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3 Strategies for Better Meetings
As the format of your meetings evolves, make sure you have engagement and flexibility, advises Joseph Allen, University of Utah professor and co-author of the books Suddenly Virtual and Suddenly Hybrid.
Want to hold a better meeting, whether virtual, face-to-face or hybrid? Then make sure you have three elements in place: an engaged meeting leader, engaged meeting attendees and a decent grasp of technology.
That's the advice from Joseph Allen, an expert on meetings. A professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and director for the Center for Meeting Effectiveness, Allen co-authored the book Suddenly Virtual, released earlier this year, and will see the release of Suddenly Hybrid in February 2022.
Allen spoke during the recent Economist [email protected] US conference, sharing his advice for improving meetings.
People in this country host some 55 million meetings a day — "a huge number," he said, adding that he believes it's also an under-reporting. That not only makes meeting effectiveness a subject worth studying, but improving meetings could improve the bottom line.
"It's a really expensive thing that we do," Allen noted. "Think about all the people we bring together in meetings; think about the salaries they make; and think about the things they could have been doing if they weren't in the meeting. There's a lot of money, time and energy put into the meeting. But we don't necessarily do a whole lot to make sure they're good."
Allen's advice for improving the outcomes of meetings requires people to stop overlooking the basics in this "take-it-for-granted workplace activity."
Make Sure the Meeting Leader Is Engaged
Before hosting a meeting, the truly engaged meeting leader asks two questions: Does the meeting have a purpose? And do I need people to collaborate with me?
"If you answer yes to both of those questions, continue to schedule your meeting," said Allen. "If you answer no to either one of those questions, then stop. You don't need a meeting."
Once you've passed that hurdle, put together an agenda and share it ahead of time. "That way, everybody's on the same page," he noted.
Also, make sure you start on time and end on time and that you advocate for "everybody's voice."
"One of the key predictors of the effectiveness of meetings is a leader who encourages participation and makes everyone feel safe to participate," Allen explained.
Make Sure You Engage as an Attendee
The burden of a successful meeting doesn't rest solely on the person who has called it, Allen pointed out. What's also required is attendee engagement.
"Too often we go to the meeting and it's virtual or hybrid, and you have your e-mail over here or the latest report over there, and maybe the camera is on or maybe it's not, but it's really easy to just be sort of meeting, just sort of there," Allen said. "So, yes, the leader needs to pull some of that engagement out of you. But, honestly, if you're an attendee, you need to engage as well. You need to participate."
That means ignoring your phone, your screen or anything else that pulls you away from the meeting you're supposed to be attending.
"If the meeting leader is doing their part to make sure you know the purpose of the meeting, and they've invited you because you are relevant to the conversation, then they actually want you to engage," he added. "And the accomplishment or the goal for the meeting is more likely to arise if you do engage."
What if the agenda shows up and you don't see why you should attend? Allen recommended taking it up with the leader beforehand. "It's OK to clarify with the leader and say, 'I noticed the topic that you're planning to discuss here, and I don't really have a connection with that. Do I really need to be at this meeting?'"
After all, he observed, "The time you spend in a meeting is time you could spend on other, maybe more productive things."
Embrace and Experiment with Meeting Technology ...
While nearly everybody in education was forced to adopt virtual meeting applications beginning in March 2020, the software and other technology is "evolving at a really, really fast rate right now," Allen said. Companies that produce meeting applications are making all kinds of updates, "to make your virtual and hybrid meetings more effective, more collaborative, more engaging [and to deliver] better audio and better video."
Those of us who rely on virtual and hybrid meetings need to do what we can "not to fall off of the technology wagon," even as life begins to return to some semblance of normalcy, Allen asserted.
He's not suggesting adopting something new "every week." But it's worthwhile to identify new products or new features — "maybe it's a better camera, maybe it's better headset, maybe it's software that allows you to co-create within a virtual environment," — and try them out over the course of a few meetings.
"If you do that," said Allen, "within time you'll start to identify the kinds of processes and procedures that are going to really help the meeting be more effective."
… But Make Sure People Get Training
With face-to-face meetings, the "air" was the medium of communication. Participants could see each other, hear each other and collaborate fairly easily. The introduction of tech to the process has added its own pitfalls.
"Assuming that people know how to manage a complex communication environment is a bad assumption," Allen said. Guidance includes making sure people have the equipment they need and the training needed to develop their skills for using it.
It also involves making sure meeting leaders know how to balance their attention, especially in hybrid settings. Allen said some of the data his research has generated shows that "the amount of talk time is dictated more by the camera than it is by the number of people in the room."
In a meeting with five participants, three in the room and two on the camera, for example, "you would think that there'd be five equal contributions," he said. What he actually found is that people have a tendency to pay too much attention to those on the screen.
The modern meeting is evolving, requiring continued flexibility. As Allen concluded, "Take a moment to engage in just a few of these best practices for your workplace meetings and you'll be amazed at how easily and quickly your work engagement and your experience changes within your meetings."


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Salehabad (perski: صالح آباد) – miasto w Iranie, w ostanie Teheran. W 2006 roku miasto liczyło 54 218 mieszkańców w 13 454 rodzinach.

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2019 MLK Day of Service & Celebration
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?'" - MLK Jr.
The Great Barrington Du Bois Legacy Committee and Multicultural BRIDGE invite Berkshire residents of all ages* to join together in a morning of service to honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Register here to volunteer for service activities:
https://goo.gl/forms/7ADflWRE47R5tCgx2
We will meet at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington by 9:00 am and head out to volunteer activities.
Afterward, we will convene for a traditional interfaith celebration at 12:00 pm, followed by refreshments & community conversation at 1:00pm. (The MLK celebration service is open to all, not just volunteers, so please come for whatever portion of the day you can!)
*Please note that this is a family-friendly event, but children should be accompanied by an adult.
8:30 AM – 11 AM
34 Main St, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230
Special thanks to Du Bois Legacy Festival sponsors Greylock Federal Credit Union and Berkshire Bank.
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - March 2nd, 3pm-5pm
In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the social revolution of black intimate life that occurred in the black quarters of New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, queer relations, cohabitation outside of wedlock and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life. In wrestling with the question, "What is a free life?" young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship indifferent to the dictates of respectability, and outside the bounds of law. They cleaved to and cast off lovers, exchanged sex to subsist, and revised the meaning of marriage. Longing and desire fueled their experiments in how-to-live. They refused to labor like slaves or to accept degrading conditions of work. Beautifully written, Wayward Lives narrates the story of this radical transformation of black intimate and social life. It recreates the experience of young black women who wanted an existence qualitatively different than the one that had been scripted for them, and, for the first time, credits them with shaping a cultural movement that transformed the urban landscape. Through a melding of history and literary imagination, Wayward Lives recovers their radical aspirations and insurgent desires. [Hartman narrates the story of this radical transformation of black intimate and social life against the grain of the prevailing century-old argument about the crisis of the black family.]
Saidiya Hartman is the author of Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route and Scenes of Subjection. She a Guggenheim fellow and has been a Cullman Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. She is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and lives in New York.
She will be in dialogue with Tera W. Hunter, professor of African American Studies at Princeton.
Date: March 2nd, 2019 3pm - 5pm
Location: The Mount
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This week, Surfin' discovers what it takes to have an Internet addiction.
By the way, "Astor Paradise Suites" (aka Hilton Garden Inn) did not repair their Internet access during my stay and I will never stay there again.
I am not on the internet all the time, but at a computer, sure. On the radio, not enough. How does that fit with your obessession?


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John Jay gets back to basics in win over North Rockland
Mike Dougherty
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MONSEY – After skating without any direction for the first month of the season, John Jay had a sudden awakening.
The Indians went back to playing simple dump-and-chase hockey on Friday and came up with a 4-2 win over North Rockland. It was easily the biggest victory of the season for a team that has been hovering around the .500 mark.
"We came into the season thinking we'd roll over teams," senior forward Ellis Maloof said. "We thought we'd take the section by storm, but realized early on that wasn't going to happen so we came together and started working hard."
And that is what John Jay does best.
The Red Raiders came out strong, but goals were hard to come by in the first until Luke MacMillan scored twice in the last 15.3 seconds of play.
It didn't take long for the Indians to respond, though.
Maloof took advantage of a man advantage, popping in a goal just 46 seconds into the second, then controlled the puck at the bottom of the circle and knotted the score 2-2 from a difficult angle
"The end of that first period would've deflated a lot of teams," North Rockland coach Gary Dworkowitz said. "Give them credit. They had a good response."
Sean Blaney gave the Indians a 3-2 lead with 5:36 to go in the period when he snuck in weak side on the power play and tapped in a rebound off a Maloof shot.
North Rockland was all over the puck in the third period.
Ryan Cavanagh was able to add insurance with 8:45 remaining, but the Red Raiders had a 16-3 advantage in shots on goal.
John Jay goalie George McMichael played his best game of the season.
"I was pretty busy there," he said after making 34 saves. "I didn't have too much time to think and most of the credit goes to all those guys in front who kept clearing the puck out."
Player of the game: It was a stressful day for Maloof even before he got to Sport-O-Rama. He was recently moved up to forward and was in the car for more than five hours before the game after getting stuck in traffic coming back from a family trip in Vermont. The senior had a hand in every Indians goal, finishing with two goals and two assists.
Turning point: There was a noticeable mood swing early in the second after John Jay defenseman Charlie Hastings took an elbow to the head. No penalty was called, but the Indians were suddenly playing with emotion and were holding a lead when the period was over.
Stat line: Chris Hilliard assisted on both of the North Rockland goals. … Hastings assisted on the first John Jay goal.
Quotable: "For whatever reason, it's taken a while for us to figure out what we do best," Indians coach Alex Smith said. "This helps build a little confidence … but it's just one game, one period. We were holding on for dear life at the end, but the kids were engaged and that's something we've talked a lot about."
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Auguste Davin est un sculpteur et médailleur français né le  à Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont et mort le  à Grenoble.

Biographie

Auguste Davin est élève à l'École Vaucanson, puis à l'école des beaux-arts de Grenoble où il reçoit les conseils du sculpteur Eustache Bernard (1836-1904).

La vie d'Auguste Davin se partage ensuite entre Paris où il est élève d'Alexandre Falguière à l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (le Dictionnaire Bénézit dit qu'il fut également élève de Jules Chaplain), où il est ami de Colette et où il expose au Salon des artistes français dès 1891, obtenant une mention honorable en 1894. Il expose également dans son Dauphiné natal en se réinstallant en 1905 à Grenoble, où il vit au 27, rue Sidi-Brahim et où il est nommé professeur, puis directeur de l'école des arts industriels (fondation de Boissieux).

Les monuments commémoratifs, les statues et les portraits en médaillons de personnalités de son temps, tant dans la capitale que dans sa province d'origine, que réalise cet artiste  témoignent d'une reconnaissance de part et d'autre.

Mort en 1937, Auguste Davin est inhumé dans le caveau familial de Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont, son village natal dont une place porte aujourd'hui son nom. Sa sépulture est ornée de son portrait en médaillon en bronze exécuté par son ami Auguste Seysses. En 1938, son élève Victor Miard (1895-1971), sculpteur connu aussi pour son œuvre d'historien, peintre, affichiste et illustrateur, et qui conservera l'œuvre de son maître jusqu'à sa remise au musée Matheysin de La Mure, publie sous le pseudonyme de « Draim » une monographie d'Auguste Davin suivie d'un essai d'inventaire de ses travaux.

Œuvres

Monuments
 Christ, basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Grenoble.
 Monument au docteur Bernard Niepce, 1897, buste en bronze, Allevard, place des Thermes.
 Monument au docteur Romain Tagnard, 1909, buste en bronze, cimetière de La Mure.
 Statue équestre de Monument à Bayard, 1911, statue équestre érigée près du pont de Breda à Pontcharra, volée en 1992.
 Monument à la République, 1912, buste en bronze, Le Vésinet. Il était situé sur la place du Marché du Rond-Point et fut réquisitionné en  par décision du préfet de Seine-et-Oise pour être envoyé à la fonte.
 Sépulture de Joseph Guignier (1876-1912), 1912, cimetière de La Mure.
 La Maladie et la Vieillesse, tympan sculpté en fronton de l'hôpital-hospice de La Mure.
 Monument aux morts de Villard-de-Lans, 1920<ref>[http://www.monumentsauxmorts.fr/crbst_1726.html monumentsauxmorts.fr, Le Monument aux morts de Villard-de-Lans].</ref>.
 Monument aux morts de Vizille, 1924.
 Stèle, Grenoble, école Vaucanson.
 Monument aux morts d'Allevard.
 Monument aux élèves de l'École normale d'instituteurs de Grenoble morts pour la Patrie.

 Bas-reliefs et médaillons
 Émile Erckmann, 1899, médaillon ornant la sépulture de l'écrivain Émile Erckmann, cimetière de Lunéville.
 Henri Saint-Romme, 1906, bas-relief en bronze, piédestal de la statue de la Liberté de Bartholdi, Roybon.
 Auguste Eugène Rubin, 1909, médaillon en bronze ornant la sépulture du sculpteur Auguste Rubin (disciple d'Auguste Bartholdi), Paris, cimetière du Montparnasse.
 La Poésie, La Loi et L'Électricité, trois bas reliefs, Grenoble, Maison des étudiants.

 Expositions

 Salon des artistes français, à partir de 1889 (mention honorable au Salon de 1894).
 Expositions non datées : Société dauphinoise des beaux-arts, Grenoble, Société des amis des arts de Grenoble.

 Réception critique

  - Thierry Rode

 Œuvres dans les collections publiques

 Grenoble, musée de Grenoble : bustes et médaillons dont Émile Erckmann (médaillon en bronze), Xavier Roux (médaillon en bronze), Eustache Bernard (médaillon en marbre, 1906, dédicacé  dans le marbre), Le Sculpteur Rubin (médaillon en bronze), Concours musical de Grenoble (médaillon en bronze).
 La Mure, musée Matheysin : nombreuses œuvres d'Auguste Davin dont le buste d'Alfred Chion-Ducollet.
 Lancey , musée de la houille blanche : Statue allégorique de la houille blanche.
 Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, mairie : La République, sculpture.

 Galerie

 Notes et références

 Voir aussi
 Bibliographie
 Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'École française au XIXe siècle, Paris, E. Champion, 1914-1921.
 Draim (préface de Paul Fabre), Auguste Davin, statuaire, graveur en médailles (1866-1937), suivi d'un essai de catalogue des œuvres d'Auguste Davin, Rodez, Imprimerie Suberbie, 1938.
 Yves Devaux, L'univers des bronzes, Éditions Pygmalion, 1978.
 Jean-Claude Renard, L'âge de la fonte, Les éditions de l'amateur, 1985.
 Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Gründ, 1999.
 Roger Charles, Auguste Davin, 1866-1937, statuaire, graveur en médailles, Mémoire d'Obiou, , .
 Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronzes du  siècle - Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Les éditions de l'amateur, 2005.
 Alain Jam et Marc Grambin, Mémoires de vies - Les monuments aux morts du canton d'Allevard, Éditions Autrefois pour tous, 2006.
 Thierry Rode, Dictionnaire biographique des sculpteurs des années 1920-1930, Éditions Beau Fixe, 2007.
 Yves Deshairs, « Auguste Davin, sculpteur médaillonniste dauphinois », Bulletin mensuel de l'Académie delphinale, , .
 Denis Bellon, « Les monuments aux morts », Mémoire - revue des amis de l'histoire du Pays vizillois, , .
 Louis André, Aristide Bergès, une vie d'innovateur : de la papeterie à la houille blanche, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 2013.
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 Liens externes

 « Louis Auguste Ernest Davin », notice sur e-monumen.net''.

Sculpteur français du XIXe siècle
Sculpteur français du XXe siècle
Sculpteur rhône-alpin
Médailleur français
Personnalité liée à Grenoble
Élève de l'École supérieure d'art de Grenoble
Élève de l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts au XIXe siècle
Naissance en décembre 1866
Naissance en Isère
Décès en avril 1937
Décès à 70 ans
Décès à Grenoble


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THE WOMEN'S FUND AT NINETEEN:
STRONG, FOCUSED, GROWING AND AMBITIOUS
From an individual thought, to a community strong; the Women's Fund, with your help, has staked out a role as a regional leader in women's issues that invests over $150,000 annually to create economic opportunities for women and girls.
Our origin story is a tale about turning ideas and goals into reality: from those first founding mothers to the work of today's LifeWork Project participants and the members of the Task Force on Pathways for Women to a Living Wage. We set our goals high from the beginning, and we continue to aim high in order to have a lasting impact for women and this region we all call home.
2000: PURPOSE
When Attorney Bettina Borders learned she'd soon be appointed to Bristol County's bench, she contacted Anne Beaulieu, Community Foundation president. Donations are restricted for judges, she explained, so she wanted to make a gift right away. And she wanted that gift to make a sustained difference for women.
As a former women's crisis center director and single mother herself, she knew the value of the right support at the right time. Yet she also knew that organizations were struggling to sustain funding for women's programs. Helping to bridge that gap, she told Anne, was the role she wanted her gift to play. So they brought together a cadre of committed, philanthropy-savvy women to help chart the course.
2001-2003: PRINCIPLES & PRESENCE
Those "founding mothers" quickly put their grassroots organizing skills to work. They assessed the area's needs and the resources available to address them. They researched and interviewed Women's Funds in other areas. They developed a clear mission and governance structure. They designed a brochure and looked for start-up grants and donors.
Yet they did all this guerilla-style – resolving not to "go public" until they'd raised $50,000. Once they reached $100,000, the founders declared, they'd start giving out grants.
In 2003, after reaching their initial goal, they launched their first public fundraising campaign. The Mother's Day appeal suggested that instead of buying Mom flowers, gifts in her honor be made to the Women's Fund. Nearly $6,000 was raised. The next year, that appeal would raise 40% more.
2004 – 2007: STAFF, STRUCTURE & SUSTAINED SUPPORT
As the Women's Fund neared its targeted $100,000 milestone, there was a clear need for a dedicated resource to manage grant-making, fund-raising and the growing volunteer energy. However, despite many interviews, the right person had not emerged.
Commiserating over lunch at Candleworks one day, members of the hiring committee spotted someone they knew at a nearby table. Sparks flew! In June of 2004, Kate Fentress became the Women's Fund's first Executive Director.
Kate focused first on connecting with other women's organizations in the community to leverage their combined strength. Next came several soon-to-be-signature "firsts." The first public Networking Event took place in January of 2005. About 50 people were expected, nearly 300 showed! That year also saw the first Giving Circles, co-sponsorship of several political debates, membership in the national Women's Funding Network, and the first Fall Appeal.
Most importantly, having reached the $100,000 target, the Women's Fund began awarding grants, making its first Action Awards in June of 2005.
The following year, with support from UMass-Dartmouth, the first Leadership Breakfast was held. At the same time, Lara Stone, an Advisory Council member who later became the first Development Officer convened a "dream team" including Liz Ackerman, Krissy Arsenault, Ilana Feinerman, Kristie Garcia and Kyra Lawton to work on a Mother's Day race. The Women's Fund Tiara 5K quickly became our largest fundraiser.
And, as 2007 gave way to 2008, the Women's Fund staff doubled (from one person to two) with the hiring of all-star administrative assistant, Jeannette Doyle.
2008–2011 RELEVANCE & RESULTS
With the "Women & Girls Can't Wait" campaign, the Women's Fund increased its capacity to fund projects and underwrite programs. By 2011, the fund had granted over $700,000 to programs benefiting 5,000+ women and girls in the SouthCoast area.
Among these programs was Bristol Community College's Women in Successful Environments (WISE), a job training and employment program for low-income women. In 2008, the Women's Fund granted seed money to help launch the program. When state funding was cut in 2011, the Fund stepped up to fill the gap and ensure its continuity.
With an 80% success rate, the program had demonstrated the value of just one semester's support. For Kate and Lara, it also highlighted the challenges facing working women who were not earning a living wage, including their struggle to afford the child care, transportation and other essentials that would allow them to continue working and build a career.
Along with BCC and several other partners, the Women's Fund began to focus on a follow-up to WISE that could provide more comprehensive wrap-around support to help young women complete their education, land a job and earn a sustainable wage. Mentored by the Crittenton Women's Union in Boston, the Women's Fund galvanized a community collaboration to enable low-income women with families to receive the education and life skills necessary to move beyond poverty.
In 2011, When Lara took a new role at UMass-Dartmouth, Traci Calabrese joined the Women's Fund to write the grants and raise the funds to bring this new program, the LifeWork Project, into being.
2012-2015 TRIUMPH & TRANSITION
Based on the Crittenton Women's Union's Bridge to Self-Sufficiency® model, LifeWork brought several community organizations together to improve and coordinate support for low-income women pursuing higher education. A 3-year LifeWork pilot was launched in the fall of 2013, providing training, mentoring and cohort support to foster economic mobility. Still in pilot, LifeWork is already catalyzing strong results for participants: better grades, improved credit ratings, higher rates of graduation and educational continuation, increased employment, and a greater sense of agency - the ability to actively direct their lives.
With LifeWork in place, Kate Fentress retired, turning over the reins to Valerie Bassett in early 2014. Val, an active Women's Fund supporter, was a fairly recent transplant from Boston where she'd been a public health policy leader for the state. When Jeanette Doyle also retired, Dez Savoy joined as Administrative and Marketing Officer, completing the team.
Together, the staff and Leadership Council set out to define the next level of success for the Women's Fund: raising the regional percentage of women earning a living wage. They also decided to expand the Fund's advocacy action, weighing in on policies like Equal Pay, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Universal Pre-K, that create economic strength.
To determine how best to move the needle on women's economic independence, the Fund convened the Task Force on Pathways for Women to a Living Wage in the fall of 2014. Co-chaired by Val and Jean Fox, the Task Force studied key barriers and best practices and identified 27 concrete recommendations for future action. These were delivered at the 2015 Fall Leadership Breakfast.
"When She Earns More, We Are All Stronger."
2016+ FUTURE FOCUS
The Task Force recommendations have set a bold, shared agenda for regional partners who care about economic justice for women. In 2016, we initiated collaborative Working Groups to carry forward the action plans.
The recommendations also provide a blueprint for the Women's Fund's investments and actions going forward. Read more about the Economic Blueprint for Women.


Every week we dip into our tips bag to share some handy reader tips with you. This week we're looking at tips to help you share folders between Linux and Windows installs, upgrading your Canon's firmware, a simple way to clean your keyboard.
I read your article on harmonizing a Windows/Ubuntu dual-boot setup before I bought a Dell laptop that I was planning to install Ubuntu on. However, when it came I discovered that it already had two other partitions beside the Windows one (a recovery partition, and one that displayed a license agreement), so I fit in a common partition. I thought I'd share my solution with you, in case some other Linux users find it helpful.
First, I set the Windows partition to auto-mount when I booted up, for which I used the ntfs-config package from the Software Centre.
This created a link to my Windows documents folder in place of the Documents folder in my home directory. So if a program tries to save or open a file at ~/Documents/hello.txt, it will still work, but Linux will direct it to /media/OS/Users/Fodaro/Documents/hello.txt instead. I repeated this process for some other folders in my home directory, like Pictures, Music, Videos etc., so that all of my data can be kept in one place.
Thanks for writing in Fodaro; we're sure other readers have found themselves in a similar situation and will benefit from your tip.
RAW, Bracketing, Motion Detection to capture lightning. Best of All its not permanent and free. It goes along well with HDR, Tilt Shift, and RAW photography.
The CHDK is one of the more compelling reasons to opt for a Canon camera over other DSLR brands. If you have a Canon camera that you'd like to squeeze a little more life/better features out of, we can't recommend hitting up the CHDK wiki enough. It's amazing what some third-party firmware can do.
You do not need to download any software to lock you keyboard for cleaning a Windows machine. Hold down the Windows key and press the L key. That will lock you keyboard but allow your mouse to work to unlock it. First turn the keyboard over and jiggle it on the desk top. Hold it up a couple of inches above the desk and drop it. It won't hurt the key board and will dislodge lots of tiny stuff in between the keys. Then do your wipe down and use the mouse to turn the keyboard back on.
We've used the Win+L trick before, but be forewarned that if you're vigorously wiping down your keyboard with an alcohol wipe or some such thing it *is* possible to mash the right combination of keys to reboot your computer. Not that we've, uh, done that before. Looking for a more in depth cleaning session? Check out our guide here.
Have a tip you're dying to share? Shoot us an email at tips@howtogeek.com and you might just see it on the front page.


What Will Our Response to the Eschatological Dream of Martin Luther King Jr. Be?
King had to push other (white) clergy to join in his fight against injustice, not because they did not believe in it, but because they wanted to wait for the laws to change. King wanted justice and was willing to embody that call here and now, as he explained in an aptly described book, Why We Can't Wait.


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Russian warplanes and regime's helicopters target Idlib countryside .. more than 35 airstrikes targeted "Putin – Erdogan" area
Helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Hazarin town and Kafr Nubl in the southern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with renewed airstrikes by the Russian warplanes on the villages of Al-Mshrifah and al-Ferja in the southern and eastern countryside of Idlib.
In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored raids by the Russian guarantor's warplanes that targeted Rakaya Sajna, Mra'eian, Outskirts of Shnan, Marrat Hurmah, Al-Naqir, Al-Ftirah, Al-Mshrifah and al-Ferja in the southern and eastern countryside of Idlib, raising the number of their raids since morning to 20.
Also the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Hazarin, Kafr Nubl and Basqala in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the area of Kabani in Latakia countryside, bringing to 16, the number of barrel bombs dropped during this day.
While the regime forces have fired about 290 shells since midnight of Thursday – Friday, targeting Al-Mansurah and Khan Al-Asal in the western countryside of Aleppo, Ma'aret Hurmah, Kafr Sajnah, Sheikh Mustafa, Arinbeh, Tahtaya, Al-Tah, Um Jalal, Al-Mshirfah, Al-Zarzur, Ma'arrat al-Sin, Bidama and al-Najeya in Idlib countryside, areas in Latakia countryside, and areas in Sahl Al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama.
17 people were killed including 4 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, and 13 other persons in different circumstances in several areas of Syria yesterday
The "regime" approves the return of people of Halfaya in Hama countryside after its forces looted the agricultural crops and citizens' property
Accused of "dealing with ISIS and Kurdish forces" | "Military police"…
Accused of "dealing with ISIS and Kurdish forces" |…


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5 Off-the-wall bets for 2020
2010s- Decade in Review Part 3
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by Adam Oliver
Written by Adam Oliver
Three games into the new Premier League Season, and Spurs were in a cluster of teams at the top of the table who had a spotless record. Everything, to the outside, and even within certain inside eyes, looked rosey again, and there were even murmurs of another title 'challenge' (for want of a better word, meaning 'being there or thereabouts') again this season. However, analysing how Spurs have actually played this season, and their most recent performance, a pathetic defeat to Watford, makes for very different, and more concerning reading.
Let's be honest, Spurs scraped a win again Newcastle on the opening day, winning by a solitary goal, and with the hosts hitting the woodwork twice in the second half. This was followed by an equally damp performance against Fulham, where only a stunning free kick from Kieran Tripper sparked the players into life to eventually come out 3-1 victors. This was followed by a performance against Manchester United which was far less flattering than the 3-0 scoreline, at Old Trafford. Being very lucky to go into the break at 0-0, a five minute surge at the start of the second half gave us the control needed to hold on and even grab a third late on. Needless to say, I was far from impressed with the team up until then, despite these three victories. And these concerns I had, manifested themselves, to the point of completely coming to fruition against Watford, where the players and manager got what they deserved, and lost 2-1 at Watford. Much blame came onto the form the players, for lacklustre performances, as well as Chairman, Daniel Levy for not investing in the Summer transfer window, leading to a complete inadequacy of game-changers to come off the bench and change the games for Spurs. However, one man who seems to be getting off lightly, to the point of sympathy, is manager Mauricio Pochettino. However, there are certain matters on and off the pitch, that can surely only be blamed on him.
Of course, people are going to look at the Chairman as to why no money was invested within the squad. It has been widely reported that because Levy was not willing to stump up the funds required to bring in Pochettino's 'first choice' signings, with the eventual new stadium to be paid for, Pochettino would not settle for less, and therefore, no signings were made, so the squad is still as thin as it was last year, with no prolific striker, nor creative midfielder to bring on if we need a goal. Not just this but with the 'top six' rivals all having made significant additions, this is surely going to leave Spurs playing catch up. If Pochettino genuinely believes that his current squad is good enough for a title challenge and a solid run in the Champions League, given the fact that they were no where near last year, I am afraid that he is either extremely naive, or arrogant.
As a result of the lack of any depth of genuine quality, this has paved the way for complacency to come into play, with the likes of Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli almost certain to start every game, despite their questionable levels of form. Between them this season, they have one goal. And when they make up half of the attacking four on the teamsheet, and this is a club pushing at the door of the higher echelons of European football, the form of these two are just not good enough. Yet, Pochettino still did not bring anyone in to give these two competition. Nor did he provide Harry Kane with adequate backup, yet again, despite another goalscorer being badly needed. The form of Fernando Llorente can almost be compared to that of his predecessors, Roberto Soldado and Vincent Janssen, who are not quite esteemed company. So with this apparent content at his attacking options, this basically means that Kane plays every game of every competition, doing nothing for his fitness, and when he does not play, taking away our only serious goal threat.
Pochettino earns plenty of plaudits for his well-known 'father-like' relationship with the players, as well as the energy and fitness with which the team play, but something which needs looking at is his managerial stubbornness, which is a contributing factor to holding the team back from the 'top' level.
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How clocks work (in 5 easy steps)
Ever wondered what makes a clock tick? Oliver Cooke, Curator of Horological Collections, unpacks the five elements that enable clocks to keep time. Take a peek under the hood and discover the mechanics behind clocks and watches.
A verge and crownwheel escapement, atop a longcase clock movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel, London, c. 1665.
Oliver Cooke, Curator: Horological Collections and Andrew Shore 27 February 2018
Old clocks and watches are fascinating even without knowing how they work, but just a simple explanation provides a much deeper appreciation. The timekeeping function of mechanical timekeepers can be explained as just five elements:
1. Energy source
All machines, including timekeepers, need energy to work. The energy is usually stored in a weight or spring. When it is wound, energy is transferred from our muscles and into the driving weight (as it moves up against the force of gravity) or the mainspring (as it tightens up). This energy is released into the timekeeper as the weight drops or the mainspring unwinds.
Musical chamber clock by Nicholas Vallin with 3 driving weights and 3 counterweights (needed to stop the rope from slipping), London, 1598.
2. Wheels
Two trains of wheels (timekeeping and striking), of a Japanese stand/lantern clock, 17th–18th century.
An interconnected series of toothed wheels and pinions, known as a train, transmits the energy through the timekeeper. The energy source moves slowly and the wheel at the furthest end of the train moves quickly. This is the opposite of a car gearbox, where the engine revs quickly and the wheels on the road rotate more slowly.
3. Escapement
A verge and crownwheel escapement, on top of a longcase clock movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel, London, c. 1665.
The escapement is connected to the quickly moving end of the train of wheels. Like a turnstile which allows one spectator through at a time, the escapement allows one wheel tooth to pass through (or 'escape') at a time. Without it, the wheels would whiz until the weight hit the floor. The ticking of a timekeeper is the sound of the escapement stopping a wheel tooth.
4. Controller
An early pendulum timepiece by J Bernard van Stryp, Antwerp, c. 1660.
The controller is connected to the escapement – it controls the rate at which it allows the teeth to pass through. As each tooth passes the escapement, it gives the controller a little push to keep it going. A common controller is a pendulum, which is just a hanging weight – give it a push and gravity makes it swing, at a steady rate. Because gravity is essentially constant, pendulums are great for good timekeeping.
5. Indicator
This is the part of the timekeeper that tells us the time, usually hands on a dial. A clock striking a bell gives an aural indication of time – sometimes from many miles away.
Gilt-brass cased clock-watch with alarm by Hans Schniep. It has a single (hour) hand as a minute hand would be superfluous as the watch was only accurate to about 15 minutes a day. Speyer, Germany, c. 1590–1610.
These five elements apply to (almost!) all mechanical timekeepers from the most ancient to the modern. They can vary wildly, but are there if you look! Here's a handy video that takes you through these elements on a Swiss clock in the Museum's collection:
…and if you happen to have taken a clock apart, here's another handy guide on how to put it back together!


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The Seventh-day Adventist Church, Flankers in partnership with the Flankers Community Development Committee (CDC), The European Union and "Eve for Life" Foundation, conducted a Health Fair at the Flankers Primary and Junior High School in St. James on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
Over 100 members of the community benefited from numerous Public Health presentations and medical services offered, which included blood pressure checks, school medicals, free eye examinations and public health lectures.
The team of medical volunteers, on the day, conducted 25 school medicals, 58 regular medicals and over 23 HIV tests to the satisfaction of the organizers and the community members who participated. This was a motivation to ensure an ongoing partnership for a similar event in the future.


Arch-Mage Grimous Ironblood's desire to cure all sickness from the realms of Edra burns deep within. Kîndrith Swordsmyth is shocked when she discovers a hidden secret buried in her family's past. Brothers Kölbran and Kranbür Agrôth's hatred of each other spills over for one girl's love in their search for the mythical True-Love Rose.
Is there anyone alive who can prevent the existence of pure evil?


A former San Marcos teacher convicted of continuous sexual assault of a child Monday was sentenced to 32 years in prison without the possibility of parole, officials said.
Steven De Leon, 40, sexually abused an 11-year-old Travis Elementary School student from June 3, 2011, through Aug. 27, 2011, according to a news release the Caldwell County district attorney's office issued Tuesday.
The San Marcos school district announced in May that he resigned from his position that month amid allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a middle school student.
A district spokeswoman then said that he had worked in the district as an elementary school teacher for 16 years.
Caldwell County District Attorney Trey Hicks said Tuesday that the abuse was discovered the summer between the student's fifth and sixth grade years.
Authorities learned about the abuse from a recording of a sexually explicit telephone conversation between De Leon and the girl that the her mother found, the release says.
"The verdict sends a strong message that victimizing children will not be tolerated in our community," Hicks said in a statement.


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An Aldosterone test is typically ordered to help diagnose the cause of high blood pressure, especially if a person is not responding to blood pressure medication or has low potassium levels. While Aldosterone can be ordered by itself, an Aldosterone/Renin Ratio Test is often more useful as it provides more information. A 24 Hour Urine Aldosterone test is also available.
The donor should be taken off medications for at least three weeks prior to sample collection. Dietary sodium levels during the period prior to testing can affect aldosterone levels. Reference intervals are based on a normal sodium diet.
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June 17/04 7:37 am - Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce: Stage 3 Story
Charles Dionne (Canadian National) finally has the result he has been dreaming about for years - a stage win at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce. Dionne was one of the most dominant riders all day in the 180 kilometre stage that began and finished in the small town of Lac Etchemin, helping to initiate the day-long break, and then attacking repeatedly in the last 30 kilometres to finally engineer a solo win. Tomasz Brozyna (Action ATI), the overall leader, rode comfortably in the pack all day, as his team set tempo at the front.
With three ranked climbs (two Cat. 2 and one Cat. 3), plus the inevitable constant rolling terrain that Beauce is famous for, there were thoughts that the riders might take it a little easier, after having covered 300 kilometres in the previous two stages, and with the notorious Mont Megantic stage looming on Friday. That wish was immediately dispelled, when attacks started as soon as the neutralized section ended. Within 10 kilometres a group of 12 had formed off the front, and were rolling away without hindrance from Action ATI. Of course, the fact that all the riders in the break had missed the split the day before, and were over 17 minutes down might have had something to do with it...
Dionne, his Team Canada team mate Eric Wohlberg and Navigator's Mark Walters were all particularly active in the early going, but once the group was formed and everyone started working, it quickly went four minutes clear, stalled a bit and then went to nine minutes, which was acceptable to Brozyna's squad.
Besides Dionne, Wohlberg and Walters, the group also contained Gord Fraser (Health Net), Jaroslaw Zarebski and Plamen Stoyanov (both Hoop CCC), Aaron Olson (Colavita-Bolla), Kairat Baigudinov (Capec), Dan Bowman (TIAA-Cref), Joe Giuliano and Chris Issac (both Ital Pasta) and Will Routley (Symmetrics).
The group kept rolling through steadily until approximately 30 kilometres to go, when Dionne began to feel that some of the impetus was going out of the break, and it was time to reduce the odds.
"I knew the guys were getting tired, and I knew where to attack - I have studied this course. I went with everything I had."
Three riders managed to stay with him - Fraser, Baigudinov and Stoyanov. Giuliano and Olson tried to bridge, but even when Wohlberg came up and drove the group, they couldn't get across. The trio did get to within 15 seconds, with Wohlberg doing 90% of the work, but into a headwind, against the four committed riders in front, it wasn't enough. It caused some temporary ill will after the stage between Wohlberg and Dionne.
"Team mates aren't supposed to drive big moves up the road when you are so close." said Wohlberg afterwards. "Perhaps he (Dionne) didn't know - our team radios aren't working - but he could have looked back and seen us. I'm just disappointed to get that close, and he didn't wait. We could have played it out differently."
Dionne was adamant that he did not know Wohlberg was on the way. "There was nothing, no information until the officials said that it was one minute. I wasn't looking back, I was just worried about winning. Of course, if I had known Eric was that close I would not have worked."
Dionne was clearly the strongest rider in the front group, taking long pulls and looking good. He decided to bring the odds down even further, so he wouldn't have to rely on outsprinting Fraser, and attacked on the final climb, with just over three kilometres to go. Stoyanov and Fraser came off immediately, and Baigundinov had to chase over the top of the climb to get back on. Dionne jumped again with 600 metres to go, and rolled in a few seconds clear, grinning from ear to ear.
"I attacked at the end because I knew I had to get rid of Gord; I couldn't let it come to a sprint. I went with everything I had, and it was enough. I've been wanting so long to win a stage at Beauce. Finally I have won, and I am so happy. This is what I have been dreaming about for years."
With his win, Dionne also took the Points Jersey.
Race Notes
- Fraser, Stoyanov and some other remnants of the break were diverted off course into the vehicle deviation.
"The guy was waving the flag, for the vehicles it turns out, but this is a new finish for Etchemin, so we weren't too sure." explained Fraser. "It was a good attack by Charles. I was cramping, and couldn't respond on the climb. I think we were coming back to him at the end, but then we got diverted off course in the last few hundred metres. I don't know if we could have caught him, but that killed any chance."
Wohlberg's trio made it through okay, but the next group (sprinting for eighth) were diverted. They were all given the same time, but in the confusion, Routley was not awarded the Young Riders jersey in the awards ceremony (it was accidentally given to Bowman instead).
- Tomorrow the riders face the toughest climb of the race - the finish at the top of Mont Megantic. The final 3 kilometres averages over 10%, with sections of over 15%.
Megantic: Course Map


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class Collectd < Formula
  desc "Statistics collection and monitoring daemon"
  homepage "https://collectd.org/"
  url "https://collectd.org/files/collectd-5.12.0.tar.bz2"
  sha256 "5bae043042c19c31f77eb8464e56a01a5454e0b39fa07cf7ad0f1bfc9c3a09d6"
  license "MIT"

  bottle do
    sha256 "ea61777a4d32690b2a1ddd53081f0888f7c83066cc9e0e5482f604e61c981fd9" => :catalina
    sha256 "9efc5c99db4239be93afbad141938c697cc36c1442e117d92960a5265cfc57cf" => :mojave
    sha256 "850edf925fa233181c03c7157cf6c89fca53906f930c511febd283358242f688" => :high_sierra
  end

  head do
    url "https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git"

    depends_on "autoconf" => :build
    depends_on "automake" => :build
  end

  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
  depends_on "libgcrypt"
  depends_on "libtool"
  depends_on "net-snmp"
  depends_on "riemann-client"

  uses_from_macos "bison"
  uses_from_macos "flex"
  uses_from_macos "perl"

  def install
    args = %W[
      --disable-debug
      --disable-dependency-tracking
      --prefix=#{prefix}
      --localstatedir=#{var}
      --disable-java
      --enable-write_riemann
    ]

    system "./build.sh" if build.head?
    system "./configure", *args
    system "make", "install"
  end

  plist_options manual: "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin/collectd -f -C #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/etc/collectd.conf"

  def plist
    <<~EOS
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
      <plist version="1.0">
        <dict>
          <key>KeepAlive</key>
          <true/>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>#{plist_name}</string>
          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
          <array>
            <string>#{sbin}/collectd</string>
            <string>-f</string>
            <string>-C</string>
            <string>#{etc}/collectd.conf</string>
          </array>
          <key>RunAtLoad</key>
          <true/>
          <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
          <string>#{var}/log/collectd.log</string>
          <key>StandardOutPath</key>
          <string>#{var}/log/collectd.log</string>
        </dict>
      </plist>
    EOS
  end

  test do
    log = testpath/"collectd.log"
    (testpath/"collectd.conf").write <<~EOS
      LoadPlugin logfile
      <Plugin logfile>
        File "#{log}"
      </Plugin>
      LoadPlugin memory
    EOS
    begin
      pid = fork { exec sbin/"collectd", "-f", "-C", "collectd.conf" }
      sleep 1
      assert_predicate log, :exist?, "Failed to create log file"
      assert_match "plugin \"memory\" successfully loaded.", log.read
    ensure
      Process.kill("SIGINT", pid)
      Process.wait(pid)
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In the end, football is just a game. We remember that today, in light of the tragedy in Thousand Oaks. OK, so sports can be a needed distraction.
In the end, football is just a game.
We remember that today, in light of the tragedy in Thousand Oaks and another senseless shooting. Young lives lost are beyond heartbreaking.
It has left to the rest of us, hopefully, to press for a better world.
OK, OK, so sports can be a needed distraction, too. And a little bit of healing for all of us. So here we go.
It's the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Southern Section football playoffs, which means its Toss-up Time.
Oaks Christian is unbeaten at 11-0, the No. 4 seed and may not be the favorite in its Division 1 matchup at JSerra. It's Lions vs. Lions, and host JSerra has an impressive resume that includes a lopsided win over Calabasas and a tight loss to St. John Bosco.
Who else has their hands full? How about everybody.
High seeds Calabasas, Grace Brethren and Oxnard all have to win against strong teams on the road. Camarillo has lost just one game and must take on a No. 4 seed on its home field.
Simi Valley gets an unbeaten top seed. Moorpark gets a No. 3 seed. Pacifica's opponent is talented and deep.
OAKS CHRISTIAN 21, JSERRA 20: It shapes up as a defensive slugfest. Mistakes and big plays will be decisive.
CALABASAS 28, SAN JUAN HILLS 20: Coyotes' balance on both sides of ball should be the difference.
SIERRA CANYON 27, MOORPARK 21: Musketeers not intimidated, so upset is an distinct possibility.
GRACE BRETHREN 24, PARAMOUNT 17: Tough, tough place to play, but Lancers' physical prowess should win out.
CAMARILLO 30, OAK HILLS 24: Scorpions need to stand up to Oak Hills running game.
OXNARD 28, WEST RANCH 27: Both teams can score points. Could be a wild game and wilder ending.
PACIFICA 32, MAYFAIR 25: Top-notch athletes on both rosters. Tritons have the advantage by being at home.
HIGHLAND 28, SIMI VALLEY 20: Pioneers have to figure out how to stop a No. 1 seed and a relentless running attack. But Jim Benkert and staff could do just that.


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from __future__ import print_function
import sys, os
sys.path.insert(1, os.path.join("..","..",".."))
import h2o
from tests import pyunit_utils

def deeplearning_multi():

    print("Test checks if Deep Learning works fine with a multiclass training and test dataset")

    prostate = h2o.import_file(pyunit_utils.locate("smalldata/logreg/prostate.csv"))

    prostate[4] = prostate[4].asfactor()

    hh = h2o.deeplearning(x             = prostate[0:2],
                          y             = prostate[4],
                          validation_x  = prostate[0:2],
                          validation_y  = prostate[4],
                          loss          = 'CrossEntropy')
    hh.show()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pyunit_utils.standalone_test(deeplearning_multi)
else:
    deeplearning_multi()


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04-25-2018, 04:13 PM (This post was last modified: 04-25-2018, 05:00 PM by peastman.)
Quote: In the case of the harpsichords, anyone who has ever played a real harpsichord or is using it for a performance will want the releases just like in real life.
Ok, if that's really what you want!
Quote: overall the instruments seem a bit on the quiet side.
For the most part I've just left the samples at whatever volume they are. If the samples are quiet, that's what you get. But if you want I can try to standardize the volume of everything. Can you point to an instrument that you think is about the "right" volume? I'll then try to make everything roughly the same volume as that one (which is a subjective judgement, but it will at least put them all in the same ballpark).
Quote: The instruments in general have their top velocity layer mapped too low
The way I implemented layer assignment is to let you specify an exponent for the mapping curve. The default value is 0.7. For two layers, that puts the division at 78. For three layers it puts them at 59 and 96. I could change the exponent to push those up a bit if you like. For example, if I change it to 0.6 that will put the break at 84 for two layers, and at 66 and 100 for three layers. 0.5 would put the break at 90 for two layers, and at 73 and 104 for three layers.
If you activate crossfading, it uses the same breaks but as if there were one fewer layers. So with two layers, it crossfades across the entire range. With three layers it fades from the first to the second between 0 and 78, then from the second to the third between 78 and 127.
For the harpsichords that include a little of the note in the release samples, should I include rt_decay? Ideally we want the pitched part to get quieter the longer you hold the note, but the click to remain the same. But that isn't an option.


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Jon Huntsman Criticizes Republican Party, Compares Actions To Communist China
Jon Huntsman leveled harsh criticism at his party on Sunday evening, BuzzFeed's Zeke Miller reported, comparing the Republican Party to communist China and questioning the strength of this year's presidential field.
During an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Huntsman spoke candidly about his party's flaws, lamenting the Republican National Committee's decision to rescind an invitation to a major fundraising event after Huntsman called for a third-party candidate to enter the race.
"This is what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script," Huntsman said.
Huntsman, a former Utah governor who dropped out of the GOP primary in January, served as U.S. ambassador to China under President Barack Obama.
He also criticized the Republican candidates' foreign policy stances, particularly in regard to China.
"I don't know what world these people are living in," Huntsman said.
Although Huntsman did not mention any specific candidates, he has criticized Mitt Romney in the past for his "wrong-headed" approach. Huntsman, who endorsed Romney after dropping out of the race, said in February that the former Massachusetts governor should take a more opportunity-minded view to relations with China.
Huntsman also spoke on Sunday about his presidential candidacy, revealing that he was less than impressed by his fellow candidates when he attended his first debate in August.
"Is this the best we could do?" Huntsman said he asked himself.
He also joked that his wife forbade him to pander to the party's far-right contingent ahead of Iowa's caucuses, which likely hurt him with conservative voters in the Hawkeye State.
"She said if you pandered, if you sign any of those damn pledges, I'll leave you," Huntsman said. "So I had to say I believe in science -- and people on stage look at you quizzically as though you're ... an oddball."
Huntsman, however, did not actively campaign in Iowa, telling CBS News in December that "they pick corn," not presidents, in that early caucus state.
Since dropping out of the race, Huntsman has remained critical of his former opponents and has remained lukewarm in his backing of Romney.
"Gone are the days when the Republican Party used to put forward big, bold, visionary stuff," Huntsman said during the February interview with MSNBC that got him disinvited from the RNC fundraiser. "I think we're going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third-party movement or some alternative voice out there that can put forward new ideas."
And unlike others in his party who have endorsed Romney, Huntsman has refrained from appearing at campaign events on behalf of his party's likely nominee. According to his daughter, Abby Livingston, he won't be joining Romney on the trail anytime soon.
"My dad is not a surrogate for Romney and will not be out stumping for him in the general," she told ABC News earlier this month. "He is enjoying private life."
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Malvan although more of a holiday destination also has a small commercial center. While in Malvan a visit to the Malvan market is quite warranted. One could shop for authentic Malvani hand groung masalas here in the Malvan market. Apart from the spices you can also purchase locally grown good quality cashew nuts and famous wooden toys and wooden artefacts made by Sawantwadi artisans.
What to See in Malvan..
Though there are over a dozen temples scattered around, Malvan is not a temple town unlike most of the other destinations in Konkan, however there is lots to see and do in Malvan. A boat ride in the Karli backwaters and a visit to Sindhudurg fort are two things that you can't miss out on in Malvan. Dolphin watch rides are also very popular in Malvan!!
The Sindhudurg fort built on the Kurte Island on over 44 acers of land in Malvan is the primary attraction in Malvan apart from the beaches. The fort can be approached from the Malvan jetty close to the Malvan market. The stone inscriptions, bastions and the citadels of this fort would definitely transport you to a different land and time altogether. Descendands of Shivaji's era still inhabit this fort and carry forward the traditions of yore to this day.
There are some exotic islands off the coast from Malvan. The Nivati rocks is one of the beautiful rocky island here apart from the lighthouse island and burnt island famous for bird watching.
Malvan has a distinct way of preparing food and the Malvani food has an amazing flavour owing to the generous use of coconut. Malvani cuisines overlap Maharashtrian and Goan cuisines.
Just Behind the Malvan Police Station, half Kilometer away from Malvan jetty near the Arase Mahal is the Malvan Rock Gardens close to the beach. Malvan Rock Gardens is a beautifuly manicured garden located just by the sea overlooking the Chivla beach.


Seats recovered in authentic Louis Vuitton fabric with leather sides.
Do notice my beautiful 1971 smoke gray Traveler. My good friend Jeremy Gibbs found this car in Whales, took a five hour train trip and drove it back so that it would be ready when we arrived in London. If you would like to see a collection of photos of our 3000 mile trip through England, France, and Scotland, go to Photo Gallery and click on "European Delivery". A plug for Jeremy: He's a renown film editor now working on "Enemy at The Gates" in Germany.
Reunited after 17 years, I first purchased this 1951 split window in 1983. The car was completely original with only 75,000 miles on it. I bought it from an architect who was the second owner, and it was the last item to be settled in the divorce. Anyway, I cosmetically restored it but none of the parts were available for the series 2 Morris Minor, and the wheels kept falling off. I traded it to a fellow enthusiast for a Morris van. After the wheels fell off a couple more times, he sold it to a would-be restorer. Fifteen years later I found it completely taken apart, and in several boxes. It's almost finished in black, and leather seats. I want to thank the MM Parts Company for supplying me with a series 2 top frame, and convertible top.
I first built a truck like this in 1994 (see photo gallery under "Gone but not forgotten"), and sold it to a German actress who begged to own it. She turned around a year later and sold it for a profit. A year after that, it sold at the Pebble Beach Concourse for twice what I sold it for. I missed it so much I am building another one (picture to the left). Notice on the red one that the top folds back into the bed, or can be completely removed and left at home. More on this as work progresses.
Waiting for screenplays to sell is like watching the hands of the clock move. So Dolph'n Productions has embarked on the hand crafting of a 42 inch baby tender. Wooden air looms are all custom made for clients in the film industry. If you can put it on paper we can probably build it for you as witnessed by the Morris Minor Limo below.
This Swedish sloop is made of red African Mahogany over oak ribs. My father bought this boat out of the crate in 1960. Guess what the name is..."The Dolph'n". It is named after Rudolph, Randolph, Brandolph, my mother Buddy ann, and my sister Pandora Ru ann. Thus the Dolph's and the Nn's. It is 28 feet long with teak decks. Remember "The Way We Were"?... It is all bright varnish with over 90 hand carved dolphins along with three Julian Ritter oil paintings.
This incredible 34 inch stretch landaulet is a combination of the efforts of many skilled and talented people, including Sean Crayford Jr. of Crayford Coachworks (structural design), Albert at Imperial Auto body (fabrication), British European of San Pedro (drive train) and Absolute upholstery of Marina Del Rey (custom convertible top). All supervised and assembled by Dolph'n productions.
BOY NOT INCLUDED! This pair of ancient iron has been seen in many magazines, and movies around the world. A 1953 Austin A40 Devon panel van and a matching J40 Austin pedal car. The little one fits inside the big one. And you can drive the big one anywhere!
This 1960 turquoise Morris Minor Traveler was given a ground up restoration starting January 1998. It has all new wood plus side wood and a beautiful wooden interior done in a marine fashion with leather seats and lots and lots of varnish. The drive train is a 1275 rib case transmission, 390 rear end, built by Mincom Racing. Wire wheels/disc brakes by Borroni and paint by Imperial Auto Body.


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'I am enough:' Mount Royal professor Bassem Hafez on his path to social work
by Rayane Sabbagh November 28, 2017
Bassem Hafez admits he's a controversial figure in Calgary's Egyptian community.
"I drink, I'm an atheist, I'm on the board of a LGBTQ+ rights organization, and I make fun of every single thing from the religious establishment and the army – even the country!" he explains. "I challenge any value that puts pressure on us."
Indeed, Hafez is a hard man to categorize, but that's what makes him an important figure and connector of so many disparate parts of the community.
To put it simply, Hafez has an incredible amount of activism and social work on his resume. To name a few: he's a translator and interpreter for Immigrant Services Calgary; the co-founder and ex-president of the Calgary Egyptian Association; a drama club facilitator for Inn from the Cold, a member of the United Nations Association in Canada, a volunteer for Green Calgary, a volunteer for the crisis line at the Distress Centre in Calgary and he's a Mount Royal University general education professor.
His love for social work started with the injustices that took place within his own home in Egypt. Growing up in a privileged household, Hafez says he was raised in an environment that never stepped outside boundaries.
"I realized I was living in a bubble, and I think [my family] got used to it, and embraced it," he says. His family had great status, money and success; they were happy being cut off from the realities of the world. But Hafez wasn't interested – "I refused that," he says.
Hafez remembers his teenage years as being fraught with tension and conflict with his father.
"We had lots of fights; he broke my first guitar, and tried to cut my hair, and would shame me and disgrace me in front the family."
Hafez has long, thick, wavy black hair with streaks of gray that reaches the arch of his back, always tied back into a ponytail, and accompanied by a dark, peppered beard. It's a look he's been rocking since he discovered the power of heavy metal in his youth, despite it being frowned upon in Egypt.
In 1997 the Egyptian state had a crackdown on heavy metal artists and activists; claiming it promoted Satanism, atheism and homosexuality.
"It was so bad that the Egyptian Pope and the Sheikh came on TV … they called for a hanging of the kids who listen to 'the music of the devil.'"
Bassem Hafez found like-minded Egyptians through blogging, activism and heavy metal. Photo by Rayane Sabbagh
Hafez says heavy metal stood for the unhappy youth of Egypt who wanted to see change from those in power. The younger generation disagreed with the conservative values that were forced upon them. Their revolution began through heavy metal, but became a movement through the Internet.
Hafez was able to reach out to people through blogging, slowly building a community of like-minded people. He had a document called the "Myth of Satanism" that spoke out against the word of the government and misconceptions of heavy metal. He began networking and soon started what became his life passion; activism.
After years of social work and fighting the inequality within his community, Hafez decided he had enough of the "suffocating environment" and wanted a change. He made the move to Canada to get his PhD in political science at the U of C, even though post-secondary wasn't something he saw for himself.
"I wanted to be a taxi driver; I thought it would be interesting! People always talk to you, and tell you stories … But my parents forced me 'you should be an engineer like dad or a pharmacist like mama.'"
Once he settled in Calgary with his wife, Hafez found out about Calgary Outlink — a support centre for all gender and sexually diverse people — through a friend whose kids went to the same school as his twins.
But Calgary Outlink was facing some allegations of racism on the board at the time. "It exploded from the inside," says Hafez.
After the turmoil, "the few remaining believers in Calgary Outlink" decided to resurrect it.
That's where Hafez came in. "I like taking failing cases. I wanted to make it happen and frankly, it was the right time to explode after 35 years of existence. It needed a new structure."
Hafez now sits as a board member with Calgary Outlink.
"The board is very much homogenous, very much dedicated — we are doing much better," he says since its resurrection.
But he also acknowledges that a man from Egypt, coming from a Muslim background, working for a LGBTQ+ centre isn't the most common thing. Especially for someone like Hafez, who is very connected to the Egyptian community in Calgary.
Hafez works hands-on with refugees and newcomers coming into our city — translating, offering resources and making sure they know they have a community of people to fall back on. So even if you had personal differences with him, you needed him.
"I feel confident when he's around. I feel secure — he's dependable" says Karim Kadry, a friend of Hafez's for about five years.
Verginia Ghobrial-Sib, another one of Hafez's close friends, who is a part of the Calgary Egyptian Association, agrees. "Bassem has affected my life greatly … you know when you have someone that gives you a different way of seeing stuff … he just gives you a new perspective and you start looking at things in your life differently."
Through all the social work and constant battles against discrimination, Hafez finds balance in the chaos by continuously spreading tolerance and acceptance of differences.
"People need to know that who they are is enough," he says softly. His small framed glasses popped up on his cheeks as he cracked a smile.
"I need to write 'I am enough' here," he says while pointing at his forearm, touching the area he wants to get tattooed in order to have a constant reminder of the message he wants to spread to others and himself.
"I'm convinced I have to do it. Why would I feel the shame that sometimes I'm not; I am enough."
rsabbagh@cjournal.ca
Editor: Jamie McNamara | jmcnamara@cjournal.ca
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Motorcycle road trip	Sri Lanka
On the Roads of Ceylon
Francis, Travel designer
Francis is a biker always venturing out on the road to uncover new routes with as much passion as he has telling stories. He is an enthusiast and knows our itineraries like the back of his hand.
Got a passion for motorbikes, nature and history? Then head off along Sri Lanka's magical roads and trails. There are many Indian influences here, but they are lighter, softer, and restyled. Enter a radiant and luxuriant world – from the cultural triangle to the tea plantations, with a detour via Trincomalee before venturing into rainforests and national parks, then ending your trip near Galle, with feet dipped in the sea. For bikers who fancy intensely new surroundings and variety, this complete motorcycle tour blends cultural riches and beautiful landscapes.
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Period December to April
Duration 12 days incl. 10 days' riding
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Accommodation Standard, Charming or Comfort
From €3,190/pilot
€2,490/pillion
Your Motorcycle Tour in Sri Lanka 12 stages - 876 miles
D1 / Arrive in Negombo
You are met at the airport and taken 20 minutes by car to Negombo, a fishing port and coastal resort. After you settle in at the hotel, time for some beach- or pool-based R & R. From the shore, you can admire the flotilla of oruwas, traditional fishing boats whose square sails dance on the ocean.
D2 / Negombo - Kalpitiya - 68 miles
We begin the tour by heading north towards Kalpitiya peninsula, along a series of minor coastal roads and some tracks, passing through fishing villages. We reach a stretch lined by huge coconut plantations before they give way to shrimp farms. We fork off onto the peninsula and ride between the lagoon and the ocean.
D3 / Kalpitiya - Sigiriya - 118 miles
After around 18 miles of main road skirting the immense Karuwalagas lagoon, we cross a plain peppered with jungles, rice paddies, coconut plantations, mango groves and several lakes. We make a detour to visit the Ritigala ruins, a monastery that was abandoned many years ago, nestled in the heart of the jungle. Only when the imposing Lion Rock is dominating the reddish plains do we know that we've arrived in Sigiriya.
D4 / Sigiriya - 84 miles
Today, we have two options: we can visit either the ancient city of Polonnaruwa or Dambulla's Buddhist cave temple. We ride along the edge of Minneriya National Park, where elephant sightings are common. After a break near Giritale tank, we head to Polonnaruwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Alternatively, we can head to Dambulla and its astounding caves housing numerous Buddha statues.
D5 / Sigiriya - Trincomalee - 99 miles
This morning, we visit the Lion Rock, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and hike to the top, where we're rewarded with spectacular views. We head northeast along indescribably charming country roads for around 12 miles, then rough and ready tracks to end on a recently renovated, easy road straight to the coast. We stop in Trincomalee, a city that welcomed the end of the Tamil Tiger conflict.
D6 / Trincomalee - Wasgamuwa - 134 miles
We drive south through the endless eastern plains, peppered with pristine expanses, enormous lakes and protected natural parks. We enjoy a long, wide track, which resembles an off-road highway. This part of the island is uncrowded and this leg takes us to the foothills of a large mountain range in south-central Sri Lanka. We stop at the foot of Knuckles mountain range.
D7 / Wasgamuwa - Knuckles - 62 miles
We drive alongside the Knuckles range, a beautiful, tall mountain that remains very wild. We enjoy magnificent views of reservoirs with deep blue waters and the mountain range getting closer and closer until we reach a smooth, well-designed road that takes up into the cool high-altitude tropical rainforests above 1,000 m altitude. Finally, we end this beautiful leg passing our first tea plantations and rural villages.
D8 / Knuckles - Nuwara Eliya - 78 miles
We continue our adventure, venturing into the heart of the island and its highlands, overlooked by the country's highest peaks. We climb up to almost 2,000 metres. The road winds through several tea plantations and their artistic formations. When we reach Nuwara Eliya, the country's highest city, you'll soon realise that its nickname "Little England" is no exaggeration: it still carries a strong British influence.
D9 / Nuwara Eliya - Ella - 56 miles
We are in the heart of Sri Lanka's tea country. We take a deliberately arduous route so that we can really make the most of this unique region. As well as tea bushes, we also pass many dairy farms, a landscape that could easily be passed off as Switzerland. We arrive in Ella for lunch, a peaceful refuge for many travellers. We then ride to our stop for the night, just outside this small town.
D10 / Ella - Udawalawe - 99 miles
Today, we leave the central highlands behind us and head for the south coast. We make one last tea-related visit to the historical Sir Lipton's tea factory, and weather permitting, we may even be able to take a ride to Lipton's Seat, a lookout with perfect views across this empire of green gold. We take a break at Diyaluma Falls, the third highest in Sri Lanka. We stay on the edge of the famous Udawalawe national park.
D11 / Udawalawe - Galle - 78 miles
We enjoy an early morning safari in Udawalawe national park, where elephant sightings are guaranteed. Then, we head to the much-loved south coast. En route, we stop off at Mulkirigala rock temples and the reclining Buddhas in the caves, proof of the island's ancient Buddhist culture. We reach the turquoise waters of the coast, take a break next to the sea and then ride on to Galle, an old Dutch fortified city.
D12 / Galle - Colombo international airport
Today, we ride to Colombo. You are then transferred to the airport in a private vehicle based on your flight time. Important: Make sure that you book an evening flight.
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It was 9:30 at night and I was driving north on a quiet road, hooked to a cell phone. My 6-year-old son, Lucas, sleepy and tearful, was on the line.
Do you love writing better than me?" The asked.
Peering into the darkness, I increased my speed. I had just walked out in the middle of a blue-ribbon publishing panel so I could be home in time to put Lucas and his older sister to bed.
For the moment, Lucas seemed content. Now I was the one feeling off-balance. I hadn't expected to be explaining Freudian concepts of love, economic freedom and work to my first grader from the shadowy womb of the car. The need to write and the need to mother were on a collision course that evening. The clash seemed particularly jarring because it came amid the holiday season's heightened expectations. It was the week before Thanksgiving, and my children were looking forward to their upcoming vacation in Florida with their father. I would miss them, but I welcomed nights of uninterrupted writing time.
Their flight was scheduled for Friday afternoon. Most of my week was filled with odd computer problems and evening writing events — all of them promising to be interesting and stimulating. As usual, I did mental gymnastics, trying to figure out how to vault to my writing events and still stick my landings at home.
I forced myself to make choices. I'd forgo my ongoing fiction class; I'd attend a new screenwriting workshop. But the real crunch came with the publishing panel, scheduled for Thursday, the night before my children were leaving.
I planned an early, cozy dinner together and arranged for the children's favorite sitter. On Thursday morning, however, my daughter woke up with a horrible, hacking cough, and I left work early so we could go to the doctor. At 10, Elissa considers doctors' visits a fate worse than losing telephone privileges. Her mood was bleak, and when she was diagnosed with bronchitis, she turned sullen. We waited for a prescription for nearly an hour. When I was curt with the pharmacist, Elissa ducked down the nearest aisle, embarrassed.
Our cozy dinner became a hasty affair of some good homemade soup and half-eaten sandwiches. The sitter came and I rushed out to the publishing program with promises of being home in time to read bedtime books. In one coat pocket I held my notebook and pen, in the other, my cell phone.
In the university auditorium, immersed in the world of writers and book lovers, I felt energized and inspired. Behind me, I saw my former journalism professor, author William Kennedy. I got up to greet him. Unexpectedly, he invited me to join him and the panel member — agents, editors, publishers — for a drink after the workshop.
It isn't often that I'm invited out with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and other top literary people. It was an entree into the mysterious and intimidating arena of publishing. In my fantasies, I heard laughter and witty repartee. I saw my smiling, well-read self sharing revelations with these pundits of the written word. I felt new relationships blossoming.
I could also picture my children at home, waiting for the sound of the garage door to open and me to sail in.
"I can't," I said to William Kennedy.
Ironically, the biggest message from the panel seemed to be about the importance of networking and making contacts. By 9:15, when I knew I should be on the road, I started to think more about that invitation.
Phone in hand, I ducked into the nearest bathroom and called home. My daughter sounded fine. But then Lucas took the phone.
When are you coming home?" he asked, his voice unnaturally highpitched.
Kristin, the sitter, said she would lie down with Lucas and try to calm him. But I could still hear him whimpering.
During the 15-minute drive home, my thinking was reduced to that of a first grader. Life isn't fair. Then a new thought took hold: Perhaps I could put both kids to bed, convince the sitter to stay and rush out again.
I called home once more, fearful that by the time I got there, Lucas would be asleep. The fear emanated from opposing parts of me: from the mother who wanted her son to know she was going to be there for him, and from the writer who didn't want to forgo an opportunity.
And so I spent the drive home talking to Lucas, trying to keep him awake until I could hug him. I told him about running into the author who wrote the children's book he loves, Charley Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine. I mentioned friends' houses I passed along the road, trees that resembled giant monsters — anything to keep the conversation going.
By the time I clicked open my garage, the world of writing, writers and publisher's seemed like a distant fantasy.
My daughter was reading in bed. "I'm glad you're home," she said. I kissed her forehead and promised to read another chapter to her.
But first, I lay down with Lucas. I listened to his breathing and felt the warmth of his body. I smelled his newly shampooed hair. It was one of those moments when everything should have been clear — but wasn't. I tried to convince myself I was where I should be and where I wanted to be. The rest — publishing, networking, marketing — would somehow follow.
My daughter often complains about my lack of complete attention. In the rolled-eye way. of preadolescents, she says all I ever do is write. Her perception amazes me, since it is the one thing I never have enough time for, and most of it I do late at night, long after she's asleep.
In a more pointed manner, Lucas has accused me of having the audacity to write while attending his 6:30 a.m. weekend hockey practice. How he manages to see me scribble while I'm huddled high in the bleachers and he's busy chasing a puck, I don't know. But I do know that the urge to write is often incurable, and like other less desirable addictions, it has a way of taking over one's fife, motherhood notwithstanding.
After Lucas fell asleep, I watched him for a long time. Then I read with Elissa and held her until she fell into her dreams. Sometime after 10, when they were both in a deep sleep, I asked my patiently waiting sitter if it was possible for her to stay, and headed out again. I felt foolish, but my literary opportunity still beckoned.
I sped back downtown, heading for a popular local pub where I'd heard Kennedy often goes. When I pulled up, my heart was pounding. I stood outside for a few minutes, debating on whether to go in, and then, mustering my nerve, I just did.
My eyes scanned both sides of the front room. I walked past the hostess, college students and others. I reached the back room. There was no Kennedy, no post-publishing panel get-together, no opportunity.
The next morning, I called a friend and we discussed bad timing and good mothering, all in the context of the writing life.
When Lucas called from Florida several days later, he had lots to tell me about his plane ride, Mickey and the man-o'wars at Coconut Grove. Alone with my books and my computer that holiday week, I tried to do as much writing as possible. There were no invitations to anything that had to do with writing or publishing.
I'm still plugging away — at my novel, short stories, essays and a screenplay. I like to think that one day some or all of these will make their mark somewhere. I try not to think about the words that will never get written or published.
My friend likes to believe that in about 12 years, when Lucas is studying Ironweed or Very Old Bones in college lit, he can tell his classmates about the night his writer mother chose coming home to him over going out with William Kennedy.
Talk about fantasies. It is more likely that my son will remember that I was the only mother who wrote during hockey practice.
Thank you for sharing. I helped raise my brother and I lived at home until I recently started my new job moved in with my partner.
Outside of work I have a number of projects that I am pursing. I've been spending a lot of time reflecting on whether I should have been there more for my brother as he grew he up. I was a bit too focused on my own work and recreation and I regret it now. Now living with my partner I'm trying to be more thoughtful about being present with her and still making time for my projects.
Scriptwriting Ain't As Easy As It Looks!


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