Paulina grew up in the Andean city of Quito, capital of Ecuador, but has always had a deep connection to Galápagos through her grandmother who emigrated to the archipelago in the 1930s and her mother who was born on Isabela Island. Growing up, Paulina and her family traveled to Galápagos at every chance to spend time with their many family members who lived there permanently.
Paulina earned a university degree in early childhood education, but her life took a dramatic turn one summer break when she befriended the crew of a private yacht from New Zealand that needed additional crew members. They invited her to join them to sail around the Pacific where she discovered a passion for travel, exploration, and the seas. She ended up working in the yachting industry for more than six years.
During that time, Paulina resided a while in New Zealand, where she studied gourmet cooking. She returned eventually to her beloved Galápagos to become a National Park Guide.


Women's Environmental Network (WEN), £27,000 pro rata FTE, London office and locations in Tower Hamlets.
London Wildlife Trust, £25,751 pa, Westminster, London.
London Wildlife Trust, £22,269 pa (pro rata £8, 906 pa), Walthamstow Wetlands, London.
ecoACTIVE, £22,745 pa (plus ILW), Hackney, London.
Essex Wildlife Trust, £13,800 pa, Hanningfield, Essex.
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, £25,456 pa, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey.
Borders Forest Trust, £22,000 - £24,000 pa pro rata, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders.
Field Studies Council, £17,077- £18,121 pa, East Bergholt, Suffolk.
Celtic Harmony, £16,016 - £17,077 pa, Brickendon, Hertfordshire.
Field Studies Council, £19,726 - £22,511 pa, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 6th June 2019, Botley, Southampton.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 7th October 2019, Swanwick Lakes, Southampton.
Essex Wildlife Trust, £22,500 rising to £23,000 pa on completion of probation, Brentwood, Essex.
RSPB, £19,602 - £21,236 pa, Weymouth, Dorset.
Galapagos Conservation Trust, £25,000 pa depending on experience, London.
Learning through Landscapes | Erasmus+, 13th June 2019, Leicester City Hall.
Learning through Landscapes, 21st May 2019, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School, Glasgow.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 18th May 2019, Winchester.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 30th April 2019, Winchester.
Rare Breeds Centre, £18,798 pa, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Beginning 5th March 2020, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford.
Groundwork South, £17,591 pa (FTE £21,989), Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.
Earth Trust, £11.35/hour, South Oxfordshire.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Beginning 20th September 2019, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, 8th & 9th October 2019, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford.
RSPB Sandwell Valley, Great Barr, Birmingham.
City of London - Open Spaces, West Ham, London.
Learning through Landscapes, 24th and 25th June 2019, Leicester.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 20th May 2019, Southampton.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Flamborough, Yorkshire.
Wilderness Foundation UK, Chatham Green, Chelmsford, Essex.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust, 01/05/2019 - 03/05/2019, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
RSPB, RSPB Old Moor, Barnsley.
Ancient Tree Forum, 3rd June - 5th June 2019, Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire.
Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership, Pendle Hill area, Ribble Valley and Pendle Borough, East Lancashire.
Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership, Pendle Hill area, Ribble Valley and Pendle, East Lancashire.
Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership, Pendle Hill, Ribble Valley and Pendle, East Lancashire.
Green Spaces, Warwick District Council, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.


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Announcements: 'The Great Kosher Chocolate Factory,' Halloween parade and more
Watershed Improvement Plan
Annapolis Mayor Michael Pantelides invites the public to weigh in on the city's Watershed Improvement Plan at its 7 p.m. Oct. 19 meeting at "Pip" Moyer Recreation Center.
Residents are encouraged to attend a presentation given by the Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs and Aecom, the consultant working on the plan, to give input. Residents will be asked to rank several projects in the pipeline regarding implementation priorities.
For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1j52wm6 or call 410-263-7946.
PRSA meeting
The Chesapeake Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will provide a panel of local and regional radio and TV producers/reporters to speak about getting clients TV and radio coverage from noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Union Jack's British Pub, 2072 Somerville Road.
"How to Get Your Clients on Radio and TV" features panelists from WNAV- AM (Annapolis), WUSA-TV (Washington) and other electronic media outlets as well as a Baltimore public relations placement expert.
The meeting is $25 for chapter members, $30 for nonmembers and $15 for students. To register, visit www.prsachesapeake.org. The registration deadline is Oct. 20.
Holiday bazaar, fashion show
The Panhellenic Club of Annapolis will hold a holiday bazaar and fashion show luncheon at 11 a.m. Oct. 22 at Chartwell Country Club, 1 Chartwell Drive, Severna Park. Fashions will be by Chico's of Annapolis as well as local gift boutiques.
Tickets are $40. For tickets and reservations, call 410-431-7233.
•An open house will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 24 for The Key School's First School (Key-Wee – Kindergarten) and Lower School (grades one to four), 534 Hillsmere Drive. The open house will consist of activities designed to engage the youngest visitors, as well as opportunities for prospective parents to meet and hear from members of Key's faculty and administration. Campus tours will be conducted by current Key School parents. The school will also host an open house from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 7 for the middle school (grades five to eight) and upper school (grades nine and 10). Families interested in learning more about the Key program are invited to tour campus, speak with current students and parents, and sample classes taught by members of the middle and upper school faculty. For reservations, visit www.keyschool.org/events. For more information, email Tom Rossini, director of enrollment and outreach at trossini@keyschool.org. For more information about admission to Key, visit www.keyschool.org/admission .
•Lighthouse Christian Academy is hosting an open house for prospective families from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 its campus at Safe Harbor Presbyterian Church, 931 Love Point Road in Stevensville. Guests will have the opportunity to observe classes in session, tour the facility, review curriculum, ask questions of staff and school leadership, and learn more about classical Christian education. Parents are welcome to attend with their children. Reservations are not required. For more information, contact the school office at 410-643-3034 or visit www.lcacademy.org.
A yard sale will be held at 8 a.m. Oct. 24 at Ralph J. Bunche Community Center, 374 Mill Swamp Road in Edgewater.
Vendor spaces are $1. For more information, contact Anita Spriggs at 443-254-1625 or visit http://www.ralphjbunche.org/events.html.
Youth round table
A youth round table will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Oct. 24 at Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St. Interested students ages 11 to 17 may contact Curator of Education Trenda Byrd at 410-216-6189 or trenda.byrd@maryland.gov for more information.
Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts is offering a watercolor class with instructor Steve Bleinberger 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays Nov. 3 through 24 at the Centre for the Arts, 206 S. Commerce St. in Centreville. "Creating a Better Watercolor" is designed to build on existing experience and help students pick up new skills, as well as increase self-confidence. During this course students can complete studies and small watercolors in class as well as view demonstrations.
The class is $125 for members of the Arts Council and $140 for nonmembers. Registered students will receive a list of supplies. This class is open to ages 16 and older and the registration deadline is Oct. 27.
For registration and class details, call 410-758-2520 or visit www.queenannescountyarts.com.
ROWC luncheon
The Retired Officers' Wives' Club will hold its November luncheon meeting at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 at Club Meade, 6600 Mapes Road, Fort Meade. There will be a fashion show featuring selections from Natasha Thomas' Park Lane Collection and modeled by ROWC models. Family and friends are invited.
The luncheon is $18. Reservations are required no later than 5 p.m. Oct. 28. For reservations, call your area representative or Betty Wade at 410-551-7082.
Annual membership dues are $25. Members may bring guests at any time to the luncheons, held on the first Tuesday of each month except June, July, August, and January. For more information, call Lianne Roberts, president of the ROWC, at 301-464-5498.
BGE grants
Applications for Baltimore Gas and Electric's Emergency Response and Safety Grants are available. The program supports nonprofit emergency response and public safety organizations throughout BGE's service area. To date, BGE has provided nearly $1 million to 129 emergency response organizations.
BGE encourages eligible 501c3 organizations that respond to the community's needs during emergencies to apply for grants of up to $10,000 each. Grant applications are available online at www.bge.com/emergencyrespondersgrant and are due by Oct. 30.
The Crofton Kiwanis Club will sponsor its 39th annual Halloween parade Oct. 31.
The parade will assemble in the north end of the commuter parking lot at Crofton Country Club, 1691 Crofton Parkway, from 10 to 11 a.m. The parade will step off at 11 a.m. The parade will proceed south along Crofton Parkway from the Crofton Country Club with costumed children and their parents joining the parade at Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church. The parade continues on Crofton Parkway, ending at Crofton Woods Elementary School, at the intersection of Urby Drive and Crofton Parkway. At this location refreshments will be distributed and prizes awarded to the children for the best costumes. The parade lasts approximately one hour.
For parade details, contact Al Tucker, Crofton Kiwanis Halloween parade coordinator, at 410-721-2078, email tuckeralv@verizon.net .
'The Great Kosher Chocolate Factory'
Chabad of Anne Arundel County invites the community to a hands-on workshop making chocolate and the traditions of kosher at 9:45 a.m. Nov. 1 at Safeway, 1451 S. Ritchie Highway in Arnold.
Participants can mold chocolates in the shape of kosher animals, Kiddush cups, Kiddush bottles, Star of David, challahs, and menorahs. They can also learn about making chocolate from scratch—from roasting and grinding the cacao beans to winnowing the cacao shell pieces.
For more information or to make reservations, contact Chabad of Anne Arundel County at 443-321-9859 or visit www.chabadaac.com.
Boating safety class
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 23-07 will present a boating safety class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 14 and 21 at Tri-State Marine showroom, 5861 Deale Churchton Road in Deale.
The course includes an introduction to marlinspike (knots), charts and VHF radio use. Students must attend both classes for certification.
The course is $25 for the first family member and $10 for each additional family member.
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I practically lost my mind when I read that GameTap was adding adventure game Syberia to its subscription lineup. I definitely lost my eyesight, because that misplaced enthusiasm was actually meant to be reserved for adventure game Cyberia.
1994's Cyberia follows cyber-hacker Zebulon "Zak" Pike, pardoned by Free World Alliance leader William Devlin in exchange for infiltrating a secret Russian complex to find Cyberia, an advanced piece of machinery which is either a weapon capable of crippling the universe or a new life-form capable of bringing peace to mankind. Everyone's looking for this thing, as Zak must face off against mercenaries, cartel members, complex scientists, and the devious Devlin himself, who pulls a classic Bond villain move and retreats to his space station lair.
2002's Syberia follows lawyer Kate Walker, who has been sent to finalize the takeover of a family-owned toy factory in a remote French village. When she discovers that the owner has died, she sets off to find the heir and thus embarks on a semi-surrealistic journey through Eastern Europe, eventually leading her to the titular mythical island of Syberia. If you're still on the fence, all you need to know is that one of the central characters has mechanical appendages, having lost his hands and maybe mind in his attempt to retrieve a prehistoric doll of a caveman riding a mammoth, his one dream in life being to find, tame and ride a woolly beast of his own. Obviously, this is the better game.
If you like adventure games with an interesting story, complicated characters, numerous puzzles and an absorbing gameworld, Syberia is well worth GameTap's modest price of admission. Hit the jump for a full list of their deal-sweetening free wares.
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if you ever go to Lanzarote.
It is so beautiful and very fascinating.
So, this national park is entirely made up of volcanic soil.
It is rugged, it is black/red/brown/grey and it is completely beautiful.
During 6 year long eruptions between 1730-1736, this area was covered in lava, again and again.
were completely covered in lava.
The last eruptions from the volcano Timanfaya (which is still active) was in 1824.
Access to the park is strictly regulated, and the only way to see the "Ruta de Volcanes" is by getting on a bus taking you around this beautiful, completely volcanic landscape.
That is one huge crater!
At the car park/ the top of the volcano Hilarios islet, from where you get on the bus, there is a demonstration of the underground heat. Geysir's, "barbecue" etc. There is a restaurant, El horno-Asador de Timanfaya = The stove/grill of Timanfaya. What's so special about this? That the food is cooked on heat from the volcano! That is so cool! There's no other source of heat than the hot air coming up from the ground.
A post is coming up on all this, very fascinating!
and a demonstration of the heat underground.


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Samuel Edward Finer FBA (22 September 1915 – 9 June 1993) was a British political scientist and historian specializing in comparative politics, who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, pioneering the study of UK political institutions. His most notable work is The History of Government from the Earliest Times – a three-volume comparative analysis of all significant government systems. He was also a major contributor to the study of civil–military relations with the publication of his book, The Man on Horseback.

Life
Samuel Finer, the youngest of six children, was born 22 September 1915 to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents who had emigrated to the United Kingdom, and who ran a greengrocer's stall at Chapel Street market, Islington. His parents were killed in London in January 1945 by V-2 rockets. One of his brothers, Herman Finer, was also a distinguished political scientist. Although Herman emigrated to the United States, his achievement was, according to Finer, an early source of inspiration.

Finer went to Holloway School, where he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford. He obtained a double first in modern history and 'modern Greats' (PPE). After this, he began researching Sir Edwin Chadwick, a Benthamite civil servant. During World War II he served in the Royal Signals, where he attained the rank of captain. From 1946 to 1950, he taught politics at Balliol College, Oxford, acquiring an impressive reputation as a teacher and lecturer. From 1950 to 1966 he served as Professor of Political Institutions at the new University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University). In 1966, he became head of the Department of Government at the University of Manchester, teaching Government and generally successfully contributing to the revival of the department's reputation. In 1974, he was made Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College. He retired from this post in 1982, but continued writing – see History of Government below.

He has been described as a charismatic lecturer and a very effective administrator. He believed that the academic study of politics required a firm grounding in history, and was sceptical of attempts to convert the subject into a science based on such deterministic frameworks as Marxism and behavioralism.

He was chairman of the Political Studies Association of the UK from 1965 to 1969 and was a vice-president of the International Political Science Association.

Samuel Finer was a passionate liberal democrat and supporter of the causes of electoral reform and Zionism. He was twice married and had two sons (one of whom is the musician Jem Finer) and one daughter. He died on 9 June 1993, aged 77, leaving a widow, Catherine.

(Most of the information in this section is derived from the collection-level description of the Samuel Finer Papers on the Archives Hub of the University of Manchester Special Collection.)

The History of Government
Finer's magnum opus, The History of Government from the Earliest Times, is a comparative analysis of government systems, past and present. Polities covered include the Sumerian city states, the kingdom of Ancient Egypt, the Assyrian Empire, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Persian Empire, the Classical Greek city republics, the republic and empire of Rome, the Chinese Empire under the Han, the Tang, the Ming and the Qing, the Byzantine Empire, the Arab Caliphate, Mamluk Egypt, the European feudal kingdoms (including the emergence of representative assemblies), the Italian Mediaeval/Renaissance city republics (e.g. Florence and Venice), Tokugawa Japan, the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, and the modern state as it emerged in Europe, including themes of absolute versus parliamentary monarchy, the transplantation of European state models overseas, the Age of Enlightenment, the American and French revolutions, the constitutionalisation of the European monarchies, and industrialisation.

The conceptual prologue includes a classification of government systems in terms of combinations of four elements: Palace (monarchy), Forum (democracy), Church (organised religion) and Nobility. Government is not analysed in isolation but explained in the context of economics, technology, agriculture, geography, religion, law, warfare, etc. – giving a picture of how a state works as a mechanism, explained in language designed for the general reader. Finer had hoped that it would be a single volume, but three volumes were published, about 1,700 pages in all.

History of Government occupied Finer's retirement years, 1982 to 1993. After a heart attack in 1987, he was only able to complete 34 out of the projected 36 chapters; the missing two chapters would have been on the exportation of the modern state model outside the West, and on the variations on the theme of modern totalitarianism.

Works
 A Primer of Public Administration, 1950 (, 1977)
 The Life and Times of Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1952 (, 1970) – the outcome of Finer's postgraduate research
 Local Government in England and Wales (joint author), 1953 ()
 Anonymous Empire: A Study of the Lobby in Great Britain, 1958 – a ground-breaking study of political lobbying in the UK
 Private Industry and Political Power, 1958
 Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons, 1955–59, 1961
 The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics, 1962 (, 1988) – short but very original
 Vilfredo Pareto: Sociological Writings (selector), 1966 – the writings of an Italian sociologist
 Comparative Government: An Introduction to the Study of Politics, 1970 (, 1974) – a successful textbook
 Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform (editor), 1975 ()
 Five Constitutions: Contrasts and Comparisons (editor), 1979 ()
 The Changing British Party System, 1945–1979, 1980 ()
 Parties and Interest Groups (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 ()
 Electoral System (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 ()
 Comparing Constitutions (editor), 1995 ()
 The History of Government from the Earliest Times, 1997 ( three-volume set, hardback) – Finer's retirement project and magnum opus, unfinished and published posthumously

See also
 List of political scientists
 List of historians

Notes

References
 Samuel Finer papers, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester Library (collection description)
 Review of History of Government from the Earliest Times in The Economist, 16 October 1997 (Simply the best, paywall).

External links
 Samuel Finer Papers: Collection-level Description
 University of Keele, School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, The Finer Memorial Lecture

1915 births
1993 deaths
British political scientists
British people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Historians of the British Isles
Jewish historians
British Jews
Royal Corps of Signals officers
People educated at Holloway School
Academics of Keele University
Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford
British Army personnel of World War II
20th-century British historians
Gladstone Professors of Government
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
Fellows of the British Academy
20th-century political scientists

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Aivan is a solo artist under Evermore Music. He started off doing covers on YouTube and promoting his music in Japan. He debuted on July 5th, 2018 with his single 'Tell The World'.
– He was born in Seoul but lived in Canada for most of his life, as well as time in England and the Phillipines.
– He is currently doing a Master's in Communication in Yonsei University.
– His favourite guitar is named Brownie and he brings it with him most places he goes.
– On VLive he has done his own viewable radio called "FM 121.7" where he reads stories sent in by fans and plays some of his current favourite songs.
– He loves dogs and puppies and wants to adopt one.
– At the beginning of 2018, he took the Mensa exam and landed in the top 1% percentile with an IQ of 156.
– His older sister had twin boys a little while ago and he posted pictures of them and loves to share cute videos.
– Wanna One's Yoon Jisung was AIVAN's first friend he made in Korea (2 O'Clock Escape Cultwo Show Aug. 19).
– He started vlogging on his YouTube channel!
– Back in May 2017 he released a Japanese single album called "Can't Control".
We should have a Fandom Name…….
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Does McAfee Work on iPhones?
Apple does not allow its company to develop a security app specifically for iOS devices
Are you curious as to whether antivirus applications, specifically McAfee, work on iPhones? Likely, you've already been conditioned to assume that while every electronic device or gadget needs antivirus software, it isn't true for Apple devices, including iPads and iPhones.
Several security companies provide a variety of products and software that supports the iPhone. But do you really need it?
In this post, we will discuss whether security software such as McAfee works on the iPhone. While the company boasts its smartphones to have been designed with security at its very core, it may just be a marketing statement. If you're still curious about McAfee, then head on to this McAfee Review to find out more. Nonetheless, keep on reading this post to know more about this security software.
There Isn't Any Antivirus App Available for iPhones
The traditional antivirus software for both macOS and Windows has complete access to the operating system. It uses such to scan all your applications, as well as files and documents, to make sure that there is no malware running.
Any third-party application you install on your phone runs in a kind of a sandbox, which limits their functions. This application only can access the data, which you have given permission access to.
Simply put, there wouldn't be any application on your iPhone that snoops into any activity you do on the mobile banking app, for instance. While these apps will be able to access your photos, they can only do so if you permit them.
On iOS, any 'security software' you install is also forced to run in the sandbox, where all your others run. It wouldn't be able to detect all the other apps that you have installed from the store, so it also wouldn't be able to scan for malware, as well. It holds true, even if you have an app named 'Virus' on your phone, this 'security software' can't detect it.
It is the very reason why there isn't a single existing security app available for the iPhone, which effectively blocks any malware from infecting it. As mentioned in an interview with Kaspersky, Apple has not allowed his company to develop a security app specifically for iOS devices.
If one did exist, we are pretty sure that it wouldn't function the way antivirus software does. Sure, any Apple device has flaws, specifically in terms of security features. However, these issues can be prevented by going through easy and convenient security updates.
How Does the iPhone Protect You?
In case you didn't know, the iPhone already has integrated security features. If you would notice, this smartphone can only install applications that are from the Apple Store.
In addition, Apple already checks these applications for malware, as well as other harmful threats. If in case malware was found, Apple will quickly remove it from the App Store and have this installed application deleted for security.
iPhones also have the built-in "Find MY iPhone" app, which works through iCloud, allowing you to locate and lock, as well as erase your stolen or lost iPhone. Besides, you wouldn't need a third-party application that has 'anti-theft' features. If you want to find out if the feature is enabled, go to Settings, tap your name and tap iCloud, then head on to Find My Phone.
Your Safari browser also has the feature "fraudulent website warning," which is also referred to as an anti-phishing filter. In case you end up on a website that tricks you into providing your personal information, may it be a fraudulent website in the image of your bank's online banking page that will give you a warning.
If you want to find out if this feature is enabled, go to Settings, then Safari looks for the "Fraudulent website warning" option under the Privacy and Security tab.
What Security Apps Actually Do?
Given that these 'security apps' wouldn't function like your typical antivirus software, it is reasonable to wonder precisely what they do exactly. If you would notice in their names, these applications are named with 'Mobile Security'. And if you know Apple too well, the company wouldn't just name their software with the word 'antivirus' in it.
iPhone apps for security often have features that help protect you against malware, and antitheft features like the Find My iPhone app. In addition, you may also find apps named 'media vault' that effectively lets your photos stay hidden and can only be unlocked via a password.
Other useful apps for security include call blockers, VPNs, and password managers, which you can freely download via the App Store. Lastly, some also provide you with secure browsing, using their built-in phishing filter. However, this kind of app already works just like the one in Safari.
What's great about iPhones is that it has built-in identity theft warnings, connecting you to a service that gives you alerts in case sensitive data has leaked.
However, you may also use services like specifically send the leak notifications to your email address. While these apps provide you with security-related features, these aren't necessarily anti-malware or antivirus.
If you're curious about the best and latest iPhone security apps, be sure to check this list by TechRadar.
Jailbreaking iPhone is Not Necessary
All of the above will only apply if you have not jailbroken your iPhone. If you're not familiar with it, jailbreaking will only cause your iPhone to run outside the sandbox as mentioned above, as it allows you to install third-party apps that are not in the App Store. Therefore, these apps are certainly checked by Apple for malicious behavior.
We don't recommend you jailbreaking your iPhone. In fact, Apple has made it very difficult for users to have their iPhones jailbroken.
However, if you are currently using an iPhone that has been jailbroken, it only makes sense that you use an antivirus program or application. With the sandbox security not functioning to its potential, these antivirus apps would likely scan your iPhone for malware.
It would also be beneficial for you to know that these anti-malware applications will require a definition file of the worst apps to be able to function.
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If unable to do the hardening, I can provide M2 Tool Steel 62/64 RC blanks already ground to .125 +.0000 -.0002. The remaining process would be to grind the last half inch to .0906 +.0000 -.0002. Specify in your quote if you will do the entire part from unhardened material, or just the step grind.


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Q: Check if a directory contains a file with a given extension I need to check the current directory and see if a file with an extension exists. My setup will (usually) only have one file with this extension. I need to check if that file exists, and if it does, run a command.
However, it runs the else multiple times because there are multiple files with alternate extensions. It must only run the else if the file does not exist, not once for every other file. My code sample is below.

The directory is structured like so:
dir_________________________________________
    \            \            \            \
 file.false    file.false    file.true    file.false

When I run:
import os
for File in os.listdir("."):
    if File.endswith(".true"):
        print("true")
    else:
        print("false")

The output is:
false
false
true
false

The issue with this is if I replaced print("false") with something useful, it will run it multiple times.
Edit: I asked this question 2 years ago, and it's still seeing very mild activity, therefore, I'd like to leave this here for other people: http://book.pythontips.com/en/latest/for_-_else.html#else-clause

A: You should use the glob module to look for exactly the files that you're interested in:
import glob

fileList = glob.glob("*.true")
for trueFile in fileList:
    doSomethingWithFile(trueFile)

A: You can use the else block of the for:
for fname in os.listdir('.'):
    if fname.endswith('.true'):
        # do stuff on the file
        break
else:
    # do stuff if a file .true doesn't exist.

The else attached to a for will be run whenever the break inside the loop is not executed. If you think a for loop as a way to search something, then break tells whether you have found that something. The else is run when you didn't found what you were searching for.
Alternatively:
if not any(fname.endswith('.true') for fname in os.listdir('.')):
    # do stuff if a file .true doesn't exist

Moreover you could use the glob module instead of listdir:
import glob
# stuff
if not glob.glob('*.true')`:
    # do stuff if no file ending in .true exists

A: If you only want to check that any file ends with a particular extension, use any.
import os
if any(File.endswith(".true") for File in os.listdir(".")):
    print("true")
else:
    print("false")

A: Similar to @bgporter's solution, you could also use Path to do something similar:
from pathlib import Path
cwd = Path.cwd()
for path in cwd.glob("*.true"):
   print("true")
   DoSomething(path)

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China's Challenges to Global Democracy
Trans-Pacific View | Diplomacy | East Asia
Insights from Kevin Sheives.
By Mercy A. Kuo for The Diplomat
Credit: Illustration by Catherine Putz.
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Kevin Sheives – associate director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, and a China specialist formerly at the U.S. Departments of State, USTR, Defense and Congress – is the 252nd in "The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series."
Explain the scope of China's challenge to global democracy.
Cold War analogies aside, the world is in a battle for ideas, values, and the protection of sovereign democracies from outside influence and interference. The concept of sharp power points to how outside authoritarian governments impair free expression, neutralize independent institutions, and distort the political environment. These malign actors span Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and others like the Gulf states. However, only China can pair economic and diplomatic power with global ambition and corrosive intent. China's actions, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), are more subtle than Russia's interference attempts. They are designed to create a pro-CCP environment in democracies, and more focused on co-optation rather than confusion. China has proven in recent years that it wants to shape how democracies think, how they consume information, how they do business, and how they operate their political cultures. This isn't public diplomacy or soft power; China is undermining the lifeblood of democracies. Unfortunately, China's outright coercion, disinformation, censorship, and influence-peddling campaigns against Australia are all too commonplace in democracies of all stripes – near and far from China's borders. Rather than learning from its mistakes, China's rigid Party-led system has doubled down on its errors after recently declining global perceptions of China.
Identify China's tools of national power used to counter western democracy.
The way the Party operates domestically within China contaminates and dictates China's activities globally. Under President Xi and even predating his arrival, the Party has reinserted itself into nearly every aspect of Chinese society. PRC think tanks and universities are constantly under pressure to promote Party-friendly thinking. State-backed media is squeezing out independent media, and foreign journalists are constantly being arrested or deported. China's systems of control like social credit and pervasive digital and citizen-on-citizen surveillance eliminate opportunities for deviation from Party dictates. But as China "goes global," these same tools of the Party are put to work on the international system. Globally, an incredible amount of research paints a picture of self-censorship by foreign universities and academics, a Chinese diaspora under pressure by the moirés of the Party-state, buyouts and content-sharing arrangements between China's state media giants and foreign media, covert disinformation campaigns to highlight China's "wolf warrior" diplomacy, content control and espionage worries about Chinese tech companies, the co-opting of foreign political elites through the CCP's Party exchanges, and the corrupting influence of PRC capital. These cases aren't bugs of China's international engagement; they're features.
What is the impact of great power competition on China's challenge to democratic governance?
China's challenges to democracy predate the current emphasis on great power competition. Reports of pressure on the political and information environment by Confucius Institutes, PRC embassies, United Front Work-affiliated groups have been well-documented for years. Even Mao spoke of "making the foreign serve China." These trends, however, accelerated as China grew more powerful, globalization shrank the world, and the fusion of the Party and State entered a new stage. The concept and practice of great power competition infuses these systemic debates about democracy and values with nationalism and geopolitics. Citizens and leaders in regions like Africa and Asia, which I would argue suffer most from the PRC's malign influence, don't want to get caught in the middle among the great powers. Within these regions, this dynamic could ultimately conflate support of democracy with support of the West.
Can you speak to the importance of allies and partners in managing the China challenge?
Team up with other democracies. Anytime you can. At all levels. China has proven adept at dividing democracies. One study found that, in each of the 100 cases of China's coercive diplomacy, China targeted an individual country instead of groups. Disappointingly, allies and partners showed up either too late or too little with their support. The Summit for Democracy, D10, and T12 are all smart proposals at the government-to-government level, but these forums must be backed up by the connective tissue among non-governmental institutions such as media, activists, industry associations, and research institutions. Civil society often learns better, moves faster, and collaborates more effectively than governments. These institutions are less bounded by political or bureaucratic considerations, and, after all, are the primary targets of China's sharp power.
Assess key challenges and opportunities where policymakers can mitigate geopolitical risks to global democracy.
Democracies must educate their citizens and institutions through extraordinary transparency measures about these challenges from China, Russia, or other authoritarian actors. The impactful work being done by the thousands of international and local NGOs to build good governance is table stakes. Greater investments must be made in investigative journalism and a much stronger partnership between platforms, regulators, activists, and researchers to combat disinformation. Current laws against foreign money and agents in U.S. politics are a good baseline, but democracies should expand on them to include measures like foreign investment screening and transparency of foreign funding in think tanks and universities. In an era of less independent media, rampant disinformation, and a sanitized view of China provided by its state media giants, China's model of governance can be opaque. But when democracies peak behind the curtain, they usually don't like what they see… and institutions often organically adjust in profound, innovative ways.
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Chinese Officers Charged in Plot to Obstruct US Huawei Probe
By Eric Tucker and Nomaan Merchant
Washington has long accused Beijing of meddling in U.S. political affairs and stealing secrets and intellectual property.
Survey: Americans Increasingly See China as a Threat
By David Rising and Ken Moritsugu
Currently, 62 percent of Americans see China as a competitor and 25 percent as an enemy.
US Pentagon Chief Speaks for 1st Time to Chinese Counterpart
By Robert Burns
For months, Austin has failed to get Gen. Xu Qiliang, deputy chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission, on the phone. Instead, he spoke to lower-ranked Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe.
CIA Creates Working Group on China as Threats Keep Rising
By Nomaan Merchant
China is an especially difficult challenge for the U.S. intelligence community.


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Q: Error on Build Phonegap project I have a next problem. I have VS 2013 Professional and have downloaded latest Phonegap version from official site - 2.9.12
I copied the project templates to the VS templates folder - they show up and i can create them, but i can't launch them it prompts:

Has anyone faced this?
P.S. Nothing has been modified, ans in older versions ( i think back in those days it was 1.7.x ) all worked fine.

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'It's destroying them emotionally': Shoojit Sircar calls for ban on reality shows for kids
Jul 5, 2017, 10:17 am IST
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The acclaimed director said that such shows are taking away their innocence from them in early ages.
Shoojit Sircar was highly acclaimed for his last film 'Piku.'
Mumbai: Director Shoojit Sircar, in a tweet, has asked authorities to ban reality TV shows that have children as participants.
Sircar said not only such shows are destroying the kids emotionally and physically but also taking away their innocence from them in early ages.
"Humble request to authorities to urgently ban all reality shows involving children. It's actually destroying them emotionally and their purity," he wrote on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, the 'Piku' filmmaker had also directed a short film "#ReleaseThePressure", which dealt with the pressure children go through during exam season.
The short film aimed at creating awareness in parents about their child's performance anxiety.
"Mounting pressure on the kids to perform, has become a stark reality of every urban child's growing up years. And I firmly believe our primary responsibility as a conscientious parent, as citizens and as makers of this film, is to not only raise this issue but also to raise it in a manner keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter for the kids that face it," Sircar had told PTI.
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Q: ggplot: Adding a plot outline with the axis ticks I'm trying to create plots where the x-axis ALSO appears above the plot as well as the y-axis to the right of the plot. Both should contain the same ticks as the normal axis, but NOT the axis text. This should result in a "box" with helpful tick-marks around the plot. I would also like to have smaller ticks in-between my major ticks (that are labelled) that do not have a label. Here is a figure I made:

I also drew in pink what I would like to achieve in R:
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My code for this plot:
p <- p + xlab("") + ylab("") + theme(legend.position = "none") + theme(axis.ticks.length = unit(-0.25, "cm"), axis.text.x = element_text(size = 30, hjust=1)) + theme(axis.text.y = element_text(size=35, hjust = 1), strip.text = element_text(size=35), axis.title.y = element_text(size = 40), legend.text = element_text(size=30), axis.title.x = element_text(size=40), legend.title = element_text(size=45))
p <- p + theme(text = element_text(family = "Helvetica")) + scale_x_continuous(limits=c(-0.5, 25), breaks = c(0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24))  + theme(legend.background = element_rect(color = "black", linetype = "solid")) + scale_colour_manual(values = cbpallette)
p <- p + theme(legend.key.size = unit(2.5, "cm")) + theme(axis.text.x = element_text(margin = margin(t = .5, unit = "cm")), axis.text.y = element_text(margin = margin(r = .5, unit = "cm")))
p

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Here is updated code, using Stefans advise. The figure looks like so, the ticks are there, the axis are missing:

p <- p + xlab("") + ylab("") + theme(legend.position = "none") + theme(axis.ticks.length = unit(-0.25, "cm"), axis.text.x = element_text(size = 30, hjust=1)) + theme(axis.text.y = element_text(size=35, hjust = 1, angle=45), strip.text = element_text(size=35), axis.title.y = element_text(size = 40), legend.text = element_text(size=30), axis.title.x = element_text(size=40))
p <- p + theme(text = element_text(family = "Helvetica"))  + scale_colour_manual(values = cbpallette)
p <- p + theme(axis.text.x = element_text(margin = margin(t = .5, unit = "cm")), axis.text.y = element_text(margin = margin(r = .5, unit = "cm")))
p

A: You could duplicate the axes using argument sec.axis = dup_axis() for both scales like so:
library(ggplot2)

ggplot(mtcars, aes(hp, mpg)) +
  geom_point() +
  scale_x_continuous(sec.axis = dup_axis(name = NULL, labels = NULL)) +
  scale_y_continuous(sec.axis = dup_axis(name = NULL, labels = NULL))


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Q: Copy same selection in several sheets I have the following VBA macro:
Sub test()
For Each wks In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
Range("J1:Q300").Copy
Range("A301:H601").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Next
End Sub

The idea is to copy the range "J1:Q300" to "A301:H601" in each of the 100 sheets in my Excel file. The macro above does not give me any error message but only seems to run in the first sheet.
Do you have any idea what might be the mistake in my code?

A: If you just use Range(), you will always refer to the current active worksheet.
You have to either change the current active worksheet or just be more specific by supplying wks.Range():
Sub test()
  For Each wks In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    wks.Range("J1:Q300").Copy
    wks.Range("A301:H601").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
  Next
End Sub

A: You need to add the current wks object to your Range:
Sub test()

Dim wks As Worksheet

For Each wks In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    wks.Range("J1:Q300").Copy
    wks.Range("A301:H601").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
Next wks

End Sub


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Long-vacant Livermore office park gets revamp,…
Long-vacant Livermore office park gets revamp, senior housing in the works
Former Sunset Office Plaza rebranded as The Well at Sunset
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA- NOVEMBER 11: The Well at Sunset complex is seen from this drone view in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The former shopping center along Concannon Boulevard near Holmes Street has been remodeled, and part of the site will become a senior assisted-living facility. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
By Joseph Geha |
PUBLISHED: November 15, 2021 at 6:03 a.m. | UPDATED: November 15, 2021 at 6:12 a.m.
LIVERMORE — A South Livermore office park that has sat vacant for nearly a decade is expected to see new life early next year following a renovation and the city allowing a broader mix of businesses there.
After two redevelopment plans were rejected over the past several years at the site, formerly known as the Sunset Office Plaza, six of the 10 buildings have been renovated and rebranded as The Well at Sunset.
Meanwhile, the city approved plans to demolish the other four buildings on the northern portion of the site and put up a 128-unit senior living facility. Construction could begin in late 2022, according to city reports and one of the developers.
The former office park, owned for decades by the Mehran family's San Ramon Sunset Development Company, has been vacant since about 2013. That company's varied plans for homes, an office building and townhouses on the site were rejected by the city in 2014 and 2015, in large part because of pushback from some residents.
The property, at Holmes Street and Concannon Boulevard with 10 buildings on about 14 acres, was built in the 1970s. It was purchased in 2018 by Mana Investments of Carlsbad and Hunter Street Partners of Minneapolis.
The new owners gutted buildings on the southern portion of the site, revamping them with new facades; upgrading air conditioning and heating; and installing fiber-optic connections, bigger windows and new roofs. They also repaved parking lots and added more landscaping, according to Orville Power, of Mana Investments.
But despite the renovations, demand for traditional office space has been soft, in part because of the pandemic, city officials said.
"Since renovation, the buildings have remained unoccupied despite significant investments in the buildings and site upgrades," Kam Purewal, an assistant city planner, said at the Nov. 8 City Council meeting.
The office park's current zoning of commercial office space offered a "limited range of permitted land uses," making it more difficult to fill leases, Purewal said before the council's vote.
In response, the Livermore City Council unanimously approved the developer's request to rezone the property, which means it can lease to a wider variety of businesses, including cafes, restaurants, hair and nail salons, and retail, with the potential for places such as a pub in the future.
"Before the pandemic, we had about 25 to 30% of the project in lease negotiations, and then that all disappeared because of the pandemic, so it was really about a year of not a lot of activity," Power said in an interview.
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA- NOVEMBER 11: The Well at Sunset complex is seen from this drone view in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The former shopping center along Concannon Boulevard near Holmes Street is being remodeled part of the site will become a senior assisted-living facility. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
But with the demand for retail, restaurants and medical office space bouncing back, Power said the new center has about 25% of its spaces leased, and with more under negotiation, the buildings should be about 50% leased by early 2022.
Bubb's Bagels and Coffee, Charming Fig cafe and catering, and Extreme Pizza are some of the food and drink businesses already committed, and other businesses, including a Learning Tree Preschool and Perfect 10 Nail Spa, are also leasing space, according to a statement from Mana.
"I think it looks great, and I'm happy to see we have some people ready to sign leases, because seeing this sit empty any longer would be sad for all of us," Councilmember Brittni Kiick said at the Nov. 8 meeting.
The city's Planning Commission in early October approved the developer's proposal for a senior living facility on the northern portion of the site where four buildings currently stand.
Power said the facility will be "upscale" and include independent living senior apartments, as well as assisted living facilities and memory care facilities, all aimed at people who are 80 or older.
The senior living building will be two stories tall, and total a little more than 112,000 square feet, according to city reports.
"There is a really strong need for this type of housing," in Livermore and the surrounding area, including Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon, Power said. While interest in independent living senior facilities lessened a bit during the pandemic, he said, demand for assisted living and memory care housing "has still proved to be very strong."
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA- NOVEMBER 11: The Well at Sunset complex is seen from this drone view in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Power said the senior living project could be complete by the latter half of 2023.
Sunset Development's executives, including Alexander Mehran Sr., told the City Council and residents in 2015 that renovating the site was not financially viable.
In 2015, after the planning commission approved plans for 42 houses and a two-story office building at the site of the office park, the City Council denied the project by a vote of 5-0, citing complaints and concerns from neighbors.
The year before, the Planning Commission denied Sunset's proposal for 49 houses and 38 townhouses at the site.
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Mayor Bob Woerner, speaking at the Nov. 8 city council meeting, said he was happy to see the current developer do enough outreach and gain support from nearby residents for the current project.
"I was on the council when we rejected the very early (Sunset) proposal, and we were warned it would be a disaster, and I'm just pleased to see what you've done here," Woerner said to the developer.
"We don't rezone lightly and a key factor is, is the project good, and is it compatible with the neighborhood and what do the neighbors think? This checks all the criteria," Woerner said.
"It's great we have someone who is wanting to bring those amenities to the community," Vice Mayor Trish Munro said at the meeting.
"I'm really glad to see it's going to become a vibrant area again."
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA- NOVEMBER 11: The Well at Sunset complex is seen from this drone view in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The former shopping center along Concannon Boulevard near Holmes Street is being remodeled and part of the site will become a senior assisted-living facility. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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Country group Lady Antebellum change name amid slavery association concerns
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Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum are changing their name to Lady A, with members saying they are regretful and embarrassed for not taking into consideration the word's associations with slavery.
The band – made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood – made the announcement on Thursday on their social media.
The group's first self-titled album came out in 2008, and included the Grammy-winning No 1 country hit I Run To You, then they achieved crossover success on the pop charts with the nine-time platinum Need You Now.
They won three Grammys for that song, including Record of the Year. They have also won numerous Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards during their nearly 14-year career.
The statement said that they chose the name after the antebellum style home where they shot their first band photos, and it reminded them of Southern styles of music.
Antebellum means before a war and the term has been widely associated with the pre-Civil War period in the United States when slavery was practised.
Band members said that in recent weeks, their eyes have been opened to "blindspots we didn't even know existed" and "the injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced".
The band said they are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued.
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The Central Bank of Iran announced that in the wake of efforts made by its legal department US' Plaintiffs' request from Italian courts to seize CBI assets worth $5,990,876, 696b failed.
According to the CBI report, after the heirs of some of the victims of the 9/11 accident succeeded to obtain a verdict from a New York court condemning the Iranian government and the Central Bank, they issued a lawsuit over seizing CBI assets worth $5.990876696 billion.
The Italian court first issued a verdict to confiscate Iran's assets on June 14, 2018.
Then the Central Bank using expert local lawyers made the Italian court cancel its appeal on October 10, 2018.
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to B_Team's complicity in various crimes, saying it is not surprising that the 9/11 accident still haunts US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"A Luxembourg court rejected a US request to compensate victims of the Twin Towers attacks by seizing assets from Iran, a country an American court has accused of involvement in the event that killed thousands," Luxembourg Times earlier reported.
"The rule of the US court used to repeal the immunity of the defendants, namely the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Central Bank of Iran, is not compatible with international law," it added.


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MADISON, Wis. — Strong feelings about Republican Gov. Scott Walker's signature legislation eliminating most public workers' union rights are still influencing Wisconsin voters.
Walker is locked in a tight race for re-election with Democrat Mary Burke.
Software engineer Tim Liebau said he voted for Walker in 2010 and the 2012 recall election but he is voting for Burke this year. The 44-year-old Madison resident said he isn't excited about Burke but he has relatives who are teachers and doesn't like how Walker treated them when he took away their collective bargaining powers.
Lutheran pastor Janis Kinens said he also was influenced by the fight over the union law known as Act 10. The 69-year-old Cedarburg resident said that the effect on teachers was "a horrific thing."


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name of Englishman abroad, it has also quickened the sense of unity among the intelligent sections of the English-speaking peoples. Admiration, affection for his work has come to be one of the strongest links in the chain which binds the English-speaking peoples together. He quickens the fraternal sense among all who speak his language.
London is no nominal capital of the kingdom and the Empire. It is the headquarters of British influence. Within its boundaries are assembled the official insignia of British prestige. It is the mothercity of the English-speaking world. To ask of the citizens of London some outward sign that Shakespeare is a living source of British prestige, an unifying factor in the consolidation of the British Empire, and a powerful element in the maintenance of fraternal relations with the United States, seems therefore no unreasonable demand. Neither cloistered study of his plays, nor the occasional representation of them in the theatres, brings home to either the English-speaking or the English-reading world the full extent of the debt that England owes to Shakespeare. A monumental memorial, which should symbolise Shakespeare's influence in the universe, could only find an appropriate and effective home in the capital city of the British Empire. It is this conviction, and no narrower point of view, which gives endeavour to commemorate Shakespeare in London its title to consideration.
The admitted fact that Shakespeare's fame is established beyond risk of decay does not place him
outside the range of conventional methods of commemoration. The greater a man's recognised service to his fellows, the more active grows in normally constituted minds that natural commemorative instinct, which seeks outward and tangible expression. A strange fallacy underlies the objection that has been taken to any commemoration of Shakespeare on the alleged ground that Milton warned the English people of all time against erecting a monument to Shakespeare.
In 1630 Milton asked the question that is familiar to thousands of tongues:
What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones?
By way of answer he deprecated any such "weak witness of his name" as "piléd stones" or "star-ypointing pyramid." The poet-laureate of England echoed Milton's sentiment in 1905. He roundly asserted that "perishable stuff" is the fit crown of monumental pedestals. "Gods for themselves," he concluded, "have monument enough."
There are ample signs that the sentiment to which Milton and the laureate give voice has a good deal of public support. None the less the poetlaureate's conclusion is clearly refuted by experience and cannot terminate the argument. At any rate, in the classical and Renaissance eras monumental sculpture was in habitual request among those who would honour both immortal gods and mortal heroes -especially mortal heroes who had distinguished themselves in literature or art.
A little reflection will show, likewise, that Milton's fervid couplets have small bearing on the question at issue in its present conditions. Milton's poem
is an elegy on Shakespeare. It was penned when the dramatist had lain in his grave less than fourteen years, and when the writer was in his twenty-second year. The exuberant enthusiasm of youth was couched in poetic imagery which has from time immemorial been employed in panegyrics of great poets. The beautiful figure which presents a great man's work as his only lasting monument is as old as poetry itself. The conceit courses through the classical poetry of Greece from the time of Pindar, and through that of Italy from the time of Ennius. No great Renaissance writer of modern Italy, of sixteenth-century France, or of Elizabethan England, tired of arguing that the poet's deathless memorial is that carved by his own pen. Shakespeare himself clothed the conceit in glowing harmonies in his sonnets. Ben Jonson, in his elegy on the dramatist, adapted the time-honoured figure when he hailed his dead friend's achievement as "a monument without a tomb."
"The truest poetry is the most feigning," and, when one recalls the true significance and influence of great sculptured monuments through the history of the civilised world, Milton's poetic argument can only be accepted in what Sir Thomas Browne called "a soft and flexible sense"; it cannot "be called unto the rigid test of reason." To treat Milton's eulogy as the final word in the discussion of the subject whether or no Shakespeare should have a national monument, is to come into conflict with Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson, Ruskin, Dickens, and all the greatest men of letters of the nineteenth century, who answered the question in the affirmative. It is to discredit crowds of admirers of great
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writers in classical and modern ages, who have commemorated the labours of poets and dramatists in outward and visible monuments.
The genius of the great Greek dramatists was not underrated by their countrymen. Their literary efforts were adjudged to be true memorials of their fame, and no doubt of their immortality was entertained. None the less, the city of Athens, on the proposition of the Attic orator, Lycurgus, erected in honour of Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides statues which ranked with the most beautiful adornments of the Greek capital. Calderon and Goethe, Camoens and Schiller, Sir Walter Scott and Burns enjoy reputations which are smaller, it is true, than Shakespeare's, but are, at the same time, like his, of both national and universal significance. In memory of them all, monuments have been erected as tokens of their fellow-countrymen's veneration and gratitude for the influence which their poetry wields.
The fame of these men's writings never stood in any "need" of monumental corroboration. The sculptured memorial testified to the sense of gratitude which their writings generated in the hearts and minds of their readers.
Again, the great musicians and the great painters live in their work in a singularly vivid sense. Music and painting are more direct in popular appeal than great poetry. Yet none can ridicule the sentiment which is embodied in the statue of Beethoven at Bonn, or in that of Paolo Veronese at Verona. To accept literally the youthful judgment of Milton and his imitators is to condemn sentiments and practices which are in universal vogue among civilised peoples.
It is to deny to the Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey a rational title to existence.
To commemorate a great man by a statue in a public place in the central sphere of his influence is, indeed, a custom inseparable from civilised life. The theoretic moralist's reminder that monuments of human greatness sooner or later come to dust is a doctrine too discouraging of all human effort to exert much practical effect. Monuments are, in the eyes of the intelligent, tributes for services rendered by great men to posterity. But incidentally they have an educational value. They help to fix the attention of the thoughtless on facts which may, in the absence of outward symbols, escape notice. They may act as incentives to thought. They may convert the thoughtless into the thoughtful. Wide as are the ranks of Shakespeare's readers, they are not, in England at any rate, incapable of extension; and, whatever is likely to call the attention of those who are as yet outside the pale of knowledge of Shakespeare to what lies within it, deserves respectful consideration.
It is never inconsistent with a nation's dignity for it to give conspicuous expression of gratitude to its benefactors, among whom great writers take first rank. Monuments of fitting character give that conspicuous expression. Bacon, the most enlightened of English thinkers, argued, within a few years of Shakespeare's death, that no self-respecting people could safely omit to erect statues of those who had contributed to the genuine advance of their knowledge or prestige. The visitors to Bacon's imaginary island of New Atlantis saw statues erected at the public expense in memory


Mrs A. Williams is our Nursery Teacher.
Mrs Shortt - NNEB - All Week.
We are a 26 place Nursery. The places are part-time and children attend either all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning or Wednesday afternoon, all day Thursday and Friday.
The children meet in family groups for the carpet sessions which include Literacy, Numeracy, Sounds and Letters, Music, Dance and Circle Time.
The children participate in a weekly dance session in the dance studio. At this stage the children need to learn how to fasten their shoes.
We regard the outdoor area to be an extension of the classroom; please dress appropriately for the weather.
We occasionally take the children for visits around the local area including the Library, Post Office and Park. We always welcome lots of helpers.
Children are encouraged to choose a library book each week and return it the following week. Each child will have a Home-School book in which they can draw a picture about the book they have shared.


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Dizzy Heights #44: "Blue" Songs, Vol. I
Written by David Medsker• August 2, 2018• Dizzy Heights, Music
Man, why are all of these songs with "blue" in the title so melancholy? Oh, right.
This was originally supposed to be one show featuring songs with colors in the title, but about 600 suggestions later, it was clear that the colors needed to be split up into their own shows, and even then there is enough material to do multiple shows of the primary colors, and maybe the secondary ones as well.
I chose to start with blue so I can play a song from Tom Bailey's solo album Science Fiction that stabbed my inner lovestruck teenager in the heart. From there, I went, well, everywhere, but there is a thread of melancholy that goes nearly from start to finish. Blue is more than just a color, I guess.
Artists making their Dizzy Heights debut this week: Billy Idol (wait, what?), The Charlatans, David Gilmour, Electric Light Orchestra, Fine Young Cannibals, Gus, Michael Johnson, Peter Murphy, Real Life (wait, WHAT?), The Smithereens (I have no words), The Undertones, and Yaz (even fewer words).
Thank you, as always, for listening.
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NCRC is committed to supporting work-life balance. Picasso at NCRC, NCRC Art, the HighWire installation, and the MLibrary@NCRC, as well as Green Power, Childcare, and on-site wellness education and fitness programs are just some of the ways NCRC strives to improve the quality of life on its campus.
The University of Michigan Waste Management Services began composting yard waste many years ago. The program was expanded to include pre-consumer (prep or kitchen waste) in 1997. In 2012 the program expanded again to include a pilot where post-consumer waste (uneaten or leftover food) was collected at the Michigan League and eventually U-M Dining Halls for composting as well. The success of the program allowed the inclusion of certified compostable containers and utensils to the composting list.
NCRC has adopted the program. All post-consumer waste such as compostable plates, cups, flatware, bowls, napkins, and take out containers along with your uneaten or unwanted food can be placed in specially marked bins at the usual locations. The success of the program at NCRC depends on you and keeping contamination (usually plastics or plastic lined containers) out of the bins. The most common contaminants are little things like salt and pepper or mustard, mayo, and ketchup packets. Look for posters indicating what can or cant be included for composting and remember, when in doubt, throw it out.
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You can help the Meals on Wheels program to reach the 1 in 6 seniors who might not know where their next meal is coming from by joining the NCRC Meals on Wheels Team!
The Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels food is prepared by and staffed by University of Michigan employees. The NCRC team delivers meals every Friday to home-bound residents. The more staff volunteers we have, the less of a time commitment we have. Currently a volunteer is assigned to deliver meals once every four to six weeks. Our route typically takes 45 minutes to an hour to deliver.
If you are interested please contact Elaine Lauerman at 734-763-2923 or ekl@med.umich.edu.