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Emotion: Phenomenology and Content
Reviewed by Simon Belt May 2011
This was a one-day conference focusing on two aspects commonly associated with emotional experience: phenomenology and content, hosted by the Manchester Centre for Emotion and Value (MANCEV) at Manchester University, and supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
MANCEV was set up in 2008 to serve as a hub for research into the emotions and their relation to both aesthetic and ethical value, and claims to be one of the foremost places for research into the emotions and value, with a wide ranging expertise amongst academic staff and a flourishing graduate community.
Peter Goldie, Director of MANCEV opened the conference held in a seminar room at the University, and having a peak attendance of 20 people - 4 of whom were external speakers flown in for it. To dignify this seminar with the title of a conference at an academic institution may help attract external funding for University lecturer and student activity, but it demeans the value of an historically prestigious academy in the process.
Michelle Montague (Bristol University), introduced her paper on 'Evaluative Phenomenology and Content' first, and to her relative credit there was a four page hand-out to go with her introduction though it read more like the abbreviated minutes of a briefing session for web developers, and nothing like a discussion about philosophical issues. Reading out the four pages of abbreviated minutes or definitions didn't help any, and the banal classification of various sample emotions as positive or negative left me wondering what one dimensional landscape I'd stepped into and whether I'd be getting a gold star or a red dot to put on my name badge.
If I didn't know I was sat in a Philosophy department at a supposedly top university, I'd think I was sat in a discussion about developing alternative Cascading Style Sheets for a website that aimed to respond to a visitor's emotional state when they ticked either a happy or sad box on the front page of a website. I've sat through some dry Information Technology courses on developing applications using the latest computer programming techniques, but none of those had such repetition of the words 'Properties' and 'Attributes' of emotions without explaining or contextualising them, whether they were 'Positive' or 'Negative', or had 'Value' or 'Disvalue' in their associated state of affairs. Is humanity really so binary?
Ok, I'm not a philosophy student, but if someone can explain these concluding sentences of the presentation, please do:
In experiencing the negative affect that is part of experiencing sadness, the negative affect is itself experienced as something of disvalue. This disvalue experienced as part of the negative affect resembles the disvalue that is attributed to the state of affairs of the friend's death. It is then partly in virtue of this resemblance relation that the negative affect experienced as a property of experience represents the disvalue attributed to the friend's death.
In the discussion, Michelle agreed that life was more complex than a two dimensional computer programme, suggested I read about John Searle's Chinese room (the second time this has been suggested to me in as many months), which will be very useful for the Salon discussion in October entitled 'Artificial intelligence and human consciousness'. She also took on board the need to think about aspects of experience she wasn't comfortable giving a positive or negative score to, like surprise for example. The introduction of Spock from Star Trek (a ficticious character from a sophisticated and socialised human imagination), as someone we should try and get inside the head of to imagine the world got me thinking.
Next up was Matthew Ratcliffe (Durham University), who introduced his paper on 'Feeling, Thinking and Believing', well that is to say he talked through some slides we saw on screen. I quite liked Matthew's presentation actually despite not being given a copy of his paper as he tried to historically situate the development of thinking on the relationship between feeling and believing and explain what he meant by each term. Further, he explained how the notion of belief has been under theorised and the difficulty posed by trying to theorise it, but stuck his neck out by attempting it and explaining the steps he's taken in doing so.
Matthew counter-posed his approach to that of Tamar Szabó Gendler which he categorised as very neat and tidy in the use of her alief category as way of catching everything outside of the reasoned belief system. This is perhaps a fruitful topic of discussion for a future Salon and rather a shame he lives in Durham. Alas for someone who's research specialism is the philosophy of psychology and psychiatry it was a shame when he avoided the request to try and explain why he thought philosophy and psychology had under theorised belief, and why belief in religion for example was under such assault ideologically - with the slight of hand comment 'it wasn't his area of specialism or interest'. I think I feel I don't believe that.
After lunch, Jean Moritz Muller (Manchester University) replacing Jan Slaby at the last minute, presented on 'Emotions and the (Re)presentation of Value'. Jean Moritz was also the key organiser of the day's events so did a great job in putting together a presentation slot with such calm professionalism. Alas, his presentation followed a similar vein as Michelle's in the morning repeating with Hare Krisna reordering of the same banal phrases of representation, presentation, value, disvalue, emotions as positive or negative.
The formulations of logical constructs or statements with embedded and self-evident truths took a similar approach as Michelle with sentences to consider like 'Sam is angry with Maria because she is being offensive'. The response of anger and someone being offensive is like Janet and John go to university books, where the statement could be lifted from any National Union of Students and University policy document produced in the last few years. Maybe Maria's actions are quite rational but being interpreted as offensive by someone hypersensitive and looking for offense, then responding with the pre-ordained orthodoxy of anger which is negative is just so dull and contrived. To think that academics trying to philosophise about the mind do so by starting from such contrived examples, that unquestioningly accept a contemporary political orthodoxy of victimhood, beggars belief (going back to Matthew's intro). This remonds me of George Orwell's 1984 and after the event justifications of a political paymasters's policy agenda, and I for one think society deserves better from their universities.
The most shocking aspect of the day though was when asked to explain what was meant by the terms 'value' or 'disvalue', used so liberally by Moritz and Michelle, there was only panicked floudering. As if that wasn't alarming or bad enough, the Director of the Manchester Centre for Emotion and Value (MANCEV), Peter Goldie also offered no explanation but had a word in my ear at the break to say that everyone there was familiar with the literature and terms, and although it was nice to have non academics like myself at the conference, there was no need to explain such terms (that'll be the red dot sticker I disvalued and not the gold star I so valued then). Hmm.., can't see it would do any harm for the Director of MANCEV to try and explain it in a few sentences rather than try and condescend his way out of it.
With all the respect that's due to the learned professor, if you're able to summarise the meaning into one word, surely summarising it into a few sentences would be a doddle by comparision, oh, unless of course it was important to obscure the fact that the was no actual value to using the word other than avoiding an elucidation of meaning. The fact that the image of the Centre for Emotion and Value is a tree rather than anything human centred rather expresses the detachment from society for me, and lI'd encourage the MANCEF page trying to explain the substance of one of the two words that make up its 'cohering' name. Or is that me just being philistine and I should just take on trust that the word has a useful meaning in this context?
After the word in my ear, Julien Deonna (University of Geneva), presented a paper entitled 'Emotion and Desire', where the theme of the day - binary options, took the form of open (emotional) or closed (motivating) desires. The most interesting aspect of this presentation was an articulation that a better way to understand action was that it came from the thinking process leading to emotional states triggering action rather than emotions being interpreted and modified by the thinking process to result in action. To match this view of the value of human intellectual activity ultimately being good for triggering emotional states rather than thought dominating or at least modifying emotional states, the examples used were focussed around responding to barking dogs.
Throughout the day, there was very heavy focus on the more primal and base level emotions, with many examples having man's relationships to animals as a focus rather than more elevated emotions or culturally advanced or socially sophisticated activity. In fact almost all the examples focussed on individual behaviours as though society didn't exist, just self-preoccupied individuals who just happened to have fridges (made somehow, through man as social being, but never actually considered), with beers in for individuals to drink alone to satisfy childish object in mouth desires. The rich and rounded processes that go into the writing of a script for Star Trek, jumped back into my mind to realise that 'this may indeed be philosophy reader, just not as we know it'. Alas, I'm not qualified to decide whether that thought was facilitated by a closed or open desire to say so.
Last up and refreshingly balanced was Adam Morton (University of Alberta), with about a page worth's of paper on 'Feeling is Cognitive Pressure'. What a breadth of fresh air (as Matthew would have us feel our body expand positively) Adam was with a presentational appreciation that man is a social being and exists in a sophisticated relationship in society and responds in a complex and not linear fashion with contrasting and contradictory aspects to their personalities. He also got the point that the current emphasis of emotional outpouring was historically specific and has not always been so, and that there was maybe a dialectical relationship in cognitive processes of rationality and reason. Although he'd not thought through this, his attempt to try and reason towards it was something to get out of the day.
Postscript: Some people have suggested that I must be exaggerating about the quality of the papers presented to this 'conference', and that the high standard of thoughtful and contemplative discussion these will have led to was just too intellectual for me. Obviously people do cover up for their lack of intellectual insights and all, though not sure I'm not clever enough to do that. I would happily publish the links to the papers presented, or given to participants. Alas, there were no papers, though Michelle's hand out at the begnining of her introduction may be useful to publish. I would love to offer you more, but there just wasn't any.


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Finally, I can get back to WOFF. I still haven't caught up with everyone's stories, but first I need to bring Collins's English sojourn to an end...
An Airman's Odyssey – by James Arthur Collins
Part Forty: In which I meet an odd little man who scared me
I was long overdue visiting Mummy in Cambridge. I slipped Tubby Chilton a guinea for the use of the Singer, as it had been his turn to have it and my taking it meant he had to make alternate plans for a filthy weekend in Brighton with a certain young lady. It was a beautiful day for driving and I made the journey in a little more than three and a half hours, with time for a sandwich and a pint at the Fox and Duck in Therfield.
I hadn't been to the new family house before and was delighted with it – an ivy covered brick structure -- likely a former manse – in Grantchester, just outside of the city. The air smelled of lilac and freshly-cut grass, tulips and daffodils. The car crunched the white gravel as I pulled up in front and hoisted my bag from the passenger seat. An ancient lion knocker graced the door. I banged three times and heard footsteps. The heavy door inched open and a pleasant, mature face peered at me.
"Ooh, and you must be Mister James," said the woman who now opened the door fully. "I am Mrs. Winthrop. I work for your mother." There was a trace of Scots in her voice, and she carried herself with assurance and grace. I liked her at once. "Mrs. Collins is lying down, but Dorothy is waiting in the garden. May I take your bag?"
I told her I'd bring it to my room later, and asked if I could see my sister. Mrs. Winthrop led me through the hall and a library to the glass doors leading onto a bricked patio with a small fountain. Dorothy ran to me and planted a kiss on my cheek.
"How are you?" I asked as she sat and poured a cup of tea. Mrs. Winthrop retired inside.
"I'm good. Good. And you? I'm so happy to see you home safe."
I explained that I still wasn't sure how I had come to be here, but that I had enjoyed a short break from the front. I told her I really wasn't looking for an extended stay in England.
"Mummy won't like it if you say that," she replied. "She hasn't been herself of late." Dorothy and my mother had always been close, and her tone gave me concern. "She's taken Daddy's passing very badly, I'm afraid. And she frets on you daily. And sometimes she's a bit too fond of a cordial to settle herself."
"She's drinking?" I asked. This was something new, and most unlike Mummy.
"It's a real concern," Dorothy said glumly.
We were interrupted by my mother, who emerged in a lovely violet dress and jacket, but with her greying hair awry. She planted a wet kiss on my cheek and hugged me a little too long. She sat and stared at me for nearly a full minute and began to sob – big, heaving, gasping sobs. "You are your father's boy," she gasped at last.
The next hours were spent in idle chat and story-telling, and gradually Mummy reclaimed her old balance and wit. Dorothy was engaged to a local banker, I learned, and Mummy had a modest social circle in Cambridge. I told them of my experiences, omitting the more hair-raising chapters. They laughed at my tales of Sergeant Wilson, especially the goose hunting escapade. They were thrilled by the stories of Jericho and Swanson from the American West. Mummy was offended that I lacked any decorations for my service. I told them of the encounter with the Zeppelin and was mildly surprised to find they had read about it in the Daily Express. We had always been a Times family, I was certain.
We ate early and I noted Mummy had three glasses of wine and ordered a cognac, all brought my Mrs. Winthrop. There had been a butler and an assistant housekeeper earlier, but the butler had volunteered last year and the assistant housekeeper was now a conductor on the trains. The household was down to Mrs. O'Reagan, the cook, and Mrs. Winthrop, the head housekeeper who doubled as a lady's maid, plus a part-time tweeny named Peggy.
At length I ventured a question, asked in an offhand tone: "Mummy, do you have any idea how I came to be recalled to England?"
She slammed her brandy snifter to the table, breaking the stem and spilling the drink. "Of course not. How could you think such a thing?"
"Mummy," said Dorothy. "Jimmy is just asking a question. He misses his friends in France."
My mother's eyes narrowed to slits. Her voice was heavy. "Jimmy would be better off looking after his own people here and minding his own business." Then in a flash, her voice took on an unnatural sweetness. "Isn't that right darling?" she said to me. "Isn't it good to be home with your old Mum?"
"I'm needed in France, Mother," I said. It was a mistake. My mother began to screech at me, calling me a fool and an ungrateful wretch. I'd become a hero over London according to the papers, and now I wanted to be an anonymous fool over the front in France. If I went back I'd be a line in the casualty reports, just like the rest of the fools. People depended on me. I had a business to run. I had my father's legacy to carry on. That sort of thing.
I excused myself from the table, took my bag from the hall table, and headed to the car with a slurred voice shouting that if I left I should never come back. I got in the Singer and started the motor. Dorothy ran outside, tears running down her face. "Where are you going?" she asked. I had no idea. She said to check in at the Bull Hotel in town and she would find me.
It was not the visit I'd planned, but at least the Bull was comfortable and had a pleasant bar and lounge. I sipped on a glass of champagne and was surprised to see Dorothy enter less than an hour after my leaving the house in Grantchester. We moved to the sitting area off the lobby and ordered tea. Dorothy was understandably upset. Life at home had become unbearable, she said, and her engagement to Mr. MacDonald, the banker, was as much an escape from the past as a start to the future. She was an emotional tangle.
"How did she do it?" I asked. "Get me here, I mean."
Dorothy composed herself and dabbed her face with a silk hanky that smelled of lavender. "Do you remember Mr. Dunn?" she began. I did not. "Daddy met him in Edmonton when you were tiny. Dunn was in a law practice there and Daddy wanted his help to take the company public, but that never panned out. Later he began to make a lot of money as a stockbroker in Montreal and eventually moved to London, where he made a fortune as a merchant banker. A couple of years ago his banking partner disappeared and his business fell apart. He owed a great deal of money to investors, including Mummy. Anyway, a couple of months ago Mr. Dunn came to see her and wanted to negotiate terms for repayment in order to avoid bankruptcy. Mummy knew he had friends in high places and she told him she'd forgo repayment for several years if he'd help get you back in England. He said he'd talk to a friend of his, a man he called Max..." [1]
I arranged to write Dorothy via a friend of hers and left Cambridge in the morning. Returning to London, I went directly to the Savoy. Jimmy was not on duty until six, so I sat in the lobby with a newspaper until he showed up. I ordered a Manhattan cocktail and asked Jimmy for news. He had none, so I asked him who could help me find out who was who at the Daily Express. Jimmy said to stroll down the Strand to Mooney's Irish House on Fleet Street. There I'd likely find an RFC staff officer named Captain Hooper. He had some responsibility for RFC press liaison and might be able to help.[2]
Mooney's was crowded with journalists at seven in the evening and I drew many questioning glances at my uniform. A couple of patrons obviously recognized me from the recent story in the paper. There were only three other officers in the pub, only one of which was a captain. I stood beside him at the bar and offered to buy a drink, and he happily accepted. It was indeed Captain Hooper.
"Max," I learned, was likely a fellow named Max Aitken. Aitken was a wealthy Canadian businessman and a Conservative Member of Parliament with newspaper interests. He had bought the Globe and, unbeknownst to most in the newspaper business, was approaching majority ownership of the Daily Express. Further, he was a colonel in the Canadian Army and the head of something called the Canadian War Records Office, a position with responsibility to publicise the Canadian war effort. Its office was about ten minutes' walk away, so I decided to stay in town. I arranged to leave the car at the Savoy, but in a concession to budget I stayed down the street at Haxell's Hotel. At nine the next morning I appeared in the lobby of the Canadian War Records Office at 15 Tudor Street and told the clerk at the desk that I was a friend of James Dunn come to see Colonel Aitken.[3]
I waited an hour, during which the clerk asked my name several times and returned to his desk to mumble into a telephone. There was a copy of a book written by Max Aitken, recently published and entitled Canada in Flanders. I skimmed it. It told a jingoistic tale of Canadian heroism and made no attempt at understatement. At length a Lieutenant Willson arrived to escort me up two flights of stairs. And there he was.[4]
Aitken was far younger than I expected, rather short and broadly built. He had a wide, tight smile set in an impish face. A face like a Toby mug, I thought, only younger. He wore the pip and crown of a lieutenant-colonel of the sleeve of his Canadian tunic and his boots were improperly laced but well-polished. He leaned over and shook my hand and I quite forgot to salute. Aitken did not seem to notice. He motioned for me to sit and asked what he could do for me.
Max Aitken
"Well sir," I said, "it's really what you can undo. You see, I've been recalled to Home Establishment three months early, and I have learned that James Dunn had a hand in it. But I strongly suspect that Mr. Dunn worked through your office. I know that RFC headquarters jumped to release me from France and that smells of Cabinet pressure. You have influence in Cabinet, I'm told. And I'm told that you and Mr. Dunn are well acquainted."
There was a long silence. And then Colonel Aitken began to chuckle. "That quite a pair you have there, my friend."
"I need them to fight the Hun, sir. And I want to go back to doing just that."
Just then the phone rang and Aitken shouted for Lieut. Willson to tell them he'd call back. "Look, Mr. Collins. I did a favour for another New Brunswicker and a good friend. I'm frankly loathe to let him down no matter what you say you want."
It was now or never. I sat upright and folded my hands in my lap. "Sir, as far as I can tell you have established this office to promote Canada's role in the defence of the Empire. I have read your book. It's a wonderful piece of promotion. I suspect you have used your interest in the Daily Express to make me a bit of a star turn for doing not much with my squadron over London. All fine work, but..." I hesitated here. If Aitken thought I was bluffing I was finished.
"But what?" he said.
"If I am not returned to my old squadron in France at once, I shall get in my motor and drive to my hotel where I shall call the Manchester Guardian. And then I shall detail how Conservative cronyism conspired to send a brave Canadian pilot back to his mother so that she would forgive a debt from one of Colonel Aitken's Conservative friends and fellow financier. I respect all your good work and obvious influence, but that is exactly what I intend to do."[5]
Aitken examined me like a mongoose studying a snake. "You do realise, Mr. Collins, that Canada will demand its heroes and you could be one of them. I can make you or break you, Mr. Collins."
"We can break each other, sir," I said. "Or I can be sent back to Number 3 Squadron at Lahoussoye, resume my duties for the Empire, and say no more about this. It's your decision, sir. There will be other Canadian airmen you can write about, I'm sure." In the silence that followed my heart nearly deafened me with its drumbeat.
Aitken pulled back his chair and at the sound of the scraping, Lieutenant Willson reappeared at the door.
"Mr. Willson, please escort Mr. Collins downstairs. Mr. Collins, it has been a pleasure to speak with you." And with that, I left.
I had scarcely been back at Hounslow a day when orders came through to board a ship out of Folkestone for Calais and report to 3 Squadron no later than Thursday, 25 May 1916. I had enjoyed my brief time with 39 Squadron. We now had only one flight at Hounslow, so I hosted a fine dinner at a local restaurant for the fellows and the squadron command group. Tubby offered to buy my half of the Singer, and the next day I was at Victoria Station by ten in the morning.
[1] James Hamet Dunn, later Sir James, Baronet (1874-1956) was a lawyer, stockbroker, merchant banker, and industrialist. Despite setbacks in 1915-1916, he quickly re-established his fortune and established many large companies including British Celanese, Algoma Steel (Canada), and Canada Steamship Lines. A native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was a good friend of Sir Max Aitken, also a native New Brunswicker.
[2] Mooney's Irish House on the south side of Fleet Street is today called the Tipperary. Its entrance features a long history of the pub, almost all of it inaccurate.
[3] William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, later Sir Max Aitken, Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964) was a financial, political, and publishing powerhouse. Like James Dunn, he put together many companies, including the once giant Steel Company of Canada. Moving to London in 1910, he became friends with fellow New Brunswicker Andrew Bonar Law, who was a rising force in the Conservative Party, and with Winston Churchill. Aitken won a seat in Parliament and broadened his influence by acquiring newpapers, beginning with the Globe and then, later in 1916, achieving control of the Daily Express. He later acquired a number of other major papers and became the premier media baron in the United Kingdom. In 1915, Aitken was appointed as "Canada's Eye Witness" to the war by Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden and Minister of Defence Sam Hughes. Aitken then financed the establishment of the Canadian War Records Office, essentially an archive of Canadian war information and a propaganda machine for the Canadian war effort. The CWRO sponsored war reporting, filming, and art. Aitken was made an honorary lieutenant-colonel. A political animal of the first order, Aitken was instrumental in undermining support for Prime Minister Asquith throughout 1915 and 1916, leading to Asquith's replacement by Lloyd George in December 1916. Aitken held a number of Cabinet appointments, and is best remembered as Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production in the Second World War.
[4] Lieutenant Henry Beckles Willson was a man of letters and historian who worked briefly as an archivist of unit histories and assistant to Max Aitken around this time. He left the CWRO as a result of a difficult relationship with Aitken.
[5] The Guardian was the standard-bearer for the Liberal Party.
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5 Reasons We Love Binghamton
Traci Taylor
If you take a second- actually stop and take a second- to look around Binghamton, you'll see positive transformations happening all over our town.
For so many years, Binghamton has been hated on. Hard. The once-booming local business industry went into a sharp decline, and our neighborhoods soon followed. Add to that devastation from floods and it's easy to understand why people have had a sour taste in their mouth about Binghamton. But, things are changing and in a pretty massive way.
Binghamton neighborhoods are rebuilding and downtown is beautifying. People are joining forces to put a foot down to crime. Sure, Binghamton might not be the industrial hub we once were, but we are emerging as a healthcare and education focused city and the negative mentality about this area is starting to change. People are slowing starting to realize that living in and around Binghamton isn't so bad after all!
There are so many reasons that we love our town, and these are five of them
One word: "spiedie." Can I just tell you how many times I see the spiedie on national lists of "must-try foods?" No kidding. People visit from all over the country for a taste of the iconic food that was born right here. That's something to be proud of. The spiedie isn't the only thing we have though. The Binghamton area has killer Italian food. I've lived all over the country, from coast to coast, and Binghamton has some of the most delicious Italian food that I've had anywhere.
Do you realize how central Binghamton is to pretty much everywhere? We're far enough away from the chaos of NYC, Philly, Washington DC and Pittsburg, but close enough that we can get to each of those cities in six hours or less. Also, Binghamton is literally just down the road from wine country and not far from New York's beautiful lake region. Mountain lovers will be stoked to know the Adirondack and Catskills are also just a short trip down the road.
Our Back-Story
Binghamton is steeped in incredible history. At one time, we were the second-largest manufacturer of cigars in the United States.The Endicott Johnson Corporation was a huge shoe manufacturer and was responsible for almost all of the shoe and footwear for the United States Army during World War I and World War II. IBM was born here and so was the flight simulator. The first Dick's Sporting Goods store was opened in Binghamton in 1948 and DSG is now the largest sporting goods chain store in the country. And we can't leave out the incredible people who've called the Binghamton area home: Johnny Hart, the creator of the B.C. comic strip hailed from this area as did screenwriter, playwright, producer, and narrator Rod Serling, best known for "The Twilight Zone.' The Jones brothers (Arthur, Chandler, and Jon) also called this area home. Arthur played for the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts. Chandler played for the New England Patriots, and is now with the Arizona Cardinals. Jon is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
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Speaking of sports, if you're a sports lover who wants to enjoy the game without paying the big city prices, Binghamton is your town. We've got the Binghamton Ruble Ponies who are the AA affiliate to the New York Mets and the Binghamton Devils who are the AHL affiliate to the New Jersey Devils. We also host the Dick's Sporting Goods Open, one of the biggest events in the world of golf, as well as the Tennis Challenger, which is a USTA Pro Circuit Event. And did you know Binghamton also has a semi-pro soccer team? They're called the GBFC Thunder. Rumors say Binghamton will be getting a semi-pro basketball team, and we can't forget Binghamton University sports, which is division one as a member of the America East Conference. Division III College Sports are played at Broome Community College.
Our Festivals
The Binghamton area is home to some incredible festivals. We host Spiedie Fest, which draws hundreds of thousand of food and hot air balloon enthusiasts each summer. In March, we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the most epic of ways with a massive street party and parade. There's also July Fest, Strawberry Fest and so many, many other festivals.
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Q: Laravel Error on inserting with foreach: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() What is wrong with my foreach loop.
Its giving me ErrorException
Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
The code below saves Payer successfully but gives me above error on getting to the foreach.
How can i fix this?
public function store(CreatePayerRequest $request)
    {

        $input = $request->all();
        $payer = $this->payerRepository->create($input);
        {
            $spouses = Spouse::find('id');
            foreach($spouses as $spouse){
                $spouses = new Spouse();
                $spouses->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
                $spouses->payer_id = 1;
                $spouses->spouse_occupation='NA';
                $spouses->spouse_name = $input['spouse_name'];
                $spouses->spouse_dob = $input['spouse_dob'];
                $spouses->spouse_emplbiz_add = $input['spouse_emplbiz_add'];
                $spouses->spose_income = $input['spose_income'];
                $spouses->save();
            }

A: You provided invalid Argument to Spouse::find('id'). 'id' will be considered as string. It must've returned null which is the cause of the error.
You should try something like: Spouse::find($id) because Laravel also expects the id to be an integer.
find() acts upon the Primary Key if you want to set your primary key in your model to something other than id by doing
protected  $primaryKey = 'slug';

And set the incrementing property on your model to false:
public $incrementing = false;

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Q: Using jQuery to add up values and then fire a result I'm attempting to take the different values in a list, add them up and if the values are greater than 150, a class is added to a specified div.  Here's the HTML I'm working with:

Weight: 70 LBS

Weight: 81 LBS

What I'm trying to figure out is how, using jQuery, do I add up the values of these different list items shown above, and when they're greater than 150 to then add a class to a specific div?  There may be instances where I only have one list item that has a weight great than 150 whereas in some cases I may have 20 list items that add up to greater than 150 and therefore need the same outcome which is to add a class to a specific div.
My goal is that if the above list item's values is ever greater than 150, the div with the class of "gt_150" will get the class of "foo" added on.  Hope that makes sense.
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Just ran into a small problem after getting some great answers from others (thanks again so much everyone for your immediate responses).
One thing I didn't take into account is quantity.  Here's what I mean: a list item may be 70 pounds, but may have a quantity of 3 (210 pounds) which pushes it over the weight limit.  The problem is with the current solution, this doesn't take into account quantity of a given list item.  This solution (first response provided below) works great, but I forgot to factor the following.

    Weight: 70 LBS

3

In this HTML above, a list item may only be 70 pounds by itself (which doesn't cause the jQuery to add the class "foo" to the specific div), but if the quantity is 3, I need to factor that in.
In all cases with the list item, the next cell with the quantity will follow right after it.

A: $('.fc_cart_item').each(function() {
  var total = 0;
  $(this).find('.fc_cart_item_weight').each(function() {
     var weight = parseInt($(this).text().split(' ')[1]);
     total += weight;
  });

  var qty = parseInt($(this).find('.fc_cart_item_quantity').text());
  total *= qty;
  if(total > 150)
    $('.gt_150').addClass('foo');
});

A: You can use a regexp to grab all the numbers in one go, and then calculate the sum:
var total = 0;
$.each($(".fc_cart_item_options").text().match(/\d+/g), function(i, v) {
   total += +v;
});

if (total > 150) $('.gt_150').addClass('foo');


7 When John's disciples had gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind? 8 What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who wear refined clothes are in royal palaces. 9 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 He is the one of whom it is written: Look, I'm sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you.[b]11 "I assure you that no one who has ever been born is greater than John the Baptist. Yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (Common English Bible).
In this season of Advent we've been invited to take on a spirit of anticipation. Week by week we are reminded that God's realm is near at hand. In the reading for the second Sunday of Advent we find John the Baptist preaching throughout Judea, calling on all who would listen to "repent for the Kingdom of heaven has come near." That was John's message, and it is our message. He came with a mission to prepare the way for the coming of the kingdom. This is the good news – the human realms that stand against the ways of God will soon fall. But in this week's reading, John finds himself in Herod's prison. He'd done his part. He'd challenged the authorities. He pointed toward another, who would baptize with Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew3:1-12). But it appears that the kingdom hasn't come as quickly as John had anticipated, and doubt had begun to creep in. In Matthew 3, a passage we'll encounter once we reach Epiphany, John will baptize Jesus and God will commission Jesus, but now locked behind bars, John is beginning to wonder if he'd just imagined all of this. Knowing that his life was about to end – could he have been wrong about Jesus? Had his ministry been a failure?
Jesus receives the question and answers it by pointing to the work of God in the land – the blind see, the crippled walk, skin diseases are cleansed, the deaf hear, while the dead are raised and the poor receive the Good News. Jesus is fulfilling promises found in Isaiah 35:5-6 and 61:1. While Matthew doesn't mention it (Luke does in chapter 4), Jesus is claiming the mantle of the Spirit. Interestingly, Jesus also doesn't mention the imprisoned here as is found in Luke 4 and Isaiah 61. John isn't getting liberated. His fate is sealed, but there are signs everywhere that the realm of God is present. Jesus wants to assure John that he is the one. Despite appearances, he shouldn't give up hope. I'm not sure that this word would have resolved all of John's concerns. If we were in his position, we might be wondering about our own situation.
It is at this point that Jesus moves to commend John to the people. He uses three images to describe John. Or better, he asks the crowd who they expected to see when they went out into the Wilderness to see John. Did they go expecting to find a "stalk blowing in the wind"? Or did they go out expecting to find one who was dressed in finery of the rich, clothing meant for the palace? No – they went to hear the man who was dressed in animal skins and ate locusts. Or, did they go expecting to find a prophet of God? It is the latter they expected to find. Prophets were not known for their demeanor. Prophets, from Elijah to Jeremiah, were all outsiders. This should give those of us who preach pause. Are we ready and able to take up the prophet's mantle? When faced with social and cultural pressures to conform, will we abide by the wishes of our "clients" or share the word of God? It is important that we who preach in America don't face any real danger because of our preaching. If we venture too far into politics we could lose our congregation, our tax exempt status, or possibly our job. But none of us face the kind of dangers faced by German preachers during the days of the Nazi tyranny. None of us face imprisonment or death. Pastor Julian Jan, preaching the Sunday after Kristallnacht in 1938 asked where the prophet was in Germany in the aftermath of this horrific event. He declares that God had sent prophets to remind the people of their duty to do justice and not shed innocent blood. But "they are today either in concentration camps or muzzled." On the other hand, those who come to the houses of princes "are preachers of lies." Those who spoke out against this action were "ridiculed as traitors to our nation (Volk) and have lost their income – and painfully our bishops have not recognized their duty to side with those who have spoken the word of God" (Dean Stroud, ed., Preaching in Hitler's Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich, p. 111).
But John is more than a prophet – he is the one whom Malachi spoke of – the messenger who was sent to prepare the way for the Messiah (Mal. 3:1). He is, that is, Elijah reborn. And yet, in spite of his greatness and holiness, when it comes to the kingdom he is the least of those in the kingdom. It would seem that as the realm of God comes in its fullness, John will recede more and more into the background.
Jesus and John are clearly joined together in the Gospels. One begins the process and the other finishes it. Matthew says nothing about John's birth or his relationship to Jesus – Luke seems hard pressed to make Jesus and John cousins, since they come from different tribes and lineages. Whatever questions Luke raises by his stories, Matthew isn't interested. What he wants us to know is that the Kingdom of God is coming. It is close at hand. John did prepare the way, but it's time for him to recede and let Jesus come to the fore. It may be difficult to be the forerunner, the way maker, but such is his calling. And Jesus has his calling – though like John, Jesus will also face human judgment – but that is still in the future and Jesus will continue to bring into our midst the realm of God, inviting us to participate with him in this work.


Aaron Rodgers could've said a lot when it came to the team's loss against the Los Angeles Rams. For a game that lasted a few hours, we're all thinking about that one play that decided the Packers' fate.
Rodgers didn't have to say much, as Ty Montgomery already sealed his spot, or lack thereof, on this offense after he blew the game with a costly fumble on special teams. Instead of kicking the man when he was down, he turned to his own offensive unit.
The stud quarterback believes that the offense needs to pick up the sense of urgency.
He is right. They proved they can play with anyone, which we all know to be true as long as No. 12 is back there taking the snaps.
Montgomery may have disobeyed coaches, which took the ball out of Rodgers' hands at the end of the game, but it shouldn't have to come to that. The Packers have shown time and time again that they can move the ball down the field with ease when the game is on the line, but the clock shouldn't be winding down for this offense to turn on.
Treating every drive like it's one that can potentially win the game is hard to do, if not impossible. That still doesn't mean they should wait until they're behind to realize they have to start putting points on the board.
It has to do with some of the personnel decisions, as well as the play calling. The Rams defense is one of the best in the league, but Rodgers should still never finish a contest with only one passing score. If that's the case and they're keying on him, maybe they should give the ball to Aaron Jones more than 12 times considering he averaged over seven yards a carry.
Now that this loss is behind them and they've fallen to .500 on the season, this urgency is going to be with them the rest of the way.


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Nikola Tesla Truck
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The Company Tesla is busy developing a semi truck that is expected to be launched next year with name Nikola Tesla Truck. Their mission is to speed up the formation of electric transport. At present, there is an increased demand for performance based and efficient transport. The need for electric vehicles including heavy duty trucks and high passenger density transport has increased over the time. The new Tesla Semi is projected to cut down the cost of cargo transport and will increase safety for its users.
Nikola Tesla Truck – Design Details:
The Elon Musk is known as the Mastermind behind the formation of Tesla Semi. This is Musk's part of the plan for his electric car company. However, the success of this plan lies heavily into solar energy. So, the Tesla will start to put more effort in developing more electric and pickup trucks. The minor details of Nikola Tesla Truck have not been out yet but the next year will be a year for the launch. Both heavy duty trucks and high passenger density urban transport have entered in the initial stages of development. The Tesla Semi is believed to be amazing to operate. It is even expected to be way safer and competent.
The Nikola Tesla Truck is assumed to be a genuine idea that will surely bring new innovative features. It has benefited the company a lot at present by bringing many people to the company. Putting a hybrid engine into an existing frame is not an easy task, and it is not possible for traditional truck builders to do it in ages. Although the launch if the semi truck is said to be in next year, but many analysts are cynical about it because as per reports the development is still in its early stages that make unveiling of the product next year a bit difficult.
Nikola Tesla Truck – Electric Engine:
The many competitors are skeptical about the fact that the technology will be durable and reliable. They claim that it is quite difficult to develop an electric motor that will carry the great load. Some generator on board is expected to be attached to the Nikola Tesla Truck. If there is expected to be no generator attached, then the battery development shout be so advanced that it can go pure electric that way. The Musk seem very confident about his plan. According to many reports he has already taken a step towards his future aim and has already accomplished his original goals. The exact amount of investment in the truck projects has not been disclosed yet.
The analysts also predict that the development of semi trucks will require an investment ranging in billions of dollars. The Company Tesla is also positive about their new development and is hoping to raise a huge amount of money. Finally, we just need to wait for little more to see what will bring the new Nikola Tesla Truck.
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The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.
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Discussion in 'Bipolar Disorder' started by Sm412, Feb 25, 2019.
Peace and blessings in Christ to you all.
I recently began working at a mental health treatment facility. We are transitional housing for people who are in the process of moving from institutionalized living to independence, generally coming from lengthy stays at the state mental hospital. Often they are under the jurisdiction of the psychiatric review board for decades, some for the rest of their lives, due to an "incident." In many cases this incident was a very heinous and violent crime for which they were found not guilty by reason of insanity.
It's very heavy, but very rewarding. I am able to look past the incidents for which my clients are receiving treatment and I am able to view them through a strengths-based lens. I see them as good people genuinely in need of, and deserving of, my respect, positive regard, and empathy, even in cases where they don't treat me well. My goal is to become a peer support specialists. I have considerable lived experience with mental health issues (Bipolar, OCD/anxiety) and I believe God has placed me on the path to help others. I believe ultimately my experiences culminated into me serving this purpose. I am highly motivated moving forward.
The job is difficult in the sense that I personally identify with many of my client's struggles, and this brings up past traumas that haven't been entirely faced or resolved. I have had in the past very severe manic and depressive episodes which have caused not only significant impairment, but also untold trauma. I currently enjoy very strong recovery and remission of symptoms. My condition rears its ugly head from time to time, but I am generally able to effectively cope with symptoms as they arise. I have also resolved my substance abuse issue, which has helped my wellness considerably. This hasn't always been they case though. Between age 16 and 18, my behaviors were so erratic and dangerous, and my symptoms so severe, that during this 24 month period I spent 21 months in institutions, from hospitals to treatment centers. Crisis were frequent and my functioning had deteriorated. I struggled immensely with mood swings, severe anxiety, impulsiveness, and anger, along with frequent mania and a pervasive drinking problem. I was a danger to myself and others, and my actions were often criminal. My parents took out a second mortgage to keep me in treatment until I turned 18. After leaving treatment, my struggles continued, with two suicide attempts over the next 2 years. The worst incident occurred when I was 16. I had to be involuntarily hospitalized due to manic psychosis, and I was unable to see my mother without security because I was talking about killing her, along with other homicidal ideations.
Today, this seems like a distant memory; another world and another person. I consider myself highly stable, mentally and emotionally, and I have effective coping mechanisms for when I slip. I have tons of insight into my illness and manage it very well. In reaction to these traumas, I have mentally distanced myself from my illness, downplaying its severity in my own mind. I try not to think of myself as "one of those people" and more as "totally normal." This job I'm working, in which I identify very strongly with the illness and experiences of my clients, is shattering this self-preserving denial. I am thrust into a situation where I MUST face and accept my past. Typing out the details was even difficult for me. I could take the easy route and go back to my old college major (accounting, which I am VERY good at), but I do not want to "give up" when there are so many people who can be helped by my experiences. I feel I have been placed on this path for a reason, and I am motivated to push forward and come to terms with myself and my experiences.
If anyone can relate, offer some perspective, or any suggestions, that would be awesome! I am utilizing God as best I can. I am praying for strength moving forward.
Well I suffer from schizophrenia and was placed on medication for 8 years. I did well and never really had an incident that was found to be criminal until I had a bad divorce and decided to come off my medication. I found out afterwards that my illness had deteriorated. While I was off my meds I punched a guy in the jaw and took another guy's spot light off his person. The courts found me guilty of robbery and felony assault. I spent 7 months in jail and learned an important lesson about taking my medications.
While I take my medications I do well and interact normally.
But the incident did come up in counseling sessions (one of my counselors is also schizophrenic BTW). And I realized that I might attack people. I began to have understandingly self doubt about my self control. Even though I have never been a violent person until that one episode.
Because of this self doubt I had violent hallucinations about hurting people for about 6-12 months. I simply stayed on my medication and eventually it faded. Now I'm normal again.
I think episodes that come up in your sessions might promote self doubt. But as you said, you're doing well now and I assume on medication. I think you can see it as a different person back then. One whose brain was not functioning properly but now is. And now you can have self confidence.
I re-assured myself with positive thoughts during the episodes of self doubt.
I think you're right in assuming that courts should not hold people responsible for crimes while they are insane, but it can happen. I think of people as robots with complex computer brains and on top of that souls. The body is a machine and can malfunction. But if it's salvageable then it should be saved or kept from self harm or harming others. You're doing good work and have the right attitude. I think maybe those ill people need you in their lives.
Just be careful, not everyone will take their meds. My sister is schizo and she has to have a nurse watch her take her meds. And one time took a knife after my mother in a paranoid episode. I think it's really about who takes and who doesn't take their meds in the end. The people who take their meds can have normal lives even.
I don't think you would have made it as far as you have if you weren't capable of serving in the job you're talking about God Bless.
I am in the process of being discharged from care with the Early Intervention Team who deal with psychosis. I had a short episode almost three years ago and had severe anxiety afterwards. My episode revolved around the people of my city conspiring against me so it was difficult to get back to going outside normally. I am now completely healthy and looking for work in construction.
Although I was not hospitalized I was very secluded for around the first year and have gradually increased outings etc. I became a Christian on the 11th of July last year whilst healthy and to me in a completely unrelated way. It is good that you say you are motivated and although the work is hard and I sympathise The Bible says we are to work hard. Remembering this helps me. I am also happy you are mostly able to combat symptoms when they arise and that you have stopped substance abuse. I too have stopped smoking around around two years ago and I no longer drink any alcohol. One of the main reasons for my psychosis was smoking marijuana and lack of sleep.
You say you have to be confronted with your past but I would say the key is balance and not overthinking as much as possible. Although my family have suggested I get a job in the mental health field I just want an outside and physical job for the time being. In this sense you are a strong person and being around mental health issues a lot can take its toll as you know.
I am NOT relating this part to you as it would be judgemental. But, I blame myself for the substance abuse which lead to my illness. I am to blame, in my head. I broke the law in taking drugs and it is my fault. As a Christian I am to remain sober. Maybe this is my defense for not wanting to work in the mental health field. I could look to blame others but I find it unhelpful.
I do recognise your good attitude towards helping others though! Personally and although every case is different I think it would be wrong to ultimately say everyone is not in some way responsible for their own wellbeing. This might seem harsh at first but it is a preventative measure in helping others to not go down the same path. Tough love to those who have, is also sometimes necessary.
Sorry for the length of my reply. Praying and turning to God is a wise decision. Personally I would not feel as though I was neglecting anyone in choosing a different career, but that is me. Ulitmately it's a decision for you. I hope my perspective and thoughts helped.
Thank you both so much for sharing your insights and experiences. I am more motivated than ever. I can relate to your experiences; we will be stronger people because of it While I do not believe I would be neglecting anyone if I chose a different path, I believe the strengths I have in relation to this work make it a good fit.
I really feel I pathologized myself excessively by this post. I am not my illness. I am a capable, strong, resilient, compassionate, loving, driven man. I view clients through the lens of their strengths, so I can view myself that way as well. I will do this.
Well...okay...I don't think you're going to like what I have to say but I think you should stick with Accounting and do Mental Health work on a volunteer basis. That way you can have the necessary distance that you need to both serve others and take care of your mental health. Because mental health also includes dealing with trauma, you don't know what is going to trigger you and when. As a person afflicted with Bipolar 1, I can enjoy sharing time with fellow Bipolars and some other mentally ill people but I also know we can be exhausting. So it's important that you're able to get away from the mentally ill community when you need to. Also the System in which you work can change at a moment's notice. So it may not be as stable as you think for those employed in it. I just think it's important that you are able to secure yourself all the way around and then help others. Mentally ill people also need testimonies from those who have experienced "episodes" but are now living on their own in the real world. Even better when done with and through Christ. Sometimes it's not a matter of if you should serve the mentally ill but HOW should you serve them. Maybe seek the Lord about that?


Slice the onion and courgettes, dice the carrots and finely shred the cabbage.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion and carrot until the onion is transparent.
Add the courgettes and cabbage and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
Stir in the paprika, caraway seeds, herbs and nutmeg.
Then add the tomato juice, water, and stock cube.
Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes until the vegetables are just tender.
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First look: Longchamp makes its Cruise '18 debut
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Luxury and travel go hand-in-hand in Longchamp's Cruise '18 collection, marking the first trans-seasonal range for the brand. See the details here...
Longchamp has long been associated with luxury travel, and now, the French maison is looking to Africa for its debut Cruise '18 collection.
Marking the first time the brand has released a collection for Cruise, Longchamp — who earlier this year tapped Alexa Chung for its Spring/Summer '17 collection, marking the second time the model has fronted a campaign for the brand —infuses its leather goods, women's ready-to-wear, footwear and accessories with intricate patterns inspired by the Maasai tribe.
On the handbag front, expect to see iconic styles, including the Penelope and Mademoiselle, reimagined with tassels, fringing, handcrafted fabrics and beaded embellishments inspired by sub-Saharan Africa — the bright colours represent African wall paintings, too. As for ready-to-wear, a selection of pieces is adorned with cashmere, velvet leather, cotton and silk. Silhouettes include safari jackets, loose blouses, trench coats, dresses and skirts.
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Q: Gaussian Processes and functions of them I'm currently studying Gaussian processes (in a physical manner - so maths for dummies) and have a few questions, because i lack the overview of how and what happens. I'll order my questions, i hope they can be answered!
1) I read about Ito Integrals and Ito's lemma. The definition of the integral seems very 'ad hoc' to me. Is it the general integral one uses for stochastic? For me, it does seem strange to define the integral that way.
2) I want to calculate $Y_t=\exp\left(\int_0^tX_t\mathrm{d}t\right)$ where $X_t$ is a gaussian process. Now my question: should i use ito's lemma on it, getting a differential equation for $Y_t$, should i calculate the moments explicitely (without knowing how many i need), should i assume that the resulting variable is a gaussian process again, needing only the expectation value and the covariance at different times? how do i, in general, approach such a problem? I also heard i could use the cummulants, but are they even properly defined for a gaussian process and different times?
Thanks already for your answers and thoughts!
Martin


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Ayad Akhtar is a bard of American discontent
"Homeland Elegies" dwells on the question of belonging
Books & artsOct 24th 2020 edition
Homeland Elegies. By Ayad Akhtar. Little, Brown; 368 pages; $28. Tinder Press; £18.99.
AYAD AKHTAR is best-known for his fearless theatre plays about Muslims, America and finance, the first of which, "Disgraced", won a Pulitzer prize. "Homeland Elegies", his new novel, affirms his talent for storytelling and dazzling prose. This tale composed of many tales also delivers a blistering critique of America's trajectory over the past 20 years.
Recently named president of PEN America, a literary and human-rights organisation, Mr Akhtar has written prolifically on American society. His first novel, "American Dervish", was about Muslim life in the Midwest; this one follows his parents' generation of Pakistani immigrants and their struggle to assimilate, a struggle that divides a father and his American-born son. Partly autobiographical, it is at once funny and furious, despairing and indignant.
The narrator, a prizewinning playwright like the author, kicks off his excoriating portrait of a dysfunctional country with a hilarious set piece on his father's infatuation with Donald Trump. It is the 1990s and Sikander, a renowned cardiologist, is sent to treat the reality-TV star for a heart problem, and becomes his greatest fan. Yet as the book unfolds, America proves to be as gripped by "irrational paranoia" as Pakistan. Along the way the narrative takes dozens of detours: it is an enfilade of stories, succeeding one another like the rooms at the Palace of Versailles.
Personal and family episodes mix with riffs on economics and history, from Indian Partition to antitrust law and Islamic beliefs. Riaz, a hedge-fund manager, makes the narrator rich; a pro-Taliban "uncle" is killed by the CIA. Anti-Muslim prejudice bubbles up. When the narrator tries to donate blood on 9/11, a white American screams: "Nobody wants your fucking Arab blood."
Again and again Mr Akhtar returns to the question of belonging, in both senses. Whose America is this really? Attacks on corporate power and Reaganomics round out his jeremiad from the left. But even readers whose politics differ will be enthralled. The registers somehow fit together, as Scheherazade meets Cassandra in a chain of stories and dreams. He has hit on an ingenious form for the snapshot age of Instagram, as he updates an enduring American drama: from rags to riches—and back again.
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Home » Blog » You Mean CEREC Crowns, Bridges, Inlays & Onlays Can Be Completed In One Visit?
You Mean CEREC Crowns, Bridges, Inlays & Onlays Can Be Completed In One Visit?
Posted August 25, 2017 by Dr. Christopher Chan & filed under Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Articles.
Have you ever been told that you needed to have a crown, temporary bridge, or veneers, but later found out that it was a lengthy treatment process that involved at least two appointments spanning over the course of a couple of weeks? That was the old way of performing dental care. Modern CEREC technology allows dental patients to have new restorations placed start to finish in just one dental appointment.
How does CEREC work? This technology uses 3D imaging to take a "virtual impression" of the prepared tooth once it is shaped and ready for the restoration to be placed, eliminating the need for gooey dental impressions. This 3D image is then sent electronically to the milling equipment right here in our office that transforms the image into a real life crown, dental bridge, inlay, onlay, or veneer during the very same visit. The precise level of detail makes CEREC made dental crowns and other items fit even better than a replacement method made in a professional dental lab.
We use the CEREC Omnicam for our 3D dental impressions – a hand-held magic wand that seamlessly captures a 3D model of your teeth in their natural color shades. Within seconds, those digital images are up on the screen for you to see, and the cad/cam style milling of your dental restoration can begin. You can sit back and relax, and even watch the process take place on the display screen.
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That means everything from dental emergencies to cosmetic issues that have bothered patients for years can be fixed permanently that same day!
CEREC restorations can be placed anywhere in the mouth, including the front teeth. Not only does CEREC make full coverage crowns, but it can also be used to make inlays, onlays, implant crowns, temporary dental bridges, and dental veneers.
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De Hoogstraat is in veel plaatsen een prominente straat, maar de naam kan ook eenvoudig verwijzen naar een hooggelegen straat, zoals het Hoogstraatje in Groningen dat op de noordelijkste punt van de Hondsrug ligt.

België

Antwerpen
De Hoogstraat loopt als autovrije winkelstraat in het district Antwerpen evenwijdig met de Schelde van de Grote Markt in zuidwaartse richting naar de Sint-Jansvliet. Het is een van de oudste straten van de stad en verbond de ruienstad met de eerste Sint-Michielskerk, de latere Sint-Michielsabdij, en het destijds bijhorende Kiel.

Brugge

De Hoogstraat verbindt de Burg met de Langestraat, waarin de straat vanaf de Predikherenrei overloopt.

Brussel

Het tracé van de Hoogstraat zou teruggaan tot de Romeinse tijd. Tot in de 17e eeuw is het een arme buurt met veel kleine arbeiderswoningen, maar dan wordt de straat verbreed en een eeuw later staan er prachtige herenhuizen, bewoond door de notabelen van de stad.

De drukke winkelstraat had ook veel aantrek van bedelaars en landlopers; daarnaar wordt verwezen in het volkslied "De Vagebond van Hoogstraten" dat dus niet verwijst naar de Noord-Antwerpse stad met die naam.

Gent
De Hoogstraat verbindt het Sint-Michielsplein met de Brugsepoortstraat en maakte deel uit van een van de oudste wegen van Gent, de landweg tussen Brugge en Keulen.

Hasselt
De Hoogstraat verbindt de Koning Albertstraat en de Grote Markt met de Demerstraat

Overige plaatsen
Ook andere steden hebben een Hoogstraat, onder meer  Duffel, Genk, Geeraardsbergen, Harelbeke, Mechelen, Oostende, Oudenaarde, Roeselare (Rumbeke).

Curaçao
De Hoogstraat in de hoofdstad Willemstad is een weinig opvallende straat in de wijk Otrobanda die de Arubastraat verbindt met de kade. Sinds het begin van de 21e eeuw zijn verschillende panden in de straat gerenoveerd, enkele met Nederlands ontwikkelingsgeld.

Nederland

Abcoude

De Hoogstraat in Abcoude behoort tot de oudste straten van Abcoude en loopt parallel aan de Angstel.

Amsterdam
De Oude Hoogstraat en de Nieuwe Hoogstraat in Amsterdam liggen tussen de Oudezijds Achterburgwal en Sint Antoniesbreestraat. Zij worden van elkaar gescheiden door de Kloveniersburgwal, deel van de oude stadsgracht. De beide Hoogstraten liggen in het verlengde van de Damstraat en de Oude Doelenstraat. Deze route met hoge bruggen vormde de belangrijkste oost-westverbinding op de stadskaart uit 1544 van Cornelis Anthoniszoon. Op een kaart uit 1622 gaat het traject van de Middeldam via de Halfsteeg (nu Damstraat) naar de Doelestraet, de Oude hooghstraet en de Nieuwe hooghstraet. Op de hoek met de Korte hooghstraet is het Oostindisch Huys te zien. Als oudste straat van Amsterdam wordt wel de Warmoesstraat genoemd.

De Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, meer specifiek de kamer Amsterdam, in 1602 gefuseerd met de kamer Zeeland (Middelburg) en de kleinere kamers Delft, Rotterdam, Hoorn en Enkhuizen, huurde in 1603 opslagruimte in een pakhuis, het Bushuis aan de Kloveniersburgwal (afgebroken 1890), en twee jaar later het hele pand. In 1606 konden de Heren XVII de nieuwbouw ernaast betrekken, het Oost-Indisch Huis (na uitbreidingen in 1634 en 1661 nu de Oude Hoogstraat 24). Het was het belangrijkste kantoor en archief van de handelsonderneming.

Eindhoven
In Eindhoven is de Hoogstraat de oude uitvalsweg naar Antwerpen; de straat is, met o.a. het huidige café De Gouden Bal, afgebeeld op een kaart van rond 1560.. De Hoogstraat loopt vanaf de samenkomst van de Grote Berg en de Kleine Berg over de kam van de voormalige akkers langs Gestel en Blaarthem naar Veldhoven. Van 1897 tot 1934 reed de stoomtram Eindhoven - Reusel van de Tramweg-Maatschappij "De Meijerij" over de Hoogstraat. Ten noorden van de Hoogstraat loopt lager in het dal van de Gender de Laagstraat. Aan de Hoogstraat 414 staat Huize Hoogstraat , een studentenhuis van de Stichting ISECK.

Den Haag
De Hoogstraat in het Haagse Hofkwartier ligt op het hoogste punt in het oude centrum. Den Haag is ontstaan op een duinwal, geestgrond genoemd. De Hoogstraat is een winkelstraat met vooral een aanbod van  luxe-artikelen. De straat is als openbare weg geopend voor voetgangers en fietsers met het motto "Winkels open, fietsers lopen".

Leiden

De Hoogstraat ligt in Leiden op een zeer historische plaats. Waar de Nieuwe Rijn en de Oude Rijn bij elkaar stromen ligt de kade, genaamd Hoogstraat. Achter de huizen van de Hoogstraat, in de meeste gevallen winkels, is de heuvel waar de Burcht op staat.

De Leidse Hoogstraat is de verbinding tussen de Nieuwe en de Oude Rijn.
Deze straat heeft ook een winkelstraatfunctie. Het dient als passage tussen de Haarlemmerstraat en de Breestraat, wat Leidens twee grootste winkelstraten zijn.

Onder de Hoogstraat kan men een hapje of drankje nuttigen bij Annie's Verjaardag, wat een zeer populair café en restaurant is. Annie's Verjaardag zit gedeeltelijk onder de straat en gedeeltelijk met een ponton op het water. Om bij het restaurant te komen moet men met een trap naar beneden.

De Hoogstraat kijkt uit op het vervolg van de Rijn met, vanaf de Hoogstraat gezien, links het monumentale pand van Vroom & Dreesmann Leiden.

Montfoort

De Hoogstraat in Montfoort behoort tot de oudste straten van Montfoort en loopt parallel aan de Hollandse IJssel.

Rotterdam

De Hoogstraat in Rotterdam is mogelijk de oudste straat in die stad. Ze loopt vanaf het Oostplein in een rechte lijn naar de Coolsingel, of in termen van het oude, vooroorlogse Rotterdam: vanaf de Oostpoort de hele stad door, over de dam in de Rotte waar de stad naar is vernoemd. Het traject is deel van de oude zeewering uit de twaalfde eeuw. Tot in de negentiende eeuw stond het stadhuis aan de Hoogstraat.

De Korte Hoogstraat is een winkelstraat tussen de Hoogstraat (bij het Beursplein) en de Blaak. Aan deze straat staat het monumentale Schielandshuis, het enige zeventiende-eeuwse pand dat nog in het centrum te vinden is.

Utrecht
De Hoogstraat een straat in de buurt Loevenhoutsedijk en omgeving. In Utrecht heette in de binnenstad 't Hoogt ook wel de Hoogstraat.

Venlo

Vlaardingen
De Hoogstraat is een oude winkelstraat in Vlaardingen die al in de ijzertijd werd bewoond.

Overige plaatsen
Ook Alkmaar, Bergen op Zoom, Boxtel, Dokkum, Edam, Eersel, Enkhuizen, Gorinchem, Gouda, Groningen, Haarlem, Haastrecht, Harlingen, Landgraaf, Leerdam, Maassluis,   Middelburg, Purmerend, Schiedam, Waalre-dorp, Wageningen, Weert, Werkendam, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woudrichem, Zwolle en legio andere Nederlandse plaatsen kennen een Hoogstraat.

De Hoogstraat die tussen de kerkdorpen Ell en Hunsel loopt in de gemeente Leudal in Limburg, gaf ook zijn naam aan een tussengelegen buurtschap. De Korte Hoogstraat is ook een straat in Arnhem. De Kleine Hoogstraat loopt door Bolsward. In veel gevallen maakt de straat deel uit van een historisch stadshart en is de naam zo oud dat de oorsprong niet te achterhalen is. De Pieter de Hoogstraat in het Limburgse Elsloo en de Pieter de Hoochstraat in Rotterdam zijn echter vernoemd naar de 17e-eeuwse schilder Pieter de Hooch.

Suriname
Paramaribo kent een straat die Hoogestraat heet.

Verenigd Koninkrijk
Volgens onderzoek, uitgevoerd door Halifax, is High Street met afstand de meest voorkomende straatnaam in het Verenigd Koninkrijk: 5410 High Streets tegenover 3811 Station Roads en 2702 Main Streets.

De naam wordt hierdoor ook wel als algemene aanduiding gebruikt voor de hoofdstraat of belangrijkste winkelstraat van een dorp of stad.

Straatnaam

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All 5 living ex-presidents to attend hurricane relief concert
October 4, 2017 / 10:09 PM / CBS News
All five former living presidents will attend a concert in Texas to raise funds for relief from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation announced Wednesday.
The concert, called "Deep From the Heart," will be held at Texas A&M's Reed Arena on October 21 and will feature ALABAMA, Lyle Lovett, the Gatlin Brothers and Robert Earl Keen. The proceeds will benefit One America Appeal, which was launched on September 7 to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama were featured in an ad for One America Appeal at the NFL's regular season opening broadcast on September 7.
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One America Appeal will distribute funds to Houston Harvey Relief Fund, focusing on the greater Houston region; Rebuild Texas Fund, which distributes funds throughout the state; Florida Disaster Fund; Juntos y Unidos Por Puerto Rico, launched by the terrirtoy's first lady Beatriz Rossello and a private sector coalition; and The Fund for the Virgin Islands.
Tickets for the "Deep From the Heart" concert are now on sale located here.
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Finding the perfect kind of vehicle for taking your small business on the road is easy when you're shopping at our Bryan, OH Ford dealership, as we have plenty of options. Both the Ford Transit Connect and Transit VanWagon offer you ranges of capabilities for lugging around your specific cargo loads, helping you succeed when your business requires easy and convenient transportation. Look through the available Ford Transit vans available here in Bryan, then come on over today for a closer look and a test drive.
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A detention cistern collects rainwater and discharges it into the sewer system at a controlled rate. This reduces the burden on drains during periods of peak rainfall. For controlled discharge of the rainwater the detention cistern is fitted with a flow control. This discharges water to the sewer at a rate of 0.5 to 16 litres per second. The water level in the tank rises temporarily during heavy rainfall and falls at the set rate during, and after the rain stops. GRAF detention cisterns are also equipped with an emergency overflow to prevent the tank from overflowing.
You want to install a retention cistern, but don't want to sacrifice the advantages of rainwater harvesting?
The GRAF retention cistern is a combination of rainwater retention and rainwater harvesting. A larger tank is selected according to the requirements, allowing some of the rainwater to be used in addition to the required retention volume.
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Former South Bay Resident Faces Child Sexual Exploitation Charges For Enticing Girls To Send Him Images Depicting Masochistic Acts
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LOS ANGELES – A former Redondo Beach resident today is being held without bond on federal child sexual exploitation charges after prosecutors described in court how he targeted girls on the internet and enticed them to engage in masochistic abuse for his sexual gratification.
Matthew Christian Locher, 31, was ordered detained Tuesday afternoon during an arraignment in United States District Court. During that arraignment, Locher pleaded not guilty to an eight-count indictment that charges him with sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a child for the purpose of producing a sexually explicit visual depiction, enticement and attempted enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, and receipt of child pornography.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Locher targeted girls suffering from mental health issues, including depression, suicidal thoughts, and anorexia. During internet conversations, Locher allegedly groomed his victims to engage in self-mutilation and, eventually, to become his "slave" or "pet."
As alleged in the indictment, Locher enticed two of the minor victims to send Locher images of themselves committing acts of self-harm, which included cutting their breasts. With one of the victims identified in the indictment, Locher allegedly used racial epithets to devalue the victim and entice her to self-mutilate.
Locher allegedly enticed a third victim, who was 12, to run away from her home in Ohio and travel to California to engage in illegal sexual activity with Locher. This victim began a trip to California after setting a fire in her family's home – an unsuccessful attempt to kill her parents in a plot Locher encouraged, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.
Locher – who used various screen names, including "The Hat," "MattheHat," "HeyThere," and "Shark" – was arrested on January 10 in Indianapolis. Locher relocated to Indiana last summer soon after federal authorities executed a search warrant at his residence. Following his arrest, federal authorities transported Locher to California, and he made his first court appearance here Tuesday.
According to a search warrant in this case that was unsealed after his arrest last month, Locher "enticed, encouraged, and instructed the victims to produce child pornography and child sexual abuse material in the form of sexually explicit images and video recordings of themselves to send to Locher over the internet, including through the use of Discord," a voice and text chat platform.
An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
If convicted, Locher would face up to life in federal prison, and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, for each of four counts of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. The three counts of sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a child in the indictment each carry a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment. The remaining charge of receipt of child pornography carries a potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.
At the arraignment on Tuesday, Locher was ordered to stand trial on April 19.
The FBI is investigating this matter.
Assistant United States Attorney Chelsea Norell of the Violent and Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.
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