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Here are your Pens Points for this Thursday morning...
The Pittsburgh Penguins' power-play percentage sits at 20.8 percent, which is good for 16th in the league standings. While being middle of the pack on paper doesn't sound too appealing, the team's PP unit is surging at the moment, going a combined 3/7 in their last two games alone. Considering where the team was at the start of the year, having this special teams unit collide against the Boston Bruins' league-leading 89.5 penalty-kill percentage makes for an intriguing fight. [Trib Live]
Anthony Angello's combination of size and skill has turned him into a fixture of the Pens' bottom-six. [Trib Live]
We don't know the full details of Tristan Jarry's mysterious upper-body injury that forced him out of Monday's game against the New York Islanders. However, if the 25-year-old netminder is set to miss time, the Penguins are in a solid position to handle his ailment. [Post-Gazette]
By this point, most fans know the kind of players Brian Burke likes to have on his team. And if you don't, well, he recently said he doesn't want the Penguins 'going to a gun fight with a knife.' [Post-Gazette]
News and notes from around the NHL...
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko has signed a five-year contract extension with the organization. [Nucks Misconduct]
It looks like Connor McDavid has avoided a suspension for a late, high hit he placed on Montreal Canadiens forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Instead, he's been fined a bank-breaking $5,000. [Yahoo]
With no fans, why do San Jose Sharks home games still start at 7:30 p.m.? [The Mercury News]
And finally, bells are ringing in Buffalo this morning, as the Sabres finally snapped their legendary 18-game losing streak. They won their game 6-1. The team they beat? The good ol' Philadelphia Flyers. [Die By The Blade]


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A virtual reality (VR) training experience
To help medical sales teams to feel what it's like for a doctor to interact with a patient
A virtual reality (VR) training experience
To help medical sales teams to feel what it's like for a doctor to interact with a patient
Medical sales trainees need to understand what happens between doctor and patient during a consultation. As well as product knowledge, it's about the patient's physical and psychological well-being and making decisions based on the information gathered.
#VirtualReality is great for message retention and delivers real ROI
#communications #marketing #engagement
A Virtual Reality experience which takes the user inside the consulting room. Working with our sister agency, Axiom, we simulated a Doctor's surgery so that they can explore patient stories, memories and even feel what it's like to examine the patient. To further immerse the user in the scene, we used haptic technology so that they feel vibrations through their controller as the examination takes place. We incorporated intuitive UX design to allow for the fact that not everyone is familiar with the VR controls.
Our HCP Interaction Lab is achieving a step change in training delivery. The appetite for a new approach and engagement within the user community is increasing. Teams adopting the solution report that average user attainment rates are 90%+.


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Take a TTC ride to St. Andrews Station, exit out to King Street West and take a walk to Earl's Kitchen, because this is the place food lovers should visit, at least once! I made a couple of visits here with my friend along with my brother just to grab a taste of Western dishes.
Earl's Kitchen is on the ground floor of the SunLife tower in the heart of the financial district downtown Toronto.
Each time I have visited Earl's Kitchen, they have never failed to give me the best burger. Perfectly cooked and seasoned, along with stunningly cut fries, it is a great eat.
The selection I pick at Earl's;
Bacon Cheddar Burger, the selection I have made 100% of the times I have visited Earl's kitchen – This burger consists of cured bacon, vine-ripened tomatoes, onion, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard. Golden fries to go along with it, this was a wonderful dish to eat at Earl's.
In the same photo, my friend's selection was the Cajun Chicken Cheddar Sandwich, which consists of aged cheddar, lettuce, and vine ripened tomato on rustic ciabatta bread. A great selection to eat as well!
Earl's Kitchen is a favourite of mine for Western inspired tastes. I personally enjoyed eating their burgers, however looking at their menu they also offer some Asian inspired dishes, seafood, and an assortment of steaks.
To find out more about Earl's Kitchen and what they have to offer, visit their website – https://earls.ca/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAhuSzBRDBoZfG56bK9-YBEiQARiPcZYlyGgHicsL_foqh9OS5cJaZjALHOFAEX1qEezxheDAaArPk8P8HAQ
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Banking in India has undergone a significant transformation in the nineties. While banks have been striving to strengthen customer relationship and move towards 'relationship banking', customers are increasingly moving away from the confines of traditional branch-banking and are seeking the convenience of remote electronic banking services.
So let us understand the concept-Virtual banking denotes the provision of banking and related services through extensive use of information technology without direct recourse to the bank by the customer. This is the latest and foremost form of present day banking where most of the services are delivered "Virtually" which means, the services are delivered through Web and there is almost 1 to 2% eventuality that customers require their physical presence at their Bank Branch.. These include Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Shared ATM networks, Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale (EFTPoS), Smart Cards, Stored-Value Cards, phone-banking and more recently, internet and intranet banking. The different channels are utilised as an interface with a Host CBS –(core banking solution) through a custom built middle-ware. It provides customers of the bank, real-time access to their relationships in the bank such as account inquiries, fund transfers, credit cards, payments and remittances, where one can make payments to individuals or institutions, online.
While virtual banking was once a novel idea, today you might be hard-pressed to tell whether a bank is virtual or traditional simply by viewing its website or mobile app. Many traditional banks now offer a full range of online products and services that match those offered by virtual banks. A virtual bank doesn't have to pay for physical branches nor the employees to staff those branches. This is a tremendous cost saving and the savings are usually passed along to customers in the form of higher interest rates on their deposits, lower interest rates on loans and lower banking fees. In other respects, virtual banks and traditional banks with an online interface offer many of the same features, including FDIC insurance, account management, electronic transfers and payments, and even remote check deposit capabilities. In some cases, virtual banks offer additional online tools for financial planning, budgeting, investment analysis and even tax preparation but there is no reason a traditional bank can't offer those services online and some have already been doing.
Virtual Banking dates back to 1980s'. Wells Fargo launched its personal computer banking service in 1989 and was the first bank in the world to offer internet banking services. ICICI was the first bank to initiate the internet banking revolution in India as early as 1997 under the brand name 'infinity'.
The Government of India enacted the IT Act, 2000 with effect from October 17, 2000 which provided legal recognition to electronic transactions and other means of electronic commerce. The Reserve Bank is monitoring and reviewing the legal and other requirements of e-banking on a continuous basis to ensure that it would develop on sound lines and the e-banking related challenges would not pose a threat to financial stability. According to RBI Nov.2018 report there are 203806 ATMs and 351859 point of sale devices operating in India. Today, Virtual Banking is being used for deposit and withdrawal of cash, online shopping, bills/Cr. Card payments, hotel/cab/movie ticket booking, payment of loan EMIs, insurance premia and a host of other usages.To sustain in the growing competition, commercial banks in India have adopted several initiatives to improve banking services and to gain competitive advantage. A number of Indian banks have implemented Online Tax Accounting System (OLTAS) for collection of taxes on behalf of Central Board of Direct Taxes, GOI. A few banks have also introduced E-Locker facility for their customers. These days, the banks are making their presence even on social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter for targeting huge customer base as well as potential customers; you can find round-the-clock tweets and comments on the banks' products and services.
Although, on an average the branch usage has dropped by 27% andthe usage of the Internet and Mobile Banking have increased by 28% and 83%, respectively, across Asia between 2007 and 2011, the big picture shows that the percentage of bank customers, who use net or mobile money wallets in our country, is still abysmally low. The Global Findex survey released by World Bank in April, 2018, shows that 29% Indians are making digital payments whereas in Kenya 97% and in South Africa, 60% are making digital payments. In 2017,only 5% of indians , when compared to 21% in Sub-Saharan Africa, accessedBank A/c from their phone or internet and only 2% of population owned a Mobile Money A/c. Thus, Virtual Banking is as yet at a nascent stage in our country. Rough estimates suppose that the teller cost is at Re.1 per transaction,ATM transaction cost at 45 paisa, the phone banking at 35 paisa and debit card at 20 paisa but the Internet banking comes to 10 paisa per transaction. The cost-conscious banks in the country have therefore started actively measuring the use of internet as a channel for providing services. Fully computerized banks, with superior management of their customer base are in a stronger position to cross-sell their products through this channel. Banks in India are at different stages of the web-enabled banking cycle yet numerous scheduled commercial banks are in the first stage of internet banking in operations.Undoubtedly, the race for market supremacy has started compelling banks in India to adopt the latest technology on the internet, in a bid to capture new markets and customers.
The major advantage of Virtual Banking is thelower cost of handling a transaction via the virtual resource compared to the cost of handling the transaction via the branch. The increased speed of response to customer requirements under virtual banking vis-a-vis branch banking can enhance customer satisfaction and ceteris paribus, can lead to higher profits via handling a larger number of customer accounts. It also implies the possibility of access to a greater number of potential customers for the bank without the concomitant costs of physically opening branches. The lower cost of operating branch network along with reduced staff costs leads to cost efficiency under virtual banking.It allows banks to expand in new markets, reduce operational issues and take banking services to the doorsteps of its existing & potential customers.With the process of dematerialization of shares having gained considerable ground in recent years, banks have assumed the role of depository participants. In addition to customers' deposit accounts, they also maintain D-mat accounts of their clients. Online trading in equities is being allowed by SEBI, this is another area which banks are keen to get into. In addition, virtual banking allows the possibility of improved quality and an enlarged range of services being available to the customer more rapidly, accurately and at his convenience.WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) telephony is the merger of mobile telephony withthe Internet. It offers two-way connectivity, unlike Mobile Banking where the customer communicates to a mailbox-answering machine. Users may surf their accounts, download items and transact a wider range of options through the cell phone-screen. WAP may provide the infrastructure for P2P (person to person) or P2M (person to merchant) payments. It would be ideal for transactions that do not need any cash backup, such as online 55 investments. Use of this cutting edge technology could wel- determine which bank obtains the largest market share in electronic banking
If we look at the other side of coin, in a developing economy like India, where even after the passage of 71 yrs. of independence, the state of financial inclusion, general literacy and financial literacy is in a bad shape, large number of customers like to have face-time with a banker. The customer can go to local branch when he needs answers to a complex problem or when he has a complicated request. To be sure, virtual banks can have outstanding customer support over the phone or via an online chat, but one might prefer talking face-to-face with a banker who is familiar withhis customer's personal circumstances and understands his unique needs. A traditional bank often has services and staff available to help us with specialized needs, like drawing up trusts, exchanging currencies, obtaining a safe deposit box and other services that virtual banks typically do not offer. Moreover, virtual banks won't interest those consumers who don't like or don't trust online banking or who are reassured by the presence of a physical bank when depositing their savings. Next issue is, India has one of the lowest broadband connectivity penetration rates in Asia as compared to Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. While the bigger cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Bangalore have relatively better broadband penetration rates, PC users in smaller cities and towns still use dial-up options to connect to the Internet. Slow connectivity speeds often dampen the online banking experience for many customers eager to use such services. Banks' ambivalent commitment levels and their reluctance to allocate huge budgets for net banking branding initiatives have resulted in poor acceptance levels of Internet banking by customers. Fear of Online Threats about hacking, identity theft, stolen passwords, viruses, worms and spyware tend to make customers wary as well asfearful of losing their hard-earned savings in online scams. Further, navigating through the website of a bank may bedifficult for a first time user. Opening an account could also take time as some sites ask for numerous personal details including a photo identification which is enough to perplex many potential customers from rural or semi-urban parts of India.Moreover, the global approach to banking that internet banking permits, makes it extremely difficult for regulatory authorities to enforce finance laws. Every bank does not have access to the hardware and software necessary to make internet banking possible leading to digital divide among banks. For online banking to reach a critical mass, there has to be sufficient number ofusers and thedesired infrastructure in place. The 'Infinity' product of ICICI Bank Ltd. gets only about 50,000 hits per month. Though various security options like line encryption, branch connection encryption, firewalls, digital certificates, automatic signoffs, random pop-ups and disaster recovery sites are in place or are being looked at, there is as yet no Certification Authority in India offering Public Key Infrastructure which is absolutely necessary for online banking. The customer can be assured of a secured conduit for its online activities if an authority certifying digital signatures is in place. Banks offering online facilities also need to calculate their downtime losses because even a few minutes of downtime in a week could mean substantial losses. Some banks even today do not have uninterrupted power supply units or systems to take care of prolonged power breakdown. Proper encryption of data and effective use of passwords are also the matters that leave a lot to be desired.
Yes, the non-resident Indians for whom it is expensive and time consuming to access their bank accounts maintained in India, find net banking very convenient and useful.
So, what is the way out?Despite the fact that internet banking functions are a few clicks away, in the present age fraught with risks like phishing, vishing and smishing etc, the first and foremost measure of meeting the challenges is ensuring the safety and security of financial transactions. This can be achieved through the concerted and continuous efforts on the part of both the bankers and customers like not sharing the password with anybody, even the family members, changing it at regular intervals, ensuring to have a password as a combination of upper case and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. Next is, avoiding the usage of public computers from cyber cafes or libraries. If unavoidable, it would always be better to make sure to clear the cache and browsing history and delete all the temporary files from the computer. Allowing the browser to remember the password increases the manifold chances of hacking your account. It would also be advisable to be vigilant of apparent phone calls from bank or an email requesting such details; not to give out login information. It would be ideal to use licensed anti-virus software, not get tempted by the pirated ones as they might not protect your computer from new viruses prevalent in the online world. Many users just browse and leave the work in between and do not disconnect the internet connection. Do they not invite the malicious hackers to access their computer via an internet connection and steal their confidential banking information. Safer would be to type your bank URL in the address bar of the browser than clicking on links given in an email. There are instances of fraudsters sending emails with fraudulent website links that are designed exactly like the bank's original website. Once you enter your login details on such a website, they may be used to access your account and steal your money. While logging on, check for 'https:// in the URL and ensure that it is your bank's authentic website
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Any new concept, new practice comes with its own set of challenges but there is absolutely no doubt about the fact that no challenge, no problem is bigger than human brain. During the last few years, various government institutions like RBI, NABARD, SEBI, IRDA, TV business channels and other market players have taken a number of initiatives for increasing financial literacyin India as a result of which the Indian banking industry has become a poster child having taken rapid strides over the past decade or so. Once playing catch-up with leading global practices, the industry cut in half the number of unbanked individuals in India between 2011-2018. India has over a billion mobile phone connections and the smartphone user base is expected to grow to 520 million users by 2020, according to a report on Digital Paymentsby BCG and Google. Add to that the proliferation of bank accounts, higher spending power and favourable demographics, where over half the population is under the age of 30 and is technologically savvy and willing to experiment with new products & services that offer them more.We are not far off from the day when a digital bank would not only offer payments through cryptocurrencies but also offer a range of cross-platform services to every single customer. Unlike traditional banks, digital banks are free from the legacies of the past and can design their operations, processes and strategies keeping the customer at the center.
To conclude, does theadoption of e-banking not provide banks a competitive edge over other players? Reduction in costs, improvement in customer relations, Broader geographical reach like benefits have enabled the banks in managing their business in a better way. Thus, there is a paradigm shift from the seller's market to buyer's market in the industry and finally it has been rapidly changing the bankers' approach from 'conventional banking' to 'convenience banking'. The shift has also increased the degree of accessibility of a common man to bank for his variety of needs and requirements. In years to come, e-banking will not only be acceptable mode of banking but will be preferred mode of banking.


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~~Richard J. Tarashuk, 89, loving husband, father, and grandfather entered into eternal life on August 14, 2017. The son of the late Andrew and Anna (Kaschak) Tarashuk, he was born and raised in Manville, NJ, prior to his move to Summit, NJ in 1961.
Richard served in the United States Air Force, 1951-1955, following his graduation with a Bachelor's degree from Marquette University in 1951. Working with the New Jersey Rehabilitation Commission, he earned a Master's Degree in Vocational Counseling from Seton Hall University in 1960. When the Job Corps was opened at Camp Kilmer, NJ, he served as co-coordinator of incoming enrollees until the project ended in 1969.
Richard became a Guidance Counselor at East Orange High School in 1970, continued his post-Masters education at Kean College and retired in 1990 due to his health problems.
Richard was an active member of St. Teresa of Avila Church in Summit, serving many years as an usher. He was a member of the Springfield Knights of Columbus, and also served as a volunteer fireman for six years while living in Manville, and 25 years while living in Summit.
Richard and his wife, Pat, loved to travel and often camped with family and friends in various states along the Eastern seaboard. Their most memorable trips included river cruises in Europe and land tours in Germany.
Family was top priority for Richard. He loved his sons and grandchildren and was so proud of their accomplishments. In addition to his wife, Pat, he is survived by: Richard and wife, Lisa, grandsons, Richard and William of Braintree, MA; Michael and wife, Susan, grandchildren Michael, Marissa, and Thomas of Summit; Philip of Wilmington, DE; Christopher and grandchildren, Christopher and Megan of Summit; Paul and wife, Cynthia, grandchildren Andrea and Harrison Turner, Paul, and Kevin of Flemington, NJ; and Matthew and wife, Robyn, grandsons Trevor and Jeremy of Palm City, FL.
A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, August 19 at 9:30 am at St. Teresa of Avila Church, Summit, NJ. There will be a Memorial/Celebration of Life on September 30, 2017, for family and friends.


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Houston's answer to the Cuban embargo has arrived on the west side of town in the form of a strip-mall restaurant featuring a wide variety of Cuban specialties for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Portions are very generous and light on the wallet, encouraging a sampling of a companion's selection as well. Delectable pastries made fresh daily, along with coffee that will knock your socks off, make for a popular morning scene.


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EDI Service Implementation – Process Excellence Leads to Financial Gains
With consistent success and significant growth, a global insurance provider was needing a strategic partner who could help them convert all their daily medical receipts received from members around the globe into a standardized EDI 5010-837 format. Their members submitted multiple claims from various providers during their length of stay overseas in one single claim packet. Additionally, 20% of the claims were in foreign languages, making the conversion to EDI 5010-837 extremely difficult.
On an annual basis, the company received roughly 235,000 claims from the over 380 plans they provide for international travel insurance. . Due to the fact claims can have multiple images (when an insured files a claim, they may send more than one image via their smartphone and other devices for each incident), this can equate to more than 450,000 images in total. Once the claims arrive, it can take approximately 10 – 14 days to get through their system. The company was expecting a three- to four-day turn-around, coupled with industry leading results.
Looking for the right partner, the company contacted Vee Technologies for advisory and consulting due diligence to help identify the proper steps to take.
From the beginning, Vee Technologies and the client's project management teams worked hand in hand to develop the rollout plan and met regularly to ensure that each team knew the appropriate next steps. Given the project's complexity, scope and the sizable number of necessary resources, the highly collaborative approach was central to a successful rollout.
Within 120 days of implementation, Vee Technologies was successful in demonstrating to all levels of the client's management hierarchy that we had the understanding and expertise to efficiently convert their medical receipts into a standardized EDI 5010-837 format.
This drastically impacted the client's organization and allowed them to actively allocate necessary resources to other parts within the organization. In doing this, the financial impact that Vee Technologies created was immediately noticed and created the foundation for future success.
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Leaders met on a beautiful day in Oslo to learn and to plan for September zone conferences. These photos were taken in Slottsparken, the palace park, a short walk from the mission offices.
President and Sister Tew with Sisters Horgmo, Jacobsen, Bartholomew, Bradshaw, Elders Sobotka, Van Slooten, Jackson, Farnsworth, McSpadden, Judson, Meldrum and Moll.


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A0073 – Meredith Family Papers
Title: Meredith Family Papers
Date span: 1888-1959
Physical description: .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Creator(s): Meredith Family, Anna Brugger Meredith (1896-1985)
Language note: English
Restriction on Access: The collection is available for supervised use by appointment during normal Boynton Beach City Library hours. Users are required to complete a registration form and comply with the library's regulations governing use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction: Materials in the collections are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accord with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). The Boynton Beach City Library adheres to all conditions specified in the law when providing reproductions of copyrighted material. Any use of a reproduction in excess of "fair use," may result in the user's liability for copyright infringement.
Custodial History: Found in collection (2018.003). No information on provenance. Possibly donated by Margaret Meredith.
Preferred Citation: Collection title including series, box, and folder numbers, Boynton Beach City Library
Historical Note: Meredith Electric was the first electrical service in Boynton Beach. Its owner, John Brockner Meredith (1888-1947) purchased property on US1 in 1912 and later moved here in 1921 with his wife, Anna Brugger Meredith (1896-1985) and child, Margaret (1917-2002), opening Meredith Electric soon thereafter and installed the first electric lights in Boynton.
Scope and Content Note: Family history ephemera, including records such as social security card, genealogical group sheet, birth certificate; correspondence, including three letters to Anna Meredith's mother; and a four page memoir of Anna Meredith's life in early Boynton, including the 1928 hurricane.
Meredith family
Boynton Beach (Fla.)
Meredith Electric (Boynton Beach Fla.)
Processing Information: Collection processed in 2018 / sms
Date of Finding Aid: May 2019 / gc
Folder 1: Family groupsheet for Anna Brugger Meredith
Folder 2: Typed manuscript "Anna L. Merdith [sic]- Pioneer of Boynton Beach, Florida." Four page memoir of Boynton Beach in the 1920s, including her personal experiences during the 1928 hurricane, the growth and early activities of Meredith Electric, and time working at the Boynton Beach Hotel.
Folder 3: clippings, chiefly on Margaret's marriage
Folder 4: Certified copy of John Brockner Meredith's birth certificate and social security card
Folder 5: Correspondence:
- 1925-05-02 Letter from Margaret to grandmother Emma Brugger
- 1925-08-11 Letter from Anna to mother Emma Brugger on Boynton Beach Hotel stationery. Re: new developments in town
- 1926-01-29 Letter from Anna to mother Emma Brugger. Re: new developments in town, including the building of the Cassandra Hotel
Folder 6: Birth announcement Vicki Lyn Virki 1952-05-13
Folder 7: Anna Meredith temporary drivers license and motor vehicle registration 1959


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For most of her one woman show Nanette, Hannah Gadsby does the typical stand-up thing. She delves into a dimension of identity – in her case being a lesbian – and tells jokes about the experiences associated with it.
But in the second half, the show takes a turn. In one of many powerful, not-at-all-stand-uppy parts, she tells the story of the time that her grandmother talks about relationships with her, presenting the perfect opportunity for Hannah to come out as a lesbian. Except that she doesn't, and instead goes along with the pretense that she's just waiting for the right man. It's an approach that I imagine is familiar to lots of people who have an identity or have chosen a route that seems alien (or worse, sinful) to some people in their circles.
But Gadsby does not make light of this moment. She doesn't tell jokes. Instead she gets deadly serious. She had never told her grandmother that she was a lesbian, not simply because it was easier to avoid the topic, but because she was still, deep down, ashamed of it.
How strange, she observes, as she makes her living by standing on stages and telling jokes about being a lesbian. Surely there are tens of thousands of people who view that as proof of Gadsby's liberation. In fact, it's likely that it helped more than a few of them on a path to their own.
Along the way Gadsby delivers the insight that grabbed me by the throat: The form that is stand-up comedy sells liberation for identities, but it's a masquerade, a deception. Stand-up comedy centers on a two part story: set-up and punch line. But that's a convention that serves the audience, not the speaker. I invoke an identity, you expect a joke. We make a silent agreement to avoid the hard stuff.
To come to terms with who they are, Gadsby says, human beings require more complex narratives, three-part stories with a beginning, a middle and an end. But the conventions of stand up don't allow for that.
I find that an insight with wide relevance. Do the conventions of the ways in which we stage/frame/present/talk about identity issues in diversity circles actually allow for liberation? For these purposes, I'm going to characterize liberation as the multitude of expressions that might emerge from any range of identities.
Here is what Hannah Gadsby is saying to her stand-up comedy audience: Thank you for allowing me to make my living by talking about being a lesbian on a stage, but the longer I've done this the more I've realized that you only actually want me to talk about certain things. When I say, "As a lesbian …" you have an expectation of what follows from that. You want stories A, B and C. But I've realized that stories D, E and F are also part of who I am, and by continuing to meet your expectations, and worse by thinking that this was "liberation," I realize that it has actually retarded my attempts to come to terms with, and be, my full self.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, academic philosopher and public intellectual extraordinaire, offered some insights into the now hyper-common practice of beginning sentences with 'As a …' in a recent piece for The New York Times. Appiah notes the many roles that those two words play in diversity conversations: a formula, an incantation, an arrowhead, a presumption, a cue.
Appiah believes that there are problems associated with each of these uses. Let's consider when "As a ..." is understood as a cue, meaning that once an identity is invoked, it is preordained that a certain worldview, expression or presentation will follow.
One of the things I loved about Spike Lee's new film BLACKkKlansman is how he destroys the idea of identity as cue. The hero of the film, Ron Stallworth, is a woke black man who appreciates the speeches of Kwame Ture, is intent on destroying the Klan, and loves being … a cop.
Say this out loud and see for yourself if it doesn't sound a little bit awkward: "As a woke black man … I love being a cop."
His girlfriend Patrice, the woke black president of the local Black Student Union, thinks it sounds worse than awkward. She is so tripped out when she finds out her boyfriend is a cop that she threatens to leave him. But Ron Stallworth keeps on being a woke black man, and a cop, and insists that the first can lead to the second.
The big problem with invoking identity as cue is the charade involved, the elaborate pretense that when a marginalized minority says, "As a …" the power lies with the speaker. A cue only works when the audience has an expectation of what comes next. That expectation presents as a warm welcome, but in reality it constricts like a cold cage. You realize that when you invoke an identity in certain circles, only certain worldviews and expressions are allowed to follow.
Consider: There are lots of black cops in the United States. Some of them have children in college who are both woke about race issues and proud of the public service their parents are providing. I wonder how many of them are sitting in conversations about identity issues saying, "As a woke black woman, I'm proud that my mom is serving our community by being a police officer." My wild guess is that those students figured out pretty quickly than when you invoke your racial identity in certain spaces, you better come out as Patrice, not Ron Stallworth.
This brings us back to Nanette, and why I admire Hannah Gadsby so much. She realized that the stand-up stage was actually something like a prison, that the audience expectation determined her range of expression, not the other way around. She wasn't setting up and following through on stories of her own design. She wasn't the one writing the cues. She was a prop in someone else's play about lesbians. And once she figured that out, she left.


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GARDAI HAVE SEIZED over €1.6 million worth of cannabis in a raid on a premises in west Dublin.
Officers from the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau assisted by the Special Crime Task Force investigating serious organised criminal activity carried out a search in an industrial unit in Newcastle, west Dublin, yesterday.
A man in his late 30s was arrested by gardaí. He is being held at Clondalkin Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Gardaí said that the investigation is ongoing.
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Plaster cast of a relief depicting the Goddess Hathor in human form. Original location unknown.
Publication Date
Type of Artwork
Time Period/Geographical Region
Ancient Egypt
Height (cm/in)
88.9 cm / 35 in
Width (cm/in)
48.26 cm / 19 in
Depth (cm/in)
6.35 cm / 2.5 in
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity | Sculpture
Unlike in the figure grouping with the government official Psamtik (also located in the MSU cast collection), where Hathor is depicted in animal form as a cow, here, the goddess of joy, love, and motherhood is depicted in human form. This is a relief sculpture, with the figure and hieroglyphics remaining attached, though raised above or carved into, the background surface. While the exact original relief from which this cast was made is unknown, similar images of the goddess seated on a throne, with a staff in her right hand, and an ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life, in her left hand, can be found at temples dedicated to Hathor at Abu Simbel, Deir el-Medina, Edfu, and Dendera, which was the major center for her cult. The crown that she wears is a sun disk with the uraeus, or cobra, situated between cow horns. The cult of Hathor predates the historic record, and remained throughout the Greco-Roman period, where she was sometimes identified with Aphrodite or Venus.
Recommended Citation
Morehead State University. Camden-Carroll Library., "Goddess Hathor, Relief" (1978). Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection. 36.
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Project Stargazer is the newest in a long line of partnerships with Give Kids The World Village, a nonprofit resort that provides cost-free vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Our team seeks to create an enhanced experience based on the Pillow Tree, an interactive installation that provides kids with a unique pillow that can be used to store their memories both at the village and when they return home. We plan to introduce a new character and modify the space and interactions to create a more magical experience for the kids.
Team Members:
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Jason Monahan
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"Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself"
-William Blake, "The Book of Thel"
"In its contrast with the ideas both of unfolding of latent powers from within, and of the formation from without, whether by physical nature or by the cultural products of the past, the ideal of growth results in the conception that education is a constant reorganizing or reconstructing of experience"
-John Dewey, Democracy and Education
In Digital Humanities 373: Public Access and the Liberal Arts: A Narrative History students will collect and publish stories that capture the identities, cultures, histories, and environments related to a public liberal arts education. The Narrating the Liberal Arts (NAPLA) project documents the 1944 G.I. Bill and public access to higher education and, later, increasing public access to the liberal arts.
Students are creating online chronicles of the life experiences of students, alumni, staff and faculty at the campuses at which they are studying—digital resources that capture the history and the prospects of the public liberal arts. As designers and editors of these digital archives, the students are exploring their place in higher education by making visible the history of the liberal arts at the institution in which they are studying.
The student teams will be
- building an online archive of oral histories by alumni, faculty, staff and current student
- employing digital tools to produce a layered, web-based narrative that includes audio and video stories, images, maps and documentary evidence of their home campus and
- collaborating with faculty mentors to integrate their web site projects with the COPLAC Digital Project
COPLAC Storytelling is making visible the traditions and values of a public liberal arts education for current students, alumni, educators, administrators, development and admission offices, historians, archivists, and the wider public.


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This week, Taylor, Neil and Steven reunite to discuss their favorite films of the summer and explain what they've been up to over the last month and a half! (Spoilers: they've been super busy being all professional and such!)
Do you agree with our summer favorites? Be sure to list your favs in the comments below!


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Tennessee 40 Under 40 Nurse Leader Program
Request for Nominations for 2022 Cohort
Deadline Extended to March 1, 2022
As members of the United States' most trusted profession, nurses are in unique positions to influence health outcomes. Because nurses work in diverse community settings – like schools, workplaces, homes, prisons, hospitals, and assisted living facilities – we, as a group, have unparalleled power to influence and improve health in our state. We are a vital part of the fabric of our communities; we have the potential to inspire and enact meaningful change.
The Tennessee Action Coalition (TAC) aims to equip and empower nurses to drive meaningful health-related change in their communities and beyond. Founded as part of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, Action Coalitions exist in every state and DC, thanks to a collaboration among The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the AARP Foundation, and AARP. TAC enabled institutions and nursing leaders from our 3 Grand Regions to participate in listening sessions and interviews that informed the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report. TAC's current priorities reflect the 2020-2030 recommendations.
In 2021, TAC launched its newest leadership initiative. Together with the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) and the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA), TAC acknowledged nurses under the age of 40 as Rising Star Nurse Leaders. Honorees participated in a collaborative learning program designed to engage and empower young nurses to lead the nursing profession and improve Tennesseans' health. The program was based on what our young nurse leaders said they needed to advance their careers and promote health in TN. Our young nurse leaders met with state and national leaders including ANA President, Dr. Ernest Grant; TNA Executive Director, Tina Girardi; Tennessee's first nurse Health Commissioner, Susan Cooper; and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Nurse Advisor, Dr. Susan Hassmiller. They participated in leadership assessment and discussion using Clifton Strengths with one of our own TN leaders, Tina McElravey, and participated in a training session on quality improvement and disruptive innovation with Drs. Susie Leming-Lee and Phil Gibbs.
TAC, THA, and TNA will again recognize Rising Star Nurse Leaders in 2022. Nurses may nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else. The nomination process includes completing an online form and submitting the candidate's CV, resume, or LinkedIn URL. Up to two letters of support may be submitted. Successful nominees will demonstrate a commitment to excellence and positive role modeling in leadership, professional development and growth, personal health and wellness, and the promotion of a culture of health.
Please submit nominations at: https://forms.gle/jDabMnMrMvFvoYBv9
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Companies today have many events and announcements that they want shared with the world. You, as a member of the public relations, or PR, department, have the task of sharing this news with the media. However, there are a few habits that you should avoid if you hope to have your message received then broadcasted for others to hear. The following are a few common mistakes that PR managers make—and how you can avoid them:
Construct pitches that are easily ignored
When you write your copy to send to the media, be sure to compose text that is engaging and gets the recipient excited to share your information. These publications and media outlets receive hundreds of these documents every day. Make yours stand out to them so that they relay it on to their audience. If you are writing about court reporters Sacramento, give it the dramatic feel of being in a courtroom to catch their attention. If this is an area that you struggle with, consider taking a writing class or two to strengthen your skills.
Send every news item given to you
Your company will want to announce every event and important breakthrough that is happening within the organization. This can amount to a great deal of information, much of which the media will ignore when you send it. Before you write a release, think about who will be interested in what you have to say. If the material is noteworthy and something that the public should be aware of, take your time to construct something and get it to your sources. However, if the announcement is meant more for your customer base or employees, consider putting together an internal memo or posting it on your corporate social media pages.
Forget to follow up
With the volume of releases that media outlets get each day, your copy can get lost in the shuffle. Along with writing engaging content, you must follow up after a day or two to ensure that has been seen. Set a reminder on your device or record it on a calendar with who you should speak to and what day the document was sent. When you reach out to them, ask if they have any questions or if they want you to put them in touch with someone in your company. Learn about what is happening in the business so that you can answer their basic queries yourself and be ready to give a quote on the subject when necessary.
Send a document full of errors
Individuals in the media and at publications that you work with will avoid your press releases if the content is full of errors or difficult to read. Before you send your copy out to them, reread it to yourself and proof it for errors. You can also ask someone in your department to review it as well. Make the changes that you or they have found then look at it again. Your text should be smooth as you go over it and your words must be spelled correctly. Once everyone is confident in it, pass it on to the media.
Try to hide the truth
Negative events can happen to all companies. When this happens within your facility, be sure to tell what happened to the public even if it might shine your business in a less than positive light. Your corporation can heal from what has occurred, but its long-term reputation can be damaged if you lie to the press. These outlets will also be skeptical of you if you are caught subverting the truth. You should also be willing to give consistent updates of the situation until the matter is resolved. It will put everyone's mind at ease if you are honest and transparent during a difficult crisis.
Post information to one platform
There are more ways to reach the public than through the media. When you send out a release, consider adding the same information to your website, blog, and social media. You can reach a larger audience using these tools than you will with the press, especially if they miss it or decide to set it aside. Schedule the posts to coincide with the date on the document and be sure to set them to launch at the same time. Be sure to follow up on any replies that are left and engage with those who reach out to you about the subject.
Miss the right target market
Before you send a release for your company, be sure that those who will receive the news are the people that you want to reach. You may want to connect with as many people as possible. However, if the message falls on individuals who have little interest in the subject matter, then your project will be unsuccessful. Conduct market research to determine which demographics will respond to what you are saying and react to it. Find out the best method to speak to them then follow through with that plan.
Lack of perseverance
It can be frustrating to send out releases and have them turned down. However, to achieve the success that you want, you need to keep trying to get your message across. Develop relationships with people in the media so that you can feel comfortable when you talk to them. Learn to be confident concerning the subject matter that you are working with. This allows you to write clearly about it as well as speak on it.
Ask for help from those in your industry and from individuals within your organization then use what you have learned to write better copy that engages who receives it. It is your task as a member of the public relations department to get your company's message out in front of the public. If you follow up on the releases that you send, proofread your copy for errors and content, and announce your news to many different platforms, you can ensure that the media will let the public know what you are trying to tell them.


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Ever thought of deploying your Flutter Web App to Azure App Services? You must be thinking we have other resources to do it, so why?
Hosting your web application using Azure App Service makes deploying and managing a web app much easier when compared to managing a physical server.
Before starting, If you are new at Flutter Development, you can get started here: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/codelab
In this article, you will:
Use Flutter Web to create a starter web application
Use the Azure portal to create an Azure App Service web app
Deploy your web application to App Service web app
Let's begin!
Use Flutter Web to create a starter web application
To create a new Flutter project with web support you need to run the following commands to use the beta channel and enable web support:
flutter channel beta
flutter upgrade
flutter config --enable-web
Now, you can create the project as same as you do for other platforms.
Also, you need to generate a release build to deploy your web app, you can do so by the following command:
flutter build web
If you want to select between HTML or Canvaskit renderer, see this.
Use the Azure portal to create an Azure App Service web app
You might be wondering what is Azure App Service?
It is a fully managed web application hosting platform. This platform as a service (PaaS) offered by Azure allows you to focus on designing and building your app while Azure takes care of the infrastructure to run and scale your applications.
The first step in hosting your web application is to create a web app (an App Service app) inside your Azure subscription.
There are several ways you can create a web app but I'll use the Azure portal.
Sign in to your Azure portal.
On the Azure portal menu or from the Home page, select Create a resource. Everything you create on Azure is a resource.
The portal navigates you to the Marketplace page. From here, you can search for the resource you want to create or select one of the popular resources that people create in the Azure portal.
In the left navigation panel, select Web.
In the Search box, search for Web App. The Create Web App resource page appears. Select Create.
Enter the following values for each field on the Basics tab.
Subscription: Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription. The web app you are creating must belong to a resource group. Here, you select the Azure subscription to which the resource group belongs (or will belong, if you are creating it within the wizard).
Resource Group: From the dropdown, select the resource group to which the web app will belong (or will belong, if you are creating it within the wizard). All Azure resources must belong to a resource group.
Name: *Enter a unique name. The name of your web app. This name will be part of the app's URL: appname*.azurewebsites.net. The name you choose must be unique among all Azure web apps.
Publish: Code. The method you will use to publish your application. When publishing your application as code, you also must configure the Runtime stack to prepare your App Service resources to run your app.
Runtime stack: Node 12 LTS. The platform on which your application runs. Your choice may affect whether you have a choice of an operating system — for some runtime stacks, App Service supports only one operating system.
Select Node 12 LTS, as you'll deploy the Flutter web app as a Node.js server.
Operating System: Linux. The operating system used on the virtual servers that run your app.
Region: *Select Central India. *The geographical region from which your app will be hosted.
Linux Plan: *Leave default. *The name of the App Service plan that will power your app. By default, the wizard will create a new plan in the same region as the web app.
Select West US or Central US in Region for free App Service Plan
Select Review + Create to navigate to the review page, and to create the app, select Create.
Preview your web app
- After deployment completes for your app, select Go to the resource. The portal displays the web app overview page.
- To preview your new web app's default content, select its URL at the top right. The placeholder page that loads indicate that your web app is up and running and ready to receive deployment of your app's code.
Deploy your web application to App Service web app
As I mentioned before, I'll use Flutter Web with Node.js to deploy the web app.
Note: I am not so familiar with Node 😅
- Create a new directory with your web app name and use the application generator tool,
, to quickly create an application skeleton.
$ npm install -g express-generator
$ express
Remove the public, routes, and view folder and create a folder in the root
which will contain the generated release build of Flutter Web from the previous step. You can find the release build inbuild\web
.Now replace the path from
in app.js and debug the node application. You'll see the flutter web app being deployed locally.Note: It is not mandatory to use public-flutter, you can use the default public folder also.
Now, I need to deploy the code to App Service. Azure supports automated deployment and provides you with a lot of options but I'll use GitHub with Azure Portal. So push your code to your GitHub before deployment.
Go to your Azure App Service web app on Azure Portal from the previous step and select Deployment center in the left panel.
Select the GitHub, then authorize Azure App Service.
For GitHub, on the Build provider page, select App Service build service: GitHub Action.
Configure the build provider: In the Code section, select the Organization, Repository, and Branch in which you pushed the code previously and select Continue.
- After you configure the build provider, review the settings on the Summary page, and then select Finish.
After this, It'll automatically create SECRETS and GitHub Action workflow in your repository and deploy the web app. Later, you just need to push the changes in the repo and it'll deploy your app.
And you are done! Your Flutter Web App is now deployed to Azure App Service using Node.js. 🎉
Check my deployed web app: https://100daysofflutter.azurewebsites.net/
Source Code: himanshusharma89/100DaysOfFlutter
Thank you for reading, if you enjoyed the article make sure to give a clap (👏)! You can connect with me on Twitter, LinkedIn and find some of my work on GitHub and Codepen. And for more such articles you can support me by buying me a coffee
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Is Your Car Filled With Pests?
Vehicles, camper-vans, buses and trucks, supply numerous pests with a warm dry environment that typically contains food. Automobiles can also provide these pests with transport, spreading out the insects to any place the vehicle takes a trip.
Pests such as ants, spiders, fleas, roaches and rodents (rats and mice) can infest automobiles in the same way they infest homes.
Cavities in automobiles can supply warm dry places for ants to build nests and they will frequently discover food dropped in the automobile.
Spiders find the spaces around wing mirrors and door jams the perfect places to hide and develop webs around mirrors and other parts on the vehicle.
Rodents will nest in cars left parked for extended periods and might do considerable damage to vehicle electrical wiring and upholstery (not to mention the stink when they die in the lorry).
Another pesky creature that can get into cars is the dreadful Bed Bug.
Bed bugs invade cars and trucks and other types of vehicles. They are extraordinary hitchhikers! These many legged animals sneak into automobiles via clothes, handbags, boxes and cartons, luggage and even books and stuffed animals. They enjoy clutter and choose living near a convenient host, You!
Other pests and even little animals can infest vehicles and are generally drawn in because of something stored in the vihicle.
Here are a couple of tips for keep attacking insects out of your automobiles.
Keep Your Car Clean!
Be sure to keep your car tidy and eliminate clutter on a regular basis. This is the very best way to discourage pests from making themselves in the house. Tidy the outdoors too. Do not forget to clean the undercarriage, wheel wells and under the hood. Your wheels are a critters bridge from the road into the automobile.
Use a power vacuum
Make sure to keep your carpets and mats incredibly clean! If you do not have a great strong vacuum, use the pay-per-use vacuums at a gas station or vehicle wash.
Shampoo or steam tidy carpets and other fabrics.
Natural repellents
Making a solution of vinegar and lemon or vanilla is an excellent way to keep bugs and spiders away. Just wipe surfaces with a 50/50 option. There are other herbs that likewise turn away unwanted visitors, such as eucalyptus. Always evaluate the surface area to be treated initially to ensure the service does not do any damage.
Always follow the label instructions and employ suggested safety measures. When the vehicle is all tidy, spray a little under each flooring mat; just enough to keep insects away but not to overpower you with its smell or fumes. If you keep your vehicle outside, spray around the border of your car.
If you know or think you have an invasion on your hands, understand that a DIY approach will not always be the best solution. You should call a pest exterminator to handle your pest issue or it could get a whole lot worse.


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REQUEST INFOOur new San Marcos campus is located at the Civic View Corporate Center located right off highway 78.
The campus immerses WCUI and its students in the developing healthcare community and major medical locations such as Palomar Medical Center's Escondido and Poway branches.
The campus is contiguous on one floor, with high modern ceilings, and a learning resource center. A large koi pond and lush tropical foliage can be found in the Civic View Center where the campus resides, providing a serene feel for students, staff, and faculty to unwind outside of the labs, classes, and offices. There's a dedicated student lounge and learning resource center with access to computers that allow students to connect and study with their colleagues outside of class.
You will find the campus 34 miles north of Downtown San Diego and 5.6 miles away from Old California Restaurant Row, North County's largest international dining and entertainment experience with 15 fantastic restaurants serving authentic food from around the world. The campus also provides easy access to the San Marcos Inland Rail Sprinter which connects the entire San Diego region allowing students, staff, faculty, and visitors more options to commute to work/school, plan a trip, or just enjoy a day out of town.
300 Rancheros Drive Ste 100
San Marcos, CA 92069
Telephone: (760) 418-4200
Campus Director: Mike Stewart
San Marcos campus features 5,060 square feet of space specifically built with our students' medical imaging education in mind. Our ultrasound labs have space for 30 ultrasound machines and bays for students to practice their scanning skills. The campus entails a sprawling 1,458 sq. Ft open concept laboratory that mimics current hospital settings, as well as a smaller laboratory area for scanning that provides a more intimate space for smaller classes and hands-on learning.
In addition, the campus includes a new student lounge, walkable amenities, and a new Learning Resource Center. Parking and transportation options include an onsite parking lot and easy access to the San Marcos Inland Rail Sprinter.
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Movie Review: Cool Effects with Boring Narrative Equals Disappointment for Godzilla
The year is 1999 in Japan, where loving husband Joe (Bryan Cranston) and wife Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche) work side by side at a local nuclear reactor.
Joe becomes uneasy when he notices some irregular seismic activity happening below the factory. It eventually collapses leaving Joe to pursue a 15 year long conspiracy theory in order to discover the truth about what really happened that day. This is where our story takes place.
It's 2015 and Joe's son Ford is now a trained military solider in a bomb disposal unit. Ford has just come out of long tour and can't wait to be reunited with his wife (Elizabeth Olsen) and their five-year-old son. Ford has not been back a day when the military phones him with news that his dad Joe has been picked up and thrown in jail in Japan.
Ford then goes back to Japan to release his father and try to take him back home to America. Joe can't seem to let the past go and insists on showing Ford the truth. What follows is an unveiling that monsters do actually exist and they have been around for centuries. When two hibernating M.U.T.O's (monsters) wake up and start to wreak havoc, the government decides to bring forth a more ancient monster to fight their war. Godzilla.
The Good – Japanese Throwbacks and Visual Effects
If you're a fan of Godzilla, and have a deep attachment to this legendary cinematic character, then there is a lot to get out of this film. They constantly pay homage to the original Japanese source material – depicting Godzilla as a hero with personality rather than just a mindless monster, which is the way he came across in the 1998 version that most Godzilla fans try to pretend never happened.
The visual effects were very good. A lot of the battle scenes and the destruction of entire cities were very seamless and never took you out of the story. Bryan Cranston was another great addition in this film, despite the little screen time they gave him in the two hour plus movie, which was a big disappoint seeing as all the trailers made it seem like he was going to be an essential part of the narrative.
The Bad (where do I begin…)
1. The trailers give you a very different story than what you're watching
From all the trailers I watched going into this film, this seemed like a story of pure and utter chaos. A realistic interpretation of what would happen to the world if a gigantic lizard showed up and started destroying cities, and the reality of the world reacting to the existence of these god like creatures.
Instead, the story we get just follows Aaron Taylor Johnston's character, Ford, who was one dimensional and uninteresting. Godzilla just seemed like a set piece to his story – I'm not saying I need explosions to be entertained but Ford was so bland and had zero stakes invested that every time he was on screen, I just didn't care.
2. Godzilla doesn't show up until 1 hour and 15 minutes into the film
That's right. A film titled Godzilla and he doesn't fully appear until halfway into the movie. They tease and tease until he finally appears in all his glory, and just when he's ready to fight, they cut away before he throws his first punch and skip it entirely (literally). This happened three more times. By the time I got to the end fight I just didn't care and wanted to leave. His on-screen time could not have been more than 12 minutes in a running time of 2 + hours.
3. No Bryan Cranston
I wanted to see Bryan Cranston's talent celebrated in a film of this size. I wanted him to make me believe that the world was in jeopardy and to be our lead character that we experience the movie through. Cranston's story was the only thing anchoring the film emotionally and he's only in the film's first act, after that the film switches to his son Ford.
With a strong beginning and end, Godzilla's middle is poor at best. Choosing to follow the weakest human story with no stakes rather than giving us a film built on terror and dread that have made other films of this genre so iconic (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Independence Day). I never felt excited or connected to any of the characters I was supposed to be and just when I thought Godzilla would save the film, they cut his scenes down so much that after the third tease of Godzilla fighting and looking at close ups of his feet, I just felt cheated.
I have had a lot of die hard 'Zilla fans come up to me and explain that, "Well if you had watched the original Godzilla a lot of this story structure would have made more sense," and maybe so. I know I'm in the minority here but I have to go off my first impression. The action is something to behold and seeing this in IMAX would be the best way to appreciate it's huge scope, but other than some cool effects and fun japanese throwbacks I got nothing out of this.
The film's title should have been changed from GODZILLA to… Ford Brody: The Lame Solider (featuring Bryan Cranston and Godzilla)
Rating: 4/10


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People in 12 step recovery often speculate that dating in early sobriety will be the downfall for the newcomer. I can only speak to what I have gone through, and do not believe there is a right or wrong answer. I didn't seek out the company of men, but, I dated and fell in love. Since February is "love month," I thought I'd share my love story.
I officially met Cody 63 days into my sobriety. He had 100 days. We went through the same rehab facility and met in the Intensive Outpatient Program. It sounds corny, but we fell in love almost immediately. Four years later, we're married, have two beautiful boys (not in that order), and we're still clean and sober. Cody likes to say we're the exception to the rule. I like to say, we got really, really lucky.
I had no idea who Cody was when he called to ask me out, but I agreed. I couldn't say no to a man that had made such an effort to get my number. Plus, he had a sexy voice. I hurriedly mentioned that I lived with my parents and didn't drive (thanks to DUIs). I worried that would be a deal breaker, but I needed to know he was okay with where I was in my life. Sobriety meant that I no longer tried to preserve a facade of a "normal" life.
On our first date, he told me his divorce wasn't officially finalized, and within days we had shared the wreckage of our pasts. Neither of us were trying to hide it. I had spent so many years trying to pretend that I had any of my shit together, and it was incredibly freeing to no longer make excuses for my life. He listened, he shared, and he accepted me. And that felt good.
We began setting boundaries from the very beginning. I hadn't set one boundary in all of my 25 years, and it was shocking how easy it was. We concurred that if either of us relapsed, we'd break up. Early on, we talked openly about sex; I had no desire to be a one night stand and neither of us wished to jump into it. We took the pressure off of sex. We rushed and pushed nothing.
From the start of our relationship, we worked individual programs. That was another boundary. Whether it's our 12 step programs or other sober outlets, we're separate. I know my husband's sponsor, he officiated our wedding, but beyond that, we have individual recovery. I take my own yoga class, and he goes on his own runs. I don't nag him to meditate and he doesn't remind me to read my daily affirmations. We see different therapists and attend separate after-care groups. He's my brother in sobriety, not my sponsor.
There were many things I began to do differently when I sobered up, and this relationship was no exception. I made myself, and my new journey, a priority by spending time getting to know the new me. I didn't ditch my friends and family just because I was dating again. Recognizing that heartbreak could lead to relapse, I taught myself that he was not my world — I'd be okay without him. I didn't lose myself in Cody, and by doing that, I was able to discover myself, and stay sober.
There were some habits I didn't immediately change. Early in sobriety I didn't understand the difference between passion and drama, and I had the notion that arguing was imperative. I projected all of my insecurities because I believed Cody would leave me; that it was inevitable. Truth be told, he had to break down quite a few walls.
I've discovered much about love, and I've found that true love is easy and unselfish. It is a partnership. I learned to stop fighting everything, and stop feeding into this idea that chaos was crucial.
I'll never forget a moment of clarity I had during an early disagreement with Cody — an argument I had started over nothing. I really thought if he fought with me he loved me. I was very rudely insulting him when he interrupted me, firmly. "Melissa, I don't know what you're used to, but we will not talk to each other like that." That was the first and only time I've heard him use that tone with me. He wasn't harsh, or mean, he was simply setting a boundary.
After that conversation it just sort of clicked. I was self-destructing this genuinely awesome guy because I was mistaking chaos for passion because I didn't know how to love a man without anger. Before Cody, I had allowed every guy to treat me viciously, so I assumed that he eventually would too. I took that self-realization and slowly let it bleed into all aspects of my life.
Chaos is no longer my baseline. And that is a beautiful thing.
Perhaps we are the exception to the rule, or maybe we're just lucky. Either way, we've evolved, we've loved and we're still in recovery.


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Crescent FFA chapter of Iva, SC, named 2 Star Chapter for 2022 National Chapter award by National FFA Organization
INDIANAPOLIS (August 11, 2022/National FFA Organization) – The Crescent FFA chapter of Iva, SC, has been recognized in the 2022 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization.
The program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters from throughout the country that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization. These chapters improve chapter operations using the National Quality FFA Chapter Standards and a Program of Activities that emphasizes growing leaders, building communities, and strengthening agriculture. Chapters are rewarded for providing educational experiences for the entire membership.
Chapters that received star ratings during judging this summer and will be recognized at the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo, Oct 26-29.
All star-rated FFA chapters receive honors made possible by corporate sponsor John Deere.
"At John Deere, we believe that FFA will grow the next generation of leaders capable of changing the world for the better," Aaron Wetzel, vice president of production systems at John Deere, said. "Star chapters help inspire these vital leaders through their exceptional commitment to FFA's mission, which they bring to life through inspiring agricultural education, rich career exploration, and meaningful community service."
The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 735,000 student members as part of 8,817 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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About National FFA Organization The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 735,000 student members as part of 8,817 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FFA's mission is to make a positive difference in students' lives by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. For more, visit the National FFA Organization online at FFA.org and on Facebook and Twitter.
About National FFA Foundation The National FFA Foundation builds partnerships with industry, education, government, other foundations, and individuals to secure financial resources that recognize FFA member achievements, develop student leaders and support the future of agricultural education. A separately registered nonprofit organization, the foundation is governed by a board of trustees, including the national FFA president, educators, business leaders, and individual donors. For more, visit FFA.org/Give.


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IEC 60320-1 Withdrawal Force Test
IEC 60320 is the standard for appliance couplers. Appliance couplers include both an inlet and a connector. IEC 60320 requires a set minimum and maximum electrical contact depth for connectors, from the face of the connector. Contact depth is measured with go, no go pin depth gauges verifying contact positioning. IEC 60320 also establishes minimum and maximum inlet pin withdrawal forces for connectors. For example, the C13 connector, most commonly used on cordsets supplying AC power to personal computers, has three internal contacts that mate with the C14 inlet. Each C13 contact is required to hold a single pin 1.5 Newton force gauge that simulates a C14 inlet pin machined at the smallest dimensions allowed, for 3 seconds, to ensure safe, reliable contact design. In addition, the C13 connector must also release a C14 inlet gauge, with all three pins, at 50 Newtons of force to prevent damage to equipment.
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Interpower Corporation uses the IEC60320 gauges to verify proper withdrawal forces of the connectors and proper positioning of internal connections, thus ensuring loose connections and arcing do not occur.


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These blueberry breakfast cookies are made out of wholesome ingredients, like oats, fruit, almond butter, and flaxseed. They make a great healthy snack or on-the-go breakfast! Vegan friendly, plus free of gluten, oil, and refined sugar.
After having kids, you almost forget what life was like before parenthood. "What did we use do in our spare time?" I had asked my husband after our second child was born. I couldn't imagine what previously occupied my time, which was now monopolized by these little people I fed, changed, played with, cleaned up after, chased around, bathed, and rocked to sleep each and every day. I'm not complaining, I love my job. In fact, being a mom has been my identity for so long that I have no idea what I'll do with myself once my kids go off to college.
I know many people look forward to the day their kids leave the house. "I'll finally have that extra bedroom for my craft room!" someone once said. I used to think about things like that too. Mostly on those tough days, like when the house was a mess, the kids were fighting, and I was sitting on the ground scrubbing sharpie drawings off the wall. But, parenting has actually gotten more fun as the kids have gotten older. You can actually have an adult conversation with your own kids. They have some of the same interests too, like food, movies, and traveling to new places. They're also old enough to be more helpful around the house. And now that my son drives, I can have him run some of my errands. (like running back to the store to grab that avocado I forgot to get 🙈)
I'm not sure what I've done to deserve such great kids, but I feel blessed to have a good relationship with each of them. Instead of dreading the day they grow up and leave the house, I'll have to learn to embrace the new life stage we're in together when it comes. I'll continue to be the supportive mom who's always just a phone call away.
In the meantime, I'm thoroughly enjoying these last few years of raising my children. I may be too doting on them at times and spoil them unnecessarily, but that's my way of showing love. I love with actions. So when you wake up and I have a big tray of blueberry breakfast cookies coming out of the oven, it means, "I love you so very much!"
These blueberry breakfast cookies are made out of wholesome ingredients, like oats, fruit, almond butter, and flaxseed. They're super simple to throw together and fairly healthy too, making them a great mid-morning snack or on-the-go breakfast. Perfect for popping into lunch boxes or your gym bag for a post workout snack!
And if you love the ease of cookies/bars over a bowl of oatmeal, scroll down for even more ideas! Enjoy!
PrintBlueberry Breakfast Cookies
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 9-10 cookies 1x
These blueberry cookies are made out of wholesome ingredients, like oats, fruit, almond butter, and flaxseed. They make a great healthy snack or on-the-go breakfast! Vegan friendly, plus free of gluten, oil, and refined sugar.
- 1 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup oat flour*
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup apple sauce or mashed ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup almond butter or sun butter
- 3–4 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1–2 tablespoons milk of choice or water
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients—oats, oat flour, flaxseed, cinnamon, and salt.
- Stir in apple sauce, almond butter, sweetener, and vanilla, mixing until well combined. If dough is dry, stir in 1-2 tablespoons of milk, until dough is slightly wet, but holds its shape when scooped. Fold in blueberries.
- Scoop cookies onto baking sheet by the 1/4 cupfuls (I used an ice cream scoop) leaving a couple of inches in between each mound. Press slightly with wet hands to flatten each mound.
- Bake for 15–18 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned. Remove and let cool completely before serving. Makes 9-10 cookies.
- Cooled cookies and be wrapped well and stored in the freezer for several weeks. Just thaw and enjoy!
*can be made by grinding whole oats into a fine flour using a food processor or coffee grinder.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Breakfast, Snack, Vegan
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Penn State Men's Basketball Coach Pat Chambers has resigned after the university conducted an internal investigation of his program.
"Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour accepted the resignation of head men's basketball coach Pat Chambers today following an internal investigation of new allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers," the university stated.
Earlier this year, Chambers faced criticism after a former player named Rasir Bolton accused him of making inappropriate comments during a one-on-one conversation.
"I want to be a stress reliever for you. You can talk to me about anything. I need to get some of this pressure off you. I want to loosen the noose that's around your neck," Bolton said Chambers told him.
After Bolton went public with his claims regarding Chambers, he explained that the coach had not apologized for his comments.
"He said he was from the north and wasn't aware," Bolton said.
"Due to other interactions with Coach, I knew this was no slip of the tongue."
Bolton has since transferred from Penn State and joined the Iowa State Men's basketball program. Shortly after Bolton called Chambers out, new allegations of inappropriate conduct within the program surfaced.
"The new allegations surfaced shortly after The Undefeated's article and a review was conducted jointly by Penn State's Affirmative Action and Athletics Integrity offices," the university added.
It is unclear what new allegations were made and how Chambers may have been involved. After offering his resignation, the former Penn State coach issued a statement of his own.
"I am so proud of all our program has accomplished these past nine years, and I will be forever grateful to the Penn State community for its ongoing support," he said.
"Anyone who has ever coached -- especially at this level -- knows the exceptional amount of energy and focus it takes to deliver each and every day. This has been an incredibly difficult year for me and my family, and we are in need of a break to re-set and chart our path forward. So, I'm taking a step back to prepare myself for the next 20 years."
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour has named Jim Ferry as the team's interim head coach. Ferry enters the role with three decades of coaching experience including 19 years as a head coach.
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Intel has been giving Apple a hard time with its line of recent ads that highlight what it deems to be shortcomings with the Apple M1 MacBook Pro, while promoting the power of Intel's 11th-generation processors in Windows laptops.
But, in what appears to be an unfortunate if amusing oversight, an Intel ad spotted on Reddit eschewed a Windows laptop for a MacBook Pro. Intel processors are still used with some Macs, but this blunder (if it is indeed a blunder) seems to go against Intel's promotion of Windows laptops over Apple's lineup, and it was quickly shared on social media.
Look closer at the laptop he's using…. pic.twitter.com/DeI8VSh4tDApril 7, 2021
The ad in question is promoting the Intel Core i7-1185G7 CPU, and features a still taken from Getty Images that shows a man working on what appears to be a MacBook Pro, accompanied by the tagline: "The world's best processor on a thin and light laptop." While that looks innocent enough to the average web browser, it sticks out as a stark contradiction of Intel's recent anti-Mac messaging.
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A closer look at the Getty Images page for the image reveals an expanded gallery from the same series, which gives us a better look at not only the MacBook Pro, but also at what is very clearly an Apple Magic Mouse being used.
While this is a humorous oversight on the face of it, it's entirely possible that the mistake could dent the impact of Intel's recent marketing campaign. The company even went as far as to feature Justin Long – famous for his role in the classic 'I'm a Mac' Apple commercials – to positively compare Intel's processors with Apple's M1 processors.
What's even stranger is that MacBooks don't (and won't) have Intel's 11th-generation processors built in, as Apple is itself moving away from third-party CPUs in favor of its own chips. So this is certainly a case where a little more research would have been beneficial before the ad was approved.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
The Allen Charge Project: Delaware
The key Delaware case on the Allen Charge is Collins v. State, 56 A.3d 1012 (Del. 2012).
In Collins, Solomon Collins was charged with first-degree murder and related crimes. At the end of the trial,
After eleven hours of deliberation, the jury foreman sent the second of two notes to the trial judge. The second note read, "The jury believes that further discussions will not change the present vote of a hung jury."
The trial judge asked the foreman if he believed "further deliberations would help in this matter at all?" The trial transcript indicates only that the foreman answered, "No." However, the trial judge, defense counsel, and prosecutor all commented on the record that the foreman's response was a very "interesting" no. The prosecuting attorney clarified for the record that the "foreman's answer was kind of a long drawn out no." The trial judge explained: "That answer threw out some questions in my mind, so because of that I'm going to read the Allen charge. I don't think it will hurt in this case."
Over defense counsel's general objection, the judge gave an Allen Charge that included the following language:
If a much greater number of you are for one side, each dissenting juror ought to consider whether his or her position is a reasonable one, since it makes no effective impression on the minds of so many equally honest, intelligent, fellow jurors, who bear the same responsibility, serve under the same sanction of the same—excuse me, serve under the sanction of the same oath and have heard the same evidence with, we may assume, the same attention and an equal desire to arrive at the truth.
In a like manner, the jurors who constitute a greater number should consider the reasons of those who take a different position to see whether there may be persuasive merit in that position. You are not partisans, you are judges, judges of the facts.
This Allen Charge was read at 10:58 A.M., and the jury later returned a guilty verdict at 1:04 P.M. that same day. On appeal, Collins claimed that the Allen Charge was impermissible for several reasons, including the wording of the instruction concerning jurors in "the majority" or "the minority."
With regard to this wording, the Supreme Court of Delaware found that Collins's general objection was no sufficient to preserve the issue for appellate review and therefore only considered the issue of whether the wording was plain error. According to the court,
An Allen charge that instructs the majority and the minority to re-examine their views has been approved in the First, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits. The Allen charges approved by these circuits differed in their wording, but each drew a distinction between majority and minority jurors and in some fashion asked both groups to reconsider their views. Importantly, each of those circuits found repeated warnings—as was done here—that jurors not give up their individual convictions, diminished the risk that the majority/minority distinction might be coercive. The Seventh and the District of Columbia Circuits agree with the Third Circuit that any majority/minority distinction is coercive.
Although these approaches suggest that any instruction using the majority/minority distinction is best avoided, the divergent federal precedent persuades us that it was not plain error for the trial judge to make the distinction in his Allen charge in this case. The error in wording—if there was one—was neither plain nor obvious.
So, in other words, Delaware allows for the use of Allen charges, but it is unclear whether they can include the majority/minority language.


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The Air Force is seeking to identify innovative Digital Engineering (DE) technologies and processes that aid in transforming AF acquisition from "analog" to "digital" and allow the AF to rapidly and continuously field disruptive capabilities. Digital Engineering depends on the creation of virtual, digital models and environments that are nearly perfect, harnessing their full power to learn and experiment so the actual, physical systems are fully integrated and tested before they are produced.
In adherence to the Air Force's three digital acquisition principles (Own the Tech Stack, Warp from Tech Stack to Edge, eCreate before you Aviate), the DE innovations being sought include, but are not limited to virtual work environments, rapid virtual prototyping and demonstration, infrastructure operability, big data management, analysis, and visualization, linking disparate data sources and systems, digital thread and digital twin, advanced architecture tools, cybersecurity, decision analysis, model based systems engineering, model based engineering, software visualization, and cloud/high performance computing (HPC) cost effective infrastructure.
All source selection activities will take place in the private government pitch. In order to be considered for funding under this 20.3 Solicitation, Topic: AF203-DCSO3, vendors must participate in the private government pitch.
The public pitch/presentation has no impact on the source selection process or any potential funding. The public pitch/presentation is purely an opportunity for the selected vendors to highlight their technology to other attendees, and offers no guarantee of funding, consideration, or connections of any kind. Vendors are not required to participate in the public pitch/presentation in order to participate in the private government pitch.
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Emee and Gibson Pups are 1 Week Old!
Emee and Gibson's puppies are 1 week old! They are thriving. Emee is being such a good mom and she is doing well also. The puppies still have closed eyes and ears and they spend all day and night eating or sleeping. Sleeping is important because they are growing and developing quickly. These puppies are super adorable and will only get cuter by the day. The girls are on pink blankets and the boys are on green blankets. There is ONE spot still available in this litter. Please submit the puppy application if you are interested. Applicant must be open to either gender or color to be considered. Do not ask me which puppy is available. Please see the Adoption Process page for more information and the Availability page for details on this litter/parents. The Our Doodles page has health testing info on the parents. Enjoy the pictures!!


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Inspired by Hawaii and filled with sunshine and good vibes! Young barley, May Chang and orange essential oils are some of the many natural ingredients for this little gem. The hint of bamboo charcoal leaves skin cleansed and detoxified.
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August 30, 2017 · 3 mins read
A lesson from Game of Thrones. If you didn't see the final episode of the season 7 of Game of Thrones, no worries, you won't find any spoiler. I promise.
Whenever you watched or not the last episode of Game of Thrones, John Snow said something very interesting in this episode. His claim is not really important for the scenario, no worries, but it's a very good advice for a lot of people, especially for people working in marketing.
Unlike journalism, where the essential principle is the truth based on facts, marketing goal is to promote a product or a service.
Marketing is not about truth and fact. At its best, marketing is about distilling the essential benefits of something into brief, memorable words, phrases, and images that evoke strong emotions to slip into the minds of an audience.
But the line between journalism and marketing became more blurred than ever. Journalism becomes more and more about entertainment, and marketing, especially « content marketing », becomes more and more about long-form content, trying to make marketing people looking like experts in their domain (and, obviously, turn more leads into sales).
And that's a problem. Because marketers are not journalists. They try to be like them, using the same style, to make their content looks like journalists content. But it's a lie. Because journalism and marketing don't share the same principles and values. Then, content marketing is a fraud.
I read a very interesting comment on Reddit (yes, sometimes you can find interesting stuff on Reddit 😇) about content marketing: Content Marketing is Broken: Why it's so damn hard to learn anything these days.
The main idea of this post is about how content marketing is ruining our ability to learn online because of the SEO-driven content, often useless. Content is just created to promote something using SEO technique, and not to try to share an expert knowledge or experience. Sadly, content marketing doesn't use SEO to have more traffic and share something valuable. It's just about traffic and visibility. The content value is poor. Then, it becomes more and more difficult to find quality content. And to learn.
So, the end result of all this is that content marketing is too often useless, and it's a lie.
This sentence is (regrettably) well known.
For me, if you want to think in a long-term way, you have to be honest with your audience. It's not a business principle, it's a global principle. Do not try to abuse of something, because if something is not balanced, you can be sure it won't last.
Content marketing is actually a great solution to promote a product or a service. But if you use this too much, and in a biased way, it will stop working. Because you fool your audience. Quality over quantity is a better strategy than quantity over quality.
And to come back to Game of Thrones, as John Snow said:
When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.
I will end my article in a positive way, quoting the solution proposed in the Reddit comment linked above: let's create better content!
I'm not a marketer. I have nothing to promote. I just share my point of view. So you won't find any call to action in this article 😉.
This article is a criticism of the biased use and abuse of content marketing. It's not a criticism of content marketing itself. Keep in mind some people and companies try their best to create useful content. But sadly, in my experience, that's not the majority of cases.
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Doherty, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-7892 and Wimmer, M.C. (2005) Children's understanding of ambiguous figures:Which cognitive developments are necessary to experience reversal? Cognitive Development, 20 (3). pp. 407-421. ISSN 0885-2014
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In two experiments involving one hundred and thirty-eight 3- to 5-year-olds we examined the claim that a complex understanding of ambiguity is required to experience reversal of ambiguous stimuli [Gopnik, A., & Rosati, A. (2001). Duck or rabbit? Reversing ambiguous figures and understanding ambiguous representations. Developmental Science, 4, 175-183]. In Experiment 1 a novel Production task measured the ability to acknowledge both interpretations of ambiguous figures. This was as easy as and significantly correlated with a False Belief task, and easier than a Droodle task. We replicated this finding in Experiment 2, and also found that perceiving reversal of ambiguous figures was harder than either the False Belief or Production tasks. In contrast to previous findings, the Reversal and Droodle tasks were not specifically related. We conclude that children only attempt reversal once they can understand the representational relationship between the figure and its two interpretations. The process resulting in reversal however is hard, probably requiring additional developments in executive functioning and imagery abilities.
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Carol A. Shartle, age 67 of E. Jamestown Rd., Greene Twp., Jamestown passed away surrounded by her family, Thursday morning October 17, 2019 in her residence.
She was born in Greenville on May 2, 1952 a daughter of Clark and Martha (Reefer) McHenry. She was a graduate of Jamestown High School. Carol was a homemaker and also had worked as a cook at B&A Cafe in Jamestown. She was a member of Jamestown Fireman's Club and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers Fan. Carol also enjoyed crocheting, playing bingo, horses, fishing, and riding motorcycle with Chuck.
Carol is survived by her fiancee, Charles "Chuck" Watt of Jamestown; three daughters, Gidget Shartle and her companion Mark Koehne of Westford, PA, Heidi Herrmann and her husband James of Transfer, and Christy Shartle and her companion Rian Eckley of Greenville; four brothers, Michael McHenry and his wife Suk of Scottsdale, AZ, Dale McHenry and his wife Laurie of Greenville, Dean McHenry and his wife Tina of Jamestown, and Darl Mchenry; nine grandchildren; Chuck's children, Tiffany Watt of Pittsburgh and Travis Watt of Greenville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her previous husband, James Shartle, and a brother Clark McHenry, Jr. The family is very appreciative of her grandchildren; Tye and Alicia Jablonki and her friend Jeff McGirr for all their help during her illness.
A memorial service will be held later at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601. Arrangements have been entrusted to Loutzenhiser-Jordan Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 366-368 S. Main St., Greenville.