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Chris Napier
A few weeks ago I was asked to speak about my experiences of activist burnout at the meeting of the Glasgow West-sub branch of the Scottish Green Party. This is a written version of what I said, with less rambling, less self deprecating humour and a few additional thoughts.
I'll start by giving a quick overview of my experiences, then move onto some themes that I think are universal and some advice I'd give and what I think we could change.
I joined the Scottish Green Party the day after the independence referendum, firstly because I didn't want all the emotional energy and hope I'd sank into the Yes campaign to just peter away. I'd been impressed with the Green Yes campaign and found that the Greens most closely reflected my own policy position. Their stated model of being grassroots-led and engaging in participative democracy was attractive. It's also worth saying that I'd recently become a father and lost a long term job due to poor mental health, and those experiences made me more keen to play a proactive role in pushing for a more progressive, hopeful future.
My first meeting was at the West of Scotland Cricket ground, being one of the lucky few to actually get inside and have a pint. The sense of a movement whose time had come, of a party on the move and keen to embrace the new members was palpable and inspiring. I dived into getting a group organised in my part of Glasgow (that's the Southside) and as that started to gain traction, I put myself up for election to the Glasgow & West branch committee. To my considerable surprise, I ended up getting elected and picked up the Communications brief on the committee because I had some experience in maintaining a basic website, dealing with social media and I can write a bit.
The dual commitment of trying to develop the Southside group and handle that communications brief, especially through the Westminster 2015 campaign while the party was struggling to cope with the influx of new members and run a meaningful campaign at the same time was very taxing. Combined with the responsibility of being a father and my shaky mental health all took a toll and as we came into summer 2015 and the birth of my second son came around, I found that it was all too much.
So I handed the reigns of the Southside and the branch comms role over to folks who had stepped up and asked for things to do, trying to give as professional and helpful a handover as possible before I took a good few months away from almost all party involvement.
I started coming back to meetings in October and attended both days of the autumn conference and feeling reenergized, I put myself up for selection as a council candidate (I wasn't selected which at this point is actually a relief) and was asked to join the committee for the Disabled representative group. In the new year I picked up the comms role for the Southside sub-branch after the incumbent got elected onto the Glasgow committee and I fulfilled that role through the Holyrood elections while being on the Disabled committee and helping to produce our mini-manifesto.
I'm still the Comms officer for the Southside sub branch and I'm now co-convenor (job-share) of the Disabled representative group, although both roles have been pretty hands off as everyone takes a summer break after the elections and EU referendum.
It has to be said that at the time of writing, I am considering stepping back from one or both of these roles in the near future for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I'm worried about my mental health and I'm aware that continued front line activism in the short term might not be in my interest or that of the party. Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valour after all.
OK, so that's my experience and through speaking to a large number of fellow activists who've either fallen prey to burnout or come close to it, there seems to be two main threads we need to address – activist guilt and the party as pararsite.
Activist Guilt
Everyone who is a member of the Green party, everyone who stands for selection or takes on an internal role, everyone who works a stall, delivers a leaflet, shares a post on social media or just clicks that 'join' button on the webpage does so for much the same reason. We all believe in a fairer, more sustainable Scotland in a fairer more sustainable world. We're also willing to give up some degree of our attention, money, time and/or energy to working towards that goal via democratic means.
That's a big thing to take on and it can lead to folks putting the cause ahead of their own capacity or wellbeing. Of course, this isn't always entirely altruistic and there can be a degree of ego-stroking going on where you want to contribute to find validation (this is certainly true for me) or primacy within the movement, but the effect is the same. To varying degrees, we feel bad if we can't go to all the meetings, be on all the committees, man all the stalls, deliver all the leaflets.
I've spoken to dozens of members who say they've felt bad when they've had to stay home from a march or action day because of a powerful need to sleep after a night shift or to spend time with their family, and that's a sign of an unhealthy – and in the middle-long term harmful – trend.
The Party as Parasite
The party unconsciously feeds on this desire to contribute that it so often overcomes folks' instinct for self-preservation. People in voluntary positions do an ungodly amount of work for far too little recognition and too much criticism. There is a sense as activists that if you're not ever present, conspicuous and active then you'll be seen as not contributing and left behind, considered unfit for candidacy etc. This leads to a culture of presenteeism which exacerbates the effects of activist guilt and makes activism exclusionary to folks who are disabled, parents, poor, work shifts that coincide with meetings and so on.
The combination of activist guilt and the party as parasite leads to a situation where activists can easily become burned out and, in some cases, so jaded that they leave the party. That is not a sustainable use of our voluntary human resources and we're all about sustainability, right?
OK, with all that out of the way, here is my advice-cum-wishlist.
Take Care of Yourself
That sounds simple, but with activist guilt being a real phenomenon it's important to remember that as much as you'd like to be involved, you're no use to the movement if you give so much of yourself that you burn out or leave. Try and be mindful of your own capacity and spoons and if you start dreading that Greens meeting or that leafleting session or that Skype call, then maybe you've overstretched yourself and you need to think about pulling your horns in a bit.
Yes, admitting that you've overextended yourself and that you can't stay on this committee or you can't manage that task is more than a bit humbling, but in the long run you're not doing yourself or the party any favours by spreading yourself ever thinner.
Take Care Of One Another
Sometimes it takes an outside observer to notice when someone is struggling. As the See Me Scotland campaign says, sometimes just asking someone if they are ok can be the first, biggest step towards someone asking for help and staving off a more calamitous mental collapse down the road. Look out for each other and don't be afraid to ask – or be asked – if someone is alright.
By the same token, when someone asks for help or doesn't complete that task that they said they would, be compassionate to them. If someone has fallen short, there is probably a good reason and a harsh word from a colleague is only likely to send them scurrying from the party, never to return.
Above all – be kind to one another, always.
The Party Needs To Take Care Of Us
While self-care and group-care are undoubtedly the front line of this issue, I believe the party, as both an organization and culture, has a duty of care to look after its activists in a more proactive way. Some of this may be in progress as part of the ongoing structural review, but its worth saying nonetheless.
The most obvious way this could be done is by the party using some of it's increased resources to have a staff role of Welfare Officer who is basically tasked with assisting branches with issues relating to burnout, inclusivity and so on. Another option would be paid staff support members in each region to help with the nuts & bolts of party organizing – which so often falls on the shoulders of volunteer committee members who can so easily buckle under the strain in addition to their day jobs.
More emphasis on inclusivity would be good, with brand and sub-branch meetings opened up to virtual attendance via Skype and/or videoed so that members who could not attend due to disability, age, family commitments or work shifts can either take part remotely or at least view the meeting afterwards. It should also go without saying that all meetings should be held in accessible venues…
I think the party needs to be mindful of cultural aspects such as 'let's continue this chat in the pub afterwards' which is exclusionary to a variety of folk who might be underage, recovering alcoholics, need to get home for the kids or because they are working the next day.
Similarly the tendency to thank & praise people who have done things like leaflet delivery or canvassing over people who have done less obvious things like organised the room, done the books, manned the social media etc. is exclusive to folks who are disabled or not free in the evenings/weekends.
It's also true that folk in the party tend to wear several hats – I myself am, against all wisdom, on two committees – and that's a recipe for burnout. This might well have been necessary before the surge where there was a much smaller pool of activists to draw from but now there is no real need for this and we should be looking to spread both the load and the experience. Perhaps a convention where nobody is allowed to hold more than two posts in the party would be a start.
We need to commit to looking after our people or we can't boast about being a people powered party. We need to spread the load, spread the praise and generally be kinder to one another.
Neil Young sang that 'it's better to burn out than fade away' but in this context I prefer to leave you with two more hopeful quotes.
First, from Audre Lorde – "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."
Last, from Bill & Ted – "Be excellent to one another."


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Euro 2015 Artistic Gymnastics: two beautiful medals for France
France got two medals during the Euro 2015 artistic gymnastics, taking place in Montpellier (southern France) from the 15th to the 19th of April 2015.
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The first medal was won on Saturday 18th April by the now vice-champion of Europe Samir Aït Saïd. The latter, after a wonderful performance at the rings, clinched his 4th European medal with 15.566 points.
A second astonishing medal
The second medal of the gymnastic euros, a bronze medal on the balance beam, was won by the very young Claire Martin, aged 16 years. A victory as astonishing as it was unexpected, although the gymnast admitted after the trials she had as an objective to get a place on the podium.
During this finale, on Sunday 19th April, the French girl, who had to wait for her seven contestants to perform before going herself (she was the last one to perform), was captivating from the beginning to the end. With 14.200 points, she got the 3rd place and her 1st European medal.


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Looking out on Applied Materials Sunnyvale campus, you can see an enormous new solar system saving energy, but what you don't see are cutting edge efforts to save another precious resource: water.
The company made changes to save 10.5 million gallons of water a year in this technology center alone. The leader in semiconductor equipment and technology consolidated its tools and adjusted critical settings.
"And then we made some simple software changes so that when tools were in idle mode they were not going to be running water continuous and we saved millions of gallons of water," said Applied Materials Senior Director Bruce Klafter.
Peter Drekmeier is part of a team reviewing various impressive water saving efforts. With California in the third year of a drought, a coalition of organizations launched the first ever Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards.
There are 50 applications in six categories ranging from individual to company to government agency.
"We're looking at innovation, and we're looking at programs that can be replicated by others because we're all in this together and everyone needs to do what they can to conserve water," said Drekmeier.
Some of what Applied is doing is simple. There's drought resistant landscaping, drip irrigation and sensor activated faucets. In all the company says it's saving 51 million gallons of water a year off its 2006 water use levels.
"It's really one of the engines for our economy and in many ways it's going to be very critical in the future so we want to do our part," said Klafter.
In the South Bay, the company is conserving about 16 percent a year, but will have to wait to find out if it's an award winner.
The Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards will be presented on March 23rd in conjunction with World Water Day.
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Outside of the Box: Creative and Unusually Designed Data Centers
When you think of what a data center looks like, you probably imagine a boxy-building that resembles a warehouse and is located in the business or industrial part of town. Many data center-owning companies at the forefront of technology are busy breaking those preconceptions of what a data center should be and are exploring a wide-range of new, creative options. These new options take into account environmental conditions to improve performance, efficiency, and security. The new models make technological advancements that could influence your company's next data center build.
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Microsoft has started experimenting with building enclosed data centers underwater in coastal regions to work around many of the limitations of a traditional data center. While performing maintenance on a data center enclosed in a submersible steel cylinder is about as difficult and impractical as it sounds, the underwater approach presents incredible efficiency opportunities. The self-contained system can utilize ocean currents as a power source while also using the water's relatively cooler ambient temperature to keep hardware temperatures down. This is an environmentally-friendly approach to data hosting. These differently designed data centers can be deployed in 90 days, allow faster access for nearby coastal communities, and do not require expensive land to house them.
Offshore Solutions
Floating data centers work by bringing the hardware to the water for cooling instead of bringing the water to the facilities. Offshore data centers can be built on stationary oil rigs or mobile boats, like barges, and use the ocean as a power source and cooling solution similar to underwater data centers, while being substantially easier to maintain.
However, offshore data centers located far away from the people that use it will suffer latency issues, making it an option for long-term data storage over hosting snappy web apps. While the barge method is still in the "proof of concept" stages, it will also lend the data center mobility as a feature and won't require occupying expensive real estate.
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Instead of opting to use the environment for efficient cooling, eBay designed an efficient data center in Phoenix, Arizona that works with the region's scorching temperatures. The data center sports high-density servers built into containers on the building's roof and uses hot water to cool the hardware. Instead of pushing cooler temps, the data center is designed to maintain ultra-efficiency at 115 degrees Fahrenheit, which is still well within the hardware's safe operational temperature range. This solution is exceptionally efficient, using more than 98 percent of available power for computing compared to the company's 80 percent average.
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Personal Statements, Study Abroad, Graduate School
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There are few sure things in life. If Medicaid expansion comes to Michigan, however, you can be sure that the health of new recipients will not improve and costs for the failing program will continue to rise.
Improving Michiganders health, while keeping costs from skyrocketing has to mean something to Governor Snyder and the state legislature. A targeted vote on Medicaid expansion is looming in late August. There's nothing wrong with discussing the proposal because something needs to be done to improve care and lower costs, but Medicaid expansion is the worst option on the table.
Michigan can look to other states in the country to find reasons why expansion should be avoided. Take Oregon, which expanded its Medicaid program in 2008 by a lottery. This allowed researchers writing in the New England Journal of Medicine to conduct a double-blind study on the health effects of Medicaid on new recipients. The researchers found that in key measurable health outcomes -- blood pressure, cholesterol, and glycated hemoglobin levels -- new Medicaid recipients had no significant gains over their counterparts who "lost" the lottery. New recipients did not even have significant improvement in the diagnosis of these critical health problems. The study showed that there were improvements only in mental health and the recipients' feeling of financial security.
In other words, Medicaid expansion made some people "feel" better even if they weren't actually healthier.
A University of Virginia study showed that surgical patients with Medicaid coverage were 13 percent more likely to die before leaving the hospital than those who had no insurance at all.
Medicaid is also costing more to do far less in improving the health and lives of low-income individuals. Arizona used a waiver in 2000 to save taxpayer money and expand coverage, only to find that enrollment was far greater than expected and spending her recipient was much higher than predicted. This was particularly true among childless adults, one of the primary demographics in the currently proposed Medicaid expansion.
Lawmakers should note that the federal government has already frustrated some states that have already decided to move forward with Medicaid expansion with a lack of response and info. West Virginia's governor recently wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to demand answers to several questions about implementing the program. State officials say that the federal government continues to delay expansion in West Virginia due to HHS's failure to respond.
Even if federal officials respond in time for the state to submit its plans in October, other questions will remain. For example, the West Virginia State Medical Association has expressed fears that the state does not have enough doctors to handle the influx of new Medicaid recipients. Thousands of people will have an insurance card but what good does it do them if they have nowhere to get health care?.
On the other side of the coin, consider the successes of those states that rejected traditional Medicaid in favor of better alternatives.
Medicaid Cure is a successful pilot program that has been working in Florida, Louisiana and Kansas. The Cure program gives patients a choice of which of the numerous private plans they will enroll. It gives low-income residents the flexibility to change their plan for any reason. In Florida, health measures for low-income residents on the program have improved over traditional Medicaid. Florida has saved roughly $118 million in the five counties where Medicaid Cure has been implemented. Estimates show that when the program goes statewide, Florida will save $1 billion while still providing better health care.
Rhode Island also found that tossing the old Medicaid model led to better results. The Ocean State used a block grant from the federal government to innovate their system and saved $100 million and slowed the growth of Medicaid spending to three percent per year.
Rather than make a mad dash to the Medicaid expansion finish line, before the October deadline, Michigan's leaders should step back and consider alternatives to what we know to be a failed, expensive program. If the Governor and the legislature are serious about improving the health of low-income Michiganders without breaking the bank, they can be sure that Medicaid expansion is not the answer.
Bob Williams is the President of State Budget Solutions and a former Washington state legislator, gubernatorial candidate and auditor with the Government Accountability Office.


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The election mood was at fever pitch when a unique team of straight thinking Kenyans decided to cool our heels with an amazing opportunity for brilliant minds to engage in a discussion that in my opinion was to chart the way forward in the Kenyan film industry. In every aspect of the word SUCCESS, the event fit its bill, save for the utterances and the debate that went on inside The Michael Joseph Centre. It was the Spanner Breakfast courtesy of the Creative's Garage.Read the review of the event here.
As I entered the already parked room, I felt like the devil's incarnate: I was finally meeting the team behind "Nairobi Half Life" to discuss my "harsh" critique of the movie. Never mind that every other reviewer had given the film a very flowery review. When I sat down and attentively listened to the discussion, one issue caught my attention; not only is film in Kenya an untapped market but it lacks professionals who will take it to a higher pedestal. It is rather obvious that film makers in Kenya assume so much when making films while many lack proper academic muscle and training to understand the art of film making.
At some point, I almost sank into my seat when a whole director mentioned that he had no idea what his target audience was when he was making a film. Needless for me to say that a film director, producer or script writer who does not understand the most basic thing as a audience is by all means ignorant and part and parcel of the mediocrity witnessed in the Kenyan film content.
World renown producers, directors, script writers and actors like Stephen Spielberg, Danny Boyle, James Cameron, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Siddhanth Kapoor and Imran Khan (Bollywood), Stephanie Okereke and Rita Dominic (Nollywood) and Lupita Nyong'o and David Mulwa (Kenya), to mention but a few, are all graduates of either Theatre Arts or Film or a combination with a bias in their area of profession. This is the one thing that has for a long time put them above the rest of the talent oriented clique (who form a majority of the Kenyan film industry players).
Based on the responses to my critic of Nairobi Half Life, I find it very disheartening that a good number of Kenyan film makers and audiences alike are so naïve to an extent that they think movies are meant for entertainment and nothing more. It is quite apparent that many Kenyan viewers do not understand the impact (both positive and negative) that every film has in a society. Danny Boyle (director "Slum Dog Millionaire"), asserts that film directing and priesthood are basically the same jobs that involve telling people what to think. This insinuates that every single movie is aimed at either shaping an opinion or drawing our attention towards certain societal issues. In 2010, "The Tablet" named Boyle as one of the most influential British Roman Catholics, thanks to his thought provoking films.
Make no mistake, film makers are learned professionals who understand the language of film and its amazing power to address and critique important aspects of life. Those who believe that film is meant for entertainment ought to know that film makers are not acrobats or face painters whose primary role is to entertain the public. Film making, just like Medicine, Teaching, Engineering inter alia is a very noble profession with specializations in Cinematography, Directing, Script Writing, Production and Set Design, Film Criticism and Film Production among others.
I have heard the story of many "film makers" who developed their passion for film from being on a film set as either part of cast or crew and later on started directing films. I have no apology to state that working on a film set does not qualify you to be a film professional, just the same way being a cleaner in a hospital does not make one a doctor. Learning on the job is ONLY practical once you have a theoretical understanding of the art. Kenyan film makers ought to learn that it takes film education and relevant practical experience to become a professional film maker.
As I pen off, my humble submission is that combining talent and education is an excellent recipe for leaving an impact in the society. Let people interested in film making go to class (formal classrooms with well equipped studios) and learn both theory and practical film making. Film makers and actors who are serious about what they do are fully aware of the benefits of having an education in film production and acting. Having a deeper understanding of the art will make you stand out above the rest as well as give one a chance to convincingly pull different roles assigned to them. We risk sinking our film sector/industry in the deep end of mediocrity; populated by uninformed directors and crew/actors who ooze with incurable amateurism. At the end of the day, "learning on the job" breeds unprofessionalism which is the surest ingredient for the eventual death of the now robust film sector.
"Film making, just like medicine, teaching, engineering inter alia is a very noble profession"
By Film Critc Steven Anderson Wekesa
The writer is a lecturer at the Department of Theatre Arts and Film Technology in Kenyatta University with a passion for Cinematography and Theatre & Film Criticism.


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Mary Lou Bockenstedt, 69, of Asbury died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque after a brief illness.
Friends may call from 4-8 pm Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville .
A funeral service will be held at 11 am Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville with burial in St. Boniface Cemetery in New Vienna. Deacon Gerald Koopmann will officiate.
Mary Lou was born July 19, 1948, in Rickardsville the daughter of Martin and Ida (Clapham) Breitbach. She married Gerald "Gary" Bockenstedt on August 5, 1967, in Rickardsville. Together they began farming near Amber, and later moved to North Buena Vista. She was a CNA at the Guttenberg Care Center and Heritage Manor. She enjoyed square dancing with Gary and motorcycle trike rides.
Survivors include: her husband, Gary, 3 sons: Albert (Terah) Bockenstedt of Colorado Springs, CO, Douglas (Julie) Bockenstedt of Dubuque and Brad (Darcy) Bockenstedt of Edgewood; 5 grandchildren: Quinton and London Bockenstedt, Ellie, Abigail and Mya Bockenstedt; 3 sisters: Anna Riniker (Dan) of Dubuque, Betty (Bob) Petsche of Osterdock and Sue Weber of St. Donatus; in-laws: Roger Koos of Cascade, Mike Bockenstedt of Millville, Mark (Dianne) Bockenstedt of Dyersville, Jesse (Cindy) Bockenstedt of rural Farley, and Vince (Muriel) Bockenstedt of Abilene, TX, Marge (Richard) Langel of Oelwein, Ruth (John) Deutmeyer of Petersburg, and Jean (Von) Denlinger of Cascade.
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I just did a video for my Mr. Kate blog on how to Eco Friendly gift wrap 3 ways. Just in time for the holiday season. Let's curb all that excessive wrapping paper and reuse! Watch it here: http://www.mrkate.com/2010/12/07/diy-eco-friendly-gift-wrap-3-ways/
I've only been regifted things that I really don't want – no heirlooms!
I know it isn't in the spirit of things but in most cases it would be best not to buy presents as it often gets out of hand and people buy out of obligation.
I prefer handmade/homemade presents. What could be nicer than receving some lovely mince pies or some handmade Christmas tree decorations?


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Established in 1991, HKUST carries a vision to be a leading university with strong local commitment and significant international impact. Located in Hong Kong, the international center right at the doorstep of the world's new economic powerhouse, China, HKUST Business School is characterized by a genuine blend of East meeting West. We were the first in Asia to be awarded dual accreditation by AACSB in the U.S. and EQUIS in Europe. HKUST has been regarded as the region's premier business learning center and its MBA program has been consistently ranked no.1 in Asia by The Economist and world No. 9 by Financial Times in 2010.
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Ever wonder why movie popcorn smells so irresistible but costs a fortune? Always wanted to know why the theater floors sometimes feel like a sticky mess even though you passed the cleaning crew on the way in? If so, then you're in luck because we've got the inside scoop on all the movie theater secrets you've always wanted to know about but weren't quite sure who to ask.
We set out to discover all the behind the scenes facts from movie theater employees, who have low down on their jobs - the good, the bad, and the dirty. Below you'll find out the answers to questions like whether individual theaters control the movies they play, why the snacks are outrageously priced yet sometimes poor quality, and tips to keep everyone in the snack line from secretly kinda hating you.
We'll also delve into the deeper, unexplored dangers of being a cinema employee, and lots of other secrets that come with movies at the theater. That's right - here you'll discover some of the few things that can actually get you arrested while in a theater and the dark truth about what some moms leave behind after kid's movies. Never fear however, because we'll also reveal some of the cool perks of working at the movies and give you a few tips on the best ways to get on your friendly movie manager's good side.
So get ready to take a back stage look at these interesting movie theater secrets and vote for the most helpful and revealing. If there are any movies you're anticipating, remember these facts when you head to the theater to see them. Not only could this information save you time, money, and hassles, you may make the lives of theater works just a little bit easier.
An Alarming Amount of Moms Leave Dirty Diapers Under the Seats
Apparently some moms are so into getting their money's worth out of kid's movies that they aren't even up for taking their little ones to the bathroom for a diaper change. More than one movie theater manager has confessed to finding a diaper with a full load left under a seat in a theater playing a kid's film.
Many Movie Theater Employees Don't Mind if You Wanna Make it a Double Feature
If you want to sneak into a second movie after the one you paid to see finishes, a surprising number of theater managers confess they don't really care as long as you aren't obvious about it. Try to keep a low profile and select a second show that you're certain won't be sold out, as it could turn into a big problem if you leave someone who bought a ticket without a seat. If you get caught by a manager who proves an exception to the rule and seems angry, just apologize and say you were looking for a friend who said they were going to see the second movie.
Managers Will Sometimes Give You a Free Movie Pass if You Have to Share a Theater with a Screaming Kid
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Americans as a whole have been under the thumb of massive corporate behemoths for decades, in nearly all facets of our everyday lives.
Some of the most egregious offenders are companies like Monsanto who have found a way to legally patent entire species of plants in a manner that passes the buck, and puts the financial squeeze on America's smaller farmers. Google and Facebook have both been accused of gerrymandering their trending topics and search results to better suit their own interests. And that doesn't even touch the bizarre world of the sunglasses industry in which one corporation produces nearly every pair of shades in the world, using their brand names to regulate the pricing on a global level.
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In many locales, a regional power company has similar power, regulating the price that you'll pay for electricity, gas, and other necessary resources. Block after block of city street will be serviced by one company, and one company only, leading to minuscule monopolies that can be powerful enough to extort the American consumer. Now, an idea is taking shape in Brooklyn that could change all of that.
The process is somewhat simple: Someone in the neighborhood installs solar panels or wind turbines on their personal property, and then sells a portion of the energy produced by those panels to neighbors. It's a quite succinct synopsis of the American Dream in some ways, taking the land that you own and harvesting the resources abound to provide for your community while making a buck. In Brooklyn, the idea is taking off.
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"The pilot program was successful enough that the microgrid will go live later this year. The next phase of the project will involve 300 households or small businesses that have signed letters of interest, along with 50 generation sites—all solar except for one small wind turbine. In total, those producers generate about 1.5 megawatts of electricity, still just a small portion of the needs of Brooklyn's nearly 3 million residents. But the point is not to replace the whole grid, but to show that small grids can serve local communities.
"It's hard to get any more local than Roger and Barbara Ditman. Roger, 75, and Barbara, 73, bought their four-story brownstone on 10th Street in 1973 for $63,000. (Today it's worth $3.5 million.) About five years ago, the retired couple paid $40,000 to install 16 solar panels on their roof—panels that now supply about 95 percent of the home's electricity. With the solar production and various state credits for the solar panels, the investment is almost paid off, Roger Ditman says.
"Signing up for the Brooklyn Microgrid means that their excess electricity could be bought in the community. 'To me, it's the next step,' says Roger Ditman. 'It's taking advantage of something that is totally free. It helps the atmosphere, it helps the country, and it helps the community. What we're not using gets made available to our neighbors and to the larger community, as opposed to using energy that comes from Arizona.'"
One so far unanticipated bonus from the experiment will be a loosening of the stranglehold that liberals have on environmental rhetoric.
By all measures, the microgrid is a vastly conservative idea. It's a harnessing of the innate American resources that we all encounter on a daily basis. It's about small business and entrepreneurship just as much as it is about the tree-hugging benefits that the left will harp on about. Furthermore, it takes a bit of wind out of the sails of the bloated and unwieldy power companies that have, for years, worked to secure their monopoly on Americans' necessities.


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The Undergraduate Awards celebrate original and creative thinking among students, and the need for such critical thinking has never been greater.
– Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
The Undergraduate Awards
The Undergraduate Awards is the world's leading undergraduate awards programme which recognises top undergraduate work, shares this work with a global audience and connects students across cultures and disciplines.
Our values are innovation, collaboration, ambition, impartiality, inclusiveness and efficiency.
We are a non-profit organisation and have been under the patronage of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, since 2012.
Our History
UA was founded in 2008 in Dublin, Ireland, where we are based to this day.
The initiative was originally named the 'Irish Undergraduate Awards' and was open to students from Ireland's seven universities. The inspiration for UA came from the realisation that "millions and millions of pages of pages filled with the ideas of our young people" were left to sit "on a shelf gathering dust" each year.
In 2012, UA expanded to accept submissions from every Third Level Institution on the Island of Ireland as well as the top twenty universities in Britain, USA and Canada. UA currently accepts submissions from students in any Institution of Higher Education in the world.
In 2016, the UA Programme was split into seven regions. Under this system, the highest performing Highly Commended Entrant from each region will be named a Regional Winner of their category.
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Every year, UA coordinates an awards programme for penultimate and final year undergraduate students, as well as students who have graduated within the programme year. Entrants can submit their work to one of our 25 categories, which represent a broad range of academic disciplines.
This work is then anonymously assessed by a panel of international academics and industry leaders.
The best 10% of work is shortlisted as Highly Commended, and the top submission in each category is deemed the Global Winner.
One thing that struck me about the essays was the breadth of knowledge and the discipline of structure…I don't like to use the word brilliant, but they truly were brilliant. Once we were down to the last ten we were wondering how we could separate perfection from perfection
– Dr. David Irwin, Judging Panel Chair of Anthropology & Cultural Studies 2016
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- Gain experience preparing your coursework for academic peer review.
- Earn international recognition for your work.
- Connect with past Winners and Highly Commended Entrants through the UA Alumni Portal.
- Have your work published on The Undergraduate Library or in showcased in The Undergraduate Journal.
- Be invited to attend the annual UA Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland.
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Oh Ash :( immigration red tape is the worst. It's so stressful. I think sadly this is one of those things that's just totally out of your control. You've done everything you can. I hope so much it works out for you xx
Aargh. This really sucks, Ash. I thought Aus birth certificates stated the parents' nationality? Surely that should be enough? Bloody red tape...
is there some avenue of appeal that doesn't cost a bomb or take five years?
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The Haus first formed in October 2015 as a group of fans of the TV show Rupaul's Drag Race. The group would regularly talk and review the show and its drag queens as well as make trips to local drag bars and clubs to study up on the craft.
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There are (at least) two reasons why it's a real shame that the government forces us to pay for electric vehicle failures: 1) because most of the companies making electric vehicles are publicly traded companies, we can freely invest in them on our own; we don't need to be forced. and 2) we can buy vehicles like the Leaf, the Fisker, the Tesla, and the Volt and in doing so, support the companies making these vehicles. Because of both 1 and 2, there is absolutely no need for the government to forcefully intervene. And there is no clearer evidence of the lack of consumer support for electric vehicles than the fact that neither 1 nor 2 are happening.
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Have had major depression/anxiety attacks for last 2 months. I went to my Dr. yesterday and he gave me effexor 75mg to take once a day. I took first dose at 7pm last night. Today I have felt extremely emotionless and like a zombie/numb. Is this normal? Im kind of scared to continue taking it after feeling this way.
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Maybe it was too long. Ive had major depression/anxiety attacks for the last 2 months. Went to my Dr. Yesterday. He gave me 75mg effexor to take once a day. I took first dose at 7pm last night. Today I have felt extremely emotionless and numb/zombie feeling. Is this normal? Im kind of scared to continue taking it to be honest. Thank you!
The side effects wear off shortly. Take it in the morning tho. I've been on it for more then 10 yrs. Have to take it in the morning, it tends to keep me awake if I take it at night. I take 150 mg.
You will find that you do feel worse before you feel better. It takes 6-8 weeks for anti depressants to start working efficiently. Difficult I know, but try and hang in there. If you really cannot tolerate Effexor, then go back to your doctor. We all react differently to anti depressants, and what suite one person may not suit another. I do hope you begin to feel some relief from your depression soon.
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chap. 26. In every style the orator should aim at perspicuity, beauty, and persuasiveness
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chap. 26. In every style the orator should aim at perspicuity, beauty, and persuasiveness
Now in regard to the three conditions I laid down a little while ago as necessary to be fulfilled by any one who wishes to speak with wisdom and eloquence, viz. perspicuity, beauty of style, and persuasive power, we are not to understand that these three qualities attach themselves respectively to the three several styles of speech, one to each, so that perspicuity is a merit peculiar to the subdued style, beauty to the temperate, and persuasive power to the majestic. On the contrary, all speech, whatever its style, ought constantly to aim at, and as far as possible to display, all these three merits. For we do not like even what we say in the subdued style to pall upon the hearer; and therefore we would be listened to, not with intelligence merely, but with pleasure as well. Again, why do we enforce what we teach by divine testimony, except that we wish to carry the hearer with us, that is, to compel his assert by calling in the assistance of Him of whom it is said, "Thy testimonies are very sure"? And when any one narrates a story, even in the subdued style, what does he wish but to be believed? But who will listen to him if he do not arrest attention by some beauty of style? And if he be not intelligible, is it not plain that he can neither give pleasure nor enforce conviction? The subdued style, again, in its own naked simplicity, when it unravels questions of very great difficulty, and throws an unexpected light upon them; when it worms out and brings to light some very acute observations from a quarter whence nothing was expected; when it seizes upon and exposes the falsity of an opposing opinion, which seemed at its first statement to be unassailable; especially when all this is accompanied by a natural, unsought grace of expression, and by a rhythm and balance of style which is not ostentatiously obtruded, but seems rather to be called forth by the nature of the subject: this style, so used, frequently calls forth applause so great that one can hardly believe it to be the subdued style. For the fact that it comes forth without either ornament or defense, and offers battle in its own naked simplicity, does not hinder it from crushing its adversary by weight of nerve and muscle, and overwhelming and destroying the falsehood that opposes it by the mere strength of its own right arm. How explain the frequent and vehement applause that waits upon men who speak thus, except by the pleasure that truth so irresistibly established, and so victoriously defended, naturally affords? Wherefore the Christian teacher speaker ought, when he uses the subdued style, to endeavour not only to be clear and intelligible, but to give pleasure and to bring home conviction to the hearer.
Eloquence of the temperate style, also, must, in the case of the Christian orator, be neither altogether without ornament, nor unsuitably adorned, nor is it to make the giving of pleasure its sole aim, which is all it professes to accomplish in the hands of others; but in its encomiums and censures it should aim at inducing the hearer to strive after or hold more firmly by what it praises, and to avoid or renounce what it condemns. On the other hand, without perspicuity this style cannot give pleasure. And so the three qualities, perspicuity, beauty, and persuasiveness, are to be sought in this style also; beauty, of course, being its primary object.
Again, when it becomes necessary to stir and sway the hearer's mind by the majestic style (and this is always necessary when he admits that what you say is both true and agreeable, and yet is unwilling to act accordingly), you must, of course, speak in the majestic style. But who can be moved if he does not understand what is said? And who will stay to listen if he receives no pleasure? Wherefore, in this style, too, when an obdurate heart is to be persuaded to obedience, you must speak so as to be both intelligible and pleasing, if you would be heard with a submissive mind.
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Near Whatley in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Old Indian Trail
General Andrew Jackson and his troops rested here for the night in 1813.
Erected 1931 by Elizabeth Bradford Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution marker series.
Location. 31° 40.448′ N, 87° 39.391′ W. Marker is near Whatley, Alabama, in Clarke County. Marker is on Old Line Road (County Road 35) 2 miles north of U.S. 84, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Whatley AL 36482, United States of America.
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We interviewed 273 HIV-infected adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) from three hospitals in Addis Ababa. The level of self-reported ART adherence among HIV-infected adolescents at the three hospitals was below the recommended threshold. Though earlier presentation of adolescents to care should be encouraged, more targeted adherence support should be planned for those who present at an early stage of their illness.
Kobe Refugee camp hosts roughly 39,000 refugees displaced from Somalia during the 2011–2012 Horn of Africa Crisis. Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues, as well as the greater issues of health and well-being for adolescents displaced from this crisis, remain largely unknown and neglected. In 2013, the Women's Refugee Commission, Johns Hopkins University, and International Medical Corps in Ethiopia implemented qualitative and quantitative research to explore the factors and risks that impact the health of very young adolescents (VYAs), those 10–14 years of age, in this setting. This research identified several factors that were found to influence the health and well-being of VYAs in Kobe refugee camp, including newfound access to education and security, combined with gender divisions and parental communication around early SRH and puberty that remained intact from traditional Somali culture. Girls were found to face an additional risk of child marriage and early pregnancy since displacement, which significantly limited their ability to access education and achieve future aspirations.
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South Africa Plant LifeThe Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Commonly known as the Star of Bethlehem and the wonder flower, the Ornithogalum thyrsoides is part of the family of Hyacinthaceae.
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Commonly known as the Star of Bethlehem and the wonder flower, the Ornithogalum thyrsoides is part of the family of Hyacinthaceae.
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This USB flash drive shaped like a foot is actually kind of classy as far as novelty flash drives go. It just looks like a regular foot keychain you'd carry around with you (assuming that you actually do carry around a foot keychain- I know I do). The USB plug flips open when you want to hook it up to your computer.
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The title, again, here pretty much takes the cake as it looks like Mega Man is getting a film adaptation for the game and it is slated to hit the big screens and not just straight to DvD. 20th Century Fox will be the big named studio behind this project but before you start your shuddering it looks like Chernin Entertainment has already tapped a few proven and talented people to make sure this Capcom title doesn't go the way of video game movies. Mega Man is one of those titles that will be looked at with a heavy eye so there will be little wiggle room given the franchises popularity and massive Mega Man fan base.
All of this comes from a news site called the Tracking Board where they have exclusive coverage of this Mega Man film. Outside of a few of the people directing and producing the film there are no other real details. Not even if it is going to be all animated, live action, or a hybrid of the two. Mega Man could do well in any of those cases but we'll just have to wait and see. Could you imagine a live action Mega Man film where the main roll is done up like Robo Cop? Or, and I shudder, like Green Lantern? Okay, maybe not a live action if those are our options here.
Here's what they had to say about the Mega Man film that is in production as you are reading this text.
20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have started development on a fan favorite in the video game world. Heralded as one of the most popular video game franchises in history, Mega Man is now on his way to the big screen. Feel free to be cautiously optimistic.
One positive sign of things to come is Chernin Entertainment. David Ready and Michael Finfer are overseeing for the company, while Peter Chernin produces. Together they have a pretty solid pedigree for sci-fi action movies, including the recent/upcoming Planet of the Apes films. Mike Ireland and Ryan Horrigan are overseeing for Fox.
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Jamaica Osorio, PhD candidate in English, awarded Ford Foundation Dissertation FellowshipUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, a PhD candidate in English, has received the 2017 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. She is one of only 38 individuals to receive the fellowship among national competitors.
The fellowship supports the final year of dissertation writing and defense by providing a $25,000 stipend to individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a PhD or ScD degree, and valuable networking opportunities. Osorio's dissertation is titled "Aikāne, A Kanaka Maoli Moʻolelo Beyond Queer Theory: Unsettling White Settler Logics and (Re)membering Indigenous Desires."
Osorio said she is both honored and humbled to receive this award. "I'm most excited about collaborating with other fellows who share common goals and whose work I admire," she said, adding that she is grateful to the Ford Foundation for providing resources, both physical and intellectual.
Osorio was judged on scholarly competence and future potential as a scholar, researcher and teacher in higher education. The review panel clearly saw what Osorio has always exhibited, from "small kid time" growing up in Palolo, a passion and gift for sharing the spoken and written word in the Hawaiian or English language.
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She uniquely shares Hawaiian culture through activism, poetry and music. She is a professional performer and widely published poet who has shared her art throughout Oceania on five continents, and at the White House.
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~~King George VA_ John Peter Niznik, Jr. 26, of King George County, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017.
John Peter was born in Rochester, New York, on November 30, 1991, a son of John and Citlali Niznik. He moved to Virginia with his family, in 1994, where he attended King George County School System, graduating from King George High School. While in high school, John Peter excelled at swimming and was a member of the swim team. After completing high school, he earned his Associates Degree, in Arts and Science, from Rappahannock Community College; at the present time John Peter was planning on attending Virginia Union University in the spring to become a teacher for special needs children.
John obtained the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 191 in King George, Virginia. While in scouting he was able to participate in many High Adventure Camps, including: Philmont, Florida Sea Base and Northern Tier. He loved the water: swimming, canoeing and rafting and John earned the one mile swim badge 5 times in scouting at Camp Bay Shore.
John tried to do his best despite his many challenges. He gave of himself to others, without any hesitation and always greeted people with a warm smile. In his 26 short years, he had many experiences with scouting, family vacations and volunteering in the community.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, John J. Niznik, his maternal grandfather, Ricardo Munoz and his uncle Salvador Munoz.
John is survived by his parents, John and Citlali Niznik and sisters; Patricia and Caitlin Niznik; his paternal grandmother and Godmother, Patricia Niznik; maternal grandmother, Rosa Munoz; his uncles; Ronald, (Godfather), Patrick, Timothy, Danny and Edward Niznik and Ricardo Munoz, his aunt Mary Niznik and many cousins.
In John's words, "Do good things and good things will happen. Guaranteed."
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday at 9:30 A.M. at Christ Our Hope Parish, St. Joseph's Church, Charles St. Boonville, where Rev. Thomas A. Ward, will officiate. Interment will follow in St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Cemetery, Whitesboro. Calling hours are Friday, 5-8 P.M. at Trainor Funeral Home, Inc. 143 Schuyler St. Boonville. In John's honor, memorial contributions may be made to the Spondylitis Association, of America, 16360 Roscoe Blvd. Ste. 100 Van Nuys, CA 91406, or to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1045 James St. Ste. 270, Syracuse, NY 13203.


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Alright guys, it's Nanoprep time.
Ready to get serious? Ready to get down and dirty with the nitty gritty details? I hope so!
Nanoprep is all about getting ready to commit yourself to 50k in November, which is by no means a small feat. You have to either write 1600 words a day, or choose your battles and write a LOT more than that to make it. It's a ton of work, but it is SO worth it. So let's go over my top 5 tips for your best Nanoprep yet!
1. Get involved in your local Nano group: Seriously. Do. It. NOW. You will have your own network of locals to meet with weekly and discuss Nano, do writing sprints, talk about writing, and get your word count up. They are incredibly helpful, and it helps to have a change to scenery when you have 50k to write.
2. Plan your month: Time is precious. What days are you busy? Do you have school, work, or a special occasion you can't miss? Take a calendar and write that shit down so you know what days your word counts are going to suffer and where you can pick them back up again. This also helps to schedule some time off from writing, and be sure you're keeping up with everything else that's important in your life.
3. Seek out a writers group: If you have trouble keeping to a schedule, or writing a lot
in a short amount of time, you want a group that's going to keep you accountable. Whether that be your local Nano group, your friends online, or what have you, get a group together and keep each other updated. Set a goal for the week or the day. If you don't complete it, have those people/that person check in with you to see how you did. If you're consistently saying "Sorry, bud, didn't do it", that's going to start to feel pretty shitty.
4. Outline like a mofo: I'm big on outlining. The more detail the better. But the big purpose of the outline is to know where your story is going. To all the pantsers out there, I'm sorry, but pantsing is not for me and I think most people would do much better with an outline in a situation like Nano. So take your story, go chapter by chapter and decide WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. What do Mary and Joe get up to? Is there a fight scene? Whatever your story is about, outlining it will help assure you that you always know what comes next. Not only will you ALWAYS be ready for your next scene, you can even plot out world building and character development all in advance to come out with the most well devised draft possible.
5. Know your story: A lot of this comes from planning and outlining. Know your characters, know your plot, know your story. Work with them throughout October to get them in shape for the coming journey. Read through your notes and create a timeline, word pyramid, or whatever it is you do to keep your ideas straight. But come November 1st, know your stuff, and the writing will come.
Any tips you think I missed? Let me know in the comments below! Nano prep only has a couple more weeks, so if there's something you'd like me to cover, be sure to ask before it's too late!
Good luck everyone, and stay classy internet!