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Hubert Crouse Heffner (* 22. Februar 1901 in Maiden, North Carolina; † 17. April 1985 in Bloomington, Indiana) war US-amerikanischer Theaterwissenschaftler, Professor und Regisseur. Er wirkte überwiegend im Studententheater.

Lebenslauf
Er war der Sohn von Sylvanus und Lillie (Crouse) Heffner. Er studierte an der University of North Carolina und erhielt die Abschlüsse des Bachelor (1921) und Master (1922). Im Jahr 1922 heiratete er Ruth Penny. Zum Doktoratsstudium ging er an die University of Chicago (1930–1934 und 1942). Keine Dissertation ist erschienen, doch ehrte ihn 1964 die Wesleyan University mit dem Ehrendoktor und 1969 verlieh ihm die University of North Carolina ebenso den Doktorabschluss honoris causa.

Hubert Heffner war Professor oder Gastdozent an mehreren Universitäten in den Vereinigten Staaten und England. Von 1922 bis 1923 war er Dozent für Anglistik und Leiter des Theaters an der University of Wyoming und von 1923 bis 1926 an der University of Arizona. Danach kehrte er an die University of North Carolina zurück, wo er von 1926 bis 1930 Assistenzprofessor für Anglistik und stellvertretender Direktor und Manager von The Carolina Playmakers wurde.

1930–1939 war Heffner Professor für Theaterwissenschaft an der Northwestern University. Während seiner Zeit dort war er auch Gastdozent an der Stanford University (1937) und der University of California in Berkeley (1939). Außerdem war er von 1934 bis 1936 International Research Fellow an der Huntington Library. 1939 wurde Heffner Leiter des Department of Speech and Drama an der Stanford University und blieb bis 1954 dort.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde Hubert Heffner als Captain der Special Reserves in der United States Army eingesetzt und diente von 1943 bis 1946 in verschiedenen Aufgabenbereichen der Armee. Während seines Dienstes bei der Informations- und Erziehungsabteilung der US-Armee an der Amerikanischen Universität Biarritz leitete Heffner die Abteilung für Theater und Radio und war von 1945 bis 1946 Abteilungsleiter für Darstellende Kunst. Nach Kriegsende kehrte Heffner nach Stanford zurück; Gastdozenturen folgten an der Cornell University (1948), University of Colorado (1950), University of Bristol, England (1954–1955), wo er als Fulbright Lecturer tätig war.

1955 wechselte Heffner von Stanford an die Indiana University, wo er bis zu seiner Emeritierung (1971) blieb. Er war Professor für Theaterwissenschaft und wirkte darüber hinaus als amtierender Direktor des Universitätstheaters in den Jahren 1959–1960 und 1970–1971.

Nach seiner Emeritierung verbrachte Heffner seinen Lebensabend in Bloomington, Indiana.

Forschung und Herausgeberschaft
Er hielt Vorlesungen und forschte über dramatische Strukturen, Theorien der Tragödie, der Komödie und des Melodrams. Viele seiner Studenten wurden später zu bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten des amerikanischen Theaters, darunter der Schauspieler Shepperd Strudwick, der Kritiker Walter Kerr, der Regisseur Jules Irving und der Theaterhistoriker Oscar Brockett.

Sein Leben spielte sich vor dem Hintergrund eines sich stets breiter etablierenden Universitätstheaters ab. In den 1950er Jahren vervielfachten sich die Fakultäten für Theaterwissenschaft in den gesamten Vereinigten Staaten. Die Lehrpläne wurden von 1945 bis in die 1950er Jahre enorm ausgeweitet, wenn nicht sogar verdoppelt. Gleichzeitig war der kommerzielle Theaterbetrieb in den Städten Amerikas vom Aufstieg des Fernsehens sowie den negativen Auswirkungen der Depression bedroht, sodass eine Verlagerung der Theaterkultur an die Universitäten stattfand. Heffner, der sich früh für Laien- und Studententheater eingesetzt hatte, förderte diese Bewegung nach Kräften.

Neben seiner Lehr- und Vortragstätigkeit engagierte sich Heffner in zahlreichen Berufsverbänden. Er war stellvertretender Vorsitzender der Redaktion des Pacific Spectator (1947–1948), Mitherausgeber des Quarterly Journal of Speech (1947–1950) und Herausgeber des Educational Theatre Journal (1954–1957). Heffner wirkte als Vizepräsident (1948) und Präsident (1949) der American Educational Theatre Association und war auch Präsident der American Theatre Association. Heffner wirkte auch als Mitglied des Vorstands der American National Theatre and Academy. Er war Mitglied des berühmten Authors' Club of London und des Bohemian Club in San Francisco.

Auszeichnungen
Von seinen Hörern haben Herbert Blau und Oscar Brockett Erinnerungen über Heffner als Lehrer veröffentlicht.

Heffners berufliche Leistungen wurden mit mehreren bedeutenden Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen gewürdigt. Im Jahr 1960 erhielt er den Distinguished Service Award von der American Educational Theatre Association und wurde zum Fellow der American Theatre Association (ATA) gewählt. 1961 erhielt er den Theta Alpha Phi Award für seinen Beitrag zum amerikanischen Theater. Von 1968 bis 1969 hatte er die prestigeträchtige Berg-Professur für Anglistik an der New York University inne und 1958 die Carnegie-Professur für Drama an der University of Hawaii. 1961 erhielt er den Titel Distinguished Professor der Indiana University.

Veröffentlichungen

Bücher (Auswahl)

 "Dod gast ye both" in Carolina Folk Plays, 1922.
 Mysticism in Spenser's "Fowre hymnes" (Diplomarbeit 1922).
 A Guide for the Director of Amateur Plays (Tucson 1926).
 Modern Theatre Practice. A Handbook for Nonprofessionals. Mit Samuel Selden und Hunton Dade Sellman (London 1936). 28 Auflagen von 1935 bis 1961.
 Davy Crockett & other Plays, herausgegeben mit Isaac Goldberg
 Studies in Theatre and Drama. Essays in Honor of Hubert C. Heffner, hg. von Oscar Brockett (The Hague 1972, Berlin/Boston 22018).
 The Nature of Drama (Boston 1959) ist eine Dramensammlung mit kritischer Hinführung und Videokassetten für den Unterricht. Darin sind die Theaterstücke The Wild Duck von Henrik Ibsen, The Importance of Being Ernest von Oscar Wilde, Candida von George Bernard Shaw, The Cherry Orchard von Anton Chekhov, Six characters in Search of an Author von Luigi Pirandello und Juno and the Paycock von Sean O'Casey gedruckt.

Aufsätze (Auswahl)

 Theatre and Drama in Liberal Education. In: Studies in Theatre and Drama. De Gruyter, 1972, ISBN 978-3-11-085652-1, S. 9–20.
 Common Ground for Speech and Theatre. In: Educational Theatre Journal (1953): 341–348.
 Pirandello and the Nature of Man. In: The Tulane Drama Review 1.3 (1957): 23–40.
 Tension and Tragedy. In: Quarterly Journal of Speech 45.2 (1959): 210–212.
 Tragedy and Comedy. In: Quarterly Journal of Speech 53.4 (1967): 383–385.

Weblinks

 Hubert C. Heffner Nachlass, Indiana University Archives

Einzelnachweise

Theaterwissenschaftler
Hochschullehrer (Stanford University)
Hochschullehrer (New York University)
Hochschullehrer (Bloomington, Indiana)
Hochschullehrer (Cornell University)
Hochschullehrer (Northwestern University)
Hochschullehrer (University of Arizona)
Hochschullehrer (University of Texas at Austin)
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Geboren 1901
Gestorben 1985
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Gone Girl Politics
Last night I did my usual volunteer stint at the community-operated Arena Theater and then watched Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Because my wife Jan had read the novel by Gillian Flynn, I knew the gist, which only detracted a little from empathizing alternately with the main characters, Nick Dunne and Amazing Amy.
Naturally it reminded me of the current state of political affairs in the United States. Nick Dunne could represent the Democratic Party, and Amazing Amy could represent the Republican Party. Or maybe a better fit is Nick Dunne represents the Republican Party, and Amy represents the Democratic Party.
The citizens and voters of the United States are represented by the people of the smallish town in Missouri where the happy married couple has moved after losing their respective high-powered writing jobs in New York City. At times they sympathize with Nick, when they think his wife Amy was kidnapped. At times they hate Nick, when they think he killed Amy.
This is a story of multiple levels of deception. That is pretty much politics in a nutshell. Many Democrats believe their party has been hijacked. They voted for Nick (not Hillary), peace and prosperity in 2006, got a Democratic Party controlled Congress starting in 2007 and had full control of Congress and the Executive Branch after Barack Obama won the election of 2008. But instead of peace and prosperity, by then the nation was in the Great Recession, and Obama kept finding reasons to keep killing people in the Middle East and even extended the war to much of Africa.
Obama and Democratic politicians may have made a vow of marriage to Democratic voters, but marriage is not so easy. With the Pentagon waving its tits about, no wonder the boys (and the girls too, Pelosi and Feinstein et al) got distracted. No money! Just run up the credit cards and hope that sooner or later something will come up to keep the nation's head above water. And if a few million, well tens of millions, of Americans lose their jobs and life savings before things get straightened out, that is not because Nick was not trying to be a good husband.
Amy could also represent the Democrats, waving her Ivy League degrees around and refusing to get pregnant, but she is from a rich, cunning family that reminds me of the Bush clan. She was all sex and laughter and wit when her money was mostly inherited, but she turns vicious when she has little to do but play MacHousewife in a MacMansion in the kind of boring small city that breeds your typical Republican voter.
Amy and the Republican leaders, are all about deception. Many Republicans believe their party has been hijacked. The Tea Party types feel the Grand Old Party was hijacked by crony capitalists (it was formed in the late 1850s by a coalition that included crony capitalists). The mainstream Republicans feel the wackos in the Tea Party cause them to lose elections. Worse, if elected, Tea Party Republicans won't vote to spend the money so important to a wide variety of business men who have learned that the government market is much more profitable than the ruinous competition one sometimes encounters in the free market. In American politics everyone liked building roads until the Tea Party came along.
And who needs Al-Qaeda to cripple the economy by blowing up a bridge (in America) or two when Amazing Amy will just deny funds for its repair, until it eventually collapses?
You can't trust any politician. Or the media, or the police. Yet you have to trust people. That is called society.
"Therefore since the world has still,
Much good, but much less good than ill ...
I'd face it as a wise man would,
And train for ill and not for good"
— A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
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How To Send Automated Replies In WhatsApp | 2019 Edition
by Raja
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WhatsApp is currently the most popular messaging app in the world. With over a billion active users per month, the app is not going anywhere anytime soon. It was acquired by Facebook a few years ago and ever since it has been getting a lot of new features.
While there are already many useful features built into Whatsapp like, the ability to share any file format and end to end encryption for messages, there are still a lot of things that could be added to improve the user experience.
One such feature, which is very popular among other messaging apps and frequently requested by Whatsapp users is an auto-response to messages.
Auto response feature is used to automatically send predefined replies when you receive a particular message from a Whatsapp user or a group. Here we will be covering how you can Send Automated Replies In Whatsapp
For instance, if someone is sending you a message which reads, "Good Morning", you can set the feature to instantly reply with a personalised message like "Have a nice day".
By this way, you can save your time from manually replying to monotonous messages like Thank you for congratulation messages.
However, this feature is not currently available as a default option in Whatsapp. But, one developer over at XDA forums has managed to create an app that instantly replies to specific messages with a predefined format.
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Here is how to use that app to set up auto responses to your Whatsapp messages from users and groups and Send Automated Replies In Whatsapp
How To Send Automated Replies In Whatsapp
Step 1: Download and Install the AutoResponder For Whatsapp app from the Google Play Store. Note that the app is not released yet and it is still in the development phase. So it might not work at all times.
AutoResponder für WA - Automatische Antwort
Developer: TK Studio 🌍
Step 2: Now open the app and grant the notifications permission. This is to allow the app to access your Whatsapp messages notification so that it could send automated replies accordingly.
Step 3: Now return to the app homepage and then click on the Add button at the bottom to create a new rule.
The rule is where you set up what response you want to send, to whom and to what message.
Step 4: Now add the message to which you want to send an auto response to in the received message text box.
For example, if you want the app to send automated replies whenever you get a message from someone which says "Hello", then enter Hello in the text box.
Step 5: Now type what reply you want to be sent in the reply message text box.
Step 6: You can now select to whom you want to send auto responses. You can either select individual contacts or groups.
The free version of the app sends out auto replies almost instantly when you receive a message.
If you want to set a time delay, like reply after 10 seconds you receive a message, then you have to buy the pro version.
You have now successfully created the first rule. The app will now start sending out automated responses.
You can also create new rules if you want. Just follow the same procedure as above. Let us know in the comments below your thoughts on this app!
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Le CH-4 Rainbow (en chinois Cai Hong-4) est un drone de combat et de reconnaissance d'altitude de croisière moyenne et de longue autonomie (MALE), construit par l'entreprise chinoise CASC. Il est présenté pour la première fois au salon aéronautique de Zhuhai en . D'un design très similaire au drone américain MQ-9 Reaper, il est aussi assimilé à son concurrent direct en Chine le Wing Loong.

Présentation
Suspectés d'être à l'origine d'attaques informatiques récurrentes qui ont visé plusieurs entreprises américaines évoluant dans le domaine des drones, les Chinois se sont grandement inspirés de l'expertise américaine pour la conception du CH-4 Rainbow, très proche par son aspect de son pendant américain le MQ-9 Reaper, il se caractérise par la présence d'une dérive en « V » avec des ailes médianes, le drone est aussi doté d'un train d'atterrissage tricycle escamotable et d'un moteur à pistons prolongé d'une hélice de propulsion située à l'arrière. Il est aussi pourvu d'une station de commandement au sol pouvant abriter deux opérateurs chargés du pilotage à distance.

Versions
CH-4A : Version de reconnaissance équipée de caméras de très haute définition, de capteurs électro-optiques rétractables et d'une liaison de données reliée à la station au sol. Cette version se caractérise par l'importance accrue de son autonomie en vol qui est estimée à .

CH-4B : Version armée destinée à l'attaque au sol, pourvue de quatre points d'emport sous les ailes pouvant accueillir des missiles de type AR-1 de  d'une portée de  avec un guidage laser ou GPS, des bombes de type FT-5, TG100 de plus de  guidées par laser. La charge utile est estimée à , ce qui réduit l'autonomie de vol à .

CH-4C : En cours de développement, cette version devrait inclure des améliorations notables au niveau du volume de la charge utile ainsi qu'une mise à jour du traitement des données et d'autres aspects inhérents au retour d'expérience des différents opérateurs en Chine et à l'étranger.

Opérateurs
Liste des opérateurs :
  - 10 CH-4B

  - production sous licence

  - 6 CH-4B
  - 20 livrés à partir de 2014, 8 détruits, ne volent plus depuis septembre 2019 (en date de mai 2021) faute de pièces détachées. 12 opérationnel en 2022
  - Au moins 5 CH-4B opérationnel en 2022.
  - 9 CH-4 achetés à la date du 05 mars 2023. Ils sont toujours opérationnels.
  - Nombre inconnu de CH-4 , toujours opérationnel en 2022.

Engagement
Depuis son acquisition par l'Irak en 2014, le CH-4 a aussitôt été soumis à l'épreuve du feu, il a notamment été déployé dans la province d'Al Anbar où il a permis de neutraliser plusieurs poches de l'EI.

L'Arabie saoudite l'emploi dans sa guerre au Yémen contre les rebelles Houthis.

En 2022 le drone est répéré opérant dans le détroit de Taïwan.

Notes et références

Drone militaire
Drone chinois
Arme militaire fabriquée en Chine
Drone de combat

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Q: Convert character to date vector (!bY) in R I am trying to convert a character vector of dates (in the format: i.e. "Jan.1990") to a date vector (keeping a similar format: i.e. "Jan 1990" or "Jan.1990").
month_year <- ("Jan.1990", "Feb.1990", "Mar.1990", "Jan.1991", "Feb.1991", Mar. 1991")

I have tried using as.Date and various commands with the lubridate package but I either end up with an incorrect format or NAs.
I tried using as.Date:
df$month_year <- as.Date(df$month_year,format = "%b%Y")

This resulted in NAs.
I tried lubridate::parse_date_time2
parse_date_time2(tidy_labor$month_year, c("Jan.1990"), exact = TRUE, orders = "bY")

But the format came out as:
unknown timezone 'Jan.1990'unknown timezone 'Jan.1990'   [1] "1990-01-01 GMT" "1990-01-01 GMT" "1990-01-01 GMT" "1990-01-01 GMT" "1990-02-01 GMT" "1990-02-01 GMT" "1990-02-01 GMT"

Any help would be much appreciated.

A: This question comes up a lot and the short answer is that dates require a day.
You could use zoo::as.yearmon:
library(zoo)
as.yearmon("Jan.1990", "%b.%Y")

Or you could assume that the day is always the first of the month, concatenate that to your values and convert to Date type.

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Sharp: Twitter makes sports fans lazier, dumber, judgmental
On the 10-year anniversary of the revolutionary social media device, how has tweeting changed us as fans?
Sharp: Twitter makes sports fans lazier, dumber, judgmental On the 10-year anniversary of the revolutionary social media device, how has tweeting changed us as fans? Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/1MqS71Y
Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press Columnist Published 11:52 p.m. ET March 25, 2016
Two well-known sports figures and social media users: Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.(Photo: Photo illustration)
Twitter turned 10 this week. And while there's some merit in the revolutionary communications platform offering a voice to the disenfranchised, its immense popularity within the larger sports community over the past decade attests to its attraction to the hopelessly self-absorbed.
It has elevated a greater sense of "Us" in certain social and political discourses. But in the mock importance of the sports landscape, it has too often devolved into mindless rants all about "Me."
It's why LeBron James and Jim Harbaugh's collective social media clumsiness served as the perfect Twitter birthday gift this week. Both have pushed boundaries, daring to be different and unwilling to accept the status quo. Harbaugh steadfastly tweaks college football convention. He's unabashedly called out the SEC. James has become the NBA's premier power broker, branching out into player representation while still an active player. He has become his own coach, general manager and owner.
Anything that makes those in power nervous is a good thing. But when noble efforts get lost within the babble of petulant social media blowback, it diminishes the broader objective of what these two are accomplishing.
James and Harbaugh come across as narcissistic blowhards instead of prideful insurgents looking to rewrite the rules.
Cavaliers' management has openly questioned LeBron's recent social media behavior. The general manager and head coach brought him in for a meeting. James' Twitter account unfollowed the Cavs' Twitter account. Since that's his team — at least for the time being — the decision stirred a maelstrom. He has dropped hints he's potentially unhappy and might bolt from Cleveland for the second time in his career following the playoffs.
Harbaugh should have kept his Twitter finger silent in the aftermath of Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith commenting that the Buckeyes wouldn't consider holding a spring practice in Florida as the Wolverines did because OSU football isn't in need of a public-relations resurrection. Harbaugh lashed out at Smith over what he perceived as a cheap shot, tweeting remembrances of the tattoo scandal that brought down former coach Jim Tressel.
But the comeback would've come off better if the Wolverines weren't 2-13 against Ohio State in this millennium. Or if the Buckeyes hadn't won a national championship … after the scandal and subsequent NCAA sanctions.
Smith later apologized for what he called a misrepresentation. (You mean to tell me somebody could possibly misconstrue the proper context of a 140-character message? Well, duh.)
James says he'll avoid Twitter with the playoffs approaching. Harbaugh supposedly met with U-M athletic director Warde Manuel following his tweet. Hopefully, Manuel reminded him of the pitfalls of aggressively contributing to a platform that's often eroded into a loudspeaker for personal ignorance and petty animosities.
Like many sports personalities today, James and Harbaugh prefer direct contact with their targeted audience free of any journalistic filters. That's their prerogative. Both are smart enough to realize a spontaneous free flow of consciousness isn't necessarily the best approach in a venue susceptible to second, third and fourth guessing. But both are so full of themselves that neither cares about appearances.
Making them the perfect Twitter patrons.
In 10 years, Twitter has made us dumber.
It has made us lazier.
It has made us more easily judgmental.
And while it has become a useful vehicle in the rapid dissemination of viable information, it also has become a cesspool for the terminally vane, the childishly impetuous and the misguidedly self-righteous. That's why it shouldn't surprise that sports and Twitter have enjoyed a happy marriage over the past 10 years.
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Spicy Treats: Eggless Tutti Frutti Cookies / Candied Fruit Cookies - Christmas Cookies Recipe!
In a mixing bowl, add softened butter and powdered sugar or icing sugar and beat until it turns light and fluffy, then add vanilla and stir well.
To it add flour, pinch of salt combine well and using milk knead it to a smooth and soft dough.
The dough should be slightly sticky but firm enough to hold its shape.
Now shape it a log and wrap it with a cling/plastic wrap and freeze it for 40 minutes.
After that unwrap the dough, cut into 5 mm thick slices.
And arrange the slices in a parchment lined cookie sheet, leaving some space between slices.
Bake it in the preheated oven at 320 degree F for 12 - 15 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden brown.
Remove from the oven and let them cool down for 1-2 minutes.
They will be soft when taken out, but will firm up once they cool.
soo cute cookies and loved the Santa mug !!!
I liked those colourful cookies.
these look like crowd favorites!
:-)you know I baked these cookies from sharmi's site couple of months ago. but totally forgot abt it. guess it is the correct time to post.
instead of making it log and cutting it...can i cut using cookie cutter? will it come out right..
if im going to use cookie cutter...do i need to freeze the dough or refrigerate?
freezing is a must for this cookies, so u can not use cookie cutter on frozen dough right? so using cookie cutter idea will not work for this, sorry!
Wanted to try these cookies..Can u tell me how much is 6 tbsp of butter in gms?
ohhh..yeah you added more butter na...happy that everything turned good without spoiling..thanks for trying and sharing your feedback.
Cookies look so colorful and perfectly baked,nice clicks as always.
These are sweet ,simple and nutritious cookies. I like them very much.


Hi Nicole! Good question. I can make up to five lunches at a time it all stays pretty fresh for me. I like the convenience of having it all ready because even on the days when I'm not at work, I can get pretty busy with Narra and forget to eat. This prevents me skipping a meal because it's all ready to go. I know some people who will do max 3 days of meal prep because of the spoilage. It all depends on what I'm making. 😊 I will definitely make another batch of boiled eggs during the week. I go through them pretty quickly.
The oats in the veggie patties are awesome!! If you use a quick cooking oat that is very fine, there is no need to pulverize it into oat flour. That is what I did. I also skipped the bread crumbs.


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UNSW Sydney's Dean of Graduate Research takes up Universitas 21 roles
By Belinda Henwood
Professor Jonathan Morris is the new chair of Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies and co-chair of the Researcher Engagement Cluster.
Professor Jonathan Morris, UNSW Sydney's Dean of Graduate Research.
The Universitas 21 (U21) Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (DDoGS) has welcomed Professor Jonathan Morris, Dean of Graduate Research at UNSW Sydney, as its new chair. He also takes on the role of co-chair of the Researcher Engagement Cluster, after recently joining the Researcher Engagement Steering Group.
"One of the strengths of this group [DDoGS] is that each member institution has unique systems, which presents an excellent opportunity to learn from each other and to think about whether there could be a better way of doing things," said Professor Morris.
"I look forward to continuing this group's efforts to show leadership in this sphere by supporting the development of proactive programs and support networks.
"I am committed to building on the efforts and the strong leadership of the previous chair Associate Professor Caroline Daley to continue our fruitful collaborations across this global network to develop best practice in research candidatures and enhance the doctoral experience."
Professor Morris joined UNSW in 2009, after holding academic positions at the universities of Canterbury and Adelaide. From 2015–18, he was Deputy Dean Graduate Research at UNSW and was promoted to professor in Chemistry in 2018. He was appointed Dean of Graduate Research in 2019.
He leads a research group, in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Science, who work on developing the biomedical potential of small molecules using their expertise in synthetic organic chemistry. In collaboration with UK-based biotech Exonate Pty Ltd, he has developed small molecules that can be delivered in eye drops and are currently undergoing clinical trials to control aged related macular degeneration.
U21 Provost, Professor Bairbre Redmond, thanked and congratulated the outgoing and incoming chairs.
"Taking on extra responsibilities on top of busy and demanding jobs is never easy and U21 is always aware of the debt of gratitude we owe to those in our membership who assume network leadership roles. Without this generosity with their time and experience, the network could never hope to achieve what it is now able to do," Professor Redmond said.
"I am sincerely grateful to Caroline Daley for the very major contribution she has made to the formation and expansion of the work of the DDoGS in the past six years and she leaves it one of the most active and energetic groups in the network.
"I also want to thank Jonathan Morris for his willingness to become the next DDoGs chair, particularly at a time of great pressure on all our members – I am confident that the group will go on from strength to strength under his leadership."
U21 is a global network of 27 research-intensive universities that work on shared issues of importance to member universities and to global higher education more generally. It promotes the value of internationalisation and multinational collaboration, facilitating the delivery of programs, activities and initiatives that could not be delivered through a single university or via bilateral agreements.
Belinda Henwood
UNSW External Relations
b.henwood@unsw.edu.au
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Q: Can someone explain the logic of recursion in this pattern printing method? I'm trying to piece together the logic in this example. This is the normal code. FYI, I had a university tutor help me with this example but he's still trying to figure out how to explain it to me. The code is also done, this is just for my own knowledge of recursion.
public class Practice {

    public static void printTriangle(int n) {

        if (n < 1) {
            return;

        }
        else {

        printTriangle(n - 1);
        printStars(n);
        System.out.println();
        }
    }
    public static void printStars(int n) {
        if (n > 0) {
        System.out.print("*");
        printStars(n-1);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printTriangle(5);
    }
}
 Output
*
**
***
****
*****

This is the test code with markers that I used to find out what is happening when. It's kind of an eyesore so if you think you can explain it without looking at this mess, by all means.
public class Practice {

    public static void printTriangle(int n) {

        if (n < 1) {
            System.out.println(n);

            return;

        }
        else {
        System.out.println("1");
        printTriangle(n - 1);
        System.out.println(n);
        printStars(n);
        System.out.println("A");
        }
    }
    public static void printStars(int n) {
        if (n > 0) {
        System.out.print(n);
        System.out.print("*");
        printStars(n-1);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printTriangle(5);
    }
}
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1*A
2
2*1*A
3
3*2*1*A
4
4*3*2*1*A
5
5*4*3*2*1*A

I've figured it out up until the first star is printed. I printed the value of n after the printTriangle method decremented it to 0, then I printed the value of n right before the first star is printed and somehow, it's equal to 1. I'm just curious as to how the value of n is increasing. The value goes into the printStars method at 1 and also keeps increasing as it prints stars

A: Well,
printTriangle(5) calls printTriangle(4)
printTriangle(4) calls printTriangle(3)
printTriangle(3) calls printTriangle(2)
printTriangle(2) calls printTriangle(1)
printTriangle(1) calls printTriangle(0)
printTriangle(0) does nothing, but returns to printTriangle(1)
printTriangle(1) procedes with calling printStars(1)
printStars(1) prints a star and calls printStars(0)
printStars(0) does nothing and returns to printStars(1)
printStars(1) has nothing more to do and returns to printTriangle(1)
printTriangle(1) prints a linebreak and returns to printTriangle(2)
printTriangle(2) procedes with calling printStars(2)
printStars(2) prints a star and calls printStars(1)
printStars(1) prints a star and calls printStars(0)
printStars(0) does nothing and returns to printStars(1)
printStars(1) has nothing more to do and returns to printStars(2)
printStars(2) has nothing more to do and returns to printTriangle(2)
printTriangle(2) prints a linebreak and returns to printTriangle(3)
...

A: I will hopefully answer your question by providing both a written and visual explanation:
Written:
First we start with printTriangle(5). Since n < 1 is false, we continue by doing printTriangle(4). This process continues until we reach printTriangle(0). Since printTriangle(0) will not output anything (since 0 < 1 is true), we start with printTriangle(1):
From printTriangle(1) we go to printStars(1). We can only print one star from here. After we do this, we print a newline. Next, we have printTriangle(2) which leads us into printStars(2). This gives 1 star, but leads into printStars(1) which gives us a second star and a newline. This process continues until we reach our 5 stars.
Visual Representation:

I hope this helped answer your question! Please let me know if you need further clarification or details :)


Monday, early in the morning in Happy Valley. I have just done one minute of Level 1 burpees. Savouring the one minute recovery. Five exercises down and another three to go.
First day of the challenge and I'm in the middle of the 90 Day Revamp fitness test. Although I'm feeling the burn and starting to slow down I'm highly motivated. Thirty minutes ago a friend and trainee took the test and did very well. Feel like I have to step it up to keep up with him.
Also there is my fellow trainer and opponent.
and has been trash talking me for days.
Beep goes my stopwatch, recovery time over and I move on to one minute of push up jacks.
Another pick me up were my before pics and body fat measurements I took this morning. Gosh, I looked like lifeless cheddar in the cold bathroom light.
I'm struggling with the last few reps of low plank oblique. Last twenty seconds feels like ages and my hip flexors are on fire. I hear the liberating beep of my stopwatch and lie on the floor almost forgetting how many reps I've just done. I scrawl the number on my damp stats form.
Ok, it's just natural that I feel like I could have done better. As expected my weakness are my weak hip flexors and tight hamstrings affecting kicks and vertical jumps. And maybe I should not have had those few glasses Shiraz yesterday. Well,... no use to cry over spilled wine... milk, whatever.
There's no other way but up, right? Now it's your turn.
Thanks luv. Good luck on your challenge! Keep at it.
Gal, you rock! A 90 challenge to you is a not challenge :) Great stuff!
Carmen, thanks for your support. Motivation boost!


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Human emotions, such as greed and fear, have always moved markets. Money can be made betting with or against the crowd, so measuring the mood of the masses online can be just as valuable as tracking price-to-earnings ratios, corporate profits and interest rates. The new trend on Wall Street for deciphering if the populace and investing public is in a positive or negative state of mind is computer-driven text analysis of the millions of real-time tweets and posts that flood social-networking sites.
Online surveillance of social-networking sites is emerging as a must-have tool for hedge funds, big banks, high-frequency traders and black-box investment firms that run money via computer programs. The goal: to gather market intelligence from previously untapped sources.
This emerging tool works something like this: Are you feeling glum, fearful or anxious today? Or are you in a calm, happy, optimistic mood? If you share your state of mind with the digital world via a tweet on Twitter or a soul-baring post on Facebook, Wall Street probably knows how you — and millions of other people — are feeling, too, thanks to its growing use of linguistic analysis of online posts. This incoming psychological snapshot of the Twitterati, digerati and average Joe could prompt a computer program interpreting the data at a hedge fund to place a trade without human intervention in an attempt to profit from the information.
The conversation tying tweets and social media and stocks together has gotten louder ever since last fall, when an academic study at Indiana University in Bloomington found a correlation between the collective mood of millions of people identified by tweets and the direction of the Dow Jones industrial average.
How the Twitter trade works
Based on academic research at Indiana University, here is a snapshot of how measuring the public mood by analyzing Twitter tweets can be translated into an investment strategy:
1. Capture daily tweets.
2. Analyze tweets with mood-measurement tools.
3. Determine mood content of tweets (i.e., "positive" vs. "negative" or "calm" vs. "anxious").
4. If mood is positive or "calm" readings jump, buy stocks, because Dow is likely to rise three to four days later.
5. If mood is negative or "calm" readings plummet, sell stocks, because Dow is likely to fall three to four days later.
(IU study showed 86.7% accuracy rate in predicting the direction of the Dow three to four days later.)
Source: USA TODAY research
"We are in the early stages of a gold rush," says Johan Bollen, a professor of informatics at Indiana University and co-author of the study linking Twitter mood measurement to stock market performance. "If you would have told anyone 10 years ago that this data would be available, they would have called it science-fiction. We know that emotions play a significant role in markets," he says. Analyzing millions of tweets is akin to a "large-scale emotional thermometer for society as a whole."
Derwent Capital Markets, a London-based hedge fund, was so taken with Bollen's findings that it will soon launch a fund based on the methodology in his paper.
Interest in the marriage of social media and finance remains high. In March, a study done by a Ph.D. candidate at Pace University showed a positive correlation between stock price performance and the social-media "popularity" of well-known brands Starbucks, Coca-Cola and Nike. The Pace author, Arthur O'Connor, also found that brand popularity online may be a "lead indicator" of stock performance. And a team of economists at TUM School of Management, or Technical University of Munich, has created a website, TweetTrader.net, that attempts to profit from similar Twitter research.
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Have you found yourself without your girlfriend because she walked out on you? You are probably realizing how much you really loved her and want to get her back. Now that she is gone you understand how much she meant to you, so now you are asking "how do I get my ex girlfriend back?"
You must have done something to really upset her to make her walk out on you. Do you know what you did or is this a complete surprise. Many times a guy does not see the writing on the wall when the relationship is not going well. There may have been signs something was coming, she may have even talked to you about but you dismissed it.
Regardless she is gone and you want to get her back. First thing is take a good look at yourself to understand what you may have done. Be honest about it, you can even talk to friends who could give you an outsiders opinion about your relationship.
If you are at fault then its time to move on past that and make the necessary improvements in your life that will be needed to get your ex back. You need to fix whatever it was that caused her to leave, if you don't you would be wasting your time trying to get her, the two of you will only break up again if she came back.
When you first contact her you must make an apology for your mistakes and it better be from the heart. Tell her you now realize what you had done and regret your actions. That's all you need to do for now, leave her with that and take some time to get yourself back together, a few weeks would be about right. You could call just to see how she is doing during that time but keep the call short, don't push things just yet.


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El Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 2022, llamado oficialmente «LigaPro Betcris 2022» por motivos de patrocinio, fue la sexagésima cuarta (64.ª) edición de la Serie A del fútbol profesional ecuatoriano y la cuarta (4.ª) bajo la denominación de LigaPro. El torneo fue organizado por la Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador y consistió en un sistema de tres etapas. La primera y segunda etapa se desarrollaron con un sistema de todos contra todos, mientras que la tercera etapa consistió en una final ida y vuelta con los ganadores de cada etapa. Se otorgaron tres cupos para la Copa Libertadores 2023: campeón, subcampeón y primer mejor puntaje de la tabla general. Y cuatro para la Copa Sudamericana 2023, que fueron del segundo al quinto mejor puntaje de la tabla general.

Los clubes Cumbayá Fútbol Club, de la provincia de Pichincha, y Gualaceo Sporting Club, de la provincia de Azuay, fueron los planteles debutantes en la temporada. Además, el debut de ambos aumentó a sesenta la cifra total de equipos que alguna vez han jugado en primera división.

El campeón fue Aucas que consiguió su primer título en su historia en la Serie A del fútbol ecuatoriano.

Sistema de juego
El sistema de juego del Campeonato Nacional 2022 fue ratificado por parte de la LigaPro. Está compuesto de 3 etapas, se juega la misma modalidad con respecto a la temporada pasada.

El Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Serie A 2022, según lo establecido, fue jugado por 16 equipos que se disputaron el título en tres etapas. En total se jugaron 30 fechas que iniciaron en febrero además de la final en caso de ser necesario.

La primera etapa o fase uno del campeonato consistió de 15 jornadas. La modalidad fue de todos contra todos; el equipo que terminó en el primer lugar clasificó a la final de campeonato y a la Copa Libertadores.

La segunda etapa o fase dos del campeonato consistió de 15 jornadas. La modalidad fue de todos contra todos; el equipo que terminó en el primer lugar clasificó a la final de campeonato y a la Copa Libertadores.

Los ganadores de las dos etapas jugaron una final ida y vuelta que sirvió para proclamar el «campeón nacional». Si un equipo ganaba las dos etapas se proclamaba campeón de manera directa.

Así mismo para la clasificación para los torneos internacionales se tomó en cuenta una tabla acumulada después de las 30 fechas y los cupos se repartieron de la siguiente manera: para la Copa Libertadores 2023 clasificaron el campeón como Ecuador 1, el subcampeón como Ecuador 2, el primer mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada como Ecuador 3 y el último cupo a la Copa Libertadores (Ecuador 4) fue para el campeón, subcampeón o mejor ubicado de la Copa Ecuador 2022. Para la Copa Sudamericana 2023 clasificaron: el segundo mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada como Ecuador 1, el tercer mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada como Ecuador 2, el cuarto mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada como Ecuador 3 y el quinto mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada como Ecuador 4. Además el campeón disputó la Supercopa de Ecuador 2023.

La pérdida de categoría fue para los equipos que ocuparon los dos últimos puestos en la tabla acumulada (30 jornadas) y jugaron en la Serie B en el 2023.

Criterios de desempate
El orden de clasificación de los equipos al finalizar cada fase, se determinó en una tabla de cómputo general, de la siguiente manera:

 1) Mayor cantidad de puntos.
 2) Mayor diferencia de goles; en caso de igualdad;
 3) Mayor cantidad de goles a favor; en caso de igualdad;
 4) Mejor performance en los partidos que se enfrentaron entre sí en cada etapa; en caso de igualdad;
 5) Sorteo público.

Relevo anual de clubes
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|}

Equipos participantes

Equipos por ubicación geográfica

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Altas y bajas

Cambio de entrenadores

Primera etapa

Segunda etapa

Primera etapa

Clasificación

Evolución de la clasificación

Resultados

 Los horarios corresponden al huso horario de Ecuador: (UTC-5).

Segunda etapa

Clasificación

Evolución de la clasificación

Resultados

 Los horarios corresponden al huso horario de Ecuador: (UTC-5).

Tabla acumulada

Clasificación

Evolución de la clasificación

Tabla de resultados cruzados

Tercera etapa

Final

 Los horarios corresponden a la hora de Ecuador (UTC-5).

Ida
{{Partidos
|id          = BAR_AUC
|local       = Barcelona
|resultado   = 0:1' (0:0)
|visita      = Aucas
|fecha       = , 16:00
|estadio     = Estadio Monumental
|ciudad      = Guayaquil
|refe        = Augusto Aragón
|var         = Bryan Loayza
|asistencia  = 35079
|golesvisita = Vega
|reporte     = https://www.ligapro.ec/match?competition=587&match=2334744&season=2022 LigaPro
|reporte2    = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/11/06/ecuador/primera-a/barcelona-sporting-club-guayaquil/sociedad-deportiva-aucas/3979262/ Soccerway
}}

 Vuelta

 Aucas ganó 1-0 en el marcador global. Clasificación a torneos Conmebol
 Copa Libertadores 2023

 Copa Sudamericana 2023

 Goleadores
 Actualizado el .

 Tripletes, pokers o más
 Actualizado el .

 Autogoles
 Actualizado el .''

Máximos asistentes
 Actualizado el .

Estadísticas

Galardones
La Liga Profesional de Fútbol entregó unos premios mensuales y al finalizar cada fase a los mejores jugadores, a través de uno de sus patrocinadores, Marathon Sports.

Véase también
 Serie B de Ecuador
 Serie B de Ecuador 2022
 Segunda Categoría de Ecuador 2022
 Temporada 2022 del fútbol ecuatoriano
 Copa Ecuador 2022
 Súperliga Femenina de Ecuador 2022
 Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol
 Deporte en Ecuador
 Clubes ecuatorianos en torneos internacionales

Notas

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol
 Sitio web oficial LigaPro

2022
Deporte en Ecuador en 2022
Fútbol en 2022
Temporada 2022 de fútbol en Ecuador


A collective border management initiative between Afghanistan and Pakistan has remained a disputed issue. Pakistan– often questioned for its role in managing cross border movements— has on several occasions, pitched the idea of reforming the unregulated soft border concept to a more vigilantly monitored zone.
However, most of these initiatives have not been properly implemented owing to local grievances and due to a significant portion of Afghan leadership capitalising on ethnic sentiments.
Last year too; despite Pakistan intimating Afghan political elite well in advance- the construction of gates at Torkham crossing– brought forth a low point in Pak-Afghan bilateral relations coupled with several clashes between the security forces on both sides.
Once again the start of this year sparked a series of terror attacks across Pakistan and refreshed the relevance of this issue. Stuck between a rock and a hard place; Pakistan was compelled to shut down its border with Afghanistan– which accentuated resentments of sorts on both sides.
Afghanistan– owing to its deep social and economic anchoring– and support from within Pakistan- perhaps also understands the need for a safe and stable border. The recent developments appear to indicate a silent recognition and cooperation from the Afghan side.
During the ECO summit in Islamabad the Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal urged the PM to reopen the borders in the spirit of regional integration. Taking his push for peace seriously he also hoped for positive outcomes from the Pak-Afghan London Talks- though the details of the discussions which took place mid March– have not yet been revealed. The statements issued after the talks suggest that cooperation on border management and collective efforts to counter terror were some of the focal points.
Following the talks, the crossings at Torkham and Chaman were re-opened with the requirement of proper travel documents set in place.
On the other hand, a growing recognition of regional terror groups collating with Al-Qaeda and IS, is leading to another convergence in collaborating on counterterror initiatives. The US intelligence reports have recently revealed concerns over the burgeoning terror footprints in Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan provinces. Pakistan– on its part has begun fencing areas adjacent to these 'high threat zones' primarily in Bajaur and Mohmand Agency.
However, immediately following the London Talks, JuA (Jamat ul Ahrar) launched an offensive attack in Kurram Agency and two more following the fencing commencement.
Whereas several political voices in Afghanistan continue to undermine these security measures by attributing alternate agendas to these moves- though it seems highly unlikely that these security measures have been initiated without the consent of the Afghan leadership.
But, these two core issues would still need to be properly addressed in order to consolidate recent initiatives by formulating an appropriate narrative coupled with a strong political engagement.
In Pakistan's case– the hysteria over sterner border management revolves around possible denting of human conditions and inviting increased backlashes from terror groups. The fact is that if these initiatives are successfully executed they could not only help in effectively countering terror but also discourage smuggling and drug trafficking. The overall impact will lead to improved sociao-economic conditions. Thus, essentially improving socio-economic conditions in the long run.
The hype needs to be subdued in order to amass public support for these initiatives, seal gaps for any undue grievances and minimize panic in the wake of any fading out terror attacks perpetrated by these groups to derail the peace process; such as the recent missile launches into Kurram agency by JuA– which exhibits desperation.
For that — enhanced and effective political unity in addressing and resolving these issues is essential.
For Afghanistan– reforming its narrative appears to be very essential. The border clashes between security forces that flare up following any such initiative appear to be closely related to impacts of a certain perpetrated sentiment. But, divided amongst various political pulls coupled with various power pulls this reform could be a much more complex issue for Afghanistan.
Therefore, a continued negative rhetoric as counterproductive as it maybe to the concept of any cooperation — is likely to continue for sometime along with a slight chance of possible one step forward two step backward act.
To resolve that— Pakistan may have to take the lead and help Afghanistan 'makeup its mind' and wake up from a dangerous dream.
Presently development aid for Afghanistan is pouring in from all corners of the world; but it is also coupled with the reality that repatriation of Afghan refugees is also being expedited globally; alongside a restlessness amongst big powers to resolve the Afghan crises appears to be increasing.
Pakistan should engage in a broad political dialogue with all significant stakeholders in Afghanistan to address the need for internal political unity, good governance and genuine development that would match the needs of its current residents and those returning back.
Pakistan, should also help it weigh the looming dangers incurred by consolidating paranoid sentiments of any major power amidst sensitive global changes and heightened concerns regarding terrorism.
Despite being shunned in the past, Pakistan should nonetheless, continue to help Afghanistan realise the advantages of geostrategic significance that finds natural harmony on several levels by maintaining a nonaligned stance and peacefully accommodating interests of big powers while respecting each other's national interests.
Lastly, the bilateral trust deficit requires attention and Afghanistan has to do its share. However, in the wake of a possibly more coherent relation with the US Pakistan needs to expedite improving ties with Afghanistan and utilise improved security initiatives to carefully expand political and economic engagements with its neighbor.


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Meet stats man Ed Lewis
As director of baseball analytics and research for Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks, Ed Lewis generates winning strategies that are anything but by the numbers
"I look for every insight I can glean…to create a winning edge," says Ed Lewis, Arizona Diamondbacks director of baseball analytics and research.
By Benjamin Gleisser
Although Ed Lewis '70 VM, DVM '72 doesn't swing a bat or shag fly balls, he plays a key role in his team's success. As director of baseball analytics and research for the Arizona Diamondbacks—the first to hold that position for the team—Lewis mixes the science of statistics with the capriciousness of America's national pastime to craft winning formulas for the team.
"The purpose of keeping statistics is to identify meaningful patterns," Lewis explains from his book-lined office at Chase Field, the National League franchise's home in Phoenix.
"We have the technology to measure every aspect of every pitch to the decimal point. We can track the vertical movement of the ball as it leaves the pitcher's hand, the horizontal movement, the velocity of the pitch, the velocity of the ball coming off the bat, the trajectory of the hit ball. Mountains of data emerge from each game, and I look for every insight I can glean from those numbers to create a winning edge. You can bet the other team does, too."
And most people assume baseball is simply a matter of tracking hits, runs and outs.
The wild card is the human element—the unpredictability of the batter who connects for a triple because the shortstop misjudged the ball as it hopped through the infield and struck a divot.
"There are aspects of the game you just can't quantify," Lewis acknowledges. "That's the magic of baseball. What I track is the science."
After each contest, Lewis breaks down the numbers and circulates reports among Diamondbacks coaches, who incorporate his findings into strategies for the next game.
Prior to a series, Lewis also creates a report on the opposing manager, providing Diamondbacks skipper Chip Hale with insight into how his counterpart may react in certain situations, so Hale can plan accordingly.
Scouting on that order of magnitude relies more on psychology than numbers, Lewis admits. "When you stu–dy people, you often notice ingrained patterns they've created for themselves," he elaborates. "Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver kept little cards in his pocket to take notes on the strategies of other managers. He once said, 'A good manager is always thinking what he's thinking you're thinking.'"
Lewis forged a circuitous path to the Major Leagues. Growing up on Chicago's South Side, he was a die-hard fan of the American League's White Sox, and played catcher and second base in Little League, dreaming of one day seeing his image on a baseball card. He combined a love of math, science and animal medicine in college and, after earning his DVM, opened a private veterinary practice.
All the while, baseball and numbers remained a part of his life. Lewis held season tickets to White Sox games and dabbled in the stock market, weathering numerous economic storms and eventually selling his practice in 1990.
Prior to that, in 1979, he met then-White Sox manager Tony La Russa, an animal lover who had founded an animal rescue foundation in California. The two became friends, and when La Russa was named manager of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals in 1996, he inquired as to whether Lewis would like to scout the manager of the Houston Astros.
"As a former American League manager, Tony didn't have much information on opposing National League managers," Lewis recalls. La Russa later appointed Lewis to administrate Cardinals Care, the team's charity organization. When La Russa became chief baseball officer for the Diamondbacks in 2014, he recruited Lewis to run the organization's newly created analytics department. Having recently added two interns to assist him, Lewis says he was surprised by the caliber of candidates vying for the positions.
"I reviewed resumes from hundreds of applicants versed in analytics from schools such as Harvard, Yale and Massachusetts Institute of Technology," he says. "One applicant held a Ph.D. in electrical engineering that could have earned him more than $200,000, but he applied for a minimum-wage job because of his love for baseball."
But one game this numbers man won't play is the lottery. "I'm a percentages guy," Lewis says. "I've never bought a scratch-off ticket and never put a nickel in a slot machine. That's not a good deal. There's no bigger gamble than the stock market—that's the world's biggest poker game, and for 10 years, I was in the middle of it."
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The Ito is Daniel's favorite rod as well as that of many of the most experienced tenkara anglers. Yet, people are intimidated by its length. Listen to this episode to learn about what makes the Ito a favorite of so many anglers and why you should give it a try!
customer base, dealers and entry level fly fishers. My wife, son and I continue to be faithful ambassadors as we encounter inquiries on steams and rivers in North Carolina. Your customer service serves as a no-brainer while explaining where to purchase a Tenkara rod for someone new to the technique. T.J. and John have always been helpful when I have requested information as well as yourself.
Great product, great staff and great service.
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Glyphosate under fire from San Francisco to Sri Lanka
Argentina's soybean industry uses huge quantitities of glyphosate
Glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide and the active ingredient in Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup, is the subject of fierce controversy all across the globe and is classified by the World Health Organization as "probably" being carcinogenic.
After a US court on Friday ordered Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million in compensation to a groundskeeper who was diagnosed with cancer after repeatedly using Roundup, here is the state of play regarding lawsuits and restrictions on the use of glyphosate around the world:
A San Francisco court ordered Monsanto to pay $250 million in punitive damages and nearly $40 million in compensatory damages and other costs to Dewayne Johnson, a California groundskeeper diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma—a cancer that affects white blood cells—2014. He says he repeatedly used a professional version of Roundup while working at a school in Benicia, California.
The jurors unanimously found that Monsanto—which vowed to appeal—acted with "malice" and that its weed killers Roundup and the professional grade version RangerPro contributed "substantially" to Dewayne Johnson's terminal illness.
Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Monsanto, all at varying stages of the legal process.
The agrochemicals giant insisted that the court decision "does not change the fact that more than 800 scientific studies and reviews... support the fact that glyphosate does not cause cancer, and did not cause Mr Johnson's cancer."
Germany's Bayer, which acquired Monsanto for $63 billion in June, said Saturday that it was "convinced that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer."
After two years after fierce debate, the EU member states decided, at the end of 2017, to renew the licence for glyphosate for another five years.
The EU's executive body, the European Commission, points to the approval of glyphosate by its two scientific agencies, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency, which do not classify the substance as carcinogenic.
But the independence of EFSA has been questioned after media suggested that pages of its report were copied and pasted from analyses in a Monsanto study.
The French government promised in May that glyphosate would be banned "for its main uses" by 2021, and "for all of its uses" within five years.
In June, a beekeeping cooperative in northern France filed a legal complaint against Bayer after traces of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate were detected in batches of honey.
In the autumn of 2017, a French judge who was due to sentence environmental activists for vandalising cans containing glyphosate, asked for advice from the EU regarding the dangerousness of the substance.
In 2009, France's highest court, the Court of Cassation, fined Monsanto 15,000 euros ($17,100) for "false adverts" that vaunted the weedkiller Roundup as "biodegradable".
The world's third-biggest producer of soybeans after the United States and Brazil, Argentina uses vast quantities of glyphosate.
In some fertile plans in Pampa, concerned inhabitants clash almost daily with the farmers for whom the product is indispensible.
Without nationwide legislation, the mayors of individual towns and cities have passed measures restricting use of glyphosate. Farmers generally contest the measures, raising tensions further.
At the beginning of August, a federal judge in Brasilia ruled that new products containing glyphosate could not be registered in the country. Existing regulations concerning glyphosate were also suspended, pending a government reevaluation of toxicological data.
The Brazilian government plans to appeal that decision before the next harvest.
As the biggest economy and agricultural producer in Latin America, Brazil widely uses glyphosate-based herbicides, particularly in soybean plantations.
Parliament voted in September 2013 to pull 53 agrochemical products, including herbicides and pesticides, from the market.
The decision was partially annulled by the president at the time, Mauricio Funes. He asked that 11 of the 53 products not be pulled on the grounds that they are widely used and that they are not banned at an international level.
A technical committee was set up, but there have been major changes to the situation in five years. Glyphosate is still on sale in Salvador.
The Sri Lankan government banned imports of glyphosate in October 2015 following a campaign spearheaded by a Buddhist monk.
Agricultural organisations criticise the government for not having conducted other scientific research, calculating that the ban cost them 10 percent of the 300 millions of kilogrammes of tea products annually.
In July, the government lifted the import ban but restricted the use of glyphosate on tea and rubber plantations.
Brazil wrestles with ban of controversial weed killer
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Back in October, I wrote about discovering that my youngest daughter had come to this earth carrying wounds from a previous womb experience. She had been aborted by another mother. As I explained in my previous post, my daughter spent much of her toddlerhood in a state of distress, anger, sadness, and angst. Once I understood why, I felt compelled to do whatever I could to help her heal.
In June of 2013, I attended a meditation retreat taught by Felice. While there, I learned the meditation "Ra Ma Da Sa" for the first time. I learned that this particular meditation is a powerful healing prayer. We sang Ra Ma Da Sa at the retreat, and it was so beautiful that it penetrated every inch of my body and sent my spirit soaring.
This is the light of Christ. As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made. As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made; As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made; And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you stand. And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings; Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space—The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God.
All healing comes from Christ, and His light infuses and gives life to everyone and every thing in the universe.
After returning home after our summer trip to UT, I decided that I wanted to sing/chant "Ra Ma Da Sa" every morning for 40 days with the intention of helping my daughter heal from her prebirth wounds. So I did. And it was life-changing.
Before I tell you more, I want to also explain some more background. I learned when my daughter was born that she was likely originally sharing my womb with a twin. Since then, I have received line upon line more and more information about her twin, my unborn son. I feel he is a powerful healer-soul, his name is Elijah, and he very much wants to come to our family, in part because he is very close with my daughter and his presence will help her (and me).
Four days into my 40 days of "Ra Ma Da Sa" I had a powerful "vision" type of experience while meditating. It was early in the morning and my daughter was still asleep. As I chanted on her behalf, I envisioned where she was and sent my love to her. Then I saw (in my mind) my unborn son, Elijah, appear at her side. He laid down by her. And then, suddenly, it was like her spirit was in pieces floating around her body. Elijah started gathering all the pieces of her spirit in the palm of his hand.
A few moments later, the Savior appeared at the foot of the bed. And Elijah handed all the pieces of her spirit to Christ. In the palms of Christ's hands, the pieces fused together in white light. Elijah gathered more and more pieces and continued handing them to Christ, and in His hands they continued to glow and combine.
At the end of the meditation, I kept feeling the urge to cup my hands to receive her glowing spirit. Finally I did. I held her re-combined spirit in my palms. Then I put my hands to my chest and put her spirit into my heart. I told her, "You can be whole now, Baby." And I filled my heart with love for her. Then I moved my hands from my chest, outstretched in front of me and set her free. It was amazing.
The next day, my daughter was awake while I meditated. When I started "Ra Ma Da Sa," she sat on my lap and grabbed my arms to wrap them around her. So I sat chanting with my arms around her until she got up. A little bit later she came back in with her baby doll. At first she pushed her doll toward me and put its arms around my neck. Then she sat down in my lap with the baby on her lap and told me to hold the baby. So I continued chanting with my hands holding her arms and both of our arms around the baby. At that moment it seemed so clear that she was presenting the baby doll as her inner child—the spirit who had experienced prenatal and premortal traumas. And we were cradling that part of her in our arms while I prayed for her in song. It was only one of many beautiful, tender moments we shared during those 40 days.
There were many days, however, when my daughter's behavior seemed to be getting worse. Her anger, neediness, screaming, and obvious emotional pain weighed heavily on me, and I wondered, If this meditation is supposed to be helping her then why does she seem worse than ever? But I carried on, hoping things would settle down eventually. Sometimes the process of healing stirs up subconscious resistance.
For 40 days I prayed in song for my daughter's healing. And slowly, bit by bit, it came. Gradually, her energy shifted. The angst that had been so much a part of her presence dissolved little by little until it was just gone. She was, quite literally, a new child. But it wasn't just her. We were all new. She opened herself up to connect with her father in a way she hadn't ever done before. And simultaneously, my husband felt an intense love for our daughter, unlike anything he had felt for her before. It brought him nearly to tears when he told me about it, and he doesn't cry.
Once freed from her pain, we watched my daughter soar. While she hadn't been very verbal before, she suddenly began speaking in sentences. She blossomed socially, becoming a much more chatty and talkative companion. Where I used to feel weighed down by the pain radiating from her, I now could feel her peace and joy. Extended family members who visited couldn't believe the change in her. She was free!
When I discovered that my daughter had been aborted, it made sense to me why she is the way she is and the love I needed to show her. But I was thinking, why would her soul need healing if she was in heaven in Christ's presence? Wouldn't you think being in his presence would heal those wounds?
In many near-death experience accounts, we see that individuals are often given a choice of whether to return to their bodies or remain in heaven. I believe this emphasis on freedom of choice is a universal principle in God's plan. As I pondered the aborted children waiting in heaven, the impression that came to me was that some of them are completely healed by Divine Love. But I felt impressed that it was all governed by choice. Some of those children choose to receive complete healing of their previous womb trauma. Their pain and sadness are completely swept away.
However, I believe the aborted are also given another option: to retain a portion of their memory of the experience and their pain upon returning to Earth. I feel that some of these children accept a mission to bring to light the reality of their existence and the truth about the trauma experienced by the aborted. They retain their "scars" just as Christ chose to retain His scars… as a testament to the world. They take up this bitter cup in order to share their truth so that future souls can perhaps be saved the anguish they have suffered.
When all of these impressions washed over me, I was in awe of these courageous souls. I began to weep as I looked down at my own daughter, recognizing the immense greatness of her soul, willing to carry such a painful burden so that others might know the truth. What strength! What love!
What a privilege to have been chosen to bear her, love her, and play a small part in helping her heal. I pray her experience and mine will aid others in their own paths to healing.
and try it yourself, see Felice's post HERE.
Lani, thank you for sharing so much of your heart and soul, for sharing such a personal and sacred experience. I I know it will bless many.
What a powerful experience Lani. So touching and insightful.
This is so beautiful. Thanks for having the courage to share such an amazing experience. I too love Ra Ma Da Sa chant and have seen the healing our faith in Christ can bring. This song just resonates love.
This is so absolutely beautiful, Lani. I so appreciate you sharing the vision of your daughter's spirit being healed. As I've done Ra Ma Da Sa, I knew the parts of my spirit that had been shattered were being healed, but I never knew exactly how–just that this meditation was very powerful and made my tears flow almost every time. Because of this post I have started a new 40 days of Ra Ma Da Sa for my husband and son. I love visualizing the parts of their spirits being gathered and healed by the Savior.


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Disney Cruise Line's Onboard Booking Policy Now to Include Block Out Dates
Posted on December 20, 2013 by Scott Sanders — 4 Comments ↓
Effective December 13, 2013, Disney Cruise Line's onboard rebooking policy was modified to include block out dates. The new block out dates are not necessarily exclusive to holidays. The policy now states, for these sailings only, you will not receive the 10% discount, but will still receive onboard credit. Rest assured, if you have a cruise booked during one of the holiday dates and you keep this sailing, you will be unaffected by this latest change. If you decide to move your existing onboard booking to a blocked out date, you keep the onboard credit, but will lose the discount.
The new onboard booking policy as of January 2014 is as follows:
Offer valid for Categories 4-11 only. Offer not valid for concierge level categories, IGT, OGT, and VGT categories with Restrictions and 2-night cruises. All staterooms must be booked and deposit paid while onboard. Cancellation and deposit policies vary by itinerary, sailings 6-nights or less are not eligible for a reduced deposit; 7-night sailings and longer are eligible for a reduced deposit. Other discounts do not apply. This offer is limited to two staterooms on one future cruise date (per household sailing). Additional staterooms may be booked at the current prevailing rates. This offer is non-transferable; name changes may be made so long as one adult on the original reservation remains on the reservation. Guests making a booking onboard must sail within 18 months after the date the origin booking was made on board. Block out dates for this offer apply; 2014 dates not eligible for this offer include: Disney Fantasy 2/15, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/31, 6/14, 6/21, 12/20, 12/27; Disney Dream 4/13, 4/17, 4/20, 6/29, 7/3, 7/6, 12/22, 12/29; Disney Wonder 4/13, 4/18, 4/23, 5/17, 5/19, 6/30, 12/21, 12/26, 12/30; Disney Magic 4/14, 4/18, 4/21, 7/14, 7/26, 12/21, 12/28; 2015 dates not eligible for this offer include; Disney Fantasy 3/28, 4/4; Disney Dream 3/30, 4/3, 4/6; Disney Wonder 3/29, 4/3′ Disney Magic 3/29, 4/5.
Below is a copy of the flyer that is available onboard promoting the onboard bookings and a complete summary of each ship's block out sailings by itinerary.
Disney Magic Sailings
3-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Magic Itinerary A from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • Nassau • Disney's Castaway Cay
4-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Magic – Itinerary B from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • Nassau • Disney's Castaway Cay • At Sea
4/14/2014, 4/21/2014
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Magic – Itinerary A from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • Key West, FL • At Sea • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands • Cozumel, Mexico • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
12/21/2014, 3/29/2015
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Magic – Itinerary B from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • At Sea • Cozumel, Mexico • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands • Falmouth, Jamaica • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
12/28/2014, 4/5/2015
12-Night Mediterranean Cruise (with Greece) on Disney Magic – Itinerary A from Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain • Villefranche, France • La Spezia, Italy • Civitavecchia, Italy • At Sea • At Sea • Piraeus, Greece • Kusadasi, Turkey • Mykonos, Greece • At Sea • Valletta, Malta • At Sea
12-Night Mediterranean Cruise (with Greece) on Disney Magic – Itinerary D (Venice to Barcelona) from Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy • At Sea • At Sea • Piraeus, Greece • Kusadasi, Turkey • Rhodes, Greece (Greek Isles) • Heraklion (Crete), Greece • Mykonos, Greece • Santorini, Greece • At Sea • Valletta, Malta • At Sea
Disney Wonder Blocked Out Sailings
2-Night Weekend Getaway Cruise Disney Wonder from San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA • At Sea
4-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Wonder – Itinerary B from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • Disney's Castaway Cay • Nassau • Key West, FL
4-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Wonder- Itinerary E from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • At Sea • Nassau • Disney's Castaway Cay
5-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Wonder – Itinerary C from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • Disney's Castaway Cay • Nassau • At Sea • Key West, FL
5-Night San Diego to Vancouver Cruise Disney Wonder from San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA • At Sea • San Francisco, CA • At Sea • At Sea
5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder – Itinerary A from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • At Sea • Cozumel, Mexico • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
4/13/2014, 12/21/2014, 3/29/2015
5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder – Itinerary B from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • At Sea • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands • Cozumel, Mexico • At Sea
5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder – Itinerary C from Miami, FL
Miami, FL • At Sea • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
7-Night Alaskan Cruise – Itinerary A from Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver, Canada • At Sea • Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska • Skagway, Alaska • Juneau, Alaska • Ketchikan, Alaska • At Sea
Disney Dream Blocked Out Sailings
3-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Dream Itinerary A from Port Canaveral, FL
4/17/2014, 7/3/2014, 4/3/2015
4-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Dream – Itinerary A from Port Canaveral, FL
4/13/2014, 4/20/2014, 6/29/2014, 7/6/2014, 12/22/2014, 3/30/2015, 4/6/2015
4-Night Bahamian Cruise on Disney Dream – Itinerary B from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • Nassau • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
Disney Dream Sailings
Disney Fantasy Sailings
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary A from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • At Sea • At Sea • St. Maarten • St. Thomas (w. St. John excursions) • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
3/8/2014, 4/5/2014, 4/19/2014, 5/31/2014, 6/14/2014
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary B from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • At Sea • At Sea • St. Thomas (w. St. John excursions) • San Juan, Puerto Rico • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary C from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • At Sea • At Sea • St. Maarten • San Juan, Puerto Rico • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary B from Port Canaveral, FL
Port Canaveral, FL • At Sea • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands • Costa Maya, Mexico • Cozumel, Mexico • At Sea • Disney's Castaway Cay
2/15/2014, 3/15/2014, 3/29/2014, 4/12/2014, 4/26/2014
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary C from Port Canaveral, FL
This is the second change to the Onboard Booking Policy in as many months. In November, the onboard booking policy was modified to add an 18-month expiration date. As with anything, these dates are subject to change at anytime without notice. I would not be surprised to see more block out dates added.
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4 Replies to "Disney Cruise Line's Onboard Booking Policy Now to Include Block Out Dates"
Lisa December 21, 2013 at 6:58 pm
As much as I love Disney, the loss of the 10% discount might just drive to sample other cruise lines when the price differential becomes too large. Sad.
JIm December 23, 2013 at 6:49 pm
Sounds like business must be good for DCL, they seem to be focusing more on first time DCL cruisers then return cruisers
Glenys Matthews January 1, 2014 at 10:16 am
Really enjoy the Disney Fantasy and will be traveling on my second cruise in April. I never booked this cruise on board to take advantage of the discount but was planning to book again for Dec this year taking advantage of the discount. Now with the blackout period, I am reconsidering going again this year.
FellowCollector January 6, 2014 at 2:03 pm
3 questions based on this new blackout policy as well as the 1 booking limitation and onboard reduced deposit revisions:
1. How many cruises can be booked onboard back-to-back without limitation? For example, is it just 2, or could it be back-to-back-to back 3 or even back-to-back-to-back-to-back 4? We are really considering doing a month onboard by using all our annual vacation at once, but want to be in the same cabin (which is probably why DCL allows this exception).
2. If the first part of the back-to-back booking is not a blackout sailing, but the next part is, will the blackout still apply to the second cruise? Or, hopefully, will the first cruise apply as the start date, making the blackout date discountable by 10%?
3. Is each sailing a separate reservation number so if we had to move one of the sailings in the back-to-back, it would be possible without effecting the other sailings?


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Integrated systems solution helps Norwegian Coastal Administration power ahead
NORWEGIAN COASTAL ADMINISTRATION
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Hybrid Power Propulsion System
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) selected a Kongsberg hybrid propulsion configuration as part of a fleet renewal programme to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
Reliability and efficiency
Kongsberg Maritime worked with NCA on power, propulsion, dynamic positioning (DP) and systems integration for the third and fourth ship in the five-vessel newbuild programme, Bøkfjord and Ryvingen, both built by Norway's Fitjar Mekaniske Verft.
The battery pack installed on the Ryvingen has a 2,000kWh capacity, a substantial increase on the 850kWh capacity battery installed aboard its younger sister Bøkfjord. It also has twice the capacity of Norway's first fully electric car and passenger ferry, Ampere.
While Bøkfjord sailed 10,000 nautical miles in its first year of services, in 2016, and showed a significant reduction in fuel consumption compared with the first pair of vessels, Kongsberg took technological developments a step further for the next vessel in the series, the slightly larger Ryvingen.
"The analysis gives us and NCA a much more precise picture of what is required of the power and propulsion system to enable the new vessel to perform its wide-ranging duties with the minimum of energy consumption and emissions. This led us to a radically different solution centred on the SAVeCube integrated DC switchboard with a single medium-speed diesel engine, two batteries and PM azimuth thrusters." Bjørn-Erik Osmark, Kongsberg Maritime, Digital & Systems
Big data provides insight for optimisation
A broad breakdown of the operating profile for the NCA vessels showed that 28 per cent of the time was spent in DP mode, 20 per cent in transit and 52 per cent in harbour. To allow the parameters for the integrated hybrid system to be set correctly, a much more detailed analysis was made.
The larger battery capacity installed on Ryvingen allows the vessel to run on battery power alone for several hours, without using the diesel engine. Also, the batteries provide power when the vessel is docked and can be recharged using an onshore power supply.
In addition to the hybrid system's two generators and the battery packs, Kongsberg also supplied Bergen engines, permanent-magnet azimuth propulsion propellers and thrusters, the automation system, Dynamic Positioning (DP), control systems, and the SAVe CUBE electrical system.
SAVeCube houses the DC bus, all drives and frequency converters in a single cabinet, allowing the two 1,500kWh batteries to be easily connected to the DC system and the engine to run at variable speeds to optimise its efficiency. Ryvingen's 3MWh of energy storage is probably the largest installed to date in a vessel of this size range.
Based on positive experiences its first hybrid-powered vessel, the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) decided to significantly increase battery power in the next vessel in its new building programme.


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Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and -- above all -- love, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.
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'Assassins' Rehearsal Photos
November 5, 2014 • Category: Assassins, Gallery, Stage Work 1
Official rehearsal photos from Assassins have been released, showing a sneak peek of the cast from the upcoming Menier Chocolate Factory's production in action. In all the photos, we see Aaron Tveit – who plays John Wilkes Booth – appropriately wielding a gun. His co-star and fellow lead Catherine Tate is also pictured in the full set of pictures, available courtesy of West End Frame.
Four HQ photos of Aaron have been added to the gallery. Previews for Assassins begin November 21st; tickets are still available at Menier's website.
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Love the long hair ,and the mustache & beard Aaron looks great
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The Valley of the Thanes was located in Thorbardin and was the burial place of the residents of it. It is a sheltered valley that is inaccessible from the outside because of its sheer cliffs and its original name was Deadfall Valley. Along the cliffs there are several screw and plug gates that contain the remains of former thanes. Much of the ground was covered with the cairns or tombs of dwarves.
Colin Stonetooth's son-in-law Willen Ironmaul chose the valley as a place for Colin following his death. Other thanes and citizens of Thorbardin have followed this example and the valley has become a sacred place to all dwarves. The Tomb of Grallen and Duncan's Tomb were also located in the Valley of the Thanes.
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You may be surprised to learn that teaching yoga is not in fact my 'day job'. I work for the U.K. Civil Service, leading the delivery of the Government's 25-Year Environment Plan. The Civil Service is committed to enabling its employees to 'give something back' to communities through three days a year special paid leave for volunteering. Not only does this help those in our communities,, but also develops new skills and experiences.
The Government's Civil Service Local initiative bring's together volunteers from Government departments and agencies within our regions across the U.K. This includes by delivering voluntary projects that improve the life chances of those that are most vulnerable within our society. This includes through a very active schools-programme.
I volunteered to spend two days this week with the Civil Service Local team in Bristol. I joined over 140 volunteers from across Government at Bristol's 'Raising Aspirations' schools careers event for 13 & 14-year olds. The Cabot Learning Federation hosts the impressive event at the University of the West of England. Over 2,000 pupils from Bristol schools and academies attend, raising awareness on the career choices on offer to them.
I found the event truly inspiring. I volunteered in the 'Employability' zone. This included running eight sessions that equipped the pupils with skills to prepare for the world of work. For example, how to create a good first impression at an interview, team building exercises, including the always fun 'Helium Stick' game and quizzes on the civil service.
As a yoga teacher, I also volunteered to run a short yoga sequence at the end of each session. Teaching yoga to 250 pupils at each session brought some unique challenges, such as being able to be seen and heard by all in the room. With so much emphasis during the days on the future, I framed the yoga sessions to bring the pupils back to the present. I taught a standing and chair sequence they could apply in their everyday lives.
The pupils actively engaged in all exercises, and it was a pleasure to work with them all. To learn more about their early career aspirations, and provide insights that will hopefully inform their choices – not just over the long-term, but their more pressing need to secure relevant work experience placements. Seeing the glint in their eyes (rather than glazed expressions!), it was clear that Bristol has a bright future in their hands.
The organisers received very positive feedback from many of the schools that attended. I separately received this reply from Hanham Woods Academy which was heart-warming.
" Thank you so much for the time you spent with our students. A student shook my hand today because they wanted to after practicing it yesterday".
Volunteering at this event has lit a spark for me. I would love to run more yoga in schools, particularly for teens. Being a teen is such an impressionable, and challenging age. There's a risk that our children fall between the cracks in the system as they transition to becoming young adults.
My previous blog posts on enabling children to realise their potential reflect this. It is all the more important therefore that we support positive physical and mental health & wellbeing for children and young people. This includes through yoga to support their career aspirations.