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December 21, 2016 In Personal Injury
Cordova, TN Apartment Shootings: Was there security?
style="text-align: justify;"> Violent crime isn't limited to urban centers, or run-down properties. Areas in eastern Shelby County, including Cordova, TN are experiencing violent crime, often at what many people would consider to be luxury apartment complexes.
Earlier this month, 18 year old Eddie McDonald was shot and killed at the Country Squire Apartments in Cordova, TN.
And just this week, a man was shot and killed at the Appling Lakes Apartments in Cordova, TN, while two others were injured by gunfire. The Commercial Appeal reports that the Appling Lakes shooting was the 19th murder in unincorporated Shelby County in 2016–the highest number of homicides ever recorded.
Did you know that apartment owners must provide reasonable security?
In Tennessee, apartment owners are generally required to provide reasonable security measure to tenants and guests of the property. What is "reasonable?" It depends on the circumstances, such as the type of crime committed against a victim and the history of crime on the property and in the surrounding neighborhood.
Every single apartment shooting case is different. We can't help but wonder if in the Appling Lakes and Country Squire shooting cases, security measures could have prevented the victims' deaths and injuries. We do not know enough yet about the cases to make an assessment.
Call us. We are lawyers for crime victims.
We are lawyers for apartment crime victims in Memphis, TN. If you are the victim of an apartment shooting or crime, please call us today at (901) 372-5003.
We have the experience, know-how, and financial resources to properly investigate and prosecute your case. If the apartment complex where you were injured did not provide reasonable security, you may be entitled to money damages to compensate you for your injuries and pain and suffering. This is the case even if you weren't a tenant and were just visiting.
We have helped others like you. Let us help you. Call (901) 372-5003 and ask to speak to the experienced apartment crime lawyers in Memphis, TN.
November 30, 2016 In Personal Injury
"Apartment Managers Can't Turn a Blind Eye to Crime," says Apartment Crime Lawyer Memphis,TN Knows and Trusts.
As an apartment crime lawyer Memphis, TN knows and trusts, I can tell you that in Tennessee, the law requires property owners to take reasonable measures to protect their tenants and guests from foreseeable criminal attacks. Many apartment managers and owners fail to do this, and in some cases, innocent people living in or visiting apartment complexes or communities are injured as a result.
What is a foreseeable crime?
Tennessee case law states that the degree of foreseeability needed to establish a duty by an apartment owner to protect against criminal acts will almost always require that prior instances of crime have occurred on or in the immediate vicinity of the property. Courts will consider the location, nature, and extent of previous criminal activities and their similarity, proximity, or other relationship to the crime that resulted in personal injuries to an innocent victim.
Assessing Crime at an Apartment Complex
So, what is a property owner or apartment manager in Memphis TN supposed to do? The owner or manager can start by assessing the level of crime within the apartment complex and surrounding neighborhood. How is management supposed to know about crime? Many apartment managers commute to work from some other neighborhood and don't even live in the apartment complex they manage, so they are disconnected from the community. Even if a manager does live on site, the manager might claim he or she never observed any crime occurring, and thus had no reason to know security measures were necessary. Good enough? Not by a long shot. There are many tools available today for property owners and managers to use to assess crime as the first step in developing a reasonable security plan for an apartment community.
Reviewing and Monitoring Crime Levels
As an apartment crime lawyer Memphis, TN counts on, I regularly obtain the following information while representing victims of apartment violence and shootings, so we know that the same information is available to apartment owners and managers.
CAP Index® Reports– According to the company's website, CRIMECAST Reports are designed to identify the risk of personal and property crimes at a particular location.
Crime Analysis Reports. In the City of Memphis, a property manager or owner can submit a Crime Analysis Search Request to the Memphis TN Police Department and receive a Crime Analysis Report. Information can be requested for a specific address, apartment complex, police district, or radius around an address. The Report generated identifies the number and types of crimes for the time period requested, the specific location of each crime, and the corresponding incident report numbers for each crime.
Review Police Incident Reports. In Memphis, TN, an apartment manager can request copies of police reports in order to understand the types of crimes being committed on or near a property.
Calls for Service. In Memphis, TN, a property owner or manager can request the calls for service made to a particular address or apartment complex.
Statistics from Local Police Precinct. A property owner or manager can also visit the local precinct, discuss crime in the neighborhood, and request and obtain information concerning crime statistics for the area.
Are you the Victim of an Apartment Crime or Apartment Shooting? If so, call the apartment crime lawyer Memphis, TN knows and respects!
If you are the victim of a serious injury due to apartment crime, please call Wiseman Bray PLLC today at 901-372-5003. We've helped others like you, and we can help YOU recover if apartment management failed to take reasonable measures to protect against foreseeable criminal attacks. Wiseman Bray PLLC is an apartment crime lawyer Memphis, TN knows and trusts. We will meet or speak with you and discuss whether you might have a case at no charge. Let us get to work for you.
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July 27, 2016 In Personal Injury
Deadly shooting at Madison Cypress Lakes apartment complex
UPDATED on 08/08/2016: Police have now identified the victim as Monique Brown, who is the mother of a young child.
A deadly shooting at Madison Cypress Lakes apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee.
According to news reports, a young woman was shot and killed in a shooting at the Madison at Cypress Lakes apartment complex. What makes this shooting especially tragic is that this is hardly the first time the Madison apartment complex has been the scene of senseless violence. According to News Channel 5, it's the third incident just this year in which their news crew has reported on a serious criminal incident at the complex.
History of Crime at the Apartment Complex
Another story reports that "[t]he complex has a history of violent crimes." The story also reports that:
In June 2013, a pizza delivery driver was shot during an armed robbery at the complex. In March 2014, one person was shot during another armed robbery. Two months later, in May 2014, a man was stabbed several times by two men during an attempted robbery. Earlier this year, a woman was sexually assaulted by a man who broke into her apartment.
We know the law on Apartment Crime.
Just 8 months ago, our law firm concluded a lawsuit involving yet another shooting at Madison Cypress Lakes in Memphis, involving the senseless robbery and shooting of a pizza delivery driver. That lawsuit involved allegations of a shockingly low level of security given the Madison's size, location, and finances.
Unfortunately, though, as confirmed by these local news reports, it appears that residents and visitors of the Madison at Cypress Lakes continue to be victimized by crime.
Obviously, not all crime is preventable. And not all crime that occurs at an apartment complex is the fault of the property owner. But all too frequently we find that large, out of town, corporate owners put profit over people, and they fail to implement reasonable security measures that could prevent innocent people from becoming victims of violent crime.
We represent crime victims and their families.
If you or someone you know has been seriously injured or killed at an apartment complex or other commercial property in or around Memphis or Nashville, call Wiseman Bray PLLC for help at 901-372-5003.
We assist crime victims in the greater Memphis and Nashville areas. Cities covered include: Memphis, Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Eads, Germantown, Lakeland, Ashland City, Belmont, Hillsboro, Brentwood, Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Franklin, Greenhills, Hendersonville, Nolensville, Nolan's Park, Oak Hill, and surrounding towns and cities.
January 12, 2016 In Civil Litigation, Personal Injury
Apartment Complex Crime – Memphis Attorneys
We continue to read about apartment complex shootings in Memphis and can't help but wonder what kind of security measures were in place at these complexes. Could a more thoughtful security plan have prevented these tragic deaths and injuries?
Recent Apartment Complex Shootings in Memphis
Edison Apartments: Man Shot at Downtown Apartments
Alden Gate Apartments: Two in critical condition after shooting
Abandoned Apartment Complex: Double Shooting at Memphis Apartment Complex
Whitehaven View Apartments: Woman Shot in South Memphis Apartment Complex
Duty to Provide Reasonable Security in Tennessee
Did you know that in TN, apartment complexes usually have a duty to provide reasonable security measures? Each case is different, but in some cases, a crime victim injured on apartment complex property may be entitled to money damages from the apartment complex or its owner.
Wait a Minute— I Can Recover Against the Apartment Complex Even Though a Criminal Shot Me?
Yes, in some cases. It depends on the facts of your case and the security measures that were or were not in place at the apartment complex. Every case is unique. It is important to call an experienced apartment complex shooting lawyer to discuss your car.
We Represent Victims of Apartment Complex Shootings.
Do you have questions about a potential case against an apartment complex based on the acts of a criminal assailant? Our law firm has significant experience in this type of case. We have represented clients who have been shot at apartment complexes and we've helped them obtain compensation for their injuries. Not only do we have the necessary experience in this kind of case, but we treat our clients like family. You will never feel like a "file on a shelf" at Wiseman Bray PLLC.
Call us today at (901) 372-5003 or email us here.
December 16, 2011 In Auto Accident, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Contracts, General, Personal Injury
What is a Deposition? Law FAQ
What is a Deposition?
A deposition is similar to a witness testifying in court, except that it occurs in an out-of-court setting. A witness at a deposition is referred to as the "deponent." A deposition usually takes place in a lawyer's conference room, although I've personally been involved in depositions that took place in homes, hospitals, and even over the telephone.
It's a chance for lawyers to ask questions and get answers from a witness under oath. A court reporter is present to make a record of the questions and answers, which is then usually reduced to writing in what's called a "transcript" of the proceedings. Sometimes a videographer will also be there to film the testimony.
Depositions are part of the "discovery" process of a lawsuit. Each side has the right to discover information about the other side's allegations. This is accomplished by things like written questions, production of documents, inspection of property, independent medical exams, and depositions. Rule 30 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure governs depositions in Tennessee.
Do we really need a deposition? Isn't it expensive?
A deposition can be expensive, but it's perhaps the most useful tool in a lawyer's discovery toolbox because it allows for real-time follow-up and feedback. One of the most useful benefits is that, with some exceptions, it can be used to preserve and/or "lock in" crucial testimony. A transcript can be admitted as evidence in court if the witness later becomes unavailable for trial (e.g. death, incapacity, outside the reach of court's jurisdiction, immune from subpoena, etc.). A transcript can also be used to impeach and cross-examine a witness who shows up for trial with a different version of events.
Depositions are Serious Business.
A deposition is a very serious matter with serious potential consequences. Remember, the transcript may be used in court. If you are the deponent, you should treat your deposition as if your testimony is occurring right in the courtroom in front of the judge and jury.
Need a lawyer in Memphis?
We'd be honored to represent you. Call us at 901-372-5003 or email us here.
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Don't let technology leave you behind when it can enable you to do so much more.
At a socioeconomic level, our country is on the cusp of significant change – jobs are calling for an array of high-level computer science skills and few prospective employees are trained to fill these roles. Simultaneously, many older Americans lack even the basic tech literacy needed to navigate a world that's increasingly digital, leaving even those with no interest in the IT sector in a difficult position. How should these citizens catch up on the tech skills that fuel our daily lives?
When we acknowledge the roles that computer and Internet literacy play in everything from job searches to banking to enrolling in an insurance plan, it becomes clear that it's time to reassess our tech capacities. To stop what could easily become a culture of technological disenfranchisement, it's time to help get everyone these four skills that everyone needs in the 21st century.
If your computer crashed today, what would you lose? Because more and more files today are born digital – meaning there's no hard copy of a photo or physical CD, just a computer file – losing your computer data can mean losing a lot of valuable memories and data. Even if you haven't been writing a novel that's exclusively saved on your computer, there are likely digital photos of your kids and pets or the playlist for a long lost mix CD that you'll miss. To prevent this from happening, you need to know how to backup your files.
There are two main ways you can backup files – either on an external hard drive or on the cloud. Today, setting up cloud backup may be your best bet, because even if your home is destroyed, your files will still exist. A great backup also makes it easier to recreate your computer if you upgrade your device.
Not everyone wants to design their own website, but many people today consider a personal website a great way to look for a job, share hobbies, or just keep a blog. While it may not have occurred to you yet, you may want to go from reading a blog to writing your own. And with so many site templates and easy to build web platforms out there, you don't need to know how to code to do most of these things. Often, all you need to do is choose a hosting platform and you're set.
Being able to choose a webhosting platform is really just an extension of other forms of comparison shopping. Need to buy a new phone? You'll use similar skills to choose between models and phone plans. If you can do one, you can do the other – there's no reason to be intimidated.
Budgeting has always been a vital skill for young adults, one that will stand you in good stead for the rest of your life, but now you can handle the process with fewer math skills and more organization. Excel is ideal for making a budget and planning out your spending if you don't want to use a budgeting app. Using a spreadsheet is especially helpful if you need to organize your finances around student loans, credit cards, or other debt, and knowing how much you owe can help you start saving again.
Perhaps one of the most underrated sections of any computer's settings panel is the part dealing with accessibility, but these may be the skills most worth learning. Your computer or phone's accessibility settings allow you to adjust visual settings, turn on screen readers, change how you navigate, or dictate text. These features are highly beneficial if you're disabled or if you become injured, as they allow you to keep working.
Even if you don't consider yourself among the most computer savvy, any and all of these skills are easy to learn – you may be able to take lessons at your local library or even just ask a friend. And as more of our daily activities – like paying the water bill to talking to friends – shift online, these skills will make your life more convenient and enjoyable.


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Kromsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district of Weimarer Land in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Ilmtal-Weinstraße. It was part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ilmtal-Weinstraße until 31 December 2013. It borders on Weimar (quarters Süßenborn and Tiefurt), and is situated northeast of the city, not far from Schloss Tiefurt, on both banks of the river Ilm.

Structure

Kromsdorf consists of the settlements Kromsdorf-Nord (formerly Großkromsdorf) on the left bank of the Ilm, Kromsdorf-Süd (formerly Kleinkromsdorf) on the right bank, and Denstedt.

Places of interest

The park wall of the Renaissance castle Kromsdorf is decorated with 64 portrait busts. Today the castle serves as a culture center.
Denstedt Castle, in the village Denstedt, has a remarkable tower.

Sports

TSV 1928 Kromsdorf e. V. (football, table tennis, ninepins, volleyball)

References

External links

Official Website
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ilmtal-Weinstraße

Weimarer Land
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Former municipalities in Thuringia

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January 16, 2005 Atlanta Falcons defeat the St. Louis Rams, 47 to 17.
After defeating the St. Louis Rams on some good playing courtesy of quarterback Micheal Vick, the Atlanta Falcons ran headlong into the Philadelphia Eagles led by Donovan McNabb.
The Rams did not look good during the first half of the division playoff when Atlanta ran up a 28-14 lead, in parts thanks to a 59-yard run by Allen Rossum from mid-field on a punt return. A last second field goal brought the Rams within 11 point, still (at least theoretically) in the game. The second half started badly for the Rams with two dropped balls and a sack of quarterback Marc Bulger. They never really improved, allowing an Atlanta touchdown after losing the ball 3 plays after the dropped punt, and another field goal.
After losing in postseason each of the last three years, McNabb kept focused on the goal, defeat the Atlanta Falcons to get to the Super Bowl. With the Eagle defense limiting Atlanta to just 10 points, the win was almost assured as McNabb turned on his "point machine."
At the end of the first half Atlanta remained close, 14-10, but McNabb completed a second pass for a touchdown and Eagles placekicker David Akers scored two field goals in the second half. The Eagles, however, lost to the Patriots at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, 24-21.


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beautiful lillies, i've really gotten into this summer. there is something just generically blah about late Jan early feb i reckon - it's like a hangover going through to the second day. The fun bits are way over, but you still aren't over it yet.
laughing about husband - hello husband. i have a border collie that does the same thing.
And big nod of thanks for adding me to your blog roll, very chuffed.
yes.. sounds like the husband & your border collie both like a lot of attention!


An amulet that allows its wearer to eat fresh raw meat when not hungry, and drastically increases nutrition gained from them. These effects on the wearer's digestion are cumulative over time and are initially small.
An amulet of the gourmand lets you consume meat like a Carnivore without reducing your ability to consume vegetarian fare, but functions fully only after some time has passed. If you eat meat while the amulet is still attuning itself to you, you will only gain partial nutrition from any chunks you eat while above "Hungry" level. The activation time is approximately 400 turns, and you can determine how close you are to fully active by eating a chunk: the more enthusiastic the message you receive, the closer the amulet is to being fully active.
It will not grant the ability to eat meat to spriggans, vampires, mummies, or anyone with three ranks of the Herbivore mutation.
As trolls already have the gourmand mutation, this amulet will do nothing for them. Likewise, ghouls, kobolds, and felids also do not benefit from an amulet of the gourmand in any manner.
Prior to 0.16, ghouls benefited from an amulet of the gourmand by treating all chunks as if they were rotten, thus increasing the HP restored when consuming them.
Prior to 0.15, wearing an amulet of the gourmand also allowed you to consume contaminated chunks as though they were clean.
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More Analysis In Support of Epicurus' Insight: The Error Of Attempting to Reason By Ideal Concepts
By Cassius Amicus	Published October 5, 2013 Nietzsche, Stoicism (Against)
The heart of my title essay in "Against the Men of the Crowd" is the marshaling of Epicurean texts in support of a single thesis: that the key foundational insight of Epicurus was to identify the error in relying on an unreal tool of thinking (fictional access through religion or logic to ideal concepts) rather than on a real tool (the triad of three faculties given us by Nature – senses, anticipations, and pain/pleasure.) At hazard of overstating the case, I would submit that the validity or invalidity of all Epicurean philosophy, including not only the Physics but also the Ethical conclusions we value so highly, rests on whether Epicurus was correct in his frontal attack on reasoning based on ideal concepts not accessible to the senses.
Let me add is support of this thesis some analysis of the same error by someone far more intelligent than your humble webmaster: Friedrich Nietzsche, from an essay found here, on Parmenides, who preceded and influenced the thought of Plato and the Stoics. The entire essay is interesting, but I want to direct your attention to two of Nietzsche's concluding paragraphs, and especially the part I have highlighted, which I believe are helpful in understanding Epicurus' position:
The prelude in Parmenides' philosophy is played with ontology as its theme. Experience nowhere offered him being as he imagined it, but he concluded its existence from the fact that he was able to think it. This is a conclusion which rests on the assumption that we have an organ of knowledge which reaches into the essence of things and is independent of experience. The content of our thinking, according to Parmenides, is not present in sense perception but is an additive from somewhere else, from an extra-sensory world to which we have direct access by means of our thinking. Now Aristotle asserted against all similar reasoning that existence is never an intrinsic part of essence. One may never infer the existentia of being from the concept being-whose essentia is nothing more than being itself. The logical truth of the pair of opposites being and nonbeing is completely empty, if the object of which it is a reflection cannot be given, i.e., the sense perception from which this antithesis was abstracted. Without such derivation from a perception, it is no more than a playing with ideas, which in fact yields no knowledge. For the mere logical criterion of truth, as Kant teaches it, the correspondence of knowledge with the universal and formal laws of understanding and reason, is, to be sure, the conditio sine qua non, the negative condition of all truth. But further than this, logic cannot go, and the error as to content rather than form cannot be detected by using any logical touch-stone whatever. As soon as we seek the content of the logical truth of the paired propositions "What is, is; what is not, is not," we cannot in-deed find any reality whatever which is constructed strictly in accordance with those propositions. I may say of a tree that "it is" in distinction to things which are not trees; I may say "it is coming to be" in distinction to itself seen at a different time; I may even say "it is not," as for example in "it is not yet a tree" when I am looking at a shrub. Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. Above all, the word "being" designates only the most general relationship which connects all things, as does the word "nonbeing." But if the existence of things themselves cannot be proved, surely the inter-relationship of things, their so-called being or nonbeing, will advance us not a step toward the land of truth. Through words and concepts we shall never reach beyond the wall of relations, to some sort of fabulous primal ground of things. Even in the pure forms of sense and understanding, in space, time and causality, we gain nothing that resembles an eternal verity. It is absolutely impossible for a subject to see or have insight into something while leaving itself out of the picture, so impossible that knowing and being are the most opposite of all spheres. And if Parmenides could permit himself, in the uninformed naivete of his time, so far as critique of the intellect is concerned, to derive absolute being from a forever subjective concept, today, after Kant, it is certainly reckless ignorance to attempt it. Now and again, particularly among badly taught theologians who would like to play philosopher, the task of philosophy is designated as "comprehending the absolute by means of consciousness," even in the form of "The absolute is already present, how could it otherwise be sought?" (Hegel) or "Being must be given to us somehow, must be somehow attainable; if it were not we could not have the concept." (Beneke) The concept of being! As though it did not show its low empirical origin in its very etymology. For esse basically means "to breathe." And if man uses it of all things other than himself as well, he projects his conviction that he himself breathes and lives by means of a metaphor, i.e., a non-logical process, upon all other things. He comprehends their existence as a "breathing" by analogy with his own. The original meaning of the word was soon blurred, but enough remains to make it obvious that man imagines the existence of other things by analogy with his own existence, in other words anthropomorphically and in any event, with non-logical projection. But even for man-quite aside from his projection–the proposition "I breathe, therefore being exists" is wholly insufficient. The same objection must be made against it as must be made against ambulo, ergo sum or ergo est.
The second concept, of more content than being, likewise invented by Parmenides though not used by him as skillfully as by his disciple Zeno, is that of the infinite. Nothing infinite can exist, for to assume it would yield the contradictory concept of a perfect infinity. Now since our reality, our given world, everywhere bears the stamp of just such perfect infinity, the word signifies in its very nature a contradiction to logic and hence to the real, and is therefore an illusion, a lie, a phantasm. Zeno especially makes use of indirect proof. He says, for example, "There can be no movement from one place to another, for if there were such movement, we would have a perfect infinity, but this is an impossibility. Achilles cannot catch up with the tortoise which has a small start over him, for in order to reach even the starting point of the tortoise, Achilles must have traversed innumerable, infinitely many spaces: first half of the interval, then a fourth of it, an eighth, a sixteenth, and so on ad infinitum. If he in reality does catch up with the tortoise, this is an un-logical phenomenon, not a real one. It is not true Being; it is merely an illusion. For it is never possible to finish the infinite." Another popular device of this doctrine is the example of the flying and yet resting arrow. At each moment of its flight it occupies a position. In this position it is at rest. But can we say that the sum of infinitely many positions of rest is identical with motion? Can we say that resting, infinitely repeated, equals motion, which is its contrary? The infinite is here utilized as the catalyst of reality; in its presence reality dissolves. If the concepts are firm, eternal and existent (remembering that being and thinking coincide for Parmenides), if in other words the infinite can never be complete, if rest can never become motion, then the arrow has really never flown at all. It never left its initial position of rest; no moment of time has passed. Or, to express it differently: in this so-called, but merely alleged reality, there is really neither time nor space nor motion. Finally, even the arrow itself is an illusion, for it has its origin in the many, in the sense-produced phantasmagoria of the non-one. Let us assume that the arrow has true being. Then it would be immobile, timeless, uncreated rigid and eternal-which is impossible to conceive. Let us assume that motion is truly real. Then there would be no rest, hence no position for the arrow, hence no space-which is impossible to conceive. Let us assume that time is real. Then it could not be infinitely divisible. The time that the arrow needs would have to consist of a limited number of moments; each of these moments would have to be an atomon–which is impossible to conceive. All our conceptions lead to contradictions as soon as their empirically given content, drawn from our perceivable world, is taken as an eternal verity. If absolute motion exists, then space does not; if absolute space exists, then motion does not; if absolute being exists, then the many does not. Wouldn't one think that confronted with such logic a man would attain the insight that such concepts do not touch the heart of things, do not undo the tangle of reality? Parmenides and Zeno, on the contrary, hold fast to the truth and universal validity of the concepts and discard the perceivable world as the antithesis to all true and universally valid concepts, as the objectification of illogic and contradiction. The starting point of all their proof is the wholly unprovable, improbable assumption that with our capacity to form concepts we possess the decisive and highest criterion as to being and nonbeing, i.e., as to objective reality and its antithesis. Instead of being corrected and tested against reality (considering that they are in fact derived from it) the concepts, on the contrary, are supposed to measure and direct reality and, in case reality contradicts logic, to condemn the former. In order to impose upon the concepts this capacity for judging reality, Parmenides had to ascribe to them the being which was for him the only true being. Thinking and that single uncreated perfect globe of existentiality were not to be comprehended as two different types of being, since of course there could be no dichotomy in being. Thus an incredibly bold notion became necessary, the notion of the identity of thinking and being. No form of perception, no symbol, no allegory could help here; the notion was utterly beyond conceiving, but-it was necessary. In its very lack of any and all possibility for being translated into sensation, it celebrated the highest triumph over the world and the claims of the senses. Thinking and that bulbous-spherical being, wholly dead-inert and rigid-immobile must, according to Parmenides' imperative, coincide and be utterly the same thing. What a shock to human imagination! But let their identity contradict sensation! Just that fact guarantees better than anything else that this was a conception not derived from the senses.
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What Day: The 3rd of November, 2006, fell on a Friday.
12 years, 5 months and 17 days have passed since the 3rd of November, 2006.
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Acting One
McGraw-Hill, 2008 Acting One was initially published by Cohen in 1984 to provide a step-by-step approach to mastering the basic fundamentals of acting – those originally explored in his 1978 Acting Power. In 1994, two independent dissertation surveys found that this text was, by that time, the most frequently assigned acting book in the United … Read More »
Acting One/Acting Two
This fifth edition of Cohen's first and second acting books – now combined – was acknowledged in two unrelated 20th century college dissertations as the best-selling acting textbook in America…
Acting Professionally
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Now in its eighth, completely revised edition in 2017, and co-authored with distinguished casting director James Calleri. Regarded since 1972 as the "bible" of guides to the American acting profession in all media. Review Excerpts "A must for those who want to understand the biz." —Theatre Week. "Clearly put information and practical … Read More »
Acting in Shakespeare
This newly revised and expanded second edition of Cohen's distinguished work on Shakespearean acting (2005) is available in an inexpensive paperback with Smith and Kraus. Review Excerpts "Cohen's analyses… are perceptive and well articulated… [showing] actors that [Shakespearean] language is not merely decorative, but something that grows out of a psychological urgency… . By book's … Read More »
Eleventh Edition McGraw-Hill 2016 The newest edition of Cohen's best-selling introduction to theatre: its nature, history and practical components (acting, directing, playwriting, design, criticism). Also published in abridged form as Theatre: Brief Edition Review Excerpt "Professor Cohen is a phenomenon as rare in the United States as Europe: the author of several books on theatre … Read More »
Theatre, Brief Edition
Tenth Edition McGraw-Hill, 2013 A condensation of the full version of Cohen's best-selling Theatre, which includes all of its chapters on theatrical craft (acting, directing, playwriting, design, criticism), plus those on music theatre, "what is theatre?" and "what is a play," but compresses the larger edition's seven chapters on theatre history into two chapters: "Theatre … Read More »
Role Distance: On Stage and On the Merry-Go-Round
The English Secret
The Eyes Have It
Tears in Shakespeare
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The School for Wives
Abraham and Isaac in Jerusalem
Acting Professionally – 8th Edition
Enjoy The Play
Shakespeare on Theatre
FALLING INTO THEATRE…and finding myself
Acting Power: the 21st Century Edition
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More than 1,700 Sycamores participate in commencement
Communication major Baley Halberstadt of Fairbanks, Ind./ISU photo
Nursing major Aaron Schaidle of Peoria, Ill./ISU photo
Alumna Jessica Robertson, '05, provided the commencement address for both ceremonies./ISU photo
By Libby Roerig
Selfies, group shots and candid photographs filled friends' and families' cameras Saturday, May 13, as they recorded the day thousands of Sycamores had worked so hard for — commencement.
Of nearly 2,300 Indiana State University students who are eligible to graduate, 1,340 undergraduates and 376 graduates signed up to participate in either the morning or afternoon commencement exercises at the Hulman Center.
Alumna Jessica Robertson, '05, provided the commencement address for both ceremonies.
She shared the 1899 inspirational essay "A Message to Garcia," in which Lt. Andrew Rowan is tasked by President William McKinley to deliver a message to Calixto Garcia, the leader of the Cuban rebels during the build up to the Spanish-American War. Garcia's location in Cuba was unknown.
"(The story) highlights what makes people successful: the ability to act promptly, concentrate your energies, accomplish your mission, be intellectually curious and practically tactile," said Robertson, who earned a bachelor's in finance. "Having the right attitude and taking pride in your work are two of the most important attributes that anyone can possess."
As commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration, Robertson is responsible for an organization of more than 200 employees that manages statewide procurement, public works, real estate, facilities management, fleet services, and minority and women's business enterprise. Robertson is currently enrolled in the Master's of Business Administration program at Indiana State.
"As you transition into the next phase of your life, know that you're being cheered on by many. The world needs you to apply yourself, stiffen your vertebrae and achieve results," said Robertson.
Communication major Baley Halberstadt of Fairbanks, Ind., spoke at the 10 a.m. ceremony for graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, Scott College of Business and the Bayh College of Education.
"I remind you that the only thing constant in this life is change," Halberstadt said. "You came to college. That was a change. You went to class, and you learned things that some people can only dream about. That was change. Today, you're graduating from Indiana State University. For a first-generation college student like myself and so many others, that's a big change, isn't it?"
Halberstadt found a second family at State and even referred to her residence hall room as "home."
"I dove deep into my classes with virtual strangers who became best friends, and somewhere along the way, I found a family — my Sycamore family," Halberstadt said. "From those work breaks spent cracking jokes to late-night confessions huddled on the floor around a pizza, I am reminded of the great Elton John. He once crooned, 'I thank the Lord for the people I have found.' I find myself thinking that more and more as our time together draws to a close."
Nursing major Aaron Schaidle of Peoria, Ill., spoke at the 3 p.m. ceremony for graduates of the College of Health and Human Services and College of Technology. A second-generation Sycamore, Schaidle also reflected on his extended State family and the lessons each person on campus bestowed.
"We learned that our differences, be they racial, lingual or religious, do not separate us but strengthen us. Our ability to see through the eyes of others widens our understanding of this complex world, and we all benefit from diversity of thought, as long as we keep our disagreements nuanced," Schaidle said.
Schaidle recalled an enriched college experience, one including everyone from single moms working full-time — while earning A's — to big-hearted fraternity men and sorority women.
"We learned that the trials of undergrad were never about one person or even one college, it was about the people we love and about building a world that's hopeful, inclusive and big-hearted," Schaidle said. "When we build longer tables and invite our neighbors to take a seat, we prove our commitment to improving communities through the skills and experiences gained at ISU. And from these experiences, we serve the higher purpose of dignifying our fellow man."
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import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
import com.intellij.openapi.editor.actionSystem.EditorAction;
import com.intellij.xml.util.XmlStringUtil;
import com.lid.intellij.translateme.ResultDialog;
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import com.lid.intellij.translateme.configuration.PersistingService;

import java.util.List;

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Americans' views flipped on gay rights. How did minds change so quickly?
Steve and Teri Augustine, with their son Peter. (Doug Kapustin for The Washington Post)
Samantha Schmidt
Reporter covering gender and family issues
June 7, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. UTC
Steve and Teri Augustine met, fell in love and got married in a conservative evangelical Christian community. They grew up believing homosexuality was a sin, and that the "gay agenda" was an attack on their values.
Then, six years ago, their son Peter — their youngest child who loved theater and his church youth group — returned home to Ellicott City, Md., from his freshman year of college and came out to his family as gay.
Teri asked her son not to tell anyone else, and drove herself to a mall parking lot to cry. Steve questioned his son's faith, reciting Bible passages from Corinthians. The Augustines decided to put their son through a year of conversion therapy, determined to "set him straight."
But after the therapy failed, something changed. Steve and Teri Augustine started meeting Peter's friends and inviting other gay Christians to dinner. Two summers after Peter came out, the family stood on the sidelines of the Capital Pride parade wearing rainbow beads and shirts with the words "I'm sorry." Teri now hosts a support group for Christian moms of LGBTQ children.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said June 8 that despite an "extraordinary" pace of change with respect to LGBTQ rights.
"I knew that if I was going to get a handle on who my son was," Teri said, "I really needed to step into that world."
The transformation in the Augustine family parallels a shift in public opinion that social scientists say is unlike any other of our time.
As recently as 2004, polls showed that the majority of Americans — 60 percent — opposed same-sex marriage, while only 31 percent were in favor, according to the Pew Research Center. Today, those numbers are reversed : 61 percent support same-sex marriage, while 31 percent oppose it.
"You can't find another issue where attitudes have shifted so rapidly," said Don Haider-Markel, a political science professor at the University of Kansas who has studied public opinion of LGBT rights over the years.
What's perhaps most surprising is that support for same-sex marriage has increased among nearly all demographic groups, across different generations, partisan lines and religious faiths. Even among the most resistant religious group, white evangelical Protestants like the Augustine family, support for same-sex marriage has grown from 11 percent in 2004 to 29 percent in 2019, according to Pew.
How the homophobic media covered the 1969 Stonewall uprising
Fifty years after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Manhattan, spurring days of riots that would become a catalyst for the gay rights movement, the leap in public opinion has been followed by leaps on the ground, even as work remains. A record number of LGBT candidates have been elected to Congress, Colorado elected the country's first openly gay governor, Chicago has a lesbian mayor and the first openly gay Democratic candidate is running for president.
But while it's clear that the gay rights movement managed to change people's minds faster than any other civil rights movement in memory, it's less clear why. How, in 15 years, did Americans' views flip on such a charged social issue? And why haven't other groups that have also publicly fought discrimination managed to change public opinion as quickly? The answer lies in human behavior and demographic realities, as well as a winning strategy by gay rights activists that capitalized on both.
New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill apologized on June 6 for the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar.
Uneven attitudes
In a study published earlier this year, Mahzarin Banaji, a psychology professor at Harvard University, investigated patterns of long-term changes in attitudes toward six social groups — the elderly, the disabled, the overweight, black people, people with darker skin tones and gay people — over a decade. The study, co-authored by Tessa Charlesworth, measured both explicit attitudes and implicit attitudes, through online implicit association tests.
While people may consciously report positive feelings toward a group in self-reported surveys, their implicit — or automatic, subconscious — attitudes might reveal a different bias. It's the difference between the values we profess and what we believe is socially acceptable to say, and what we actually feel.
Pete Buttigieg believes the religious left will get Trump out of office.
Between 2007 and 2016, Banaji found that explicit attitudes toward all groups became less biased. But implicit attitudes toward some groups stayed the same — including bias toward people with disabilities and the elderly. Implicit bias against people who are overweight actually became worse. Respondents became less biased in their attitudes toward race and skin tone.
But of all of the groups, implicit attitudes toward sexuality changed, by far, the fastest.
"Nobody expects implicit attitudes to change that rapidly over such a brief period of time," Banaji said.
This relatively recent acceleration came after decades of struggle.
In 1978, almost a decade after Stonewall, gay rights activist Harvey Milk gave an impassioned plea: "Every gay person must come out." In the decades that followed, more and more Americans started coming out to their loved ones, some galvanized by the pain of the AIDS epidemic.
Then, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the growing visibility of gay people in popular culture began to trigger a major shift in attitudes, social scientists said. By then, comedian Ellen DeGeneres had come out as gay, the NBC sitcom "Will & Grace" had taken off and Americans started seeing more examples of gay people in popular culture. Most of these characters and the most visible leaders at the helm of the movement were white people with the power and privilege to help LGBT rights reach the mainstream.
But there was something different about the gay and lesbian community, compared with other minority groups. They were in every socioeconomic and racial group, every generation, in small towns and big cities. Unlike other demographics, "sexuality is a dimension that is everywhere," Banaji said. "It is not segregated."
The more connections Americans made with gay or lesbian people, the more positive their attitudes toward them became — a trend social scientists call "the contact hypothesis."
And families like the Augustines were forced to resolve an internal dilemma that social scientists call "cognitive dissonance."
"When two beliefs come into conflict in our minds, our brains are not good at just holding the conflict. We have to resolve the conflict," Banaji said. "You can disown your child or you can change your attitudes toward gay people."
For religious conservative women, the Kavanaugh hearing was disorienting
After conversion therapy failed to change their son's sexuality, Teri and Steve Augustine resolved to understand it. Teri asked her children to invite gay Christians they knew to their home.
Her daughter Bethany invited a gay colleague to come to dinner with his partner. Teri learned about the pain he endured when his church rejected him.
"My husband and I looked at each other and were like, 'Wow, we need to do some work here,' " Teri said.
Then, during Peter's junior year of college, his parents went to a Gay Christian Network conference, where they worshiped alongside hundreds of gay, lesbian and transgender Christians.
"I grew up with a concept that those two words were mutually exclusive," he said. He had already begun to believe that Peter could be both gay and Christian, "but Peter is only one person. I saw it in 1,500 people. . . . That was the closest thing I had to a lightbulb."
The family continued to organize monthly dinners in their home for gay Christians, many of whom were rejected from their own churches or families. What began as a group of four people has grown to nearly 20 — sharing a meal, praying and singing together.
'Love was in place'
If the relationships gay and lesbian people have with those close to them were so crucial in building support for the gay rights movement, why haven't those connections been as instrumental in changing attitudes about African Americans, the elderly or overweight people?
What might be different about the gay community, Banaji speculated, is that even before a person came out, "love was in place." A parent or a co-worker already knows and loves a gay person, and then discovers a person's sexuality, which is often not obvious right away. "That, I think, is very different from something like age, or race, or body weight that just presents itself immediately upon seeing a person for the first time."
Geographic and social segregation play roles, too. It's hard for bias-challenging, face-to-face contact to take place when African Americans and the elderly, for example, are not well integrated into neighborhoods or social spaces due to both present-day and historic discrimination.
The gay rights movement was also helped along by the exposure Americans received through leaders in their own communities. Researchers found that participants were more likely to express support for marriage equality when they had been exposed to that message from an "in-group" leader, such as an athlete on their favorite sports team, a politician or a pastor.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Vice President Richard B. Cheney, who both spoke in favor of gay rights after their children came out as gay, helped build support among Republicans, said political scientist Melissa Michelson of Menlo College, who co-wrote a book with Brian Harrison of the University of Minnesota about their findings. Among those who changed their opinion on same-sex marriage after President Barack Obama announced his support, blacks were more likely than whites to shift toward supporting it.
Years after his partner's death, he's still fighting for Social Security benefits
But for much of the United States , the tipping point in the gay rights movement was something more obvious: marriage equality itself.
Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, several states had already begun legally recognizing same-sex marriages. A 2015 study found that residents of states with a same-sex marriage policy had the greatest reduction of anti-gay attitudes, when compared with residents of states where same-sex marriage was illegal.
The institution of marriage put a stamp of legitimacy on same-sex couples that allowed straight ones to see them as a family unit, just like theirs, said Andrew Flores of American University, a co-author of the study .
Moreover, Michelson said, "there was a very conscious effort to frame this as being about love instead of being about rights." And the marriage equality movement chose elderly same-sex couples as some of their most visible spokespeople, Michelson pointed out.
"There weren't any suggestions of anything happening between the sheets. It was just about love," she said.
Frozen positions
Despite the rapid progress of the gay rights movement,
members of the LGBTQ community continue to be targets of violence and hate crimes. The Trump administration has rolled back a number of transgender protections at the federal level and emboldened a conservative base pushing for religious liberty — a backlash that Haider-Markel says parallels the rise of anti-gay movements in the 1970s, such as singer Anita Bryant's anti-gay "Save Our Children" campaign in Florida, and the Briggs Initiative, a ballot measure in California that would have mandated the firing of any teacher who was gay or pro-gay rights.
Even for the gay and lesbian community, "rapid progress in a short period of time doesn't mean victory," Haider-Markel said.
"Look at the fact that in many states, if a gay or lesbian couple gets married and has their marriage in the local newspaper, they might lose their jobs," Haider-Markel said. "That's not trivial."
And attitudes about same-sex marriage have remained mostly frozen since 2017. "The positions are hardened," Haider-Markel said.
Statistically, once support for an issue reaches a majority like this one, movement toward 100 percent becomes much more difficult, Flores said, meaning that until a major shift occurs there will continue to be a core group of conservatives who oppose same-sex marriage.
In conservative evangelical circles like the Augustines', the work of changing minds happens even more slowly. But evangelical LGBTQ activist Brandan Robertson said he has seen small but significant shifts — particularly as many moderate and mainstream pastors resort to simply not talking about the issue, which Robertson sees as a positive step.
"Just 5 years ago it would have been okay to say homosexuality is a sin and an abomination," Robertson said. "Today you would be hard-pressed to find any major evangelical leader who would say that publicly."
As for the Augustines, the family left their old church, a conservative evangelical megachurch, for Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Laurel, Md., which calls itself "an affirming community of faith."
Walking into a service last Sunday, Teri and Steve Augustine passed a rainbow Pride flag in front of the small church, and a sign that read, "Minds are like parachutes. They only work when open." Peter led the congregation in the song "You are Holy." The pastor wore a rainbow stole around her neck.
After the service, Teri met with a group of about 10 mothers of LGBT children. Fanning themselves while sitting on floral-printed couches, they went around sharing their stories to a newcomer.
There was the mother whose father, grandfather and uncles were all conservative pastors, and whose daughter recently came out as gay , though none of the extended relatives know. There was the mother of a transgender son who lost touch with her parents after they told her, "If you don't disown your child, we'll disown you."
After two hours, they bowed their heads as one of the moms led them in prayer.
"We pray for our children. Lord, protect them. Keep them safe. Pray for our relationships with our extended families, relationships that are broken, difficult, or just silent," the mother said. "Give us wisdom as we speak, and patience as we listen."
Emily Guskin contributed to this report.


Vuosaari has got to be the most beautiful part of the capital of Finland, Helsinki, with its forests and beautiful beaches by the sea, where nature is very much alive and present.
You can get to Vuosaari easily by metro from the Helsinki centre, or even straight by ship from Germany. Have not yet tried that ship though, but it's on my list.
Smaller boats will take you to Kaunissaari and Hakaniemi from Vuosaari during summertime, and nowadays even supping is also common there. It looks like a fun thing to do!
Picnic by the Vuosaari beach is a nice timepass on a sunny day during summertime and there's also a few nice restaurants and cafes worth paying a visit.
In the video attached you can see few of them Vuosaari beaches during summer, with images and music by Indivue.
and Indivue travel tips for Helsinki, Finland, in TripAdvisor!


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Exclusive Video Premiere: Branjae's Rollicking Rendition of Lowell Fulson-Penned 'Tramp'
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In February 2020, a group of notable Tulsa musicians traveled to Leon Russell's famed Paradise Studio at Grand Lake in Oklahoma to record the first album tracked there since 1978. Some of the biggest names in the industry recorded at Paradise Studio; Leon Russell, Bob Seger, and Freddie King, while even more musicians and creatives escaped to fellowship at this Okie oasis.
Tulsan Rick Huskey spent the last 30 years preserving and restoring the space, honoring its history while preparing for a new chapter. Upon entering the studio for the first time, the new crop of musicians couldn't help but feel that the vibe was still alive.
Seventeen tracks written by Tulsa's finest were recorded over the course of four days – mostly live, with very few overdubs, and produced by Jason Weinheimer & Them Tulsa Boys. A total of 20 Tulsa musicians participated in the recording and the core band consisted of Paul Benjaman, Jesse Aycock, Grammy nominee John Fullbright, Paddy Ryan, and Aaron Boehler.
Written by Lowell Fulson and performed by Branjae, "Tramp" is one of the tracks off of Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music.
Of the project, Branjae shares with ABS:
To be included in the Back to Paradise project is nothing short of an incredible honor. Sometimes I look around and wonder how I ended up on the same record with these fine artists and musicians?! How did I have the opportunity to record this '60s classic by a soulful black man named Lowell Fulson… from Oklahoma… then record it in Leon Russell's studio?! It truly is a special thing to be included in honoring this Oklahoma musical history.
I'm excited to share this empowering visual story. It's about reaching a dream, no matter the circumstances. "Tramp" is a confidence song. To me, it means to be who you are…no matter what people think, Do you!! Yeah, go ahead, call me "Tramp," and I'll show you I'm a Queen.
Back to Paradise will be released by Horton Records on August 28th. Available for sale through Bandcamp.
*Feature image credit: Phil Clarkin
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The government is unlikely to cut corporate income tax rate for large companies to 25% as promised in its FY16 budget because of revenue constraints, a senior tax official said. Tax rates can't be cut further without a supporting mechanism to prevent evasion, said Akhilesh Ranjan, member (legislation) at Central Board of Direct Taxes. That European Union (EU) nations are considering a reduction in corporate taxes or the US has lowered the rate to 21% is not sufficient to sway India to reduce taxes, he said on Tuesday. Each country has to decide the rates according to its needs, added Ranjan, who is the convener of a task force on the new direct tax code.
That should put to rest any hopes that the new direct tax code, proposed to be ready by early next year, will see any major changes in rates. The new code, Ranjan said, will look at removing ambiguities in direct taxes rather than revising tax rates. Currently, India taxes corporate income at 30%. But for small businesses with sales up to ₹250 crore and new manufacturing start-ups that do not avail of any tax relief, the rate is 25%. The largest number of corporate taxpayers are in the 25% slab, although the lion's share of tax receipts comes from companies in the 30% bracket.


I dont know If I'm the first to post this song but it's the main theme of the new game so no bad comments please.Goodbye.
This is my first post, and let me start by saying... I am a HUGE Zelda fan!
This is one of my favorite apps and I have come to this site many times to learn how to play some Zelda songs.
I didn't see any Skyward Sword Songs on here yet, so I decided to post some songs from the game.
There is a 95% chance that this you will enjoy this.
an unfinished version of Fi's theme from skyward sword in zeldarian.
Unfortunately, there isn't a note higher than high C on the ocarina app, so I changed the last two notes. It still sounds cool, though. I would've done the entire song, but I realized while writing it down that there aren't enough notes playable on the app to create the full thing. Oh, well.
Please note that the song is property of its composer (Koji Kondo, I think?) and not me.
My first theme for this app.
It's Fi's Theme from Skyward Sword.


V7 Entertainment Inc. has an official release date set for Old Time Hockey.
Fans of classic arcade games and good old fashion hockey will be delighted to know that V7 Entertainment Inc. has an official release date set for its upcoming title, Old Time Hockey.
Old Time Hockey is set to be released on the PlayStation 4 and PC on March 28. However there is currently no release date set for the Xbox One version of the game but it could also be released on the same day or a month later.
Waiting 30 days until you can beat the living crap out of your friend over a game of hockey may seem long. Thankfully you could always enjoy the "Release Date" trailer.
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A Celebration of English Gardens
From the Archives of Country Life Magazine
The Dovecote in the Walled Garden at Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate, Norfolk.
A Celebration of English Gardens: From the Archives of Country Life Magazine
"That the English are a nation of gardeners as well as weather-watchers is well known; the two national obsessions are as intertwined as the honey-suckle and the hedgerow," writes Country Life Garden Editor Kathryn Bradley-Hole. Her Royal Oak lecture, drawn from her new book, celebrates English gardens featured in Country Life, a pictorial weekly journal that launched in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
From picturesque cottage gardens to grand formal gardens; from kitchen gardens to water gardens; and from medieval monastery gardens to cutting-edge 21st century gardens, Kathryn will take a fresh look at horticultural treasures from across England. She will discuss those created by designers such as Capability Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Rosemary Verey, Piet Oudolf and Arne Maynard among others.
She will illustrate world famous gardens—Waddesdon Manor (NT), Hidcote (NT), and Great Dixter—alongside new and lesser-known places such as Woolbeding (NT), Warnell Hall, Cumbria, and Hauser & Wirth in Bruton. Using stunning photography from the archives of Country Life, Kathryn will distill the essence of what makes the British garden style so popular and celebrate English garden-making in all its astonishing variety, wit and inspiration.
Thank you to our co-sponsor: The Union League Legacy Foundation
Thank you to our cultural co-sponsors: The Colonial Dames of America; Washington Decorative Arts Forum; Rizzoli; Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Southern California Chapter; The American Scottish Foundation
The Italian terrace at Biddulph, Staffordshire ©National Trust Images/John Miller
Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Gardens Editor at Country Life
Kathryn Bradley-Hole's distinguished career as a horticultural writer includes 18 years as Gardens Editor of the iconic English weekly magazine, Country Life, between 2000 and 2018. She has authored six books on a variety of garden subjects, including the bestselling BBC "Gardeners' World" Garden Lovers' Guide to Britain and Lost Gardens of England from the Archives of Country Life. Her most recent book, English Gardens from the Archives of Country Life Magazine, was just published by Rizzoli last October. Her own gardening interests have an organic approach, to support a diversity of wildlife.
Tuesday, October 27th at 2:00 pm (eastern)
Online via Zoom Webinar
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Free to Heritage Circle members
Rent the recorded lecture to watch at your leisure between Wednesday, October 28th and Sunday, November 1st
$15 members*, $20 non-members
The rental video will be hosted on the Zoom website and only available for streaming until Sunday, November 1st at 11:59 p.m. (eastern). The video will not be available after that date and time. It cannot be downloaded.


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Shared temperament risk factors for anorexia nervosa: a twin study.
Wade TD., Tiggemann M., Bulik CM., Fairburn CG., Wray NR., Martin NG.
OBJECTIVE: To answer two questions about the nature of the relationship between anorexia nervosa (AN) and dimensional temperament traits: Which traits are comorbid with AN? Which traits share transmitted liabilities with AN? METHODS: A community sample of 1002 same-gender female twins was selected with respect to participation in two earlier waves of data collection. Measures of eating disorder diagnoses and features were ascertained through interview and continuous measures of temperament were ascertained from self-report measures. RESULTS: Four temperaments were comorbid with AN, namely, higher levels of perfectionism (concern over mistakes, personal standards, doubt about actions), and higher need for organization. Comparison between the female co-twins of AN probands and controls (who had never had an eating disorder) showed that the former group reported higher levels of personal standards, organization, and reward dependence. The association between personal standards and reward dependence remained when controlling for the temperament of the proband or control in monozygotic twins. CONCLUSIONS: The evidence overall supports the suggestion that AN may represent the expression of a common underlying familial liability to a temperament style that reflects a striving for perfectionism, a need for order, and a sensitivity to praise and reward. The nature of the shared risk factors is likely to be, in part, genetic.
10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815c40f1
Psychosom Med
Adolescent, Adult, Anorexia Nervosa, Australia, Case-Control Studies, Comorbidity, Diseases in Twins, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Logistic Models, Personality, Risk Factors, Temperament


Jason Cryan has served as the Museum's Deputy Director and Chief of the Research & Collections section since 2012. He was named Interim Museum Director in November 2018. As Interim Director, Jason leads the Museum's Management Team which works to set strategic goals and priorities for the Museum, to address higher-level administrative topics, and to contribute to cross-section initiatives. As the Chief of the Research & Collections section, Jason oversees the Museum's scientific staff, which includes approximately 30 researchers in a variety of biological, geological, and paleontological disciplines. The R&C section staff conduct independent research programs, maintain publicly visible research labs, and maintain and grow the Museum's extensive Research Collections of natural sciences specimens, the Research Library collections, and the Archive holdings.
Jason is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in the biodiversity of phytophagous (plant-feeding) insects in the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha; he is specifically interested in planthoppers (superfamily Fulgoroidea), spittlebugs and froghoppers (superfamily Cercopoidea), and treehoppers (family Membracidae). These insects are entomologically famous for having bizarre shapes, bright colors and interesting behaviors; moreover, many of the insect species included in his research projects are of worldwide economic and agricultural importance (including pests of rice, corn and sugarcane), and so results of these projects may have broader implications for studies on the control of such insects.
A major aspect of Jason's research is the phylogenetic study of the historical, evolutionary relationships among these insects … reconstructing the tree of life for Auchenorrhyncha. To accomplish this, he produces and analyzes genetic (DNA nucleotide sequence) data and data from comparative anatomy and morphology. He uses the results of those phylogenetic analyses to investigate interesting biological questions regarding these charismatic insects, interpreting and evaluating alternative theories on the evolution of insect anatomy, behavior, ecology and biogeographical distribution. To put it simply, Jason reconstructs the family tree of these insects, and then uses those trees to address questions about why the insects have such odd adaptations, why they eat what they eat, and why they live where they live.
Another focus of Jason's research is the discovery of insects that are new to science. His work has led to the formal scientific descriptions of numerous insect species and genera. Because the insects he studies are distributed worldwide (with highest diversity in the global tropics), Jason has travelled extensively, conducting fieldwork in more than 20 tropical and sub-tropical countries around the world. In doing so, he has amassed one of the largest and most significant collections of these insects in the world.
Jason's academic background includes degrees earned at the University of Vermont (B.A., Zoology) and at North Carolina State University (M.S. and Ph.D., Entomology). He spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at Brigham Young University. Before accepting his current administration position at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Jason was Director of the DNA Sequencing Laboratory at the New York State Museum. He taught a popular course on Evolution for several years at the University at Albany (SUNY), is active in public outreach and education, and is past-President of the Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity Section of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). He is currently a Science Policy Fellow for the ESA.


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MIT and Thomson Reuters Labs got together to hack the Legal Analytics Prototype Jam for the ABA Business Law Section. We prototyped a dashboard to understand jurisdictional issues of cloud contracts. The use case we chose is a tool to help small businesses understand their exposures to the new EU privacy law by automatically analyzing cloud contracts.