data
  // [1] http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/concurrency-and-google-apps-script.html
  // we want a public lock, one that locks for all invocations
  var lock = LockService.getPublicLock();
  lock.waitLock(30000);  // wait 30 seconds before conceding defeat.

  try {
    // next set where we write the data - you could write to multiple/alternate destinations
    var doc = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SCRIPT_PROP.getProperty("key"));
    var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(SHEET_NAME);

    // we'll assume header is in row 1 but you can override with header_row in GET/POST data
    var headRow = e.parameter.header_row || 1;
    var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
    var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow()+1; // get next row
    var row = [];
    // loop through the header columns
    for (i in headers){
      if (headers[i] == "Timestamp"){ // special case if you include a 'Timestamp' column
        row.push(new Date(), "UTC-7");
      } else { // else use header name to get data
        row.push(e.parameter[headers[i]]);
      }
    }
    // more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
    sheet.getRange(nextRow, 1, 1, row.length).setValues([row]);
    // return json success results
    return ContentService
          .createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success", "row": nextRow}))
          .setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
  } catch(e){
    // if error return this
    return ContentService
          .createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": e}))
          .setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
  } finally { //release lock
    lock.releaseLock();
  }
}

function setup() {
    var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
    SCRIPT_PROP.setProperty("key", doc.getId());
}

Thank you.

A: If you are sending the data to the web app via POST request from the client, then use the doPost(e) function in your Apps Script to do what you want.
Include the sendMail() function inside your doPost(e) function before it returns.
Example:
before you execute this line

return ContentService.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success", "row": nextRow})).setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);

in handleResponse(e) I would have the program execute sendMail(). I would also have 2 different functions for doGet and doPost but that's up to you.


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Difficult Dialogues Spring Public Forum: Health, Infrastructure, and the Environment
April 15, 2021 Melissa Biggs 1 Comment
This spring's Difficult Dialogues Public Forum, held on April 13, featured three of the 2020-2022 Faculty Fellows: Dr. Andrea Gore (College of Pharmacy); Dr. Ben Hodges (Cockrell School of Engineering, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering); and Dr. Katherine Lieberknecht (School of Architecture, Community and Regional Planning) speaking on the topic of "Health, Infrastructure, and the Environment." Each panelist spoke briefly, followed by conversation moderated by HI Director Dr. Pauline Strong.
Dr. Lieberknecht's presentation focused on the importance of including local knowledge in climate planning. She heads a National Science Foundation-supported collaborative project located in Dove Springs that seeks to find ways to integrate community knowledge into city efforts to contain flooding and ameliorate extreme heat. Lieberknecht identified three kinds of infrastructure planners consider when designing solutions: the built environment; the ecological environment; and the social environment. Using seasonal flooding as an example, the built environment includes structures such as levees; the ecological environment includes efforts to create green space; and the social environment includes communication networks within communities. Local knowledge incorporates information about all three. Community members know which storm drain always backs up, which route to the grocery store is shadiest in the heat of summer, and who organizes community responses. The Dove Springs project is still in its beginning stages—the research began roughly 6 months ago, and some aspects have been hampered by C19 restrictions—but Lieberknecht and her academic and community partners hope that its findings will help planners and communities design more robust climate solutions.
Dr. Hodges followed. He opened his presentation by sharing a simple fact: global warming means increasing rain, increasing rain means more floods. Floods happen for three reasons, Hodges explained. Rivers exceed their banks; storm surges overwhelm coastal areas; and "water bombs," localized intense rainstorms. Cities are not currently designed to manage such storms. Design criteria must change. But civil engineering solutions operate almost exclusively from a cost benefit analysis. Wealthy people live on the most valuable land, so it's that land that civil engineers strive to protect. Hodges pinpointed a dilemma in infrastructure planning: when changes are made to mitigate undesirable circumstances, such as flooding, property values rise. Gentrification often follows, driving the original residents out. How can engineers and city planners create solutions that preserve communities instead of displacing them? Hodges suggested a few ways to change current practices. Firstly, he encouraged more interdisciplinary work to provide more holistic understandings of the problems and possible solutions. He promoted investment in ripping out concrete and asphalt to create new green spaces, and stressed the importance of building codes in addressing infrastructure inequities. He also proposed that cities begin thinking of eminent domain as a tool to bring more valuable properties into green space.
To close the panel, Dr. Gore brought a more direct focus on health outcomes. Since the "chemical revolution" of the World War II period, synthetic chemical production has increased dramatically. Many of these chemicals allow us to have products that make our lives easier or more convenient. However, their production often causes pollution that harms both human and non-human life. Gore described her research on endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, which she defined as "a chemical that interferes with any aspect of hormone action." Hormones, she explained, affect brain development and behavior regulation, among other factors. She emphasized two points: EDCs have adverse effects on brain health, and these adverse effects can affect the health of future generations. We're all exposed to EDCs, primarily through food. Chemical contamination harms wildlife as well as human life, which Rachel Carson demonstrated in her 1962 book, Silent Spring. As the planet warms up, the polar ice caps melt, and chemicals once trapped in the ice are released into the air and water. While it would be impossible to avoid all exposure to EDCs, Gore offered some actions we all can take in order to minimize risk. She advised microwaving in glass containers rather than plastic; drinking filtered water, not bottled water; and eating fresh produce—organic, if it's affordable—instead of industrially processed food.
A lively discussion followed. Participants discussed the tension between local and national needs when addressing infrastructure issues, and the need for context-informed solutions. Lieberknecht cited the need to "think with equity." Solving these issues requires thinking holistically, including conversations about living wages, affordable housing, and access to healthy food. While all agreed that community cultures of care are important, they stressed that it's the role of municipalities to step up and address problems.
Several resources were shared by the panelists and participants in the chat. Some are linked below.
City of Austin Climate Equity Plan
Planet Texas 2050
"Editorial: An International Riposte to Naysayers of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals" Andrea Gore
"Policy Decisions on Endocrine Disruptors Should Be Based on Science Across Disciplines: A Response to Dietrich et al." Andrea Gore, et al.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs
The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life Eric Klinenberg
Thinking in Systems and other work by Donella Meadows
Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource David Sedlak
Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies Geoffrey West
Photo of the 2015 Halloween flood in Austin, TX courtesy of the City of Austin
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Controversy and Conversation Resources: "The Apple Pushers"
April 2, 2021 Melissa Biggs Leave a comment
The April 1 meeting of "Controversy and Conversation" discussed issues raised by the film "The Apple Pushers," a documentary featuring New York City's Green Carts Program, an initiative intended to bring greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with little opportunity to purchase fresh produce.
HI's program coordinator, Dr. Melissa Biggs, a food studies scholar, began the discussion. While the film used the terms "food desert" and "food swamp" to describe the neighborhoods served by the Green Carts, she suggested the concept of "food apartheid." Introduced by activist Karen Washington, "food apartheid" refers to the systems of economic inequality and racial and environmental injustice that permeate our food system. Biggs asked participants to consider perspectives critical of the "obesity epidemic" framework. The inequities that create food apartheid contribute to health problems of many kinds.
The introduction served as a starting point for a conversation that touched on the food ecosystem of Austin, changes in shopping and eating due to the COVID 19 epidemic, and food insecurity in rural areas and on college campuses. Zach Shlachter, one of our Austin Public Library partners, described his work with the Eating Apart Together Initiative, a city-sponsored program that came together during the pandemic to help feed unhoused people.
Lucas Alvarez, also of the APL, compiled a list of resources available through APL for those who would like to explore these topics further: APL Resource List "The Apple Pushers"
Below are other resources mentioned during the discussion
City of Austin Food Resources:
Austin Travis County Food Policy Board
Austin Healthy Food Access Initiative
https://austintexas.gov/page/food-system-research-reports
https://austintexas.gov/page/food-system-programs-and-initiatives
Some Local Food Organizations
Farmshare Austin
Mobile Loaves and Fishes
Green Corn Project
Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability
Food is Free
Intergenerational Gardening Soul-to-Soul
Central Texas Young Farmers Coalition
Rooted in Melanin Initiative
Veggie Mijas Austin chapter
Austin-Focused Readings and Resources
A call for a public food sector in Austin
"History of Black Farming in Central Texas" Tiffany Washington of Dobbin-Kauv Farm presentation
College Student Food Insecurity in Austin
Mutual Aid through Communities of Color United
UT Campus Resources and Initiatives
Campus Environmental Center Microfarm
UT Outpost Food Pantry
UT Farm Stand
Readings on Food Justice and Food Systems
Civil Eats website
Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food Systems (Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center report)
Rural Hunger and Access to Healthy Food
GAO Report on College Food Insecurity
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Provocative Works on Racial Injustice and Health Inequity from Recent HI Visitors
June 25, 2020 Sarah Ropp 2 Comments
By Dr. Sarah Ropp, HI Difficult Dialogues Program Coordinator and Andrew W. Mellon Engaged Scholar Initiative Fellow
The Humanities Institute is privileged to welcome outstanding visiting scholars, performers, and activists to UT each year as part of various programs, including the Cline Centennial Professorship in the Humanities, the Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series, and the Difficult Dialogues Public Forums, among others. We have gathered together a few resources by recent visitors that speak to racial injustice and health inequities in a number of different formats, from books and articles to video and music.
Rita Charon, MD, PhD
In September 2016, the Humanities Institute welcomed Rita Charon as its ninth C.L. and Henriette Cline Centennial Visiting Professor. Charon is Professor of Medicine and founder and Executive Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Her Distinguished Public Lecture for the Humanities Institute, entitled "The Shock of Attention: Bodies, Stories, and Healing," can be viewed at this link.
Upcoming Event: On Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 1pm CDT, Charon will be participating in an online conversation hosted by the Modern Language Association entitled "Medicine, Narrative, Power, and Pandemic," along with physician and fiction writer Aakriti Pandita. They will respond to the questions, "How can narrative and the humanities help us understand this pandemic? And how can they make medicine smarter, more equitable, and more effective?" Register for the event HERE.
Alondra Nelson, PhD
In 2018, Alondra Nelson delivered a Humanities Institute Symposium keynote lecture on her book The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome (Beacon Press, 2016) as part of the Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series. President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, she has produced a number of recent works that speak to intersections between race, social inequality, health care, and activism:
Article: In "Society after Pandemic," Nelson asks, "How do the social conditions exposed, exacerbated, and created by the novel coronavirus demand that we substantively rethink our ideas of society and, therefore, some of the prevailing assumptions of social science?" This is the inaugural essay in the SSRC's "Covid-19 and the Social Sciences" series.
Teaching resource: The #coronavirussyllabus is an open-access, living list of texts for teaching about Covid-19 in social, historical, and political context, from scholarly books and articles, to music, visual art, and film, to podcasts and videos. Nelson initiated this crowdsourcing effort with the Twitter hashtag #coronavirussyllabus, inviting contributions from around the globe and across a wide variety of disciplines.
Video: Recently, Nelson participated in a virtual roundtable hosted by the Modern Language Association entitled "Is Higher Education Learning from the Pandemic?" along with Cathy N. Davidson and Christopher Newfield.
Book: Nelson's contributions to scholarship on health equity and racial justice date to at least 2011, when she published her first book, Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination (University of Minnesota Press), which argues, "The Black Panther Party's understanding of health as a basic human right and its engagement with the social implications of genetics anticipated current debates about the politics of health and race."
(Photo credit: Daniel Cavazos)
Eric Klinenberg, PhD
In fall 2018, Eric Klinenberg was the featured speaker for a Difficult Dialogues Public Forum on "Climate Change, Social Infrastructure, and Inequality," hosted by the Humanities Institute and Planet Texas 2050. Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. Klinenberg's work explores the failures of social infrastructure in moments of crisis, especially for historically neglected populations.
Video: "The Chicago Heat Wave, 20 Years Later" is a talk given by Klinenberg at the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival that picks up the ideas presented in his 2002 book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press). In this book, the publisher writes, "Klinenberg uncovers how a number of surprising and unsettling forms of social breakdown—including the literal and social isolation of seniors, the institutional abandonment of poor neighborhoods, and the retrenchment of public assistance programs—contributed to the high fatality rates" of the record-breaking 1995 Chicago heat wave.
Book: In Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Penguin Random House, 2018), Klinenberg argues that "the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, churches, and parks where crucial connections are formed."
Article: "Worry Less about Crumbling Roads, More about Crumbling Libraries," a September 2018 Atlantic article, presents Klinenberg's basic thesis for Palaces of the People.
Martha Redbone
The Humanities Institute, in partnership with Native American and Indigenous Studies and Texas Performing Arts, was honored to host Martha Redbone for a fall 2019 Difficult Dialogues Public Forum entitled "Indigeneity, the Land, and Storytelling" along with Angelo Baca and Anne Lewis. Redbone is a Native and African American multi-award-winning musician and storyteller celebrated for her roots music embodying the folk, indigenous, and mountain blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky.
Theater: This clip presents "Caught My Eye," a song from Bone Hill, Redbone's interdisciplinary theater work, which premiered in 2015 at Joe's Pub in New York City (Redbone also presented Bone Hill: The Concert at Bass Concert Hall in February 2020.) Redbone explains, "Bone Hill is the true account of my ancestors, of post-slavery, and people of color working in the coal mines of Appalachia amid the laws of Jim Crow and our survival as the original people of that land as the world changes around us through the generations."
Album: Redbone's most recent album is Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake. Of the album, Anastasia Tsioulcas of NPR writes, "Martha Redbone's music chronicles the crossroads of the American experience. Born in Kentucky and of Cherokee, Choctaw and African American descent, Redbone combines folk, Appalachian, soul and Native tradition in a group of settings of poetry by William Blake – a startling idea, perhaps, but one that brims with potency and freshness."
"On Another's Sorrow" is a song from the album that resonates particularly deeply at the current moment, asking: "Can I see another's war and not be in sorrow too?"
"How Sweet I Roamed" is another song from the album that, Redbone writes, "could have been the prelude to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Other Songs: Redbone performs her version of "Drums," originally written by Peter La Farge, at the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The song is a testament to the violence of forced removal and state "education" and is a part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. "You may teach us of this country's history," the song goes, "but we taught it to you first."
Redbone performs the slave spiritual "No More Auction Block" in 2017 in the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in association with Voices of a People's History of the United States.
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The Changing Health Disparities Landscape
April 25, 2017 Clare Callahan 3 Comments
An opportunity for hope?
By William B. Lawson MD, PhD, DLFAPA
I am old enough and fortunate enough to see and appreciate the changes that have occurred over the past half century in the health care system, especially regarding mental health. I still vividly remember visiting a state mental hospital where a great uncle spent much of his life. The building had all of the negative aspects of an institution including limited resources and communal showers. But then chlorpromazine (thorazine), a drug used for treating certain mood disorders, was invented and he was able to spend the rest of his days at home with his family. Fast-forward several decades, when I began my career as a psychiatrist, I was part of a team that completed a study with clozapine, the first antipsychotic that was demonstrably superior to others. Again, I saw the wonders of medical technology as people with severe mental illness once relegated to back wards in chronic institutions were able to engage in meaningful relationships and live productive lives. Relative to the rest of medicine, treatment of the mentally ill is relatively young and the wonders of new advances and treatment long seen in antibiotic therapy and cancer treatment are still emerging in psychiatry.
Continue reading The Changing Health Disparities Landscape →
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Of course, the next morning always comes and I find myself in my clinic again, the exam room speaking aloud in all of its blatant metaphors—the huge clock above where my patients sit implacably measuring lifetimes; the space itself narrow and compressed as a sonnet—and immediately I'm back to thinking about writing. Soon enough, my patients start to arrive, and the way they want me to understand what they are feeling only immerses me more deeply in language's compelling alchemy: "The pain is like a cold, bitter wind blowing through my womb," murmurs a young infertile woman from Guatemala with what I have diagnosed much less eloquently as chronic pelvic pain. "Please, doctor, can you heal me?"
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Not long ago, I studied medicine.
It was terrible, what the body told.
I'd look inside another person's mouth,
And see the desolation of the world.
I'd see his genitals and think of sin.
Excerpt from "What the Body Told" by Rafael Campo, poet, essayist, and physician. Dr. Campo will deliver a poetry reading on April 21st at 12pm at the Blanton Museum of Art, sponsored by the Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies, with support from the Humanities Institute. See our calendar on the left sidebar for more information.
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To maintain as high a level of consistency and transparency as possible, published here are the official guidelines which the judges will have on hand. The category guidelines were based on the World Beard and Moustache Association definitions. The 13 competition categories are listed to the left. The Official Judging Guidelines packet which will be provided to the judges is also available as a PDF.
Each non-Fake competitor will be able to register for a single category. Choose wisely.
We will also be awarding a "Longest Beard" trophy and prize pack for the competitor who traveled the furthest to participate.
Welcome, judges! Thank you for being an important part of our competition. Please review and keep in mind the criteria below for the categories. Remember: the facial hair is the key judging matter, any outfit or performance while on stage consideration is solely for the benefit of the audience.
When each category is called, the contestants will line up to the side of the stage and come up as announced. After displaying their fine follicles for the audience, (s)he will approach the judges' table for review. This is the time to evaluate, ask brief questions, and take notes. The contestant will then move to the other side of the stage. Once the entire group has been evaluated, they will all line up in front of the table, visibly displaying their numbers, for a final preliminary judging. Write down the number of the 3 contestants you think fit the criteria best and should continue onto the Final Round.
In any category with more than 15 contestants, Preliminary Round judging will be broken up into a series of heats. You will then choose your top 3 contestants from each heat that you want to move onto the Final Round.
At the Final Round, those contestants who have received the highest number of votes from the judging panel will return on stage. You will each then score them Olympic-style, holding up the appropriate scoring paddle. The points 10, 9½, and 9 may be only be given once by each judge per category (i.e. you cannot award a 9½ to 2 people in the same category). The people with the top 3 point scores will take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places, respectively. In the event of a tie, a second vote will happen to determine that place, and therefore the next lower place, if applicable.
The Best In Show contestants are all of the 1st Place category winners, with audience response determining the winner of Best In Show.
Personal Fit – How well their facial hair suits their face, and compliments them.
Personal Fit - How well their facial hair suits their face, and compliments their overall look.
Legal aids in the styled categories include only wax, hair spray, and other hair cosmetics. The use of hair extensions, fake hair, detached hair, or any form of hair pins or supporting elements is prohibited.
Tidiness - How solid and clean all the edges of the facial hair are.
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HONOLULU – A five-foot-long boa constrictor was turned in to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) on Saturday, March 9th. A Kunia farmworker said he saw the snake near bushes along Kunia Road on Friday afternoon and he and his nephew captured it and held it overnight in a trash can. The next morning, he brought the snake to HDOA's Plant Quarantine Office at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport where it was safeguarded.


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Resource-Related Conflict in Africa
Posted: 19 November 2014| Region: Africa | Category: Africa
AfricaCivilians At RiskLocal-Level ViolencePolitical StabilityResourcesRioting And ProtestsViolence Against Civilians
Natural resource extraction by mining (including oil, diamonds, copper, and cobalt) has tremendous positive economic potential for states. However, these resources can also do more harm than good if used towards ulterior motives including corruption, the unequal distribution of wealth, and to fuel violence. Valuable resources can both fuel violence through competition for territorial control, promoting looting and rent-seeking, as well as sustaining violence through financing conflict.
It is difficult to determine the exact role that extractive resources may play in indirectly inciting political violence. For example, while it is largely accepted that rebel groups used profits from conflict diamonds to finance civil wars in Angola, DR-Congo, and Sierra Leone (Amnesty International, 2013) it is difficult to measure the extent of the resources' effect given its indirect role. By searching for conflict events within the ACLED dataset related to oil, mines, diamonds, and resources, one can gain an understanding of resource-related conflict with more direct links (for example, the kidnapping of an oil worker, a conflict over access to a specific diamond mine, or the protesting of an oil company). In recent years, the prevalence of conflict with direct links to these resources has been increasing – conflict occurrence is now over 5 times the level it was about 10 years ago – though the number of associated fatalities has been decreasing – fatalities related to these conflicts are lower than levels seen in the late 1990s (Figure 1). This increased conflict rate is driven by the higher prevalence of riots and protests relating to extractive/natural resources. While riots and protests of this sort occur across Africa (Figure 2), resource-related battles and instances of violence against civilians can be seen primarily in only a handful of countries: Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, DR-Congo, and Somalia.
Nigeria consistently exhibits high levels of directly-resource-related conflict, and has experienced a markedly higher number of these events relative to other African countries since 1997 (Figure 3). As the 12th largest producer of petroleum worldwide, and its 8th largest exporter, resource-related conflict in Nigeria revolves around oil. About 5% of violent conflict in Nigeria since 1997 has been explicitly resource-related. About half of that violence – i.e., about 2.5% of all Nigerian violence since 1997 – is specifically targeted at civilians (e.g., oil workers being kidnapped or taken hostage).
South Sudan sees the second highest number of explicitly resource-related conflict during the time period examined. This is especially alarming given that the country only gained independence in 2011. About 5% of violent conflict in South Sudan since 2011 has been explicitly resource-related. The vast majority of this type of conflict seen in South Sudan comprises of battles, primarily between government forces and rebel groups. Resource-related conflict in South Sudan is also oil-related, and has occurred almost exclusively in oil-rich Unity state. Similarly, Sudan has also experienced a high number of these oil-related conflicts. About half of this conflict is comprised of battles, which occur largely in the highly contested Abyei region. Though citizens of the region are arguably in favor of joining South Sudan (BBC, October 31, 2013), the area remains a part of Sudan (with a special administrative status, in which its residents are technically simultaneously citizens of both Sudan and South Sudan). Abyei is responsible for about a quarter of Sudan's total crude oil output (Enough Project, 2013).
While oil drives resource-related conflict in Nigeria, Sudan, and South Sudan, resource-related conflict in DR-Congo is primarily fueled by mining (e.g., diamonds, cobalt). DR-Congo is estimated to have about $24 trillion worth of untapped deposits of raw mineral ores, including the world's largest reserves of cobalt (Morgan, 2009). The majority of this type of conflict in DR-Congo is battles, primarily between government forces and rebel groups over gaining control of mines.
Somalia sees a high number of directly-resource-related conflicts, largely driven by battles between clan militias over access to and control of land and water resources. In a region with chronically high temperatures year-round and limited/irregular rainfall, these natural resources become even more valuable.
In addition to battles and violence against civilians, directly-resource-related conflict also takes the form of riots and protests in Africa. Riots and protests related to resources have been increasing in recent years (Figure 1). Nigeria and, more recently, Libya exhibit the largest proportion of these events (Figure 4). Not surprisingly, as Nigeria is the continent's largest oil producer, and Libya is home to Africa's largest oil reserves, resource-related riots and protests in these countries are primarily centered on the oil industry. For example, these riots and protests include closing the offices of locally-based oil companies: calling for increased transparency, higher salaries, and better work practices.
Berman et al. (2014) find extractive industries (specifically mining) in Africa to have a large impact on the likelihood of conflict in the region, influencing the diffusion of violence over both space and time. With low enforcement of extractive/mining industries in Africa, corruption surrounding these industries is high. Hence, though the region boasts a number of extremely resource-rich countries, many are still extremely poor and underdeveloped (ISS, May 14, 2013). Furthermore, vying for control of these resources can fuel conflict, which can have a further detrimental effect on development in the region; Basedau and Wegenast (2009) find that a state with high levels of valuable resources experiencing conflict spends little revenue on distributional policies. Earlier this month, a UN panel of experts announced that UN peacekeepers should monitor mining sites in the Central African Republic to clamp down on the illicit trade of gold and diamonds, which are being used to finance conflict in the country (Reuters, November 5, 2014). With resource-related conflict and unrest on the rise, this is becoming an even more pressing issue in Africa.
Roudabeh Kishi
Roudabeh Kishi previously served as the Director of Research & Innovation at ACLED. She oversaw research at the organization, including data collection via the regional research desks, methodology team, and management of research partnerships; data science and analysis; and communications. Dr. Kishi holds a PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. She has worked as a consultant for numerous organizations around political violence, peace and conflict, development, gender, and quantitative data methods.
Categories: Africa, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Resources, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians 19 November 2014
Regions: Africa
Tags: AlgeriaAngolaCameroonChadDemocratic Republic of CongoEgyptGhanaIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaLibyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoNamibiaNigeriaSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTunisiaZambia
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Q. What is the website for the Center for Writing Excellence? Also, do they have a telephone number?
To schedule an appointment with the Center for Writing Excellence, you will go to https://pba.mywconline.com/. The general website for the CWE can be found at http://www.pba.edu/cwe. It has tip sheets and includes a link to the appointment scheduling site. The phone number for the Director of the CWE is 561-803-2867. The CWE also has a quick tip hotline; that number is 561-309-1855.


[QTS 4.1.1 Build 0916] For TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, TS-x21, TS-x39, SS-x39, TS-x59, TS-x69, TS-x70, TVS-x70, TS-x79, TS-x80, TS-509, TS-809/809U, HS-210 and IS-400 series.
- Updated Twonky Server to version 7.
- Add SMB protocol option: Only allows applications to access files using the long file name format.
- Added the VPN client IP column in "VPN Server" > "Connection List".
- Enabled email notifications when the RTRR job status changes from "retry" to "standby".
- Files can be deleted from File Station using the keyboard's Delete key.
- Added a "View last run log" button in "Antivirus" > "Scan jobs".
- For files that are being transcoded and added in "Transcode Management" > "Background Transcoding Task", the option to select resolutions that are already available is disabled.
- Added a promotion banner in "App Center" > "All Apps" and "Developer Contact Information" in the app property.
- Added the "Slideshow" button in Photo Station to play all of the selected photos in an album.
- Added support for downloading resized photos in the Photo Station.
- Added the "Copy to Clipboard" button in the Share window in Video Station.
- File Station can now display up to 500 items.
- "Year" in the Timeline view can now be clicked to show all of the photos in the year clicked in Photo Station.
- Intermediate SSL Certificates are now supported.
- The QTS firmware version can be shown/hidden on the login page using the "show firmware version" option.
- External devices can now be auto-ejected after the backup job finishes in Backup Station.
- Backup Station can now generate detailed remote replication backup reports.
- Folders can now be uploaded in File Station using Google Chrome.
- Backup Station can now send users a mission report after a RTRR job is completed or fails.
- Storage Manager can now create a system log when the HDD temperature has returned to normal.
- Added the stop service button for the Amazon S3 backup service.
- Added SSH encryption support for rsync backup.
- The /home and /multimedia media folders in Multimedia Management can now be cancelled for folder scans.
- Added the option to directly add a shared folder as a media folder during the folder creation process.
- Added support of the number of days as a filtering criteria for remote replication.
- Added support for restore mode in Quick Installation.
- Updated Apache to version 2.2.27 for Web Server.
- Increased the length of the user password to more than 16 characters.
- USB DACs are now supported in Music Station.
- The free space alarm can now be more than 99999MB in Hardware.
- Includes iSCSI LUNs in disk usage in both System Status and Dashboard.
- Includes Wi-Fi in both Network Status and Dashboard.
- Added support for setting the daily check time in the Recycle Bin setup.
- Includes Selfhost.de as a DDNS service provider.
- Added support for sleep mode in Power Schedule.
"Manual Scan" (for ARM models).
- Only shows the CPU temperature in "System Status" > "Hardware Information".
- The default transcoding resolution option in File Station has been changed from both 360p and 720p to only 360p.
- "Folder Monitoring" in Transcode Management has been renamed "Auto Transcoding Folder".
- Cannot join an AD Server if the domain administrator's username includes the character: "-"
- FTP download tasks may stop at 99% in Download Station if the connection has timed out.
- Enhanced security by upgrading OpenSSL to 1.0.1h (CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-0195, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2014-3470) (Not supported in TS-269H yet).
- The Turbo NAS will occasionally reboot when transmitting large files via CIFS/SMB.
- The Turbo NAS will occasionally reboot when you backup files to an external hard drive.
- In VMware ESXi host, the Turbo NAS will reboot if you copy large vmdk files using iSCSI LUN with a SSD cache.
- There is a chance of the system freezing if you add a large number of video files to transcode.
- Unable to expand a RAID 5 (4 x 3TB disks) to RAID 5 (4 x 4TB disks). The limitation of 8TB for RAID expansion on ARM-based NAS has been removed, and it can now support up to 16TB.
- Executing Virtual_Machine_Data_Integrity will break the connection of ESXi and vcenter for TS-x80 and TS-EC-x79-SAS models.
- Users can see other users' devices in Qsync when users are logged in as non-administrators.
- If you drag & drop a folder with over 100 files in it to the QTS desktop through Google Chrome, only 100 files will be uploaded.
- When the Block Zero feature is enabled in VAAI for iSCSI, it will impact performance.
- When copying files in iSCSI drives, the Turbo NAS CPU usage will be higher, and may potentially cause a large number of "apache_proxy" processes to run.
- The copy speed of iSCSI becomes much slower after a sustained I/O to a hyper-V host.
- The volume reclaim function sometimes shows as invalid on the UI, but system logs report it to have succeeded. When it is invalid, the manual reclaim will get the same result.
- The TS-269H cannot enable the Media Library.
- The Turbo NAS will crash if the users remove the Wi-Fi dongle and reinsert it a few seconds later.
- Notes Station will be enabled after reboot after disabling Notes Station in App Center.
- Updated PHP to 5.3.29.
- [ARM] Fixed the Turbo NAS reboot issue in some network environments by disabling the new high performance mode option.
- The file system check will fail if the user expands the Thin Volume to 144TB.
- When unplugging a JBOD, the Enclosure Info button is still enabled and clicking the button will show blank content.
Mas información en la web de QNAP.


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require File.expand_path('../../spec_helper', __FILE__)

# The CocoaPods namespace
#
module Pod
  describe Command::Plugins do
    before do
      argv = CLAide::ARGV.new([])
      @command = Command::Plugins.new(argv)
    end

    it 'registers itself and uses the default subcommand' do
      Command.parse(%w(plugins)).should.be.instance_of Command::Plugins::List
    end

    it 'exists' do
      @command.should.not.be.nil?
    end
  end
end

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Beading Pattern and kit for the Joker Weave Necklace.
Beaded Joker Weave Necklace Pattern and Kit!
Make your own Beaded Joker Weave Necklace!
The Joker Weave Necklace when completed is 2 and 1/4 inches wide at the widest point and 12 and 1/2 inches long. The pattern shows you how to make it about 4 inches longer.
I use a variation of a square stitch. This Joker Weave pattern is done in this style. The stitch I use is quicker and softer than Peyote or Brick stitch. The difference is that with Peyote and Brick stitch the beads are added one at a time and stacked like bricks, as the stitch implies. With my square stitch the beads are added four at a time and are stacked like loom work, one directly on top of the other. The square stitch I use is different and is also called an off loom stitch.


Ark Walworth Academy is a thriving school in the heart of central London. We serve a vibrant, diverse community in Zone 2, with excellent access to all the city has to offer for students and staff alike.
We seek an Inclusion Coordinator to join our dedicated pastoral team, working collaboratively to support the development of a year group within our dynamic 11-16 provision. Building on the success of our 2018 Ofsted report stating "pastoral care is exceptional", we seek a committed candidate to join the team of pastoral leaders and support our drive toward outstanding practice for our young people. Candidates must have excellent communication skills, a flexible and collegiate approach to working, and show both creativity and resilience in approaching challenges. We welcome applications from ambitious candidates, keen to make a difference as part of the Walworth Academy family.
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Apple just warned of lower iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max shipments due to supply disruptions in China
An advertisement for iPhone 14 Pro is seen in Chicago, the United States, on October 14, 2022.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Apple has informed customers that shipments of iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max may take longer than expected.
The company said strict COVID measures at a major iPhone factory in Zhengzhou had slowed production.
Factory workers had to live in prison-like conditions under China's zero COVID policy.
Customers who ordered the iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max should expect "longer wait times" for their new phones, Apple warned on Sunday.
The tech giant said it expects lower-than-expected shipments for new iPhone models, due to COVID restrictions at a primary assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China.
"The facility is currently operating at a significantly reduced capacity," Apple said in a statement. "We are working closely with our supplier to return to normal production levels while ensuring the health and safety of every worker," the company added.
On Sunday, Apple said demand for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max was still strong. However, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday, Apple expects to produce at least 3 million fewer iPhone 14 units this year than originally planned. The reduced production is mainly due to weaker demand, according to Bloomberg.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 Plus and base iPhone 14 were "significantly below expectations," Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in September. Two of Apple's suppliers have since cut production of the iPhone 14 Plus by 70% and 90% respectively in October, according to The Information.
Apple did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Foxconn closed a factory after a COVID outbreak
Foxconn, the Taiwan-based electronics maker that makes 70% of global iPhone shipments, according to Reuters, has in recent weeks rolled out strict COVID measures at its main factory in Zhengzhou to comply with China's zero-case policy.
An outbreak of coronavirus at the plant and surrounding area has prompted Foxconn to implement a "closed-loop" system, in which workers – many of whom come from rural towns and villages across China – are only allowed to travel directly between their company, the dormitories and the factory. After the outbreak, photos and videos showed Foxconn workers trying to flee the factory by scaling fences and walking on highways.
In a statement on Chinese social media platform WeChat on Sunday evening, Foxconn said it was moving all of its active workers to three company-run dormitories.
The closed-loop system could impact iPhone production at the factory by up to 30%, Reuters reported on Oct. 31.
Foxconn has since raised wages for its workers in a bid to lure them to the Zhengzhou plant and ramp up production ahead of the holiday season. The company is also battling rumors that some of its employees died of COVID-19 while quarantining in an on-site dormitory.
In response to Insider's questions, Foxconn pointed to its unaudited monthly revenue report for October, which it released on Monday, Taiwan time. Foxconn saw revenue fall 5.56% month over month in October, according to the report.
"The company's fourth quarter visibility was originally 'cautiously optimistic', but due to the pandemic affecting some of our operations in Zhengzhou, the company will 'downgrade' the outlook for the fourth quarter." , he added.
Foxconn declined to comment on further questions from Insider about its expected fourth-quarter earnings or how it would revise its outlook.
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Total Sonic Annihilation by A Place to Bury Strangers - An Interview
Sem muita bla bla bla, talvez a melhor banda da atualidade no que diz respeito a noise, shoegazer, indie alternative rock, post punk, ou o rotulo que for mais interessante para defini-los o fato é que o A Place to Bury Strangers vem destroçando tudo e todos por onde passam, as consequencias são, uma legião de adoradores e fanaticos, me incluo neste grupo, desde a estreia caotica com o homonimo ao segundo Exploding Head, Oliver Ackermann, guitarras e vocais, Dion Lunadon, baixo e J. Space bateria já deixaram explicito que são os descendentes diretos dos mestres VU, J&MC, MBV e outros que transcenderam os limites.
Aqui a primeira entrevista concedida por Oliver Ackermann ao Brasil, e notem bem, talvez o encontro com o APTBS esteja mais proximo do que possamos imaginar, leia atentamente e preferencialmente coloque algo deles para ouvir durante a leitura, certamente o conteudo e o resultado serão mais eficazes.
***** An Interview with A Place to Bury Strangers *****
Q: Let´s talk about the old years…what´s the best remembrance from Skywave years...
A. We all just got along really well and had a really good time doing what we were doing and weren't noticed for it at all. I think my favorite thing about those times were listening to the the songs that Paul and John would come up with, we were all writing songs individually and bringing them to the table so every new song was such a rush, perhaps of depression but really a glimpse of pure beauty.
Q: Tell us about the Skywave´s gigs...how was it
A. The gigs were chaotic and at strange places. It was hard being in that sort of band at the time, it was really unpopular and we would often have people try to cut us off and shut us down due to the racket we were making. It is funny but now we would probably be a lot more accepted than we were at the time, it was really tough, we would make lots of long drives in one car only to find out that sometimes the venues we booked didn't exist any more or would turn out to be a hotel bar or something and they definitely didn't like us when we started playing.
Q: In your opinion what´s the best Skywave´s ep, song, album....etc..
A. I think my favorite was recording our last record Synthstatic. It took about two years of solid recording and mixing and we were doing it from our studio we built in Fredericksburg Va. The rent was something like $400 a month for 5,000 square feet and we had other bands practice there so the rent went down to nothing a month. I lived there and would spend most late nights just mixing and recording all night long. I think we really got the sound that we were trying to get the whole time and we had so many songs that the album could really come together naturally.
Q: Too many people consider Skywave one of the best bands ever and the reason for the ressurection of shoegazer....what´s your opinion about it?
A. If that is what people think, it was never our intention at the time to do that. We were just making music that we wanted to hear ourselves and what reflected the things we were all going through during those times.
Q. Why Skywave ends?Do you still have contact to John and Paul?I interviewed them in a some time here´s the link (http://theblogthatcelebratesitself.blogspot.com/2010/03/got-that-feeling-with-ceremony.html)
A. I think Skywave ended when I moved to NY, it was really the three of us that made the band and I don't think that any of us could imagine doing it without the other two. It is a bummer that it ended because I think that we were such a good match for each other as songwriters but I had to move to NY.
Q. Tell us when APTBS starts....
A. A Place To Bury Strangers started when a couple of friends were looking for a drummer for a band they were starting and I offered to do it. After one practice I got kicked off and onto guitar and then sort of took it over from there. I had kind of given up on trying to be in a band and "make it" so we were just trying to make music that we all wanted to hear. We had been playing shows for a few years in the US and forgone a few lineup changes but didn't really take off as a band until our first record came out on Killer Pimp in 2007 to much acclaim. That pretty much started the whole whirlwind of shows and events which have lead us to this point where we are today.
Q: What´s the fundamental difference between Skywave and APTBS sounds?
A. I think the times have changed and the songwriters have changed and that has influenced the sound.
Q: Tell us about the process of recording the albums?What´s the difference to recording to Killer Pimp and Mute Records.
A. The first record wasn't even really supposed to be an album, it was a collection of songs that we had recorded mostly just to hear music ourselves and I always had figured that we would rerecord everything on that record. I even insisted that it be very limited in production so that it would sort of disappear and we would get the chance to do that. When we recorded the record for Mute we had a limited amount of time to do it but I really tried to focus on getting the sounds we wanted and creating forming the whole work as an actual record.
Q: About APTBS gigs, how do you feel playing live?Is it true that APTBS are the loudest band alive?I would love to hear your opinion about it...
A. I love to play live shows, it is something completely different that recording records and I think there is the opportunity to do a lot more live that you don't really have when recording a record. As for the loudest band alive I don't see how that could be possible, maybe wants to be the loudest band alive would be a better thing to say. I think the band is perceived to be really loud because of what we do with sound where we run amplifiers to the point of constant meltdown, and that sounds really loud. But we only have so much equipment and we can only bring our own equipment on US tours for the moment so we can only get so loud. Also I have heard bands that I feel like are louder than we are at huge festivals and such.
Q. About your recently gigs at Chile and Colombia....how was it?
A. We ended up only going to Colombia in the end and it was amazing. There was such a great energy from the people that it made us really get into the shows. Bogota is a really beautiful city as well and the people have good taste in music.
Q: Which new bands do you recommend?
A. Natural Child, Weekend, Grooms, Jeff The Brotherhood
Q: What´s the plans for future....new records, a tour, maybe play in Brazil....
A. We are just starting working on a new record right now and hopefully will finish it be early next year sometime. We have a few small tours lined up but are going to try to focus on recording as much as we can, hopefully one will be to Brazil as I hear it is one of the craziest places in the world and that sounds like fun to me! We're looking at going to Brazil later this year.
A. Kids go to school, old folks, listen to the kids.
Thanks Oliver....
www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers
APTBS - Daytrotter Sessions


Sounds like a lot to do each month but is it?
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Scrolling through her Facebook and Instagram home pages, senior biological sciences major Amani Mohammed said she is not surprised to see engagement posts one after the other.
"Personally, I want pursue my education first before ever thinking about a guy," she said.
According to VOGUE Magazine, the term "engagement season" has been coined in America to recognize the heightened number of engagements. Engagement season occurs from Thanksgiving until Valentine's Day. The idealness of the season leaves plenty time to plan and host a wedding throughout the rest of the year, whether it is summer, fall or the next winter.
WeddingWire estimates that 17 percent of engagements occur on the same 10 days each year, with nearly 40 percent of engagements occurring between November and February.
Southern Miss alumna Nikki Smith was proposed to in August with no reason behind the timing other than planning for the wedding.
Smith said she got engaged for reasons she believes are the right ones.
According WeddingWire, on average, couples are engaged for 12 to 13 months before getting married. For Smith, it will have been 15 months.
Nursing student Lauren English got engaged in December 2015 with a planned wedding date to be May 2017. English was not expecting the big question until her now fiancé, Josh, proposed.
English is in a long distance engagement, with both her and her fiancé still in college. She says being in school and far apart has had a significant impact on their engagement.
While being engaged in college sounds like a stressful situation, English and her fiancé find the joys in it.
Smith said if there was one piece of advice she would give to single girls, it would be to enjoy their college years without worrying about settling down.


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The Essentials: Psychedelic Pill by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Posted: September 7, 2019 in 2010s, 2012, Crazy Horse, Neil Young, The Essentials
Tags: 2010s, 2012, Crazy Horse, Driftin' Back, Essentials, Neil Young, Psychedelic Pill, Ramada Inn, She's Always Dancing, Walk Like a Giant
(As noted in my first Essentials entry, this is an occasional series in which I spotlight albums that, in my estimation, everyone should experience at least once.)
Last night, as is often the case, I worked late, not leaving the office until the sun was a mere hint on the horizon. Cars and trucks lumbered along the road, some with their headlamps on, others only illuminated by their running lights. The official end of summer has yet to come, but it's done. Kids are back in school. Family vacations are done. Days are growing short.
On the ride home, I thought of days that used to be. I thought of tomorrow, and what the new day might bring. I also powered down the windows and cranked up one of my favorite albums to listen to when driving: the last thoroughly great Neil Young album, Psychedelic Pill, which I also deem to be one of the decade's best albums. Recorded from January to March 2012, and released on October 30th of that year, it finds Neil backed by Crazy Horse, and features sprawling songs that capture the messy essence of this thing called life.
In short, it's nine-songs strong. (Eight, really.) Eighty-plus minutes. It burns, yearns, questions, looks back and ahead, and does so with an eye that's at once cynical and naive.
"Driftin' Back," the lead-off track, clocks in at 27 minutes and change, and finds him musing about the sound quality of MP3s, meditation, religion, art, and the corrupting nature of Big Tech, among other things. ("I used to dig Picasso/Then a big tech company came along/and turned him into wallpaper.") The stream-of-conscious nature of the lyrics is echoed by Neil's swirling and twirling guitar, which slithers one way and then the next, all while rising and falling like the star we call the sun. It's epic.
The concise title track follows, and echoes "Cinnamon Girl." Lyrically, it's about nothing less than looking for a good time – and, in a foreshadow of a song to come – getting lost in music. It's followed by the near-17-minute "Ramada Inn," a slice-of-life portrait of a longtime marriage in stasis. He drinks too much. She wants him to talk to old friends who gave it up. Yet they love each other. They do what they have to. Neil's solos are both mournful and majestic, with his guitar flying out of the thick rhythms laid down by Crazy Horse only to return to the groove in time for the next verse. Rolling Stone hailed it as one of the year's Top 5 songs.
"Born in Ontario" and "Twisted Road" both look back at the days that used to be. The former explores how one's hometown stays with you wherever you may roam ("you don't learn much/when you start to get old"); and the other digs into the joy that the music of Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and Roy Orbison gave him.
"She's Always Dancing" is the deliverance that "Psychedelic Pill" hinted at, painting a picture of a woman losing herself in the sweet cacophony of rock 'n' roll: "She wants to dance with her body left unbound/She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world/She wants to dream like she was a little girl." Although her age is never given, we know she's no longer young – and yet the music, as it does for all of us, rejuvenates her. (That's my take on it, at any rate.)
The gently haunting "For the Love of Man" hones in on a difficult question that has, no doubt, circled through the minds of many parents of differently abled children: "For the love of man/Who could understand what goes on/What is right and what is wrong/Why the angels cry, and the heavens sigh/When a child is born to live/But not like you or I."
"Walk Like a Giant" is a thunderous, 16 1/2-minute summary of one of life's cruelest lessons: The hopes, dreams and beliefs of youth are slowly crushed with every tick of the clock: "I used to walk like a giant on the land/Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream." That doesn't stop us from attempting to color-correct our faded idealism, mind you. Giants lumber on. Sometimes they falter. Sometimes they don't. But they don't give up.
An alternate mix of the title tune closes things out in fine fashion. Who isn't looking for a good time? Who doesn't get lost in music?
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Home Sports History The day India beat the Green Eagles of Nigeria 99-1
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It was unbelievable, implausible and incredible. The Green Eagles of Nigeria had been walloped 99-1 by a little known India team. If you have never heard of this historic match, you must belong to the incumbent "Indomie generation" in Nigeria.
Peter Rufai, as well as Emmanuel Okala, were the goalkeepers that day. It was an unforgettable day and a football match that ended India's football journey as they were banned by FIFA, the world football governing body, for scoring too many goals, allegedly for using voodoo in a friendly soccer match.
One of the players said each time they needed to kick the ball, they noticed a ball of fire. This drew them back each time and the Indians attacked them much more intensely. Peter Rufai, who would have saved the day for Nigeria stated that each and every time the ball approached him, he saw a lion instead and that was why Nigeria lost ingloriously that day.
No one could really tell when the match was played, the exact year nor the exact date but the venue could be predicted: the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. It is the only stadium in the country then that could stage a match of that magnitude.
1 How the Match went
1.1 Haa! India….
1.1.1 Behind the White teeth
1.1.2 The Injun Deluge
1.1.2.1 A Storm in a Teacup
2 The Second Half
2.1 To believe or not to
2.1.1 An analysis of the match
2.2 Why India?
How the Match went
A few months after the Nigerian Civil War, the Military Governor of Lagos, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Johnson (rtd.), decided to stage an exhibition match at the National Stadium to help Lagosians forget the bloody 30 months war that just ended.
Johnson wanted to stage the match against Ghana but he was advised against it. His advisers reminded him how Ghana trashed Nigeria 3-0 at the Independence Day match in 1960, and another loss to Ghana would defeat the purpose of the exhibition match. His advisers suggested that they chose a team that would be very easy to beat and he agreed.
Ethiopia, Zimbabwe were considered. The United States of America was also mentioned and finally, India was suggested.
Haa! India….
Johnson and his advisers believed that India would be a walkover and the country was chosen. When India agreed to play the exhibition match against Nigeria, they were overjoyed and they (the Indians) went ahead to give them three special conditions:
The match must be played barefooted i.e. without soccer boots.
Each goal scored by India would count as three goals while Nigeria would have one goal and,
If Nigeria eventually scored a goal, India would concede defeat.
They considered it fair enough as they resigned themselves to India's inexperience in football. However, they did not anticipate the strategic dexterity, and of course the mythical voodoo, the Indians would bring to fore.
Behind the White teeth
Peeeen! Algerian referee, Mohammed Touati blew his whistle to begin the game, after the 22 players of both sides had filed into the pitch barefooted.
The spectators screamed in excitement as India kicked off the game and before the fans had taken their seats, the Indians drew the first blood. Gooooaaaaal!!! 3-0. The Indian fans went wild with jubilation. The Nigerian team did not believe what just happened. They had hardly settled when the Indians scored the first goal of the game.
Peeen! The Nigerian strikers kicked off. But as they passed the ball to one another, they were surprised when an Indian striker grabbed the ball from the midfield and shot in the air as the Nigerian goalkeeper dived to the wrong side.
Gooooaaaal!! 6-0. The Nigerians could not believe it.
Okala looked morose and confused. They had thought that the Indian team would be easy to beat. Alas, they were wrong. Nevertheless, the Indians were going wild with jubilation and ecstasy.
Peeen! The Nigerian forwards passed to each other. Haruna Ilerika passed the ball into the Nigerian half to Christian Chukwu but Chukwu lost concentration and an Indian striker dispossessed him and charge down towards the penalty box. Okala rushed out but he was not as quick as the opposition striker who tumbled in the box after a weak contact with Okala.
Peeen! Penalty!! Touati pointed to the spot. The players could not believe it and their protests fell on deaf ears. To add insult upon injury, the Algerian referee brandished a yellow card to the goalkeeper, Emmanuel Okala.
The Injun Deluge
Peeen! The Indian striker stepped up and blasted into the top-left corner. Goal! 9-0. Three goals in the opening ten minutes? The Nigerian spectators were dazed, wondering what could be the matter. Their side of the stadium was silent as the graveyard but the Indians were shouting and hooting at the top of their voices.
Peeen!…….Goal! 12-0. 15-0. 18-0. 21-0. 24-0. 27-0. 30-0. It was the 25th minute and the Nigerian players had not neared India's goal territory. In fact, the Indian goalkeeper had not touched the ball at all.
However, two minutes later, Ilerika charged forward on a solo run with the ball and as he neared the Indian's goal territory, he raised his foot to shoot but he slipped and fell, twisting his ankle in the process. Ilerika laid on the turf groaning and moaning like a baby while an Indian defender quickly played the loose ball away. That was the nearest and clearest chance the Green Eagles ever had. Ilerika was then brought off for another striker.
Eighteen minutes later, the score stood at 54-0 as Touati blew to signal the end of the first half. Many of the Nigerian spectators had angrily left the stadium even before the half-time interval. However, the few optimistic and loyal Nigerians waited to see the end of the match.
A Storm in a Teacup
Meanwhile, in the Nigerian dressing room, the Head Coach of the Green Eagles, Otto Gloria was furious.
"Can someone just explained what in the heavens happened back there?" Gloria fumed. But no one dared to speak up.
"Okala, you are the damn captain, answer me!" He shouted. But Okala was speechless and at the same time angry.
"Erm..erm.. Coachito," Christian Chukwu interjected, "Those Indians are using juju. They are using black magic."
"Yes, yes," the rest of the team echoed Chukwu's assertion and murmured among themselves.
But the Brazilian would have none of it as he disregarded their allegations. "Will you keep you quiet? Magic my foot. There is no magic in football and you are all going out there in the next 45 minutes to prove me right." Gloria substituted Okala and brought in Peter Rufai to replace him and Segun Odegbami replaced Alloysius Atuegbu.
The Second Half
However, when the Nigerians kicked off the game to commence the second half, the match was full of mysterious occurrences that were unbelievable to the human eyes according to the players. They were the only ones who saw and felt it. But to the spectators and coaches, it was just a normal football match. Each time the Nigerians wanted to kick the ball, the players alleged, they saw a ball of fire. This meant that they avoided attacking any charging Indian player on the ball.
The goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, also said that each time an Indian player approached him, he saw a lion roaring towards him and a ball of fire. For one of the goals, he purportedly ran away only to hear the crowd roaring and cussing him on why he would leave his post. He turned back to see the ball at the back of the net.
To believe or not to
The players on many occasions complained to the Algerian referee about the despicable situation. However, the referee being a citizen of a country where such complex technology was unheard of, refused to believe their complaints and ordered the match to go on.
Nigerian players argued that each time an Indian player approached the goalkeeper, he saw a lion roaring towards him and a ball of fire/Gamewatchers Safari.
This would go on until a courageous Nigerian striker risked the roaring lion's head and fired the ball into the net. The ball was said to have turned into stone just before he did so. Nevertheless, he went ahead to kick the "stoned" ball and he was said to have dropped dead just after he saw the ball into the net. His bravery paid off and Nigeria "won" the match due to his lone goal, though, as it was said, the striker lost his life in the process.
However, the Indians had already scored 99 goals but the death of the striker brought an end to the match.
In light of this, FIFA banned India from playing football for years because the Indians might adopt black magic to manipulate international matches.
I swallowed hard as my elder cousin completed his fable and I thought it was so true. It was when I grew up and took an interest in sports (football), that I realised that the match never happened. No match of that sort was played not at any time in Nigeria.
An analysis of the match
Now, let us agree the match was played. But a friendly match played in the '70s in a National Stadium like Lagos should have enough publicity and records (this was not 1870).
Moreover, there is no record of the match in the archives of the football governing body of both countries. No radio, television or newspaper records of the event. Even the popular newspaper then, Daily Times, would have "screamed" it on their banner headline.
Another scenario is that the striker who scored the lone goal died immediately after he scored. But who could it have been? However, the proponents of the fairy tale said it was Samuel Okwaraji but Okwaraji died of heart failure on August 12, 1989, during a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Angola in the 77th minute. This proves another flaw in the story.
Also, counting one goal as three goals in a friendly match is against FIFA rules and the implications of doing that would result in Nigeria's revered internationals not taking part in the game. It would be termed unserious. There are many aspects of the game that do not augur well with FIFA standards and the Indian players were not known by any name.
Samuel Okwaraji slumps (and later died) during a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Angola in the 77th minute, August 12, 1989/Sports Village Square.
Lastly, most of the players, especially Peter Rufai, mentioned in the story were not full-fledged internationals as of 1970. In fact, some of them were just toddlers if we would go by that date.
I must salute whoever concocted this story. It caught most people off guard since no one has ever seen India participate in an international football game, especially the FIFA World Cup. This gave minute credence to the story to convince little minds. Nevertheless, the reason India does not participate in the World Cup is that they do not qualify.
So, it was a fable after all. It was not a true story. There was never a time India played Nigeria not to talk of scoring such a number of goals. It was one of "the football tales by moonlight" and I personally "salute" the initiator of this story. It would make a perfect Nollywood script for the Nigerian version of Shaolin soccer. In conclusion, the match never happened.
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I am 100% sure this image is photoshopped lol it can't be real but that face he is making is real enough.
Lol Now I don't understand baseball but I don't think the ball is supposed to hit him in the face, but I could be wrong who knows right.
Looks like he was trying to make out with the ball. but I guess he really loves this game.


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What airframe design is best for stormy weather?
Consider picking a plane for weather study. This plane will intentionally fly into weather systems (e.g. inside the eye of a hurricane) to collect scientific data. It will be equipped with on-board weather radar and other atmospheric sensors.
Which airframe designs are most suitable for this type of flying?
4 engines is probably a must for reliability
Piston? Turbo-prop? Turbo-fan?
Low wing? High wing?
Low / high aspect ratio?
Delta wing? Sweep wing?
Conventional tail? T tail?
You get the idea...
EDIT: I would also like to know why the current planes are chosen. For example, if delta wing is not used, then it suggests a certain criteria which cannot be met by the delta wing design (e.g. requires high AoA at low speeds).
aircraft-design weather
$\begingroup$ NOAA uses WP-3D Orion to collect data within the hurraine. $\endgroup$
– Him
$\begingroup$ NASA has an "Experimenter's Guide" in pdf form with all kinds of specs and considerations for the P-3 Orion. $\endgroup$
– TomMcW
In observing the configuration of the current aircraft used for weather study, it's important to also note that those planes were originally built for different missions that allowed modifications for such a special purpose.
The P-3 was built as a maritime patrol plane, which is a role not all that different from weather observation. It requires good range and endurance to allow the plane to fly out to sea and remain there long enough to accomplish its mission. The primary mission is using sensors, either onboard or deployed from the aircraft. The plane must also be able to withstand more time spent at lower altitudes and in more turbulence than typical aircraft.
The C-130 was built as a transport plane. This requires good range and payload capacity, both in weight and volume. These attributes have allowed it to serve in many roles, such as attack, special operations transport, and electronic warfare. As both aircraft were originally built for the military, they are built to withstand higher loading than typical civilian aircraft, which is useful when flying to bad weather.
4 engines are less efficient but provide redundancy - Both aircraft have 4 engines, as this is a good compromise between size of engine and propeller for this size of aircraft, at the time at which they were designed (around 1960). This primarily provides redundancy. The plane is required to be able to fly with one engine failed, and controllable with two on the same wing failed.
Turboprops are efficient at moderate speed - Both aircraft are also powered by turboprops. The primary roles for the aircraft do not require high speeds or altitudes, which is where turbofans have an advantage. Turboprops provide good power and efficiency at moderate speeds and altitudes, which is acceptable for shorter cargo missions and maritime patrols as well as weather observation. It's worth noting that the US Navy is replacing the P-3 with the P-8, which is a twin engine jet aircraft. A large part of this is likely due to the availability of an existing aircraft design, not being worth the cost of designing an entirely new plane. Although two engines provide less redundancy, they can still provide a similar level of reliability. Japan designed an entirely new maritime patrol plane, and opted for 4 turbofans. Although turbofans may require more fuel, they do allow higher speeds which allows the aircraft to reach its station faster.
Low wing may be a more versatile configuration - The high wing of the C-130 is mainly to allow easy loading and unloading of cargo by keeping the fuselage closer to the ground. This is less important for a weather observation role, though it does allow better downward visibility from the cabin. The P-3 sits higher above the ground, which allowed for a radar to be mounted underneath. Mounting sensors on top is certainly an option but may require modifications to retain stability. One might conclude that a low wing offers more versatility in this regard.
Moderate aspect ratio with sweep to match speed - The wing design will depend on the speeds for which the aircraft is designed. Low aspect ratios and high sweep or delta wings are good for reducing drag at higher speeds. There is no need for very high speeds in a weather observation aircraft, so these would seem to be poor choices. High aspect ratio and low sweep are good for reducing drag at lower speeds, which can maximize endurance. Though endurance is important for weather observation, these designs also have higher wing bending and generally lower top speeds. Both the C-130 and P-8 have moderate aspect ratios and low sweep, which offers a good compromise for strength and efficiency. Jet aircraft fly faster and generally use moderate sweep and aspect ratio.
Conventional tails can be more robust - T-tails have some issues with control and stability, and this prevents them from being used in most cases. The T-tail is mainly useful when the normal position of the horizontal stabilizer is taken up by engines or cargo doors, or would place it too close to wash the engines, or if efficiency is a high priority. Control and stability are particularly important when flying in adverse weather conditions, so if there is no other reason for having a T-tail, a conventional tail works better. All of the aircraft mentioned above have conventional tails.
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$\begingroup$ The 4 engines was a good feature for the NOAA researchers studying hurricane Hugo in 1989. The no. 3 propellor failed catastrophically and pieces of it partially damaged the no. 4 prop, although no. 4 was still able to keep operating. The P-3 is actually designed to shut down one or both outboard engines to maximize loiter time. $\endgroup$
To answer this, let's look at the planes primarily being used for this task today:
the Lockheed WP-3D Orion
and the Lockheed WC-130
These planes both feature 4 engines like you suggested, likely both for reliability and for the fact that they are rather large planes in order to maximize instrument and sensor space, as well as stability.
They are both powered by turboprops, which is likely due to the compromise provided between speed, range, efficiency, and reliability.
One has a low wing and the other a high wing, indicating that this is not a primary concern, as they have both been operational for decades.
The aspect ratios are relatively moderate, again indicating a compromise between performance and stability. The wings feature little sweep, reflective of the emphasis on stability and range over speed.
Finally, both feature a conventional tail, suggesting that simpler, more reliable designs are favored over designs that are more complex to maintain.
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$\begingroup$ I think that the logic of this answer is somewhat flawed. Both the Orion and Hercules are planes that were not specifically designed for weather observation and, as such, any commonalities of their features might just be coincidence. They show that, for example, a four-engined turboprop is at least "good enough" for weather observation but, hey, maybe a three-engined turbofan would be ideal and it's just that no such planes were available for conversion at the time and it was too expensive to design a new plane from scratch. $\endgroup$
Planes that actually fly into a hurricane for such purposes all the time are the C-130 and P-3 both of which are quadruple turbo-prop airplanes. As the C-130 is high-wing and the P-3 is low-wing, that part does not really matter. Both planes also have relatively straight wings and not swept back in any way as well as conventional tails. The P-3 has an aspect ratio of 7:5 and the C-130 has an aspect ratio of 10.1.
So basically, get a military plane with 4 turbo-prop planes and you are safe to go as we do it nowadays.
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$\begingroup$ Is that because the aerodynamics requirement for flying into hurricane is very similar to military transport plane? I'd like to know more about what's special about those planes that are chosen, as opposed to say, a Boeing 747 or a B52. $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ @kevin I'd say cost, most likely. The organizations that do this work are both either military or government related, so it's probably a lot cheaper for them to reuse old transports rather than buy new planes. In addition, these transports were designed mainly with ruggedness and survivability in mind, and can take a worse beating than a 747 or 757 that is designed for speed and efficiency. $\endgroup$
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