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Top tips for older writers who want to write a memoir
As an older adult, you have a wealth of wisdom and memories to share with the world – but sometimes fear can get in the way of putting yourself on the page. These tried-and-true tips will help you get started.
Finding the heart of your memoir
Unlike an autobiography, a memoir does not have to start in early childhood and cover the span of a lifetime. Therefore, it can be difficult to select a starting point or a theme to focus on. One concept that I've found to be incredibly helpful for my students is what Lisa Norton outlines in her book Shimmering Images. I encourage memoirists to write their most memorable experiences in whichever order they come up and use them to construct a longer story. Writers often discover the theme of their memoir after writing several of these scenes or vignettes.
For example, I had a student in a class for several years who felt like she couldn't focus on a theme to her story. But after reading so much of her work – which included making a big move across the country as a young woman and overcoming numerous roadblocks in her personal life – I pointed out that every incident she shared had a literal or metaphoric mountain for her to overcome. She was also an avid skier in her earlier days. The mountains represented challenges, triumphs, and joy for her, and she eventually used them as metaphors for her life journey.
Writing these "shimmering images" may sound simple, but quite often I hear from my students that the most vivid memories are often the most painful or embarrassing. My advice is to write about these incidents. Each writer decides which aspects of their lives to include in their memoir, of course, and some may choose to omit these stories entirely. However, I find that once the most nagging stories are written, it clears the mental cobwebs, so to speak, and allows for clarity while mining for other memories – which can ultimately lead to clarity about how to identify a theme for the memoir.
Making your life stories interesting to others
At least once a semester, students confess that they've lived what they believe to be painfully ordinary lives and don't think their stories are worth sharing. I point out that we have all lived through extraordinary times, and that fact alone makes everyone's story worth telling. For example: I often give a prompt asking students to write about a significant moment in politics. Many can recall – with great clarity and rich emotion – the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Some share stories of living in Germany or Italy when World War II ended and can describe rations their families received as if they were on the table in front of them. Others write about the time a family member or neighbor was drafted to Vietnam. Many students think younger generations don't or won't care about their life stories, but I disagree. Every story has value, and writing them with strong socio-political contexts can provide compelling sources of information about the past.
For example, in the introduction to The Autobiographer's Handbook: The 826 National Guide to Writing Your Memoir, edited by Jennifer Traig, Dave Eggers recounts his experience of reading the memoir of one of his ancestors. In it, he says, are tales of Thomas S. Hawkins making his way west to California in the 1860s and all of the trials and tribulations of leading a band of covered wagons across the Wild West. "In writing these recollections, I do so, not expecting or believing that there has been anything in my life that would be of interest to the general public," wrote Hawkins. Eggers' response to this statement is, "How nuts is that?"
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I am particularly interested in aquatic systems and have worked in marine systems in Jamaica, San Salvador (Bahamas), Mexico, Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia, and New England. I have also explored numerous freshwater lakes, streams, and rivers locally in Virginia and elsewhere, including: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oaxaca (Mexico), and Veracruz (Mexico).
My research interests are diverse. My master's work addressed larval fish ecology in southeastern floodplains. More recently, I have focused on the behavioral ecology of decision-making relative to foraging and mating decisions. For research subjects, I have studied many taxa including crickets, birds, fishes, and most recently, spiders.
Benson, K. and R. Souter. 2013. Reflections on the tapetum lucidum and eyshine in Lycosid spiders. Journal of Arachnology 41:43-52.
Benson, K. E. 2004. My brother's keeper: A case study in evolutionary biology and animal behavior. Journal of College Science Teaching. 34(2)40-45.
I have a laboratory population of Gambusia holbrooki, the eastern mosquitofish. This fish is native to the Northeastern United States and belongs to the livebearing family, Poeciliidae. Females of this species have a trait, the gravidity spot, that changes with reproductive status. I am testing some components of the adaptive value (the costs and benefits) of receptivity signaling. As an extension of some of my dissertation work on male-male competition in poeciliid fishes, I am examining the behavior of Gambusia manni, the Bahamian mosquitofish. These fishes, though similar to the eastern mosquitofish, use much more extreme (hypersaline) habitats, and are known to have a subocular bar, which is purported to be an aggressive signal.
I am also studying reproductive behavior in Pisaurid spiders. There are five species of interest (all of the genusDolomedes) that occur at our field site (Claytor Nature Study Center). With an undergraduate collaborator, I have demonstrated that males of D. scriptus can discern female mating status from silk. I am continuing to collaborate with a variety of other researchers on different facets of mating behavior and signaling in this genus.


It happens to everyone right about now: The luster of the new year has started to fade and those resolutions you were so excited about on January 1 are starting to feel like more and more work. But wait! Before you feel defeated or throw in the towel, know that there are a few tricks that can make sticking to your resolutions a whole lot easier.
Lose the "all or nothing" mindset. "People think they need to be perfect all the time, so when they have a cupcake because they were in the break room at work, they get upset and give up," says Darleen Barnard, a certified personal trainer based in Las Vegas and owner of Fit4Health. "Then they spiral from there, skipping the gym and having pizza for dinner." A better approach is to aim for an 80 percent success rate. "If you build in the expectation of a few treats or a day off from the gym, you won't feel like you're off-course when that happens," says Barnard.
Tap into your internal drive to be better. "You have a natural desire to become a better version of yourself," says Susan Weinschenk, PhD, a psychologist based in Wisconsin and chief behavioral scientist at The Team W. "But to make it work for you, you need a combination of control and freedom." For exercise, that might mean promising to do at least 10 minutes of purposeful movement every day, but what exactly that looks like is up to you. One day it might be jogging with your dog while another it can be bodyweight exercises before bed.
Avoid certain social settings. "Try to put yourself into an environment that's supportive of your goals whenever possible," says Fawkes. Maybe skip the trivia night where your friends will push you to eat chicken wings and pizza. Instead, reach out to your friend who loves working out and see if he or she'd be up for taking an exercise class together.
Turn it into a habit as fast as possible. "The thing about habits is the are powerful—you end up doing them every day automatically," says Weinschenk. "To start a new one, connect it to a habit that already exists and set up a visual cue so you aren't just relying on your memory." Want to start doing more strength training in the morning before getting ready for work? Hang a resistance band over your towel so you don't forget.


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The Mother Daughter Bond: Part 1
How the Travels of a Mother Inspired a Business Idea
Once upon a time, not long ago, there was a woman. She had a family, four kids of her own, two girls and two boys. She wasn't much different from any other woman you may see out there. She wasn't taller or shorter than many others, nor was she bigger or smaller. What was so special about the woman in our story is that she had a mission. She was determined to make a difference in the world. She would let nothing stand in her way. And so she did.
She had worked in a birth centre, taking care of children and their mothers. She had also taken care of her own. Until one day she felt it, it was like a call. She set off to the other side of the world to share what she learnt about birth with women out there. She travelled for years across a land called Myanmar, teaching Traditional Birth Assistants safer birthing practices. It wasn't always easy, to be far from home, in the midst of the unknown. But she was guided by purpose. She was filled with joy every time in front of her eyes a daughter became a mother. Witnessing that bond get sealed over and over again through different faces, different voices, different names but always with the same energy, like electricity. Women in the mountains, in the jungle and by the lake alike.
There one day, among the Intha people, the "children of the lake", she came across something curious. It was flower, called Lotus. The locals told her a fascinating story about it: every night, the Lotus flower closes its petals and dips under the murky surface of the lake, only to remerge from the dark the following morning, untouched and pure. "Every day of the flower is like a birth", she thought.
She then learnt that the locals picked the flowers and used the stems to make a cloth, raw to look at but soft at touch. The women of the lake, quiet and wise, spun silky threads out of the stems, with gentle movements and a serene air. They believed the fabric retained the flower's property of candour, resilience and purity and they deemed it worthy of kings and monks. "How curious and unusual! How charming!", she said, "I will take some back to England to show my daughters", and so she did. Little did she know that her tale about the women of the lake and that piece of cloth would be the beginning of a new journey, and that this time she would bring one of her daughters along.

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Q: Shared Preferences causing null pointer exception when switching fragments I am working on a fragment based Android app. In this app, it scrapes some information from websites and stores it in SharedPreferences to compare what the user wants to display. So the user enters some map that they are looking for, the app scrapes the web every 12 seconds and if it matches the users' input it sends a notification. Now this works on a timer which is a handler, when you switch fragments, after 12 seconds it stops and gives a null pointer exception.
Why is it doing this if it works fine when the fragment is active? Here is some of the code.
On Create Method
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // Inflate the layout for this fragment
  v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_map, container, false);

  textView = (AutoCompleteTextView) v.findViewById(R.id.map_list);

  final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, Maps1);
  textView.setThreshold(3);
  textView.setAdapter(adapter);
  mButton1 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.MapButton1);
  mButton2 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.MapButton2);
  mButton3 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.MapButton3);
  mButton1.setOnClickListener(onClick());
  mButton2.setOnClickListener(onClick());
  mButton3.setOnClickListener(onClick());
  dButton1 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.DeleMap1);
  dButton2 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.DeleMap2);
  dButton3 = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.DeleMap3);
  dButton1.setOnClickListener(onClick());
  dButton2.setOnClickListener(onClick());
  dButton3.setOnClickListener(onClick());

  MapTV1 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.topText1);
  MapTV2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.topText2);
  MapTV3 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.topText3);
  LowTV1 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.belowText1);
  LowTV2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.belowText2);
  LowTV3 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.belowText3);
  LowTV4 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.testView);

  final Handler handler = new Handler();
  Timer timer = new Timer();
  TimerTask doAsynchronousTask = new TimerTask() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
    handler.post(new Runnable() {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      public void run() {
        try {
          //new Description().execute();
          startTimer(120000);
        } catch (Exception e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        }
      }
    });
   }
  };
  timer.schedule(doAsynchronousTask, 0, 120000);

  //Notification area again *****************************************************************
  userNotification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(getActivity());
  userNotification.setAutoCancel(true);
  // Done ***********************************************************************************

  // Set user preferred maps on build *******************************************************
  SharedPreferences spFirstWanted = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("first_map", 17);
  String FirstWanted = spFirstWanted.getString("Firstwantedmap", "");
  MapTV1.setText(FirstWanted);

  SharedPreferences spSecondWanted = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("second_map", 18);
  String SecondWanted = spSecondWanted.getString("Secondwantedmap", "");
  MapTV2.setText(SecondWanted);

  SharedPreferences spThirdWanted = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("third_map", 19);
  String ThirdWanted = spThirdWanted.getString("Thirdwantedmap", "");
  MapTV3.setText(ThirdWanted);

  return v;
}

One of the Asynctasks that throws null pointer exception
class Medium extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
  String desc;

  protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
    try {
      Document document = Jsoup.connect(mediumURL).get();
      Element table = document.select("table").get(0); //select the first table.
      Elements rows = table.select("tr:eq(6) > td.infodata > a ");

      for (Element td : rows) {
        System.out.println("TD" + td.text());
        return (td.text());
      }
      //return (td.text());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return null;
  }

  protected void onPostExecute(final String result3) {
    if (!result3.equals(null)) {
      new CountDownTimer(6000, 1000) {
        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
        }

        public final void onFinish() {
          SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getActivity());
          //SharedPreferences sp = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("medium", 23);
          SharedPreferences.Editor sedt = sp.edit();
          sedt.putString("MediumMap", result3);
          sedt.commit();

        }
      }.start();
      LowTV4.setText(result3);

    } else if (result3.equals(null)) {
        MapTV3.setText("Choose a map");
    } else if (result3.equals("")) {
        MapTV3.setText("Choose a new map");
    }
  }
}

The timer
 private void startTimer(long milliseconds) {
   CountDownTimer counter = new CountDownTimer(milliseconds, 1200000){
     public void onTick(long millisUntilDone) {

     }

     public void onFinish() {
       new Description().execute(url);
       new Map2().execute(url2);
       new EasyTwo().execute(easyTwoURL);
       new Medium().execute(mediumURL);

       SharedPreferences spFirstWanted = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getActivity());
       String FirstWanted = spFirstWanted.getString("Firstwantedmap", "");

       SharedPreferences spSecondWanted = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("second_map", 18);
       String SecondWanted = spSecondWanted.getString("Secondwantedmap", "");

       SharedPreferences spThirdWanted = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("third_map", 19);
       String ThirdWanted = spThirdWanted.getString("Thirdwantedmap", "");

       MapTV3.setText(FirstWanted);

       SharedPreferences beginnerSP = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("beginner", 20);
       String BeginnerValue = beginnerSP.getString("BeginnerMap", "");

       SharedPreferences easySP = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("easy", 21);
       String EasyValue = easySP.getString("EasyMap", "");

       SharedPreferences easyTwoSP = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("easyTwo", 22);
       String EasyTwoValue = easyTwoSP.getString("EasyTwoMap", "");

       SharedPreferences mediumSP = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("medium", 23);
       String mediumValue = mediumSP.getString("MediumMap", "");

       //Toast.makeText(getActivity(),/*"beginner " + prefs2 + " and easy " + prefs3 + " and easy2 " + prefs4 +*/ " medium " + mediumValue,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

       if (BeginnerValue.equals(FirstWanted)) {
           setUserNotification(BeginnerValue, "Beginner");
       } else if(EasyValue.equals(FirstWanted)) {
           setUserNotification(EasyValue, "Easy");
       } else if(EasyTwoValue.equals(FirstWanted)) {
           setUserNotification(EasyTwoValue, "Easy Two");
       } else if(mediumValue.equals(FirstWanted)) {
           setUserNotification(mediumValue, "Medium");
       } else {
         System.out.print("They Don't Match!");
         LowTV3.setText("They don't match!");
       }
     }
   };
   counter.start();
 }

Some of the stuff just prints test stuff to the screen for now to make sure SharedPreferences is working, thanks for your help.
Error log
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Context.getPackageName()' on a null object reference
    at android.preference.PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferencesName(PreferenceManager.java:376)
    at android.preference.PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(PreferenceManager.java:371)
    at com.horizonservers.horizon.MapFragment$Medium$1.onFinish(MapFragment.java:658)
    at android.os.CountDownTimer$1.handleMessage(CountDownTimer.java:127)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7325)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)

A: It seems that the getActivity() return null after fragment is removed.
Therefore you should stock the value of getActivity() or getActivity().getApplicationContext() first. (Both in the Runnable instance and the Medium instance)
Then use the value instead of getActivity().

A: That is because SharedPreferences context got destroyed when switching fragment, so it's now pointing to a null object which was destroyed before.
Either use WeakReference or use a Singleton for a preference utility.
For a singleton preference utility, you can take a look at Prefs.java from  Pixplicity EasyPreferences.

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National Institute of Health: Niemann-Pick Disease
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
Hunter Ozmer: Hope for a Cure
By Rich Santoro and Andrew Knox
CBN.com – When Hunt and Annette Ozmer decided to have children, they didn't realize that they both carried a gene that would trigger an incredibly rare, life-threatening disease in their daughter.
The little known, but fatal disease is called Niemann-Pick.
There are only 500 known cases in the world. This genetic disease causes an enzyme deficiency. Over time, organs swell, nerves deteriorate and coordinated motor skills slow down.
When she was only 18 months old, doctors predicted that Hunter would not live much longer.
Hunt, her father says, "Doctors at the University of Virginia had indicated that she might not live past two or three years."
But Hunter has beaten the odds and surpassed that prediction by nearly two decades.
It wasn't until her late teens when the more devastating symptoms of Niemann-Pick finally hit.
But Hunter has taken each setback in stride, trusting in her Savior and Friend Jesus and praying that…
"… That God will take away this disease and that He will take me up into heaven," Hunter says.
Her mother, Annette, says, "I know that the most important thing is for Hunter to know God. That's the most important thing, as a parent, that I can do."
Hunter's parents are now fighting to increase awareness of the disease and find a cure. Not too long ago, they got a boost from one of the best known sports broadcasters in television, James "JB" Brown, formerly of Fox Sports Sunday, now with CBS NFL Today.
"Broadcasting is my avocation. My vocation is about His business, building up the kingdom," Brown says.
JB met Hunter and her father at a restaurant while Hunter was in her early teens.
"After dinner we approached him and asked if he would help us raise money for research," says Hunt. "He stood up, gave Hunter a big hug and gave me his contact information. Hunter and I were six feet off the ground as we left that restaurant."
Brown says, "Our relationship developed from there. It led to me to being blessed to be the national spokesperson for the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation -- trying to speak on behalf of these families, raising awareness for a debilitating disease that researchers are so close to finding a cure. Just needs a bit more awareness and praying about it."
Hunter has become an inspiration to JB.
"She has shown me, in this trying and challenging situation, that that which we face in trials tribulations pale in comparison," he says. "Yet she still holds onto the Word of God."
JB has become an encouragement to Hunter.
"JB's my best friend," Hunter says.
The family is thankful for JB's friendship and his help in raising awareness about Niemann-Pick disease.
"That's the part about JB that is so incredibly awesome," says Hunt. "He not only helps you. He will sell your story up the flagpole."
While Hunter fights this disease, she continues to be an inspiration to others. When she graduated, her high school classmates gave her a standing ovation.
"We are all put on the earth to glorify God. She just doesn't have any idea how many ways He is glorified through her," says Annette.
Hunt says, "One thing Hunter does is continue to give us the strength to maintain a strong faith in the face of great trials and tribulations."
"It's not a sad story. It's an amazing story, where God has had His hand on her," says Annette. "You can sit back and watch it and be nothing but in awe of what God can do."


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Oxley announced late on Tuesday that it had "with immediate effect" terminated a letter of intent (LOI) signed in January to sell its Mercure and Novotel Hotels to privately held Gracious Land.
The property developer's shares slid 3 per cent, or one cent, to close at S$0.32 on Wednesday, reversing in one fell swoop the gains that the stock had achieved from last week's news of a separate deal that US real estate fund AEW had made an expression of interest (EOI) to acquire Oxley's Chevron House for S$1.025 billion.
BT understands that Gracious Land is owned by Indonesian tycoon Tahir, who goes by one name, and is the founder of Mayapada Group. Mayapada is a conglomerate with interests in banking, a hospital chain and real estate.
Oxley said that among other things, Gracious Land had failed to meet a Feb 28 deadline to pay a deposit of S$38 million, being 4 per cent of the total consideration.
Oxley said it therefore notified Gracious Land of the termination of the LOI.
The buyer has also requested a refund of an initial S$9.5 million deposit it had paid to Oxley. The Singapore property group, however, has said it does not have to repay that amount, setting up both sides for a possible dispute.
Why Gracious Land did not keep to the payment schedule is anyone's guess.
Asked to explain why the deal fell through, a spokesman representing Oxley said the group cannot reveal details owing to a non-disclosure agreement.
It has however said it will continue to explore opportunities and will inform shareholders of any updates in due course.
As for Chevron House, the buyer is currently doing its due diligence. AEW has been granted an exclusive dealing period of 45 days starting from the day after the acceptance of the EOI; this may be extended for a further seven days at the buyer's request.
An industry source told The Business Times that several property agencies have approached Oxley to help to sell the two hotels, and that the company is in the middle of considering this.
The collapsed deal is a setback for Oxley's plans to strengthen its balance sheet.
The company said in February that its gearing will improve from 2.55 times as at end-December 2018 to about two times upon the completion of sale of the two hotels. Most developers try to keep to a gearing limit of one at most.
Oxley was hoping to bring its debt level down to equal its equity value by the end of the year, executive chairman and chief executive Ching Chiat Kwong told BT in an interview published earlier this month.
In an interview published in BT earlier this month, Mr Ching had said Oxley ultimately aims to reduce its gearing to 1 time debt-to-equity by the end of the year. The company has said it plans to pay off S$1.6 billion of debt due in the next three years through the sale of completed projects and through asset disposals.
Oxley's spokesman said the company will continue with its deleveraging plan by disposing of assets when the opportunity arises.
DBS Group Research analyst Rachel Tan cautioned against being too optimistic about deals that have not been sealed.
The LOI for the two hotels and the EOI for Chevron House are all non-binding, and there was no certainty from the start that the sales would be completed, she said.
"If this deal (the hotel sale) had gone through, it would help to alleviate some of the cash needs that Oxley has... If both assets were sold, it would be even better. If both don't get sold, it would be back to square one, and the group's debt repayment risks would still remain," she said.
The most pressing debt issue for Oxley at the moment comes from its S$450 million of retail bonds maturing in November 2019 and May 2020, she said.
Having said that, "the company has said it is ensuring that it can pay off the retail bonds that are expiring, and also has some cash coming back from its overseas projects in the United Kingdom and Dublin," Ms Tan added.
At the very least, the company appears to be trying to relieve the pressure on its balance sheet.
"Their gearing is high, so there is always this risk, but they are doing something about it, evident from their efforts to get buyers to acquire their assets to ensure that they can pay back their debt," Ms Tan said.


Met a lady online. Conversation was really good,interest aligned. Moved to texting after a couple days. Agreed to setup a first date for this weekend. Couple days of normal text messaging occurred and then I sent her a "how was your day message" and she responded not good. A good friend of her had passed. Offered myself to talk and made sure she knew if she needed anything I was there. Later that afternoon as I was heading home from work, I checked in on her. I offered to drop her off dinner and anything else she made have needed. She accepted and also asked me to join her. That night we spent about 5 hours talking. Held her for some time while she was crying. Didn't approach any physical stuff considering the circumstances.
2 days passed and our texts have been brief in nature. Normally I am the initiator. Her text seem short in nature. I did follow up on our date today and she said she was still in.
Should I go on date, then give space?
You may be reading too much into all this. And that's really difficult to avoid when you're really into someone! But if she's up for the date I say go ahead with it and above all play it cool. It's great you were there for her during a hard time, but you don't want to risk becoming the 'nice' guy (the puppy dog). My advice, try not to analyze the words and tones of her texts. Relax. Remember the whole point is to enjoy yourself. And just see where things lead. Best of luck!
Thanks Terryl! Date went great and I think you hit it head on. Thanks for the response.


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Harper's History: Rebranding the Canadian Past
October 21, 2013 / Clio's Current
The political usage of history is not a modern phenomenon. Historical discussion has always been used for political purposes to shape the meaning and memory of the past. As we've discussed on this blog, the Government of Canada has focused heavily on the commemoration of the past since Stephen Harper became Prime Minister in 2006. Various campaigns have emphasized a Conservative vision of the past. Certainly the Liberals have had their time to write Canadian history and Conservatives could argue that the Conservative effort to remake Canadian history is justified. Yet, the inconsistency behind that effort continues to do Canadians a disservice. History has been and will remain a fluid understanding of the past, but Canadians deserve to at least have their government present their history to them in an honest, coherent, and open way.
It's somewhat surprising then that until very recently, the Government of Canada remained silent on its plans to commemorate the upcoming centenary of the First World War. At an international ministerial seminar in Paris, which consisted of ministers from over twenty countries, Julian Fantino, Canadian Minister of Veteran's Affairs, unveiled some of Canada's plans. While not offering concrete details about centenary events, Fantino claimed that Canada would collaborate with partners in Canada and abroad to commemorate "the tremendous sacrifices and accomplishments of those who served during these Great Wars."
Planning ceremonies, exhibits, and other commemorative initiatives takes months and even years of preparation. For that reason, many historians in Canada are interested to see how Stephen Harper's Conservative Government employs Canadian history in what maybe the final years of his time in power. The lack of public dialogue is all the more confusing when one considers the lengthy, and not seldom heated, debates about how the United Kingdom plans to commemorate their role in the First World War. Gary Sheffield, a British historian of the First World War, vehemently opposes the view that the conflict was futile, claiming that the British fought against German aggression and expansionism. Additionally, the BBC recently announced plans to mark the centennial with the biggest television season to date, consisting of 130 programs and spanning 2,500 hours over four years.
In Canada, however, since 2006 the Harper Conservatives have consistently attempted to refashion our understanding of Canadian history with little to no input from professional historians or the public. It has become increasingly clear that by "Canadian history," the Harper Conservatives really mean an emphasis on Canadian military accomplishments and Canada's connection to Great Britain. Any other answers are not included in government communications. This helps explain the federal program to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, a war that some historians argue neither forged a Canadian identity nor had much to do with most of the territory that would later become Canada in 1867. Additionally, one might broach questions about how beneficial the consequences of war in 1814 were for the aboriginal peoples who participated in the conflict. The extent to which the Government of Canada has gone to commemorate the events, as well as the amount of funding dedicated to commemorative initiatives, suggests that Harper's Government will continue to exploit the bicentennial of 1812 until 2014. In this sense, it's not surprising that the government has not yet issued detailed plans about Great War centenary events.
This past summer, Harper announced that his government would rebrand the Canadian Museum of Civilization as a museum exclusively dedicated to "Canadian history." The Museum of Civilization had previously invited international exhibits, such as "Mystery of the Maya," and another scheduled to focus on Haitian voodoo, which may now be canceled. A year ago, it was reported that staff was leaving the unopened Canadian Museum for Human Rights due to "political interference." The Museum Board wanted more Canadian experiences and positive Canadian stories. Though no employees have officially commented on the allegations, it suggests yet another concentration on a national narrative for an institution of Canadian public memory.
The politicization of history is an intensifying pattern that Canadians have witnessed throughout the tenure of the current government. Still, there are examples of commemoration which do not seem to fit. In April 2013, for example, very little attention was given to the announcement of a Canadian National Holocaust Memorial to be built in Ottawa. The campaign of the Conservatives to reshape Canadian history now seems to include the construction of a Canadian Holocaust Memorial. We might very well ask why is this monument being constructed now and why are Canadian tax dollars being used to accomplish this objective? The National Holocaust Memorial will "recognize how Canadians and Canadian history have been affected, and that will continue to stand against any forces that oppose our essential principles." Yet, if it was not important enough to mention alongside other national commemorative events, one might wonder why the Holocaust Memorial is a part of the government's larger effort to construct a more coherent, traditional, and national history. Canadian-Israeli relations, a topic that we've addressed before, will no doubt be bolstered by remembering such a terrible event. Less can be said about the impact of the millions of dollars spent on remembering the War of 1812 or the rebranding of Canada's Museum of Civilization. At last, the current government's politicization of history has some apparent value.
The current government's stance on history has been one riddled with contradictions, perhaps not unlike many other portfolios. While placing great emphasis on preserving Canada's rich history and heritage, Harper's Government has cut millions from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) budget—the institution tasked with preserving Canada's documentary past. Historians, like any other specialist, should have some role in consulting how best to achieve LAC's mandate. As historians, we believe that history in the public sphere is extremely valuable—even necessary—but it should always remain within the domain of historians rather than politicians.
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Q: How to delete multiple rows in data frame at panda in python? I am using pandas to make a dataframe. I want to delete 12 initial rows by drop function. every resources website says that you should use drop to delete the rows unfortunately it doesn't work. I don't know why. the error says that 'list' object has no attribute 'drop' could you do me a favor and find it what should I do?
url=Exp01.html
url=str(url)
df = pd.read_html(url)
df = df.drop(index=['1','12'],axis=0,inplace=True)
print(df)

A: Pandas read_html returns a list of dataframes.
So df is a list on your example. First, take a look at what the list holds.
If it's just one table (dataframe), you can change it to:
df = pd.read_html(url)[0]

Full code:
url=Exp01.html
url=str(url)
df = pd.read_html(url)[0]
df.drop(index=df.index[:12], axis=0, inplace=True)

A: You can slice the rows out:
df = df.loc[11:]
df

loc in general is configured this way:
df.loc[x:y]

where x is the starting index and y is the ending index.
[11:] gives starting index as 11 and no ending index


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The prestigious French surname Leger is a proud sign of a rich and dynamic ancestry. The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in France were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. The patronyms were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins. As well as the names of the saints of the Christian Church, many of the most common French surnames are derived from personal names of Germanic origin. The surname Leger is derived from the Old German personal name Leodegar, meaning people spear.
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Last year our friends from Holy Family Parish in Brillion WI came to Peru again. They came to work on some projects and also to be with the poor. One of the projects they raised money for was to build a church in Santo Tomas. The group did not have an opportunity to work on the physical church while they were here.
On December 24 Padre Paco had the privilege of celebrating the first mass in the new church. What a beautiful way to celebrate the birth of Christ than to have mass for the fourth week of advent.
put up a giant tarp outside to give us shade.
We are excited to have an opportunity to work with the people of Santo Tomas. We learned when Padre asked during mass that most of the catholic community are without their sacraments. We spoke with the animador, local church leader, after mass. She is new to the role and is excited to have our help.
We are hoping to visit their pueblo every other week to evangelize, catechize, and train Rosario in her new role.
We want to thank everyone who donated to build this church in late 2016 and beginning of 2017. This would not have been possible without you!!
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Q: Jekyll defaults to system Ruby version instead of RVM version I've looked through tens of posts regarding this and still can't quite figure it out/haven't found an identical situation. Basically, I have RVM with the default set to Ruby 2.0.0, but when I cd to the directory with my Jekyll page and run
jekyll serve

the result is
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb:298:in `to_specs': Could not find 'jekyll' (>= 0) among 5 total gem(s) (Gem::LoadError)
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb:309:in `to_spec'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb:47:in `gem'
from /usr/bin/jekyll:22

even though in the same directory when I run
ruby -v

the result is
ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22 revision 43784) [x86_64-darwin12.5.0]

If I run
rvm use 2.0.0@project-directory

and then run
jekyll serve

it works like a charm.
I've tried using .rvmrc and .ruby-version files in the root, and in both cases when I cd to the directory nothing indicates that those are recognized.

A: Your system ruby has jekyll installed, so it tells the stack trace
# from /usr/bin/jekyll:22

The reason it calls that binary before your updated jekyll is probably due to the order within your $PATH so to solve this; one option is to remove the old jekyll binary:
$ which jekyll #=> /usr/bin/jekyll
$ sudo rm `which jekyll`

That should suffice. Try again now.
In addition, given the gem was probably installed along with that binary try to remove the old gem version.
$ rvm use system
$ ruby -v #=> ruby 1.8.7

$ gem uninstall jekyll # add sudo if you get a permission error


How do I access data in SAS?
SAS tables are stored in SAS libraries. A SAS library is a collection of one or more SAS files that are recognized by SAS. In a Microsoft Windows environment, for example, a SAS library is typically a group of SAS files in the same folder or directory.
To access a SAS library, you assign it a name. The name is known as the libref, or library reference, and it refers to the physical location of the files. The libref is the nickname that you use to identify libraries in a SAS program.
SAS automatically assigns two libraries for you each time you start SAS.
Sashelp - a permanent library that contains sample data that you can use. This is a read-only library. You cannot save content to this library.
Work - a temporary library for files that do not need to be saved. Files in this library are deleted when you close SAS.
All SAS tables have a two-level name. The first name is the libref, which tells SAS which library contains the table. The second name is the name of the table. The two names are separated by a period.
For example, sashelp.class refers to the table named Class that is stored in the Sashelp library. If the table is stored in the temporary Work library, then you do not have to specify the two-level name. You can use only the name of the table, and SAS assumes that it is stored in the Work library.
If you want to save data in a library so that you can use it again the next time you open SAS Studio, you must create your own library. You can learn more about creating a library.
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