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We Weren't Really Arguing About Data Anyway
One of the things that frustrates me anytime some guy writes a company memo about how women are biologically inferior for some tasks, some new author shows up to explain that men or boys don't read because too many of the books out there have girl cooties, or to ask if black romance authors even exist and write great things at rates similar to their non-black counterparts, is that then we spend a lot of time going for the data.
Like, actually, back when we thought coding was boring secretarial work, the field was almost entirely women. So, actually, women and girls read more by a lot, but books about boys and men are still over-represented when it comes to awards. And maybe, just like we kept arguing that girls and women can read about boys and men, maybe the reverse should be just as true. And yeah, there are black romance authors and yes they write books worthy of awards.
We aren't really talking about data. The dude who wrote that corporate memo, I swear to you has no data to back this up. And when you listen to TV show making folks say, well, now some networks really want you to try to cast diversely and it's super hard because their just aren't good non-white actors, that's BS too. I'm sure there are crappy non-white actors. But I've seen plenty of crappy or mediocre white actors get roles and no one blames the depth of the casting pool on that. So, again, these are pretend arguments. I don't want to say don't show up with data. Because there is someone who didn't know that coding used to be predominately female. There is someone who didn't know that girls, especially black girls, read more, if we really want to talk about representation. There are people who maybe didn't know some romance was written by black people. But remember it isn't really about facts.
The patriarchy and white supremacy are big strong systems that have only survived this long by convincing people there must be some biological differences that also affect the brain. There must be some reason. The fact that the first tool in their bag is bigotry isn't really a surprised. We are all surrounded by this. It takes work to unpack it. Because let's face it, there's no way that this is the first sexist thing that memo dude did. The women he worked with were, I'm guessing, only shocked by the overtness of the memo. They already knew he thought they were inferior. Just like John McEnroe can look at everything Serena Williams has done and still, be certain, that he played better, harder, and faster than she did. The data does not support this on any level. But that wasn't a discussion about data. That was really about McEnroe and his feelings. Even good old NPR did a piece on the lack of black writers winning RITAs and interviewed...a non-black writer to talk about it.
And that gets me to the final part of this. If you want to play the mountain molehill game and pretend that memo dude just wrote down some thoughts. That every male author who swears they are saving some portion of books for the poor boys who can't find books about boys to read. That every guy who swears it's ridiculous for him to be fired if he maybe accidentally grabbed someone's ass at a professional event one time. It's never one time. It isn't. (We could also argue that making your co-workers feel unsafe one time is enough, but that is a whole other discussion.) You get to a place where you feel cool saying and doing these things because lots of time when you do, others nod. They smile. And you may miss that half of them were gritting their teeth, or sucking it up, because the landscape is littered with people who reported these things to the powers that be and watched nothing happen. Or were retaliated against. You get to a place where you feel like you've addressed the diversity problem because you talked to an author of color, even though they weren't of the group you supposedly wanted to talk about the discrimination of. Close enough. That's not a data problem. It's a basic societal problem.
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est un manga écrit par Shinobu Ohtaka. Il est prépublié entre 2004 et 2008 dans le magazine Young Gangan et compilé en un total de 12 tomes. La version française est éditée en intégralité par Kurokawa.

Il est adapté en anime en 2006-2007 et compte 22 épisodes de 24 minutes. Deux OAV ont également été commercialisés.

Synopsis
Le Japon est divisé en deux parties : les combattants de l'ouest et les combattants de l'est. Les clans veulent déclencher la guerre des douze sinshos (douze clans, chacun représentant un animal du zodiaque chinois) et pour la contrer, l'homme le plus fort de la partie Est décide de marier son fils Kôshi avec la fille de l'homme le plus fort de la partie Ouest, Momoko. Momoko va ainsi aller habiter chez Kôshi pour essayer de lui faire un enfant, qui sera l'enfant le plus fort du monde. Malheureusement, Momoko va se heurter à un refus catégorique mais tout n'est pas perdu. Elle va essayer de le séduire de toutes les façons imaginables et en même temps le protéger des assassins venus des clans qui essayent de le tuer pour déclencher la guerre.

Personnages principaux
Inuzuka Kôshi : Étudiant, 17 ans. Traumatisé par son père depuis son enfance, il déteste la violence et les arts martiaux. D'ailleurs, il fuit toujours les combats. Il ne tend qu'à une chose « devenir procureur ». Son père est le chef du clan représentant le chien dans le zodiaque chinois.

Kuzuryuu Momoko : Étudiante, 17 ans. Elle pratique les arts martiaux et fait partie du clan des dragons. Elle est amoureuse de Kôshi.

Nakajima Sanae : Étudiante qui est dans la même classe que Kôshi. Elle est en fait Uma kamen (la jument masquée), l'héroïne qui aide les gens en difficulté. Elle pratique les arts martiaux et fait partie du clan du cheval mais se cache sous une image de fille frêle. Elle est amoureuse de Kôshi qui, lui, la considère comme sa meilleure amie.

Iroha Miyamoto : 15 ans. C'est la chef du clan du serpent qui s'est dissout. Elle tente de  faire renaître son clan et pour cela a essayé d'assassiner Kôshi. Mais elle est tombée amoureuse de lui.

Hanzo : 17 ans. Lieutenant du clan du serpent, dont il est le dernier membre avec Iroha. Il la suit partout car il en est amoureux.

Koganei Tenka : Fils du chef du clan des Koganei. Il aime Momoko depuis tout petit et croit, au départ, que c'est réciproque. Il aime le football et trimballe toujours avec lui une balle qu'il nomme Becky. Il lui confie ses secrets, sûr qu'elle seule peut le comprendre. Il est de la branche principale mais il est faible et risque de perdre le titre de futur chef de clan. Il a un petit frère nommé Tenchi, deux autres frères des branches annexes et une sœur de branche annexe elle aussi. Il aidera Kôshi et Momoko à battre ses frères et sœurs.

Personnages secondaires
Nakajima Kimie : Grand-mère de Sanae. C'est la chef du clan Nakajima et l'ancienne "jument masquée" qui a protégé Unken dans sa jeunesse. Elle a un goût pour les hommes très musclés et virils qu'elle essaie - inutilement - de faire partager à Sanae et lui choisit un fiancé.

Nakajima Ikaru : membre d'une branche annexe de la famille, c'est le plus fort des hommes de tout le clan. C'est pour cette raison que Kimie l'a choisi comme futur époux de Sanae. Il a une tête de personnage de shôjô manga mais un corps très musclé et des cicatrices un peu partout. Sanae réussira à le battre et a éviter le mariage arrangé.

Inuzuka Unken : Père de Koshi. Il est le chef du clan du chien. Il a arrangé le mariage Kôshi-Momoko avec Sendayû.

Kuzuryuu Sendayû : Père de Momoko. C'est le chef du clan du dragon. Il a arrangé le mariage Kôshi-Momoko conjointement avec Unken.

Koganei Tenten : Insupportable sœur de Tenka (de branche annexe). Elle déteste Iroha. C'est elle qui avoua les sentiments de cette dernière à Koshi et Momoko. Il semble qu'elle soit amoureuse d'Hanzo. C'est la reine des coups en traître et un maître en poison, savoir qu'elle a volé au clan du Serpent. Elle est entrée dans le clan du Serpent dans sa jeunesse pour le détruire de l'intérieur.

Koganei Tenrei : Frère de Tenka (également de branche annexe). Il se bat avec des boules de billard et porte un appareil dentaire.

Koganei Tenchi : 12 ans. Frère de sang de Tenka, il n'appartient pas à une branche annexe. Il a un vrai don pour le foot mais aussi pour les arts martiaux et a de fortes chances de devenir le nouveau chef de la famille, si les branches annexes ne se mettent pas en travers.

Koganei Tenga : Frère de Tenka (de branche annexe). Il est le plus fort des Koganei. Il est d'ailleurs nommé nouveau chef de son clan. Il déteste perdre lors des combats et ne vit que pour se battre, mais il est assez loyal.

Koganei Sôten : Précédent chef du clan Koganei, affilié à l'armée de l'Ouest. Géniteur de Tenka et de Tenchi

Endo Mikihisa : Chef du clan Endo, affilié de l'armée de l'Est. Homme politique. Il est du signe du singe. Père de Yusuke.

Endo Yusuke : Fils de Mikihisa, comme tous ceux de son clan, il a appris à être manipulateur. L'objectif du clan du Singe est de prendre la place des Inuzuka à la tête de l'armée de l'Est. Yusuke a été choisi pour être le nouveau leader et être marié à Momoko, mais il se heurte aux sentiments sincères de celle-ci envers Kôshi.

Inoue Shintaro : Martialiste (qui apparaîtra dans le tome 7) qui se dresse pour détrôner Kôshi à la tête de l'Est. Toutefois, par la suite nous apprendrons que c'est une femme qui a été élevée comme un homme par un père absolument déplorable. Elle est du signe du Sanglier.

Inoue Môtatsu : Père déplorable de Shintaro. Il a fait croire depuis tout petit à cette dernière qu'elle était un garçon pour pouvoir placer un héritier du clan Inoue à la tête de l'armée de l'Est... L'héritière de l'Ouest est une fille, et il faut un mariage pour le processus de paix voilà pourquoi il lui fallait un fils.

Les clans
Clan Inuzuka : clan-chef de l'armée de l'Est, placé sous le signe du Chien ("Inu" = "chien" en japonais). La spécialité du clan est un pouvoir de destruction qui réside dans les yeux.

Clan Kuzuryuu : clan-chef de l'armée de l'Ouest, placé sous le signe du Dragon ("Ryû , "dragon" en japonais). La spécialité du clan est la manipulation de l'énergie, ses membres peuvent en faire des objets.

Clan Nakajima : Armée de l'Est, placé sous le signe du Cheval ("Ma" = "cheval" en japonais). Les membres du clan ont pour tâche de protéger le chef de la famille Inuzuka avec le plus de discrétion possible. Leur spécialité est les techniques de jambes et de coups de pied. Ils possèdent des vêtements spéciaux qui accroissent leur force. La tenue la plus puissante est celle du Cheval Masqué (ou Jument si le propriétaire est une femme); son efficacité augmente au fur et à mesure qu'on en retire des éléments, pour le plus grand embarras de la très pudique Sanae.

Clan Miyamoto : Armée de l'Ouest, placé sous le signe du Serpent ("Ya" = "serpent" en japonais). Ce clan dissimule sa nature martialiste sous une apparence d'activités mafieuses, mais il est sur le déclin depuis que le père d'Iroha le dirige. Iroha rêve de lui redonner sa splendeur passée.

Clan Koganei : Armée de l'Ouest, placé sous le signe du Tigre ("Koganei" est une autre façon de lire les caractères du mot "Tigre"). Leur spécialité est le sport, qui sert de base d'entraînement, comme le football pour Tenka et Tenchi. On remarque que tous les membres du clan portent un prénom contenant la syllabe "Ten", qui veut dire "tigre" en japonais.

Clan Endô : Armée de l'Est, placé sous le signe du Singe. Les membres de la famille se consacrent à la politique et sont tous des manipulateurs de premier ordre, mais c'est un clan très en vue et haut placé dans la société. Yusuke a fréquenté les meilleurs écoles du pays avant d'être envoyé conquérir Momoko.

Clan Inoue : Armée de l'Est, placé sous le signe du Sanglier. Leur spécialité est la médecine, les membres du clan n'ont jamais été, de tradition, de grands combattants, mais Shintarô est en train de changer tout cela.

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The Nigerian Launch of the Lancet Commission 'Strategies to revitalise mental health service in Nigeria' took place in November this year. The Federal Ministry of Health (FMHO) organised the launch event, which was sponsored by World Health Organistaion and CBM based at Ibadan University.
The Lancet panel included Dr. Julian Eaton and Chinwendu Ukachukwu, youth leader from the My Mind Our Humanity campaign supported by BeGOOD Citizens EIE (part of the research group Neuroscience, Ethics and Society). Stakeholders presented evidence for effective mental health reform, and considered ways to respond to the mental health needs arising from the crisis in Northeast Nigeria.


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Executive Director, Nada Marjanovich
Haiti Air Ambulance was launched in the spirit of hope. From our first flight in June 2014, we have carried on in that spirit through countless challenges, natural and manmade, and hope remains the inextinguishable torch that serves as a touchstone in all we do. It has guided us in successfully transporting more than 800 patients to the life-saving care they needed. It has led us in sharing knowledge with our partners in Haiti's medical community to ensure we are supporting this developing country as it advances its emergency services. It has passed from us to the families of those we have saved. And it has grown in the children who crowd to see our helicopters, inspiring them to believe they too can fly on helicopters someday, maybe even pilot them.
During this time, many of you have supported us through your donations, by volunteering, offering advice and guidance. And just being there as our friends. Thank you for making our successes possible and expanding that hope. You continue to play a key role in everything we do.
September was difficult. Widespread demonstrations brought on by economic and political instabilities have added to the challenges we face working in a complex environment. Although Haiti Air Ambulance remains an independent, non-governmental organization, resources like supplies, gas, water and money are stretched even further during these times. And tension in the streets creates stress in intangible ways for our staff and their families. Sometimes, just getting to work takes unimaginable gumption (and creativity!). But our hope remains firm. As does our promise to providing Haiti with emergency services, our team's dedication to each other and our belief that world-class standards should not be based on a patient's ability to pay. And we are not backing down.
We continue to search for helicopters we can call our own so we can get flying again as soon as possible and every day brings us closer to take off. We are using this time to build our knowledge internally—even when stuck home, every team member keeps busy by studying up on core competencies. We have laid out a vigorous outreach program that will become the Haiti Air Ambulance roadshow enabling us to visit partners throughout the country and support them with training. And we continue to respond to calls for help however we can.
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Tony Award Nominations 2015: A Tight Race with An American in Paris and Fun Home Leading the Pack
It's that time of the year! The 2015 Tony nominations were announced to celebrate the best of Broadway. Here is the complete list of nominees. Check back later for Theater in the Now's Top 5 Snubs and Top 5 Surprises!
Best Play
Disgraced
Hand to God
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Best Revival of a Play
This Is Our Youth
Best Revival of a Musical
The King and I
On the Twentieth Century
Best Book of a Musical
An American in Paris, Craig Lucas
Fun Home, Lisa Kron
Something Rotten!, Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
The Visit, Terrence McNally
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Fun Home, Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: Lisa Kron
The Last Ship, Music & Lyrics: Sting
Something Rotten!, Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
The Visit, Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Ben Miles, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Bill Nighy, Skylight
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Geneva Carr, Hand to God
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan, Skylight
Ruth Wilson, Constellations
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten!
Ken Watanabe, The King and I
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
Beth Malone, Fun Home
Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Matthew Beard, Skylight
K. Todd Freeman, Airline Highway
Richard McCabe, The Audience
Alessandro Nivola, The Elephant Man
Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Micah Stock, It's Only a Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It with You
Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Sarah Stiles, Hand to God
Julie White, Airline Highway
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!
Brandon Uranowitz, An American in Paris
Max von Essen, An American in Paris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Victoria Clark, Gigi
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Emily Skeggs, Fun Home
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley, Skylight
Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
David Rockwell, You Can't Take It with You
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris
David Rockwell, On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan, The King and I
David Zinn, Fun Home
Best Costume Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, The Audience
Jane Greenwood, You Can't Take It with You
David Zinn, Airline Highway
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Something Rotten!
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
William Ivey Long, On the Twentieth Century
Catherine Zuber, The King and I
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paule Constable and David Plater, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Natasha Katz, Skylight
Japhy Weideman, Airline Highway
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Donald Holder, The King and I
Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Ben Stanton, Fun Home
Japhy Weideman, The Visit
Best Direction of a Play
Stephen Daldry, Skylight
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Scott Ellis, You Can't Take It with You
Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Gold, Fun Home
Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!
John Rando, On the Town
Bartlett Sher, The King and I
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Joshua Bergasse, On the Town
Christopher Gattelli, The King and I
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott, An American in Paris
John Clancy, Fun Home
Larry Hochman, Something Rotten!
Rob Mathes, The Last Ship
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Reba Marie Creamer, age 18, of Douglas, Georgia passed away on Saturday September 8, 2018 from injuries sustain in an automobile accident. Reba was born on January 19, 2000 in Douglas, Georgia the daughter of Julia Rebecca Anderson of Douglas, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard Teel.
Survivors in addition to her mother include, grandmother, Judy Anderson of Douglas, GA and grandfather, David Anderson of Douglas, GA; two sisters, Ashlee Teel of Douglas, GA and Mercadeze Whitehurst of Folkston, GA; brother, David Dale Anderson of Douglas, GA; two uncles, David Lee Anderson of Douglas, GA and Timothy Anderson and wife Bernadette of Broxton, GA; aunt, Beverly Bynum of Douglas, GA; special friends, Henry Taylor of Douglas, GA ,Robert Clemons of Douglas, GA and Brad Harrell of Douglas, GA.
Funeral services will be held Thursday September 13, 2018 at 11:00am at Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. Casey Wright, Rev. Levi Jones and Rev. Jo Eva Wilson officiating. Interment will follow at Jowers Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 9:00pm at Sims Funeral Home.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the registry at www.simsfuneralhome.com.


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The Museum of Failure teaches visitors that mistakes are necessary for innovation.
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This Museum Celebrates Failure
Success stories are everywhere, but we rarely see the hardships along the way.
ByChristine Bednarz
In 1994, American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson tried to capitalize on its cult status by launching a new product: "Legendary" cologne. Who wouldn't want the bottled scent of sweat, leather, and exhaust on the open road? Unsurprisingly this brand overextension failed to tempt diehard fans, but the company's otherwise forgotten attempt at innovation later became the first object enshrined in a unique museum collection.
The Museum of Failure gives a new lease on life to more than one hundred products that somehow went horribly wrong. Visitors find everything from abandoned tech gadgets, such as Apple Newton or Google Glass, to food items like Coca-Cola BlāK (a coffee-flavored soft drink) and lasagna from Colgate Toothpaste's foray into frozen dinners.
Innovation is risky business, which the museum founder, Dr. Samuel West, explores in his research as an organizational psychologist. Although progress depends upon trial and error, we often only hear about triumphs.
"I got tired of constant worship of success, how as a society we glorify success and stigmatize failure," West explains. "I see success stories everywhere, but there's usually no hint that some of the success involved failure or mistakes or any hardships along the way."

The toothpaste company's idea that customers would eat lasagna–then brush their teeth–made little sense.

Colgate Frozen Entrees, 1980's
The toothpaste company's idea that customers would eat lasagna–then brush their teeth–made little sense.
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He felt a eureka moment while visiting Zagreb's Museum of Broken Relationships, impressed by the immersive portrayal of an abstract concept like heartbreak. "I wanted to find a new way of communicating the importance of failure," West says. He decided to open a place right away to champion mistakes and the museum found a home in Helsingborg, Sweden.
Objects in the collection must meet West's criteria of innovation, rather than simple flops. "For example, those exploding Samsung Notes: That was bad quality control. They weren't pushing boundaries or trying something new, they just [messed] up."
Even still, research suggests the feeling of pleasure in other's pain is universal human nature. The German language even coined a word for it: schadenfreude, which combines schaden ("damage, misfortune") and freude ("joy") to mean "joy in the misfortune of others." Psychological studies on schadenfreude mostly focus on children, who are still relatively innocent to the outside world. A 2014 study found that children as young as two were likely to experience happiness in the pain of someone considered a rival. Research on adults shows factors like low self-esteem and a sense of inferiority steps up schadenfreude levels.
The Museum of Failure appeals to this innate wiring. Visitors can also experience catharsis from admitting their own mistakes by leaving Post-It notes on the wall or telling all in a failure confession booth.
Progress depends upon taking risk, and the Museum of Failure proves a success. As the collection expands, a satellite location opened in Los Angeles in December 2017. Some objects will embark on a world tour, beginning in Toronto in July (check the website for an upcoming location near you).
"Seeing big brands fail is liberating," West says. "[Visitors feel they] can also fail when trying to learn something new or [testing] a new behavior, or push my own boundaries or leave my comfort zone."
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Q: Rendering jbuilder json from rspec api spec I'm writing specs for a Rails api in a similar fashion to that described in Chapter 13 of Rails 3 in Action.
In the book, they compare json responses using the result of #to_json.
expect(response.body).to eql(project.to_json)

I, however, am using jbuilder, so this will not work. I need a way to render the jbuilder template and get the response in the example but have been unsuccessful in doing so so far.
My test are located in the spec/api directory and marked as type: :api as directed in the book. I include the ApiHelper module for :api specs in the rspec config, which includes Rack::Test::Method, (but this actually doesn't seem to make much of a difference anyway).
It seems the #render method used in other rspec tests could work, but it's not available in my api spec and I don't know how to make it so.
A full example spec looks like this.
# spec/api/photos_spec.rb

require "spec_helper"

describe "Photos Api", type: :api do
  let(:user)  { create(:user) }
  let(:token) { user.authentication_token }
  let(:photo) { create(:photo) }

  let(:url) { "/api/photos" }
  it "should get a photo" do
    get "#{url}/#{photo.id}.json", token: token
    expect(response).to be_ok
    expect(response.body).to eql("???") # How can I get the jbuilder output for comparison?
  end
end

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

A: Your Jbuilder output is response.body. What you need to compare it against is what you have mocked out.
expect(response.body).to include(photo.url)

Usually, checking output of views is best tested within request specs via Capybara or what have you even though Rspec allows you to specify render_views within your controller specs.

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AP Argument essay prompts
Next week you'll spend a class period responding / writing to an AP Lang argument prompt. Below are some sample prompts to give you taste of what tomorrow's prompt may look like.
The following prompts ask you to respond with a convincing argument. First, determine how you will respond (your thesis – will you defend, challenge, or qualify?).
Then read the prompt again and determine what "available means" you would use to support your thesis.
You'll notice that the prompts that follow correspond loosely with the six essays we've recently read. Remember that as your argue, you can use "all available means of persuasion" to respond, including anything you've read, in addition to personal experiences and other observations.
Financial independence is the goal of most people as they enter adulthood. Being certain that there will be enough money for the necessities of life—food and shelter—is the key to this independence. In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf talks about gaining her financial independence via the death of an aunt, who left her five hundred pounds per year for life. From that point on, Woolf no longer had to think about how she would earn a living and could devote herself freely to writing anything she felt like, regardless of its promise of monetary return. She describes her state of mind in the days prior to receiving word of her legacy as being filled with "the poison of fear and bitterness" in that she was required "always to be doing work that one did not wish to do, and to do it like a slave, flattering and fawning."
Is it better to have a legacy — a regular income that comes to you without work — or is it better to have to work for a living? Using compelling supporting evidence, defend, challenge, or qualify Woolf's position that income from a legacy brings not only financial freedom but intellectual freedom as well.
In paragraph 19 of the excerpt from Silent Spring (pp. 888–94), Rachel Carson writes, "Along with the possibility of the extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination of man's total environment with such substances of incredible potential for harm—substances that accumulate in the tissues of plants and animals and even penetrate the germ cells to shatter or alter the very material of heredity upon which the shape of the future depends." Write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify the validity of that statement.
GENDER / STEREOTYPE
In paragraph 6 of her essay "The Myth of the Latin Woman" (pp. 546–51), Judith Ortiz Cofer makes the following statement:
Mixed cultural signals have perpetuated certain stereotypes — for example, that of the Hispanic woman as the "Hot Tamale" or sexual firebrand. It is a one-dimensional view that the media have found easy to promote. In their special vocabulary, advertisers have des- ignated "sizzling" and "smoldering" as the adjectives of choice for describing not only the foods but also the women of Latin America.
Write an argument explaining whether you agree or disagree with this assertion as it applies to the media today. You may work with Cofer's example of Latin American women, or you may choose another group (e.g., African Americans, older people, people from the Middle East) to consider in terms of stereotypes that the media promotes. Support your opinion with evidence from your experience, observation, or reading.
Yesterday, the medical journal Neurology published a study suggesting that professional football players are four times more likely to die from the Alzheimer's disease and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) than the general population. This is just the most recent addition to a growing body of evidence linking football to neurodegenerative disease. . . .
. . . [I]n local youth football leagues, . . . children as young as eight years old practice up to six hours a week in full pads.
— KENDRA GAGNON, PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Football in America is part of the everyday lives of millions of fans; in the NFL alone, football is a $9 billion industry. More and more evidence supports the fact that football simply cannot be made safer with better helmets or different rules. Some have suggested that football be regulated more firmly by government agencies; still others have suggested that we begin the process of dismantling pro football since the game is just too dangerous.
Take a position on football in American family life, and discuss the pros and cons that parents might consider when deciding whether or not to involve their children in the sport. In a fully developed essay, weigh the various sides of the issue and draw conclusions.
Matador.com, a Web site devoted to global travel and culture, recently featured an article on eight inventions that create global culture: shortboards (for surfing), food trucks, music samplers (MPCs), digital cameras, skateboards, DJ mixers, spray paint (for graffiti), and the Internet. David Miller, the writer of the piece, says, "This is how culture mixes. It is driven by the youth."
Do you agree with Miller's view? Defend, challenge, or qualify Miller's statement. You may want to include one or more of the inventions he has cited, or think of some of your own to support your position. Develop your essay fully, paying close attention to supporting your argument in a convincing manner.
In paragraph 7 of "Shooting an Elephant" (pp. 1100–1105), George Orwell observes that "when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys," and that "[h]e wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." Consider the implications of these statements concerning human nature. Write an essay in which you support, refute, or qualify Orwell's paradox and metaphor. Refer to your reading, knowledge, or experience to support your argument.


No longer interested in gold?
Man dares so hard his eyes. The precious metal is on the retreat. And this in a consistent motion! It seems as if any interest from the market is diminished. But how can that be? The framework has changed in the last few days, hardly anything changed. About us crucial background to this development we have in the: faded glory of the gold (temporarily) from 27.02. noted. We want to first set aside, because the technical aspects are more and more into the foreground.
The correct scenario is the case under 950 USD final shape. At the 900 USD mark, we expect now the choices for the next few weeks. If there is to break this support zone, which is very likely quite rapidly with lower prices in the range 800 friends. That would be our preferred scenario. Recovery movements are given the short-term oversold market technology at any time, but should be limited to 950 USD to stay.
The AMEX Gold Bugs Index, which we always be in our analysis include gold, is also on very shaky legs. Here is the correction has already clearly advanced. The HUI reached its important support zone 270/265 USD, but initially they could defend. But as long as the index is below 300 USD noted, is the scenario of a continuation of the correction to the USD 245 range most likely.
At present we see no signs that new train in the gold price could. Quite the contrary. If the stabilization of the stock markets continue to move forward, could further pressure on the sector. We currently see more opportunities in other commodity areas. In particular, the metal industry is here, in our view, extremely interesting. But that is the topic for tomorrow.
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Gerade erst hat er den renommierten Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb gewonnen, und im Februar diesen Jahres konnte das deutsche Publikum den in Sibirien geborenen Pianisten Dmitry Masleev erstmals live erleben. Am 27. Mai spielt er erneut in Deutschland. Beim Klavier-Festival Ruhr stehen u.a. Werke von Bach, Schumann, Schubert und Liszt auf dem Programm.
Im Interview mit dem Feuilletonscout spricht der junge Musiker über seinen Erfolg, seine Heimat und warum er immer eine Kamera dabei hat.
Feuilletonscout: You won the Tschaikowsky competition this year. What is the best aspect about this for you personally?
Dmitry Masleev: I am not sure if doing well in a competition is the universally effective recipe for building a career, but it was the only way open to me. It gave me not only a motivation to keep practicing but also the valuable experience of making music in a very stressful situation; both of these things helped me become a better, more resilient performer. Besides, the Tchaikovsky Competition is not just musical Olympics, it is a hugely significant event that brings together people who genuinely love music, and being a part of that was very inspiring and humbling. The whole neighborhood around the Moscow Conservatory, where the competition was taking place, was filled will musical electricity. Of course, the victory gave me a huge impulse and opened new frontiers, which I am excited to explore.
Feuilletonscout: Are you sometimes a little overwhelmed by your success and do you get a little homesick as a result?
Dmitry Masleev: Long-distance international travel certainly took some getting used to for a home body like me! I have learned to enjoy the most valuable aspects of visiting different places around the world and constantly having to make meaningful artistic connections with new people. These situations challenge me to continue developing as an individual, to broaden my horizons. But I'll be honest: I also really enjoy coming back home. I am trying to be smart about the pace of my career: it's so easy to get carried away when the best orchestras and festivals are calling, but I believe it is better to say "not now" to an invitation rather than to allow my schedule to become too crazy.
Feuilletonscout: You come from Ulan-Ude, a city in Siberia. What or who got you interested in music?
Dmitry Masleev: In Russia most children are introduced to music and receive some kind of basic musical lessons. My parents signed me up at the local music school where my only options were piano and accordion. I was fascinated with the sound and look of the accordion, but was too small to hold it properly, so I tried the piano instead and it quickly became a very significant part of my life. My Mum was particularly supportive of my musical studies but there was no pressure to be No. 1, just love and encouragement. I guess I was very fortunate!
Feuilletonscout: Do you have a favorite composer?
Dmitry Masleev: It would be absolutely impossible to choose just one. My passion is always focused on the music that I am currently learning or performing, so I suppose my favourite composer changes according to my performance schedule. I have just performed Beethoven's Emperor Concerto for the first time at the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg. When I was preparing this iconic work over the past few months, I was consumed with Beethoven, his language, his harmonies, his colours. Another name that always springs to mind when people ask me this question is Rachmaninoff. He is one of the true gods of music. We are so fortunate that we can enjoy not only his Masterpieces, but also his own recordings. And they are truly amazing.
Feuilletonscout: You enjoy photography and always have a camera on you when you travel. How do the musician and the photographer Dmitry Masleev communicate with each other? How do you pick your themes?
Dmitry Masleev: Fortunately, Dmitry the musician and Dmitry the photographer are the same person! When I am out with my camera, I let my eyes lead me as I seek out beauty, sometimes deliberate (I love taking pictures of architecture) and sometimes accidental. I try to capture the essence of what I encounter – a place, a person, a flowering tree – and show it in a surprising way using different lenses, angles and techniques. It allows me to rest my mind and refocus my attention, and I now have a great visual diary of all the places I have visited as a performer.
Feuilletonscout: Do you have a musical dream or vision?
Dmitry Masleev: Of course! I love to dream big but I also know that I have to keep working constantly in order to continue growing as a musician and as a person, and this very thought brings me down to Earth. Although I am spending quite a lot of time in the clouds these days, flying around the world from one concert to another :) But seriously speaking, a significant part of my vision is developing a deep and rich relationship with my audience. I love playing for people and the process is as much about them as it is about me. I simply want to pull away the curtain of everyday noise and reveal the beauty of a certain piece of music as truthfully as possible. The next 5-10 years will be crucial in achieving this and then I will spend the rest of my musical life perfecting the ability to make these connections.
Feuilletonscout: What are your next plans?
Dmitry Masleev: My future plans include expanding the repertoire, making a recording, collaborating with very interesting musicians, and learning as much as I can about different genres of music and other art forms.
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West Side Story-komponis Leonard Bernstein 'was nie mal oor film nie'
Bygevoeg deur seleksie op 27 November 2021
West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein 'wasn't crazy about the film' but he 'couldn't complain about having gigantic success', his daughter reveals
West Side Story became a sort of 'albatross around neck' of Leonard Bernstein
Daughter says he had to work harder to get his other pieces of work noticed
It comes as Steven Spielberg's new adaptation is set to be released in December
The legendary composer behind West Side Story ended up resenting its success – and he wasn't too keen on the Oscar-winning film adaptation either, his daughter has revealed.
Jamie Bernstein, the eldest daughter of Leonard Bernstein, who wrote the iconic musical in the 1950s, said he became frustrated by the phenomenon and how he had to work harder for his other works to get noticed.
It comes as Steven Spielberg's new adaptation of the Romeo and Juliet-inspired classic, set in New York, is set to be released next month.
'It became a sort of albatross around his neck,' Bernstein told Radio Times.
'He had to work all the harder to get people to focus on his other works, especially his symphonic works.
'He did mention it from time to time, it was a frustration.'
'But you can't really get to complain about having a gigantic success,' het sy bygevoeg.
Jamie Bernstein, the eldest daughter of Leonard Bernstein (op die foto), who created West Side Story in the 1950s, said he became frustrated by the phenomenon and how he had to work harder for his other works to get noticed
The musical follows star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria , who fall in love on the streets of New York despite belonging to rival gangs (Op die foto: Tony and Maria played by Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in the Oscar-winning 1961 film adaptation)
The musical follows star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria, who fall in love on the streets of New York despite belonging to rival gangs the Jets, made up of white people, and the Sharks, whose members hail from Puerto Rico.
While the initial Broadway production was a hit in its own right, die 1961 film adaptation starring Natalie Wood and RIchard Beymer sent it into the stratosphere, claiming a total of 10 Oscars.
But Mr Bernstein wasn't much of a fan, his daughter Jamie revealed.
'My father wasn't crazy about the film,' Bernstein said.
'He thought it had deficits, and he wasn't entirely happy with the music. Johnny Green [the musical director] created the whole prologue, my father didn't write that.
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'He wasn't thrilled but he didn't say anything because he felt he didn't have the right to complain.
'He abdicated from being in total control and on the scene while they were making the film. He was busy doing the rest of his life.'
Bernstein said the Spielberg take on the film, starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria is 'completely fabulous.'
It has been sanctioned by herself and her two siblings Alexander and Nina, among other 'living representatives'.
The movie has faced several delays but is finally penned for release on December 10.
The Jets gang as portrayed in the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story – which won a total of 10 Oscars
A stand-off scene between the Sharks (links) and the Jets (reg) in die 1961 film adaptation
And this time around, Puerto Rican actors have been used to play members of the Sharks, making the film less 'problematic'.
Bernstein said: 'They've come up with all these little telling ways to make it deeper, to give each character more resonance and connection with the story.
'Another huge improvement is that the Sharks and all their relatives are actually [played by Latinos].
'That was not the case in the first film, and the peculiar orange make-up that everyone had to wear was very problematic. With all of that gone, it has much more gritty authenticity.'
Sy het bygevoeg: 'You couldn't hope for the music to sound better, given it's the New York Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.'
Leonard Bernstein died at the age of 72 in 1990.
To this day, the former leader of the New York Philharmonic, who was also a skilled pianist, remains one of the most successful American musicians ever.
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Annabelle: Creation comes out to theaters and with it the memories of doll horror films from yesteryear are unleashed. We go through the catalogue of the doll horror genre and share our fondest memories of the dolls that terrorized our dreams. Join us for some killer playtime!
Hosted by Famous Monsters Production Manager Jorge Marrero, along with Chase Hensley, and Eleni Ioannou.
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Thanks for finding this, David. It's perfect timing for me. In my opinion, "A generation from now, nothing will have changed" is overly pessimistic. I used to be the supreme pessimist of my organization, but lately, I've sensed that change is coming. I'm not sure these changes will help, but at least they're trying things. I'm on the wiki too.
My experience of trying to get my work colleagues to use things like wikis has been pretty pathetic. And I've been trying to think why.
As you'd expect there's a theory on how technology evolves, disruptive technology, which seems to point to some answers.


Quiz: Which "Game of Thrones" Character Is Most Like Your Boss?
Which "Game of Thrones" Character Is Most Like Your Boss?
Like kings, ladies, and peasants, bosses come in many types: good and bad, and everything between. Which "Game of Thrones" character does your boss take after?
Is your boss a good communicator?
Does she have high standards?
Does she stand up for her people?
She can be, but she drinks to get past it!
Does she get you on board with her mission?
Does she listen to subordinates?
Does she get on with subordinates and seniors alike?
Does she come from privilege?
Is she someone people look up to?
Does he know how to fail gracefully?
Does she have a hot temper?
Is he good at building bridges?
Does she keep her word?
Is she respected in her industry?
Does he like to risk it all?
Is she conservative in her business thinking?
How did he get his job?
Would you invest in her?
Do you think he will be good for the company?
What's a strength she has as a boss?
Does he dress like a professional?
Does he know how to run a business?
Are you secretly looking for another job?


Girls, we have a new challenging game for you and I am sure you will love it. Start the very fun game called SpongeBob Friendship Match and finish all the amazing levels. In this great game you will get nine great levels with all your favorite SpongeBob characters. In each level you will get a timer and you must complete the match up before it runs out. Connect the similar cards with the characters on them until there are none left on the board. In SpongeBob Friendship Match the difficulty of the levels increases as you progress and you must be both fast and accurate in matching the colorful cards. If you run out of time, you can start the level again. Plan ahead and create a strategy to complete each level. For your performance in the levels you will get a star score from one to three. Enjoy SpongeBob Friendship Match!


Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) taekwondo team raked in seven medals from the inaugural UTAR Taekwondo Poomsae Invitation Championship 2012 which was held at UTAR Perak campus on 15 July 2012.
A cohesive team of seven taekwondo exponents brought cheers to the university with their sterling effort of seven medals - four gold, two silver and one bronze.
The gold medals were contributed through the individuals, pair and team poomsae non-sparring categories. Financial Economic student, Vinon Koh Yung How, dished out a superb display to land the gold medal in the male individual event. His golden feat was emulated by Accounting student, Gan Xiang Yan, who clinched the gold medal in the female individual event. It was also a day of double joy for Gan, who partnered with Foundation in Science student, Tieu Jun Liang, to contribute two additional gold medals through the pair event.
The female individual event also yielded two silver medals which were won by Accounting student, Chong Xin Yi, and Banking and Finance student, Lai Mei Hsien. Their teammate Ho Jing Shan, a Public Relations student, took home the bronze medal.
Organised by UTAR Taekwondo Club, the championship was aimed at encouraging student's participation in co-curricular activities in order to promote teamwork and holistic education. The championship drew participation from nine teams, namely, PMG Taekwondo Club (WTF), SOMA Team, HELP University Team, DS Club, Advance Taekwondo Persatuan Taekwondo Batu Pahat Team, Chonkwon Taekwondo Club, UTAR Taekwondo Club, JASS Taekwondo Club and Imperial Batu Gajah Club.


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Q: Is it possible to insert multiple child records using the entity framework? Using entity framework.  Is it possible to insert multiple child records.  At the moment I am iterating through a list and adding to entity object, but only one/the last object is saved to the database.  Should I just create a sproc, or is this possible with EF?
e.g.
            //dc = datacontext
            var fileList = Session["FileNames"];
            string[] sA = fileList.ToString().Split('|');
            for (int i = 0; i < sA.Count(); i++)
            {
                wcc.ID = id; //which has been supplied through a previous
          //dc.SaveChanges
                wcc.FileName = sA[i];
                dc.AddTotbObject(wcc);
            }
            dc.SaveChanges();
            dc.Dispose();

A: You're only ever adding a single instance. You'll need to do something along these lines within your loop:
wcc = new tbObject();
wcc.ID = id;
wcc.FileName = sA[i];
dc.AddTotbObject(wcc);


Hindus have termed "The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue"; reportedly set to open in Vienna (Austria) on November 26, "a step in the right direction".
Cautiously welcoming this joint effort of Saudi Arabia, Spain and Austria; distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, hoped that this Centre would work for creating mutual trust among various faiths so that world could jointly concentrate on issues of human development; and would have required autonomy and independence in its functioning.
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed that interfaith dialogue was highly needed to arrive at a common agenda for the overall welfare of the humanity. We needed to learn to live together harmoniously despite our seriously different traditions with a broader, deeper and more inclusive understanding of religion; and we should attempt to overcome prejudices, caricatures, and stereotypes with the help of dialogue, Zed added.
Rajan Zed further hoped that this Centre would give due representation and voice to Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought.
The "Foundational Declarations of the Centre" point to the importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogue; promote mutual respect and understanding among different religious and cultural groups; etc. Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar is reportedly the Secretary-General of the Centre.
Mahek Chahal's ghost revisits Salman Khan!


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 * The integration account certificate.
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 * @extends models['Resource']
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class IntegrationAccountCertificate extends models['Resource'] {
  /**
   * Create a IntegrationAccountCertificate.
   * @member {date} [createdTime] The created time.
   * @member {date} [changedTime] The changed time.
   * @member {object} [metadata] The metadata.
   * @member {object} [key] The key details in the key vault.
   * @member {object} [key.keyVault] The key vault reference.
   * @member {string} [key.keyVault.id] The resource id.
   * @member {string} [key.keyVault.name] The resource name.
   * @member {string} [key.keyVault.type] The resource type.
   * @member {string} [key.keyName] The private key name in key vault.
   * @member {string} [key.keyVersion] The private key version in key vault.
   * @member {string} [publicCertificate] The public certificate.
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	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	protected T executeWebClassSpring(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, String webClassId, String invoke) {
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Movie: next up in our exclusive video series celebrating the 15th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones looks back at how Zaha Hadid's marquee from 2000 launched the annual commission.
The first Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was designed by Zaha Hadid in 2000, which the gallery commissioned as a one-off project to host a fundraising gala marking its 30th anniversary.
"We asked her to do it – which she did as an enormous favour as a gesture of friendship – because we wanted to do something completely different to anything we'd done before," Peyton-Jones explains in the movie.
Initially, the structure was going to be taken down after just one night, but Peyton-Jones was able to convince former member of parliament Chris Smith, secretary of state for culture, media and sport at the time, to let the gallery keep it up for longer.
"What was incredible was that Chris Smith was at the gala and I was able to ask if we could keep this up for longer than a night," she explains. "He said: 'Absolutely'. He loved Zaha's work and it stayed up for two months throughout the summer."
Hadid's pavilion consisted of a series of large white triangular panels supported by a steel frame. Inside, Hadid designed bespoke black, white and grey tables.
"It was a structure of swooping forms," Peyton-Jones says. "The inside of the pavilion went from black to white, so you had these tables laid out that spread throughout the whole of the interior."
The Serpentine Gallery went on to commission a different architect to create a pavilion each year, offering them the chance to create their first built structure in England. Subsequent pavilion architects have included Peter Zumthor, Herzog & de Meuron and Sou Fujimoto.
This year, Spanish architects SelgasCano created a structure wrapped in layers of coloured, translucent and mirrored plastic sheet.
In 2013, Hadid also designed a permanent extension housing a cafe and events space for the neighbouring Serpentine Sackler Gallery.
Peyton-Jones says the inaugural pavilion was instrumental to the success of the Serpentine Gallery's future projects.
"It was very Zaha, but obviously in a very paired down way and I felt very proud of it," she says. "It really set the bar for what was to follow, which was incredibly important."
This movie was filmed by Dezeen at the Serpentine Gallery in London. All photography is by Hélène Binet, courtesy of Serpentine Galleries, unless otherwise stated.
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India has a job crisis, and the government would rather you didn't notice. Last month, it hastily amended the Constitution for the "economically weak." But it defined the "economically weak" as anybody from a household earning less than 800,000 rupees, roughly $11,200, a year or owning a very tiny bit of land. And as the sociologist Sonalde Desai has argued, that covers.
A quota that includes virtually everybody means little. But the new 10 per cent quota is even worse than that: It contains a caveat that explicitly leaves out individuals belonging to India's disadvantaged castes, who benefit from other affirmative action measures. That's a little bit as if the United States government announced that it was reserving 10 per cent of government jobs for all but the richest 5 per cent of Americans, and African Americans need not apply.
According to data, a wing of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, unemployment in 2013-14 was 4.9 per cent. But an undisclosed study by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), a government agency that conducts large-scale research, has.
Measuring employment is inherently difficult in India. One reason is that the standard definition of what constitutes work — being in regular employment for a certain number of hours and a regular salary — comes from industrialised nations. Yet according to more than 80 per cent of Indians who are working or seeking work are in the informal sector, many of them doing odd jobs for multiple employers. Their activity is far more complicated for economists to measure accurately.
Making matters worse — and fuelling speculation that the unemployment situation in India is even more dire than suspected — the government has withheld official data about jobs. The two members of the NSSO who were not government officials resigned this week, in protest over the decision to not release their office's results even though those had been cleared for publication.
The other official source economists have traditionally turned to are the employment statistics of the Labour Bureau. The office had been releasing this data regularly for nearly a decade — until 2016, when the Labour Ministry suddenly decided to.
This information blackout is uncharacteristic for India, which has been praised, including by the Nobel Prize-winning economist, for playing a pioneering role, globally, in statistical data collection.
Now, analysts have to rely on other sources, indirect evidence and private studies.
The findings from those are alarming.
The, a well-respected business information company that collects primary data on various aspects of the Indian economy, estimates that.
According to a study conducted by the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University, India's youth unemployment now stands at 16 per cent. Women hold just 16 per cent of jobs in the service sector. In 2011, only 13 per cent of senior officers, legislators and managers were women; by 2015, the figure had dropped to 7 per cent.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that people are hurting. Early last year, advertised about 89,400 new jobs. Government posts in India — they mean job security and a decent salary — but for these positions, defying all expectations. Earlier this year, the secretariat of the government of Maharashtra, a state in west-central India, advertised 13 waiting jobs in its canteen. There were .
, but the benefits of the country's growth have been, with grim implications for the working classes and the lower-middle classes, women and the young.
These effects aren't just the accidental results of the government's decision, say, (which proved to be terribly) or to transform the indirect tax system into the new Goods and Services Tax (a move in the right direction but that was poorly executed and)., in numerous ways, a recent report indicates.
The Modi government's economic policy has been disproportionately focused on a few big corporations, neglecting small firms and traders, the agricultural sector and most workers. The results are now showing.


IE Blog Europe & CIS | IE Students: Volunteer for Bits & Pretzels 2017 and get full access to the event!
IE Students: Volunteer for Bits & Pretzels 2017 and get full access to the event!
Bits & Pretzels is a 3-day founders festival that connects 5.000 startup enthusiasts with Speakers and Table Captains like the founders of Virgin, Airbnb, Evernote or Zendesk. Bits & Pretzels creates unique networking around Munich Oktoberfest and encourages meaningful relationships between founders, investors and the media. And there are big name speakers too.
And, Bits & Pretzels wouldn't be Bits & Pretzels without our Oktoberfest Networking on the last day of the festival. On Tuesday, 300 tables in the Schottenhamel tent are going to be reserved exclusively for Bits & Pretzels. This is where the biggest Networking event at the Oktoberfest begins!
How Can IE Students Get Involved?
Attending Bits & Pretzels isn't cheap but there is a special opportunity for student volunteers! Given that IE Business School is again a partner of this event in 2017, the IE logo will be featured throughout the event, and the best part is IE students are invited to participate as well as volunteers. That means that IE students will help during the event days but that IE students will have full access to all workshops and more (which would normally cost 300€). No more than 16 hours of volunteering is required over the 3 days of the event, types of volunteer activities include helping people to register, taking care of the Press or VIPs, taking care that the speaker/room/technology issues, etc. The opportunity also includes access to the Oktoberfest Event!
For more information and coordination with the IE team that will be attending, you can also contact the IE DACH Center Director Mrs. Alexandra Wuttig at Alexandra.Wuttig@ie.edu as well. Remember, you must be a current undergraduate or master student to volunteer for this event.


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Child abuse hotline calls and texts rose during the pandemic. Here's how to help
By Lauren Mascarenhas and Megan Marples, CNN
Updated 1810 GMT (0210 HKT) May 5, 2021
Calls to Childhelp, a child abuse hotline, rose 8% in spring of 2020 compared to the same time the year prior, according to a new study.
(CNN) Calls to a major child abuse hotline increased in the early months of the pandemic, new research has revealed. The findings add fuel to worries that hidden child abuse may have been a consequence of school closings and lockdown measures due to the novel coronavirus.
Researchers assessed calls and texts to the national child abuse hotline Childhelp from March to May 2020 and compared them to the same period in 2019. The team found a 13.75% increase in total inquiries to the hotline from 2019 to 2020, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics Monday.
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"We hypothesize that there was an increase in calls and texts to the hotline overall due to an increase in child and caregiver distress and potential child maltreatment amid the stressors of the pandemic," said study author Dr. Robin Ortiz, national clinician scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
The research team reported 16,299 calls and 300 texts from March to May 2019 and 17,618 calls and 1,263 texts during the same period in 2020, which is an 8% and 321% increase, respectively.
Callers differed between 2019 and 2020 as well, the team noted. There was a decrease in calls between 2019 and 2020 from people mandated by law to report signs of abuse, such as teachers, day-care personnel, child protective services workers and counselors.
The team noted that calls increased after US Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency at the end of January 2020. Calls decreased after schools began closing in March 2020 -- though text inquiries rose after school closures.
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"Decreased exposure to school-based mandated reporters may have contributed to the initial call decrease," the researchers wrote. "Text messaging, a child- and teenager-friendly modality, expanded during the postclosure period, pointing to potential self-advocacy."
The team said their findings suggested text-based access to these kinds of hotlines can be a helpful tool for children dealing with abuse during the pandemic, while exposure to mandated reporters is limited.
Concerns about hidden child abuse
Child abuse escalates when families are overwhelmed, experts say. The pandemic's perfect storm of school closures, social isolation, separation from loved ones, interrupted income, and job loss has worried child abuse experts, who fear a hidden epidemic of abuse that has mostly gone undetected.
"I believe that it will take us many years to sort out the true effects of the pandemic on our children and this study is one step in that process," said Dr. Suzanne Haney, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, in an email. She was not involved in the study.
To complicate matters, data from 2020 has been difficult to obtain and analyze. Early in the pandemic, for instance, child abuse hotlines in Connecticut, California, Michigan, Kentucky, New Hampshire and Louisiana reported double-digit declines in calls about abuse.
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"These reductions do not reflect decreased incidences of child maltreatment, but unfortunately are a direct result of the precipitous decrease in contact between children, educational personnel, and other community youth programmes," wrote researchers in an article published in July 2020 in the journal The Lancet.
Another example: A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that emergency visits for child abuse and neglect for children under 18 dropped by 53% in mid-March 2020 compared to the same time in 2019.
Despite the drop, the study found the number of abused children who required hospitalization remained the same as last year, "suggesting that injury severity did not decrease during the pandemic," the CDC researchers said.
In fact, the study found the severity of the injuries worsened or stayed the same compared to a year ago. Did this mean that child abuse declined except for the most severe cases? Unclear, experts said.
It could be that there were fewer cases of child abuse, Haney said, or just that less severe cases were not reported.
Perhaps families were choosing to keep their children at home when they have less severe injuries, child abuse pediatrician Dr. Robert Sege, who directs the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine at Tufts Children's Hospital in Boston, told CNN in a prior interview.
"Most child abuse is caused by neglect, and physical abuse doesn't always cause a kind of serious injury that requires hospitalization," said Sege, who is also a member of the child protection program at Tufts Children's Hospital.
If you suspect a child is being abused, please contact one of the organizations below for help:
Call or text the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.
Call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children hotline at 1-800-843-5678.
Reach out to your state's child protective services office. Here is a list of contact information for each state.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.
Interestingly, the American Academy of Pediatrics conducted a study last November and found about 60% of families reported they grew closer together during the pandemic.
While most children's lives were upended during the pandemic, some parents "set out to create safe and loving homes for their children -- which led to closer positive relationships," AAP President Dr. Lee Savio Beers said in a written statement.
Despite unclear data, the US House of Representatives passed The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in mid-March.
The bill introduced a variety of increased safety measures for children, such as requiring the US Department of Health and Human Services to create a national tracking system for child abuse that allows states to share information with each other.
How to spot child abuse
Everyone should be on the lookout for signs of child abuse, experts say, not just mandated reporters.
It's important to report abuse as soon as it is spotted because it can cause "permanent, significant damage to the developing brain and contributes to life-long mental health and physical health issues," Haney said via email.
"The sooner that abuse is recognized and treated, the better off the child will be," she said.
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Neglect, such as children not having enough food or adequate clothing, is one of the most common forms of abuse, Haney said.
People should also be on the lookout for physical abuse, particularly if there are bruises on the ears or mouth injuries, she added.
CNN's Sandee LaMotte contributed to this article.