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Carol Pitchersky Papers, 1963-2008
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Bachurski Associates, Inc, 1992
Pitchersky, Carol
Box 10A
Access to diaries and calendars must be requested from donor during his lifetime. The remainder of the collection is open for research use.
Bachurski Associates, Inc; Carol Pitchersky Papers, MC210, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Boxes 10; 10A
The papers document Pitchersky's work as a fundraiser at the ACLU during the 1980s and for public interest groups in the 1970s and 1990s. The majority of the organizations were involved in defending civil and human rights, and also included organizations devoted to refugee relief, the promotion of peace, protecting the environment, and supporting the arts. The organizations include the ACLU, Amnesty International, Human Rights First (previously the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), the International Rescue Committee, the National Environmental Trust, the Society for Women's Health Research, and many other groups.
No material was separated from this collection during accessioning in 2004 or during subsequent processing in 2009.
Washington Office on Latin America
Society for Women's Health Research
Human Rights First (Organization)
National Environmental Trust (U.S.)
Oxfam.
Planned parenthood federation of America

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HeLa Cell Line
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks and developed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951. An immortal human cell line is a cluster of cells that continuously multiply on their own outside of the human from which they originated. Scientists use immortal human cell lines in their research to investigate how cells function in humans.
Subject: Technologies, Experiments, People, Ethics
Shinya Yamanaka (1962- )
Shinya Yamanaka gained international prominence after publishing articles detailing the successful generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, first in mice, then in humans. Yamanaka induced somatic cells to act like human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), allowing researchers to experiment with non-embryonic stem cells with a similar capacity as hESCs. The research involving iPS cells therefore offered new potential for research and application in medical treatment, without many of the ethical objections that hESC research entailed.
Michael D. West (1953- )
Michael D. West is a biomedical entrepreneur and investigator whose aim has been to extend human longevity with biomedical interventions. His focus has ranged from the development of telomerase-based therapeutics to the application of human embryonic stem cells in regenerative medicine. Throughout his eventful career, West has pursued novel and sometimes provocative ideas in a fervent, self-publicizing manner. As of 2009, West advocated using human somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to derive human embryonic stem cells for therapeutic practice.
James Alexander Thomson (1958- )
James Alexander Thomson, affectionately known as Jamie Thomson, is an American developmental biologist whose pioneering work in isolating and culturing non-human primate and human embryonic stem cells has made him one of the most prominent scientists in stem cell research. While growing up in Oak Park, Illinois, Thomson's rocket-scientist uncle inspired him to pursue science as a career. Born on 20 December 1958, Thomson entered the nearby University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign nineteen years later as a National Merit Scholar majoring in biophysics.
John D. Gearhart
John D. Gearhart is a renowned American developmental geneticist best known for leading the Johns Hopkins University research team that first identified and isolated human pluripotent stem cells from human primordial germ cells, the precursors of fully differentiated germ cells. Born in Western Pennsylvania, Gearhart lived on the family farm located in the Allegheny Mountains for the first six years of his life.
Edward Donnall Thomas (1920-2012)
Edward Donnall Thomas, an American physician and scientist, gained recognition in the scientific community for conducting the first bone marrow transplant, a pioneering form of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Bone marrow transplants are considered to be the first successful example of tissue engineering, a field within regenerative medicine that uses hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) as a vehicle for treatment. Prior to Thomas's groundbreaking work, most blood-borne diseases, including certain inherited and autoimmune diseases, were considered lethal.
Gail Roberta Martin (1944– )
In the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Gail Roberta Martin specialized in biochemistry and embryology, more specifically cellular communication and the development of organs. In 1981, she named any cell taken from inside a human embryo at the blastocyst stage an "embryonic stem cell". During development, an embryo goes through the blastocyst stage just before it implants in the uterus. Embryonic stem cells are useful for experiments because they are self-renewing and able to develop into almost any cell type in the body.
Matthew Howard Kaufman (1942–2013)
Matthew Kaufman was a professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, UK, who specialized in mouse anatomy, development, and embryology during the late twentieth century. According to the The Herald, he was the first, alongside his colleague Martin Evans, to isolate and culture embryonic stem cells. Researchers initially called those cells Evans-Kaufman cells. In 1992, Kaufman published The Atlas of Mouse Development, a book that included photographs of mice development and mice organs over time.
James Edgar Till (1931– )
James Edgar Till is a biophysicist known for establishing the existence of stem cells along with Ernest McCulloch in 1963. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can shift, or differentiate, into specialized types of cells and serve as a repair system in the body by dividing indefinitely to replenish other cells. Till's work with stem cells in bone marrow, which produces the body's blood cells, helped form the field of modern hematology, a medical discipline that focuses on diseases related to the blood.
Subject: People, Experiments, Technologies
John Bertrand Gurdon (1933- )
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon further developed nuclear transplantation, the technique used to clone organisms and to create stem cells, while working in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Gurdon's research built on the work of Thomas King and Robert Briggs in the United States, who in 1952 published findings that indicated that scientists could take a nucleus from an early embryonic cell and successfully transfer it into an unfertilized and enucleated egg cell.
Robert Lanza (1956- )
During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Robert Paul Lanza studied embryonic stem cells, tissues,
and endangered species as chief scientific officer of Advanced Cell
Technology, Incorporated in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lanza's team cloned
the endangered species of gaur Bos gaurus.
Although the gaur did not survive long, Lanza successfully cloned
another cow-like creature, called the banteng
(Bos
javanicus). Lanza also worked on cloning human embryos
to harvest stem cells, which could be used to treat dieases. While
Keith Henry Stockman Campbell (1954-2012)
Keith Henry Stockman Campbell studied embryo growth and cell differentiation during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the UK. In 1995, Campbell and his scientific team used cells grown and differentiated in a laboratory to clone sheep for the first time. They named these two sheep Megan and Morag. Campbell and his team also cloned a sheep from adult cells in 1996, which they named Dolly. Dolly was the first mammal cloned from specialized adult (somatic) cells with the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an accountant and co-owner of a wholesale drug company. While in high school Lillie took up interests in entomology and paleontology but went to the University of Toronto with the aim of studying ministry. He slowly became disillusioned with this career choice and decided to major in the natural sciences. It was during his senior year that he developed his lifelong interest in embryology.
Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804–1881)
Matthias Jacob Schleiden helped develop the cell theory in Germany during the nineteenth century. Schleiden studied cells as the common element among all plants and animals. Schleiden contributed to the field of embryology through his introduction of the Zeiss microscope lens and via his work with cells and cell theory as an organizing principle of biology.
Elizabeth Dexter Hay (1927–2007)
Elizabeth Dexter Hay studied the cellular processes that affect development of embryos in the US during the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In 1974, Hay showed that the extracellular matrix, a collection of structural molecules that surround cells, influences cell behavior. Cell growth, cell migration, and gene expression are influenced by the interaction between cells and their extracellular matrix.
Robert Alan Good (1922-2003)
Robert Alan Good was an American physician and scientific researcher who explored the cellular mechanisms of immunity. His research and discoveries earned him the label of "father of modern immunology." Though his work in immunology is considered his greatest scientific achievement, Good is also well known for his work with tissue engineering. From his research on immunology, Good was able to perform the first successful allogeneic (donor and recipient are unrelated) bone marrow transplant.
Gordon Watkins Douglas (1921-2000)
Gordon Watkins Douglas researched cervical cancer, breach delivery, and treatment of high blood pressure during pregnancy in the US during the twentieth century. He worked primarily at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York, New York. While at Bellevue, he worked with William E. Studdiford to develop treatments for women who contracted infections as a result of illegal abortions performed throughout the US in unsterile environments.
Percivall Pott (1714-1788)
Percivall Pott was a physician in England during the eighteenth century who identified soot as the cause of chimney sweeps' scrotal cancer, later called testicular cancer. In the 1770s, Pott observed that scrotal cancer commonly afflicted chimney sweeps, the young boys sent up into chimneys to clean away the soot left over from fires, and he hypothesized that the soot inside chimneys might cause that type of cancer. Pott was one of the first doctors to identify some environmental factor as causing cancer.
Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952)
Edwin Grant Conklin was born in Waldo, Ohio, on 24 November 1863 to parents Nancy Maria Hull and Dr. Abram V. Conklin. Conklin's family was very religious and he seriously considered a theistic path before choosing a career in academics. Conklin's scientific work was primarily in the areas of embryology, cytology, and morphology, though many questions regarding the relationships between science, society, and philosophy had an influence on both his writings and academic lectures.
Father Frank Pavone (1959- )
Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and other techniques and procedures that he believes threaten human life from conception to death. His contributions to the pro-life movement include founding a new religious order called the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life and participating in high-profile protests and television interviews for the pro-life cause.
Subject: People, Religion, Reproduction
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (1964- )
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine and is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, 24 February 1964, Sánchez Alvarado left his home to pursue education in the United States, where he received a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology and chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and a Doctorate in pharmacology and cell biophysics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1992.
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (1834-1914)
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann studied how the traits of organisms developed and evolved in a variety of organisms, mostly insects and aquatic animals, in Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Weismann proposed the theory of the continuity of germ-plasm, a theory of heredity. Weismann postulated that germ-plasm was the hereditary material in cells, and parents transmitted to their offspring only the germ-plasm present in germ-cells (sperm and egg cells) rather than somatic or body cells.


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Archidiecezja westminsterska − archidiecezja Kościoła rzymskokatolickiego w Wielkiej Brytanii. Tradycyjnie uważana za "pierwszą wśród równych"  w grupie angielskich i walijskich diecezji katolickich. Jej arcybiskup metropolita otrzymuje zwykle godność kardynała, zwyczajowo pełni również funkcje przewodniczącego Konferencji Episkopatu Anglii i Walli. Powstała w 1622 jako wikariat apostolski Anglii. W 1688 zmieniła nazwę na wikariat apostolski dystryktu londyńskiego. 29 września 1850, po reformie administracyjnej Kościoła katolickiego w Wielkiej Brytanii, została podniesiona do rangi archidiecezji. Obecne granice uzyskała w czerwcu 1917 roku.

Jest jedną z trzech katolickich diecezji w granicach Londynu. Granicę z archidiecezją Southwark stanowi Tamiza - do archidiecezji westminsterskiej należą parafie na północ od tej rzeki. Z kolei od diecezji Brentwood oddziela ją rzeka Lea. Do archidiecezji przynależy część Londynu na zachód od jej koryta.

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 Arcybiskupi Westminster

Bibliografia

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Religia w Londynie

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In this sculpture, the falcon mantles over her prey, the elusive desert bustard. This scene depicts a dramatic hunt captured in silver. The natural habitat of the ground-dwelling Houbara Bustard extends across the northern Sahara through Egypt, the Middle East, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and then east as far as western Mongolia. The Saker Falcon, a desert raptor that has adopted a low-flying 'search and chase' method of pursuit, enabling it to catch mammals as well as birds, preys upon the Houbara.


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Death and taxes. Death, please!
(Following is my sweaty Tax Day post from last year. This year I did not perspire because I automatically sent everything to a CPA. In spite the great confidence I have in "Keith," I will not fully rest until three years from now, when the IRS statute of limitations says they can't come after me for erroneously writing off my book club purchases.
Lest you think I am a silly worrywart, in 1995 my 1994 returns were audited, which makes deciphering income tax forms look like an hour at TJ Maxx. The IRS disputed $1,400 worth of deductions. They spent three months and untold "man hours" sifting through every receipt in order to potentially recoup the taxes on $1,400, plus a small penalty–roughly $400 total. Because my Uncle Ivan, the consummate bookkeeper, drilled it into my head to err on the side of over-paying and having back-up for each and every deduction, I ended up owing the IRS zero. Nothing. Nada. The CPA bill was five digits.
Yes, April 15th is not my favorite time of the year.)
This year April 15th shall go down in history, for me, as the end of the world as I know it.
In the past, I used an accountant to do my taxes. Self-employed as a TV commercials director, writer, producer, photographer, and media consultant, there were just too many variables for me to take on the IRS all by my lonesome. But this year, all I had income-wise were proceeds from a brand new photography business and books sales from my novel. (Uh, you guys have to schedule more photo shoots and buy more books. Seriously. I honestly didn't think I needed help tabulating my "income" this year.)
Au contrare, Pierre, as they say in I-see-London-I-see-France. This, from the IRS website, "If you made or received a payment as a small business or self-employed (individual), you are most likely required to file an information form with the IRS." In essence, if someone paid me $5 for taking a photo of his dog with my iPhone, I must file a separate tax return in addition to my personal income tax return.
Knowing full well that the thought of filing taxes turns mortals into Jello, the charmers at the IRS have devised this thing that is meant to sound helpful. I say "sound helpful" because there could be no way for an actual human to believe this thing is actually helpful. The thing is a form to which a government clerk has added the letters EZ, i.e. forms 1040EZ and Schedule C-EZ.
One would think the letters EZ are meant to indicate, oh, I don't know, a procedure that by comparison to brain transplants and speaking Lithuanian with a high degree of fluency might be construed as EASY. EZ. See what they did there?
But no.
I foolishly set aside two days this week to do my taxes. My Uncle Ivan was the bookkeeper for our family's advertising photography studio, and he drummed it into my head to save every receipt, annotate all paperwork with excessive detail, keep records of any transaction in triplicate (including dry cleaning bills even though one would never dream of deducting such an expense unless the clothing had been soiled during a work-sanctioned food fight with mandatory attendance – we did, after all, work in advertising), and assume accountants from the government would terrorize you if the corporate checkbook wasn't balanced to the penny.
One wouldn't normally place the word "terrorize" in the same sentence with the word "accountant," a term more generally associated with the phrases "date from hell" and "I'm sorry, I fell asleep. What did you say?" But these are the Feds we're talking about.
Fully aware that the term "accountant" may not cast quite enough fear into the hearts of American citizens and others who pay U.S. taxes, the federal government has bestowed upon their "accountants" a more fitting and ghastly title—agent.
I don't care how old you are or where you grew up, when you put the word "agent" in the same breath as the word "government" you've pictured a sinister man in a raincoat whose goal in life it is to do you harm. I believe, verbatim, this is in fact part of the actual job description of the IRS agent.
It was demoralizing to discover that in spite of my record-keeping—a feat of human organization and skill unmatched by anyone whose uncle was not Ivan Ferderbar, I would be unable to fathom the instructions for filing my taxes.
I've read Finnegan's Wake—an experimental novel with no clear plot, of approximately a million pages, single-spaced in a tiny font—that is written all stream of consciousness, consisting of idiosyncratic language, i.e. quirky strings of words that you wouldn't exactly call "sentences," based on free association, and that as best I can tell, is an attempt at capturing the feeling of dreams—and not the ones you remember or can fly in. 77 years after it was published, Joyce scholars still can't agree on what it all means, but they unanimously concur it is easier to read and understand than form 1040EZ.
I tried calling the IRS Helpline. Only government agents, i.e. sadistic psychopaths, would have the audacity to use the word "help" to describe a thing (you can't really call it a function as it lacks purpose) that is actually 100% a hindrance. They should call it the IRS Ironyline. Or Glitchline. Make up your own name for it. It's a better use of your time than calling the number at 10AM (CDT) on Monday, April 11th, only to get a recorded announcement telling you the office is currently closed, and to call back during normal business hours, defined as Monday through Friday, 7AM to 7PM. (The message did not state whether this was central daylight time or Martian winter hours, but 10A (CDT), no matter how you slice it, falls within any definition of "between 7Am and 7PM" anywhere in the contiguous United States, except for maybe a place in Texas where they believe the earth was created 6,000 years ago and Christian people rode domesticated triceratops to work.
My guess? Just like in a cartoon with a squirrel and a moose, a diabolical yet small man wearing a trench coat came into work at the IRS at precisely 7AM on Monday morning the 11th of April, 2016. He reached for the "off" button on the office answering machine, but his finger hovered, not quite disengaging the device. A sinister smile crept across his oily face, making his pencil mustache go up at the outer edges, like evil punctuation. He left the answering machine on.
"BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA," he exclaimed, before sitting down at his desk and determining whom he would like to audit next. Then he grabbed a folder with the letter F on its cover, and opened it to the name Ferderbar.


If you are a millennial who does not reside under the proverbial rock, chances are that the words 'BTS' or 'K-Pop' would have popped up on your social media feed at least once in the recent times. Having exponentially gained traction over the past years, Korean Pop has now evolved into a phenomenon that has swept the world music scene, showing no signs of going anywhere anytime soon.
India's love affair with Korean culture has its epicentre in the northeastern parts of the country, specifically Manipur. When the separatist outfit known as the Revolutionary People's Front took over the region, they banned all forms of Indian entertainmentâ€"including Hindi soaps, TV channels and Bollywood. This saw them turn to other sources for entertainment, and South Korean dramas and music soon found their way into the hearts of the people. Even now, years after the ban has been relaxed, Hallyu (the Korean wave) ha s a firm foothold in the northeastern society. While the reasons for this are still debated, many are of the opinion that the northeastern affinity towards Korean culture stems in part from their under-representation in the mainstream entertainment forms of their own country. Moreover, a similarity in appearance, cuisine and dressing style have all served to push the seven sisters closer to K-Pop.
The rest of India probably had their first brush with K-Pop with the coming of the wildcard hit 'Gangnam Style' released by PSY in 2012. Breaking YouTube records and instantly attaining earworm status, Gangnam Style paved the way for future forays by K-Pop groups into the international scene. While groups like Girls Generation, EXO, Twice and SHINee have dedicated fan followings in India, recent phenomenon BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) seems to be the next big thing in international K-Pop.
In 2017, the Indian edition of Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with BTS leader Kim Namjoon (stage name RM). Within minutes of its release, the Rolling Stone servers crashed due to overwhelming traffic on their website. Shortly afterwards, the hashtag #IndialovesBTS trended on Twitter, peaking at No 2 on the global trends list.
In 2016, VH1 launched its segment KPopp'd on Saturdays. Popular music station 9XO soon followed suit, streaming several popular BTS songs on their channel. In other events, the 2017 World K-Pop Festival held in Changwon, South Korea, witnessed history being madeâ€"an Indian group, Immortal Army from Mizoram, carried home a trophy for the first time.
Indian K-Pop fans have established their presence on social media as well. What is different about them is that they do not restrict themselves to drooling over posters or manically purchasing concert tickets. Most fan accounts systematically organise charity projects in the name of their chosen idolsâ€"a good example being how EXO-Ls (EXO fans) donated Rs 58,000 to a n NGO in Mumbai.
K-Pop Contest India, organised by the Korean Cultural Centre, started out six years ago in New Delhi, with barely 37 participants, and around 300 spectators. It is a testament to the growing popularity of K-Pop in India that the 2017 edition of the contest saw around 898 contestants, with regional rounds having to be held in around 11 cities to decide the final participants. Elsewhere, CHRIST University held its first Indo-Korean Utsav in July this year, with the Korean consul general in attendance. First hand reports say that the audience response was overwhelmingly positive, especially to student dance covers of popular K-Pop groups like BlackPink, BTS, and Momoland.


Killer Queen digital sheet music. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file.
"Its just what I needed! I used it for my rock band and it was exactly what we were looking..."
She keeps a Motet et Chandon in her pretty cabinet.
The Arrangement Details Tab gives you detailed information about this particular arrangement of Killer Queen - not necessarily the song.
Its just what I needed! I used it for my rock band and it was exactly what we were looking for. Very accurate in terms of vocals. Recommended.


A Marketplace headline reads that checked bag fees lead to cabin chaos.
Granted, airlines like Delta allow free checking for up to two bags that meet their size/weight requirements for International trips. If you're flying within the U.S. or to/from our neighbors like Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, you're paying per piece of checked luggage. The theory is that passengers don't like to pay, so we pack it with us, pile it on board, and jam it in overhead bins.
No word on an independent data set, but it certainly presents as an interesting (unscientific) poll and News Cut discussion.
* The FAA posted carry-on baggage tips online.
The airlines should be the one responsible for making sure the bags fit on the planes. Don't allow people down the jetway with extra bags. Don't allow them down the jetway with oversize bags.
TSA is responsible for making sure unauthorized people don't get into the secure terminal area. (How much good that does is a separate argument).
TSA does not know that I'm on a 767 today with good baggage room, or on a E175 that's fully booked, or a DC-9. Those plane will hold different bags, and how many of them will depend on the passenger count.
TSA doesn't know that. The gate agents managing the boarding process do. It's THEIR problem. They've got the rules already — they just need to actually enforce them. And that means for everyone.
I agree with david z. It is very frustrating when you watch people get on board with 5 bags. Not only are they taking up a lot of space but they're slowing down the boarding process as they try to find space. Bring your ONE suitcase and ONE personal item…and yes, that means fitting your purse into your laptop bag or camera bag for us ladies…and that's it.
I'm not sure Congress could agree on a joint resolution that says the sun will rise in the east tomorrow and set in the west. Asking them to micromanage carry-on baggage requirements that are clearly in place already amongst carriers is ludicrous.
I'm with Nikki and David on this one. Enforce what you have already and make it apply to EVERYONE. And I would have no problems with TSA or law enforcement boarding the plane to deal with the hostile customer either.
The belligerent person who wants to tangle with a flight attendant or gate agent is probably going to think twice when it is a person with a badge.
I traveled to Europe in January for a Fulbright Fellowship and had two bags. When I purchased the ticket, the rules were that one could have two bags for an international flight. When I checked in, however, I was charged for one. i don't like the fact that airlines change rules between the time one purchases a ticket and when one uses the ticket. What one pays for should be honored.
I also agree, with David and Nikki. However…it isn't just the "having to pay" factor that contributes to people wanting to carry on…it's having your luggage with you and not flying off to the wrong airport without you or your flight is cancelled and you spend the night with no luggage that scares frequent flyers. But that is nothing new. On my last flight the amount of luggage was ridiculous. I also think people are starting to scam, bringing it to the gate, it gets checked for free at the gate because there is no room in the plane. At $ 25 bucks a bag, you're talking real money for a family travelling.
I've flown many hundreds of times in the last 15 years. I've had exactly 1 instance of my bags not making it to the right airport on the right flight. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but in the grand scheme of things it's not an everyday occurrence for everyone.
I also don't pack valuable guitars or electronic equipment in my checked bags either. Clothes and a couple of other things that would be easily enough replace at the other end if necessary.
Everything I *have* to have goes on the plane with me. Sometimes that means a carry on suitcase. But just one, and fairly small. Not the three huge rollaboards that I see some people carry on. And having seen them in the terminal, I know they're just one person, not a family's worth of bags.
It's the inconsistencies that bug most people.
Next to the gate attendant – and sometimes you have to try hard to find it – is the metal sign/crate that indicates if your bag doesn't fit in the space it's not carry on. Make people use it. This will cause a slowdown in the line because the woman bringing enough carry on to go to the Alps, not LA, will make passengers crazy mad. Their anger will be directed at the money saving space stealing passengers hopefully stimulating a self correcting large bags left behind system.
Only two bags and nothing bigger than that box isn't a new rule. Just time for some crackdown.
The government doesnt need to regulate the number of bags a person can carry- c'mon.
What needs to happen is airlines should be fighting over getting the best customer value be it no charge for checked bags or more space for carry-ons.
How is the "free market" a solution? Obviously the majority of the airlines in this so-called "free market" seem to think that they can get away with charging baggage fees.
Name all the airlines that offer an MSP-SEA route. Then name all the airlines that offer MSP-SEA with free checked baggage. That leaves us with Southwest, off the top of my head. Not exactly a very competitive "free market", is it.
This is where government regulation comes in to play. Yeah, "regulation" sure sounds like a scary thing, but if the corporations aren't going to listen to the people, shouldn't the body that represents the people do something about it?


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Well-being and Workforce Strategy
The Future of Workforce Well-being
A well-being strategy that resonates with organizational culture and mission is even more essential for employers as a relentless onslaught of stressors, pandemic-related and not, has affected our health, including our mental health, for almost 2 years.
A well-being strategy that resonates with organizational culture and mission is even more essential for employers as a relentless onslaught of stressors, pandemic-related and not, has affected our health, including our mental health, for almost 2 years. Addressing employee needs and prioritizing equity and inclusion are top of mind. Well-being and employee experience are recognizably linked, and whether owned by Benefits, Total Rewards, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, HR or other leadership, a committed strategy with accountability across functions is becoming the new normal.
This resource serves as a companion piece to Employer Trends Across Six Dimensions of Well-being, which lays out how employers are reimagining their strategies by providing a snapshot of current offerings across six dimensions of well-being: physical health, mental health, financial security, social connectedness, job satisfaction and community.
Well-being Has Impact Beyond Health Care Cost
Well-being is strongly positioned as part of workforce and business strategy; top objectives are improving engagement, managing health costs and increasing productivity/reducing absence.1 Nine out of 10 large employers see well-being as either fundamental to or part of their overall business strategy.1 That may be because employers understand that well-being is critical to the employee experience and value proposition; surveys show that when managers support their employees' well-being, they are more likely to be happy with their job and to recommend their organization as a great place to work.2
Data in support of well-being as a contributor to business outcomes are emerging.3 However, fewer than one-fifth of large employers see improving overall business performance as a top priority for well-being initiatives, likely reflecting the challenge of connecting health and well-being culture, benefits, programs and policies to business outcomes.1
OUTLOOK: Well-being will continue to evolve and broaden its scope and impact on corporate culture and practices through stronger connections to functions such as equity, diversity and inclusion along with sustainability and social responsibility. Employee, customer and community well-being will be integrated with sustainability goals, and over time, into shareholder reporting. At the same time, employee and family well-being strategies will increasingly reflect corporate commitments to people and the planet. The well-being of contracted employees and vendor partners, including the global supply chain, will grow in visibility and importance.
Well-being is Dynamic and Evolving
This is consistent with the #1 objective reported by large employers: to improve engagement.1 The top-down directives of years past are less prevalent, and employee priorities are increasingly weighted, with employee feedback used by 80% of employers as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of their well-being strategies.1 Mental health is front and center; 91% of large employers are concerned about mental health challenges caused or exacerbated by the pandemic, and 62% have implemented new mental health benefits they expect will be permanent.4 Employers are well aware that this aspect of well-being is the most important to employees right now and in turn are offering a variety of services to address a wide spectrum of needs, from teletherapy (88%), to mindfulness and sleep programs (72% and 45%), to pediatric focused mental health support (22%).1 This wide variety of offerings is reflective of a greater trend of providing employees with numerous resources so that they have ample choice, recognizing the individuality of employees and their diverse set of needs. It also recognizes choice as key to providing employees with a positive experience; surveys show that the greater the number of benefits and programs, the more employees feel cared for – and the more likely they are to stay with their organization.4, 5
OUTLOOK: Workplace conversations precipitated by waves of trauma - a global pandemic, George Floyd's murder, a post-election attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 – mark a turning point. These conversations will continue, and feedback from team discussions and town halls, social media, employee resource groups (ERGs) and pulse surveys will influence the definition and framing of well-being going forward. And employees will chart their own well-being journeys, supported by data and technology tools that help them better understand their health and well-being risks and opportunities, along with the benefits and programs available to them.
Well-being Strategies Include a Focus on Health Equity
The movement for social justice has changed corporate well-being strategies for the better. Eight in ten employers report that equity, diversity and inclusion influence their well-being strategies, and 45% say they design initiatives to support traditionally marginalized populations.1 This is exemplified by employers' expansion of family- forming benefits and coverage of transgender health care, as well as their interest in services that offer employees culturally competent care.6
Organizations are using a variety of tactics to better meet the health and well-being needs of Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and LBGTQ+ populations. Obtaining multistakeholder feedback is one way; 81% of employers currently solicit input from equity, diversity and inclusion leaders at their company, a best practice when making decisions about programs or building new initiatives. The employee voice - which has risen in prominence in the past year - has become paramount for inclusion efforts as a way to listen for needs and concerns and test assumptions; 78% of employers report that they request employee input from surveys, focus groups and/or ERGs.1 Auditing benefits and well-being initiatives for inclusivity is another tactic in place, with almost half of employers doing this. And while fewer employers (39%) currently create equity, diversity and inclusion standards for vendors and suppliers, this practice is likely to increase in the future.1
OUTLOOK: Employers and their vendor partners alike will continue to push for greater inclusivity in the programs, benefits and services they offer employees and their families, bringing them further down the path of reducing health disparities and promoting health equity. As part of these efforts, employers will apply an expansive lens of inclusion, incorporating the needs and challenges of disabled employees, neurodiverse employees, veterans and those with intersectional identities – in addition to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ employees - into their strategies. Well-being leaders will expand their criteria and expectations of vendor partners, and vendors will enhance their capabilities, with an eye to cultural competency as a critical element of any offering. As a backbone to these efforts, employers will increasingly use data on ethnicity, race, gender identity and sexual orientation and will strengthen their partnership with equity, diversity and inclusion leaders, working together to achieve shared goals.
Well-being is No Longer Just About Changing Behavior
The scope of employers' well-being strategies has expanded to incorporate social determinants of health, reflecting increased organizational understanding that behavior change initiatives and medical benefits may prove ineffectual if underlying social and economic conditions that influence health aren't addressed. Furthermore, addressing social determinants is an important pathway to reducing disparities and promoting health equity. The data illustrate this point; about one- third of employees say they have trouble accessing basic needs, such as healthy food and clean water, health services, and safe and affordable housing, transportation, and recreational space.7 In 2021, more than half of employers reported that they're focusing on health care (61%), finances/income (60%) and racism (55%) as a part of their health and well-being strategy – three social determinants of health that impact employees' physical and mental health, their ability to be productive at work and their overall quality of life.4 Further attention will be paid to these areas in the future, with additional employers reporting that they plan to address them in 2022 or are considering changes for 2023 or 2024.4 Social determinants of health that currently have less traction among employers but are emerging as areas of interest include childcare, transportation, food access/insecurity and housing.4
OUTLOOK: The incorporation of initiatives addressing social determinants of health into well-being strategies will lead employers to develop creative, and even first-of-their kind, solutions. While many of these solutions will seek to mediate the negative effects of community conditions where employees live or work (e.g., providing employees with benefits or programs that help them obtain nutritious food, such as take-home meals or grocery discount cards), some well-being and benefits leaders may take steps toward enacting community-level changes that have the potential to impact population health (e.g., putting in a new local playground or park). Both types of solutions will likely lead many employers to develop or strengthen internal and external partnerships.
Health and Well-being Initiatives Can Further Enhance Employee Trust
Employees trust their employer "to do what is right, more than government, non-governmental organizations and the media."8 And when it comes to communication, employers are the most trusted source of information, considered to be "guardians of information quality."8 This is good news for employers, as a top desired employer characteristic is trustworthiness.9 Well-being leaders strive to maintain and reinforce this trust, knowing that employees cannot thrive at work and at home without it, and that benefits and programs will go unused in its absence. Trust can be built through activities like manager and peer training to promote safe and empathetic conversations about mental health, something 65% and 33% of employers, respectively, are doing; enhanced support for work/life balance, such as through the provision of caregiver leave or updated PTO policies during the pandemic, offered by 55% and 44% of employers, respectively, in 2021; and actions to promote social justice and health equity.1, 4 For many employers, these efforts are paying off, reflected by employee sentiments: 81% say they feel comfortable having open and honest conversations about their well-being with their direct reports, and 71% say the same about their manager.5 Moreover, 76% of employees report that they're comfortable sharing personal health information with their employer (or an appropriate third party contracted by their employer), a number that has risen since 2017.5
OUTLOOK: Employers will further enhance employee trust by consistently demonstrating a deep commitment to the well-being of employees and their families, who rely on them for their most personal – and sometimes pivotal – health and well-being needs. Promoting employee health and safety at the worksite, including measures to reduce disease transmission, are becoming table stakes. Beyond ensuring employees' physical safety, benefit and well-being leaders will continue to create psychologically healthy workplaces, with an emphasis on senior leaders and managers modeling organizational values. They'll continue to incorporate the employee voice into their well-being strategies, not only to meet their needs, but to show the workforce that the organization is listening and that their contributions matter. And employers will assess if and how well-being benefits, programs and policies align with the employee value proposition, an important way to honor the organization's promise to employees.
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1 | Business Group on Health and Fidelity Investments. 12th Annual Employer-Sponsored Health & Well-being Survey. https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/resources/2021-employer-sponsored-health-and-well-being-survey-chart-pack. Accessed September 29, 2021.
2 | McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org. Women in the Workplace 2021. https://wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com/Women_in_the_Workplace_2021.pdf. Accessed September 29, 2021.
3 | Aon. 2021 Global Wellbeing Survey. https://www.aon.com/global-wellbeing-survey.aspx. Accessed October 6, 2021.
4 | MercerMarsh Benefits. Health on Demand: Delivering the benefits employees want now. https://www.mercer.com/our-thinking/health/mmb-2021-health-on-demand.html. Accessed September 21, 2021.
5 | Fidelity Investments. The benefits balancing act: employer and employee perspectives. August 2020. https://sponsorcqa.fidelity.com/bin-public/06_PSW_Website/documents/The_value_of_benefits_employer_and_employee_perspectives.pdf. Accessed October 6, 2021.
6 | Business Group on Health. 2022 Large Employers' Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/resources/2021-large-employers-health-care-strategy-and-plan-design-survey. Accessed September 29, 2021.
7 | Alight Solutions, Business Group on Health, Kantar. 2021 Employee Wellbeing Mindset Study. https://alight.com/research-insights/2021-employee-wellbeing-mindset-study. Accessed September 29, 2021.
8 | Edelman. Edelman Trust Barometer 2021. https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2021-03/2021%20Edelman%20Trust%20Barometer.pdf. Accessed September 29, 2021.
9 | Alight. 2021 Workforce Mindset Study®. https://alight.com/getmedia/f90795fb-af7f-4987-a076-ab131ac47fa8/Alight_Workforce_Mindset_Study_2021.pdf. Accessed September 29, 2021.
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Akmal Anvarovich Irgashev ( Akmal Anwarowitsch Ergaschew; * 16. Dezember 1982 in der Provinz Fargʻona) ist ein usbekischer Taekwondoin, der im Schwergewicht startet.

Irgashev bestritt seine ersten internationalen Titelkämpfe bei der Asienmeisterschaft 2006 in Bangkok und der Weltmeisterschaft 2007 in Peking, schied dort aber frühzeitig aus. Erfolgreich verlief hingegen das Jahr 2008. Irgashev gewann in Henan mit Bronze bei der Asienmeisterschaft seine erste internationale Medaille. Er qualifizierte sich für die Olympischen Spiele in Peking, wo er in der Klasse über 80 Kilogramm im Viertelfinale gegen Cha Dong-min unterlag, über die Hoffnungsrunde aber den Kampf um Bronze erreichte. Nach einer knappen Niederlage gegen Chika Chukwumerije verpasste er eine olympische Medaille und wurde Fünfter. Eine Bronzemedaille konnte er bei den Asienspielen 2010 in Guangzhou gewinnen. Irgashev bestritt 2011 in Gyeongju seine bislang erfolgreichste Weltmeisterschaft. Mit vier Siegen erreichte er das Finale im Schwergewicht, wo er gegen Jo Chol-ho verlor, mit Silber aber seine erste WM-Medaille erkämpfte. Beim asiatischen Olympiaqualifikationsturnier 2011 in Bangkok gewann er in der Klasse über 80 Kilogramm den entscheidenden Kampf um den dritten Platz und qualifizierte sich für seine zweiten Olympischen Spiele 2012 in London.

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2015 Helping the most Vulnerable out of the Poverty Trap and Reducing Inequality : Policies, Strategies, and Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Including Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
Queen's University Belfast. School of Education. Centre for Behaviour Analysis; Dillenburger, K.; McKerr, L.; Jordan, J.A.
2016-03 Together : Building a United Community. Evaluation of the Summer Camp Pilot Programme 2015 Final Report
2016 "Explore, Dream, Discover" : A resource to support the delivery of Summer Camps 2016 - 17
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; Northern Ireland Education Authority
2015 Summer Camps : Summary of the Findings of Shared Learning Forums
2016 Addressing the Needs and Experiences of Disabled Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; Queen's University Belfast; Kelly, Berni; Dowling, Sandra; Winter, Karen
2015 Profiling the Population of Disabled Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care in Northern Ireland Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; Kelly, Berni; Dowling, Sandra; Winter, Karen
2016 A Review of the Legislative and Policy Context in relation to Looked After Disabled Children and Young People in Northern Ireland Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; Queen's University Belfast; Kelly, Berni; Dowling, Sandra; Winter, Karen
2016 Disabled Children and Young People who are Looked After : A Literature Review
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2016 Disabled Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care; Summary Report Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; Queen's University Belfast; Kelly, Bernie; Dowling, Sandra; Winter, Karen
2016-03 Growing Up On an Interface; Findings and Implications for the Social Needs, Mental Health and Lifetime Opportunities of Belfast Youth Great Britain. Northern Ireland Office; Cummings, E. Mark; Shirlow, Peter; Browne, Brendan; Dwyer, Clare; Merrilees, Christine E.; Taylor, Laura K
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Hilton is joining other hotel companies in updating its "Do Not Disturb" policy.
According to USA Today, Hilton is now advising team members to contact security or a manager if the sign has been displayed on a guestroom door for more than 24 consecutive hours. However, individual properties will have the final say, and the policy doesn't guarantee a team member will enter each guestroom every day.
While a Hilton spokesman wouldn't attribute the policy change to last year's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas when a gunman fired into a festival crowd from a suite at the Mandalay Bay resort, numerous hotels have made similar policy changes since.
Last month, several Walt Disney World resorts in Orlando—including the Polynesian Village Resort, the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, the Contemporary Resort and the Bay Lake Tower—replaced the traditional Do Not Disturb sign with one that reads "Room Occupied."
Disney's new policy requires a staff member to enter each room at least once a day to ensure guest safety. However, members must knock and identify themselves before entering.
Meanwhile, Wynn Resorts' new policy has employees check in with guests if the Do Not Disturb sign is in place for more than 12 straight hours.
"It was revised after consultation with many teams, but very importantly those who are in guest-facing roles on property," Hilton spokesman Nigel Glennie told USA Today. "The discretion on what to do is left to the property, but the document offers some guidance on things to consider."
Hilton will notify guests through cards and notes that state the following: "We understand and respect your need for privacy. The hotel reserves the right to visually inspect all guest rooms every 24 hours to ensure the well-being of our guests and confirm the condition of the room. If service is refused for this length of time, a member of hotel management will check on the guest room."
The new policies have the support of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), which points out that "hotels own the rooms and have the right to enter for reasons of security, safety of guests, maintenance or sanitation."
University of Houston hospitality professor, Stephen Barth said hotels were already considering changes to combat issues like prostitution and drugs. He believes that new policies are unlikely to negatively impact guests.
"I'm going to guess that the percentage of customers that leave a Do Not Disturb sign on a door longer than 24 hours is probably less than we think," Barth told USA Today. "I don't think the impact on a large majority of customers will be significant. They're used to daily service, they appreciate it and they pay for it."
While hotels are working harder to protect guests, workers' union are fighting for enhanced staff safety, with some cities implementing devices that essentially function as "panic buttons" that workers can utilize in the event of an emergency.


Animation has evolved over time. The earliest forms involved 'toys' that were based on the principle of persistence of vision. In later stages, time based and cinematic forms were used to form visuals. Modern animation needs computer oriented softwares to create models by adding mesmerizing special effects to the movie or clip created. By having properties like exaggeration and simplification, animation can be extensively used for showing the complex and abstract processes via visuals in a simplified manner. Also, anything can be brought to life- be it personalities, drawings, objects, etc. Therefore, experts have remarked that animation is 'timeless, nimble and future proof' apart from being very 'hot'.
Animation is an art form that combines various movements by sequencing them in small intervals of time. An illusion is created which can be manipulated in various ways as per our imagination and requirement. Today, animation is creating history in the small and big screen and animated films are raking in a fortune, spanning learning from classroom training to online courses, with enormous scope for growth and sizeable job opportunities in animation industry.
For a very long time, it was assumed that animation was a profession meant for men. When we look back in history, we see many male artists who have carved a niche for themselves. Most of the earlier animators were men. It is not because women did not have the needed creativity, but perhaps lacked scope to earn. It is true that the artistic talent of women never saw the light of the day as they were suppressed. With time, women started entering the work force, and broke through male bastion of animation. Hence, creative youth target the best animation college, as their battlefield to prove creative-superiority in the battle of sexes. Through this article, we will try to find out few female animators who traversed the road less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.
Gayatri Rao:To start with, Rao is probably the earliest and best example in India, who achieved a rare distinction of doing an internship at Walt Disney Studios, Florida sponsored by UNICEF. She quenched her hunger by learning the skills of classical animation which she passed on to the creative clan in India. One of the founders of Animagic, Gayatri also pioneered stylised animation commercials in India and directed the animation for Mahakapi, a film based on the Jataka tale of the Monkey King, for CFSI, which won the prestigious UNESCO Award in 1998. She kept her habit of winning awards in her sector, the recent being National Award for Best Animation Director for the film 'Raju & I' in 2015. She has always satiated the audiences and critics with her social awareness messages through short animated films.
Kirsten Lepore: Another distinct name in modern animation, Lepore came to the limelight at a very early age, through her undergraduate thesis, a short stop motion film entitled 'Sweet Dreams'. According to Lepore, as a child she was fascinated by the animation techniques used by both Disney and the Jim Henson Company. During her high school days, she started exploring art, thereby pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at Maryland Institute College of Art, where she studied 'experimental animation'. She also reaped accolades for her creative short films Bottle and Move Mountain.
Retta Scott: The success of the 1942 released 'Bambi' is attributed to many animators who worked on it by being on rolls of Disney's studios. One such person who was actually the first woman to animate for Disney was Scott. Originally, she had been hired as a story development artist, but went to draw animal characters for Disney. It is said that Scott had a talent of drawing animals from all angles and perspectives which was due to her hobby of drawing animals during her student days. Apart from animations, Scott also worked on the war propaganda that Disney studios did during the World War II. She was lucky to have her name mentioned in the credits of movies like 'Fantasia' (1940), 'Dumbo' (1941) and 'Bambi' (1942). Much later while she was working as a freelancer, she received appreciation for the 1982 released 'The Plague Dogs'.
Lotte Reiniger: Reiniger has been regarded among the pioneers of animated films. Her technique of silhouette animation was something that she learnt on her own and adapted it successfully for the silver screen. Though she was unable to become an actress, Reiniger started off in 1916 by making silhouettes for the intertitles of movies 'Rübezahls Hochzeit' and 'Der Rattenfänger von Hameln' both made by Paul Wegener. Wegener helped Reiniger by introducing her to a group of young men who were trying to set up an animation studio at the Berliner Institut für Kulturforschung under Hans Cürlis. It was at this institute that Reiniger met Carl Koch (whom she married in 1921 and lived till his death in 1963). Koch helped her to make her to make 'Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens' by being its producer and cameraman. Deriving themes from fairy tales, Reiniger made ' Aschenputtel ' and 'Dornröschen' in 1922. However, her moment of fame came in four years later through 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' which has been unofficially regarded as the first full-length animated movie. Apart from Koch, Reiniger was assisted by Walther Ruttmannand Berthold Bartosch whereas Louis Hagen Jr financed it. However, after 1926, Reiniger diverted her attention towards making short movies which were either a single or a double reel. She also made sequences that others inserted in their movies. Her later works included ' Die Jagd nach dem Glück' (1929), 'Harlekin' (1931) and ' Der kleine Schornsteinfeger' (1934). When Adolf Hitler seized power, Reiniger and Koch shifted to England. Her output reduced during the World War II and her only work was the 1944 released 'Die Goldene Ganz'. Many of her earlier works were lost and negatives were destroyed. Luckily, some prints survived. Post 1945, Reiniger and Koch assumed British citizenship and set up Primrose Productions in the north of London. In just two years, Reiniger created over a dozen films based on stories written by the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Hauff, Hans Christian Andersen and from the One Thousand and One Nights. As the 1960's dawned, Reiniger lost Koch and she never made films for a decade. However, her earlier movies had been rediscovered and after nearly 35 years after she had emigrated to the UK, she revisited the country of her birth. During the 1970's, Reiniger went on a lecture tour to North America. The success and appreciation she got motivated her to do her last works- 'The Rose and the Ring'(1979) and 'Die vier Jahreszeiten' (1980) before her last breath.
Lillian Friedman Astor: Astor was an initially a student of animation and fashion design who began her career in animation in 1930 at the Fleischer Studios as an inker. Her talents got recognized and soon became an in-betweener for the 1931 released cartoon 'Mendelssohns Spring Song'. She began as an assistant to the animator James "Shamus" Culhane. She was later 'promoted' as an animator and that was when she made cartoons like Betty Boop (1934) and Olive Oyl. She is often recognized as the first female animator mainly for the work she did on the latter. Also, she was the first woman to work on Popeye and her work on him can be seen in the 1934 released 'Can you take it?'. Her other works include 'Making Stars'(1935), 'Judge for a Day'(1935), 'Be Human'(1936), 'Honest Love and True'(1938), and the 'Color Classic Hawaiin Birds'(1936). Out of many of her creations, Astor received credit for only six cartoons in her lifetime!
Her last works were for the 1941 released 'Hunky and Spunky' that was made in colour for Paramount Pictures.
Laverne Harding: Emily Laverne Harding is remembered for the cartoons that she created for animation as well as comics for the Walter Lantz studio. Harding was a trained artist as she attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. The first character she created upon graduation was Cynical Susie in 1935 for the United Feature Syndicate. She also created the 'Woody Woodpecker' cartoon the same year for Walter Lantz studio and it was her design that the studio used from 1950 to 1999! The 'Yogi Bear' cartoon which was one of Hanna-Barbera's famous cartoon was actually animated by Harding! Other works included 'Pink Panther' cartoons (1963) for the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. For all her contributions, she was the recipient of the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award in 1980.
Bianca Majolie: Majolie's entry into the Disney studios as its first female artist was coincidental. During the 1930's, Disney studios never employed any female candidates for its animation department. Instead those females who were selected were made to join the 'Ink and Paint' department wherein they had to trace the characters as well as fill in the ink and paint it for the characters before they were animated. However one afternoon, Disney lunched with Majolie who was one of his classmates from the McKinley High School and Chicago Art Institute. It is said that Disney was so impressed by her art work and skills that he immediately hired her as the first employee for his story department! Her first character was Elmer Elephant for the 1936 released animated film 'Silly Symphony'. Though her stint at Disney lasted only for four years, Majolie's contributions can be seen in like 'Pinocchio' (1940), 'Fantasia' (also 1940), 'Cinderella' (1950), 'Peter Pan' (1953) to name a few.
Sylvia Moberly-Holland: It is said that after watching the 1937 released 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', Holland made up her mind to work for Disney. Since she was an excellent artist, Disney hired her as the second women for his story department. Her first assignment was the 1940 released 'Fantasia' and most of the sequences were done by her. In fact, Holland along with Majolie and Ethel Kulsar made the art, character designs and backgrounds for many of the sequences. Though her contract ended after the World War II, Holland continued to create art all through her life.
Mary Blair: Robinson Blair's claim to fame is being one of the most influential artists to have worked in the Disney studios. Films like 'The Three Caballeros' (1944), 'Cinderella' (1950), 'Alice in Wonderland' (1951) and 'Peter Pan' (1953) are examples that show how good she was in the mastery of colour usage in animated films. Apart from animations and designing jobs, Blair was responsible for costumes, sets, locations as well.
Eunice Macaulay: Hailing from England, Macaulay's first brush with animation was through a Christmas card that she created while she working as a tracer. Later, apart from working as an animator, she was also a background artist, colouring supervisor, trace and paint supervisor to cite a few. She was known to create characters by drawing them as well as hand-colouring each of them. She won numerous awards including an OSCAR for the 25 short films she made. Few include 'Special Delivery' (1978), 'Just for Kids' (1983), 'Paradise' (1984), 'Dreams of a Land' (1987),' George and Rosemary' (1987)etc.
Kazuko Nakamura: Japanese born Nakamura picked her skills in animation while being trained at the Toei Doga company. She started in the same company as an in-betweener for the 1956 released 'The Legend of the White Serpent. Her other works include Tales of a Street Corner (1962), 1001 Nights (1969), Cleopatra (1970). Since she could do the complete animation, Nakamura worked on the 1974 released 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and the 1975 hit Chiisana Jumbo.
Reiko Okuyama: Okuyama was also with Nakamura at the Toei Doga company. She too started her animation career as an in-betweener. Her works included 'Legend of the White Snake Enchantress' (1958), 'Magic Boy' (1959), 'Saiyuki' (1960). As a head animator at Toei Doga, her last work was the 1979 released ' Tatsu no ko Taro'. Till her death in the late 2000's, he taught animation as well as illustrated books for children.
Brenda Banks: Banks was the first Black woman to work as an animator. She began career in the 1977 movie 'Wizards' for Ralph Bakshi's productions. Her other works include 'The Lord of the Rings' (1978), 'Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island' (1983), 'This Is America, Charlie Brown!' (1988), 'Tom and Jerry Kids Show' (1990-1994), 'King of the Hill' (1997-2010) etc.
Elizabeth Case Zwicker: Zwicker started out as a fine artist for Disney in 1956 and worked on the 1959 'Sleeping Beauty'. It is said of her that she never animated for money-instead she did it for the joy she got from it! The remainder of her creative life was spent in drawing, painting and illustrating books for children apart from teaching painting and writing poetry.
Tissa David: Thérèse "Tissa" David was known for her sensual, witty hand-drawn lines. Originally born in Hungary, she trained as a draftsman from the Academy of Beaux Arts in Budapest. Just like Sylvia Moberly-Holland, she too made her mind up to be an animator after watching the epic magnum opus 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. Coming to the USA in 1955, she started off at the UPA studio under Disney's animator Grim Natwick as his assistance. She made a number of animated TV commercials and moving to the Hubley Studio, she made works like 'Eggs'(1970), 'Cockaboody' (1973), 'E verybody Rides the Carousel' (1976), 'The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy' (1977), 'The Soldier's Tale'(1984). 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1986) etc. Her opinions about animation like ""Animation is all caricature" and "Always think of how your character feels" is something that animators can take back and imbibe it in their professional lives.
Retta Davidson: The other 'Retta' in Disney, Davidson started her career as an ink and paint artist in the 1940 released 'Pinocchio'. She also worked on 'Fantasia' the same year along with 'Bambi' in 1942. After serving in the World War II in the American navy, she returned to her animation career as an assistant. As a lead animator, Davidson worked on 'Lord of the Rings' (1978), 'The Fox and the Hound' (1981), 'Heavy Metal' (also in 1981), 'The Great Mouse Detective' (1986) etc.
Whoever scoffed at the idea of women animators, were made to eat humble pie from the late 1920's. These women animators have proved that creativity doesn't limit to any gender. Creativity, hard work, sheer persistence and above all the dare to dream the unimaginable were the qualities these women possessed in might. These names cited above are a testimony to it and will surely inspire many more women in the years to come.
The team at Animaster Academy, the No.1 animation college in Bangalore, takes the pleasure to gen the readers about the women achievers in animation industry, in this article. To know more about the creative industry, please go through our article Career in Animation.


As the development of computers and the popularization of internet, technology has been playing more and more important role in the library environment. Today we all use OPAC to interact with users for information retrieval, webpage and internet to display all available library resources, and Integrated Library System for consistent operation within the library system. We also provide access to a large volume of e-resources, including research articles, conference papers, and e-books, through database vendors and aggregators. Many academic and special libraries have digital library initiatives and digitizing projects to transform physical information packages into digital format, and preserve and disseminate them electronically. Besides, more and more information is born digitally, being created electronically without physical format version. What's more, reference services are delivered in various virtual forms and information literacy instructions are relying more and more on multimedia methods.
Information technology has become an integral part of the operations and services of library and information profession, and it is the responsibility for our future librarians to catch up with the trend in this profession and try to familiarize ourselves with the various technologies. Library and information professionals need to equip themselves with basic knowledge and skills on web design and usability, database functionality and digital library construction and maintenance, and get familiar with all the other information technologies, such as Wiki, Blogging, RSS, video sharing, social networking and so on. We do not want to give a blank look when being approached by a teenager asking some question about the apps in his iPhone. The ability to give satisfactory answer to that kind of question requires an open heart and constant attention to new technologies. In the present time, the capability of giving successful performance in delivering reference services and other aspects of the information services would largely rely on our comfort levels with information technologies. This being said, it is also essential to make full use of the time and resources available in the two year MLIS study and balance course selections between technical courses and courses on other fundamental aspects of LIS knowledge. After all, technology would always be a bonus, but information service is the core.
During the two years' study in SLIS, I have obtained basic information technologies in LIS 506 Information Technology course in the first year of SLIS program. In that course, I was exposed to concepts and terminologies about internet and intranet, HTML webpage design, computer hardware and basic software, including Photoshop and MS office, computer operating system, Integrated Library System (Sirsi Unicorn), database technology (MS Access), metadata standards and languages (Dublin Core), searching tools, XML and XSLT, citation managers (Refwork and ProCite), content management system and other digital devices. The LIS 538 Digital Libraries prepared me with various aspects of the digital library technology, including technology and architecture, digital content and metadata schemes, digitization and preservation, digital library evaluation, information retrieval and interoperability, open archives, digital library building software, and so on. I am also planning to take workshops to study webdesign and database design at advanced levels.


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Barry Manilow Announces He'll Hit the Road ONE LAST TIME, Stopping at the Erie Insurance Arena
Barry Manilow recently announced that he is going to "hit the road" and perform concerts across North America ONE LAST TIME! The music legend launched his multi-city ONE LAST TIME! Tour earlier this year and will stop in Erie, PA at the Erie Insurance Arena on April 25, 2016.
With his band of 13 musicians and singers, Manilow said, "We're having a great time putting the show together. We hope to take everyone on an emotional roller coaster. I can't wait to see everyone dancing in the aisles."
After performing more than 400 concerts at the Las Vegas Hilton and Paris Las Vegas from 2005 through 2011, Manilow has limited his concert appearances. The ONE LAST TIME! Tour is a major undertaking and as Manilow said, "is my way of thanking everyone for their years of support…one last time!"
The GRAMMY®, TONY®, and EMMY® Award-winning musician's career skyrocketed to superstardom when his mega hit song, "Mandy," topped the charts in 1975. In the spirit of that special year, tickets will be priced to tie into that year and will start at $19.75. Manilow insisted that the average ticket price remain low and that a greater range of ticket prices be available.
Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, April 1, 2016 at 12:00 noon at the Erie Insurance Arena box office, www.erieevents.com or by calling (814) 452-4857. General information about the ONE LAST TIME! Tour is available at www.manilow.com.
ONE LAST TIME! Tour is a co-production of BRE Presents and STILETTO Entertainment.
About Barry Manilow:
Barry Manilow's unparalleled career encompasses virtually every area of music, including performing, composing, arranging and producing. A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Manilow has triumphed in every medium of entertainment. With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with over 50 Top 40 hits.
For more information on Barry Manilow please visit:
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Q: sqoop query to get sql server data into cloudera manager sqoop import --connect 'jdbc:sqlserver://IP address;username=user;password=pswd;database=Master' --table [Person].[BusinessEntityContact] --target-dir /home/ubuntu/hdfs/dir  is not working .
Reference:http://mapredit.blogspot.com/2011/10/sqoop-and-microsoft-sql-server.html   [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/W5mBB.png

A: In your error logs got SQLServerException and says "Connect timed out. Verify the connection properties.". Please check whether you have access from where you try run this command and also MSSQL port "1433". Then add number of maps "-m" in your command.

A: Nirmale
can you try from your unix box to
curl http://131.107.174.121:1433

If you get "Empty reply from server" it is ok, or if you get an error like "couldn't connect to host", check with your SQL Server admin as to what port the SQL Server is listening on.

A: Best way to check is using sqoop list-tables command, something as follows:
sqoop list-tables -connect 'jdbc:sqlserver://IP address;username=user;password=pswd;database=Master' -username  --password

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Six Attorneys General Warn Biden Administration of Lawsuits over Executive Orders
January 30, 2021 January 29, 2021 The Center Square
by Bethany Blankley
Six attorneys general sent a letter to President Joe Biden warning him that many of the executive orders he issued in his first week in office will be challenged on constitutional grounds.
Any actions he takes that might exceed statutory authority, are inconsistent with constitutional law or risk civil liberties could result in legal action brought by states, attorneys general from West Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana and Texas warned in the letter.
Litigation is never a first option, the attorneys general said in the letter, and they offered to help the new administration implement polices that are "consistent with the Constitution and the rule of law."
But if such policies are not implemented, and the president signs "unconstitutional laws passed by Congress, it will be our responsibility and duty to challenge those laws in court," they wrote.
"If cabinet officials, executive officers, and agencies go beyond the bounds of their statutory authority, fail to follow legally required procedures, or fall short of the bedrock Administrative Procedure Act obligation of reasoned decision making, it will likewise be our responsibility to take action," they added.
The Administrative Procedure Act, which governs the agency rulemaking process, has been frequently invoked to challenge executive branch rules and regulations.
Many of the roughly 30 executive orders Biden signed overturned Trump-era policies; others established new ones.
"The President cannot cut constitutional corners or shirk statutory strictures without inevitably doing more harm to our country than good," the attorneys general argued, urging the new administration to pursue policy priorities that "honor the core constitutional tenets which should be appreciated and respected by every person entrusted with the honor and burdens of the presidency."
In the letter, they also raise two areas of concern for potential federal overreach, issues of freedom of religion and religious expression and the right to bear arms.
Within a day of issuing an order halting deportation and changing immigration policy, the state of Texas was the first to sue the administration. A federal judge sided with Texas, preventing the order from going into effect.
Also within a day of issuing an order to halt oil and gas leasing on federal lands, the administration was sued by the Western Energy Alliance.
Bethany Blankley is a contributor to The Center Square.
Photo "Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
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By Liz Guber
Does Shopping for Shorts Have to Suck?
Why the summer staple gets so little love
I own an embarrassing amount of dresses, enough blazers to outfit an entire graduating business school class (in '80s shoulder pads, I might add) and my denim collection stacks up to the ceiling. But shorts? That's one area of my wardrobe where options decidedly do not abound.
Shorts are weird for me, as they are for a lot of women. I have little interest in investing the time and effort to find that elusive perfect pair—not scandalously short nor so long as to defeat the garment's purpose. Talking about shorts with a friend over the weekend, we categorized them into three teams: denim shorts (which often skew young, forever associated with Daisy Duke), the more grown-up shorts with trouser aspirations (belts, pleats, proper waistbands—to be worn where, exactly?) and, of course, the ever-present bike short, which started out as a trend object but has since transcended into an athleisure staple. Sorting through these options feels like a joyless chore.
Here's where I vent that my boyfriend can spend the whole summer in shorts, staying cool and comfortable with none of the hang-ups as GQ heralds his man thighs the new biceps. And although the mainstream fashion industry is slowly (too slowly) making progress in the realm of size-inclusivity, most shorts on e-commerce sites are photographed on a very narrow range of people, which can further the feelings of exclusion and discomfort.
"Shorts can be a very triggering garment," says Jessica Stenberg, the founder of Free Label, a Vancouver-based fashion brand built around local manufacturing practices and truly inclusive sizing (clothing goes up to a 4XL; bralettes fit up to a K-cup). Stenberg didn't wear shorts herself for many years. "I have a pair-shaped body, I have thick legs and thick calves; even when I played on a softball team and all the women wore shorts, I would wear leggings." Stenberg points out that shorts cover (or uncover, rather) a very intimate part of the body. "There's that aspect of not always feeling comfortable, whether it's because of cellulite or body hair," she says, adding that there's often a physical discomfort, too, from thighs rubbing together to the feeling of a chair sticking to the backs of your legs and leaving behind lines.
Free LabelFree Label shorts, $148, freelabel.com
"We preach all this body positivity, but we never made a pair of shorts" says Stenberg. "I wanted to create something that would empower women, and not make them feel like a person in a pair of shorts, but just a person."
The design is based on a pair of the brand's pants of the same name. "We kept the leg fit generous, so that even in a larger size it still drapes. It prevents riding-up and chafing." The shorts have a five-and-a-half inch inseam to hit just past the thighs, and the waist is elasticated. This is key not only for comfort and fit, but for sustainability. "I want to keep my clothes for years. Even when I gain or lose 20 pounds, or go through a pregnancy, I want to have versatile clothing that fits through all the stages of life." Free Label's first run of shorts sold out in one hour, and Stenberg plans to bring them back next year.
Toronto designer Hilary MacMillan also calls shorts "tricky," though she has a number of styles in her current summer line. "Lately, we're seeing a lot of reclaimed shorts in the plus-size fashion space, with short-shorts with a 2-inch inseam for people who aren't caring about their cellulite or their legs and just want to feel good." For MacMillan, the easiest style to wear for anyone is what I call the trouser shorts. "That's how I satisfy multiple body shapes," says MacMillan of her shorts, which are high-waisted with a slightly longer inseam. "A big thing for us is thinking of details, if you're hour-glass-shaped, or hippier on the bottom, and the proportions of the body can be so different across sizes. We add elastic details to accommodate that."
Hilary MacMillanHilary MacMillan shorts, $175, hilarymacmillan.com
While considering all the options, I uncovered a secret fourth shorts category: cargo shorts—as seen on Laura Dern in Jurassic Park. They would tick all the boxes: more casual than pleated shorts, more comfortable than denim. Plus, who can say no to so many pockets?
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Md. Beach Report: Pretty Good!
By Josh Kurtz
Now that summer – or at least the summer beach season – has arrived, state officials are touting the cleanliness of Maryland beaches and peddling a new app designed to inform people about beach conditions.
The Maryland Department of the Environment's Maryland Healthy Beaches 2019 Progress Report, released a few days ago, showed that Maryland's 182 monitored beaches met health and safety requirements and were open for swimming 97.4 percent of the time last summer. That's slightly down from 2017, when beaches were available for swimming 99 percent of the time – but it represents the 14th straight summer that beaches were open at least 96 percent of the time.
Heavier than usual rainfall, which led to more stormwater runoff than usual, likely led to the slight uptick in beach closures, the state report said. Significantly, the beaches at Ocean City have never been closed for environmental conditions since the monitoring program, mandated by federal law, began in 2000.
This year, Marylanders can check out beach conditions on the Maryland Healthy Beaches app for mobile devices, which is available for download from The App Store or Google Play.
"From Memorial Day to Labor Day, information on conditions at the nearly 200 monitored beaches in Maryland is just a tap on a smartphone away," said Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles.
The Maryland Healthy Beaches website (www.marylandhealthybeaches.com) provides color-coded status reports on beaches throughout the state and daily updates on rainfall, which causes runoff that can affect water quality.
Tags: beach conditionsBen Grumbles
Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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Q: Garbled display after Ubuntu upgrade to 2.6.32-2* kernel I was running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) with no problems.  I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10 (Lucid Lynx) and cannot use it normally.  After I log in, the screen scrambles (a purple/green mess)--impossible to see anything, although I can get out by marking the spot on the screen to click for a restart, so Linux is working behind the scenes.
If I start in recovery mode with basic graphics, I have no problems at all (other than limited functionality).  If I start the old 2.6.31-22 kernel, I see a bunch of "unmountable" errors in the startup script, but I can use Linux normally with no apparent problems.  I'm running an IBM ThinkPad A30 with ATI Mobility graphics.  Just to reiterate, the screen looks normal until I log in, at which point it goes bonkers.
What do I need to change in order to fix this?

A: and thanks.  The solution was actually a very simple update to the grub file, which I found in the release notes for 10.04.

Working around bugs in the new kernel video architecture
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS enables the new
  kernel-mode-setting (KMS) technology
  by default on most common video
  chipsets. While this is a major step
  forward for the graphics architecture
  in Ubuntu, in some rare cases KMS will
  prevent your video output from working
  correctly, or from working at all. If
  you need to disable KMS, you can do so
  by booting with the nomodeset option.
  You can also save this setting so that
  it's applied at every boot by adding
  it to your grub config

For GRUB 2: (The Default)
Edit /etc/default/grub and add
nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX.
Then run sudo update-grub;
For GRUB 1:
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add nomodeset to the line beginning with # kopt=,
Then run sudo update-grub).
I'm not sure what KMS does, but it sure screwed up my display.  Adding the "nomodeset" boot command fixed everything!


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IS Shoots Down Russian Helicopter In Syria, Pilots Killed
By Matt Roberts on July 9, 2016
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At least 26 Syrian soldiers have been reportedly killed, by Islamic State militants, west of the captured city of Palmyra.
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Syrian army troops and armed militias have reportedly secured the perimeter of a highly contested oil field in Syria, near the city of Palmyra, following heavy fighting with Islamic State militants.
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At least 59 civilians have been killed in an air raid on a market in an Islamic State-held town, in the northern region of Syria.
Syria Says Islamic State Kills Hundreds In Palmyra
Syrian authorities have said that Islamic State militants have killed at least 400 people, including women and children, in Palmyra.


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