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What Keeps a CRISPR Creator Up at Night
Gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna's new book reveals her dreams and nightmares about what she has unleashed.
Adolf Hitler came to her in a dream, wearing a pig's face and asking excitedly about what she had just invented.
That nightmare — and her willingness to share the story — reveals a lot about Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and her new book, A Crack in Creation. It's the story of how she co-developed CRISPR-Cas9, a method for editing DNA that is almost as cheap and easy for biologists as cutting and pasting letters on a word processor.
Doudna and French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier startled the bio-world in 2012 when they published their first CRISPR paper in Science. Almost overnight they had ushered in a long-anticipated moment when humans could more easily bioengineer themselves.
In the five years since, Doudna's quiet life as a researcher has been upended by magazine cover stories and marquee appearances at TED and the World Economic Forum in Davos, plus talk of her and Charpentier as shoo-ins for a Nobel Prize. Investors and entrepreneurs have raced to start companies based on the technology, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, even while legal battles rage over the patents for technologies that others have refined after Doudna and Charpentier's initial paper.
The CRISPR technique hijacks a mechanism used by bacteria to remember the identity of invading viruses: they cut and paste sequences of the interloper's DNA. Doudna and Charpentier's insight was that this process could be made to happen with DNA in any organism, including humans.
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With a unique style, Steve captivates audiences through lyrical poetry, and soaring vocals. In 2014, Steve recorded an alternative version of of the song Cold Steel Rain for Operation Encore from his first solo EP entitled Discovering Gravity. Due to it's reception, he was invited back to participate in OE's second compilation Monuments with his tune The Words, about the impact music has on humanity and its capacity to unite. Inspired by a glance into his youngest daughter's room, it's an autobiographical roadmap of Steve's lifelong dream to play music, but touches on the way war affects the veteran.
In March of 2019, Steve completed his newest EP, entitled Ad Astra Per Aspera. Produced by Adam Rossi and Operation Encore, these five songs capture the range of Steve's talent, from the driving beat of Cheyenne to the chill-inducing ballad, Worth It.
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We registered and after some time we found programmer to make UI, one to work on implementation of hex map in 3d and one 3d modeler to make models of German units. It ended up in hitting dead ends in all three "streets". Which is good, you know, better on the start than somewhere later.
Guy that has to work on UI, from Argentina, was cheap and gave some nice time frame to finish everything. But, turned out that he had experience in older Unity, and new version 5.0 just arrived. With it, arrived new UI system. After one month or so, programmer provided us some 1/3 of entire work, and we decided to stop entire UI development till we check on more important things.
3D modeler was guy from Slovenia, and later I found out that he was just in some pause between two jobs and he wasn't so horny on 3d modeling but he looks on it as nice hobby. That costed us also some two months, but almost nothing moneywise. He made or picked up somewhere nice soldier model, but it was around 10.000 polygons, although I insisted on low-poly model nonstop.
In one moment, it was truly depressing. Then, luck changed a bit, and some positive wind started to blow.
Long time ago I had internet café and loads of kids were playing there for 5 years. Almost 8 years after we closed it, most of them stopped to be just kids, but turned to grow up men, with finished universities, nice jobs etc. One of them, Uros, finished Academy of Fine Arts and become painter, illustrator and concept artist. His work is really good and we liked it, plus he is great person, so we offered him to start working for us on 2d art for the game. He made us some very nice menus, logos and in game UI, but it ll be covered in some other article. For now I ll just throw you a links toward his portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/artist/sljivic and https://www.behance.net/USljivic.
For modeling, we found via same freelancer site another modeler, Kris, for which turned out that he is also from Serbia, from northern part of the country (Kikinda). His portfolio: https://kristiantot.carbonmade.com/. Although cheap, the main reason we were happy to involve him in development is idea to make some solid team of people that can build close business relationship. Same mentality and language is nice foundation for such a thing.


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Q: Count all possible paths in a graph database for multiple vertices I have a graph db and I need to get all the vertices that doesn't have any out edges and count how many vertices lead to each one
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I have 8 vertices A,B1,B2,D, X,Y1,Y2,Z
D->B1->A
B2->A
Z->Y1->X
Y2->X
I would like to get a list the would have [A = 3, X = 3] plus the properties of each vertex
why 3? cause you can get to A from D, B1, and B2
what I have so far is to get the count of paths of one vertex but doing that query for each one is a bit slow, so I would like one query that will give me all that info
g.V().not(outE()).repeat(inE().outV().simplePath()).emit().dedup().count().next()

A: It looks like you had the right query, just need to add group to it:
g.V().not(outE()).group()
.by(label())
.by(repeat(inE().outV().simplePath()).emit().dedup().count())

I tested it here.  seems to work as expected

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Cougars have been visible around Ucluelet in recent weeks.
What appears to be a mother and two adolescent cubs have been spotted everywhere from St. Jacques Blvd. to Marine Drive -along with evidence that Mama Cougar is teaching her young'uns to hunt.
Jenna Hopkins snapped a picture of a large cougar from her front window on Lorne White Place on Thursday around 10:30 p.m.
"I just by chance looked out the window and saw this massive animal walking down the road. It crouched down when it saw me and then carried on when it realized I wasn't a threat," said Jenna Hopkins.
From her living room window, Janine Riley watched a cougar chase a deer down Bay then into the woods towards the skate park.
"It was amazing to watch this all happening … it as pretty awesome, but not nice knowing they're walking through our yard," Riley said.
"Our next project is a fence." Liisa Nielsen saw the spine of what appeared to be a freshlykilled deer in the parking lot of Christ Community Church on Peninsula.
"It was being pecked over by birds in the church yard – it was pretty creepy," she said.
Nielsen lives around the corner, and is keeping a close watch on her dog.
"Just be smart, walk with friends – and keep your dogs on a leash (with you)," she said.
Nielsen said she would favour a deer cull in Ucluelet as a method for keeping predators out of town. Right, a large cougar under a streetlamp on Lorne White Place. Photo by Jenna Hopkins.


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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10782-3
Shadow and quasinormal modes of the Kerr–Newman–Kiselev–Letelier black hole
Farruh Atamurotov1,2,3,4, Ibrar Hussain5b, G. Mustafa6 and Kimet Jusufi7
1 Inha University in Tashkent, Ziyolilar 9, 100170, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2 Akfa University, Milliy Bog' Street 264, 111221, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
3 National University of Uzbekistan, 100174, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
4 Tashkent State Technical University, 100095, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
5 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
6 Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, 321004, Jinhua, China
7 Physics Department, State University of Tetovo, Ilinden Street nn, 1200, Tetovo, North Macedonia
b ibrar.hussain@seecs.nust.edu.pk
Accepted: 3 September 2022
Published online: 21 September 2022
We investigate the null geodesics and the shadow cast by the Kerr–Newman–Kiselev–Letelier (KNKL) black hole for the equation of state parameter and for different values of the spacetime parameters, including the quintessence parameter , the cloud of string (CS) parameter b, the spin parameter a and the charge Q of the black hole. We notice that for the increasing values of the parameters and b the size of the shadow of the KNKL black hole increases and consequently the strength of the gravitational field of the black hole increases. On the other hand with increase in the charge Q of the black hole the size of the shadow of the black hole decreases. Further with the increase in the values of the spin parameter a of the KNKL black hole, we see that the distortion of the shadow of the black hole becomes more prominent. Moreover we use the data released by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, to restrict the parameters b and for the KNKL black hole, using the shadow cast by the KNKL black hole. To this end, we also explore the relation between the typical shadow radius and the equatorial and polar quasinormal mods (QNMs) for the KNKL black hole and extend this correspondence to non-asymptotically flat spacetimes. We also study the emission energy rate from the KNKL black hole for the various spacetime parameters, and observe that it increases for the increasing values of both the parameters and b for fixed charge-to-mass and spin-to-mass ratios of the KNKL black hole. Finally, we investigate the effects of plasma on the photon motion, size and shape of the shadow cast by the KNKL black hole. While keeping the spacetime parameters fixed, we notice that with increase in the strength of the plasma medium the size of the shadow of the KNKL black hole decreases and therefore the intensity of the gravitational field of the KNKL black hole decreases in the presence of plasma.
© The Author(s) 2022
Funded by SCOAP3. SCOAP3 supports the goals of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
Simulated image of the shadow of the Kerr–Newman–NUT–Kiselev black hole in the Rastall gravity with a thin accretion disk
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2023) 138: 47
Optical properties of an axially symmetric black hole in the Rastall gravity
Optical properties of Kerr–Newman spacetime in the presence of plasma
Shadow of the Kerr-like black hole
Dynamics and fundamental frequencies of test particles orbiting Kerr–Newman–NUT–Kiselev black hole in Rastall gravity
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2021) 136: 1032


Dietmar Herz was the founding director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy and holds the Chair for Comparative Government at the University of Erfurt. Having been Vice President for Studies and Teaching until November 2001, he served as the University of Erfurt's Vice President for International Affairs and Research until May 2006.
Dietmar Herz holds an MPA degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he studied Political Science and Public Administration. He also studied political science, law, philosophy, and history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and the London School of Economics. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Munich, where he also passed the state examinations in law. Before taking up his current position, he served as Professor for Political Science at the University of Bonn, Distinguished Visiting Fulbright Professor for German and European Studies at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), Lecturer for Political Science at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University (Greifswald), and Visiting Professor at the Helmut Kohl Institute for European Studies of Hebrew University (Jerusalem).


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Scholars and researchers have always found additional relevant papers by looking at the reference list or bibliography at the conclusion of papers and books.
Citation searching (sometimes called cited reference searching) is based on this method of finding further information. Once you have a useful reference to a book or journal article on the subject you are researching it will allow you to search forward in the published literature. Starting from your known reference you can locate new articles which cite that reference in their reference lists.
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Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Traders Keep Focus On Puts
Starbucks Corporation puts were bought and sold to open on Friday
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Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) dropped 2.3% on Friday in the wake of a poorly received quarterly earnings report and subsequent round of price-target cuts. These developments prompted traders to rush the java giant's options pits, where total volume swelled to five times the daily average.
SBUX's most active option was the out-of-the-money January 2015 72.50-strike put, which saw 5,107 contracts change hands. Activity was split fairly evenly between the bid and ask prices, and open interest spiked over the weekend, suggesting positions were initiated by sellers and buyers, respectively. Breaking things down further, Friday's put writers anticipate SBUX will retain its perch atop $72.50 through January options expiration, while the buyers expect the shares to descend below the strike within the same time frame.
This morning, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is 0.5% higher at $75.91, but remains 3.2% south of breakeven on a year-to-date basis, and has underperformed the broader S&P 500 Index (SPX) over the last three months. Not surprisingly, short-term traders have displayed a marked preference for puts over calls recently, as was evidenced on Friday. Specifically, SBUX's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 1.12 ranks in the put-skewed 78th percentile of its annual range.


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Trumps Slams 'Fake Media,' Praises Fox, Mocks Democrats in Easter Monday Tweetstorm
POTUS writes, "The Fake Media (not Real Media) has gotten even worse since the election"
Brian Flood | April 17, 2017 @ 6:09 AM	Last Updated: April 17, 2017 @ 9:17 AM
President Trump took to Twitter early on Monday morning to rip the "not real media," calling it "fake" and writing, "Every story is badly slanted. We have to hold them to the truth!"
The Fake Media (not Real Media) has gotten even worse since the election. Every story is badly slanted. We have to hold them to the truth!
Trump has slammed the media on a regular basis, often referring to the industry as the "opposition party." It's unclear which stories prompted the president's ire.
However, Trump did take the time to praise Fox News' morning show "Fox & Friends" shortly before he accused the media of getting "worse" since Election Day.
Also Read: 'Veep' Star Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Trump Beating Clinton 'Rocked Our World' (Video)
"The first 90 days of my presidency has exposed the total failure of the last eight years of foreign policy!" So true. @foxandfriends
The president also promoted a book on Monday morning, writing, "A great book for your reading enjoyment: "REASONS TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS" by Michael J. Knowles."
The Amazon description calls the book, "The most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date" and "a political treatise sure to stand the test of time."
On Sunday, Trump's early morning Twitter messages mocked protesters demanding the release of his tax returns.
"Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies," Trump tweeted a day after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and dozens of other cities to demand he release his taxes. "The election is over!"
The 28 Most-Watched Cable News Shows of 2017 So Far, From Rachel Maddow to Tucker Carlson (Photos)
CNN, MSNBC and Fox News have all flourished in the Trump administration, but only one show can wear the crown as most-watched during the first quarter of 2017.
The key demographic that advertisers use to measure news programing is adults age 25-54, so that is how TheWrap ranks them to determine the most popular show.
Also Read: Fox News Has Best Quarter in Cable News History While CNN, MSNBC Show Growth
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28. "CNN Newsroom"
CNN's midday news program averaged 249,000 viewers among the key news demo of adults age 25-54 during the first quarter of 2017.
27. "Anderson Cooper 360" Repeat
The late-night replay of "AC 360" averaged 252,000 viewers among the key demo.
Also Read: Sean Hannity Blasts CBS, Ted Koppel as 'Total Waste of My Time' (Video)
26. "Wolf"
The Wolf Blitzer newscast averaged 258,000 viewers between the ages 25-54 during the first three months of 2017.
25. "Hardball"
Chris Matthews' nightly show on MSNBC averaged 286,000 viewers among the key demo.
24. "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
Tapper has been praised for holding President Trump accountable, but doesn't crack the Top 20 cable news shows. He averaged 287,000 viewers among the key demo in the first quarter.
Also Read: Fox News Fires Comptroller Judy Slater, Accuses Her of Racist Comments and Behavior (Exclusive)
23. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Repeat
The late-night repeat of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" averaged 319,000 viewers as the conservative commentator continues to succeed as Megyn Kelly's replacement on Fox News.
Also Read: 'The View' Co-Host Defends Sean Hannity: 'I Actually Do Think He's Good for America'
22. "Situation Room"
Wolf Blitzer's other daily CNN program averaged 320,000 viewers among the key demo, topping No. 26 "Wolf" despite the same host.
21. "11th Hour with Brian Williams"
Brian Williams' return to primetime has been a success, averaging 329,000 viewers among the key demo since the beginning of 2017.
Also Read: Here's Rachel Maddow's Plan to Beat Trump in 2020 (Exclusive)
20. "Shepard Smith Reporting"
Shepard Smith's program averaged 331,000 demo viewers and many Fox News fans have noticed that he has held President Trump accountable early in his administration.
19. "All In with Chris Hayes"
MSNBC's 8 p.m. ET host averaged 340,000 demo viewers to set up Rachel Maddow at 9 p.m.
Also Read: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Played Us With Trump Taxes, But Will It Hurt Ratings?
18. "America's News HQ"
Fox News' weekend midday newscast averaged 343,000 viewers among the key demo.
Also Read: Judge Napolitano Stands By Wiretapping Claim in Return to Fox News (Video)
17. "Your World with Neil Cavuto"
The Fox Business Network star averages 348,000 viewers among the key demo when he heads to FBN's sister station, Fox News, for a daily program.
16. "Happening Now"
Jon Scott and Jenna Lee's weekday newscast on Fox News averaged 352,000 viewers among the key news demo.
15. "Erin Burnett Outfront"
CNN's "Outfront" averaged 367,000 demo viewers as Burnett continues to be among the most popular female anchors in cable news.
14. "Fox & Friends"
The show that is often praised by President Trump dominates cable news morning shows, averaging 376,000 demo viewers while MSNBC's "Morning Joe" averaged 182,000 and CNN's "New Day" picked up 205,000 in the same category.
Also Read: Twitter Goes Wild After President Trump Gets Caught Parroting Fox News
13. "CNN Tonight"
Don Lemon's nightly show is technically tied with No. 12 "Outnumbered," but we broke the tie by looking at total viewers, as opposed to the demo. Both programs averaged 381,000 demo viewers, but "Outnumbered" averaged 2 million total viewers compared to 1.1 million for "CNN Tonight."
Also Read: Happy New Year: Watch Don Lemon Get His Ear Pierced Live on TV, for Some Reason (Video)
12. "Outnumbered"
The Fox News midday show that features "One Lucky Guy" surrounded by four female co-hosts averaged 381,000 viewers to tie Don Lemon in the key demo.
11. "Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
The former "West Wing" writer averages 392,000 demo viewers on his MSNBC show, almost cracking the Top 10.
Also Read: 'West Wing' Writer Lawrence O'Donnell Explains Why 2016 'Ruined' Political TV Drama
10. "America's Newsroom"
Bill Hemmer and Shannon Bream's newscast averaged 405,000 viewers among the key demo and recently made news when Judge Andrew Napolitano returned to Fox News Channel with an appearance on the show.
9. "The O'Reilly Factor" Repeat
The late-night replay of "The O'Reilly Factor" averaged 435,000 viewers among the key demo, proving how incredibly popular Bill O'Reilly remains.
Also Read: Bill O'Reilly Admits Criticism of Guest Falsely Billed as Swedish Official Is 'Valid'
8. "Anderson Cooper 360"
Cooper hosts CNN's most popular show, which averaged 470,000 viewers among the key demo.
Also Read: Anderson Cooper's Solution to Handling Trump: He Muted Him on Twitter
7. "The Five"
Fox News' "The Five" just moved into a fancy new studio and continues to be among the most-watched shows on cable, averaging 522,000 demo viewers.
6. "The Rachel Maddow Show"
MSNBC's most-watched show has been on fire and recently made headlines by releasing President Trump's 2005 tax return. Maddow averaged 527,000 viewers among the demo during the first quarter of 2017.
5. "Special Report"
Bret Baier's newscast on Fox News averaged 533,000 viewers among the demo, making it the most-watched straight news program in cable news.
Also Read: Fox News' Bret Baier Won't Tell You Who He's Voting For
4. "The First 100 Days"
Martha MacCallum's show might only be around for the first 100 days of Trump presidency, but it averaged 540,000 viewers to make her the most-watched woman on cable news.
Also Read: Martha MacCallum's 'The First 100 Days' Is a Hit – But What Happens on Day 101?
3. "Hannity"
Sean Hannity's Trump-friendly program has become must-see TV for fans of POTUS and the ratings are proof, as it averaged 668,000 viewers among the key demo.
2. "Tucker Carlson Tonight"
Megyn Kelly's replacement quickly became a fan favorite of Fox News supporters, averaging 689,000 viewers among the key demo.
Also Read: Short Hair, Don't Care: Why Tucker Carlson Is Fox News' Latest Star (Exclusive)
1."The O'Reilly Factor"
Bill O'Reilly continues to absolutely dominate the cable news landscape, averaging 728,000 demo viewers. When adding in the 8 p.m. ET airing with the late-night replay, "Factor" racks up more than 1 million viewers between the ages 25-54 every night.
Also Read: 2020 Presidential Candidates, Ranked by Vegas Odds (Photos)
CNN, MSNBC and Fox News thrive in Trump era
'Veep' Star Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Trump Beating Clinton 'Rocked Our World' (Video)
By Brian Flood | April 14, 2017 @ 11:00 AM
CNN's Don Lemon Scolds Jeffrey Lord For Comparing Trump to Martin Luther King Jr. (Video)
By Brian Flood | April 14, 2017 @ 8:01 AM
Maxine Waters Accuses Trump of Being 'In Bed' With Putin


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The qualification and experience of the constructor of the company you are planning to hire should be your first consideration. Hiring the services of someone who is capable of doing quality work is the desire of majority people especially when hiring the services of a constructor to work on the houses. For you to obtain this level of quality you need to hire the services of someone who is well qualified and has a wealth of experience in the construction industry. Anton Kalafati is an example to reckon whenever construction comes to mind due to the fact that he has gathered a lot of experience that regard construction over the past decade. Hiring the services of someone who has the right qualifications to your job is very important and beneficial in the sense that you don't have to worry the kind of job which will have to be done since the job will have to be done perfectly.
You need to ensure that you know how the contractor has worked before and the level of satisfaction of the past client. You'll realize that it is not easy for someone to just wake up in the morning and hire someone whom they have no idea how they have worked before. Gathering information concerning the previous work the constructor you're planning to hire has done can prove to be very vital before you hire them to work on your house. For you to make this achievable you need to enquire from previous employers of the constructor you're planning to hire to advise you on how well he has discharged his to this and how satisfied he left the clients after finishing his work. All the information you need to have before you hire the services of her constructing company will be provided when you consider this factor.
One of the most vital factors people consider whenever they want to purchase a good or hire the services of an individual is the aspect of cost. It is advisable that you consider this factor when hiring a services or contracting company. A great number of people hold on to the belief that for one to attain quality services they will have to pay large sums of money. This however should not be the case when hiring the services for constructing company for the company you are planning to I should be able to charge fair amounts and at the same time offer the quality services that is so desired.This is very important because high prices does not necessarily mean that they will be great services. The amount of money or the prices the constructing company you are planning to hire should not be high but rather affordable.


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Israel Fernando Herrera
IU Department of Spanish and Portuguese
herrerai@indiana.edu
Spanish and Portuguese Department
Latino Studies Program
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IU's first Spanish and Portuguese Song Festival Friday in Frangipani Room at IMU
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's first Spanish and Portuguese Song Festival will be presented Friday (April 1) from 5-7 p.m. at the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public.
The festival is the result of a collaboration between the IU Spanish and Portuguese Department, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies, La Casa, and the International Latin American and Spanish Student Association.
Nine IU students, selected after an internal audition in the IU Spanish and Portuguese Department, will perform a solo or duet in either Spanish or Portuguese before an experienced jury that will choose the three best performances. The festival also will include special music performances by students and professors from the Latin American Music Center and the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
Festival organizer Israel Fernando Herrera, a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, said the event was created to offer IU students a space to practice Spanish and Portuguese through singing.
"I decided to create this event after realizing that many of my students were involved with bands and had skills in singing or playing music instruments," Herrera said. "I am very passionate about music, so I just thought about combining all these details and adding the Spanish ingredient."
Herrera said he received an overwhelmingly positive response upon asking his classes if anyone would be interested in singing in Spanish before an audience. He plans to promote the concept at other universities in Indiana and throughout the Midwest with the eventual goal of a regional festival.
"I am really delighted with all of the support and response by both faculty and students," Herrera said.


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Greece: An alarming increase in the number of refugees arriving at Greek islands and assistance is urgently needed
With the large number of refugees and migrants arriving on the island of Kos in Greece, a temporary tent was set up for the first time yesterday by the Greek authorities to cope with the needs of the arrivals. An MSF team identifies the vulnerable groups, provides medical consultations and distributes relief items including emergency blankets to the migrants, asylum seekers and refugees on their arrival. © Alexandros Kataropoulos/MSF
A 145% jump was recorded in January and the number continues to rise
Athens – More and more Syrians fleeing war and violence are now using the east Mediterranean Sea route to reach Europe, resulting in an unprecedented number of refugees arriving in Greece's Dodecanese islands, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Arriving migrants, asylum seekers and refugees are left with poor accommodating conditions and limited access to healthcare. A functioning reception system is urgently needed to adequately receive these people.
The MSF team providing care to refugees on the Greek islands has witnessed an increasing number of refugees arriving the Dodecanese islands since mid-March. There has been approximately an average of 100 refugees entering Greece from the islands per day the last weeks, reaching the same level as the number of arrivals recorded in the peak months last summer. More than 450 people arrived in January, and yesterday 180 refugees arrived in one day. Majority of the refugees are Syrians, other nationalities include people from Afghanistan and Sub Saharan African. Closure of EU external land borders leave no choice to refugees and migrants but to use the sea as their main route to apply for asylum in Europe.
"There is no reception system in place. In Leros, a reception facility was made available but has been left unused. And in Kos, in the first week of April, the police station was crammed with more than 200 people including pregnant women and children. They stayed in awfully small space and were offered very limited assistance," said Stathis Kyrousis, MSF head of mission in Greece. Some of the migrants had to sleep in the courtyard in the police station during the night whilst they waited for the administrative procedures to be completed. "People should be provided with shelter, toilets, receive organised food distribution and have access to basic healthcare."
MSF returned to the Greek islands in mid-February to provide medical care and distribute essential relief items to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who arrive in small boats from crossing the Aegean Sea in search of protection in Europe. Since its first intervention in the islands last year and despite of several requests addressed to relevant Ministries, MSF has seen no improvement in the situation and a lack of political willingness to make significant changes in the provision of assistance to the refugees.
According to the latest figures from the authorities, there was an increase of 145% (from 186 to 457) of people arriving in Dodecanese islands in January as compared with the same month in 2014. Overall in Greece, the number of new arrivals has been increasing from 1,070 in the last week of February to 2,212 in the last week of March.
Whilst the number of people arriving in Italy via the Central Mediterranean route from Libya rose in the first two months of this year (in January by 59% and in February by 33%), there was a significant drop (59%) in the number of people who arrived via this route in March.
MSF is extremely worried that the situation in the Greek islands will only get worse if nothing will be done to prepare for the upcoming influx. The Greek authorities and EU must urgently agree a contingency plan to cope with the needs that may emerge from this potential new trend. "We are not yet in the peak season which usually falls from July to September. This certainly has rung the alarm bells for all of us that more people will need to be assisted in the summer months to come," said Kyrousis.
"We see there is a possible shift in the migration trend which is due to the growing instability in Libya and the visa restrictions imposed on Syrians by Algeria and Lebanon. We don't see as many Syrians as before at landings in Italy these days," said Manu Moncada, MSF's operations coordinator for migration. Syrians are left with very few options to reach Europe in search of protection, he said.
Currently in Kos, the MSF team is conducting vulnerability screenings to identify the most vulnerable groups like pregnant women and minors, and providing medical consultations. From mid-March to the beginning of April, MSF has conducted around 500 consultations and has distributed 500 kits of relief items such as soaps, combs, toothbrushes and towels, as well as 1,100 sleeping bags and 300 emergency blankets.
Since 2008, MSF has responded to the urgent medical and humanitarian needs of newly arrived migrants in Greece, as well as to asylum seekers and migrants in administrative detention. In collaboration with two Greek organisations, MSF is also providing medical rehabilitation for victims of torture in Athens.
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As you start making plans for your 2016 ITALY travels, here's the scoop on what's new around the boot. From newly-opened museums to major restoration works completed, from revamped hiking trails to new museum itineraries, read on to find out what you shouldn't miss in Italy in 2016.
Expect Rome to be even more crowded (sigh). Pope Francis has declared 2016 a special Jubilee Holy Year, and up to 35 million pilgrims are expected in the city, with the larger crowds awaited during Spring and Summer, when major events, such as Jubilee of boys and girls (24 April), Jubilee of the sick and disabled (June 12), Jubilee of youth (July 26-31) and Jubilee of volunteers (September 4) are scheduled. Expect longer lines and tight security measures, especially at St. Peter's.
The Trevi Fountain is shining and flowing again! The 17-month restoration work, financed by fashion house Fendi for a total of 2.2 million euros, was completed successfully in November. Stop by at night to admire the new high-tech lighting system, featuring 100 LED lights.
The iconic Spanish Steps are also under restoration (the project is being funded by the Italian luxury jewelry firm Bulgari). The work, which includes re-leveling the steps to repair natural wear, maintenance of the rainwater drainage system, and restoring the original lamps which illuminate the steps at night, is expected to be finished by the Spring. The Spanish Steps will be closed to pedestrians until then, but a side ramp is open during daytime hours to allow visitors to view the Barcaccia fountain and Via Condotti.
With the special Jubilee under way, the Via Francigena, one of Europe's most important pilgrimage routes starting in Canterbury, England, and ending in Rome, is likely to see an increase in visitors walking its 80 stages, confirming a trend begun last year. Due to a general lack of infrastructure and support facilities, the Via Francigena has much fewer pilgrims than the other main pilgrim route in Europe, Spain's Camino de Santiago. However, that is expected to change as the Association of Via Francigena works to improve road signs, safety, and accessibility. For example, a new entry point into Rome has been opened inside the Natural Reserve of the Insugherata (by Via Cassia 1081); it covers 13 kilometers from Via Cassia to St. Peter's Basilica.
Some of Florence's most important medieval and Renaissance sculptures have a new home in the revamped space in the expanded Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, which opened to the public at the end of October. The collection consists of about 750 statues and reliefs, with pieces by artists of the caliber of Arnolfo di Cambio, Andrea Pisano, Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Andrea del Verrocchio, Luca della Robbia and Michelangelo.
The Museo degli Innocenti, a new museum housed inside the Brunelleschi-designed Ospedale degli Innocenti on Piazza S.S. Annunziata, tells the story of the Renaissance-era institution devoted to the care and protection of children. Exhibitions will focus on the stories of the women and children who lived at the hospital. The Hospital of the Innocents was the first secular institution in the world to deal exclusively with child care and is therefore synonym with the protection and rights of children. The museum, which will house 80 works of art by the likes of Luca and Andrea della Robbia, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Piero di Cosimo, will be inaugurated in June 2016.
The Uffizi Gallery is undergoing renovation to improve security, lighting, and climate controls. For this reason, you may find that some works of art have changed location or have been temporarily removed from view. Some rooms may be closed off entirely. The Early Renaissance rooms, the first rooms that visitors enter, have recently reopened.
A new guided itinerary inside the Doge's Palace was recently inaugurated, "The Doge's Hidden Treasures." It allows visitors to enter the Doge's private rooms in the wing of the Doge's Palace adjacent to the Basilica. The tour begins near Porta della Carta, adorned with lavish sculptures and marble decorations, and continues up to the Loggiato, where Doges would appear during public events. From this vantage point, visitors can admire the entire area of St. Mark's. The itinerary includes visits to the Loggia Foscara, the hanging Terrace, part of the Doge's Apartment, where his family life took place, the squires' and servants' quarters, the frescoed Chiesetta and Antichiesetta. This itinerary requires advance reservations and a qualified guide.
Also, stay tuned for celebrations marking the 500th-anniversary of the Jewish ghetto. On the day of the anniversary (29th March 2016), the Fenice Opera House will host an official ceremony (more info here).
Cited by The New York Times in its "52 Places to Go in 2016" (the only Italian destination in the list), Turin is keeping up its vocation for innovation and creativity. After the Sanpaolo skyscraper by architect Renzo Piano was inaugurated in 2015, it is the turn of another futuristic building, the new skyscraper housing the offices of the Piedmont region, by another major Italian architect, Massimiliano Fuksas. The Egyptian Museum, which houses the world's second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities, has doubled its exhibition space. Revamped areas around the city, such as the warehouse district Docks Dora, with galleries, ateliers and clubs, and a series of cultural events, including Slow Food's Salone del Gusto, will contribute to the lively scene. In addition, the recently UNESCO-designated Langhe-Roero and Monferrato area is not too far away and worthy of a visit - with wine, cheese and truffle tasting, of course.
At long last, the hiking trails linking the five villages of the Cinque Terre are beginning to reopen, five years after a devastating flood forced their closure. The trail from Monterosso to Vernazza is officially open; the trail from Vernazza to Corniglia is still officially closed, but can be used; the trail from Corniglia to Manarola and Riomaggiore, which includes the famous Via dell'Amore, is closed, but expected to reopen by summer 2016 (check for updates as this information is subject to change).
These two cities in the northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige are home to two notable museums, which every year host interesting exhibitions. In Trento, at the science museum MUSE, an exhibition on the topic of extinction is scheduled to take place. In Bolzano, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, home to the famous Otzi, or the Iceman mummy, is hosting "Heavy Metal – How Copper Changed the World". It opens on February 2 and continues until January 2018.
Also, don't miss these four major cultural events taking place in 2016 (including a "best of" edition at the Arena di Verona for its annual opera season), and remember that state museums, monuments, archeological sites and gardens are free the first Sunday of the month.
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We met at the bus station – we were a diverse group of people originating from many parts of the world: Uganda, Somalia, India, Cyprus, Hungary, USA along with many locals. Soon we were all packed in several matatus and we were now heading towards North Laikipia where our final destination was located: The Natuum womens' community.
We came here to learn water harvesting techniques for arid lands but what I was observing as we were leaving the big city behind, was anything but dry. Dense vegetation was covering most of the land: acres of eucalyptus, bananas and pineapple plantations were spreading till the eye could see.
"This doesn't really look like a challenged land needing attention," I thought to myself. But things, were about to change as we left the last city behind.
After Nanyuki, vegetation became scarcer. Trees and shrubs were becoming more aggressive. Thorny acacias and opuntia ficus seemed to have taken over the area. They probably were the only species hardy enough to survive these harsh conditions.
The road was bumpy and we were picking up mounts of dust as were hastily cutting through the desert. We were now entering the home of many wild animals: giraffes, zebra, wild elephants, but it seemed as WE were the "wildlife crossing" their ecosystem. We were leaving behind community after community and it seemed as we were dwelling deeper and deeper into the heart of erosion and desertification.
Now, while we were promised to spend only an hour on dirt road, two hours have passed and we were still crammed in those hot minibuses. The driver speeded up for the last time onto a steep uphill and he stopped. We have arrived. All the fatigue and discomfort we had accumulated packed so tightly for so long in those small matatus, vanished in a blink of an eye the moment we stepped on the land of the Natuum women. They had formed a colorful circle dressed up in their traditional Maasai garments, singing and dancing. One by one we were all drawn into the circle, immersed in their uplifting mood.
What a mind-blowing ceremony! In this unique way, they have managed to make us all feel so very well welcomed in their community.
I took a deep breath and looked around. It all now made sense. We have just stepped onto the heart of water scarcity.
This, was the perfect site to learn how harsh life can be in the absence of water.
This, was the place to understand the fundamental principles of water harvesting.
This, was the ideal land to learn how to regenerate life through proper design and help create prosperity and a promising future for the generations to come.
To find more information on the course organised in Natuum women's group in Laikipia North, with Warren Brush, click here.


%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 12.3 may not be correctly understood.
If I'm understanding this correctly, even though I have IOS 12.3 I may not be able to take advantage off all of it's "features" - I assume because of the Bootstrap Version? Or maybe due to hardware limitations?
I have always got that message when I had a config that went with a newer IOS. So when I moved from say 12.4 to a 12.3 I would get that.
Thanks, that's a useful link!
It says, "Explanation: The software detected that the configuration saved in memory was written by a newer software release. There might be commands saved in memory that are not implemented by the older software release.
Recommended Action: Examine all the messages printed while the router was booting. For each message about an unknown command, determine whether that feature is required. If so, upgrade to a newer software release that supports that feature."
You will receive aforementioned message if you paste this snippet into router which has booted up with 12.2 IOS.
Just a simple heads up, that not every feature configured may work.
Actually you can experience unexpected issues even when changing IOS subversions.


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The Legend: Ashley Thai
President of Key Club and Asian Student Union
Ben Truong, Staff Writer
Picture walking into Mr. Coleman's room every Wednesday expecting to see a kind smile and encouragement from a leader that wants to change her world for the better. With multiple AP and honors classes on her resume while being the president of Key Club and Asian Student Union (ASU), many would say that Ashley Thai is an extremely talented individual because of her ability to succeed in school while being a proactive leader on campus.
Thai aims to create a positive impact in her clubs in order to create change on campus. "As president, I wanted to provide a welcoming atmosphere like those that did before me. That's what really got me to stick with Key Club," Thai said.
She has changed as a person through the work that she put into the club through community service and Key Club initiatives. "At the RTC (Regional Training Conference) my sophomore year, we learned all these spirit cheers and competed in a spirit battle with other divisions. From then on, community service didn't feel like a chore for college, but something I'd look forward to on my weekends. I started to reflect on the reasons behind the projects we did in Key Club, and it became more meaningful," Thai said.
Thai gives back to the community through the community service Key Club provides. "We do a lot of clean-ups," Thai said.
Thai has made it a goal to change Key Club members' views on volunteering and putting in hours of their time to various causes. "I said to the members that their perspective on community service can change their motivation to continue serving their community. We also do many other things," Thai said.
Besides doing clean-ups and doing community service, she also participates in various initiatives through the club. "For example, in September we made blankets for Crisis House which is a homeless shelter. We also usually fundraise and support a charity called Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP)," Thai said.
Additionally, Thai also started Asian Student Union here this year after the rise in Asian hate crimes around the nation. "The Atlanta spa shootings helped give me the final push to make the club, but the idea to start it began way before that. At the start of the pandemic, I think the Asian hate crimes were largely overlooked in the beginning, and that's when it was at one of its worst," Thai said.
She started the club in hopes of educating students on Asian-American culture and current events. "I learned a lot about my parents' history, and therefore my history. I wondered if other kids knew theirs. I don't know many Asian kids in our school, and I want to help them discover their histories, whether that be through facets of Asian-American culture or simple, silly clips of Mulan," Thai said.
Cabinet members of Key Club and ASU say that Thai is dedicated to the clubs that she runs in addition to being a supportive leader and friend. "She is willing to be honest and work professionally by giving us criticism and deadlines that other board members have to complete within a given period. If the task is not completed, then Ashley will not hesitate to help or to give us advice," Key Club vice president and ASU secretary senior Aditi Verma said.
"Ashley is a fantastic president. She is extremely dedicated to making the club run smoothly while still ensuring all our members have fun. Ashley is one of the kindest people I know. She also has a fantastic sense of humor and is wonderfully creative. I feel blessed to be her friend," Key Club treasurer and senior Kate Christensen said.
Having been doing Key Club for the last four years, Ashley is hopeful for the next chapter in her life after she passes on the reins to the next president in March or April of this year. "This is my last year in Key Club and my journey ends as president. There are so many higher levels of Key Club, and I want to stay connected to high level members. Key Club allowed me to see how I can impact my community directly, and I can't be more grateful to Key Club for allowing me to do that," Thai said.
Ben Truong
An inside look: Peer Counseling retreat
Spikeball sparks competition
Powderpuff prepares for RB
Keeping it under cover: FBI agent visits campus
Dancing into the holidays
Jazz swings into the holidays
Baby, it's Coastal Outside
Robotics represents in South America
Surfs Up! Team Begins Competition
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Q: Netgear VEGN2610 Router - wifi changing frequency So I've pretty much looked everywhere (in Google and in my Router's config), still cannot explain it's behavior.
Every few minutes, every device that I own (two Lenovo laptops, one Asus laptop and one Android device) all disconnecting from the router.
Here's the related dmesg output:
[39361.363950] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[39361.425341] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[39361.425800] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[39923.952833] wlp4s0: AP <Router MAC> changed bandwidth, new config is 2462 MHz, width 1 (2462/0 MHz)
[39923.952845] wlp4s0: AP <Router MAC> changed bandwidth in a way we can't support - disconnect
[39927.510701] wlp4s0: authenticate with <Router MAC>
[39927.518403] wlp4s0: send auth to <Router MAC> (try 1/3)
[39927.520303] wlp4s0: authenticated
[39927.520680] wlp4s0: associate with <Router MAC> (try 1/3)
[39927.524358] wlp4s0: RX AssocResp from <Router MAC> (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2)
[39927.527738] wlp4s0: associated

(I've replaced my actual router's mac address with )
I also have got two devices connected by Ethernet cable, they are working just fine (no disconnections).
Before I'm going out to buy a new router -- is there any way to fix this?
Thanks

A: Those client logs don't make any sense. There's no way for an AP to "change bandwidth to 0 MHz". Unless that's a stupid way of saying the client can see the AP's signal any more.
I wouldn't trust those logs. I would try to enable more verbose logging on the client and AP, plus maybe another client that doesn't use the same chipset and maybe isn't Linux-based. Then correlate the AP and multiple client debug logs to get a better picture.
Or better yet, get an 802.11 Monitor Mode packet capture of this event, preferably from an independent observer machine that is not associated to the network.
Do the log messages ever show a different 2.4GHz frequency, or does it always say 2462 (channel 11)?
Also, did you perform standard troubleshooting hygiene of making sure you have the latest firmware on your router and latest drivers and OS updates on your clients, in case your vendors already fixed this bug?
One last thing to try: If you're using WPA2/WPA mixed mode, where TKIP is still available, switch to WPA2-only mode, where only AES-CCMP is available.


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Colson on Casey Anthony & Justice
Interesting article here by Chuck Colson on a subject that's on everyone's minds & lips at the moment... including the waitress at IHOP who served breakfast to a friend & me this morning. I'm also inclined to be more troubled by the outcome we have than if we had the opposite outcome, but Colson makes some very good points:
Establishing Justice
Guilt, Innocence and Due Process
At the end of the long and emotionally charged murder trial of Casey Anthony, a prominent CNN reporter laid aside any shred of journalistic objectivity and fumed, "Somewhere out there, the Devil is dancing tonight."
The reporter was directing her anger at the jury, which found Ms. Anthony innocent of the murder of her young daughter. But after 33 days in court and eleven hours of deliberation, the jury simply found too many holes in the evidence to prove that Anthony was guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.
Now the millions of Americans who followed the made-for-TV drama on cable news, there was no doubt that Ms. Anthony was guilty. And why would they think otherwise?
The tragic death occurred almost three years ago. Since then, the media have breathlessly covered the sad story. They crammed every question of innocence and guilt and the details of the murder into emotionally charged, ratings-friendly, five-minute blocks. Let's be generous and say that this kind of coverage merely fuels public outrage -- and it certainly does nothing to help the public rationally weigh the evidence of the case.
But then again, that's not the public's, or the media's, job.
That job belongs to the judge and jury, thank God. And I mean that literally. Standards of evidence are so stringent in our legal system because the stakes are so high: depriving a person of his liberty or even his life.
Before that happens, the elements of the crime, all of them, must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. If this sounds "soft" to you, then the Old Testament was "soft." We find in Numbers 35 and Deuteronomy 17 the requirement that there be more than one eyewitness to convict anyone of murder. God so abhors convicting the innocent that bearing false witness in a capital case is a capital offense in itself!
Contrary to the CNN reporter's claim about Satan, what truly puts a giddyup in the Devil's two-step is lawlessness and chaos, which is why God instituted government and gave us law.
But, in the Biblical view, law is about more than preserving order, as important as that is -- it is about establishing justice, which means requiring rules, not just about right and wrong, but how we determine who is right and who is wrong.
Think about the prophets: in addition to denouncing Israel's apostasy and infidelity, they denounced wrong-doing in the courts and the misdeeds of those entrusted with establishing justice.
Hard as it may be to accept, a properly-functioning justice system will make mistakes: we are talking about human beings, after all. Sometimes people we believe to be guilty will go free.
And sometimes prosecutors are overzealous, as we saw in the case of Dominque Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund. His behavior may have been deplorable, but the prosecutors were irresponsible.
Then there are those wrongly-convicted, some of whom may be sitting on death row.
As a Christian, it's these miscarriages of justice that disturb me more. If Anthony is guilty, she's got to live with the consequences and the nightmares of what she did. I am confident that God will see that justice is ultimately done. That's His job. Ours is working for a society where justice, as the Scriptures define it, is done today.
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Mark 10.45
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Erskine boys soccer upsets Winslow on penalty kicks
Brock Glidden's goal gives Eagles Class B North quarterfinal victory.
By Randy WhitehouseSun Journal
Erskine Academy's Hoang Barnett (6) celebrates his first half goal with teammate Eric Wormell (19) as Chance Reed (15) gestures to silence to the crowd during a Class B North quarterfinal game Wednesday afternoon at Kennebec Savings Bank Field in Winslow. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans
WINSLOW — Erskine Academy sophomore Brock Glidden's heart was still racing from his team's premature victory celebration and he could barely see the Winslow goalie through the darkness that was beginning to settle on Kennebec Savings Bank Field when his number was called for the biggest kick of his life.
"I was kind of worried," Glidden said.
If given the opportunity, Glidden later admitted, he would have been willing to wait for Winslow's keeper, Jake LaPierre, to start cramping up, as many had in Wednesday's marathon Class B North quarterfinal. But time was of the essence. According to Erskine athletic director Doran Stout, if the game was called on account of darkness, they would have had to start all over again and play it in its entirety on Thursday.
Glidden rendered it moot when he scored at the end of the second round of penalty kicks to give the 10th-seeded Eagles the upset of the tournament, 3-2, over No. 2 Winslow, and set off the second, and finally justified, celebration for Erskine.
"I think it's great. Absolutely wonderful," he said.
Erskine ((12-4) will face No. 3 Presque Isle (8-4-3) in the semifinals at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Presque Isle. Winslow ends its season 12-2-1.
The Black Raiders rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final 25:14 with two goals by senior Cody Doughty to force overtime. After two 15-minute sessions, the teams went to five vs. five penalty kicks.
Each team made four of its five attempts in the first round, with Winslow senior David Selwood converting the final kick to necessitate the second session.
In the second round, Erskine made its first four, while Erskine goalie Takoda McGraw, who had taken over netminding duties for Denver Cullivan at the start of the penalty kicks, stopped Justin Burgher on Winslow's third try.
Erskine made it four-for-four and thought it had won after Ben Smith's try for the Black Raiders went wide left, sparking the Eagles' first celebration.
But McGraw was ruled to have left the goal line before the ball was kicked. That gave Smith a second chance, which he converted, putting the pressure on Glidden to end it.
After going without a shot on goal in a scoreless first half, the Eagles got on the board first with a free kick after Winslow was whistled for a push on Trevor Hubbard. Senior midfielder Hoang Barnett's shot from about 20 yards deflected off a Winslow defender and inside the right post for a 1-0 lead with 36:48 left.
Eight minutes later, Luke Peabody made it 2-0 by finding the upper right corner from close to the 18.
Doughty quickly got the Black Raiders back in it with his first goal from about 30 yards out with 25:14 left. Less than two minutes later, he tied it by booting a pass from Hunter McCaslin past a diving Cullivan into the lower left corner.
"We had an injury on defense so I put him back on defense. As soon as they got that second goal, I had no choice but to push him back up," Winslow coach Aaron Wolfe said. "As soon as that happened, he gave us a spark and put those two goals in."
"They got freed up in the center of the field and, I give them credit, they didn't stop attacking," Hubbard said. "Both teams played their hearts out."
Erskine had most of the opportunities in the two overtime sessions, out-shooting Winslow 5-2. Overall, the Black Raiders held a 21-14 shot advantage at the end of play.
Although it survived the final 30 minutes of timed play, Winslow did suffer a couple of costly losses in the second overtime when senior Jake Houghton and sophomore Daylon Carpenter drew yellow cards. Carpenter drew his for an illegal substitution when he entered the game for an injured teammate before being waived in by officials.
"One thing that really hurt us was we had two guys with yellow cards and I couldn't use them," Wolfe said. "We had a plan if (penalty kicks) did happen. I had to change the plan on the fly and obviously, in hindsight, maybe would have switched it around a little. But I think it definitely affected our rotation."
Erskine, which lost to Winslow, 2-0, in their only regular-season meeting, is now the lowest remaining seed in the boys tournament.
"We came in 10th seed not expecting a win. But after our first playoff game (a 3-0 prelim win over No. 7 Mt. Desert Island), we found that great spirit in our team and just decided to come out here and play and win," Barnett said.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a gothic science fiction novel written in the romantic era that focuses on the elements of life. The romantic era was sparked by the changing social environment, including the industrial revolution. It was a form of revolt against the scientific revolutions of the era by developing a form of literature that romanticize nature and giving nature godliness. This element of romanticized nature is a recurrent element in Frankenstein and is used to reflect emotions, as a place for relaxation and as foreshadowing. Frankenstein also includes various other elements of romanticism including strong emotions and interest in the common people.
By using the natural element Shelley intensifies Victor's emotions.
Nature is used differently when the novel turns to the creature's perspective. The creature makes its home in the woods and lives off of nature. During the creatures first spring he describes "thousands of scents of delight and thousands of sights of beauty" (Shelley 104). Indeed the beauty the creature sees in his surroundings make an overpowering image of nature. Soon after the creature describes a spring visitor arriving in search of Felix and there is an overwhelming moment of bliss, that is aligned with the beauty of nature; creating visual and olfactory imagery as well as evoking strong emotions of euphoria in the reader. Considering the nature imagery, there is a contrast drawn between the hideousness of the creature and the lush beauty of nature. The creature, as described by Victor, is "more hideous than belongs to humanity" (Shelley 62). Continuing with that theme, the contrast allows for the reader to subconsciously continue realizing how out of place the creature is. The creature is comforted by nature, "the pleasant sunshine, and the pure air of day, restored… some degree of tranquility" (Shelley 124). Consequently, this peace is soon destroyed and the creature begins to view the world as corrupted by human presence. Latter to saving a girl from drowning, the creature is shot by a man for his efforts. Thus begins a transformation within the monster; "for some weeks [he] led a miserable life in the woods" (Shelley 129). These are the same woods once regarded with superficial beauty. Specifically the change of the imagery of nature supplements the internal emotional changes of the creature.


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Anne: So, Gabby, we got a great testimonial from Susan Glow from the Glow Girls Kid Voiceover.
Gabby: The Glow girls [laughs] if you guys don't know, these two sisters are going to end up like taking over the, the voiceover world one day, I'm sure.
Gabby: It's only a matter of time before really, Anne, they replace us. They are going to be the VO BOSSes.
Gabby: But in the meantime, they are the little BOSSes. The campaign we created for them has been really successful. As you can see, there is mom's glowing review, no pun intended.
Gabby: Thank you, thank you. I'm, yeah, see how quick I am? Sharp, sharp wit right there. We want you guys too to see what we are doing with BOSS Blasts and the Book-Out Builders and um join the party.
Anne: Yeah, check us out on the VO BOSS webpage under the marketing and branding tab. Welcome to the VO BOSS podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, along with my beautiful bosstie, Gabby Nistico. Hey, Gabby.
Anne: You know, I think we need to talk [laughs] to our listeners about a practice that works well for my marketing, and I know it works well for your marketing. Frequency and repetition.
Gabby: The mantra. I have been known many a times to sit in the lotus position.
Gabby: in… and repetition out.
Anne: No, no, no, no, no. We do not mean annoying. So Gabby, let's talk a little bit about why this is so important for your marketing campaign.
Gabby: This idea of frequency and repetition. It was, it was coined by either J. Walter Thompson, who is of course the owner of the famed advertising agency that was around for a million years in New York, and it still is, but it has now evolved. It was either him or it was Dale Carnegie. I cannot remember which.
Anne: Yeah. And I, well, you know, I think it's important to remember, think of your own process of, let's say, reading emails, right? I check my email frequently during the day. And it's at different times. And I have, Gabby, you know because you laugh at me all the time.
Gabby: Your email scares me.
Anne: It just means that I search for a message. But it also tells you that I have a whole lot of unread emails. Now when we are talking about frequency and repetition, think about who you are marketing to and think about who markets to you on a daily basis, and how often are you opening up those emails? Probably what you're doing is you're scanning your inbox. And I think this is really important to note, that you scan that inbox on a daily basis multiple times per day. You're going to see different from's and different subject lines, and you may or may not ever open an email. When you scan your own email, those names and those subjects are registering, and you are split second decision whether or not you want to open that. And that's depending on if that email is going to serve you.
Gabby: It seems like every single big box company out there, and some even boutique services, why they're emailing you once, sometimes even twice daily because they understand this concept. They know that it takes so many views, so much exposure before a buyer is likely to take action.
Anne: Are they ready? Are they ready at that precise moment or not? And that's really key, right?
Gabby: There's not an exact science to this yet when it comes to email. In some of the more traditional forms of advertising, there are. But we have to find a balance. So I feel like there are a lot of voice actors who've kind of gotten the hand of the frequency thing. Maybe they understand the importance. They know that it needs to be regular. It needs to be dependable, right? You know, nobody's just kind of getting up on a random Tuesday and going, "oh, I need to send an email today." No.
Gabby: Planning a little more.
Anne: I get that. I think that there's a lot of talent who are scared. You know, they send one email, and then that's it. They are like, "well, I don't want to, I don't want to spam, and I don't want to intrude." So therefore they never sent another.
Gabby: Yes. Fear's definitely a part of things with this. So what happens? One, they send one. Nothing happens. No return or very little return. And then there's paranoia and there's fear. The reality there is if we look at direct email statistics from print, we know that there's like a 1% return on most direct mail campaigns. Yet people still do them.
Gabby: Because they are effective. That 1% return can actually be massive if it leads to recurring business.
Anne: Absolutely. I always say, you just need one good client.
Anne: Now I think what most talent are afraid of, Gabby, is when they send that email, that they've offended not just that one person.
Anne: But they've offended the company. That is where I think most voice talents fail. Where they fail on um committing to a consistent advertising and marketing strategy for a particular client.
Gabby: All right, you and I are used to it. We have done this so many times.
Gabby: In a weird way, we are. So we're not, we're out of the personal mindset. Right? We don't take it personally.
Anne: I am Teflon. [laughs] Nothing sticks.
Gabby: If you send 1000 emails, and 50 people unsubscribe, that's nothing. That is so not a big deal. But for some reason it really bothers me.
Anne: Well, I can say, you know, for many years of experience, VO Peeps and now VO BOSS, you know, people unsubscribe at a regular basis. It just is — remember, you're just a part of people's journey. And it could be a phase where they wanted to hear from you, now they no longer want to hear from you. It's something that just happens. It's natural, and it's not something to take personally. I have people who unsubscribe on a daily basis, and it is just, OK, there you go. If it becomes more than a big percentage, though, then I need to worry that either I'm doing something wrong or I am spamming.
Anne: Yeah, I mean, there are all personalities, you know? Like I am that person who has 648,000 unread emails in my inbox, and you know, like my husband, Gerry, forget it, he cleans it out every single day. That is like a task list for him. You know, once he gets through his email, he is done for the day. And that is, you know, it's all types of people reading your email. And you know, we should also mention though, this is not just about email. This can be about frequency of advertising if you happen to advertise on social media. It really matters if you are doing something on a consistent basis. That's kind of like our podcast, Gabby. Every Tuesday we have a podcast.
Gabby: And who is, who is, shall we say, oh I don't know, the creative brain in the family? Maybe that's a good way to look at it? I'm Team Gerry on this one, I'm sorry.
Anne: I'm testing Gmail to its, to its limits.
Gabby: Damn Skippy you are.
Anne: I have to buy more space. I am up to probably a terabyte of space.
Anne: I will tell you, having that emailed though allows me to study. Believe it or not, I sign up for — I have signed up for mailing lists for years, right, because I do marketing studies. And so my marketing studies are on frequency, on content, on subject line. You know, it's all about what is the most effective. What is making me want to look at that email? What is making me want to open it up? And what are the things in it that are going to convince me to open up an email that is important, when my time is of the very, you know, essence of my day? I don't have enough of it, so therefore the subject line, the from person has to be critical to my day, to helping me fulfill my job. And so I think that's something that, you know, we should all remember, that, at any given time, we have needs in our day to day job. Right? And voiceover is one of those needs for your potential clients. And they may or may not need your voice at that particular time. Maybe they don't have a campaign that's calling for, you know, a female, you know, mom voice or whatever it is that you are offering. At that particular time, they do not need that. So therefore the consistency and the frequency happens to come into play there because maybe tomorrow they're going to need that, or maybe in a month, they're going to need that. And so I think that that frequency, without being annoying, is important.
Gabby: One of the things that I really love in the VO BOSS brand and the marketing for this podcast is how incredibly consistent we have remained about the business message, the objectives of the show, the services that we offer, the things that we're doing. It's all in line.
Anne: And the targeted audience, I think that's important too. So glad that you brought that up because so many times I see, I see talents out there marketing, you know, everything, to everyone. The more targeted that you can get to your audience, the better you're going to be able to serve them. So I, I really think that you need to step back and take a look at who your audience is, who you're marketing to, and how you're delivering that on a consistent basis. And I, I love the fact that, you know, the VO BOSS podcast has challenged us to, to be that consistent. Like, we're over a year now, right, consistently delivering to a specific targeted audience, and growing that audience, which I think is great.
Gabby: This is how I figured this out way back when when Gabby was literally a young pup in the woods, not knowing what the hell she was doing. Here I am sending like literally spraying my imaging demo to anyone and everyone, you know?
Gabby: And to talent agents and to ad agencies. And my, like, in my foolishness, because I had no idea they don't know what that is.
Gabby: I wasted like an entire year of marketing, of marketing money and of, you know, back then, duplicating CD's and all this stuff, postage because I didn't realize it was the wrong audience.
Anne: I, I also think too though that people give up way too easily. Right?
Anne: But I don't, we don't, and I will get that, "I don't, I don't want to spam. I don't want to get them upset." You're not going to have to worry. As long as your message is authentic and serving the client, right? So don't make it about you. Make it about the client. That's the other thing. Frequency, repetition about how you can help the client. Not about how you are the best voiceover artist, or you have the best character voice.
Gabby: You don't have to believe us. You can test it.
Gabby: You can literally test this theory. So Anne, what's your big junk mail day, like legit in your mailbox? Not inbox, mailbox junk mail day?
Anne: Oh, you get tons of junk mail on Wednesday?
Anne: I want to say ours is Thursday.
Gabby: Here's what happens every single Wednesday. I go to the mailbox, and I have like this bundle waiting for me. And when I open it up, it's like flyers and circulars. It's 90% of what it is. Every single week, there is the same pizza place, the same fast food burger joint, the same grocery store advertising over, and over, and over, and over with consistent messages.
Anne: Every once in a while, Gabby, I'll look into those. And I'll say, "what's on sale this week? Where's that coupon? I need a coupon." So think about — that such a good point. Think about it, everyone. This is really what you're, what you're going to be doing. And every once in a while, right, people are going to look at it. They might throw that stack out. They might put it in the trash can, but every once in a while, they click it open when they need something. I don't have a lot of time, so literally my split-second decision is opening up, seeing if there's any pretty graphics of the item that I need, and if not, I close it and throw it away.
Gabby: And if it doesn't happen, meaning you send an email, you plan a marketing campaign, you send a thing once, and there's no response or immediacy from it, you do it again.
Gabby: Don't give up. Frequency and repetition. Now not to toot our own horn here, right, so we obviously, this is something Anne and I are very passionate about. We have created product for this through VO BOSS.
Gabby: We have both the BOSS Builder and the Book-Out Blast. And because we have done this research. Like, you're sitting there and your listening to this and you're hearing it and you are like, "I get it, I know. Gabby, I know. I know this is what I'm supposed to do, I just don't know how, or I'm struggling with the time, or I don't know the metrics." Well guess freaking what? We've been there. We've done it. We know the subject lines that are going to work. We know the preview text that is going to work. We have the lists.
Yes, you can incorporate your own list. Um we are our own guinea pigs.
Gabby: Like I know it sounds ridiculous, but it is true. Anne and I would rather take a risk with our own personal brands and have it fail than take the risk with yours.
Anne: — it will work better. And so we are constantly like tailoring, and cultivating, and trying new things. In this day and age with all of this digital chaos, it is a challenge to get people's attention. This honestly is why we have come up with those, with those products. And it is a way to help you become consistent and frequent um with marketing help, because I know there's so many of you are like, "I don't know what to say. I don't want to be spammy. Can I get help?" And it's so specific to each individual talent that I think what's really great is that Gabby and I are able to talk with you and find out your specific genres, your specific target regions that would work best for you, your brand, your message. We work with that. And we help you to devise a plan.
Gabby: I think we're up to like a dozen or so BOSS Blast clientele. We're starting to see really nice returns for those folks. The other thing is for so many of us, you know, the infrastructure, the technological piece to this, guys, it's expensive. Go to Mail Chimp, or go to any of the distribution sites that help you deliver spam compliant mail.
Gabby: And, and take a look.
Anne: See what they're charging. See what they're charging.
Anne: You said a key term there, spam compliant.
Gabby: So this concept, this thing we have created is almost like a co-op. It's a way for all of us as voice actors to share in this service and not have it be super crazy, incredibly expensive.
Anne: Spam compliance is so important, especially after the GDPR. So if you are, right now, if you have lists that you've generated or you've purchased, and you're sending emails out, 10, 20 — first of all, you can't really send out more than, I want to say, Gmail doesn't allow you to send out more than 50 at a time.
Gabby: Thank you. I was just about to say, that's the other thing. If you've never done it, I mean, oh my God, I'm so going to sound like an idiot right now, but I will just say it. I did it.
Anne: I did it too. Oh my God, so not effective.
Gabby: I was using Outlook back then, and like my IP got flagged. My email account got suspended. I was like, "what have I done?" And then the tears. It's not worth it.
Anne: To be compliant, guys, you really — if you're going to do any kind of serious marketing, really, you need to be spam compliant. You need to allow your uh, the people that you're sending email to opt out if they choose to. That is something that we have already got set up. We have the program, we have the servers. We have that all set up. Yeah.
Anne: You're going to have to think about that.
Anne: Exactly. Roll with those changes, guys. Frequency and repetition.
Anne: And if there's anything we can do to help, you guys know how to get in touch with us, thebosses@voboss.com. So I'd like to give a shoutout to our amazing sponsor, ipDTL.
Gabby: And for all things BOSS, be sure to check us out on every single freakin', frackin' social media there is. Because yes, we got all of them, and of course voboss.com.
Great advice as always Lady Bosses!


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Q: Blank Row insertion using VBA in excel I'm trying to create the vba code which can be used to repeat set of rows n times. So far I found below code and it worked well.
Sub CopyData()
'Updateby Extendoffice
    Dim xRow As Long
    Dim VInSertNum As Variant
    xRow = 1
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Do While (Cells(xRow, "A") <> "")
        VInSertNum = Cells(xRow, "D")
        If ((VInSertNum > 1) And IsNumeric(VInSertNum)) Then
           Range(Cells(xRow, "A"), Cells(xRow, "D")).Copy
           Range(Cells(xRow + 1, "A"), Cells(xRow + VInSertNum - 1, "D")).Select
           Selection.Insert Shift:=xlDown
           xRow = xRow + VInSertNum - 1
        End If
        xRow = xRow + 1
    Loop
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
End Sub

How can I add blank row after repetition? Please suggest