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Life 2017 (Blu-ray)
A cliched but interesting space-horror entry that brings galaxy-sized thrills.
Written by: Chris Mitchell | June 23, 2017
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Anyone who has seen Alien and its numerous sequels/prequels has a good idea what they can expect from Daniel Espinosa's space-thriller titled Life. While it does contain plenty of cliches from the genre, there's still enough thrills and chills to keep things interesting and viewers glued to their seats until the disturbing finale.
As with any good horror film setup, this story follows a group of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that have all sorts of quirks and personalities that often clash with each other, but they still manage to work together for the most part. There's British biologist Dr. Hugh Derry (Ariyon Bakare), American medical officer Dr. David Jordan (Jake Gyllenhaal), British quarantine officer Dr. Miranda North (Rebecca Ferguson), Japanese pilot Sho Murakami (Hiroyuki Sanada), Russian commander Ekaterina Golovkina (Olga Dihovichnaya) and system engineer Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds). Their job is to study and examine a recovered sample of dirt from Mars for any signs of life. They get more than they bargained for when they discover an organism in the sample that they decide to fed with nutrients, which causes it to grow into a creature that's part brain and part muscle they name Calvin. It isn't long before Calvin wants out of their studies and starts attacking the crew one by one, which leads the crew to do everything they can from keeping Calvin from killing them and making its way to Earth.
I'm a sucker for a good horror film, and Life manages to hit all the right buttons to keep you interested and freaked out as you watch. One thing I really liked about the movie is Calvin and how it's grounded in hardcore Sci-fi that makes coming across an organism that's equal parts brain and muscle that's been dormant in space not such a far-fetched possibility. The actors also do a great job with their roles, right down to Ryan Reynolds being the cocky hot-shot engineer. It's also kind of fun to see who will survive as the crap hits the fan and the crew starts getting picked off due to bad decisions or just bad luck. The visuals and audio are high definition goodness and make watching this film feel like a thrill ride thanks to the nice details of the picture and sound.
The special features are a bit on the light side, but still offer some nice looks into the making of the movie and more. "Life: In Zero G" has the cast and crew discussing the challenges of shooting the movie with zero-gravity effects and more, "Creating Life: The Art and Reality of Calvin" goes into my personal favorite thing, the making of Calvin and how the filmmakers tried to make a scientifically accurate alien, "Claustrophobic Terror: Creating a Thriller in Space" goes into being trapped on a space station with a monster and how it plays into generating thrills and chills, "Astronaut Diaries" is a fun extra that has the cast in character making videos about their lives aboard the space station, and lastly there's some deleted scenes that show off alternate takes and edits that were left on the cutting room floor.
Those who love the Alien films and any sci-fi in general will get their kicks from Life. If you're like me and don't mind the cliches that come with the genre, and you're just looking for something interesting yet a bit terrifying to watch, you'll want to make a run to your nearest space station and dock with this film.
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State makes 'shockingly little progress' in mending SNAP scandal
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More than one year after three top state officials refused to answer questions in federal court about fraud allegations and nine months after a federal judge held their cabinet secretary in contempt of court, the state Human Services Department (HSD) appears to still be seriously mishandling how it processes federal benefits to New Mexico's poor.
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[/perfectpullquote]This includes an apparent department directive instructing caseworkers to limit interviews with those enrolled in and seeking federal benefits and lie to their superiors about it.
Now, the advocacy organization representing plaintiffs in a decades-long lawsuit against HSD is asking a judge to impose monetary sanctions on HSD and its secretary, Brent Earnest. The call for sanctions comes over the department's alleged failures to meet federal guidelines on processing Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Update: Special master: HSD staff shakeup needed to address SNAP problems
Medicaid is the federal health care program for the poor while SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides federal food aid to the poor.
Until the department comes into federal compliance with processing these benefits, the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty wants the judge to fine Earnest $100 a day.
In the meantime, poor New Mexicans are suffering, according to a legal memo filed in federal court this week by the Center.
"Eligible New Mexicans are without food and medical assistance because [HSD] has a backlog of tens of thousands of unprocessed cases," the memo reads. "The vast majority of clients cannot get through by phone and systemic changes required by multiple court orders have not been enacted."
The current controversy dates to last spring, when the Center argued that HSD was failing to comply with a consent decree from the Debra Hatten-Gonzales v. HSD lawsuit. The lawsuit originally alleged the state failed to adequately process Medicaid and SNAP benefits. Its 1990 settlement set forth new guidelines through the consent decree that the state is required to follow to meet federal law.
The case once again propelled to the forefront last summer after nine employees in HSD's Income Support Division were called to testify by the Center. Before federal court, the employees made shocking allegations of a longstanding department policy to falsify SNAP applications. The workers alleged superiors told them to adding fake assets to emergency SNAP applications so the department could cut down on its backlog of SNAP cases to avoid getting in trouble from the federal government.
A federal judge agreed with the Center's assessment last fall and held Earnest in contempt for failing to follow the consent decree. The court also appointed an independent "special master" to steer HSD into federal compliance.
But the state department has made "shockingly little progress" in righting its ship in the six months since the special master came on board, according to the memo.
Lawrence Parker, the special master and former Texas state administrator who District Judge Kenneth Gonzales picked last fall to oversee HSD's handling of federal benefits, is expected to give recommendations to the court Thursday afternoon on how the department should proceed from here. Gonzales scheduled the status conference for the afternoon and required Earnest to attend.
An HSD spokesman, through an automatic email message, referred NM Political Report's questions to a spokesman for Gov. Susana Martinez, who did not answer them before press time.
Multiple deficiencies
The Center's latest memo reveals alleged systematic problems with how HSD responds to requests for help from some of New Mexico's most vulnerable.
The Center's memo lays out problems including:
—HSD's lack of a functional phone system in its customer service call center for SNAP and Medicaid applicants and recipients. Currently, the call center answers just 35 percent of its calls from English language speakers and 19 percent of its calls from Spanish speakers.
—HSD own "illegal directives that restrict access benefits and instruct workers to misrepresent facts," including one order to stop all SNAP and Medicaid interviews after 3:30 p.m. Another order "instructs workers to withhold information from applications" and "give false information about the client's wish to reschedule the interview" to their superiors.
—The department's proposed new SNAP regulations that "contain many errors and delete entire sections that explain verification requirements for non-citizens" in apparent violation of federal law.
—HSD overall lack of processing SNAP renewal applications in a timely manner, despite progress.
—The department's delays on Medicaid applications, which continue to increase. Overdue Medicaid renewals, for example, more than doubled between January and early June from nearly 24,000 to almost 53,000 and then dropped to 38,000 by June 21.
—Two HSD administrators, Laura Galindo and Marilyn Martinez, remain employed with the department one year after asserting their Fifth Amendment rights numerous times in court by refusing to answer questions about their involvement in allegedly instructing employees to falsify emergency SNAP applications. Galindo is currently the department's director of child support enforcement while Martinez is chief of the department's financial services bureau in the administrative services division.
Perhaps most serious of these detailed allegations is the revelation of an internal HSD directive from April obtained by the Center.
'Illegal' policy
The order, written by Customer Service Center Staff Manager Gwen Brubaker, instructs state employees to cease interviews and communications with Medicaid and SNAP recipients and applicants every day at 3:30 p.m. and to lie to the clients and their office superiors about the interview limits.
"We discussed in the manager's meeting today that we are not going to do interviews after 3:30, effective immediately," Brubaker wrote in the April email to staffers.
She went on to admonish employees for telling applicants the truth about the policy.
"We also discussed that we were not saying this to clients, but I have seen 3 emails go out to offices since that that state per directive/instructions interviews are not being done after 3:30," Brubaker wrote. "Please make sure that staff are not saying this to the clients, including in emails to offices or in case notes."
And instead of informing "the office" about the new policy, Brubaker instructed her workers to lie and "just say to the client that they are not available and to the office that the client has requested the interview to be rescheduled."
Brubaker ended her with "Thank you!"
Sovereign Hager, a staff attorney with the Center, sees a lot of problems with the directive.
"Off the bat, the policy is wrong. It's illegal," she said in an interview.
Hager added that apart from instructing state employees to lie, the policy to "reschedule" interviews causes some clients to "wait for months" to receive the federal benefits for which they are otherwise eligible.
"It's just really a horrible tactic that's dishonest," she said.
It's unclear if and to what extent HSD management was aware of or responsible for this policy.
Customer service problems still apparent
A big part of HSD's problems, according to the Center's memo, is that the department doesn't have enough staffers to meet its mission. A June email from HSD to the Center reveals the state has more than 100 vacancies in the department's Income Support Division, which manages federal benefits for New Mexicans.
To fix problems with the customer service phone line, HSD contracted with Conduent, the company formally known as Xerox. It's not clear when the contract, which does not show up in the state's Sunshine Portal, will begin.
Hager questioned how effective this contract can be since federal law mandates that only public employees are allowed to work on SNAP benefits.
"They can't really do anything on people's cases because they're not state employees," Hager said of Conduent.
Altogether, the poor customer service means "people get caught in a web of not getting answers to questions," Hager said, and showing up at an HSD office in person is "a multi-hour wait."
The department's leadership has apparently suffered as well. After the department demoted ISD Director Marilyn Martinez, who refused to answer questions about her alleged involvement in systemic fraud last year by pleading her Fifth Amendment rights, it left her position unfilled for more than one year.
The Center also argues that HSD is wasting what limited resources it has on new and unneeded programs like requiring more Medicaid patients to pay co-pays for service.
The special master, in some ways, echoed this criticism. In March, Parker recommended HSD "cease all efforts to plan, develop or implement new programs, with the exception of programs required by state or federal agencies to meet requirements within regulations."
It isn't clear what, if any, decision Gonzales will make during or after the Thursday hearing.
Parker is ordered to serve as special master through the calendar year. If by then the court finds that HSD is still not in or on its way to federal compliance, the judge could appoint a federal receiver with much broader authority to come in and fix the problems.
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London, United Kingdom – Digital Heaven today announced the launch of SpeedScriber, a revolutionary automated transcription product that combines the scalability of a cloud-based transcription service with the flexibility and performance of a native macOS app.
Before SpeedScriber, there were few transcription options for macOS users. Most apps require manual typing of the transcript while listening to the file which is a tedious and time-consuming process. There are also many web-based transcription services on the market, but they generally offer delivery times of 24 hours or longer and faster turnaround adds costly surcharges. For just US$0.50/minute (or less), SpeedScriber delivers amazingly accurate automated transcripts in minutes.
Since only the audio from the file is required for the transcription process, all imported media files are converted to a mono audio-only file for upload. Once uploaded, files are processed in parallel on our cloud-based servers and the transcript data is downloaded to the Mac app. A 60 minute file is typically transcribed in less than 10 minutes.
While the accuracy of automated transcription has improved dramatically in recent years, a key innovation of SpeedScriber is its comprehensive editing interface that was designed for making corrections quickly and efficiently. Transcripts can be reviewed with the current word highlighted in real-time as the media file is played. Speaker names can be assigned to sections of the transcript with a choice of nine colours for easy identification. Punctuation changes can be made on the selected words with a single keystroke and every editing command has a keyboard shortcut. Transcripts can be printed and exported to PDF, plain text or SubRip (.srt) for captions. There is additional integration with professional video editing apps from Adobe, Apple and Avid.
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Nancy founded the New Jersey Foundation for Dance and Theatre Arts to bring dance and theatre to the community while giving performers a vehicle to advance their careers. The Foundation has produced "The Nutcracker" annually, bringing dancers from major companies to perform with the American Youth Dance Company. These guest performers come from: the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Pennsylvania Ballet, Broadway, and film. In addition, the Foundation has sponsored performances for arts education in local schools and students with special. It has also helped raise money for numerous charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, The United Way, The American Diabetes Association, Dancers Responding to AIDS, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Hackensack Children's Hospital.
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C. J. Box's latest novel, at least until February 28, 2023 anyway. It is an entry in what he calls the "Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell" series, although Cody has long since been absent, and I'm pretty sure he's not coming back.
(The book series is also the basis for the TV series Big Sky, although the show deviated from the books very quickly, and—sorry—not in a good way.)
So it's Cassie, and she's settling into her life as a pretty successful private eye, based in Bozeman, Montana. A couple of cases get thrown her way: One takes her to the historic copper-smelting town of Anaconda in search of J. D. Spengler, another PI who's inexplicably vanished while trying to track down a charming con artist who's defrauded Candyce Fly of Boca Grande, Florida, of millions of dollars. (The reader knows at the end of Chapter One that Spengler has likely gone to Gumshoe Heaven.)
Cassie's second case involves an anonymous poet who penned a mysterious verse in Sir Scott's Oasis Steakhouse, Lounge, & Bar in Manhattan, Montana. (An actual place, now permanently closed, according to Google Maps.) The poem told of a hidden treasure, available to the first person finding it according to the cryptic clues contained within. Cassie's intrigued when she's called by someone claiming to be the poem's author, hiring her to see how well he's disguised his identity; if Cassie can find him, he'll give her a cool $25K.
It's not necessary, but it wouldn't hurt, to have read the previous books in the series; there are a few continuing characters who make an appearance. Also showing up unexpectedly is a character from Box's other series. No spoilers here!
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It's That Time of Year Again…
… and this year, Dave Barry's 2022 Gift Guide takes you back to the Wise Men. Who brought, we're told, the baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
We all know what gold is, of course. But what the heck are frankincense and myrrh? According to Wikipedia, they are both aromatic tree resins. That's right: Two-thirds of the wise men chose to give their newborn king, as a physical symbol of their reverent adoration, goo from a tree. Why? Because they were guys, that's why. Here's what probably happened:
FIRST WISE MAN: So I'm bringing gold as my gift.
SECOND WISE MAN: Wait, what?
THIRD WISE MAN: You got a gift?
FIRST WISE MAN: It was my wife's idea.
SECOND WISE MAN: I didn't know we were supposed to bring a gift!
THIRD WISE MAN: Me either! What're we gonna do?
(The wise men notice they are standing next to a tree, which has excreted some globs of resin.)
SECOND WISE MAN: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
FIRST WISE MAN: Are you serious? That looks like squirrel poop.
THIRD WISE MAN: We can tell them it's aromatic.
If I could go back in time a week, I'd give thanks for Dave Barry still occasionally writing new stuff.
And our Amazon Product du Jour is one of his Gift Guide selections, full-face sunglasses, a mere $16.99 as I type. For when you want to knock over a convenience store that has one of those pesky video cameras.
Christian Schneider notes allegedly smart people demanding a return to the bad old days: Colleges Turn to Segregation to Solve Racial Ills.
Years from now, students of American history will be taught of the era when college students were kept from living near one another because of the color of their skin. When separate graduation ceremonies were held for students of color because of a group's unease with the commingling of the races. When students were kept out of colleges because of their ethnicity. And when governors openly questioned the learning abilities of schoolchildren of color.
The history books covering this era, however, won't be talking about the Jim Crow South or George Wallace's 1963 declaration urging "segregation now, segregation forever."
They will, instead, be referring to the last five years, in which colleges have begun separating students by race out of concern that it might damage the "mental health" of non-white students if they are forced to interact with white students.
The governor in that first paragraph? Not Ron DeSantis!
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I'm old enough to remember the parody of a New York Times headlne: "World Ends: Woman and Minorities Hardest Hit".
So WIRED got pretty close to that: San Francisco's Killer Police Robots Threaten the City's Most Vulnerable.
Subhed: "Law enforcement says that in some scenarios a lethal robot is the only way to protect public safety. Experts say the policy will harm communities of color."
Three years ago, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban use of facial recognition technology by local government. Last night, the board went in a different direction, giving police the right to kill a criminal suspect with a teleoperated robot if they believe there is an imminent threat of death to police or members of the public.
Assistant police chief David Lazar said ahead of the vote that killer robots might be needed in scenarios involving mass shootings or suicide bombers, citing the Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 and the killing of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, in 2016. Dallas police ultimately used explosives strapped to a Remotec F5A bomb disposal robot—a model also possessed by the San Francisco Police Department—to kill that suspect.
So what about those "experts"? Well, here are a couple:
Supervisor Hillary Ronen voted against killer robots at the meeting, saying that like many US parents she sometimes worries about school shootings but that the new policy opens a Pandora's box where police using robots is the norm. "The tool begs to be used," she says. "It might be used originally only occasionally, but over time people get less sensitive."
Peter Asaro, an associate professor at The New School in New York who researches automation of police force, agrees. "Giving police this option means they're going to use it when they should be looking for other options," he said.
The underlying assumption seems to be that, when in doubt, the cops' go-to tactic is killing people. Instead of "looking for other options".
Dude, we shouldn't let people like that even have guns!
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A massive explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted a the ground floor of a building in central Paris's shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least nine people, French police said.
Authorities were on high alert in the French capital for a ninth consecutive Saturday of "yellow vest" protests, with large parts of the city center blocked off by riot police.
A police source said the explosion tore apart a bakery on the rue Trevise in the Grands Boulevards district. The force of the blast shattered nearby storefronts and rocked buildings hundreds of meters away, witnesses said.
"The situation is now under control," Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters on the scene. He said more than 200 firemen were involved in the rescue operation.
An eyewitness who was staying at a hotel nearby said he saw a huge fire erupt in the building blown out by the blast.
He said that as he approached the scene, a woman was crying for help from the first floor of a building: "Help us, help us, we have a child".
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Xevious takes place on Earth. An invading alien race has set up shop, and it's up to the player to send 'em home. The game has a large number of different ground and air-based targets of either belligerent or non-belliegerent nature. In addition to the jumper-based difficulty levels, the game also adapts its difficulty to the player. If the player is successful against a type of attacker, an even deadlier type of attacker shows up to challenge the player.
The player uses a joystick to pilot a combat aircraft called a Solvalou, which is armed with a forward-firing Zapper for aerial targets and a Blaster which fires an unlimited supply of air-to-surface bombs for ground targets. The game, presumably set in Peru, was noted for the varied terrain below, which included forests, airstrips, bases, and mysterious Nazca Line-like drawings on the ground.
There are various aerial enemy aircraft which shoot relatively slow bullets, as well as (presumably unpiloted) fast-moving projectiles and exploding black spheres. Ground enemies are a combination of stationary bases and moving vehicles, most of which also fire slow bullets. Giant floating Andor Genesis motherships appear in certain areas; these are killed by knocking out their cores. These are considered one of the first level-bosses to be incorporated into a video game.
The game scrolls through 16 areas, looping back to Area 7 after Area 16. The Solvalou continually advances over varying terrain, and the boundaries between areas are marked only by dense forests being overflown. If the player dies, play normally resumes from the start of the area. If the player has completed at least 70% of the area before dying, play will begin at the start of the next area instead. As the Solvalou constantly flies forward, it is possible to advance without killing any enemies.
There are structures called "Sol Citadels" hidden throughout the game. The targeting sight will briefly flash red whenever it is over one of these structures. Dropping a bomb at that spot will first uncover the silo-like object (worth 1000 points) and dropping another bomb on it will award another 1000 points.
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El Salterio de Luttrell (British Library, Add MS 42130) es un  salterio iluminado encargado por Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345), señor de una mansión de Irnham en Lincolnshire, escrito e ilustrado en pergamino circa 1320-1340 en Inglaterra por escribas y artistas anónimos.

Junto con los salmos (que comienzan en el folio 13 r.), el Salterio de Luttrell contiene un calendario (1 r.), cánticos (259 v.), la Misa (283 v.) y una antífona para los muertos (295 r.). Las páginas varían en su grado de iluminación, pero muchas están ricamente cubiertas con texto decorado e imágenes marginales de santos e historias bíblicas, y escenas de la vida rural. Se considera una de las fuentes más ricas en representaciones visuales de la vida rural cotidiana en la Inglaterra medieval, aunque el último folio se ha perdido.

El salterio fue adquirido por el Museo Británico en 1929 por 31 500 libras a Mary Angel Noyes, esposa del poeta Alfred Noyes, con la ayuda de un préstamo sin intereses del millonario y coleccionista de arte estadounidense J. P. Morgan. Actualmente se encuentra en la colección de la Biblioteca Británica de Londres, desde la separación de la Biblioteca del Museo Británico.

Historia y autoría
El Salterio de Luttrell fue creado en Inglaterra en algún momento entre 1320 y 1345, habiendo sido encargado por Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345), terrateniente de Irnham en Lincolnshire. La fecha de su finalización no se ha establecido con certeza; diferentes estudiosos han fechado el manuscrito en varios períodos de tiempo diferentes. Eric Millar escribe que el manuscrito fue realizado alrededor de 1335-40, antes de la muerte de la esposa de Luttrell, Agnes Sutton, porque las ilustraciones muestran características de la "decadencia" tardía del estilo de Anglia Oriental. Lucy Sandler prefiere fechar la creación en torno a 1325-30 porque los estilos son similares a los de otros manuscritos de la época. Michelle Brown cree que se realizó y planificó mucho más tarde, alrededor de 1330-45.

La historia del salterio de Luttrell muestra las primeras fases del renacimiento gótico en Inglaterra. Luttrell, un acaudalado propietario de tierras, sentía que su muerte se acercaba y quería dar cuenta de todos sus actos, como se afirma en el colofón del salterio. El propósito del manuscrito era ayudar con las disposiciones de su testamento, en el que Luttrell pedía que veinte capellanes recitaran misas durante un periodo de cinco años después de su muerte (se creía que aceleraba el paso del alma por el Purgatorio) y que los secretarios recitaran los salmos, y otras actividades por niveles de remuneración monetaria indicados.

La creación del Salterio Luttrell podría estar relacionada con la dispensa papal de 1331 que permitió el matrimonio Luttrell-Sutton o con la mayoría de edad en 1334 de Andrew Luttrell, hijo de Sir Geoffrey. Tales indicaciones están presentes en las ilustraciones del manuscrito. El salterio contiene un retrato de Luttrell, al final del Salmo 109, completamente armado y montado en un caballo de guerra, con un extravagante despliegue de las armas de Luttrell. Se cree que la imagen sirvió para enfatizar su condición de caballero durante una unión matrimonial de un miembro de la familia. Para afirmar su papel como mecenas de la obra, la línea Dominus Galfridus Louterell me fieri fecit ("Lord Geoffrey Luttrell me hizo") aparece sobre el retrato.  El manuscrito contiene imágenes de mendigos y artistas callejeros y grotescos, todo ello simbolizando el caos y la anarquía presentes en la sociedad medieval y temidos por Sir Geoffrey Luttrell y sus contemporáneos.

El Salterio de Luttrell fue compuesto por un escriba y al menos cinco artistas diferentes, todos ellos con estilos ligeramente diferentes. Al primer artista de Luttrell se le conoce como "el decorador". Utilizó un estilo de dibujo lineal en lugar de un enfoque bidimensional. El segundo artista de Luttrell, "el colorista", solía dibujar imágenes más esculturales y modeladas con luces y sombras. Prestaba más atención a la forma humana y a la postura en sus dibujos. El tercer artista de Luttrell, "el Ilustrador", prefería un estilo bidimensional. El cuarto artista de Luttrell, "el Maestro de Luttrell", era experto en temas rurales y grotescos extravagantes. También dibujó las representaciones de la familia Luttrell. Muestra una gran habilidad para producir efectos de sombra y textura. Su técnica es muy similar al estilo utilizado en la mayoría de los manuscritos de East Anglian de la época.

El manuscrito salió a la luz pública en 1794, cuando se reprodujeron miniaturas de Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, su esposa y su nuera junto con un resumen del libro.

Procedencia

El salterio estuvo durante mucho tiempo en posesión de la familia de Thomas Weld (de Lulworth) y fue trasladado con ellos a Dorset desde Britwell en Oxfordshire cuando Thomas Weld se convirtió en heredero del Castillo de Lulworth en 1775. Permaneció en la familia hasta 1929, cuando Herbert Weld Blundell, entonces heredero de Lulworth, decidió ponerlo en venta. Sin embargo, el intento de Weld de vender dos reliquias familiares, el salterio y el Libro de Horas de Bedford en Sotheby's se topó con una obstrucción legal. Tres días antes de que los célebres manuscritos iluminados se pusieran a la venta, los abogados del Museo Británico descubrieron que estos, así como todas las reliquias y los "bienes muebles" del castillo de Lulworth, eran en realidad propiedad de la señora Mary Angela Noyes, de soltera Mayne, entonces esposa del poeta Alfred Noyes, y antes viuda de Richard Shireburn Weld-Blundell, el heredero de Lulworth que había sido asesinado en 1916.  Weld acudió a los tribunales, pero su recurso fue rechazado solo unas horas antes de la venta. El Museo Británico compró entonces ambos manuscritos a la señora Noyes con un préstamo de John Pierpont Morgan. Más tarde, en 1929, el castillo de Lulworth sufrió graves daños por un incendio, y algunas de las otras reliquias en disputa se perdieron en el fuego.

La cita siguiente es de la revista de la Sociedad de Historia Natural y Arqueológica de Dorset de 1906:

Descripción

El Salterio de Luttrell mide 350 x 245 mm. Está escrito en latín y se compone de 309 hojas de vitela de alta calidad con hojas voladas de papel.  La mayoría de las páginas están decoradas en pintura roja con detalles en oro, plata y ciego. Las ilustraciones están estampadas y grabadas en el papel. El manuscrito tiene ocho cordones que unen las páginas de forma segura. Está cosido y tiene una encuadernación moderna (posterior a 1929) de cuero marrón oscuro. Los escribas utilizaban la regla como método de escriba, un método caro. Las escrituras son bastante grandes. Cada cuadro del manuscrito tiene unas catorce líneas completas de texto. Los trazos de las letras son planos y paralelos a la línea de escritura. Esta técnica requería una pluma en la que el plumín está cortado en un ángulo especialmente oblicuo, una "pluma extraña". A diferencia de los manuscritos iluminados anteriores, la primera letra de la primera palabra de la línea, por cada dos líneas aproximadamente, se escribe en mayúscula. Su estilo tiene muchos reflejos y sombras en las figuras humanas, y su modelado de la figura humana es más pronunciado, musculoso y más realista.

Iconografía

Las ilustraciones del manuscrito muestran varias escenas de la vida de Geoffrey Luttrell, actividades cotidianas habituales en la ciudad y muchas figuras curiosas diferentes que combinan partes animales y humanas. El Salterio de Luttrell era una buena ilustración de la vida cotidiana en la Edad Media. Aparte de las imágenes comunes de los ciudadanos y de la familia Luttrell, algunas imágenes permanecen oscuras pero otras pueden relacionarse con el texto junto al que están pintadas. Se requiere, sin embargo, que el lector tenga cierta comprensión de las palabras sagradas en latín. La mayoría de las decoraciones de los márgenes son imágenes de pura fantasía, figuras de santos y motivos naturalistas.

Luttrell quería que los dibujos reflejaran las actuales aspiraciones devocionales, culturales, políticas, económicas y dinásticas que tenían él y su familia. Un dibujo, por ejemplo, muestra la remodelación de la iglesia parroquial de Irnham, lo que pone de relieve cómo se preocupaba por sus actividades en preparación de su muerte.

La miniatura de Sir Geoffrey Luttrell montado en el caballo con armadura completa junto a su esposa y su nuera es una imagen muy poderosa en el Salterio Luttrell. Sugiere que quería ser recordado por su juventud y por el tiempo que pasó en el ejército. La imagen también muestra la heráldica de la familia Luttrell.

Los sirvientes que preparan la comida y hacen recados se representan a lo largo de los márgenes del manuscrito para enfatizar que desempeñaban un papel importante tanto social como económicamente. Las imágenes de la agricultura incluyen tanto a hombres como a mujeres para mostrar que durante la época de la cosecha se requería toda la mano de obra disponible.

Música
Las representaciones visuales de la música forman una gran parte de la iconografía del Salterio de Luttrell. Se representa a personas y criaturas híbridas cantando poemas, himnos y salmos como expresión de devoción. El Salterio habla, por tanto, de un aspecto integral de la vida cotidiana en el siglo XIV. La música en la Edad Media no sólo se utilizaba en los ambientes clericales, sino que también se empleaba, en cierta medida, para representar al diablo y la corrupción. El Salterio de Luttrell es interesante respecto a la tradición musical en la Edad Media porque intenta integrar tanto el lado religioso como el diabólico del salterio para combinarlos "al servicio de lo sagrado".

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Janet Backhouse, Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter. North America: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
 Michelle P. Brown, The World of the Luttrell Psalter. London: The British Library, 2006.

 Michael Camille, Mirror in Parchment. London: Reaktion Books, 1998.

Enlaces externos

 The Luttrel Psalter: overview on the British Library Online Gallery of Sacred Texts (a selection of 32 pages is viewable through the Turning the Pages program)
 Full copy on the British Library Digitised Manuscripts site
 The Luttrell Psalter
 Luttrell Psalter Film
 Representing Devotional Economy: Agricultural and Liturgical Labor in the "Luttrell Psalter"

Salterios
Manuscritos del siglo XIV

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 23: Will Smith gets slimed onstage at Nickelodeon's 2019 Kids' Choice Awards at Galen Center on March 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Nickelodeon brings "Slime City" pop-up experience to Atlanta for the summer
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Rodney Ho
Originally posted Friday, May 24, 2019 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
Summertime means trips to the pool, picnics at the local park and sips of iced tea on the porch. And in Atlanta starting June 15, slime. Lots and lots of slime.
Dubbed "Nickelodeon Slime City," the pop-up experience will be located at the Buckhead shopping district where Disco Kroger is based off Piedmont Road.
The 20,000 square-foot installation, which will run through September, will enable visitors of all ages to create the special gooey green mixture and get slimed themselves.
"Our iconic slime is the ultimate symbol of free-spirited mess and the physical embodiment of the fun and irreverent spirit of Nickelodeon," said Sharon Cohen, executive vice president of The Nick Experience.
This is the first pop-up experience Nickelodeon has ever designed. If successful, it may replicate it in other cities in the future.
The kids cable channel Nickelodeon defined itself in the 1980s with slime, courtesy of its sketch comedy show "You Can't Do That on TV." Although the show eventually disappeared, the slime remains a signature part of its annual Kids Choice Awards.
Tickets are available at www.NickSlimeCity.com. Through June 14 , tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate of 25 for admission June 15 to 29. Otherwise, it's $29 per person. (There is a $20 special preview day June 14.) Children under 2 will get in free.
"Slime City" will feature multiple interaction spaces such as:
Slime HQ – Spin wheels, turn levers and touch slime to keep the gallons of green goodness pumping through the pipes and tubes.
Great Wall of Slime – Visitors are invited to leave their mark and make an impression on the giant pin wall to create awesome slime shapes and silhouettes.
Slime-Tennial Park – Paying homage to Atlanta's famous Centennial Olympic Park, visitors can take a spin or a swing on an exciting slime-inspired playground.
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A rural health authority and demographer at Mississippi State warns that fewer nursing students returning to less populated parts of the state could have serious consequences on health care.
Ronald Cossman, an associate research professor at the university's Social Science Research Center, said a survey of nursing students currently enrolled in Magnolia State colleges and universities showed that fewer say they plan to work in rural areas after graduation.
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Wanda Jones, Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce executive director, said the Mississippi Delta is one key area with high nursing vacancy rates. Throughout the western region, there has been a vacancy rate of about 8 percent, although the area has had vacancy rates that nearly topped 20 percent.
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Jüri Jaanson (* 14. Oktober 1965 in Tartu, Estnische SSR) ist ein ehemaliger sowjetischer und estnischer Ruderer. Er war Weltmeister und mehrfacher Medaillengewinner bei Weltmeisterschaften und Olympischen Spielen.

Sportliche Erfolge
Jaanson startete für den Ruder Klub Pärnu. Seine Ehefrau Tatjana ist eine ehemalige Ruderin und heute Trainerin in Pärnu, die unter anderem auch ihren Ehemann trainierte.

Jaanson nahm 1987 für die Sowjetunion an den Weltmeisterschaften teil und wurde im Einer-Wettbewerb Fünfter. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1988 in Seoul konnte er sich nur für das B-Finale qualifizieren und belegte in der Gesamtwertung den achten Rang. Seine erste internationale Medaille gewann er 1989 bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften in Bled. Beim Sieg des Deutschen Thomas Lange belegte er den dritten Platz. Ein Jahr später wurde er in Tasmanien Weltmeister in dieser Disziplin. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1992 in Barcelona startete Jaanson zum ersten Mal für Estland und kam im Finale als Fünfter ins Ziel. 1995 konnte er bei den Weltmeisterschaften in Tampere die Silbermedaille gewinnen.

In den darauf folgenden Jahren konnte Jaanson keine weiteren Erfolge erringen. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1996 in Atlanta schaffte er nur die Qualifikation für das C-Finale und wurde 18. in der Gesamtwertung. Bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1999 wurde er Siebter, 2000 kam er bei den Olympischen Spielen in Sydney als Letzter des A-Finales ins Ziel und belegte damit den sechsten Rang.

Erst im hohen Sportleralter von 38 Jahren konnte sich Jaanson bei international bedeutsamen Rennen wieder auf dem Podest platzieren. 2004 konnte er das Weltcup-Rennen in Posen für sich entscheiden und bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in Athen gewann er die Silbermedaille hinter dem Norweger Olaf Tufte. Es war die erste olympische Medaille für Jaanson bei seiner fünften Teilnahme an Olympischen Spielen.

2005 wechselte Jaanson in den estnischen Doppelvierer. Die Mannschaft gewann die Weltcup-Rennen in Eton und Luzern. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften in Gifu gewannen sie die Bronzemedaille. Dies gelang Jaanson auch 2007 im Alter von 41 Jahren mit Tõnu Endrekson im Doppelzweier bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 2007 in München. Die beiden konnten 2007 des Weiteren die Weltcup-Rennen in Luzern und Amsterdam für sich entscheiden. Auch 2008 startete Jaanson gemeinsam mit Endrekson im Doppelzweier. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2008 in Peking konnte das Duo hinter dem australischen Boot die Silbermedaille gewinnen. Für den 42-jährigen Jaanson war es die sechste Teilnahme an Olympischen Spielen. Bei den anschließenden Ruder-Europameisterschaften 2008 gewann er mit dem estnischen Doppelvierer den Titel. Jaanson setzte seine Karriere bis 2009 fort, konnte sich international aber nicht mehr auf vorderen Rängen behaupten.

Auszeichnungen
 1990, 1995 und 2004 wurde Jannson in Estland zum Sportler des Jahres gewählt.
 2005 und 2006 gewann Jaanson mit dem estnischen Doppelvierer die Wahl zur Mannschaft des Jahres in Estland.
 2007 und 2008 gewann Jaanson zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Tõnu Endrekson die Wahl zur Mannschaft des Jahres in Estland.
 Orden des Estnischen Roten Kreuzes 2. Kategorie (2005)
 Thomas-Keller-Medaille 2011

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Sportliche Erfolge und Foto (estnisch)

Weltmeister (Rudern)
Europameister (Rudern)
Riigikogu-Abgeordneter
Träger des Ordens des Estnischen Roten Kreuzes
Olympiateilnehmer (Estland)
Olympiateilnehmer (Sowjetunion)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1988
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1992
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1996
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2000
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2004
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2008
Rudertrainer
Ruderer (Estland)
Ruderer (Sowjetunion)
Sowjetbürger
Este
Geboren 1965
Mann
Sportler des Jahres (Estland)


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package org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.gui.util;

//OODT imports
import org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.gui.model.ModelGraph;
import org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.gui.model.ModelNode;
import org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.gui.perspective.view.ViewState;

//JDK imports
import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

/**
 *
 *
 * Generic utility functions helpful for the Workflow Editor GUI.
 *
 * @author bfoster
 * @author mattmann
 *
 */
public class GuiUtils {

  protected static AtomicInteger untitledIter = new AtomicInteger(0);
  protected static AtomicInteger dummyUntitledIter = new AtomicInteger(0);

  public static boolean isSubGraph(ModelGraph graph, ModelGraph subGraph) {
    if (graph.equals(subGraph)) {
      return true;
    }
    for (ModelGraph child : graph.getChildren()) {
      if (isSubGraph(child, subGraph)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    if (graph.getPreConditions() != null) {
      if (isSubGraph(graph.getPreConditions(), subGraph)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    if (graph.getPostConditions() != null) {
      if (isSubGraph(graph.getPostConditions(), subGraph)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  public static void updateGraphModelId(ViewState state, String id,
      String newModelId) {
    ModelGraph graph = find(state.getGraphs(), id);
    if (graph.getParent() != null
        && graph.getParent().getModel().getExcusedSubProcessorIds()
            .contains(graph.getModel().getModelId())) {
      graph.getParent().getModel().getExcusedSubProcessorIds()
          .remove(graph.getModel().getModelId());
      graph.getParent().getModel().getExcusedSubProcessorIds().add(newModelId);
    }
    graph.getModel().setModelId(newModelId);
  }

  public static void addChild(List<ModelGraph> graphs, String parentId,
      ModelGraph child) {
    ModelGraph parent = find(graphs, parentId);
    if (parent != null) {
      parent.addChild(child);
    }
  }

  public static List<ModelGraph> findRootGraphs(List<ModelGraph> graphs) {
    List<ModelGraph> rootGraphs = new Vector<ModelGraph>();
    for (ModelGraph graph : graphs) {
      if (rootGraphs.size() == 0) {
        rootGraphs.add(graph);
      } else {
        if (find(rootGraphs, graph.getModel().getModelId()) == null) {
          rootGraphs.add(graph);
        }
      }
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < rootGraphs.size(); i++) {
      ModelGraph rootGraph = rootGraphs.get(i);
      for (int j = 0; j < rootGraphs.size(); j++) {
        if (i != j
            && rootGraphs.get(j).recursiveFind(
                rootGraph.getModel().getModelId()) != null) {
          rootGraphs.remove(i--);
          break;
        }
      }

    }
    return rootGraphs;
  }

  public static ModelGraph findRoot(List<ModelGraph> rootGraphs,
      ModelGraph graph) {
    for (ModelGraph rootGraph : rootGraphs) {
      if (graph.equals(rootGraph)) {
        return rootGraph;
      } else if (graph.getParent() != null) {
        ModelGraph root = findRoot(rootGraphs, graph.getParent());
        if (root != null) {
          return root;
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static List<ModelGraph> find(List<ModelGraph> graphs, Set<String> ids) {
    Vector<ModelGraph> foundGraphs = new Vector<ModelGraph>();
    for (String id : ids) {
      ModelGraph graph = find(graphs, id);
      if (graph != null) {
        foundGraphs.add(graph);
      }
    }
    return foundGraphs;
  }

  public static ModelGraph find(List<ModelGraph> graphs, String id) {
    for (ModelGraph graph : graphs) {
      ModelGraph found = graph.recursiveFind(id);
      if (found != null) {
        return found;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static ModelGraph removeNode(List<ModelGraph> graphs, ModelNode node) {
    for (int i = 0; i < graphs.size(); i++) {
      if (graphs.get(i).getModel().equals(node)) {
        return graphs.remove(i);
      } else {
        ModelGraph graph = removeNode(graphs.get(i), node);
        if (graph != null) {
          return graph;
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static ModelGraph removeNode(ModelGraph graph, ModelNode node) {
    Stack<ModelGraph> stack = new Stack<ModelGraph>();
    stack.add(graph);
    while (!stack.empty()) {
      ModelGraph curGraph = stack.pop();
      if (curGraph.getModel().equals(node)) {
        curGraph.setParent(null);
        return curGraph;
      } else {
        stack.addAll(curGraph.getChildren());
        if (curGraph.getPreConditions() != null) {
          stack.add(curGraph.getPreConditions());
        }
        if (curGraph.getPostConditions() != null) {
          stack.add(curGraph.getPostConditions());
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static List<Line> findSequentialLines(List<ModelGraph> graphs) {
    Vector<Line> lines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (ModelGraph graph : graphs) {
      lines.addAll(findSequentialLines(graph));
    }
    return lines;
  }

  public static List<Line> findSequentialLines(final ModelGraph graph) {
    Vector<Line> lines = new Vector<Line>();
    if (graph.getChildren().size() > 0) {
      Stack<ModelGraph> stack = new Stack<ModelGraph>();
      stack.add(graph);
      while (!stack.empty()) {
        ModelGraph curGraph = stack.pop();
        if (curGraph.getModel().getExecutionType().equals("sequential")) {
          for (int i = 0; i < curGraph.getChildren().size() - 1; i++) {
            lines.add(new Line(curGraph.getChildren().get(i).getModel(),
                curGraph.getChildren().get(i + 1).getModel()));
          }
        }
        stack.addAll(curGraph.getChildren());
      }
    }
    return lines;
  }

  public static List<Line> findLines(final List<ModelGraph> graphs) {
    Vector<Line> lines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (ModelGraph graph : graphs) {
      lines.addAll(findLines(graph));
    }
    return lines;
  }

  public static List<Line> findLines(final ModelGraph graph) {
    Vector<Line> lines = new Vector<Line>();
    if (graph.getChildren().size() > 0) {
      Stack<ModelGraph> graphs = new Stack<ModelGraph>();
      graphs.add(graph);
      while (!graphs.empty()) {
        ModelGraph curGraph = graphs.pop();
        if (curGraph.getModel().isParentType()) {

          if (curGraph.getChildren().size() == 0) {
            curGraph.addChild(new ModelGraph(createDummyNode()));
          }

          List<Line> relaventLines = getRelaventLines(lines, curGraph
              .getModel().getId());
          for (Line relaventLine : relaventLines) {
            int index = lines.indexOf(relaventLine);
            if (curGraph.getModel().getExecutionType().toLowerCase()
                .equals("sequential")) {
              lines.remove(index);
              if (curGraph.getChildren().size() > 0) {
                if (relaventLine.getFromModel().equals(curGraph.getModel())) {
                  lines.add(new Line(curGraph.getChildren()
                                             .get(curGraph.getChildren().size() - 1).getModel(),
                      relaventLine.getToModel()));
                } else {
                  lines.add(new Line(relaventLine.getFromModel(), curGraph
                      .getChildren().get(0).getModel()));
                }
              }
            } else if (curGraph.getModel().getExecutionType().toLowerCase()
                .equals("parallel")) {
              lines.remove(index);
              if (relaventLine.getFromModel().equals(curGraph.getModel())) {
                for (ModelGraph child : curGraph.getChildren()) {
                  lines.add(new Line(child.getModel(), relaventLine
                      .getToModel()));
                }
              } else {
                for (ModelGraph child : curGraph.getChildren()) {
                  lines.add(new Line(relaventLine.getFromModel(), child
                      .getModel()));
                }
              }
            }
          }

          if (curGraph.getModel().getExecutionType().toLowerCase()
              .equals("sequential")) {
            for (int i = 0; i < curGraph.getChildren().size(); i++) {
              if (i == curGraph.getChildren().size() - 1) {
                lines.add(new Line(curGraph.getChildren().get(i).getModel(),
                    null));
              } else {
                lines.add(new Line(curGraph.getChildren().get(i).getModel(),
                    curGraph.getChildren().get(i + 1).getModel()));
              }
            }
          } else if (curGraph.getModel().getExecutionType().toLowerCase()
              .equals("parallel")) {
            for (int i = 0; i < curGraph.getChildren().size(); i++) {
              lines
                  .add(new Line(curGraph.getChildren().get(i).getModel(), null));
            }
          }
          graphs.addAll(curGraph.getChildren());
        }
      }
    } else {
      lines.add(new Line(graph.getModel(), null));
    }
    return lines;
  }

  public static boolean isDummyNode(ModelNode node) {
    return node.getModelId().startsWith("DUMMY-");
  }

  public static ModelNode createDummyNode() {
    ModelNode dummy = new ModelNode(null, "DUMMY-"
        + dummyUntitledIter.getAndIncrement());
    dummy.setTextVisible(false);
    return dummy;
  }

  public static List<ModelGraph> getGraphsInFile(File file,
      List<ModelGraph> graphs) {
    List<ModelGraph> graphsInFile = new Vector<ModelGraph>();
    for (ModelGraph graph : graphs) {
      if (graph.getModel().getFile().equals(file)) {
        graphsInFile.add(graph);
      } else {
        graphsInFile.addAll(getGraphsInFile(file, graph.getChildren()));
      }
    }
    return graphsInFile;
  }

  public static String createUniqueName() {
    return "Untitled-" + untitledIter.getAndIncrement();
  }

  public static Line getLine(List<Line> lines, ModelNode fromModel,
      ModelNode toModel) {
    for (Line line : lines) {
      if (line.getFromModel().equals(fromModel)
          && line.getToModel().equals(toModel)) {
        return line;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  public static List<Line> getRelaventLines(List<Line> lines, String id) {
    List<Line> relaventLines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (Line line : lines) {
      if ((line.getFromModel() != null && line.getFromModel().getId()
                                              .equals(id))
          || (line.getToModel() != null && line.getToModel().getId().equals(id))) {
        relaventLines.add(line);
      }
    }
    return relaventLines;
  }

  public static List<Line> getChildrenLines(List<Line> lines, String id) {
    List<Line> relaventLines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (Line line : lines) {
      if (line.getFromModel().getId().equals(id)) {
        relaventLines.add(line);
      }
    }
    return relaventLines;
  }

  public static List<Line> getParentLines(List<Line> lines, String id) {
    List<Line> relaventLines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (Line line : lines) {
      if (line.getToModel().getId().equals(id)) {
        relaventLines.add(line);
      }
    }
    return relaventLines;
  }

  public static List<Line> getStartingLines(List<Line> lines) {
    Vector<Line> startingLines = new Vector<Line>();
    for (Line line : lines) {
      if (getParentLines(lines, line.getFromModel().getId()).size() == 0) {
        startingLines.add(line);
      }
    }
    return startingLines;
  }

}

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Those who believe that we, as private citizens, have some sort of privacy left are self-deluded. Our private details that are not in the possession of criminals, spies, and government agencies remain so not because they cannot intercept our communications. If they don't have such information it is because they do not wish to at this time.
In other words, so far, there are more citizens in the US with cell phones than there are government intelligence agents. While software can and does filter through staggering amounts of data, distills it, and provides it to intelligence agencies, there must still be some time and personnel constraints on what can be done with all this data.
But getting the raw data is no problem. One device is called "The Stingray," and it provides a way for local police, intelligence agents, both ours and theirs, and criminals to listen to your cell phone conversations.


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Game On! (says YouTube)
A while after it was teased, YouTube's dedicated gaming channel has gone live.
It's a mix of videos and live streams which YouTube says "brings you closer to the games, gamers, and culture that matter to you" – whatever that means.
We can see this going awkwardly wrong occasionally because the channel automatically pulls in all gaming-related videos and live streams from YouTube. Hmm…
Viewers get personalised recommendations based on the games and channels they watch.
The site claims also to have made it easier to create a live stream with a beta version of the new way to go live at youtube.com/stream.
The English version of the new channel is online at gaming.youtube.com and there are apps on Google Play and the Apple AppStore in the US and UK ("more soon", they promise)
Tags:channel, games, gaming, live, stream, youtube


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Home / Sports/
The American Express announces first wave of PGA golfers to compete in Coachella Valley
brendan steele
pga west
tony finau
Talialaina Letoi
The anticipation to the 64th edition of the American Express continues to mount across the Coachella Valley. We're still more than a month away from the golf tournament but we're getting a clearer picture of the big names that will be kicking off the West Coast swing in our own backyard.
Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters Champion, who propelled to the World No. 1 ranking for much of the season will be making his way back to La Quinta. In addition to the University of Texas Longhorn, is UCLA product Patrick Cantlay. Now, the Long Beach native held the lead the first two days of the tournament last year. He'll also be joined by one of his best friends and also a southern California native.
San Diego's very own Xander Schauffele will be returning to the Valley to compete for the first time since 2017. The announcement of his return is just as great due to the continued rumors that this SoCal duo was expected to make the jump to LIV Golf. The Aztec has continuously denied the rumor for himself and suggesting the same for Cantlay in recent interviews.
But for now, the two close friends will defintely be teeing it up here in La Quinta to kick off the West Coast swing.
A big fan favorite who is coming off an electric year to say the least, is Tony Finau. Last year, Finau broke his five-plus year drought at the 2021 Northern Trust Open. As of today, he has five PGA Tour wins under his belt and is one of the first and only Polynesian golfers at the professional level. Goodbye Top Five Tony and hello Floodgates Finau. The energy and passion from a successful season will now be carried into the new year and a stage that he is familiar with.
At last year's tournament, Finau had to make up some ground to make it into the weekend after an opening round of 72. He would do just that ending the weekend in the 60's respectively.
These four join 2019 PGA Tour Rookie of the year Sunjae Im and the Idyllwild native Brendan Steele.
While many eyes are usually on what direction the golf ball goes in, many eyes stay fixated on Steele's golf grip. Steele known for his super strong grip, arguably one of the strongest on tour, however it's been one aspect of his game that hasn't changed. He's has also won himself three wins on Tour with it, proving to the many Matthew Wolff's & Jim Furyk's of the world to 'swing your swing.'
Steele says this tournament "holds a special place in my heart," as he'd come to the event as a child growing up locally here as well. He adds he's excited to have all his friends and family nearby to come out to watch.
Steele had also confirmed he would skip Pebble Beach and San Diego.
Now as the picture gets clearer of what the 2023 American Express will look like so has the payout. This year's purse has grown from $5.9 million up to a whopping $8 million.
The American Express tees of January 19th through the 22nd where we will be on the 18th green with the 2023 Champion, you don't want to miss out!


My nephew, 4 year old Max Zimmerman, was diagnosed with Leukemia this New Year's. Max is a fighter and after many weeks in the hospital, he was released and is now in remission. He and is family are commuting back and forth from their home to receive his chemo treatments.
If your name is listed above, you will be contacted regarding your prize.
If you want to follow along with Max's progress, you can visit Max's parents' journal on Caring Bridge. If you want to donate further, you can send a check made to Max Zimmerman at PO Box 5399, Santa Cruz CA 95063.
Thanks again for all of your love, help and support!


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Home > University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications > 1443
University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Implementing and Evaluating a Telephone-Based Centralized Maternity Care Coordination Program for Pregnant Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Kristin M. Mattocks, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Judy Kuzdeba, VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System
Rebecca Baldor, VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System
Jose Casares, VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System
Lisa Lombardini, VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System
Megan R. Gerber, VA Boston Healthcare System
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Health Services Administration | Maternal and Child Health | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Telemedicine | Women's Health
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a comprehensive, telephonic maternity care coordination (MCC) program for all pregnant veterans enrolled for care at New England Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities that comprise the Veterans Integrated Service Network 1.
RESEARCH DESIGN: Telephone interviews were conducted with postpartum women veterans who had participated in the MCC program during their pregnancies. The program evaluation instrument assessed satisfaction and use of MCC services, prenatal education classes, and infant and maternal outcomes (e.g., newborn birthweight, insurance status, maternal depression) using both closed-ended and open-ended questions.
RESULTS: A substantial majority (95%) of women enrolled in the MCC program expressed satisfaction with the services they received in the program. Women were most satisfied with help understanding VA maternity benefits and acquiring VA services and equipment, such as breast pumps and pregnancy-related medications. More than one-third of women noted their infants had experienced health problems since delivery, including neonatal intensive care unit hospitalizations. A majority of women planned to return to VA care in the future.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that MCC services play an important role for women veterans as they navigate both VA and non-VA care systems. MCC staff members coordinated maternity, medical, and mental health care services for women veterans. Additionally, by maintaining contact with the veteran during the postpartum period, MCC staff were able to assess the health of the mother and the infant, and refer women and their infants to medical and psychosocial services in the community as needed.
10.1016/j.whi.2017.05.005
Womens Health Issues. 2017 Sep - Oct;27(5):579-585. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 Jul 11. Link to article on publisher's site
Link to Article in PubMed
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Mattocks KM, Kuzdeba J, Baldor R, Casares J, Lombardini L, Gerber MR. (2017). Implementing and Evaluating a Telephone-Based Centralized Maternity Care Coordination Program for Pregnant Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2017.05.005. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1443
UMass Medical School


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