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Brown hosts Midyear Completion Celebration for graduating 0.5ers
Ceremony featured three student speakers, keynote address from President Paxson P'19
Zia called the celebration "one of the most joyous events on the Brown calendar."
Media by Alex Nadirashvili | The Brown Daily Herald
By Alex Nadirashvili
December 5, 2022 | 12:03am EST
Nearly 100 undergraduate students filed down the aisles of the Salomon Center's DECI Auditorium to the instrumental tune of Katy Perry's "Firework" Saturday night, preparing to walk across the auditorium's stage as formal recognition for completing their degree requirements.
Each year, the University hosts the Midyear Completion Celebration to "honor undergraduates who expect to complete their degree requirements in December," according to the ceremony's program. "The celebration provides an opportunity to recognize the achievements and unique paths of Brown's '0.5ers."
The Chattertocks, one of the University's 15 a capella groups, opened the event with a performance of the national anthem, followed by a reading of the invocation from Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, the chaplain of the University. The events also featured speeches from Dean Rashid Zia '01, President Christina Paxson P'19 and three undergraduate speakers: Seth Goldstein '22.5 and a joint speech from Liliana King '22.5 and Charlotte Scott '22.5.
"This auditorium — perhaps a space in which many of you have spent countless hours in classes and exams, staging performances and debating ideas — will be transformed this afternoon through your presence and our voice into a hall of celebration," he said.
Zia then reflected on the many different reasons students finish their undergraduate degree requirements mid-year, from students transferring from other universities to those taking leaves of absence to pursue work and creative projects. For many members of the class of 2022.5, the decision to take leave was motivated by the pandemic.
"We are so very proud of you all and all that you will achieve beyond this campus," Zia said. "We do not know what comes next, but we do know that it will be better because of you and your classmates, your generosity and talents, your ingenuity and compassion."
Paxson opened her keynote address by reflecting on what it was like to welcome many of the 0.5ers graduating as first-year students in 2018, when she spoke on the "unique lived experiences" that each student brought to the Brown community.
"I asked you at the time, … in what sense, despite the great diversity of backgrounds and experiences that you bring, are we unified?" Paxson said. Nearly four and a half years later, Paxson said that this question is more relevant now than when she first asked.
During the pandemic, University community members found new ways to keep their friendships and networks alive remotely, Paxson said. Students came together to protect one another and the local community while still finding joy — whether it be in remote concerts or adapting research.
"Living through this common experience has unified you in ways that you may not really even fully appreciate today, and that experience will indelibly shape your perspective to life going forward," she said. "The lives you live after Brown will be as unique as diverse and wide-ranging as the experiences and backgrounds that you brought to this University."
Paxson specifically recognized Riley Flores '22.5, who recently received the best research presentation award at the 2022 National Convention of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, The Herald previously reported. For Paxson, Flores's accomplishment is evidence of how "brilliant and dedicated people working together can change the world."
Student speaker Goldstein opened his speech with a reference to his favorite childhood story, "Something from Nothing," an old Yiddish folktale that tells the story of a child who loves his blanket so much that he takes it everywhere until it starts to fray.
"When it seems like it might be time to throw (the blanket) out, Grandfather, a tailor, finds a way to reimagine what the piece of fabric can be," Goldstein said. "This happens again and again until finally, the last scrap of fabric is lost. Even a skilled tailor like Grandfather cannot make something from nothing."
Goldstein also reflected on the things that have defined the graduating class's time at the University, from major national events like the 2020 election to two — not four — Spring Weekends.
He finished the speech by inviting the rest of the graduating class to dream of a new ending to the story, "one that is inspired by our friends, family and teachers — our blankets."
"In our version, we learn how to knit together," he said. "We have navigated so much already in our time … and now it's time to celebrate that we have learned to make something from it."
King and Scott then took the stage to ask their fellow graduates to look back on their time at the University and consider, "Was it worth it?"
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Framing their speech with the economic concept of opportunity cost, King and Scott reflected on how their class invested time, labor and money into their Brown education, and in return they have found a community.
The class of 2022.5 specifically made the choice to "step outside the box" during their college education, Scott said.
"One of our professors reminded us this year that if you think inside the box, you are no better than a rat in a cage chasing cheese," King said, eliciting laughter from the audience. "But the class of 2022.5 has already started to break down those boxes and cages."
Wendy Sheridan, academic advising program coordinator and student records specialist, concluded the celebration by reading the names of midyear completers. The Chattertocks also sang the "Alma Mater."
"It feels very surreal, like we've come a really long way," said Liza Mullett '22.5, a former Metro editor at The Herald. "I'm a transfer, so it means a lot to get this special recognition for this very unique experience."
Alex Nadirashvili
Alex Nadirashvili is the managing editor of multimedia and social media for The Brown Daily Herald's 133rd Editorial Board. As a former University News editor, he covered faculty, higher education and student life, though his proudest legacy is The Brown Daily Herald TikTok account.
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Why overlapping DMI time range would show different results?
But when we change to 12:30 to 13:30, we are seeing less results, which doesn't really make sense to me.
Any insight on how CAS returns result based on time range?
Do you have more than 1000 users? If so this report by default brings back the top 1000 records by default, so if you have more than 1000 users when you expanding your time range this user may not be report output list when you use the find in the report. I believe when using the find its just search the results from the top 1000, not going back to the db and searching for those users.
You can either A, edit the report definition on they fly and change the select top items to a higher value then try again. B, when editing the report just put the desired names in the username dimensions. C, if A works and you want to use this workflow, then you can save this report so it always has the higher top results but make sure when you save you remove all the filters in the dimensions besides traffic type real as this is global report where filters from other reports are getting past along to the All User report, then moving forward you will always have higher top results when users are using this workflow.
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text: Rail and Metro Innovation Guide 2018www.SmartRailWorld.com41SECTION 6: ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION"Our driverless INNOVIA Monorail 300 system is able to handle sharp curves and complex environments, it is well suited to the high-capacity requirements of the Thai capital."Bangkok's introduction of its first-ever commuter monorail have moved one step closer following a deal with Bombardier to supply systems for the first two of four planned lines, with new rail networks planned in the city over the next 12 years. Designed to cut vehicular traffic making its way into the capital, Bombardier will supply 72, four-car INNOVIA Monorail 300 trains, comprising 288 cars equipped with the manufacturer's CITYFLO 650 automatic train control technology that will enable driverless operation.Serving the city's northern and eastern areas, the trains will be fully integrated with the city's existing network and will, according to Bombardier, improve the daily journeys of around 400,000 people.Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) formulated a 20-year mass transit system in response to the growing sizes of the city with an action plan that will run from 2010-2029 for Bangkok and its outskirts, with the network initially divided into 12 inter-connecting lines.Part of the action plan is Bangkok's Red Line commuter line designed for passengers from the capital's metropolitan areas that are home to more than 10 million people. When complete in 2019 it will connect the Bangkok region with north, east, south and west suburban areas, serving 131,000 commuters a day.Speaking on Bombardier's latest contract win, its president of rail control solutions, Richard Hunter, said the single-track trains were ideal for the city's hard-to-manoeuvre streets. "Our driverless INNOVIA Monorail 300 system are able to handle sharp curves and complex environments, it is well suited to the high-capacity requirements of the Thai capital."The Bombardier Monorail 300 news comes just months after BTSC placed an order with a consortium of Siemens and the Turkish public transportation vehicle manufacturer Bozankaya for the delivery of 22 four-unit metro trains to run on Bangkok's BTS (Skytrain) system. Signed in May, the deal will see the units enter operation in 2018.Siemens already supplies rolling stock to BTSC, with the last deal between the two taking place in 2010 in the form of a €42m agreement to run 22 trains on Bangkok's Skytrain. The 35-station network began operating in 2009 and was first of its kind in the capital, transporting commuters to the city around 30 metres above street level.Further afield from the capital, work is also taking place to reduce dependency on buses, cars and bikes. Thailand's fourth largest city, Nakhon Ratchasima, will start the construction of its first mass transit line by 2020 if it receives cabinet approval. The £325m project will have two lines, Green and Orange, with a combined length of 21km.Bangkok to improve 400,000 commuter journeys with Bombardier monorailEditorial credit: / Shutterstock.com

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Home Books Non-Fiction Politics On India's Military: Writings From Within (PDF)
On India's Military: Writings From Within (PDF)
Author: Ali Ahmed
9789386301253 | PDF | 2017 | CinnamonTeal Publishing
The book comprises the published writings in service journals of Ali Ahmed while serving in the army.
On India's Military: Writings From Within (PDF) quantity
Categories: Books, Non-Fiction, Politics Tags: Ali Ahmed, India, Indian Army, On India's Military: Writings From Within (PDF)
The book comprises the published writings in service journals of Ali Ahmed while serving in the army. They cover the two decades on either side of the turn of the century, thereby providing a window into the army in the period. The author was an infantry officer and the articles reflect the concerns of the infantry and the wider army as the author grew in service from a subaltern to colonelcy. The articles reflect the intellectual growth of the author and engage with the issues that were salient in his time in uniform. The book is a record of the times as also serves to provide insight into India's army. The book is complemented by his other work, From within:Reflections on India's army (CinnamonTeal 2017), which comprises his unpublished work on the same themes. The two books would interest military buffs and the attentive public; veterans and practitioners; and students and academics in strategic and peace studies.
CinnamonTeal Publishing
Ali Ahmed is author of India's Doctrine Puzzle: Limiting War in South Asia (Routledge 2014). He has three self-published compilations of his commentaries, articles and essays on national security and military affairs and one comprising his unpublished work. These are respectively On War in South Asia (2015), On Peace in South Asia (2015) and On India's military: Writings from within (2017) and From Within: Reflections on India's army (2017) (all CinnamonTeal). He blogs at ali-writings.blogspot.in. He has been variously an infantry officer, a scholar and an international civil servant. His interests include strategic and peace studies.
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Daddy Temporarily Shuts Down Splash
by Aaron Kagan Oct 2, 2012, 10:29am EDT
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Splash, the Leather District venue self-described as an "ultra lounge," is temporarily closed until the owners can convince officials that they've fixed a problem with overcrowding. The Globe says Splash was cited with violating fire codes by allowing too many patrons, some of whom were also underage despite having drinks in hand. Alcoholic drinks. The inspection followed a complaint by the father of a BU student, who noticed that his daughter charged, oh, just $2,800 at a single event called "Saturday Afternoon Recess Party." A doorman told police that there were 247 people in the first-floor area that housed the event, but there were really 302, and there were only supposed to be 200.
Also, this exchange took place:
Officers asked another clubgoer for proof of age and the male gave police a fake Venezuelan driver's license, police said. The male later gave his real Florida driver's license, which showed him to be under the age of 21.
The Globe notes that Splash has been cited for overcrowding before and has been given two and three-day suspensions on serving alcohol as a result. Clearly, this time the message is meant to be gotten. While dad's at it, wonder if he'll be calling the cops on any other venues in town?
· Downtown Boston nightclub closed [Boston.com via GS]
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Kieren Perkins Interview May 2001
Australian Centenary of Federation - Deakin Lectures - Melbourne
As part of the centenary of Australian federation celebrations, a series of talks were given by various prominent people on various topics. Kieren's was about, of course, sport.
After his speech the audience could ask him questions. Here are some of his answers. Some of them are extremely interesting.
Audio (Realplayer) is here.
Amanda Smith, the radio presenter: Well Kieren, not to labour this too much, but I do have to talk to you about this: after those 1996 Olympic trials for the Australian swim team, I heard you say that you'd always wished you had a fast forward button on your swimming career that you could push and it would be all over. And at the time I was so struck by that comment, both for its honesty and for the pain it spoke of , I guess. Can you just talk a little bit more personally about the effect of carrying the burden of our expectations, but also of knowing that if you won we'd all feel good about ourselves, and vice versa.
Kieren Perkins: I guess that the basis for that comment probably came not so much from public expectation, but more personal. To be honest, throughout my swimming career, what I expected of myself was probably always at least, if not even, a lot higher than what the public might have expected. And going into those Atlanta Games I placed so much pressure on myself to win there, so that I could prove that the first time wasn't just a fluke. Because I think at that point in time in swimming, especially in Australia, partly in the world but more so in Australia, there was not a lot of athletes who were coming back to a second Olympics and doing it again. In fact you found the vast majority would only swim in one and disappear. And I wanted to prove that I could go beyond that and I could achieve a second time round.
But the reality of the situation is that to train for an Olympic Games as a swimmer and invariably for most sports at the Olympics, it requires a life dedication. It's not just a matter of turning up to the pool for training, and doing it right then, you have to get the right rest, you have to eat the right food. You have to make sure that on a weekend you're not doing something that's too physically straining, that makes you tired on Monday when it's time to get back down to work again. And really, you're in involved in devoting so much of your time and effort to one moment in time. Before Barcelona I trained for six years, without more than a week off in a year, for that moment, to stand up behind the blocks and to get in there and to swim a race. The pressure that that creates and the strain that it puts not only on yourself but the people around you, is enormous, and it can be intolerable. And in fact one quote that for as long as I live I'll never forget, came from Stephen Holland who said that before the Olympic Games, which from memory I think was '74, where he –
Amanda Smith: '72
Kieren Perkins: It was before I was born anyway [laughs]. He said that he didn't want to be there. He wanted to find a corner where he could just curl up and hide and make it all go away. Now as a young athlete I heard this (I hadn't competed in an Olympic Games) and I was stunned, I was shocked. I could not believe that a swimmer who had the opportunity to be involved in the ultimate event - the one thing that every swimmer in the world that competes at an international level, the only thing they want to achieve is an Olympic Gold Medal. World records are wonderful; world championships are fine, but it's the Olympics that you want - and to be in a position where you could do that and not want to be there was just foreign, it was something that I couldn't understand.
Until I was there. And I stood behind the blocks and I thought to myself, 'My God, what am I doing here? This is just frightening'. And that was the demon that I had to deal with, going into Atlanta, the demon of getting up on the blocks and knowing that when the time came, would I freak out and not be able to handle the situation, or would I be able to pull it together and do the job? And to be honest, I think that at an Olympic Games the person who wins the event is the person who mentally handles it the best. And about an hour before the race, I remember laying there, getting a massage, and my heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest, it was just racing at a million miles an hour, and my palms were sweaty and I was frightened about what it was that I was about to embark on. And I got angry with myself, because I thought, 'This is ridiculous; what are the consequences of failure? What is going to happen to me?'
Amanda Smith: Only the entire nation's disappointment.
Kieren Perkins: I tried to block that out, I was being positive at the time. You can convince yourself of many things when you need to. But I just came to the realisation that this is sport, this is not life and death, I'm not going to come away from this without a family or without a future; it was a situation that I was in. I had the opportunity to shine, to get the best out of myself, and if not, life goes on. And it was at that moment really that I believe I won the gold medal. Because I came away from that relaxed, calm, happy with the position that I was in, knowing that I couldn't do anything to make myself perform better, I could only perform worse, than what I had within myself. And I got up there and I pulled it out. And certainly your comment about recognising that it made the nation feel good, or how that affected me: to be honest at the time I didn't understand that, and even today, I still have difficulty associating myself with that kind of feeling of euphoria.
As I mentioned, like every other Australian, I remember winning the America's Cup, and I remember these great sporting moments that we as a nation stop for, but putting myself in that same category is not something that I can reconcile. It's not something that really I can come to terms with, because I was there doing it, I wasn't viewing it, I was in the middle of it.
Amanda Smith: Kieren, Shane Gould in her autobiography that came out a year or two ago, in that she talked about the swimmer's feeling for water. And talked about the kind of sensuous pleasure that water on her skin gave her, and how she felt at her most alive when she was in water. Do you feel that, did you feel that?
Kieren Perkins: [laughs] Don't know about sensuous pleasure, but I can identify with her statements. Yes, there is certainly something magical about being at your best and being in the water, and knowing that you're cutting through it faster than you ever have before. In fact it's funny that you mention it because I was in Brisbane on this last weekend, and the Australian swim team was there competing, and I went out to the pool to have a look. And while I certainly have no regrets about retiring and have absolutely no wants to head back into the pool, I reminisced for a moment about what it felt like to be fit. And what it felt like to be able to grip the water, because you literally do when you're swimming well. You grip the water, you get a hold of it and you rip it hard and it propels you forward. And there's nothing else quite like it.
Having said that, I'm sure that it would be very similar to an AFL player at the peak of his career launching a 70-metre bomb that goes through the goal. Or a jockey who manages to have a horse under complete control. I imagine. I did say imagine! And something that I've certainly learnt throughout my time in Australian sport is that it doesn't matter what sport you're involved in, at the end of the day the feeling of joy that you get is the same, and the ingredients for success are the same. We just do it in different ways.
Man: This is a question for Kieren: how have you managed to adapt to the change from experiencing the stress and euphoria of being a super-athlete and Australian hero to that of Kieren Perkins the retired athlete and Australian sporting legend?
Kieren Perkins: Probably you need to ask my wife that question! Look, it's been an interesting transition there's no doubt about that. I think at this stage I probably can't give you a definitive answer because I don't know. I've been very busy since the Games and haven't really had the opportunity to sit still on too many times and ponder life and where I'm going and where I've been. I think it would be fair to say that I'm not comfortable with where I am in life at the moment. That's not necessarily because I don't specifically like what I'm doing or where I am, it's just that it's so different to what I'm used to. All of a sudden I don't have a routine in life. I don't have to be at the pool at 5 o'clock every morning, and I don't have to eat this amount of breakfast at this time, and I don't have to go to the physiotherapist and one of a thousand other things that you have to do every day to make sure that you're on top of yourself. I wake up in the morning and I have a look at the clock and wonder about 'Well, will I have breakfast now, or will I not? Maybe I'll walk the dog, maybe I won't'. And all of these things just sort of make it a little bit odd and wondrous. And that's where my feeling of not being comfortable with where I am comes from. But I have to say I'm enjoying life immensely.
Amanda Smith: Does Australian sport still, perhaps more so now than ever before, exclude and ostracises the mavericks, the difficult personalities who don't bow to official expectations, but who are, nonetheless, inspired and inspiring athletes and coaches? ...
Well Kieren, it seems to me along those lines, that in fact swimming is the most obvious sport where those kind of characters still exist. Is that true?
Kieren Perkins: Who, for instance?
Amanda Smith: Well, I won't name names.
Kieren Perkins: Head coach, for example [laughs]. Oh look, certainly I think that along the lines of what Martin's saying, and I think that in a sport like AFL, which I don't know from a history point of view very well, but certainly I've had some involvement in the last few years, there's an amount of professionalism which is coming into it, which I think is taking away a lot from the personality of the sport, or the players. There's a recognition within the sport that if we're going to win the flag, if we're going to be like Essendon and get through a season almost undefeated, each athlete needs to devote themselves to a much higher standard than they may have before. And I think that that professionalism is probably something that is invading all sports now.
Certainly in the sport of swimming, there are your fair share of personalities, but you don't have the people that in more recent memory - I mean one for me is an individual like Neil Brooks: somebody, part of the Mean Machine, which was one of our most famous and successful relay teams –
Amanda Smith: The team of which Norman May did say 'Gold, gold to Australia! Gold!'
Kieren Perkins: I'm sure that was one of many. But he was an individual who was very hard living, he was different to certainly the athletes that are in the sport today. I would venture to say that somebody like Neil wouldn't have survived in the sport today, and that's certainly just because of the amount of professionalism that's required. If you don't do it right every minute of every day, you won't be competitive when the time comes.
Martin Flanagan [the other speaker]: Can I just pick up from that? My appreciation of your gold medal in Atlanta largely came from Neil Brooks. I don't have an expert knowledge of your sport, so it required a commentator who did, who picked up what was happening minutes before anyone else. And didn't fake emotion, which I think is the principal crime for sports commentators. Yet he didn't make it to the Sydney Olympics because Channel Seven deemed him an unsuitable character.
Kieren Perkins: And we lost our best swimming commentator because of it.
Man: You touched on Dawn Fraser. I just wonder if you'd be kind enough to tell us who do you consider are the four greatest female swimmers Australia's produced over the years please?
Kieren Perkins: Four greatest female swimmers that we've ever produced?
Amanda Smith: Swimmers, or athletes in general?
Man: Swimmers.
Kieren Perkins: OK. Well Dawn is certainly Number 1. Then, I think that I'd probably have to rate Susie O'Neill, personally I'd rate her before Shane Gould. Not because I don't think that winning however many gold medals it was at the one Olympic Games is not an outstanding achievement, I just personally feel that coming back and doing it again is a lot harder. It's something which I rate as being more of an achievement, so I'd put Susie in front of Shane.
And fourth and lastly - actually I'll step away from convention a little bit here and upset more than few people I'm sure. I'd probably put Lisa Curry next. Lisa never actually won an Olympic medal and probably never actually made an Olympic final, however she affected the sport of swimming and changed the face of the sport more than I believe any other female athlete has ever done. She turned it into an industry, she created a life for herself from her sport. She was the first individual that didn't step away from the sport to nothing, and just fade away quietly. She really made it something that she was able to use to her advantage in creating a life for herself. And I think that that changed the culture of our sport a lot. I think that it opened up avenues for myself and others to create a living from our sport, and brought it really into a new era of professionalism. She certainly made us more aware of what it was that we had and what we could do with it, which was something that the governing body at the time was doing everything they could to try and quash, because it just meant that they lost a little bit of their control every time an athlete had an opinion.
Woman: I've just recently returned from Beijing; was absolutely bombarded by Beijing 2008, the Olympic bid, so I'm really fascinated as to your comments about them having it, and some of the human rights or political issues associated with that, and the Olympic Games.
Kieren Perkins: That's an issue that we could probably sit and talk about for another three or four hours. I believe that the Olympics in Beijing would be a good thing. I believe that one of the great things that the Olympics is able to do is open up a culture to scrutiny for the rest of the world. Certainly the focus of the 16 days of the sport and the Games is about the performances, but when you have 10,000 or more media accredited at an event, plus probably three times as many as that trying to turn up dirt and tarnish the event, it really breaks down a lot of barriers. It really exposes a culture greatly to the rest of the world. And I think that given the opportunity to do that would certainly change a lot of people's views about China, and quite possibly change China's view about the rest of the world and maybe get them to look a little bit more closely at what it is that they're doing. I think that to a certain extent a lot of Chinese feel that the rest of the world is attacking them all of the time, and making judgement on what they do and what they feel.
The drugs in sport issue is something which is obviously very controversial in China, and while I'm the first person to stand up and say that drugs in sport is an evil, and we need to chase after it and try and quell it as much as we possibly can, I also think that it's a little naïve and insane to front up to a nation of a billion people and tell them that they're wrong. Certainly we have our views and we have our rights and wrongs in society, and there's certainly a lot of things about what we do that we're not proud of, but to just bluntly enforce our will on other cultures is wrong. Just as we need to be given the opportunity to explain ourselves, they need to be given the opportunity to also do the same. And the Olympics is a great way to do that.
Here is a very edited version of his speech. You can hear a better version of most of it in audio (Realplayer.) Fast forward to 4:40...
(edited version by ABC Radio)
Sport: The Touchstone of Australian Life
by Kieren Perkins
Wednessday, May 16, 2001, 6pm
For as long as I can remember sport has played a part in my life. I grew up in an average middle class family, dad worked 80 hours a week in his own consulting firm and mum also worked in the firm when she wasn't ferrying the kids around in the car. My memory of our quality time together was sitting down in front of the TV on a Sunday night to watch the game of the round In the Queensland rugby league with the obligatory fish and chips. I probably remember it so well because I am allergic to fish.
My days playing with friends involved riding your push bike to a park or the mate with the biggest yard and playing cricket until someone was so sure they weren't bowled out they took their bat and ball and went home in a huff, only to go through the same process again the next day all summer long.
In my formative years I was involved in soccer, gymnastics, AFL, and cross country running to name a few however I showed no talent in any of these and it wasn't until I fell into swimming that I found my sport. Fell being the operative word because I fell, or more rightly ran, through a plate glass window at my house and severed my left calf muscle. After 80 odd stiches in and around my leg the rehabilitation prescribed was kicking in the water, the local heated pool at the time was the John Carew Swim School, and after the cast came off I had enjoyed my time there so much I kept going back. For 18 years!
In the time since then I have travelled all over the world and represented my country at three Olympics, two world championships, three commonwealth games, and countless pan pacific and European meets. I have been fortunate enough to meet world leaders, in politics, sport and religion, and rightly or wrongly the people that have the greatest effect on me are the athletes. This is not because of the similarities of our lives or achievements, or the lack of understanding of the importance of the non-sporting people, after all a person with the title President of the United States, carries a certain amount of awe. The simple fact is I am Australian, and I am a sports fan.
Growing up in this country it is quite clear who the people are that we hold in the highest of esteem. It certainly isn't our politicians, even our journalists are held in disdain, although I personally don't understand why, but without a doubt the athlete rains supreme.
Having achieved my greatest moments outside Australian shores I often found it hard to understand the level of excitement my swims created. My gold medal swim in Atlanta, up until the Sydney Olympics, was the most watched event in Australian television history. It eclipsed Prince Charles and Lady Di's wedding in the ratings however the most amazing aspect for me was the number of people who crowded around TVs in shopping malls, restaurants, in fact anywhere a set could be found. Even today more that four years later I have stories recounted of where people were when I swam. Football games were stoped, golfers missed tee off times, captains on Qantas flights relayed updates of my progress, in fact it seams to me that the nation stoped. One gentleman recently went as far as suggesting the value of the dollar fell for fifteen minutes that September day as the nation ground to a halt.
I find the notion that my achievements may have had this affect as insane. On some reflection though I seem to recall where I was the day we won the America's cup. Or seeing Greg Norman win the British open. The time Wayne Gardner fell off his bike in the rain, twice, and still remounted to finish the race. All of a sudden it makes sense.
Australians are obsessed with our sporting heroes. The question why is one that I have confronted and thought about on may occasions over the years when wondering around in public trying to be invisible only to be stopped for an autograph or photo time and again. The answer though has never been clear-cut or simple. The first reason I think is tradition. Right from the inception of our country we have had athletes representing us all over the world. Edwin Flack won two old medals at the first modern Olympics. Australian cricket teams have been playing for well over a century, I do think though that our ties to sport are much deeper and less clear.
When the first convicts arrived from England on our shores nothing was easy. A European community was created out of untouched lands. In fact it is difficult to comprehend now how they created agriculture and farming to support the population without the use of the heavy machinery that is employed today. Cities were built and through all of this the determination and ingenuity of the Australian people came through. I think it would be fair to say that Ned Kelly's armour wasn't something he just bought at the local armoury. And the fact that an outlaw bushranger was so revered I think is testament to our love of an underdog who shows the established how it is done.
I also think the Anzac's were a great source of the spirit we show in competition. Our soldiers have proven their worth on many occasions, and the traits of determination and ingenuity again come to the fore. The legend of the ANZAC is based on the ability of an out numbered and less well provisioned force, fighting on when other lesser armies would have surrendered. The almost stubborn inability to give up is something that we see time and again in our sporting heroes. The mateship displayed by our soldiers is another example. When we see one of our own struggling the team will form up around him and take the slack. Another important part or our ANZAC spirit, which is an important part or our society today, is the respect that is shown to all people. Arrogant disregard of others, whether they are competitors or those on our own side, is something intrinsic in our nature. There are larrikins aplenty in our history, but the spirit of that never harms another.
These champions in our history I think created the base point for our sporting icons. Australians will never give up, will find new ways to do things better, never let a team mate flounder, all the while with a smile and a friendly joke.
Our athletes I think possess these basic traits. Don Bradman achieved a batting average almost twice that of his nearest contemporary. In a time when life was very tough in this country he created a legend. A legend who, other than his ability with a cricket bat, was no different that the rest of us, he was a good bloke. He worked hard for his achievements, and deserved his success but never once did that make him act in an arrogant or disrespectful manner. Up until his death he spent time every week signing autographs for his fans. A man who was so frail in the end that he couldn't travel far from his home still felt obliged to take the time to fulfil the requests of many who were not even born when he played, and others who he even new to be unscrupulous enough to take advantage of his humility.
Dawn Fraser is an example of the larrikin in us all. She won three consecutive gold medals in the 100 freestyle at the Olympics. An achievement only equalled in swimming to this day by one other person. Yet at the time she was still able to gain the wrath of the governing body of her sport and receive a life ban for appropriating a flag that she maybe shouldn't have. She is revered for that act, and even with the threat of such a severe reprimand those who follow her have been known to try for such a souvenir.
Our history has provided us with many sporting greats and the qualities that they are admired for are the same. Determination, ingenuity and humbleness. I think that the example these people left us with is the reason why sport is so much apart of our lives today and our athletes are the role models they are. In recent years this has however brought some new challenges to our athletes. The speed with which information is communicated around the globe and the strength of our media means the microscope under which we operate is much larger. Every move we make and development in not only our sporting lives but also our private ones is recorded and reported to the world. The pressure this creates to not only perform well but also conduct yourself in an appropriate manner makes sport a very different arena. The responsibility of being a role model is the responsibility of all successful athletes and one that needs to be taken seriously. Many athletes find it hard being thrust in the spotlight when they find success in their sport, they train for years to get the opportunity to compete at a high level and when the moment arrives and they reach their goal a microphone gets thrust in their face and they are asked how they feel. Quite daunting for a young athlete but also a reality of sport today. The success an athlete attains is often proportional to the ability they have in dealing with the pressure or the media and public expectation.
Greg Norman is I think a great example. In recent memory no Australian sportsman has had to explain his performance on so many occasions. He was the world's number one ranked golfer for longer than most of us are even involved with a sport, he has created an industry for himself and made his sport one of the highest profile in the world, and yet he still gets criticised for not retiring on top. And even through all of this pressure his still holds passion for his sport and is still competitive at a world level. Some men would have cracked and taken the easy road to retirement with a more than healthy bank balance, but he continues to play on his own terms and in a manner that makes him a role model for us all.
In fact one of the more memorable moments of my sporting life was meeting Greg for the first time in Atlanta after my heat swim. This man who could have demanded and probably gotten vip treatment was sitting in the stands with his family like everyone else trying to enjoy the swimming. The autograph hunters were not leaving him alone and one of our coaches saw this and convinced security to let him come into the athletes area for some peace, I'm sure though the coach just wanted to meet him. Things didn't go to planned for me in the heat and I just scraped into the final in lane 8, I came into the warm down area to try and regroup when he was introduced to me and I have to admit I was awe struck, wow Greg Norman wanted to meet me! The real revelation came when we spoke and he proved to be a nice person who offered me the best of luck and told me he knew I could do it. Others may have tried to preach or offer advice but he was not so presumptuous as to think he knew better than me.
He is I think a dying breed. More and more we are reading in the headlines about athletes falling from grace and bringing themselves and their sport into disrepute. I think their offences are more damaging than that. In a time when our children need good people to look up to they are continuously faced with the misdemeanours of athletes. May people try to offer excuses about the pressure that is faced to perform for the public, or even sponsors, but that is of little comfort to parents who are trying to teach their kids right from wrong. Being an athlete and a role model holds with it a responsibility to the fans that support us and it is one that cannot be explained away with "the pressure just got to me". This country is built on the foundations of our sporting icons and that is being eroded by the inability of a few to respect the role they play in Australian life.
I, more than most, understand the pressure of expectation. In the four years after Atlanta I was continually harassed about my lack of performance. The pressure that put not only on myself but also those around me was at times unbearable, but the responsibility I had as a role model to children like my own never allowed me to take the easy road. As time goes on and the role models are harder to find the more our youth will turn away from sport. And that has great consequences not only for our sporting future but also for the nation at large.
Sport offers children many life lessons that are hard to teach without the benefit of personal experience. Sport teaches us about self-discipline, motivation to succeed, working in a team environment and appreciating what an individual has to offer those around them. All children need to be given the opportunity to grow through sport and the less parents feel like sport can help their children grow into well rounded responsible human beings the less children we will have in sport.
Money in sport is also an area that the purists see as diminishing the morals of our athletes. My experience is that money does not enable a person to be great, the love of their field does that, money just enables athletes to stay longer and not have to succumb to the pressure of needing to make a living to support their families. There are some athletes who do however abuse the opportunity and don't appreciate what they have, it comes all to easily, and as a result the future is never as long as it could have been. The tragedy is that most of them will have forsaken their education with the belief that sport will make them a success forever. Sport doesn't last forever and injuries have cut short the lives of many great athletes. This lack of formal education could also lead to the inability of an athlete to be the role model that they should.
In closing I would like to share a moment that summed up to me how much sport is the touchstone of Australian life. Last week I attended the centenary of federation commemorative meeting of parliament, this was a truly historic event that brought together Australians of all walks of life. Politicians set aside partisanship, people of all backgrounds were recognised only as Australian, and every speaker thanked the traditional owners of the site that the exhibition centre stands, the Wurundjeri, for their welcome. During the event Australian achievers were recognised as a cross section of the people who had helped shaped the fabric of our society. Names like Sir Robert Menzies, Dr Victor Chang, Dame Nellie Melba, Sir Samuel Griffith, Albert Namatjira, Banjo Paterson and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, just to name a few. The greatest reception however was reserved for our sporting icons. The Don brought a tear to more than a few eyes when his passing was reflected. And when Betty Cuthbert was wheeled on to the stage by Nova Peris-Kneebone the noise created made the building shake to its core. Of the events that I have been to in recent memory there has been no greater indication of the effect that sport has on our nation. The men and women who created and fought for the democracy that we enjoy, were remembered with humble appreciation, our sporting heroes however captured our hearts.
Speaker: Kieren Perkins OAM
Kieren Perkins is regarded as not only a successful Olympic athlete but a national icon. A member of the Australian swimming team for eleven years before his recent retirement, Mr Perkins has enjoyed a hugely successful swimming career, notching up two Olympic gold medals, two silver medals, two world titles and eleven world records. He took part in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and is the first swimmer in the world to hold Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific titles simultaneously.
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The news comes as a boost during a torrid time, with the club enduring a challenging season in defence of their Premier League title.
Manager Mourinho, who in August signed a four-year contract committing himself to Stamford Bridge until June 2019, was subject to the first vote of confidence of Roman Abramovich's 12-year ownership on October 5.
Since then, Chelsea have won one of their four matches - against a free-falling Aston Villa; the latest defeat was on penalties to Stoke in Tuesday night's Capital One Cup tie - while Mourinho has faced disciplinary action from the Football Association.
The 52-year-old Portuguese had until 6pm on Thursday to respond to a misconduct charge following his half-time touchline dismissal at West Ham last Saturday.
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Harry Potter's World
The UT Health Science Center Libraries are pleased to announce that Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine will open in the Briscoe Library on October 11, 2010.
The traveling exhibit, produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and coordinated by the American Library Association, uses materials from the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine to explore Harry Potter's world and its roots in Renaissance traditions.
The study of Renaissance science and medicine adds a fascinating dimension to the Harry Potter stories for both children and adults. For example, alchemist Nicolas Flamel, who is fictionally featured in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was a real 15th-century scholar whose experiments with metals influenced the development of modern chemistry.
A series of programs has been planned in connection with the exhibit, which will be in the Briscoe Library from October 11 to November 6, 2010.
For more information contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, Hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.
Opening Event and Reception
Renaissance Science and the Quest for Immortality: Lessons from Albus Dumbledore, Nicolas Flamel, and Isaac Newton
C. Mackenzie Brown, Ph.D. (More Information)
Jennie Farris Railey King Professor in Religion, Department of Religion, Trinity University
October 11, 2010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Briscoe Library, Howe Conference Room
Potent Potions and Healing Herbs: Medicinal Practices of the Renaissance
Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D. (More Information)
Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UT Health Science Center
October 19, 2010, 12:00 noon -1:00 pm
Pestana Lecture Hall
A Little Muggle Magic: The Wisdom of Harry Potter for Families
Pat Thompson, Ph.D. (More Information)
Senior Lecturer in History, University of Texas at San Antonio
October 23, 2010, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Friends of the P.I. Nixon Annual Dinner and Presentation
Magic and Monsters in the Stacks: How Harry Potter Came to the National Library of Medicine
Stephen J. Greenberg, Ph.D. (More Information)
Coodinator of Public Services – History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine
November 1, 2010, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Double Tree Hotel: Contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian, for more information and to purchase tickets for this event: Borchers@uthscsa.edu.
Presentation to students attending Science Expo
Living Dangerously: Doctors Adrift in the Dark Ages
Richard F. Ludueña, Ph.D. (More Information)
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Biochemistry, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
November 6, 2010; two presentations: 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm
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"Harry Potter's World" exhibition homepage from National Library of Medicine
Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. The exhibition tour is coordinated by the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago.
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There is an old saying that "beauty is only skin deep" and perhaps we have realized the truthfulness of that saying of our lives. Even though there is a lot more to beauty than the outer beauty the meets the eye, it is still important to consider the way that we look. After all, first impressions are always going to make a difference and we certainly want to look our best for a variety of reasons. Although there may be many different ways to accomplish that purpose, taking good care of our skin is a great place to start.
The skin is more than an outer covering of the body, it is the largest organ and provides many benefits. Not only does it detoxify the body and keep it safe from infection, it also is the first thing that people notice about us. Unfortunately, some of us have skin problems and those issues may crop up from time to time, often unexpectedly. One of the best things that we can do for ourselves in this regard is to take care of our skin on a daily basis and when we replenish our skin, we may find that we are looking better, feeling better and perhaps even wanting to get out and do more.
First of all, the process of replenishing the skin is something that takes place naturally on an ongoing basis. The skin is actually several layers deep and it starts with the inner layer and eventually works its way to the outer layer. When we replenish our skin, it is actually a matter of losing the outer layer of skin that has died and allowing the inner layers to come forward. This is a natural process, but it is one that can be helped along naturally.
When you replenish the skin, it often is a matter of exfoliating and removing the dead skin cells that are on the outside. Not only can this leave your skin looking remarkably youthful, it can make it feel soft and give it a natural glow. In addition to exfoliating, we can also use a variety of creams and other products that help to keep our skin moisturized and looking great.
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This book presents the proceedings of the 8th international Symposium "Information Fusion and Intelligent Geographic Information Systems 2017" (IF&ICIS'2017), which took place at Shanghai Maritime University, China, from May 10 to 12, 2017. The goal of the symposium was to bring together leading global experts in the field of spatial information integration and intelligent GIS (IGIS) to exchange cutting-edge research ideas and experiences, to discuss perspectives on the fast-paced development of geospatial information theory, methods and models in order to demonstrate the latest advances in IGIS and discover new ways of collaboration. The topics focus on IGIS fundamentals, models, technologies and services in maritime research, such as underwater acoustics, radiolocation, navigation, marine energy, logistics, environmental management, seafood, safety of maritime navigation and others. In addition the book discusses the integration of IGIS technologies in the emerging field of digital humanities research.


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Stir in the chopped macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips. Transfer the mixture into the tin. Bake for 20-25mins, or until firm on the top and still slightly squidgy in the centre. Cool in the tin. Dust with icing sugar to serve. These blondies will keep for 3-4days in an airtight container.
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REVIEW / A Gummy's Life (PC)
Jake Sapir
Sometimes it's easy to judge a game by its cover, or at least by its trailer. While the name suggests some sort of story or adventure, A Gummy's Life is a party/3D fighting game featuring ragdolling characters. It would be easy to write it off as a clone of Gang Beasts and be done. But if I did that, I would have missed the things that this lesser known title actually does better. So the question isn't what kind of game this is, but rather, does it do enough to separate itself from the pack?
One thing that A Gummy's Life immediately does right is making it clear when you have actually hit and knocked down another character. I've often found myself playing Gang Beasts and not being sure that my attacks were actually doing anything at all. In Gummy, there's a very clear sound and a splatter of…syrup?…indicating a successful hit. The visuals and sound effects also make it very clear when a character is knocked out and can be carried around. There are also more modes to play with, and greater varieties in the stages. One is a soccer pitch, for example, where points can be scored by defeating opponents or scoring goals. Things like this breathe a little more life into the game and help make it something more unique.
It should be clear by now that on paper, *A Gummy's Life* is a great party game that deserves more love. But there's a reason you probably haven't heart of it; in fact, there are a few. There's a major lack of polish here, and you'll first notice it when you're trying to set up a game and you won't be able to tell what exactly you're selecting. The fighting feels arbitrary too; there are several different attacks instead of just the traditional left punch and right punch, but it isn't really clear whether they have different effects at all. The stages can also be harder to navigate than they should be.
Not quite the life of the party
Gameplay - 5/10
Visuals - 5/10
+ Unique stages
+ Fun designs
– Lack of polish
– Confusing
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Hungary / Slovakia: Foreign Ministers To Discuss Thorny Issues
By Genevieve Zalatorius
Bratislava, 19 January 1998 (RFE/RL) -- When Slovakia's and Hungary's Foreign Ministers meet this week (Thu, Jan. 22), one of the top items on the agenda will be deciding who will serve on a committee to implement the basic treaty the countries signed almost three years ago. That and a host of other issues will be on the table as both Ministers meet for the first time, since a scheduled September meeting was canceled by Slovakia.
RFE/RL in Bratislava reports it is also likely the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam case will be discussed. Both countries appear to be inching closer to an agreement before a World Court-imposed deadline.
Hungarian officials say they were a bit surprised last week, as they received a letter from Slovakia's Foreign Ministry, suggesting the meeting in Budapest between Hungary's Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs and Slovakia's Foreign Minister Zdenka Kramplova.
Although Kovacs already had other plans, he amended his busy schedule.
Sources at the Hungarian Ministry tell RFE/RL that the most "thorny" issue will be to decide who will serve on a joint committee on ethnic minorities. Hungary has insisted that ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia - about a half-million of them - be represented on that committee. Slovakia has resisted that idea. The committee, which was agreed nearly three years ago, has never met, as its composition has never been determined.
Hungary says much has changed since the two Foreign Ministers last met in 1997. "The situation now is that Slovakia has not been invited to NATO, nor the EU, while Hungary has been invited to both," one (anonymous) Hungarian Foreign Ministry official tells RFE/RL.
Bratislava has accused Budapest of a campaign to discredit Slovakia.
Last September's meeting was canceled, after Slovakia's Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar told a political rally that he had proposed the repatriation and exchange of ethnic minorities from both Hungary and Slovakia.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Kovacs this month said relations with Slovakia represented the only foreign policy failure of his country in 1997.
Negotiators from each country are also scheduled to meet again next week (Mon, Jan. 26) for another session on their Danube dispute. That meeting, also in Budapest, is the most recent session since last September's World Court decision.
The Court ruled Hungary violated the law when it unilaterally abandoned the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam project in 1992, breaking terms of a 1977 agreement with Czechoslovakia. The Court ruled Slovakia broke the law by pressing ahead with the project on its own, diverting the course of Europe's longest river in the process. The Court also called on the countries to negotiate to complete the original objectives of the project, and set a March 25, 1998 deadline.
Hungary is proposing a power plant between Sob and Budapest, instead of constructing the previously agreed Nagymaros plant. Construction costs are estimated at $2 billion. Hungary has ruled out any type of direct monetary compensation to Slovakia.


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Panintelligence shortlisted for UK IT Industry Award
Panintelligence is thrilled to announce that we have received a nomination at the 35th UK IT Industry Awards, which typically features a range of household-name companies, across a multitude of award categories.
The shortlist was announced in the past few days, after the judges sat down on Friday 22nd September to discuss which companies deserved to make it as finalists. And we were lucky enough to be one of the few that made the cut.
Our award category
The overarching category we've been nominated in is Organisational Excellence, which features five subcategories such as Services Company of the Year and IT Project Team of the Year.
The category Panintelligence is nestled in is Small Supplier or VAR of the Year. We came agonisingly close to taking home the grand prize in the very same category in 2016, ultimately being Highly Commended as a UK SME that delivers easy reporting.
This year, we're all hopeful that we'll make it just one step further to top this category.
The 35th Anniversary Awards Dinner is set to take place on Wednesday 15th November, where the winners in every category will be announced.
The judges' work starts early in the day, as together, they must decide on a winner and a high commendation in each of the 25 categories that make up the awards.
To do this, each company or person shortlisted must prepare a short presentation, before they convene later in the day to pick the deserved winners.
The dinner is held at Battersea Park Events Arena in London, where we'll be eagerly awaiting the outcome of our latest nomination.
Panintelligence shortlisted in the European IT and Software Excellence Awards
We've Been Highly Commended in 2016 as a UK SME Delivering Easy Reporting


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Day one of term three for NSW coalition
Tom Rabe
Published: 24/03/2019 Updated: Saturday, 4 April 2020 12:03 AM GMT+11
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at a press conference in Willoughby, Sydney, Sunday, March 24, 2019 Credit: AAP
Premier Gladys Berejiklian expects to form a majority government with up to 49 seats after the Liberals performed better than expected at the state election, but she acknowledges western NSW lodged a "cry for help" when punishing the junior coalition partner.
Ms Berejiklian on Sunday again refused to concede the loss of any Liberal seats despite most pundits calling the eastern suburbs electorate of Coogee as a Labor gain.
The Liberal leader told reporters the coalition would win between 47 and 49 seats, allowing her to continue governing in her own right.
With almost 70 per cent of the votes counted, the Liberal-Nationals coalition had 46 seats - just one short of an outright majority - in the 93-seat parliament.
In her victory speech, Ms Berejiklian told a jubilant crowd she would happily work with the three crossbench MPs to form government if she had to.
"Whether or not my government is a majority government or a minority government, we will work closely with the three independents that are elected to the NSW parliament," she said.
While the Liberals were able to weather much of the election storm, the seat of East Hills was too close to call and Coogee was all but lost to Labor.
Meanwhile the Nationals lost the seat of Murray to the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, while Barwon is also likely to fall that way.
The premier told the crowd she was proud to live in a state that would elect a woman with a long name. Ms Berejiklian is the first woman ever elected premier in NSW.
"I am most proud of the state of NSW, I'm incredibly proud of the wonderful place in which we live," she said.
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Programs (documents) (12)
Motion pictures (15)
Mural painting and decoration (7)
DeVincent, Sam (13)
Archives Center, NMAH, SI. (6)
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen) (4)
Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David) (4)
Greenberg, Clement (4)
André Emmerich Gallery (3)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI. (3)
Newman, Arnold (3)
Osborn, Robert Chesley (3)
Pach, Walter (3)
Rivera, Diego (3)
Soyer, Raphael (3)
Wise, Howard (3)
Afro-Peruvian (1)
Coast Salish Indians (1)
Ewe (African people) (1)
Hupa Indians (1)
Query: Motion pictures and history -- 1950-1960
260 records — Page 4 of 26
Smithson, Robert
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The papers of sculptor, writer, and earthworks artist Robert Smithson and his wife, sculptor, filmmaker, and earthworks artist Nancy Holt measure 15.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from 1952 to 1987. The papers consist of Smithson's biographical material; business and personal correspondence, much of it with artists; interview transcripts; extensive writings and project files; financial records; printed material; a scrapbook of clippings; holiday cards with original prints and sketches; photographic material; and artifacts. Also found are project files related to Nancy Holt's motion picture film Pine Barrens and her seminal environmental work of art Sun Tunnels, including a video documentary about Sun Tunnels.
Shirley Leonard Papers
Jones, Shirley May, 1922-2004
Connick, Kathleen D.
Leonard, Shirley, 1922-2004
4 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
Papers documenting the life and career of Shirley May Jones, stage name Shirley Leonard, an exotic dancer from Cincinnati, Ohio. The papers, photographs, and clippings document her childhood, early life, and professional career.
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection
Basie, Count, 1904-
Smith, Ernie
Webster, Ben
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
30 Cubic feet (352 film reels , 16 mm)
More than 300 reels of 16mm black and white and color film, silent and sound, fiction and documentary motion picture film documenting jazz and related musical performances, social and popular dance styles and performances, jazz musicians, performance locales, and documentation of African-American popular culture. A list of featured performers in the collection is shown below. The films are frequently compilations produced by Smith for lectures.
American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection
American Petroleum Institute.
45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
Medical Sciences Film Collection
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Division of Medical Sciences, NMAH
36 Cubic feet (81 Films, 16mm)
Films vary in subject, production source, and intended audience. Includes both silent and sound black-and-white, and color films with sound.
A. Bernie Wood Papers
Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.
Harry Warren Papers
Riva, Julia
Jones, Jophe
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
32 Cubic feet (70 boxes, 26 folders)
The Harry Warren Papers consists of original music manuscripts, scores, song sheets, commercial sheet music, bound scores, scripts, business records, correspondence (business, personal and fan), clippings, magazines, photographs, cassette tapes, LP records, posters and programs and personal memorabilia. The material documents the personal life and...
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.
Vaclav Vytlacil papers
Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984
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The papers of abstract painter and art instructor Vaclav Vytlacil date from 1885-1990 and measure 5.2 linear feet. Found within the papers are scattered biographical materials, correspondence primarily discussing art school-related matters and the exhibition and sale of Vytlacil's work, scattered business and financial records, and notes and writings including lecture notes. The papers also contain audio recordings of interviews of Vytlacil and his associates, artwork by Vytlacil and others, four scrapbooks, printed material including clippings and exhibition catalogs, and photographs of Vytlacil, his colleagues, and his artwork.
Norcross Greeting Card Collection
Norcross, Arthur Dickinson, d. 1968
Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s
Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
Rust Craft Publishers (Boston, Mass.)
202 Cubic feet (179 boxes, 362 volumes)
Collections consists of the records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in New York City in the 1920s and The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, founded in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906. Both the Norcross and Rust Craft companies collected antique greeting cards. Also includes a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1930-1980. Collection represents development of the greeting card industry, social trends in the United States and technology of the printing industry from 1924 through 1978.


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Past Lives: The pilgrimage
Many of us had key past lives in important spiritual centers. Revisiting those places reconnects us with the inner strength, clarity and wisdom we had while living there. While visiting ancient sites all kinds of clues and synchronicities about past lives there may pop up. People have also reported feeling back in touch with the knowledge they had in those times. This can apply not only to ancient temples but to whole countries. Jo told me how happy she was to have 'got India back'. All her life she'd had dreams that were obviously set in India. But she had a love—hate feeling about it, and no wish ever to go there. 'Then one night I woke up after one of those dreams about India. I went back into the dream in a semi-lucid way. It showed me the places I'd been dreaming about. There were Mogul palaces, city slums and little villages in the country. Someone was with me, explaining it all to me. He said in India I'd once lived a life of luxury, but I'd felt guilty about it at the time. In another life I'd lived in the slums and found that very hard. My happiest times there were when I was far away from palaces or cities. 'He said I needed to accept now that I'd had all those experiences for a reason. I won't have to go back to them again. I can be at peace with all of those lives now.' Later Jo went on holiday to India for the first time. She loved everything about it – its swarming cities, grand palaces, and tiny villages. She felt that her enjoyment was a sign that she'd finally made peace with all her past lives there.
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City living at its finest! Gorgeous 2 bed, 1 bath condo. You will love this spacious unit w/ a wide open floor plan & tons of natural light! Home features hard wood floors, new carpet, updated kitchen w/ granite countertops & gas range. Secured building w/ elevator, outdoor pool & patio as well as gym w/ new equipment. Includes 1 garage spot & storage unit. Blocks away from Trader Joes, restaurants, shops, and Cheesman park. Come live in one of the most desirable locations in Denver!
This listing at 789 N Clarkson Street #504, Denver, CO 80218 is an attached dwelling listing with 1 full bath, 2 bedrooms and approximately 747 square feet	on a lot of 24,829 sqft (or 0.57 acres). It was built in 1966.	789 N Clarkson Street #504 is located in Denver and in ZIP Code 80218. It has been listed on our site since 2018-07-11.


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A woman thinks, breathes and speaks in colours, and Phulkari's Florists Eden Summer Collection 2018 by Taana Baana is a vista of all the beautiful colours of summer and spring woven in fabric for every woman. The summer season is a blend of bright hues, subtle patterns and florals, and therefore, Phulkari has liberated the essence of this season and brought a floral giveaway delivered to you through their prints.
Florists Eden has a range of 20 aesthetically designed digital prints in the form of one piece, 2 piece and 3 piece suits – something for university students and adults to pick and choose from. Everything magical happens in Eden, so with a gold-yellow powdered sun colour reflected in a 3 piece suit or a sea bed of blue and green waves and floral patterns that have been incorporated in single piece shirts with the right amount of tint and flavor are the ultimate picks if you want to lighten up your wardrobe.
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The price of single piece shirts begins from Rs. 1,790/- for digital lawn print or print embroidery shirt, 2 piece suits at Rs. 2,390/- for a digitally lawn printed shirt and plain trouser, Rs. 3,290/- for a 3 piece suit with digitally printed lawn shirt, plain trouser and a crinkle chiffon dupatta, and Rs. 4,990/- for a 3 piece suit with a digitally lawn printed embroidery, plain trouser and a printed silk dupatta. So, the prices are competitive and smart for suits that have embroidered designs, display a mix of patterns and look chic at the same time.
Phulkari's Florists Eden is a viably pleasing summer collection that will immediately revive your state of mind, because each print will encapsulate your idea of an eastern side of paradise in a handful of striking pieces that will make you immediately want to purchase them and saunter your way, looking every bit of a muse this summer.


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Maanletters zijn die letters die in het Hoogarabisch bij de uitspraak het bepaald lidwoord "al ال" niet assimileren, waardoor men de "l"-klank hoort. Dit in tegenstelling met de zonneletters, waar het lidwoord qua klank overvloeit met de klank van de op de letter "lam" volgende letter.

De naam "maanletter" komt van het Arabische woord qamar قمر : "maan", waarvan de beginletter qaf bij de niet-geassimileerde medeklinkers hoort. De uitspraak van القمر, "de maan", is derhalve "al-qamar". Hierbij is de "l"-klank duidelijk te horen.

De 14 maanletters zijn ﻱ ,ﻭ ,ه ,ﻡ ,ﻙ ,ﻕ ,ﻑ ,ﻍ ,ﻉ ,ﺥ ,ﺡ ,ﺝ ,ﺏ ,ا:
 Alif - الأب - al-ab - de vader,
 Ba - البلجيكي - al-baljiki - de Belg,
 Jim - الجزيرة - al-djazira - het eiland,
 Ha - الحرف - al-harf - de letter,
 Kha - الخرم - al-gurm - het gat,
 Ain - العربي - al-'arabi - de Arabier,
 Ghain - الغسول - al-ghasul - de shampoo,
 Fa - الفسفور - al-fusfur - de fosfor,
 Qaf - القلم - al-qalm - de pen,
 Kaf - الكتاب - al-kitab - het boek,
 Mim - المعلم - al-mu'alim - de leraar,
 Ha - الهولندي - al-hulandi - de Nederlander,
 Waw - الولد - al-walad - de jongen,
 Ya - اليورو - al-yuro - de Euro.

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March is Refer a Friend Month!
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We cannot say enough about you, our patients, and the gratitude we have for your kind words and referrals. As always, please let us know if we can do anything to make the services we provide better for you. Happy March everyone!
We are frequently asked a question that is actually quite troubling to me.
We do not require our patients to sign a contract for care. We do not require up-front payment for multiple visits.
We only charge fees for services rendered. We only prescribe treatment that is necessary, no more, and no less. Each patient is different, requiring a different treatment plan based on the patient's NEED for care. We do not have a "package" to sell you for "unlimited visits," because most patients do not need an unlimited number of visits. In fact, part of being a doctor is prescribing the right amount of care. Not too little, not too much. Furthermore, if the patient is not progressing at a satisfactory rate, this individual should have the freedom to seek care somewhere else, without the burden of having signed a contract.
It is not illegal for a practice to do this. However, it does bring up some ethical questions. It is very important to question the motive of any contract BEFORE you sign it. Remember, a contract is typically written for the benefit of the person writing the contract, not the one signing the contract! Please don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to discuss setting an appointment for care. We also appreciate any feedback.