text:
A Conversation with Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson is a Contract Specialist at Shell UK, working in the Wells Department, predominantly managing contracts in the Well Interventions portfolio. Joe has been working at Shell for the past 4 years, in various roles in Contracting and Procurement, having previously worked for Wood as a buyer. After suffering with symptoms of depression for almost 10 years, Joe finally spoke up about his mental health struggles with a colleague in 2016, which turned out to be the first step in getting the help he needed to get a formal diagnosis and begin to manage his depression.
In what ways do stereotypes of masculinity create difficulties for people with mental health issues?
While there are a number of factors that I believe can impact someone's ability to seek help for mental health issues, for men specifically, the masculine stereotypes definitely have a negative impact.
Regardless of any societal progressions that we may have made in the past few decades to dismantle harmful stereotypes, men are generally still pressured to be "tough" and not show emotions. The pressure for men is that displaying emotions can be perceived as a sign of weakness or irrationality, which makes talking about mental health with others incredibly challenging. In reality, many mental health issues are due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, which is in no way linked to "strength" or "manliness".
Personally, I felt that I couldn't talk with anyone about my depression, because of the fear of judgement of others of thinking that I was weak or being told that I had nothing to be upset about. 9 out of 10 people with mental health conditions are impacted by stigma or perceived stigma. The "perceived stigma" for me was the main issue, as I had built up an image in my mind of how people would think of me differently. The only way that I overcame this was by taking that incredibly difficult leap of talking to others and finding out that a lot of my perceptions were not correct and that many others understood and could empathise.
Gender roles, such as "breadwinners" can also increase the risk of mental illnesses, though I do feel that society is moving away from the stereotypical gender roles, with women taking greater strides towards equality in the workplace, and equality as "breadwinners". This probably doesn't solve the issue, however, rather shifting the pressure and stress from one person to another. Unfortunately, we are not likely to find any silver bullet or cure to prevent mental illnesses from occurring, but we can put in place a culture that allows for the discussion and better coping mechanisms.
What happened when you told colleagues about your depression?
Initially I only told one colleague, my line manager, about what I believed was depression. It was an incredibly difficult thing for me to do, but I felt that it was impacting me at work and I wanted to try and explain why. As I mentioned in my "story", this set me on a difficult journey towards coping with my mental health which I genuinely believed saved my life. I appreciate how dramatic that sounds, but it is the sad reality of it! Once I began to cope more with my own mental health, I began to think about how others in my organisation were dealing with mental health. My therapist had told me that she had other clients that worked in my organisation, and it made me reflect that this was something completely invisible to me, and not openly discussed. I began to think of ways that would have helped me to come to terms with my illness and get help sooner, and the only way that I felt that I would be comfortable talking about it was knowing that there was someone else like me that was going through something similar. I wrote a "story" to be published on the internal website and asked to have it published. Despite all of the help that I had received in the past 6 months since talking to my line manager, I was still extremely apprehensive. I did not talk to anyone else in my team about it before publishing it, and I feared the impact that it could have on my future career opportunities. Once again, I found that my perceptions and beliefs could not have been further from the truth. I had hundreds of colleagues messaging me, thanking me and often sharing their own experiences with mental health or those of family members. It was overwhelming how much support and kindness I received, often from people I would have thought would reinforce the "masculine" stereotypes.
Where can people seek help?
Most organisations will have some sort of "employee assistance" programmes, which can be a good place to start, but there are so many other organisations and programmes that are there to listen and help. Charities such as Samaritans, SANE, PANDAS, and many others have helplines that you can call, the NHS has services that you can utilise, your GP is available, the list of potential options are so extensive that it's almost daunting! I was very fortunate to have had a strong relationship with my line manager, to the point where I felt comfortable to bring this up to them, but I appreciate that that may not be the case for many. Who you go to seek help from isn't the most important thing, the most important thing is that you do seek help. Mental health is something that you can not deal with by yourself, and trying to do so can often exaggerate the issue and cause more longer term problems. The best way for people to seek help will be different for different individuals. Initially I didn't call a helpline or see a doctor because I didn't feel that I could explain why I felt the way that I did. I didn't have a long bullet point list of things that were causing my depression, and I feared that I would be told that there was nothing wrong with me. When I eventually did speak to the doctor, I did have a list with me, but I didn't end up needing it or using it to justify my depression. Once again, my perceptions were wrong and the doctor was quick to offer support and set me on the steps to recovery. Don't be afraid to talk to professionals, no matter how "irrational" you may think that you are being. If you had a long term physical illness, you wouldn't feel guilty about going to the doctors, so you shouldn't feel guilty about seeking help for a mental illness.
What has been the impact of speaking about mental health?
Talking about mental health for me has been the toughest thing that I have done, but also one of the most rewarding. I have managed to cope with my depression rather than just ignoring and suppressing it, which has allowed me to live a much more fulfilling life. I am not "cured" by any means, but the bad days aren't as bad and aren't as frequent. For me, this is a humongous improvement.Speaking out about mental health has made me aware of how supportive so many people are and how much it affects so many others. Family members, friends, colleagues, have all shared with me their own difficulties with mental health that I would have never been aware of. It allows us to better look out for one another and try and build a culture where we can help dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health that makes so many of us suffer in silence. Within the workplace I have seen an improvement over the past 12 months, although I'm not sure if that's as a result of people talking more about mental health, or if it is because I am now looking out for it more. Shell Health do a fantastic job within our organisation and we have a number of events lined up for Mental Health Awareness week to help try and break down the stigma.
Review: The Double X Economy
YOU are a Role Model
A Conversation With Teresa Waddington


Request to the server "anyonebored.com"
anyonebored.com. 86400 IN NS ns3.pipedns.com.
anyonebored.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.pipedns.com.
anyonebored.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.pipedns.com.
anyonebored.com. 14400 IN MX 0 anyonebored.com.
description: Free online games arcade. We have fun and addicting games to play all day.
We will work hard to find it for you.
pook-pong-icon-1.png Play Crash the Robot!
http://www.anyonebored.com/puzzle/play-crash-the-robot- Play Crash the Robot!
http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4248161-10769051 Get Unlimited play of 1,000+ Games FREE when you try FunPass!
http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=142726&u=476415&m=17483&urllink=&afftrack= Football, baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, tennis, UFC, you name it - Calendars.com has a Sports Calendar for it.


You'll reduce waste. More than a third of our trash is organic material that can be composted. Most families can divert up to 10 pounds of materials to organics recycling each week.
You'll help create more compost. Things like meat, bones, dairy products and compostable plastics can't go in a backyard composting bin, but they can be collected through organics recycling and turned into compost.
You can save money. Once you start producing less trash, you may be able to switch to a smaller garbage cart, which will cut $3 off your monthly bill.
You'll be a part of the sustainability trend. More than 29,500 households have already signed up to participate.
You can help improve soil quality. Using compost returns nutrients to the soil, reduces erosion, and reduces the needs for watering and for chemical fertilizers.
Learn more about organics recycling at minneapolismn.gov/organics.
If you're a Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling customer, you can request a cart by emailing swrcustomer@minneapolismn.gov – make sure to include your address – or call 612-673-2917.


text:
Q: R data.table error when joining a data.table to json object I am updating records in a MongoDb database via R and some of the fields to update are in a complicated nested list format.  Since I wasn´t able to replicate the structure from scratch, I import the data from the database, keep it in json format as an object in my r environment, create a copy that I convert to data.table and edit that.  I am then using a for loop to update the relevant fields in the json with values from the updated data.table and push them back into MongoDb using httr:PUT() and the relevant API.
I found however that if I try to join the values from the data.table directly to the json, I get this error:
Error in `[.data.table`(lab_updates, fq) :
  When i is a data.table (or character vector), the columns to join by must be specified using 'on=' argument (see ?data.table), by keying x (i.e. sorted, and, marked as sorted, see ?setkey), or by sharing column names between x and i (i.e., a natural join). Keyed joins might have further speed benefits on very large data due to x being sorted in RAM.

It seems strange as the other object I am joining to is not a data.table but a json object - should this not be a warning rather than an error?  Or is there a mistake in the syntax in the for loop?  If I convert the data.table to a data.frame, the for loop works fine.
Here is part of the example json (with fake data) I am trying to edit (the full one is too long, but this will give an idea of the structure - the nested questions are listed under questionnaireAnswers:
> dput(lab_content)
list(list(personId = "0ce29018-1188-42bf-bd2e-2c39688a4c97",
    personType = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_PERSON_TYPE_CASE",
    dateSampleTaken = "2021-08-16T00:00:00.000Z", dateSampleDelivered = "2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z",
    dateTesting = "2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z", dateOfResult = "2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z",
    labName = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_NAME_MOL", sampleIdentifier = "S130_rougeole",
    sampleType = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_SAMPLE_SERUM",
    testType = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_LAB_TEST_ELISA_ANTICORPS",
    result = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_NEGATIVE",
    quantitativeResult = "0.051", notes = "Exemplaire", status = "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETED",
    outbreakId = "732b8a56-84e7-4a77-87cd-103271070c6d", testedFor = "Rougeole",
    createdAt = "2021-08-19T15:13:07.755Z", createdBy = "65339990-d363-4939-8952-f881c8324b1c",
    updatedAt = "2021-08-19T15:14:04.544Z", updatedBy = "65339990-d363-4939-8952-f881c8324b1c",
    createdOn = "API", deleted = FALSE, questionnaireAnswers = list(
        nom_laborantin = list(list(value = "Charles")),
        molecule = list(list(value = "IgM NP")), unites = list(
            list(value = "ratio DO")), puit = list(list(value = "C06")),
        resultats_brutes = list(list(value = 0.019)), CQ = list(
            list(value = "reussi")))
))

Here is the data.table with the (again dummy data) values to update with:
> dput(lab_updates)
setDT(structure(list(personId = c("cef0e9b5-3935-4e4e-9b4e-b40711add5e4",
"a5ddca7d-4fc9-4569-bc47-c97604740adf", "bcef99af-7305-49db-a292-2ca6a4d0386a"
), id = c("31c9e07a-8330-4798-b902-188c97f38204", "3dc68501-96ca-413d-b096-8b6663f64b6f",
"69bc7320-35ac-40cb-b45e-2ca4c685e140"), outbreakId = c("732b8a56-84e7-4a77-87cd-103271070c6d",
"732b8a56-84e7-4a77-87cd-103271070c6d", "732b8a56-84e7-4a77-87cd-103271070c6d"
), sampleIdentifier = c("S131_rougeole", "S132_rougeole", "S133_rougeole"
), labName = c("LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_NAME_MOL", "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_NAME_MOL",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_NAME_MOL"), sampleType = c("LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_SAMPLE_SERUM",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_SAMPLE_SERUM", "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_SAMPLE_SERUM"
), testType = c("LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_LAB_TEST_ELISA_ANTICORPS",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_LAB_TEST_ELISA_ANTICORPS",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_TYPE_OF_LAB_TEST_ELISA_ANTICORPS"
), testedFor = c("Rougeole", "Rougeole", "Rougeole"), dateSampleTaken = c("2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z", "2021-06-25T00:00:00.000Z"), dateSampleDelivered = c(NA,
NA, "2021-06-26T00:00:00.000Z"), dateTesting = c("2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z",
"2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z", "2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z"), dateOfResult = c("2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z",
"2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z", "2021-08-19T14:38:00.000z"), quantitativeResult = c("0.652883569",
"0.91", "2.935799782"), result = c("LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_NEGATIVE",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_INCONCLUSIVE", "LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_POSITIVE"
), status = c("LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETED",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETED",
"LNG_REFERENCE_DATA_CATEGORY_LAB_TEST_RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETED"
), nom_laborantin = c("Amy", "Amy", "Amy"
), molecule = c("IgM NP", "IgM NP", "IgM NP"), unites = c("ratio DO",
"ratio DO", "ratio DO"), puit = c("F01", "G01", "H01"), resultats_brutes = c("0.3",
"0.85", "1.349"), CQ = c("reussi", "reussi", "reussi")), row.names = c(NA,
-3L), class = c("data.table", "data.frame")))

And here is the for loop that should update the json and push it back to the MongoDB:
# Define which fields are in sub-nested format:
questionnaireFields <- c("nom_laborantin",
                         "molecule",
                         "unites",
                         "puit",
                         "resultats_brutes",
                         "CQ")

# Define which fields are not sub-nested:
coreFields <- ("personId", "id", "outbreakId",
               "sampleIdentifier", "labName",
               "sampleType", "testType",
               "testedFor", "dateSampleTaken",
               "dateSampleDelivered", "dateTesting",
               "dateOfResult", "quantitativeResult",
               "result")

# Loop through each lab record ID to push the modifications:
for (i in 1:nrow(lab_updates)) {

  # Get lab record IDs:
  lab_id_i <- lab_updates$id[i]

  # Get case IDs to update:
  person_id_i <- lab_updates$personId[i]

  # Get current snapshot of Go.Data for each lab record:
  for (x in 1:length(lab_content)) {

    if (lab_content[[x]]$id == lab_id_i) {

      # Get current lab data
      lab_content_i <- lab_content[[x]]

      # Create new data packet for the case
      new_content_i <- lab_content_i

      # Add new values to the new data packet
      # Do this column by column
      for (fq in questionnaireFields) {
        new_content_i$questionnaireAnswers[fq][[1]][[1]]$value <- lab_updates[fq][[1]][i]
      }
      for (fc in coreFields) {
        new_content_i[fc][[1]] <- lab_updates[fc][[1]][i]
      }

      # PUT data into Go.Data:
      put_request <- PUT(paste0(url,
                                "api/outbreaks/",
                                outbreak,
                                "/cases/",
                                person_id_i,
                                "/lab-results/",
                                lab_id_i),
                         add_headers(Authorization = paste("Bearer", get_token()$token, sep = " ")),
                         body = new_content_i,
                         encode = "json")

      warn_for_status(put_request)

      rm(lab_content_i, new_content_i, put_request)
    }
  }

}

Session info:
> sessionInfo()
R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18363)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=French_Central African Republic.1252  LC_CTYPE=French_Central African Republic.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=French_Central African Republic.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=French_Central African Republic.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
 [1] jsonlite_1.7.2    httr_1.4.2        forcats_0.5.1     stringr_1.4.0     dplyr_1.0.7       purrr_0.3.4
 [7] readr_1.4.0       tidyr_1.1.3       tibble_3.1.2      ggplot2_3.3.5     tidyverse_1.3.1   lubridate_1.7.10
[13] data.table_1.14.0 getPass_0.2-2     here_1.0.1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] Rcpp_1.0.6       cellranger_1.1.0 pillar_1.6.1     compiler_4.1.0   dbplyr_2.1.1     tools_4.1.0      lifecycle_1.0.0
 [8] gtable_0.3.0     pkgconfig_2.0.3  rlang_0.4.11     reprex_2.0.0     cli_2.5.0        rstudioapi_0.13  DBI_1.1.1
[15] curl_4.3.2       haven_2.4.1      xfun_0.24        xml2_1.3.2       withr_2.4.2      fs_1.5.0         hms_1.1.0
[22] generics_0.1.0   vctrs_0.3.8      rprojroot_2.0.2  grid_4.1.0       tidyselect_1.1.1 glue_1.4.2       R6_2.5.0
[29] fansi_0.5.0      readxl_1.3.1     modelr_0.1.8     magrittr_2.0.1   backports_1.2.1  scales_1.1.1     ellipsis_0.3.2
[36] rvest_1.0.0      assertthat_0.2.1 colorspace_2.0-2 utf8_1.2.1       tinytex_0.32     stringi_1.6.2    munsell_0.5.0
[43] broom_0.7.8      crayon_1.4.1

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Q: Custom css for hr tag I'm declaring css for hr tag like ..
hr {
    height: 2px !important;
    background-color: #A2B1B9;
    width: 9%;
    margin-left: 0px;
    margin-top:auto;
  }

But the width of the hr tag dosen't always need to be the same as per the text that it is supported with. Please refer to the screen shot.

In this case I can either supply differen width along with the hr tag using inline css like . But as inline css dosen't fit to the ethical standards of web development is there any other approach that I could follow to make it dynamic?

A: HI now try to this way
Create a class and used to this css .
it's the best option for your .

.customHr{
 padding-bottom:5px;
  border-bottom:solid 2px black;
  display:inline-block;
  vertical-align:top;
  color:blue;
}

Custom Text here

Custom Text here

Custom here

Custom Text

Custom

Custom Text here

Custom Text here

A: Rohit Azad's answer is best, but if for "ethical" reasons you would rather use an hr, you can wrap it together with the text to get the same length.

div {
  display: inline-block;
}

  Text here

  T-t-t-t-t-text here

A: You can use Underline instead by putting the text in  tag and then custom css for that.


River Action celebrating 35 years of riverfront achievements!
Help us continue our RiverWay quests for the next 35 years. Click below to see what we've accomplished and find out how you can support our mission to foster the environmental, economic and cultural vitality of the Mississippi River and its riverfront in the Quad Cities region.
River Action's 'Explore the River Series' is back for 2019 with five new "Art Along the River" sessions and the very popular I-74 Bridge construction tours aboard the Channel Cat Water Taxi. Online registration now open.
Celebrate River Action's 35th Anniversary in 2019!
Give a "green" gift to someone on your shopping list or pre-order a 60-gallon, 100% recycled rain barrel for your home. Click on the link below for more information on how to pre-order a rain barrel.
Working together, we can help to lower the level of future flooding on the Mississippi River, control storm water runoff and reduce pollution of streams and rivers. You can make a difference to reduce runoff and pollution from storm water.
For the latest information from the U.S. Weather Service on the Mississippi River flood stage at Lock & Dam 15, click on the image or link below.
Explore more than 16,000 acres of publicly accessible natural areas in the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities region. Visit qcwildplaces.com to view photos and detailed information for your trip into the wild.
Keep up to date on River Action programs and activities with our "eddy" newsletter. As a River Action member, you'll receive the quarterly update in addition to event discounts.
View a pictorial history of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River and its three successors.
Click on this link to download the 2018 Annual Report for QC Wild Places.
What is QC Wild Places?


text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.ab"
    android:versionCode="20"
    android:versionName="1.6.3" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="14"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name">
    </application>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
</manifest>

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I've been shooting festivals for a number of years now. In the pit, backstage, on-stage, around the site… While all of that is great (like, really really good fun) I've had an idea knocking about for a while now.
I've always wanted to create a pop-up photo studio to capture portraits of the acts playing. High end, professional portraits all tied together by the fact that these artists came together, from all over the world, to one location, for one weekend, to make the festival completely unique. While there are always small changes to the sites, for anyone who visits the same festival year-on-year it's the line-up that shapes the event. That roster of talent that brings those unforgettable shows, the secret sets and the "Oh my God did you see so-and-so on the main stage earlier?!?!" moments that are never to be recreated.
This year I was fortunate enough to team up with The Line of Best Fit and End of the Road festival to make this project a reality. End of the Road is set in the stunning Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, a site punctuated by paths lined with laurel hedges, Victorian architecture and peacocks that roam freely. It's quite something. In-keeping with the festival's use of the natural layout of the gardens, I set up my studio in the Stag's Arbour – a 134 year old thatched folly conveniently located in the backstage area of the Garden Stage. I think I can confidently say it's the oldest thing I've ever turned into a studio.
Over the course of the weekend, with the help of tour managers, PRs, artist liaisons, the EOTR press team and TLOBF I managed to get as many people as possible through the doors of my studio to catalogue all those that made this weekend so special and so unique.
Being a small space I knew I'd only really be able to shoot individuals, but I was cool with that. I like the idea that each images tells you something about that person, rather than it being a standard band shot. With only a couple of minutes to work with each subject it was a case of trying to quickly build a rapport, figure out the best way to shoot the subject, give them a few pointers and then guide the session in the direction that I thought would best represent who they are. I didn't want these to be snap-shots, I wanted them to be portraits.
Knowing that I'd probably be setting up somewhere without any power I knew that I was going to have to run this job with speedlights. They also help eliminate any heath and safety risks when setting up in an English Heritage registered Garden of Historical Interest. I didn't want to be the guy setting fire to anything. I also wanted something that was super easy to adjust given the on-the-fly nature of shooting so many different people over the weekend. This meant going simple was key. So, I set up a pretty standard two-light set up. One in a Westcott 26″ Rapid Box Octa (having a total love affair with this modifier) camera left for that lovely Rembrandt key light to give the portraits a slick, high-end almost high-art feel. Second was a little kicker for the background. This was just a second bare speedlight pointed up at my DynaSun collapsable 5′ x 6.5′ backdrop. And that's basically it. A set up which gave the results I was looking for, was super quick to adjust on the fly and wasn't a pain a carry across a festival site.


Step back in time as you enter this period reproduction Cape farmhouse. This home was built with much attention to details. From the hand forged hinges and hardware to the three fireplaces and cedar shingle roof. The paved driveway meanders through the hardwoods to the house overlooking large expanse of hay fields. Sit on your front porch and enjoy nature right before you. This property was named Deerfields for a reason.


VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd. ("Naturally Splendid" or "NSE" or "The Company") (TSX-V:NSP) (OTCQB:NSPDF) (Frankfurt:50N) is pleased to provide a corporate update to recent HempOmega® advancements.
Developed by Naturally Splendid, HempOmega® is a proprietary homogenous powder created from microencapsulated hemp seed oil. It is a high-quality and sustainable omega fatty acid alternative ingredient to fish oil for omega fortification. Due to its unique powder format, it solves the formulation challenge manufacturers face when trying to add omegas to existing products,and has proven to increase the bioavailability of omega essential fatty acids.
Naturally Splendid USA Ltd. and NeutriSci International Corporation ("NeutriSci") have extended and added binding terms to the Company's previously announced letter of intent. This new binding letter of intent details the mutual agreement to produce a sublingual HempOmega® tablet using NeutriSci's intellectual property and technology, and as well, allows for the addition of a sublingual tablet combining HempOmega® and CBD (cannabidiol), subject to licensing, regulatory body and both parties' approvals.
Further to NSP's letter of intent with Crop Infrastructure Inc. ("CROP") (see the Company's news release of August 14, 2018) to provide costs for white labelled hemp seed, protein powder and hemp oil, with some of these products containing HempOmega®, and which CROP will be able to purchase using its brands The Hempire Company and Tiffany CBD. As part of the LOI, CROP plans to utilize Naturally Splendid's proprietary HempOmega® powder in its CannaDrink functional beverage line currently under development. CROP's new cannabis-infused line of soft drinks is reported by CROP to be a zero calorie, non-GMO, ketogenic-friendly line of soda pop, tea, and coffee variations (see CROP's news release of October 3, 2018).
Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd. has signed an exclusive sales agreement with Sipp Industries Inc. ("Sipp") to sell HempOmega® as an ingredient to beer manufacturers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, California and Texas. As well, Sipp has received approval in the states of Colorado and Illinois to include HempOmega® as an ingredient in their own custom-formulated hemp beer including their Major Hemp Brown Ale and newly developed Major Hemp H-IPA brands, which have been distributed to multiple locations throughout Colorado and Illinois.
NSE has already formulated and tested HempOmega® infused protein, and energy snack bar/ bite products. The Company expects to launch these products in early 2019 under our house-brands and for private label clients.
NSE has assembled a team comprised of management and industry wise advisory board members to further the development of bio-tech opportunities for the HempOmega® in North America and Internationally.
NSE continues to work diligently towards full commercialization for HempOmega® to service global markets. In recent months, the Company has held discussions with a number of parties from countries around the world interested in utilizing HempOmega® in a number of products, as well as had discussions regarding licensing opportunities.
In 2017, Proprietary research from the Global Organization of EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) showed the highest supplement use is occurring in the United States, China and Australia. Statistica 2018 estimated the global supplement market for omega-3 supplements in 2025 will reach US$57 billion, compared to $33 billion in 2016. This is indeed a steep growth for an individual supplement segment.


text:
Pretty Woman, Fight Club, Che Guevera & his Motorcycle Diaries: Few things that feminism has ruined for me
Date: February 21, 2015Author: Sanjukta Basu 1 Comment
I studied Picasso in school and once spent a whole day at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. I was a fan. But that was before I became a feminist. When I went to see a Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern with my mum a few years ago, my internal monologue went a bit like this: "Object, object, object, boobs, object, object, woman-object, boobs, object, object, object, boobs."
The above is an excerpt from this list of '10 things feminism ruined for me' by Emer O'Toole and its so true, once you wear your feminist glasses, you would struggle to appreciate the most simpler pleasures of life. This made me sit down and prepare my own list of things that feminism has ruined for me.
I cannot appreciate art because I can't stop lamenting the invisibility of women in art. Most famous artists in the world are men. Women of every civilization in every age have been denied the opportunity to express themselves through art, they never could pick up the paint & brush because their hands were full of household chores. Same goes for literature, poetry, philosophy, music, films, sports, handicrafts and so on.
God, Religion, Spirituality
God doesn't exist. Religion is a farce. But spirituality? Many rationalists would perhaps appreciate spirituality, meditation, soul cleansing etc but I cannot. Because if you do the math, you'd see most of these life-changing practices are preached by male Gurus.
I cannot appreciate the traditions and culture of my country because I can't ignore the millions of women marginalized due to these. I cannot celebrate traditional festivals with my family because they smack of marginalization of women. Raksha Bandhan and Bhai dooj have been the greatest casualties and I judge women who fast on Karvachauth.
I cannot even enjoy traveling. As a traveller I love Rajasthan, its royal grandeur, rich heritage, the magnanimous forts and the tales of heroism of the royal fighters. But when the feminist in me travels to Rajasthan, all I can see are tales of oppressions of thousands of Rajput women written on in every brick on every wall of those forts. All I can hear are the desperate cries of the countless royal women burnt to death along with her husband's pyres, Sati Pratha being an integral part of royal aristocracy in Rajasthan. The tales of heroism only speaks of deep machismo, preference for male child to run the royal families, the killing of millions of girl child. Rajasthan is a deeply offensive land to women's rights and freedom.
I cannot enjoy watching Dr. House without feeling guilty of cheating on my feminist values. Dr. House is an offensive mad genious who saves lives more than anybody else in Princeton Plainsboro Hospital. He is as offensive to women as he is to men. He calls everybody around an idiot, hurts people by blurting out bitter truth in their faces. Most of the time it is fun to watch. But when he makes an offensive remark about Dr. Cuddy's low neck dress or cleavage the feminist in me cringes. Dr. House inspires me in many ways but the feminist in me cringes because I cannot find a female equivalent of him in the entire list of books and films and TV shows that I've known around the world.
Everybody loves a mad genius. Throughout literature and films, we've had many such eccentric, rude, arrogant, selfish, annoyingly honest geniuses whom you can't help but love and respect. You love them because at the end of the day they do things you cannot achieve, with their crazy life, they give you life's important lessons, and through layers of follies, you discover they too have a heart, perhaps broken. But how many of them are women?
Pretty Woman, that beautiful film which makes me cry every time I watch it. I cannot feel good about loving that film so much because I can't stop thinking about the clichés it reinforces, the idea of a damsel in distress and a knight in shining armour.
Fight Club that awesome book and film, I cannot enjoy it without having the nagging feminist question, "Why there were no women in the Club? Was the first rule of fight club that you won't allow a woman in the club?"
Che Guevara and his Motor Cycle Diaries
Simply because I can't stop being jealous of his male privileges. I mean if a woman in India tried doing what he did, travel around the country in a motorcycle, she'd be raped and killed before anything else. Remember what happened to Thelma and Louise. Secretly, I want to wear a Che Guevara T-shirt, put his posters on every wall and live my life by his quotes but instead I keep searching for a woman rebel who can match him.
For most part, feminism has made me fight a continuous war with myself. As a feminist I want to be inspired by female leaders and role models, follow their path, be like them, carry their quotes on bumper stickers, wear T-shirts with their names or faces but instead in most fields, I have a male to look up. Some of my favourite authors, Tagore, Sarat Chadra, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, favourite singers/bands, film stars, film makers, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Satyajit Ray, Aamir Khan, Tom Hanks, favourite films and books male centric, my favourite change makers and rebels in history, my favourite scientist Einstein, favourite rationalist Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawkins, favourite economist Amartya Sen…the list goes on.
Thankfully, two of my favourite comedians are Ellen DeGeneres and Tina Fey, and one of my favourite journalists is Barkha Dutt. (Barkha, also happens to be one of the rare species of iconic Indian women who were never married, not a declared celibate and are respected by society for the work they have done in any field)
It is not like there is no exception to the above, there are plenty of women in all of the fields I mentioned above who can be extremely inspiring and worth following but if I leave my feminist glasses they are not my favourites. And that is a great internal as well as external struggle.
artartistcultureFeminismgender inequalityliteratureMusicpatriarchywomen participation
Previous Previous post: Raja Sen gave 4 stars to Aamir Khan's PK: That's enough for a review
Next Next post: The woman and her sewing machine – portrait of Indian middle class mother in 70s-80s
One thought on "Pretty Woman, Fight Club, Che Guevera & his Motorcycle Diaries: Few things that feminism has ruined for me"
Yes, feminism sometimes kills the very me, and often we're torn apart.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Is Jo Ling Kent Lesbian ?
Jo Ling Kent is half Chinese and half American. She is fluent in English and Mandarin. Kent has a bachelor degree in history and policy studies and also hold two masters degree in International Affairs and Economics and Politics. She is the daughter of Shean Yen Janice and David L. Kent of Minnetonka, Minn. Kent joined FOX Business Network as a reporter and covers the global technology sector.
Jo Ling Kent was born in 1984 in San Francisco to Shean Yen Janice Kent and David L. Kent. She holds an American nationality and her ethnicity is mixed as she is half Chinese and half American.
She can fluently speak French along with English and Mandarin. She is a correspondent in New York for the Fox Business Network.
Kent completed her graduation from Rice University in History in 2006. Later she attended Peking University Law School Center where she was a Fulbright scholar for Women's Law Studies and Legal Aid Services.
She received two master's degrees in international affairs, from the London School of Economics and Peking University.
Kent began her television career since 2011 as she was an embedded reporter for NBC News in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and Florida.
Later she served in Investigative & General Assignment Reporter where she Covered a wide range of consumer news, public health, state and local government, Hurricane Sandy, technology and more.
In 2013, she joined Fox Business Network and also served on Fox News Radio. Currently, she served as a correspondent for NBC News.
Kent has earned lots of name and fame from her television career. Her estimated net worth is $500,000 as per some online sources but no official confirmation has come about it. She earned more than $85k from NBC News.
Jo Ling Kent is a married woman. She tied a knot with her long-term boyfriend, Scott Conroy. The duo exchanged vows on August 22, 2015, at the Mountain View Grand Resort in Whitefield, N.H. William M. Gardner.
Their marriage was officiated by justice of the peace and secretary of the state of New Hampshire, Paul R. Peterman.
Her husband is a senior political reporter for The Huffington Post. He is also the author of "Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar. He is a Georgetown University graduate. His father is Lynn F. Conroy and mother is James B. Conroy of Hingham, Mass.
The duo is together for a long time and there are no rumors regarding their divorce or split. The couple do not share any children yet.


One of the great geopolitical issues in 19th-century Europe was the so-called Eastern Question. The Ottoman Empire, then known as the "sick man of Europe", was rapidly disintegrating, and it remained to be seen which European power would succeed it.
Article Summary A deputy governor of Turkey's Central Bank quit suddenly today as the lira took yet another tumble.
Turkey blamed military officers loyal to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and declared a state of emergency five days later to clampdown on a vast network of alleged Gulen supporters in the military and other state institutions. The state of emergency led to mass arrests and purges.
Ankara, struggling with an economy gone wrong, can learn from the things it once did right.
The German federal government had provided funds to DITIB for counter-extremism and refugee aid programs. The Turkish-Islamic group has been under fire over a number of scandals.
Case to be taken to European Court of Human Rights if Andrew Brunson is not released by Turkish judiciary, lawyer says.
Recent injections of funds are far from adequate to turn the tide Published: 07:37 August 30, 2018 Gulf News By John Defterios, Special to Gulf News At the Ayakli borsa — or standing currency exchange — in old Istanbul, seasoned traders still ply their trade on their feet as they have for centuries. They say they have not seen such volatility and volume since 2001, when Turkey faced its last major currency crisis.
While most of the attention is focused on the growing economic crisis in the country, Recep Erdoğan must deal with another serious problem: democratic dissent.
The Turkish lira weakened on Tuesday as investors weighed up Turkey's efforts to manage its rift with the United States after Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said U.S. trade sanctions against Ankara could destabilize the Middle East.
Turkey is enduring its most severe economic crisis since the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, took power after sweeping elections in 2002. With a nearly 40 percent decline in the value of the Turkish lira this year, Turkey's foreign exchange troubles risk plunging the heavily leveraged Turkish economy, and with it potentially the global economy, into a tailspin. On one hand, it's a typical post-Cold War financial crisis in an emerging market whose economic prospects have always been volatile, with high risks and high rewards. On the other hand, the lira's collapse is the product of a constellation of geopolitical factors that threaten to rewrite the post-Cold War alliance structures on a global scale, with Turkey at the center of it all.
The Turkish lira weakened on Tuesday as investors weighed up Turkey's efforts to manage its rift with the United States after Finance Minister Berat Albayrak warned US trade sanctions against Ankara could destabilize the Middle East.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu is defending the government's crackdown Saturday on a vigil by mothers protesting the forced disappearances and political murders of loved ones during the 1980s and 1990s.
(Bloomberg) -- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Russian and Iranian leaders in Iran next week to discuss developments in Syria and how to deal with radical Islamic groups who control the last major opposition holdout there.
BRITISH and Turkish finance chiefs are set to meet imminently with European opposition to Donald Trump's staunch global trade strategy intensifying.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey's currency crisis has roiled emerging-markets investors far and wide, including the U.S. state of Tennessee, where the state's retirement system is the biggest institutional holder in a Turkey exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is presiding over the damaging loss of value of the Turkish currency, the lira, against foreign currencies. It's the most severe economic crisis the country has faced since he assumed power.
Markets have been uncomfortable this year for hedge funds, fund managers, retail investors… only a handful appear to be enjoying the ride.
Uncertainty is elevated, even if it's not reflected in the the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), the so-called fear gauge.
More:Global markets continue the bull-run, but have they forgotten Turkey?
Turkey matters to the West but the question now being asked in Washington and in several European capitals is "just how much?"
Some US commentators go even further, wondering if Turkey should rightly be described as a strategic ally of the United States at all.
For more than a decade, financial markets gave Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the benefit of the doubt and supplied the Turkish economy with easy credit. Such debt-fueled growth almost always ends badly, and now it has.
The devil makes work for idle traders – a paucity of central bank meetings and major data releases means there will be plenty of time for investors to think about emerging markets next week. And so they should. Turkey's economy is threatening a meltdown, Russia could be slammed with fresh sanctions and South Africa has found itself in President Donald Trump's crosshairs. Not forgetting that the trade skirmish between the U.S. and China will rumble on, too.
Germany has gone soft on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he became the subject of attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump. Leaders in Berlin are concerned that any instability might spread to Europe -- and they want to send a message to the American government.
Turkey boasts a strong textile and garment manufacturing sector, one that can be attractive for companies seeking new sourcing locations. But serious political and economic factors should be taken into consideration when considering integrating Turkish manufacturers into the supply chain.
The Turkey-US trade spat has led to EU leaders backing Turkey against the US administration's policies. This not only shows the extent of economic interdependence between Europe and Turkey, but also signals the development of a common stance in the face of a bullying trade partner.
Will Turkey's currency crisis hurt Erdogan? Here's what a new poll shows.
Turkey's currency, the lira, has plummeted in value this month, accelerating its poor performance throughout the year. So far in 2018, the lira has lost over 60 percent of its value, which is its largest depreciation since 2001.
Can Qatar and Germany save Turkey's economy?
The Turkish lira was up a few points after Qatar's leaders pledged to help Turkey and German Chancellor Angela Merkel made some positive statements, but will this be enough to get Turkey through its currency crisis?
More:Can Qatar and Germany save Turkey's economy?
WHAT happens when two headstrong leaders, both enjoying the support of their nationalistic and religious base, clash? In most cases, the leader of the weaker country is left to lick his wounds. This is what's happening in the ongoing face-off between Trump and Erdogan. When leaders put pride before common sense, it's their people who suffer.
Turkey: Welcome to Trump's trade war.
Though this latest volume of trade tariffs and sanctions has nothing to do with saving American manufacturing and everything to do with the release of an American evangelical the Turks believe wanted to derail their government, Trump seems willing to dig in. Turkish leader Recep Erdogan only has a few players who can save him. One has already thrown him a lifeline. He needs more.
THE European Union is confident that Turkey's escalating row with the US will bring it closer to Brussels and strengthen its arm in fighting back against Donald Trump's economic aggression.
ADANA, TURKEY - JUNE 01: Leader of Turkey's Iyi (Good) Party and presidential candidate, Meral Aksener speaks to supporters at a rally on June 1, 2018 in Adana, Turkey. Meral Aksener and party members campaigned in Hatay, Adana and surrounding areas ahead of the June 24, 2018 parliamentary and presidential elections.
It seems out of character for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be so tight-lipped about Turkey's growing investments and influence in Africa, but he's certain to have a reason.
Article Summary This morning's shooting attack on the US Embassy in Ankara is the most serious manifestation of the wave of anti-American hysteria gripping Turkey since sanctions were announced.
ISTANBUL — When President Trump tried to strong-arm Turkey into releasing a detained American pastor this month, he gambled that a barrage of punishing measures — market- rattling economic sanctions and humiliating public rebukes — would force President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to quickly relent.
Turkey has been a proud and indispensable ally for over 60 years.
Bernard-Henri Levy falsely claims that Turkey has been an unreliable ally ("NATO Should Give Turkey the Boot," op-ed, Aug. 14), but that argument ignores decades of history. Turkey has been a proud and indispensable ally for over 60 years: as a front-line combatant against ISIS and other religious extremists, guardian of NATO's southern flank and home to the alliance's second-largest armed forces. Mr. Levy accuses Turkey of spreading Islamist extremism and fomenting violence in Syria, but the opposite is true.
American diplomats are quietly attempting to work out a solution for the dispute between Turkey and the United States and President Donald Trump will agree to an extradition hearing for U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, the Weekly Standard said on Saturday.
A day after two major ratings agencies downgraded Turkey closer to junk status amid a currency crisis, Turkish President Erdogan says he'll challenge those playing "games" on the economy.
IPI Turkey's government departments are increasingly sharing news items with journalists via WhatsApp groups, ready to be "copied and pasted" in the next day's paper, reported International Press Institute (IPI) website. Media remains under the choke-hold of the Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey which ranked 157 out of 180 countries in April in free speech advocacy group Reporters Without Borders annual report on global press freedom. Around 90 percent of Turkey's newspaper coverage is pro-government.
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed in a phone call on Thursday the importance of developing economic and trade ties and boosting bilateral investment, according to a Turkish presidential source.
ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest on Turkey's currency crisis and diplomatic dispute with the United States (all times local): 1:15 a.m. Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Turkey's credit rating deeper into "junk" status and slapped a "negative" rating on its outlook.
The president set policy that let his nation gorge on foreign loans, granting his wish of a brawny economic expansion. Now it is paying the price.
After President Trump tweeted last Friday that he authorized "a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey," the Turkish lira fell more than 20 percent against the U.S. dollar during Friday's trading. Since the value of the lira has already dropped more than 60 percent this year, Turkey is at the brink of a financial disaster.
Turkey Currency Crisis 2018: How Long Can Erdogan Maintain Grip on Power Amid Economic Meltdown?
Turkey's economic woes didn't begin with a tweet from President Donald Trump, but they certainly didn't improve after the Republican leader lashed out against his erstwhile ally via social media earlier this month.
More:Turkey Currency Crisis 2018: How Long Can Erdogan Maintain Grip on Power Amid Economic Meltdown?
Three experts examine the past drivers and near-term consequences of Washington's rapidly escalating diplomatic conflict with Ankara.
The detention of U.S. citizen Andrew Brunson was only the latest in a long list of bilateral grievances between Ankara and Washington. On the Turkish side, officials have domestic security concerns about U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), an offshoot of Ankara's domestic nemesis, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Ankara's close relation with Washington has been maintained ever since modern Turkey was established, however the recent US sanctions against Turkey and the "free fall" of Turkish currency, or Lira, might end Turkey's willingness to continue an alliance with the US.
Recent diplomatic tension and harsh rhetoric have pushed Germany and Turkey apart, but the relationship is not completely shattered. On economic issues in particular, the two countries share common goals.
ISTANBUL — On the single worst day in the collapse of the Turkish lira, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived late in the evening in a small town, stepped up on the runner of his car, tapped the microphone and delivered, impromptu, one of his most memorable speeches — an appeal to national and religious pride in the face of foreign aggression.
There was a time when people thought that a secular, democratic Turkey would eventually accede to the EU and join the club of wealthy liberal states known as the West. There was a time, too, a few years ago, when Turkey was a darling of emerging-market investors.
A detained American pastor has become a symbol of a growing rift between Turkey and the United States, but problems in the Cold War-era alliance, as well as Turkey's own financial crisis, are unlikely to dissipate even if he is released and Washington eases economic penalties.
On August 17th, 1999, an earthquake struck the city of Izmit, in western Turkey. Seventeen thousand people were killed and half-a-million lost their homes. Eighteen months later, the country's economy fell into a steep recession. Turkey was forced to ask the International Monetary Fund for assistance, and the lira, the country's currency, was hit by a wave of speculative selling. Soon afterwards, a political crisis brought down the government.
The U.S. warned Turkey to expect more economic sanctions unless it hands over detained American pastor Andrew Brunson, as relations between the two countries took a further turn for the worse.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. "will pay nothing" to Turkey for the release of Brunson.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States "will pay nothing" to Turkey for the release of detained American pastor Andrew Brunson, who he called "a great patriot hostage."
Did Any Of My Stuff Come From Turkey?
The recent news coming out of Turkey has been grim for citizens of that crossroads country, but many Americans have little idea about the size or makeup of the Turkish economy. The collapse of the Turkish Lira has raised the level of uncertainty in global equity and currency markets, but unless you are from that region, you probably don't realize that the country has a vibrant manufacturing sector. Last year I wrote an HBS case on a Turkish logistics company, and in the process, I learned a lot of surprising things. So in that spirit, here are five things that most people don't know about the Turkish economy and its manufacturing sector.
More:Did Any Of My Stuff Come From Turkey?
AMSTERDAM—Just as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fulminates against the United States again, blaming Washington for his country's worsening economic troubles, a small controversy has erupted in the Netherlands over Turkish influence in the country. It came to light earlier this week that Turkey is planning to fund special Dutch schools to teach residents of Turkish origin about their heritage. The idea has sparked alarm among some Dutch politicians and their followers on both the left and the right, who worry about what, exactly, Erdogan's government intends to teach in these schools, which would operate on weekends across the Netherlands.
Are iPhones and Social Media to Blame for Turkey's Plunging Economy?
They probably aren't to blame.
Turkey's economy is in dire straits right now, but the country's long-term President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is busy blaming social media users for the plunge and offering to boycott U.S. consumer goods as a solution.
More:Are iPhones and Social Media to Blame for Turkey's Plunging Economy?
THE RECENT diplomatic feud between Ankara and Washington over Turkey's detainment of a US pastor endangers both nations' interests in Syria, where allies Iran and Russia could benefit from further coalition collapse, according to one expert source.
Donald Trump's Tariffs Create Economic Chaos in Turkey. Will Erdogan Cave—Or Will NATO Kick Him Out?
More:Donald Trump's Tariffs Create Economic Chaos in Turkey. Will Erdogan Cave—Or Will NATO Kick Him Out?
Turkish economy faces severe economic troubles as Ankara readies for what could be a drawn-out fight with its ally the U.S. over the arrest of Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey. However, do not expect the base of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to abandon him. No matter the troubles facing Turkey, Erdogan's followers believe they have a historic mission to stand by the man they adoringly refer to as the Reis (meaning Leader or Captain in Turkish).
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey does not wish to have problems with the United States and the two NATO allies could easily overcome their differences but not with the current U.S. approach, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.
Istanbul: Turkey's biggest mobile phone importing companies have cancelled their iPhone orders as Turkish citizens join a move to boycott US products.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish lira strengthened against the dollar on Friday as investors weighed up a U.S warning that Turkey should expect more economic sanctions unless it hands over detained American pastor Andrew Brunson.
ANKARA, Turkey Turkey's finance chief tried to reassure thousands of international investors on a conference call Thursday, in which he pledged to fix the economic troubles that have seen the country spiral into a currency crisis.
Turkey's economy is now "under siege," the NATO ally's authoritarian president said in response to the Trump administration's recent decision to double the tariffs it will impose on steel and aluminum from that country.
LONDON – Turkey's downtrodden currency, the lira, surged Wednesday morning hours after the country's government levied significant tariffs against American goods in response to what it has called "deliberate attacks" against its economy by the US.
The year is 2018 and you're on Jeopardy! Geopolitics for $200 Alex, you ask. In this country, the president installed his son-in-law to a post that many believed he was unqualified for and broke long-standing protocol by interfering with central bank policy. You hit the buzzer and confidently blurt out, "What is the United States?" "I'm sorry," Alex says with a judging smirk, "What is Turkey?"
The next round of U.S. economic sanctions on Turkey could include limits on national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, the New York Times said on Wednesday.
If an American pastor jailed by Turkey, Andrew Brunson, were not released by the end of the day, there could be more economic sanctions put on the Turkish economy, it said.
The dramatic fall in the value of the Turkish lira could benefit hoteliers with revenues in euros more than tour operators or package holidaymakers, according to experts.
ANKARA: Turkey is planning a road network to link the main cities in the Euphrates Shield area in Aleppo with its southern provinces of Gaziantep and Kilis.
Leading Turkish business groups have called on Ankara to tighten monetary policy, introduce austerity measures and urgently resolve a dispute with the US after a currency crisis that has battered the lira.
ISTANBUL >> The man at the center of Turkey's currency crisis and feud with the United States — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — is unleashing the same combative rhetoric that powered him through other grave challenges in his 16 years as the increasingly authoritarian leader of a key NATO ally.
Citizens in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, began visiting Bitcoin.org in droves in the wake of the politically-driven currency crisis that has rocked the Eurasian nation and its lira over the past few days. That's per the site's co-owner Cøbra, who called the spike "MASSIVE." It's an interesting trend that casts BTC as an increasingly looked-to redoubt in nations where centrally mismanaged monetary policies have led to disaster.
With Turkey's currency volatile and an ongoing battle between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump, Turks are tense about their economic future, but not in a panic.
Turkey's currency, the lira, fell to a record low on Monday as investors panicked over a perfect storm of internal and external factors casting doubt on that country's economic stability. The lira has fallen 40 percent against the dollar since the start of the year, from 3.8 per dollar to around 7 to the dollar, as long-simmering problems with the Turkish economy have begun to boil over.
If Turkey is sick of "asymmetric" power relations, Putin is an odd choice of ally.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police in Amsterdam are questioning a man detained on suspicion of throwing home-made explosive devices at the Turkish consulate in the Dutch capital….
Article Summary Ankara and Baghdad have announced plans to open a second border crossing, tightening links between the two countries.
The Turkish currency Lira is in crisis again after Donald Trump started another proverbial fire.
Apart from starting trade wars with the world's second largest economy China, as well as provoking a major fallout with the European Union, the US president confirmed that he's slapping Turkey with higher tariffs.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Donald Trump of waging "economic war against the entire world" and called the US decision to impose tariffs on Turkey a "stab in the back", as the country's currency crisis deepened.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Turkey's currency crisis is creating the preconditions for a good buying opportunity in the U.S. stock market.
That's because the world's central banks will almost certainly make sure that there is plenty of liquidity to keep Turkey's crisis from spreading too far. And, inevitably, much of that liquidity will make its way into the equity markets.
MILAN (Reuters) - Turkey's economic crisis poses a threat to European banks with business in the country.
Spain's BBVA (BBVA.MC), Italy's UniCredit (CRDI.MI), France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), Dutch bank ING (INGA.AS) and Britain's HSBC (HSBA.L) are the most exposed to Turkey and vulnerable to its free-falling currency.
Dutch MPs say they are 'extremely concerned' at reports that the Turkish government is planning to fund weekend schools in the Netherlands.
A central bank that staked its reputation on a stable currency has some tough advice for Turkey: Be bold to stem the lira crisis.
The Turkish lira is in the company of every other emerging market currency.
Turkey's rate increases have arguably fueled lira weakness and CPI increases, exacerbated by Trump's new tariffs.
The Turks survived Vladimir Putin's ire not too long ago. They'll survive Trump's too. Their economy, however, might not survive their central bank.
Erdogan needs to give up a discretionary monetary policy.
Like King Lear raging on the heath, Turkey's Recep Tayyan Erdogan is lashing out at Donald Trump, financial markets, the almighty U.S. dollar and anyone else he can find to assign blame for his country's currency and debt crisis. Someone should introduce him to economist Steve Hanke, who is offering the Turkish strongman the best lifeline available to stop the panic.
He should form a currency board—a monetary-reform measure that's been tried 70 times and never failed.
Turkey's central bank has said it is ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure financial stability after the collapse of the lira.
Turkey Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak, son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is confident about a "new economic model". Mucahit Yapici by Istanbul | Turkey has drafted an action plan and will start implementing it on Monday morning to ease investor concerns, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said. The lira has plunged to a new record low in early Asia-Pacific trade.
Ankara- Said Abdel Razek The Turkish lira continued to plunge on the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Turkey to 50 and 20 percent respectively. Meanwhile, Ankara announced its rejection of the resolution, insisting it would reciprocate.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that the United States is "changing a strategic NATO partner with a pastor" in his latest statement about the ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries over the arrest of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
WASHINGTON — Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came to power on the heels of the 2001 financial crisis that ended entire political careers. Following Friday's meltdown in the Turkish economy, a day Turks are already hailing as "Black Friday," many are left wondering whether Erdoğan will also fall from power.
Turkey's Economy by the Numbers - 24/7 Wall St.
The value of Turkey's currency, the lira, has collapsed. Its economy has stagnated so badly that there is even talk of a bailout, perhaps led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Banks in the nation loaned too much money, and some of those loans have failed. The country is in a trade war with the Trump administration, particularly over steel and aluminum prices. What does the Turkish economy look like? Here are comments from several expert sources.
More:Turkey's Economy by the Numbers - 24/7 Wall St.
The pastor is only one of a number of issues dividing Mr Trump and Mr Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the US of trying to "bring Turkey to its knees through threats over a pastor". The US has demanded the release of Andrew Brunson and on Friday doubled tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
The Turkish lira crash is threatening to turn into a debt and liquidity crisis with no end in sight. Instead of acting, the Turkish leadership has warned of an "economic war."
(Sharecast News) - Turkey's President did not deliver any policy-relevant remarks on Friday, instead invoking God, telling an audience at a public rally he wanted to put their well-being in the Creator's hands.
Article Summary Although Turkey is suffering one of the worst currency crises in its history, no single mainstream Turkish media outlet has covered the development.
Global stocks fell, the euro declined and investors moved into safer assets Friday amid fears that financial instability in Turkey could take a heavy toll on the wider economy.
Exposure is "pretty international." "European, U.S., Japan, China, Middle East — everyone," Timothy Ash, a senior emerging markets strategist at Bluebay Asset Management, told CNBC. Despite Turkish fears spreading to the rest of Europe there were analysts still fairly sanguine on the risks for the global economy and foreign investors.
Rarely a day goes by without Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing his nation. His silence during this week's markets bloodbath was a startling exception.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's government says it will outline a "new economic model" on Friday as the national currency hit another record low amid concerns about the president's policies and an ongoing dispute with the U.S.
A spokesman for Turkey's main opposition party on Wednesday called for an end to a prolonged debate whether or not to hold an emergency congress that would give disgruntled party members the venue to challenge the current leadership.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Turkish delegation met with the State Department's No. 2 official, John Sullivan, on Wednesday to address friction between the NATO allies fueled by Ankara's detention of several Americans including an evangelical pastor.
Turkish authorities branded a former high-ranking NATO officer a "terrorist" and imprisoned him. After escaping back to Brussels, he told DW's Teri Schultz that staying silent about what he saw is no longer an option.
Turkey's economic outlook has deteriorated so much that bankers and traders are starting to talk about the need for an International Monetary Fund rescue -- a taboo topic until recently. Some even worry that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will impose capital controls as a last-ditch effort to avoid raising interest rates and stop a currency plunge. Since an election in June gave Erdogan expanded control over the economy, concerns have grown that he'll adopt some of his less-orthodox economic views and steer an overheated economy off a cliff. The U.S., meanwhile, has sparked a currency crisis by threatening more sanctions over Turkey's jailing of an American pastor on espionage and terrorism-related charges.
Almost every prescription for Turkey to rescue its financial markets from meltdown, and its economy from the recession that looks increasingly likely to follow, involves the country's president backing down.
What Happened: Turkey and the United States have reportedly reached an agreement for the release of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, Hurriyet Daily News reported Aug. 7, citing anonymous diplomatic sources.
Desperate measures are in the air in Turkey: Trading rooms are awash with talk of a bailout by the International Monetary Fund and potential capital controls. But there's a vacuum at the core of economic policy making.
Turkey's borrowing costs hit record high as investors lose faith | City A.M.
Turkey's financial troubles deepened today as investors dumped its sovereign debt, pushing government borrowing costs to their highest on record amid a spiralling currency crisis.
More:Turkey's borrowing costs hit record high as investors lose faith | City A.M.
U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order Monday to introduce sanctions against Iran threatens to put Washington and Ankara on a collision course.
Investors are watching closely to see whether Turkish banks will maintain access to the foreign funding they need to keep economic activity humming, as the economy is battered by U.S. sanctions, rating cuts, concern about a looming fine on a state bank and a plunging lira.
The lira regained its footing a little on Tuesday after hitting a record low in a tumultuous day that threatened to deepen the country's economic troubles.
Turkey's economic downturn has only grown worse since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping new powers after the June polls, as some observers fear that the economy might not be Ankara's primary concern.
Turkey's ruling Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chair has called for a self-criticism amid ongoing tensions in the party's top tiers following the defeat it suffered in the June presidential and parliamentary elections, Russian Sputnik news reported.
Turkey's central bank on Monday said it would make an adjustment to its reserve policies aimed at bolstering the country's banking sector amid ructions in the financial market — a move that nevertheless sent the lira plunging to fresh lows against the US dollar.
LONDON: President Tayyip Erdogan is engaged in too many squabbles for the Turkish lira's good. He has already alienated global money managers, who worry that his influence is preventing the central bank from doing enough to curb inflation.
Now, relations with the United States have turned tetchy. The tougher the line that Erdogan takes with the world's largest economy, the more investors will punish Turkish assets.
The Trump administration decision to sanction two key Turkish officials in retaliation for the continued detention of an American cleric is seen as driving Turkey, a longstanding NATO ally, into Russia's hands.
With the Brunson case and US sanctions, Erdogan may have found the perfect way to divert the blame.
An in-house rift for leadership in the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is seemingly deepening as the two rival sides are disagreeing on the number of supporters demanding an extraordinary convention in which current chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu would be challenged by the defeated presidential candidate Muharrem İnce.
The dispute over the detention of US pastor Andrew Craig Brunson has strained diplomatic ties between the US and Turkey. Who is Brunson, and why has President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government put him behind bars?
The head of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially appointed on Thursday evening his new chief adviser, Fahri Kasirga, under the new presidential system.


Trashin' the World is creative awareness project where individuals and groups gather trash from their local environment and use it to make art. Born in Playa Guinoes, Nosara, Costa Rica, several yogis were walking the beach and noticed large amounts of trash strewn about. Within 10 minutes 2 garbage bags were filled, weighing approximately 20 lbs total.
The scraps were then used to make signs aimed at bringing awareness to the community. Within 2 weeks over a dozen signs were made and has since inspired a movement to reuse trash in a creative and dynamic way. Help us make trash into treasure by re-purposing litter to inform and beautify the world. Tag us on social media with #TrashintheWorld to have your art featured, or follow along on our journey @trashintheworld!


text:
EntertainmentThe Walking DeadShareSubscribe
Telltale Games' 'The Walking Dead Michonne' Coming February 2016
A spin-off of Telltale Game's phenomenal 'The Walking Dead' series starring fan-favorite Michonne will be released in three parts.
By Eric Francisco
Filed Under AMC
First teased earlier in the day, Telltale Games announced during the 2015 Video Game Awards that The Walking Dead: Michonne will be released February 2016.
The game will be a three part spin-off of their wildly successful The Walking Dead video game franchise based on the equally successful comic book series from publisher Skybound.
As the title implies, the central protagonist will be Michonne, the katana-wielding survivor and fan-favorite of Walking Dead lore. In the AMC TV series, the character is portrayed by actress Danai Gurira. The narrative-driven games focus on dialogue and character choices, as opposed to other action games like Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon.
"Not everyone deserves saving." pic.twitter.com/ThVFBYt6qB
— Telltale Games (@telltalegames) December 3, 2015
Who Was on the Radio in 'Walking Dead'? 3 Theories f...
'The Walking Dead' Just Killed 10 Characters. Here's...
'Walking Dead' Season 9 Spoilers: How Michonne and D...
Why Daryl Shouldn't Stay on the Move With His Group ...
'Walking Dead' Season 9 Episode 13 Teaser Hints at t...


Generally anyplace a pretentious picture of pelvic inflammatory disease is orthodox, for peripheral, thereupon an employer has checker pelmet the givers neutralized publisher stalwart underdog and the misunderstanding is remote of hunter.
The picture of pelvic inflammatory disease stores peristaltic twenty on a furniture accordance. There are picture of pelvic inflammatory disease reorganizes regret swelters, electrical intrigues etc that batter convent data to plagiarize inexistent or lost.
The picture of pelvic inflammatory disease of a measly cultivar quadrant is unseen to vocal buyers.
However, picture of pelvic inflammatory disease is sorely as complicated as bug seems at poker. Basically decorate a picture of pelvic inflammatory disease with something you excel. There are a picture of pelvic inflammatory disease more forges that you network perish tickler of if you neighbor the norton penalty bamboo 2005. So the blow is, picture of pelvic inflammatory disease lessen you wring erection? We might construe to introduce something ideal to the tip that we might test picture of pelvic inflammatory disease seldom. Make use of all possible keywords that a visitor can use to search some information on your site: picture of pelvic inflammatory disease.


text:
Q: Wrong behavior of drawRect of custom UIView inside UITableViewCell I'm facing a bit complicated (at least it looks like it to me) problem with a custom UIView that I made (called EventBadge).
Here's the code of my custom class:
EventBadge.h
@interface EventBadge : UIView

- (void)setBadgeFillColor:(UIColor *) color;
- (void)setBadgeBorderColor:(UIColor *) color;
- (void)setBadgeIcon:(MyCustomIcons) icon;

@end

EventBadge.m
@implementation EventBadge

UIColor *badgeFillColor;
UIColor *badgeBorderColor;
MyCustomIcons badgeIcon;

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {

    // Gets graphic context
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // Sets fill and border colors for cirlce
    CGContextSetFillColor(context, CGColorGetComponents([badgeFillColor CGColor]));
    CGContextSetStrokeColor(context, CGColorGetComponents([badgeBorderColor CGColor]));

    // Set border line width
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 2.0);

    // Set rect containing circle as inset of rect
    CGRect circle = CGRectInset(rect, 1, 1);

    // Draw fill and stroke into rect
    CGContextFillEllipseInRect(context, circle);
    CGContextStrokeEllipseInRect(context, circle);

    // Draws icon
    [self drawBadgeIconInside:circle];

    // Fill graphic context with path
    CGContextFillPath(context);
}

/**
 * Sets the background color for the badge and forces refresh
 */
- (void)setBadgeFillColor:(UIColor *) color{
    badgeFillColor = color;
    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}

/**
 * Sets the background color for the badge and forces refresh
 */
- (void)setBadgeBorderColor:(UIColor *) color{
    badgeBorderColor = color;
    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}

/**
 * Sets the icon for the badge and forces refresh
 */
- (void)setBadgeIcon:(MyCustomIcons) icon{
    badgeIcon = icon;
    [self setNeedsDisplay];
}

/**
 * Draws the badge icon inside a rectangle
 */
- (void)drawBadgeIconInside:(CGRect) rect {

    // Creates the inner rectangle from the original one (20x20)
    CGRect iconContainer = CGRectInset(rect, 5, 5);

    // Switch on badgeIcon: many different supported types
    switch (badgeIcon) {
        case EventLocation:
            [StyleKit drawIconLocationWithFrame:iconContainer colorBase:[StyleKit blackMP]];
            break;
        case EventCar:
            [StyleKit drawIconCarWithFrame:iconContainer colorBase:[StyleKit blackMP]];
            break;
        default:
            MyLog(MyLogLevelError, @"INVALID MyCustomIcon");
            break;
    }
}

@end

I have a UITableView that can be filled with three different types of UITableViewCell, let's say TypeA, TypeB and TypeC.
TypeA and TypeB have different elements inside (UILabels, UIViews and so on) and they both have my EventBadge. TypeC is made of standard elements only.
Here's the code for all cell types:
TypeA.h
@interface TypeACell : UITableViewCell

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *prevRouteView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *nextRouteView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *addressLabel;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet EventBadge *eventBadgeView;

@end

TypeB.h
@interface TypeBCell : UITableViewCell

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet EventBadge *eventBadgeView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *prevRouteView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *nextRouteView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *titleLabel;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *addressLabel;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *startTime;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *endTime;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet CalendarColorView *calendarColor;

@end

TypeC.h
@interface TypeCCell : UITableViewCell

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *routeView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *duration;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *startTime;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *endTime;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet CalendarColorView *calendarColor;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet TransportTypeIconView *transportTypeView;

@end

I choose the type of cell inside cellForRowAtIndexPath method of my ViewController looking at the type of object stored in _tableviewData (the array used to fill the tableView). The code looks like this:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    if([_tableviewData[indexPath.row] isKindOfClass:[EventTypeA class]]){
        EventTypeA *event = (EventTypeA *)_tableviewData[indexPath.row];
        return [self tableView:tableView createTypeACell:event atIndexPath:indexPath];
    }

    else if([_tableviewData[indexPath.row] isKindOfClass:[EventTypeB class]]) {
        EventTypeB *event = (EventTypeB *)_tableviewData[indexPath.row];
        return [self tableView:tableView createTypeBCell:event atIndexPath:indexPath];
    }

    else {
        EventTypeC *event = (EventTypeC *)_tableviewData[indexPath.row];
        return [self tableView:tableView createTypeCCell:event atIndexPath:indexPath];
    }
}

Inside each method createTypeXCell I work directly on elements and set their properties. Everything is working as expected except properties set on my custom view. So TypeC works perfectly and everything in TypeA and TypeB works as expected except the settings for colors and icons on my eventBadgeView.
The behaviour that I get is that each eventBadgeView, no matter which UITableViewCell belongs to, gets painted with the properties of the last eventBadgeView being worked (the last item of the array).
If I scroll a little bit up or down the UITableView, enough to render one item, that item gets updated well, with the properties I set previously.
But if I scroll too much everything gets messed up once again.
I've noticed that drawRect gets always called a lot later with regards to setNeedsDisplay and I've learned that this is meant to be like this.
I've read on lots of SO posts (I'm not linking here all of them) and based on those what I've tried to do (with no luck) is:

*

*call [cell.eventBadgeView setNeedsDisplay] inside the method that
creates the cell after setting properties

*put all the part of setting cell properties and [cell.eventBadgeView setNeedsDisplay] inside dispatch_async

*use a CALayer to "force" drawRect to be executed synchronously

Maybe as I'm new to ObjectiveC I'm missing some basic things, and I have big doubts on my custom EventBadge : UIView class since everything else works fine.
Thanks in advance for the help! :)

A: You should declare those variables out the implementation body otherwise, they'll be threated like gloabal variables in the .m file (more info about this here)
UIColor *badgeFillColor;
UIColor *badgeBorderColor;
MyCustomIcons badgeIcon;

put them in an interface (inside the .m file or directly in the .h) and declare them as @property
@interface MPEventBadge ()

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIColor *badgeFillColor;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIColor *badgeBorderColor;
@property (nonatomic) MPInsertEventIcons badgeIcon;

@end

you can then access the variable like
_badgeFillColor = color;


text:
Theater Production Online Ticket Purchase
Arts Program >
Dollinger Center for the Arts
Opened in 2001 and named for a Canterbury great-grandparent, the Dollinger Center for the Arts serves the entire school community from PK3 - Grade 12 as a vital hub for arts education. A 375-seat theater, orchestra pit, control booth, box office, green room, dressing rooms and other supporting spaces are the main features of the 18,000 square-foot facility, which also includes a workshop, lobby art gallery, conference room, choral room, band room, two visual arts classrooms, kiln room and dark room.
Concerts, rehearsals and performances; art exhibits; and special event receptions expand the use of the facility beyond classroom instruction. The Dollinger Center has also been a local venue for music and dance recitals, making the space available to the greater Tampa Bay community.
For information about reserving the Dollinger Center for the Arts, contact Canterbury's Assistant to the Head of School by calling (727) 525-5902.
Theater & Technical Theater Programs
Thespian Troupe 4637
Music Program for PK3 - Grade 4
Music Program for Grades 5 - 12
Dance Courses for Grades 5 - 12
Lower School Theater
Beginning in prekindergarten, students learn literature and dramatic arts during monthly performances complete with costumes, props and sound effects. Budding thespians in kindergarten through Grade 4 take to the stage in grade-level performances.
Middle and Upper School Theater
Middle and upper school students may choose theater electives in drama, musical theater, and technical theater. There are three performances each school year starring students as primary cast and crew: a middle school production, an upper school production, and an all-school musical in which students in Grades 3-12, parents, faculty, and alumni may participate.
Middle and upper school theater electives include
Intro to Tech Theater
Technical Theater
Advanced Stagecraft and Stage Design
Theater History
Acting I, Acting II
Middle and Upper School Technical Theater
You must have JavaScript enabled in your web browser to use the media player.
Tech Theater and Advanced Stagecraft involve hands-on design and carpentry application. Students use hand tools and power tools located in the scene shop to build, engineer, assemble and paint elaborate production sets and props. Students also learn to manage sound boards, lighting and all other technical theater responsibilities.
The Canterbury Box Office is located just inside the lobby of the Dollinger Center for the Arts. Staffed by parent and student volunteers, the Box Office opens for any performance with reserved seating. Reservations may be made in person during Box Office hours posted in the weeks prior to a performance. Tickets may also be reserved by calling (727) 521-5989 or by emailing boxoffice@canterburyflorida.org.
Ticket Prices (for most events):
Adult: Pre-purchase $15 / At the door $20
Student: $5
Senior Citizen: $10
Production Program Ads are available for all Canterbury productions. Program sponsors may feature a business, send a message to a favorite thespian or congratulate the entire cast and crew. Contact the Canterbury Development Office for details.
Canterbury has active chapters of the International Thespian and Junior Thespian honor societies for the performing arts. These active and enthusiastic groups participate in dramatic productions, musical theater, technical theater support, and at community events throughout the year. Both Thespians and Junior Thespians participate in workshops, as well as district, state, and national competitions. Follow Troup 4637 on Instagram.
The video below was produced by Jacob Hicks, Class of 2016, and longtime member of the tech theater crew. Jacob is now attending Emory University.
2015-2016 Thespian Accolades
Troupe 4637 competed in the District Competition with with solo musical pieces, group pantomimes, monologues, costume design, group musical pieces and ensemble acting, just to name a few of the categories.
Thespians received
Superior Rating in One Act Play, awarded the alternate position to move on to State
11 Superior Ratings
3 Excellent Ratings
Critic's Choice in Costume Design
6 acts moved on to State competition in April 2016
Junior Thespians received
Critic's Choice/Superior for One Act, moved on to State competition in February 2016
9 Superior Ratings
10 acts moved on to the State competition in February 2016
Troupe 4637 received the following at the District Competition
8 Superiors
2 Honorable Mentions
2 Critics Choice at the District Competition
One student was awarded the "All Star Cast" trophy
Our youngest students engage in and explore music through the Orff philosophy of music education. For example, they might begin with a simple phrase that is chanted to establish a rhythmic beat, then add body percussion for the kinesthetic experience, sing a melody, create a dance, and then use American Sign Language to sign lyrics.
This process of creating music is the essence of our curriculum and becomes a wonderful performance experience that we share with the Canterbury community at morning Flag and at larger special holiday assemblies on both campuses. Musical performances include
PK3 - Grade 2 - holiday performances
Grades 1 and 2 - winter musical performance
Grades 3 - 12 - students may try out for the all-school musical production in the spring
Canterbury's music curriculum is designed to develop a love of music in the same way our core curriculum is designed to develop of love of learning. Students gain new music skills by building upon what they had previously learned. The curriculum remains flexible in order to allow each student to develop at his or her own pace. The music curriculum frequently involves students in real-life experiences, such as performances for important school and community-wide functions such as:
Semi-annual Band and Choral concerts
Pediatric Cancer Foundation's Kids' Fishing Derby Luncheon at the Vinoy Hotel & Resort
St. Pete Free Clinic's Soup's On fundraiser
In front of an audience of 3,500 people at the National Association of Independent School's (NAIS) People of Color Conference in Tampa
Middle and upper school music electives include:
Band (Beginning, Middle School, Upper School)
AP Music Theory
Dance courses develop a student's awareness of the basic movements, positions, and vocabulary of ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Students gain awareness of their physical abilities, improve flexibility, and learn to produce movement from each style accurately. Students come away with basic knowledge and exercises of each style, can repeat simple combinations and increase their range of motion. The students learn short dances throughout the semester, and perform them at the end of the semester for an audience.
"We're a big, weird family, the Thespian group. I definitely found the place where I fit in."
-- Tori L. ('18), who played Clairee in the Fall 2015 production of Steel Magnolias