A couple of Sunday sessions have been missed due to one thing or another with busy Mondays & Tuesdays.
Sunday morning has been and remains my favourite training session. During the week its usually frantic trying to squeeze in sessions between childminders, work, house work, organising races etc. Sunday's are easy days, up early and out for a long easy spin or run 3 - 4 hours and still be back in time for lunch and playtime with the family or work if necessary.
Some of my best training sessions have been achieved on Sundays. By a long shot, training on the bike with Conor through the Summer has made a big difference to where I'm at right now with my bike. Thanks Chief! Mostly we have done the Burren with some hills taken in, all done at a modest pace but still with effort.
We have also done some of the longer spins, the Lough Corrib Challenge (Training File & Report) and Great Spin out West (Training File no report yet!) for Cancer Care this summer and handled them quite positively.
Just last weekend we did our first long run together, a feature which will be more prominent in the weeks to come after G70.3 as we head towards Dublin Marathon in the Autumn. In fairness I have not done a long run (over 12-15k) since my Rock & Road Half Marathon in March.
We did a 20k (on the button) on a hilly route (Training File) around Conor's home in just under 2 hours. It was a nice casual pace and both of us felt pretty comfortable on a 'dry' run. By dry I mean no gels or water, pretty much a tester of a run, to see where our bodies were in relation to nutrition.
Another good recent Sunday Session was just gone with Rick, who made the trip over to suit my plans with babysitters etc. Thanks for that!
We set out with a plan to do an easy spin followed by a run. We reckoned half distance was enough for both disciplines. Rick was trying out his nutrition plans so we had a little pow-wow before hand. I think he was cogging my plan which is cogged from Optimum Nutrition, that's how the merry go-round goes round.
The bike route (Map & Training File)we choose was flat, simply to replicate the 90k route we'll be doing and to try the pacing of the grub. I was happy enough with my plans and have tested most of it previously so I did this session without nutrition per se, simply an electrolyte drink, water and ride shots as back up. My calibration is slightly out as we did 55k, something I need to check and adjust before the weekend or I could be short in my plans!
Off the bike we took a couple of minutes to replicate transition and off we went on our 10k run. I did toy with the idea of sneaking it out as a 20k run but that wouldn't have been fair so we kept it to a simple run loop (Map & Training File).
Tiredness has been a big impediment to my training over the past two weeks, but we're nearly there. I'm ready and able for this.


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Ambassador Nealon returns to O'Connell
Joseph Kamal | Student Correspondent
Ambassador James D. Nealon, a 1973 graduate of Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, shares his experience as an ambassador with students in the after-school Global Studies program. Courtesy O'Connell
Students in the Global Studies Certificate Program at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington participate in a variety of seminars and discussion groups. Earlier this year, they hosted the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, James D. Nealon.
A 1973 graduate of Bishop O'Connell, Nealon studied history at Boston College before entering the foreign service in 1984. His assignments have included embassy positions in Spain, Hungary, the Philippines, Uruguay, Peru, Chile and Canada. He was sworn in as the Ambassador to Honduras Aug. 11, 2014.
The Global Studies students engaged in an after-school discussion with Nealon on the daily life of an ambassador, the role of embassies and the importance of representing the United States in countries around the world.
Presentations such as this offer unique learning experiences to high school students in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world. "It allows me to focus on a subject I enjoy, without having to stress about grades and tests," said sophomore Carina Ritcheson. "I can just learn."
O'Connell's Global Studies is an optional beyond-the-classroom program that has more than 100 students enrolled. Participants choose to focus on one of six main topics: faith and humanitarian issues, global business and finance, language and culture, global health and environmental issues, arts and humanities, and global politics. In addition to regular seminars such as Nealon's event, students attend after-school "core courses" on ethics, global business and global politics taught by O'Connell faculty members.
"The Global Studies program continues to be an extraordinary vehicle to expand and challenge student thinking," said Head of School, Joseph Vorbach, who holds a doctorate in international relations and teaches the global politics core course.
Nealon said, "While I wasn't sure what to expect, what I found was a large group of students who are deeply committed to learning about the world and who have an informed and sophisticated opinion of it."
Global Studies students who complete the program earn a certificate upon graduation, and more importantly, they take with them knowledge and perspective derived from those who are experts in their fields.
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O'Connell head of school becomes superintendent
Dr. Joseph Vorbach named Superintendent of Catholic Schools

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Economics Speaker Visit
Chris Salmon, Executive Director of Markets at the Bank of England, came to speak to the Year 12 and Year 13 Economics students to explain the main roles & functions of the Bank of England, plus a brief resume of his career and route into / through the Bank.
Chris Salmon has been the Bank of England's Executive Director for Markets since June 2014. He is responsible for all Bank operations in financial markets; management of the Bank's balance sheet and the UK's official foreign exchange reserves on behalf of HMT; and delivering market intelligence for monetary and financial stability. Chris has worked at the Bank for over twenty years, and recent previous positions include: Executive Director, Banking & Chief Cashier (2011 – 2014) and Private Secretary to then Governor, Sir Mervyn King (2006-2009).
"On the 4th of May, Chris Salmon the Executive Director of Markets are the Bank of England came to Manshead. He gave us a presentation about his career, how it started and evolved over years.
Additionally, he described the general duties and main functions of how the Bank of England works and why it performs the actions that it does.
Personally, this talk was very informative and helped me personally with understanding financial economics better after doing that part of the course. Having a visual representation and explanation of the functions of the Bank of England gives me a personal note of remembering how monetary policy works in the UK and its effects on the UK and global economy.
Another thing to mention would be the career path that Mr. Salmon chose. Having such a high importance figure come into the school acts as a role model for those seeking to enter the financial world and especially for those who wish to carry on a career in economics. Economics is such a broad subject and having a speaker describe what you can do after studying it definitely shows some security, especially for me, in knowing that there are jobs to be had after taking this course at university.
This was a fantastic opportunity and I would recommend having this sort of seminar more often, especially for future students who show the same level of enthusiasm for this subject as I do."
Maciej S.
"I found our lecture with Chris Salmon extremely useful. This is because I plan to take an economic career path in my future and I learnt about his Econometric Master's degree which he took at university. This was extremely insightful as it gave me an idea of what a possible university course would entail and the different options out there. Also, Chris Salmon's current career was discussed. This was extremely interesting as he discussed how the Bank of England implemented monetary policy. This was interesting to me as it showed the importance of his role on the UK economy. I believe I left the talk with new ideas about future careers and new aspirations about my future."
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Music & a Dairy & Gluten-Free Chocolate Protein Cake Loaf Recipe!
Every now and then, I like to infuse this blog with MUSIC (see: here and here for 'evidence') – to pay homage to lesser known impassioned melodies and beats that you may like, may hate, or simply find comedic(ally good or bad). I want to begin today's post by introducing K's Choice in case you've never heard of them. They are a Belgian band headed by two siblings which temporarily disintegrated (with the lead singer, Sarah Bettens, going solo for a while) before getting back together in 2009. Both together and apart, the K's Choice siblings brought to life some excellent music, I think. Arguably, one of their most popular songs is Everything for Free. I am, however a big fan of Shadowman, particularly when performed here – turned up all the way, it's really hard to not get drawn in by the sheer intensity of their singing orbit, especially towards the end, oh! OK. Back to the food now.
This cake loaf was made with egg white protein powder so that, I guess makes it dairy free. It also lacks gluten so, boom – gluten and dairy free. Like I mentioned in the podcast, egg protein powder is a fantastic powder to cook with. As a shake, I think it tastes horrendous but as a texturizing binder, the stuff is dreeeeeamy!
Blend together and baked in a small bread tin (I used this one ) for about 35 minutes or until, upon stabbing, your knife comes out clean.
So, really, not a lot of ingredients at all! The aduki beans – together with the coconut flour – represented the body of the loaf, while the protein powder and cocoa gave it this super rich chocolate BOOM! The end-result was a really tight-packed loaf of cake. It looks maybe TOO tight-packed (or dense), I know. BUT, it delivered! It had this nice egginess to it (not surprising, of course) and was really yum, especially with a bit of grass-fed butter on top, waaaa.


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Challenging E-Carceration
THE VOICE OF THE MONITORED
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What is Challenging E-Carceration?
Challenging E-Carceration aims to change the conversation and policy concerning electronic monitoring and surveillance in the criminal legal system. In recent years mass incarceration has come under considerable criticism and been the focus of political mobilization from many quarters. But what is the alternative?
Will we merely exchange concrete and steel cages for devices like electronic monitors which convert homes in poor communities into jails?
Will we allow the state and corporations to use technology to restrict our movement and record massive amounts of information about our lives?
Challenging E-Carceration says no.
Challenging E-Carceration will use research, media, policy development and popular mobilization to limit and ultimately contribute to the abolition of electronic monitors and all forms of e-carceration. In cases where such devices are used, we support efforts to reduce the harm done by this technology, including the harm done to loved ones and communities.
To accomplish this we will mobilize those impacted by mass incarceration and E-carceration, community activists, experts and those interested in social justice to curb the excesses of E-Carceration and advocate for transformative change that challenge the criminalization of the poor, the degradation of Black, brown and Native populations, and allocates resources to communities, not to punishment.
This project will:
Build a national coalition dedicated to reducing and ultimately eliminating the use of electronic monitoring
As part of harm reduction, develop a set of guidelines for monitors that center the rights of those on the monitors and their loved ones.
Conduct research that centers the voices of people who have been on monitors and their loved ones
Highlight practices and policies that respect the rights of those on electronic monitors
Uncover and resist the ways in which electronic monitors mete out special punishment to people of color and track Black bodies
Promote policies and campaigns that support individual and community development rather than punishment
Expose the ways in which electronic monitors contribute to building a surveillance state
Challenging E-Carceration is hosted by Media Justice.
james@mediajustice.org
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Insurers cover DR Congo mine
Africa / 22-06-05 / by GTR
Trafigura closes US$600mn mining deal with TDB
Conflict minerals due diligence scheme failing in Africa, group warns
Miga backs Colombia port facility with guarantee to JP Morgan
Analysis: IFC looks to grow trade finance activities in Africa with new Miga agreement
Mexican state-owned bank seals US$600mn credit facility for Covid-19 response
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga), a member of the World Bank Group, is to provide US$13.3mn in guarantee coverage for the Dikulushi copper and silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Half of the guarantee amount will be covered by Lloyd's of London insurer Beazley and by Chubb through Miga's Cooperative Underwriting Programme.
This is the first extractive industries project to be considered and approved by the board of the World Bank Group since conclusion of the bank-sponsored Extractive Industries Review in August 2004. The guarantee also marks Miga's first guarantee for a project in the DRC, which became a member of the agency in 2003.
The guarantees will cover investments and loans by Anvil Mining of Canada and RMB International (Dublin) of Ireland to Anvil Mining Congo of the DRC against the risks of transfer restriction, expropriation, breach of contract, war and civil disturbance. The project involves open pit mining of copper and silver ores to produce a concentrate, which will then be trucked to smelters in South Africa and Namibia for further processing.
In coordination with Miga, Anvil has established a profit-sharing mechanism to ensure that local communities will benefit from the development of the Dikulushi deposit. The company has pledged 10% of its interest in the mine to a trust structure. Dividends will fund a community development programme administered by a local non-governmental organisation (NGO). Anvil is currently evaluating potential associations with a suitable NGO, al-ready active in the DRC, to help implement the community development programmes.
This innovative profit-sharing structure reflects lessons learned from the Extractive Industries Review. Previous models of revenue sharing in the mining sector usually involved a minority percentage payment to the central government, to be used as the authorities saw fit. This did not always trans-late into benefits for the local communities impacted by the development of mine sites. In this case, Anvil Mining held the view that investing in the community was just as important as investing in capital, and was eager to ensure local ownership in the investment.
"We believe this project offers significant and innovative development impacts," says Miga executive vice-president Yukiko Omura. "The collaboration between Miga, government officials, the investors, and local communities has been in the works for a long time, and we look forward to seeing the people of DRC begin to derive benefits from this undertaking."
The community development programme, which is expected to receive US$5mn-US$7mn in funds over the next five or six years, includes investments in education, health care, and micro-enterprise and infrastructure development.
Tags: Anvil Mining, Credit & Political Risk Insurance, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Metals & Mining, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga)


What should I do when they are done early?
I am using the Daily 5, but the problem I run into is when they are on work on writing. I teach full day alternate day Kindergarten.
So Monday and Tuesday, my students work on writing recounts about their weekend in their journals.
The problem I have is that they all finish at different times.
Since the next Daily 5 job on my chart is Word Work, I can't have the students who finish writing go onto word work yet because the word work centers are designed where all students have to begin them at the same time.
So, I am just wondering what can I do when the students finish work on writing before others?
Comments for What should I do when they are done early?
I use a triangle on their papers if work isn't careful, colorful ( at least 5 colors) and detailed - esp. with illustrations. They must go back and correct the part that isn't done properly. This has been great to encourage my students to take pride in their work.
Don't tell them what to write about - just tell them to "Go Write!"
I do this with my class and they sometimes get mad when I tell them to stop.
They write fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, lists, whatever.
The key is that they are practicing writing; not how to write to a prompt.


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Nadezhda Boiko (soprano) was born in Moscow. She studied at the Academic music college at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and later graduated from the choir conducting department of the Conservatory. She has worked as a chorus master, concertmaster and choir singer with various choirs (including her work as a chorus master and choir singer at the "Russian Opera" theatre in 2009–2011). She is also the founder of the "Force MAJEURE" student choir band at the Higher School of Economics.
In 2012–2014, Nadezhda Boiko earned her master's degree at Hochschule für Musik (Dresden) where she studied conducting (under Hans-Christoph Rademann) and singing (under Semperoper soloist Christiane Hossfeld).
At the same time, she attended madrigal singing master classes in Urbino, Austria Baroque Academy courses in Gmunden, and a medieval music master class in Besalu. She also took lessons from baroque singer Deborah York.
Upon returning from Germany, Nadezhda Boiko began her singing career and collaborated with such ensembles as La Villa Barocca, Musica Dulci Sono, Sine Nomine, Capella 415, Eidos, Questa Musica, and Intrada.
A mother of two 3-year-olds, Nadezhda Boiko has been a member of the musicAeterna choir since autumn 2019.
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When we began planning for our Friendsgiving dinner this year, the hubby and I decided to open it up to all our friends so that we could spend some time with those we love but may not get to see that often. This was a drastic contrast from last year when we hosted an intimate Friendsgiving Celebration with a few of our favorite couples, but we were excited!
We have been incredibly blessed with so many wonderful friends that we wanted to make sure they felt the love as we prepared a delicious Thanksgiving meal that checked off all the essentials. However, as our guest list grew to over 30 friends, I decided this might be the time to call in backups. Luckily, I discovered that D.B.A Barbecue in Atlanta could not only handle the task of catering a large group like this, but they would prepare a full Thanksgiving dinner to-go complete with all the sides! I was glad to know that D.B.A. Barbecue takes their Thanksgiving catering a step beyond their classic yet amazing BBQ menu so we served up all the traditional Thanksgiving essentials. Needless to say, I knew my worries were over and the hubby and I wouldn't spend days in the kitchen preparing for our Friendsgiving this year.
You can opt for the entire meal with turkey, gravy, relish, mashed potatoes, sweet potato mash, dressing, green bean casserole and roasted brussels sprouts for only $185! This is the package we served at our Friendsgiving and it was so yummy! I honestly can't praise the team at D.B.A. Barbecue enough for providing the easiest dinner I've hosted!
So many of our friends already loved D.B.A. Barbecue, so they were surprised that D.B.A. provided complete Thanksgiving meals to-go. The great thing is that with all the variety in the Thanksgiving package, everyone at our Friendsgiving was able to find something they loved to eat. As guests enjoyed the day digging into the food, hanging out and catching up, it was clear to see that the meal was a hit. I even heard a few people getting into the great potato debate about regular mashed potatoes vs. sweet potatoes 😉 Which do you prefer?
Overall the food was delicious. The smoked turkey was incredibly moist and all the sides had great flavor. We even served up a little banana pudding for dessert which sent all our friends home happy and stuffed! I really couldn't recommend this option for a Thanksgiving meal in Atlanta more highly. You can take the food wherever you are gathering and serve it up with ease. If the hubby and I weren't going to be in China for Thanksgiving vacation this year, I would probably be ordering this meal again! I'll definitely be keeping D.B.A. in mind for catering in the future though.
So if you're in Atlanta and looking for a complete Thanksgiving meal that tastes delicious, D.B.A. Barbecue definitely has got you covered. You really can't get much better than an easy Thanksgiving meal to-go with all the sides at such a great value!


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Tropics: Dorian Weaker, Fernand Stronger, Gabrielle Forms
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Can you tell we are almost at the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season? With three named storms in the Atlantic Basin already and two other tropical entities worth watching it's pretty easy to deduce isn't it?
Here's the latest on the storms most likely to affect you. Okay, not a direct effect but you know what we mean.
Tropical Storm Fernand- It was designated as a tropical storm yesterday morning. By this evening it will likely be a tropical depression slowly losing steam over the mountains of Mexico. As of the 4 am advisory from the Hurricane Center, Fernand had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was on a westward track that should mean landfall in northern Mexico late this evening or in the wee hours of Thursday.
Hurricane Dorian- It's the storm that just won't leave. It looks as if Dorian will be a bother for the Florida, Georgia, and Carolina coasts for a few more days. The good news about Dorian is that it is weaker. Maximum sustained winds with the storm are estimated to be 105 mph. The center of Dorian was located about 100 miles east of Daytona Beach Florida as of 4 am. Its forecast track should keep it hugging the coastline until sometime Thursday when it might make landfall in coastal South Carolina.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle - This system earned Tropical Storm designation early this morning. It's a minimal tropical storm at this time. Forecasters expect Gabrielle to stay out at sea and eventually become extra-tropical by later this weekend or early next week.
The other two "hot spots" in the tropics are an area of disturbed weather in the open waters of the Atlantic near Bermuda and a tropical wave that is rolling off the African continent. Those two entities will be monitored for further development over the next several days.
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At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The Studio
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Floyd Norman was Disney's first African-American animator. He's shown above in 1956, working as an "apprentice inbetweener" on Sleeping Beauty.
If you've seen Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book or the Toy Story movies, you've seen the work of animator Floyd Norman; for decades, he has helped bring Disney and Pixar classics to life.
Now 81, Norman still works for Disney, where he has plied his trade, on and off, since he became the studio's first African-American animator in the 1950s.
Norman's love of art began long before his Disney job, as he reveals in a new documentary, An Animated Life."Any empty surface was a blank canvas for me," he says. His mother was constantly scrubbing scribbles off the walls. "I was drawing on everything," he recalls.
Norman grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., a place that, he says, sheltered him from much of the racial tension and segregation of the time. He tells NPR's David Greene he experienced no racism — "none whatsoever."
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Norman says he did not think of himself as a trailblazer. "We were just a bunch of kids looking for a job," he says.
"We lived in a Pacific paradise," he says. "I didn't know it at the time, but my experience as a child was probably a good deal different from many, many people. We had access to everything — good schools, concert, theater."
Thanks to that upbringing, it never occurred to Norman that he couldn't apply for a job as a Disney animator.
"I think the thought just never occurred to a lot of young black talent to apply for a job in the film industry," he says. "And it wasn't just Walt Disney. I'm sure the same thing happened at other film studios as well. There was a perception that opportunities were not available for people of color."
So he applied, and in the mid-1950s he became Disney's first black animator. Many saw that as a big deal — but not Norman.
"There were about half dozen of us came to work at Disney that same week," he says. "We came from different parts of the country. We were all from different backgrounds. ... We were Asian, we were Latino, we were black, we were white. Nobody thought about that because that was not the issue at hand. Nobody thought of themselves as being a trailblazer for their race or their group. We were just a bunch of young kids looking for a job."
Still, many have accused Walt Disney and his studio of making racist films, often lampooning minority groups, including African-Americans. Norman downplays that view.
"There just wasn't the same sensitivity there as we have today," he says. "A lot of this happened, it's unfortunate, but that was just the times in which we lived. I don't think we should go back and try to erase the past. This was part of our history, this is part of what happened, and so we should be able to deal with that."
Norman also worked on the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, which aired in the 1970s and '80s. It was based around Bill Cosby's memories of growing up in Philadelphia and featured a cast of African-American characters.
"Keep in mind that Bill Cosby, who created Fat Albert, was simply reflecting on his childhood ..." Norman says. "It was just making fun of ourselves and there's nothing wrong with that ... I think when others do it, it might be viewed as insensitive, but I see nothing wrong with poking fun at yourself, and as a cartoonist that's what I do every day.
Norman, now 81, was not interested in retirement. "I wanted to continue to work," he says. "You see, creative people don't hang it up.
When Norman turned 65, he says Disney tried to force him to retire, but he wouldn't have it. "I wanted to continue to work," he says. "You see, creative people don't hang it up. We don't walk away, we don't want to sit in a lawn chair, we don't want to go out and play golf, we don't want to travel the world. We want to continue to work."
And so he did — given the opportunity to contribute as a freelancer, Norman found his way back into the studio. Most freelancers work at home and only come into the office once the job is complete, but not Norman.
"I decided I didn't want to work at home," he says. "I missed the camaraderie of the big studio. I missed talking to people. I miss being around the action. And so ... I found an empty office and I moved in. I was probably in violation of some rule or law or whatever, but there I was."
He continued to work in the office, and his colleagues affectionately coined the term "Floydering" — it rhymes with loitering — in his honor.
Norman — who has met and worked with Tom Hanks — has been compared to Hanks' famous character, Forrest Gump. Norman says it's not so far off:
"Forrest was the guy who just sort of showed up everywhere," he says. "So a lot of people have looked at me when it came to the animation business where I was the guy ... just popping up all over the place. That's because I love this business, and I never wanted to be apart from it."
Norman pitches his storyboards to Disney executives in fall 2014.


What is your XBench result?
Discussion in 'Mac Pro' started by novicew, Mar 5, 2006.
I have just done the XBench test and got 72.89. Interested to know what you've got?
I got 113.27, on my 17-inch iMac Core Duo, with 1.5 GB of memory.
My Powerbook gets something like 40.
45.08 for my Rev.E PB... I think that it runs just fine, but damn! You guys have much higher scores!
I got 132.40 on my Quad.
43.41 on my Rev. D 15" Powerbook - 1.5Ghz, 1.5GB RAM (w/ Adium running and connected, iTunes running but paused, and Firefox, Address Book, Dashboard, Preview and a couple other small apps open.
I'm going to try with nothing running but Xbench and see how much difference there is, then I'll post here.
EDIT: 44.46 with nothing but Finder and Dashboard running. btw, I am running OS 10.4.5 if it matters.
69.99 on my Rev.B iMac.
Yeah, I get about the same on my Rev. B iMac G5 as well. I got it up to 70.41 once though.
95.56 on the G5 in my sig.
man, 57.51 for my iMac G5... doesn't that seem low? is there a way to pick this up?
Just wish i knew what it all meant.
I compared it to about 100 other PowerBook scores, and mine was third fastest.
Sometimes 15 points higher than the same machine with 2GB of RAM.
Good to know this G4 is as good as some G5's.
If you haven't done it already you can change the processor performance under System Preferences / Energy Saver / Options to Highest. Personally I don't worry about anything Xbench says it is a complete joke, every point release update to Tiger my score has gone down. Also see my comment above about changing video cards.
Ha ha ha! That's just not right.
Yeah it was fun watching the jump in frame rates in games, and noticing how smooth things like expose worked but then Xbench told me the card sucked.
If you haven't done it already you can change the processor performance under System Preferences / Energy Saver / Options to Highest.
I always leave mine on Automatic, I just set it on Highest and got a 98.34.
But, I agree, Xbench is worthless. There's no consistency whatsoever.
I wonder what my iBook would get.
hmm does setting it to "highest" affect performance in any way? my score went up from 57.51 to 58.38 (whoopee) but will my computer be faster now?
24.84 on my iBook with Adium and Safari open. Hmmm... terrible.
...does setting it to "highest" affect performance in any way? ... will my computer be faster now?
Yes. If you can actually tell though is another story.
Impossible. You must be leaving out some tests. The new iMacs get killed on things like the UI test.
I have a 2.0Ghz iMac Core Duo. On a full test I score around a 64.
If I run it without the UI test I score a 101.
I'm sorry, but I'm not lying. 113. Yes, another time it read 111, but I did get a 113+. I never leave out tests because that is cheating.
Now my Powerbook does get a measly score. 30s or 40s I think.
Mind posting a link to your test results, so I can see?
Did you turn off Quartz BeamSync? I heard that makes all the difference in the UI test -- turning the Core Duo scores from a 30 like mine, to the 200-300 range like yours..
I'll post my results when I get back to my iMac..


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Arms museum exhibit showcases historic clothing
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The Arms Family Museum will open a new exhibit of historic clothing that will provide a glimpse into the everyday life and social activities of area women in the past century.
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society will dedicate the exhibit Tuesday as part of its Founders Day Dinner. The event will honor society member Jeanne D. Tyler, who amassed the impressive collection of clothing.
The public can see the new exhibit as part of a free open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Arms museum, 648 Wick Ave. The open house will include tours of the museum, which is operated by the MVHS, plus exhibits, games and activities on the lawn and in the hands-on history room. MVHS Director Bill Lawson will lead a walking tour of historic Wick Avenue at 1:30 p.m.
Titled "Twentieth Century Style: The Jeanne D. Tyler Collection," the new exhibit will showcase garments worn by three generations of women: Tyler; her mother, Marion Struthers Thomas Deibel; and her grandmother, Helen Struthers Thomas.
Tyler has been involved with the MVHS for more than 40 years and has served several terms as a board member and two terms as president. She has enhanced the society's collections and educational programs by contributing historical artifacts and records from her family's history, and through financial support.
The exhibit, which will be the first in the new Jeanne D. Tyler Costume Gallery, will feature day dresses and evening gowns donated to the MVHS by Tyler over the past four decades.
Spanning a period from the 1910s to the 1970s, the garments of "Twentieth Century Style" embody the classic, elegant designs of their times. They range from simply tailored day dresses to sequined, appliqued and layered evening gowns.
The Founders Day Dinner will celebrate the 138th anniversary of the MVHS. For more information, call the society at 330-743-2589, or go to mahoninghistory.org.
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Section 44 wipes out three Liberal candidates
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Liberals are "doing the due diligence" after the party lost three candidates in Victoria because of their eligibility to sit in parliament.
Section 44 has claimed its first victims from a potential new parliament with the trio withdrawing from the race.
Kate Oski, the candidate for Lalor, and Vaishali Ghosh, the candidate for Wills have pulled out over dual citizenship issues.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AAP)
Meanwhile, Helen Jackson, the candidate for Cooper is likely to be dumped because she is an employee of Australia Post.
Mr Morrison told a press conference that Section 44 was still "complicated", but said the three candidates were not running in "highly contested seats".
"What this demonstrates is just the party doing its job," he told reporters in Sydney.
"They identified the problem and they fixed it. And I'm pleased they have done it before the close of rolls."
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Bill Shorten said the Labor party had policies in place to prevent a repeat of the citizenship saga.
"I can guarantee my party is doing everything it can to eliminate any doubt about constitutional requirements," he told reporters on the NSW Central Coast.
Speaking in Melbourne, Greens leader Richard Di Natale also said the party had done what they could to ensure their candidates "go through a very thorough process to make sure they're eligible to stand".
This is the first election in which candidates are required by the Australian Electoral Commission to submit a qualification checklist relating to section 44 of the Constitution after the 45th parliament was plagued by disqualification issues.
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Ottawa – The president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union has thrown his support behind Bloodwatch.org, a lobby group fighting to ban for-profit paid-donor blood clinics in every province.
"If there is one lesson Canadians learned from the Krever inquiry on tainted blood scandal from the 1990s, it's that blood must not be bought and sold – it is a public resource," Warren (Smokey) Thomas said. "Bloodwatch.org deserves the support of all Canadians who believe in a not-for-profit, public blood collection system."
The group, made up of tainted blood survivors and allies, is calling on Health Canada to withdraw its permit for a private paid-donor blood clinic in Saskatoon. The group also wants Ottawa to pass legislation to outlaw such clinics across Canada.
Members of Bloodwatch.org lobbied Senators and MPs on Parliament Hill Monday.
Sean Allen, chair of the OPSEU division that represents more than 3,000 workers at Canadian Blood Services (CBS), said Health Canada is acting recklessly by opening up the blood supply system to profit-seekers.
"The current system in place meets 100 per cent of Canada's plasma needs," said Allen. "Four per cent of Canadians regularly donate their blood; why does the federal government want to create a two-tier collection system when the demand doesn't exist?
"I fear where this is heading," he said. "Private, for-profit clinics could jeopardize the safety of the blood system by repeating the tragedy of the 1980s when thousands lost their lives through blood contaminated with HIV and Hepatitis C."


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Assay and Drug Development Technologies, abgekürzt Assay Drug Dev. Technol., ist eine wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift, die vom Mary Ann Liebert-Verlag veröffentlicht wird. Die Zeitschrift erscheint mit sechs Ausgaben im Jahr. Es werden Arbeiten veröffentlicht, die sich mit der Entwicklung von Techniken und Gerätschaften für pharmakologische Forschungsarbeiten beschäftigen.

Der Impact Factor lag im Jahr 2014 bei 1,529. Nach der Statistik des ISI Web of Knowledge wird das Journal mit diesem Impact Factor in der Kategorie Pharmakologie und Pharmazie an 180. Stelle von 254 Zeitschriften und in der Kategorie biochemische Forschungsmethoden an 61. Stelle von 79 Zeitschriften geführt.

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Q: UITextField.text keeps returning null I have create a delegate for this UIViewController, and I am passing in an employee name to set a UITextField.  But, no matter what I do, as you can see, it results in (null).  However, I have a datelabel that gets populated in a similar way, but it works correctly.  I include that for reference.  I am missing something simple.  But, now I am blind from staring at it...
Any ideas?  Thanks.
@interface TimesheetEntryViewController()
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *datelabel;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *employeeTextField;

@end

@implementation TimesheetEntryViewController
    @synthesize tableView = _tableView;
    @synthesize datelabel = _datelabel;
    @synthesize employeeName = _employeeName;
    @synthesize employeeTextField = _employeeTextField;

-(void)setEmployeeNameString:(NSString *)lemployeeNameString
{
    self.employeeTextField.text = lemployeeNameString;
    NSLog(@"%@:%@", lemployeeNameString, self.employeeTextField.text);
}

Result: 2012-05-02 08:42:50.137 rbTimesheet[7855:11303] Bob Smith:(null)
-(void)changeDateViewController:(ChooseDateViewController *)ntvc didChooseDate:(NSDate     *)lDate
{
    NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    df.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterMediumStyle;
    self.datelabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",
                       [df stringFromDate:lDate]];
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

A: I have mapped the textfield through drag and drop in xcode 5 ,So it is not synthesized but i also tried to resolve this issue by synthesizing it manually but it not worked.
I resolved this issue by assigning empty string in the text field object in viewDidLoad method
_txtDialedNumber.text=@"";
Note:-While using this i am not synthesizing the textfield object and it is working for me in Xcode 5.0(testing in iPhone 5 IOS 6)

A: So I had the same issue and after googling and coming across multiple posts like this my issue was a fellow developer was doing this(which worked in previous versions of xCode somehow) which I cut and pasted from a similar project
-(void)setTextFieldDelegates{
    self.usernameTextField = [[UITextField alloc] init];
    self.passwordTextField = [[UITextField alloc] init];

    [self.usernameTextField setDelegate: self];
    [self.passwordTextField setDelegate: self];
}

So even though the outlet was connected he was somehow re assigning it and it was working.

A: Check if the connection between the text field and the outlet is correct in the Interface Builder.

A: Check if you have subclassed the uitextField by using
 textField=[[UITextField alloc]init].
If you have done that, try removing it from the code. I was having the same problem and I got it working by removing these lines.

A: Maybe you are calling setEmployeeNameString: before the view is loaded? That should give you null as a result.

A: It looks as if you are overriding the automatic setter/getter for your textfield. The whole point of using @synthesize is to save you some code and hassle from setting them yourself.
My guess is you aren't setting the delegate right. You are saying that the current view controller text field should get the date, then you dismiss the modal view killing the value saved there.
I would change your reference from weak to strong and get rid of your setter. It is being done for you already, no need to clutter things up.

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Music lovers are preparing to head for the hills for a weekend of revelry and festival fun.
Formerly known as the Ramsbottom Festival, the newly re-branded Head For The Hills festival is headlined this year by Maximo Park, Beth Orton and The Stranglers and will take place once again at Ramsbottom Cricket Club.
There will be performances from almost 60 artists and bands, including indie pop favourite Dutch Uncles, Neville Staple, Larkins as well as hotly-tipped emerging artists such as False Advertising, Saytr Play, Ist Ist, and No Hot Ashes.
The three-day festival starts on Friday, September 15 and will run until Sunday, September 17.
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The event also has a strong family focus, with a wide-ranging arts programme that includes large-scale sculptural installations from Aidan Moesby and Tim Shaw who has created a weather-inspired piece entitled 'Between Stillness and Storm'.
There will also be live children's theatre produced by the Gypsy Caravan Theatre and a drive-in movie theatre experience from the Ecstatic Cinema.
David Agnew is director of the Met in Bury, who are the team behind organising Head for the Hills festival.
He told the Free Press they are looking for sell-out days on both the Saturday and the Sunday for the first time - with around 4,000 people expected on each day.
The Stranglers who will perform at the Head for the Hills festival
David said: "We are really pleased with the programme and the headliners we have got this year, and the audience response has been fantastic.
"The idea is to increase the regional and national profile of the festival and make sure the message of what the festival is trying to do is loud and proud - and that seems to be having a positive impact on sales.
"We are up on previous years.
"Part of the magic of the festival is exposing people to new acts and performances, but we're also thrilled to bring in acts like The Stranglers who have a really strong bond with the audience."
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He added: "We are on-site putting in place the infrastructure to turn it from a cricket ground to a festival site, and really looking forward to the weekend.
"And luckily the site works well with less than ideal weather, but the forecast is looking good."
A Ramsbottom poet is also preparing to launch a follow-up to his successful debut collection of verse on the final day of the festival.
Author Paul Jenkins, of Birch Grove, will unveil 'Poems from Villagetown - Volume Two' at the Head for the Hills Festival on Sunday.
Ramsbottom poet and author Paul Jenkins
The new collection, which contains 20 original pieces, features a diverse range of poems about various local sports clubs, a tribute to the town's successful chocolate festival and even an ode to Junction 1 of the M66.
Father-of-two Paul, 39, said: "I'm so excited to be launching the book at the festival.
"It's such a vibrant mix of people gathering together over the weekend.
"There's bundles of great music, a massive selection of food and drink on offer and this year you can kick back enjoy some spoken word as well. What's not to like?"
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Just wanted to give a quick update on my reading status for this week's marathon. I haven't had nearly as much time as I would like to read but I have knocked out a little bit.
In A.J. Matthews THE WHITE ROOM, I have read only the first 3 chapters so I'm not in full swing with it yet. I always start out a little slow in a book until I really get into the swing of things. Hopefully in the next 24 hours I'll be able to really start getting into the main part of the story.
I have also been trying to read a story each night in BLOOD LITE. Monday night I read Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead" about a girl who can see the dead and finds a way to get rid of a ghost that is annoying her. Tuesday night I continued on in the anthology with a story by Joe R. Lansdale titled "Mr. Bear". Lansdale's tale tells the sordid story of Smokey the Bear's true nature. Both of these stories were a lot of fun, however I found myself shaking my head and laughing numerous times at the thought of Smokey the Bear doing the things depicted in the story.
Looking forward to moving further along in THE WHITE ROOM tonight and also seeing what the next tale in BLOOD LITE has in store for me. Speaking of… the next story is titled "Hell in a Handbasket" and was written by Lucien Soulban. I have met Lucien at a past Mo*Con convention and he is a super nice guy so looking forward to finally getting the change to read some of his work.
Will update again in another day or two with my progress. I hope everyone else that is involved in the read-a-thon this week is having a great time! If you haven't joined yet, click on the picture above as you still have several days of reading you can get in.
I am typically horrible trying to keep up with blog posting, but… here we go again! I am joining in on another read-a-thon as this one is right up my alley since it's horror themed. I have unlimited reading material to fulfill this one. The problem will be finding the time to get the books read between work and other things going on this week. I will sneak in pages as I can and try to at least post once a day.
I have picked two books to start this week off with. One is a print book as I really need to get some books out of the house. The other is an e-book as I enjoy reading in bed at night on my Kindle with the lights out. So, I will work on the print book throughout the read-a-thon any time I'm not in bed and will work on the e-book of a night late.
So, first… my print book is Looking Glass by A.J. Matthews (aka Rick Hautala). This will be my first read by this author.
The Irelands have just moved to the country.
They're thankful they can no longer hear the city's noise. But when a hideously scarred woman begins appearing in reflections all over their new house, Brenda Ireland realizes that no one can hear her scream, either.
My Kindle book I decided would be a collection of short stories so that I'm not fully keeping up with two story lines at once in the same genre. So, I'm starting things off with the Blood Lite anthology which is a collection of short comedic horror stories.
A collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge.
Now… to make it through the work day so I can go home and dig into my books.
My hopes are to read 3-5 books, at least two of them in print rather than e-form as I working on whittling down my prints book as much as possible due to lack of space. I made good progress in CHRISTMAS BABIES today and will probably read more in both in and A HACKED-UP HOLIDAY before the night is over.
Additionally, I have not had a chance to check out all of the challenges that go with this read-a-thon but hope to do that this weekend and want to jump in 1 or 2 of those.
Special thanks to Shaunesay for keeping me in the loop for all the cool read-a-thons she gets in on. Just glad I actually had the time to jump in this one. Normally work and whatnot gets in the way but I am currently on medical leave so am able to enjoy my free time.
Have been making process this morning in the book CHRISTMAS BABIES. See previous post for cover art. Unfortunately it might not be as much of a Christmas-themed book as hoped despite the title but more on that later.
Taking a lunch break now and decided to switch over to my Kindle for easier reading while eating.
Up front I shall say that I am not a fan of short stories typically as I don't feel you can get to know the characters well enough to grow attached to them as I do with a novel. With the case of BIOLOGY OF BLOOD, it's not so much a short story as the beginning of a longer book. If I recall my conversation with Mark Parker correctly, this is the first of two short stories to be published with a third novella length book coming after that to complete the entire story.
In this short, the reader is given the chance to meet mainly three characters: Draymond, his roommate Trevor, and his biology professor Prete. Draymond is concerned about something he read in his biology textbook and is looking to question Prete about it since he was the author of the text. However, what he discovers is a bit more than what he bargained for.
Based on the cover art and title of this series you can pretty much figure out up front what he's going to discover so the story isn't really suspenseful at this point, however I think that as Parker expands upon this story there is great potential for things to get interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing where he goes from here as the first short seemed a bit bland for me, like the beginning of many novels out there. There just wasn't time to get to know any of the characters well enough nor to even see much vampire action. I'll definitely be picking up "book" 2 to see what happens next as it sounds like things are just beginning for Draymond.
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New tests being designed for students in nearly half the states will take eight to 10 hours, depending on grade level, according to guidance released last week.
The new information comes from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, one of the two big groups of states that are building tests in mathematics and English/language arts for the Common Core State Standards.
The guidance answers one of the big questions that had been hanging over the tests: Given their promises to measure students' skills in a deeper, more nuanced way, partly through the use of extended performance tasks, just how long will the tests take?
The other group of states designing tests, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, has already come out with time estimates for its tests. Students in those 24 states will face testing times of seven to 8.5 hours. Now that PARCC has issued its test-time projections, educators in 22 other states and the District of Columbia know how much time students will need to take those exams.
In a flurry of documents issued March 5, PARCC defined not only the time needed to take the math and English/language arts tests, but also the window of time available to administer them.
Schools and districts will have 20 days to give the PARCC performance-based assessment, which occurs after about three-quarters of the school year and focuses on more in-depth, extended exercises. They will have another 20-day window to administer the end-of-year computer-based component, which occurs after 90 percent of the year. Those two components will make up a student's summative score.
In addition, the consortium released an online planning tool that schools and districts can use to gauge their technological capacity to administer the computer-based tests.
English/language arts: Three tasks will be assigned, for which students will have to read one or more texts, answer several short comprehension and vocabulary questions, and write an essay based on evidence from what they read. The three tasks will be a research simulation, a literary analysis, and a narrative task.
Math: Each grade level will have short and extended-response questions focused on conceptual knowledge and skills as well as the math practices of reasoning and modeling.
English/language arts: Students will read four to five texts, both literary and informational, and respond to short-answer comprehension and vocabulary questions for each.
Math: It will be composed primarily of short-answer questions focused on conceptual knowledge, skills, and understandings.
English/language arts: Three sessions for the performance-based component, two for the end-of-year one.
Math: Two sessions for the performance-based component, two for the end-of-year part.
PARCC documents say that typical students will need those amounts of time, but that "all participating students will have a set amount of additional time" to take the tests. That will "provide them with ample time to demonstrate their knowledge" and "reduce the need to provide increased time as an accommodation."
The documents sidestep the issue of exactly how much "additional time" will be given to students, and under what conditions. But they say that students with disabilities and those learning English will be given even more time, if it's called for in their individualized education programs. Policies governing what accommodations are given to those students are under development.
For schools and districts: Up to 20 days for the performance-based component of the test, and up to 20 days for the end-of-year component. Schools may administer the tests in narrower windows of time if they have the capacity to do so.
PARCC documents say that testing times and windows could change, in the wake of research and field-testing, but that "major changes are not anticipated."
"Commission Calls for 'Radically Different' Tests," March 13, 2013.


To even be a Catholic you have to believe in the tripod; Tradition, Bible and Magisterium.
1) Tradition comes from the Greed word paradosis which refers to the transmission of doctrine or customs from one generation to another. We have tradition passed on both by written (Holy Scripture) and orally (Oral teaching) of Jesus and the Apostles.
2) The Holy Bible is divine revelation written down and passed down to us through the Church. It contains the Jewish Old Testament and the New Testament with the words Jesus actually spoke and everything else containing to how the first Apostles and Catholics lived and taught about Jesus.
3) Magisterium is the living organ of the Catholic Church for correctly interpreting the Holy Scriptures and orally transmitted revealed truths. This is possible because Jesus divinely instituted His Church and gave it divine authority. It is a living magisterium for the preservation, interpretation and transmission of tradition and the teaching of already divinely revealed truth concerning faith and morals.
It is so beautiful how the written down tradition contained in Holy Scripture keeps the Magisterium correct. And, at the same time, the Magisterium and oral tradition helps us correctly understand Holy Scripture. So Holy Scripture goes hand in hand with Tradition and the Church's Magisterium.
The divinely revealed Holy Scripture has preference over divinely revealed oral tradition. But they do not contradict one another and must be placed side by side. God tends to speak to us in the Holy Bible more directly than in oral teaching. But, still, oral tradition came before written tradition. The New Testament was not written down till 27 years (Letters of St. Paul) to 50 years (John's Book of Revelations) after the death and resurrection of Jesus. In the mean time the Church flourished.
Part of the written tradition, (besides the Holy Scriptures), are the Creeds (Apostles', Nicene and Athanasius). Then there are all the very early Church Fathers writings. One of the most important is the writings of St. Jerome on the meaning of the Holy Bible and the context in which it was written.
The teaching authority of the Church is found in all the documents from all the 21 ecumenical councils. Vatican II being just one amongst many and was never intended to be a council that defined doctrine (it was pastoral). Yet most Catholics treat it as if is were the only council and wrongly base all their Catholic belief and practices on its documents.


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Q: How to set jsonObject to java pojo I want  list of id,name set in java pojo which i return to controller and then use by api.
Here is an example of how json data i want to send back .
    {
      "chapterName":sometext,
      "chapterId":1,
      "topic":[{
        "topicId":1,
        "topicName":something }]
    }

I am only maintaing i table for chapter and topic .to get topic i have a column called parent_chapter_topic_id from which i get topic if its not null and contain chapter_id.

so for that i have use below query found from stackoverflow.

    SELECT chapter.chapter_topic_id as id,
                            chapter.topic as name,
                            CASE WHEN count(topic.chapter_topic_id) = 0 THEN null
                            ELSE json_agg(json_build_object('id', topic.chapter_topic_id,
                                                    'name', topic.topic)) END ::text children_text
                            FROM chapter_topic chapter
                            INNER JOIN chapter_topic topic on topic.parent_chapter_topic_id = chapter.chapter_topic_id
                            WHERE chapter.parent_chapter_topic_id IS NULL
                            AND chapter.subject_id = 1
                            AND chapter.grade = '5'
                            AND chapter.client_id = 1
                            AND chapter.delete_user_id is NUll
                            GROUP BY chapter.chapter_topic_id

This query return me
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As u can check the above query returns text
So what i want is i am using Rowmapper in Dao class to map column data to pojo object ,but i dont know how to map "child_text" column in pojo class .I tried to use Sting data type but it returns me string ,i want json format.which i can use in angular app.
U can check what output i want.
   [
  {
    "chapterName" : "Inheritance",
    "chapterId"         : 1,
    "subjectId"          : 1,
    "subjectName"   : "OOPJ",
    "grade"             : 5,
    "clientId"               : 1
    "topic"                    : [
            {
                "topicId" : 1,
                "topicName": "single",

            },
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One of the things that makes us human is language, both in the power of speech, and the production of written texts. How do ideas and opinions get into the public domain, and what is the nature of the sometimes fragile boundary between public and private? The aim of this conference is to explore the power and vicissitudes of the transmission of knowledge, and of unofficial modes of communication. Its intention is to go beyond the corpus of public elite literature and to bring into consideration the transmission of knowledge in a broad range of forms, including the trivial and ephemeral (as in pamphlets, chapbooks, street literature and newspapers). This range of material allows us to explore the cultural imaginary in ways that are many, various and erratically policed. What we choose to suppress in terms of public knowledge may well be as significant as what we choose to propagate. This interdisciplinary conference aims to consider the interactions between public and private knowledge, and the ambiguous, unofficial space that lies between.
We invite proposals covering a range of periods (from the medieval and early-modern to the twenty-first century) and across different national contexts (including French-, Hispanic-, Germanic-, Italian-, Slavonic- and English-speaking cultures). We hope to attract scholars working in different fields (Modern Languages, English studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural History, Film and Media studies and Digital Humanities, Performance and Reception History, History of the Book and of Print Culture, and others). Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome.
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers. Please send your abstract – of no more than 250 words – accompanied by a short biographical statement on the same page, to a.lewis@bbk.ac.uk by 15 February 2016.