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Volunteering is a personal choice
Paul Reddish calls for the volunteer to be given a voice in the debate over what are appropriate volunteering opportunities
Over 1.5 million people willingly give up their time to support causes, events and projects every year. People volunteer for all sorts of reasons. Young People are able to use it to help develop their skills, while for older people it can be a critical route to avoiding isolation and loneliness. The benefits are wide ranging and well researched. Volunteering is generally regarded as a good thing for all involved. As a voluntary sector I think we can do more to promote it.
It's frustrating therefore that we now find ourselves in a debate about whether volunteering is exploitation. As is often the case, it is not that simple. If we focus on negative consequences, intended or not, we are not telling the whole story.
The debate until now has been dominated with views on what should and shouldn't be appropriate – and the voice of the volunteer is missing.
Not considering their views and needs undermines the fantastic work being done by volunteers and volunteer involving organisations throughout the country.
We need to get the volunteers' voice back at the heart of this debate, and make sure we acknowledge their opportunity to make their own decisions regarding how to give up their time.
Is Underbelly right to offer volunteering opportunities?
I don't think that it is unreasonable for Unite and Better than Zero to question Underbelly's approach to offering volunteering opportunities to ensure they are genuinely that.
Those of us involved in volunteering professionally work to a number of ethical boundaries which we believe should not be crossed. For example, it is simply not appropriate in any scenario to use volunteers to replace paid jobs, or to take part in roles core to the delivery of a particular service previously run by employees. Volunteering opportunities also need to be designed with the benefits to the volunteer at the forefront.
I would expect that as part of any bid to win the contract for Edinburgh's Christmas that volunteering should have been explicitly mentioned given the scale of the programme, and safeguards put in place to protect and cover these points. This should have offered the assurances that those worried about roles replacing jobs would quite rightly seek, and allowed the conversation to move to what these opportunities might look like, and how individuals might benefit if they volunteer. If this is done well and for the right reasons, large scale event volunteering opportunities can be fantastically rewarding – as many of those that volunteered at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games will attest to.
Rather worryingly, the leader of the council this week said he was only made aware of the volunteer programme when it was made public. If this is true and we've no reason at this stage to believe otherwise, it is concerning that such a large volunteering commitment should be part of an event without this being made known as part of the bidding process. That does raise questions regarding Underbelly's commitment to the volunteers taking part.
City of Edinburgh Council cannot be blamed for something it knew nothing about. However, I think it is incumbent on it to seek assurances about the quality of the volunteering offer, and the commitment to this being over and above paid roles one would presume were outlined in such a large bid. If it is a cost cutting exercise, the likes of Unite and Better than Zero have solid grounds to complain and the council must be compelled to intervene.
Let potential volunteers have the last say in this debate
If however the council is satisfied this is not the case, let's let people decide for themselves whether or not they want to give up their time in this way.
It has been suggested that as Underbelly is a private company and not a charity, that it should not be offering volunteering opportunities at all. Many will have sympathy with that argument, and I've no doubt it will be a factor in people's decision in taking part. We should all be given the choice to make up our own minds, and equally we should afford the same opportunity to others. Let's not shut down opportunities before potential volunteers get the opportunity to consider their merits.
Those of us who support opportunities to volunteer know one thing above all – volunteers will vote with their feet. They know what they want and they have high expectations of us.
If the offer in return for giving up their time is not compelling enough, they simply won't take part. If they take part and it doesn't meet their expectations, they won't do it again.
If you get it right, volunteering is brilliant for everyone involved.
More power to the volunteer. Allowing people the choice regarding how they give up their time is the point of volunteering after all, isn't it?
Paul Reddish is chief executive of Project Scotland
11th December 2017 by jeremy
What an utter scab! If a company can pay someone for their labour they should. Anything else sets a horrible precedent. I am sure it would help to streamline Mr Reddish's organisation if his job (and that of his PA, his management team etc) was done by a volunteer - but how would he (and his PA and his management team) pay their mortgages and feed themselves? He says "We need to get the volunteers' voice back at the heart of this debate" - no we do not - the voice which needs to be heard is the people who might reasonably expect to be doing this seasonal work for wages.


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DescriptionThe Athens University basketball team hasn't won a game in 30 years. But when spunky transfer student Lysistrata Jones dares the squad's fed-up girlfriends to stop "giving it up" to their boyfriends until they win a game, the team's legendary losing streak could finally come to an end. Adapted from Lysistrata, Aristophanes' classic Greek comedy, LYSISTRATA JONES takes student activism to a whole new level and celebrates the journey of discovering and embracing who you truly are.
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Act I
Our show starts – for a moment – in ancient Greece. The play Lysistrata has begun under the watchful care of Hetaira. With a twinkle of her eye and a flick of her wrist, we are in the present day and on the campus of Athens University.
Along comes spunky transfer student Lysistrata Jones, who quickly begins dating the captain of the basketball team. Hey, he's cute; she's cute… whatevs. But she soon discovers the Spartans aren't just any basketball team; they are the losingest basketball team in their division and have been for 33 years. Lyssie gets it into her head that the time has come for the team to win a game. She gets the girlfriends of the players to try to be cheerleaders. All the boys need is encouragement! The guys do try, but still fall short. All this is told in quicker time than it just took you to read it in "Right Now: Opening."
Right on its brisk, condensed story-telling heels, Mick and the crew declare that they don't care anyway about the loss. Whatever. It is "Right Now: Party Time." And boom! Like that, we are in the library. Lyssie meets Robin the slightly nerdy, poetry-slamming work-study student. She finds a kindred spirit.
She then meets Xander, the liberal blogger, and convinces him to get his nose out of the Powerbook and start being the school mascot — the Spartan. Lyssie and Robin then dream of a world without sarcasm and apathy ("Just Once"). While looking at the Spark Notes for Aristophanes (to find out once and for all why her theater major parents ever gave her that crazy-mad first name), she reads the mighty dramatic distillation: "To upset the status quo, Lysistrata convinces the women of Athens to withhold sexual privileges [nervous giggle] from their husbands and lovers." Well, quicker than you can say "public domain premise," Lyssie J. convinces her cheerleader girlfriends Myrrhine, Lampito, and Cleonice to "Change The World."
"Have mercy, good God, we got a sex jihad" intones our narrator, Hetaira. "Let see what's goin' down, down on the quad!" The plan is action. In "No More Giving It Up," following Robin's poetry-slam lead, Lyssie says there's no more sweet lovin' for Mick. Cleonice says there's no more amore for 'Uardo. Lampito takes the chicka-chicka-boom-boom away from Tyllus and Myrrhine denies Cinesias his "'ho." Only Harold is saved the denial humiliation. So there are benefits to being single after all.
Things are changing! Lyssie is having an influence on her world. Xander the once progressive blogger arrives in full Greco-Roman uniform ready to be a Spartan mascot. The costume, it would seem, was left over from the Drama Department's stage production of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." "But wasn't that a movie?" asks Lyssie. The ever-wise Xander opines, "The best theater is always a movie first. That way the audience doesn't have to worry about being surprised."
Was it Sir Isaac Newton or Kim Kardashian who said "For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction?" Definitely sounds more like Kim. Well, as you can imagine, back in the locker room, the guys are in an uproar, but Mick convinces them to ignore the girls and their silly threats and to "Lay Low." That means another basketball loss, only this one is on purpose.
Realizing they need to change their strategy, the girls decide to get the advice off an expert on how to handle men. With the aid of Siri, they find Madam Hetaira at the Eros Motor Lodge and she suggests that the girls be teases. "Can we really be teases?" the girls ask innocently. "You're Cheerleaders. Hello?!" is Hetaira's wise reply. She teaches them the joys of saying "I Don't Think So." In a dance break, the girls make it ALL sexy for the guys, who are promptly driven nutso.
With the guys riled up, Mick regroups and convinces the team to follow his lead. When the girls show up in real cheerleader uniforms before the second-to-last game, Mick delivers the final ultimatum – either the girls drop their act or the guys will be forced to break up with them. The battle is on. Despite some extra sexy cheers, the boys manage not to be swayed and lose the game easily ("You Go Your Way").
The girls are now near mutiny. To add salt to the wound, the boys announce that since they are broken up, they are off to Eros Motor Lodge. And that, it would seem, is the straw that broke the entitled Generation Y's backs. Myrrhine swears revenge on Cinesias. Everyone turns on Lysistrata. How dare she care and upset their perfect lives? Alone, Lysistrata contemplates her next move in "Where Am I Now?"
Act II
Act Two starts with Hetaira reminding us that, though we think we've been watching a sex battle, what we're really watching is love blossoming in the most unlikely places ("Writing On The Wall").
Alone in the gym, Lysistrata is visited by Xander, still fighting strong for the cause. He (along with an unseen Hetaira) convinces Lyssie to "Hold On" and keep fighting for her cause. By the end, they kiss, and well… as the discreet love to say when discussing their exploits, "One thing just leads to another."
Meanwhile, at the Eros Motor Lodge, Mick, Cinesias and 'Uardo are ready to meet some ladies for some rented fun. Well, this being the kind show it just wants to be, no one winds up lucky, just wiser. Mick and 'Uardo quickly run away and Cinesias soon finds the 'ho' he's always wanted in Tiffany, one of the Eros girls who is more than he bargained for. Tiffany is actually Myrrhine in disguise, inflicting her revenge ("Don't Judge A Book").
That night at the quad, it is safe to say all relationships are as crazy as can be. In "Right Now (Operetta)," love in all its frustrating realness is taking center stage. Lysistrata and Xander realize they have feelings for one another, and Mick, having received some misinformation, goes for one final battle in the war of sexes. All others swirl in the unsettled air.
Following up on his plan to win the war, Mick is ripe to seduce Robin in his dorm room. However, things do not go according to plan. She awakens something in him by treating him with respect and challenging him to be a better person. It all happens "When She Smiles."
As is the case with everyone who has ever tried to make a difference in the world, at some point it's all too much. Lysistrata decides it's time to move on to another college. She goes back to Hetaira to say goodbye; Hetaira implores her to "Hold On (Reprise)."
In "The Final Game," the guys all realize what's been missing from their lives: love and passion. They plan to win for the first time. Do they win? Do the couples all wind up in love and in unexpected groupings? Does Lysistrata return and save the day in an unbelievable way? Are we all a tiny bit wiser at the end? Well, this being a musical comedy, I'd say the odds are tipped in our favor. But I can say, without a spoiler alert, that there is a toga party at the end, with everyone looking very ancient, Grecian and happy ("Give It Up!").
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Lysistrata Jones
After a highly acclaimed Greenwich Village production by the Transport Group Theater Company, LYSISTRATA JONES played on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre Theatre starring Patti Murin as the title character.
Musical Numbers
Act I
1. Opening: Right Now – Hetaira & Company
2. Party Time: Right Now – Hetaira & Company
2a. "Just Once" – Lysistrata & Robin
3. "Change The World" – Hetaira & Girls
4. "Sex Jihad" (Transition) – Hetaira
5. "No More Givin' It Up" – Girls
6. Xander Moves – Band
7. "Tsunami Transition" – Hetaira
8. "Lay Low" – Mick & Guys
9. Hetaira Entrance – Hetaira
10. "I Don't Think So" – Hetaira & Girls
11. I Don't Think So (Ballet) – Company
11a. Cheerleader Entrance – Band
12. You Go Your Way – Company
13. "Where Am I Now" – Lysistrata
Act II
14. "The Writing On The Wall" – Hetaira & Company
14a. "Where Am I Now" (Transition)– Lysistrata
15. "Hold On" – Xander, Lysistrata, & Hetaira
16. "Don't You Know" (Transition I) – Hetaira
17. Don't You Know (Transition II) – Band
18. Don't You Know (Transition III) – Band
19. "Don't Judge A Book" – Myrrhine & Cinesias
20. "Transition After Don't Judge" – Hetaira
21. Lampito Underscore – Band
22. "Right Now" (Operetta) – Company
23. Operetta Playoff – Band
24. "When She Smiles" – Mick
25. When She Smiles — Walk Off – Band
26. Reprise: "Hold On" – Hetaira & Lysistrata
27. Final Game: "Hold On" – Company
27a. Lysistrata Enters – Hetaira
27b. Point Deduction – Band
28. Reprise: "You Go Your Way"– Company
29. Finale: "Give It Up"– Company
30. Curtain Call – Company
31. Exit Music (Band) – Band


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Trainer Profile
From Apple, Google and the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame band Journey, to Disney, Amex and The White House, Ronald C. Vining has advanced over 25 of the top 100 luxury, retail, hospitality, telco, financial services, insurance, airline, automotive, consumer electronics and entertainment brands. Creating innovative experiences for millions of users on behalf of 85% of Fortune 500 firms including Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, BMW, Cisco, Louis Vuitton, SAP, Levi Strauss and Verizon.
Ron fosters strategic synergies between enterprise and consumers by curating compelling content to generate a brand influx of organic buzz across Omni-channel media, immersive mobile ecosystems, augmented reality, themed physical environments, engaging product placements, licensing opportunities and differentiated loyalty programs across China, Japan and South East Asia.
As a subject matter expert, professional speaker and business advisor, Ron delivers tailored solutions, keynote presentations and engaging masterclass. Sharing his futurist marketing vision around topics such as; "Artificial Intelligence-based Marketing Automation," "Digital Disruption," "Unlocking B2B2C Omni-Content Engagement," "Blockbuster Transmedia Brand Storytelling," "Dynamic CX: Customer Engagement & Consumer Experience," "Hyperconnected IoT Retail," "Rockstar Gravitas & Personal Branding" and "Impactful Media & Sales Presence" to audiences across the globe.
Ron is Founder of Singapore – based, Learnami AI Technologies, along with firms iPlenaria and BrandInflux, an IoT content consultancy specializing in B2B & B2C brand experience marketing, digital engagement strategies and loyalty programs. He is also a marketing Adjunct Professor & Fellow, Digital Media Lab at The University of Massachusetts - College of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


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'Not in public interest': Gloucester coal mine rejected by planning commission
The NSW Planning Assessment Commission has refused consent for a coal mine planned for Gloucester, potentially culling a second major mining venture near the mid-north coast town in less than two years.
The commission found the economic benefits of the Rocky Hill open-cut coal project sought by Gloucester Resources Ltd would be outweighed "by the detriment to the quality of life for residents near the mine site".
"In balancing both the benefits and adverse impacts, the commission finds that the project is not in the public interest," it said in a statement released on Friday.
The PAC's determination was welcomed by Groundswell Gloucester, a group that helped lead the successful opposition to a proposed coal seam gasfield that was dropped by AGL almost two years ago.
Friday's decision was "great news for the long-suffering Gloucester community which has been fighting this flawed proposal for many years", Di Montague, a Groundswell campaigner, said.
"It was always an absurd idea to dig a 200-metre deep dirty coal mine less than 1 kilometre from family homes and the PAC decision confirms this."
Fairfax Media sought comment from Gloucester Resources.
A PAC rejection does not always result in a proponent giving up. The Drayton South coal mine has had four rejections, with the developer responding by submitting a modified proposal.
Groundswell Gloucester promised "continuing relentless opposition" to plans to build a coal mine near the town.
"We call upon the state government to now ensure that this is the end of the road for this absurd mine proposal by buying back GRL's licence," Ms Montague said.
The miner had proposed to produce as much as 2 million tonnes from three open-cut pits for as long as 21 years.
The commission found the mine would disturb 497 hectares of agricultural land, a development that was not "sympathetic to the Gloucester Valley's character".
Peter Hannam writes on environment issues for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.


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Attached are the Programme and WBN ESW for more information.
Dear Secretariat,
This is to inform you that in an effort to promote entrepreneurship and in support of Malaysia's Year of Women Empowerment 2018, the WIEF Businesswomen Network (WBN) will organise the above workshop in Kuala Lumpur from 28-30th August 2018. The workshop will help women entrepreneurs grow and sustain their business in a highly competitive and increasingly complex business environment. The Workshop would also encourage the participants to be more productive, creative and innovative in finding solutions to their business problems and move ahead.
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FRANKFURT: Volkswagen's powerful labour representatives on Thursday urged lawmakers not to use the carmaker as a political football ahead of national elections next month and risk threatening jobs in Germany.
The appeal came after the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) party called for Lower Saxony to sell its $9 billion Volkswagen stake to remove any German state influence and let the carmaker focus on improving its lacklustre profitability.
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Volkswagen has been struggling to bounce back from its emissions cheating admissions that have cost the company as much as $25 billion.
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Hey guys!! I was nominated an eternity ago by Chloe @ The Chloe Edit. Thanks Chloe. You guys should check out her page. It's gorgeous and Chloe is a lovely person herself.
~ Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their post.
~ Answer the 11 questions they asked you.
~ Nominate 11 other bloggers with your own set of questions.
~ Tag your chosen 11 bloggers and don't forget to tell them as well!
Chloe's Questions
1) Who is your idol in life?
This would be Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a bestselling author and feminist Queen. I've read nearly all her novels and her feminist texts are brilliant. She's also the one who formed the definition of feminism as the "social, political and economic equality of both sexes."
2) Would you rather do your hair or makeup?
My makeup. I rarely use makeup so all I'll apply is mascara and lipgloss and maybe brush out my eyebrows. My hair is nearly natural and really thick and my arms hurt when I comb it or do anything to it so I'll definitely pass.
3) How would you describe your clothing style?
Basic. My sisters were the ones who first used that word and at the time, it felt very insulting but I've accepted it. My normal attire I feel most comfortable in is a simple top/ blouse/ shirt and a pair of jeans with flat sandals or shoes. If that isn't basic, I don't know what is😂😂😂
4) What is your favourite film genre?
Nonfiction, fantasy and comic book movies and some animation movies. The former is really weird because I don't read nonfiction books.
5) What is your favourite film?
This is really hard. I mean, one?? I like Danish Girl, Cloud Atlas, August Rush, The Age of Adaline, Half of a Yellow Sun, Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Hobbit series, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Frozen and Moana to name a few.
6) What is your star sign? And do you believe in horoscopes?
Aries. I had to Google the first answer. That should give you an idea of the second answer. I'm not exactly sure what horoscopes are tbh.
7) What is your favourite place to eat out and what would you normally order?
My favourite place is a restaurant in my university and I usually order jollof rice, plantain and meat.
For those who don't know, jollof rice is just rice with pepper and tomatoes added to it when cooking and plantain is like bananas but not exactly the same.
Here's a pic
8) Where is your favourite place to visit/ you have visited?
I love one of the malls in my state. It's called Leisure Mall and it's actually two big malls joined together.
9) What is your favourite makeup product?
I don't use makeup but if I did, I would use mascara a lot. People say I have pretty eyes so I think mascara would make them pop😆
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Uhhh… I tried to Google this but I just got more confused. No answer.
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- Nini @ Wonderland Angels
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- A Piece of Sarah
- Hello Bexa
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The German office investment market gained momentum in the third quarter. The transaction volume rose by 58% compared to the previous quarter. Office properties changed hands for a total of approximately €13bn between January and September, representing a 15% decrease during the year to date compared to the corresponding period last year. Sales of office portfolios have declined significantly (-35% compared with Q1 – Q3 15).
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Does your SharePoint Framework solution contain vulnerabilities?
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It was one of so many beautiful spots during this trip. It was very relaxing. We'll go again next year!
Gorgeous! As Meleah said – relaxing. But I am also thinking about all the cool critters that are probably in the picture that you can't see. Crawfish…little fish…all kinds of cool things!
You would have fit right in! It was primarily a birding trip, but people would go gaga over a special plant, or butterfly, etc.
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w =head1 Generate NMPDR Web Page Includes This script generates the include files for the NMPDR cover pages. The include files go in the C directory for the current NMPDR, and are based on data in the Sprout database. They need to be generated after the Sprout database is loaded, but before the cover pages are put online. The include files generated are: =over 4 =item version.inc Displays the version date, the genome counts, the number of subsystems, and the number of new annotations. This file is included in the C<index.php> document. =item forms/all_genomes.inc Displays a form allowing the user to select an organism and see a summary of its subsystems and reactions. This file is included in the C<content/subsystems.php> document. =item sproutdb.inc Displays the documentation for the Sprout database. This file is included in the C<content/docs.php> document. =back The currently-supported command-line options are as follows. =over 4 =item user Name suffix to be used for log files. If omitted, the PID is used. =item trace Numeric trace level. A higher trace level causes more messages to appear. The default trace level is 2. Tracing will be directly to the standard output as well as to a C<trace>I<User>C<.log> file in the FIG temporary directory, where I<User> is the value of the B<user> option above. =item sql If specified, turns on tracing of SQL activity. =item background Save the standard and error output to files. The files will be created in the FIG temporary directory and will be named C<err>I<User>C<.log> and C<out>I<User>C<.log>, respectively, where I<User> is the value of the B<user> option above. =item h Display this command's parameters and options. =item target Target directory for the include files. The default is C<includes> in the C<$FIG_Config::nmpdr_pages> directory. =back =cut use strict; use Tracer; use DocUtils; use TestUtils; use Cwd; use File::Copy; use File::Path; use FIG; use CGI qw(:standard); # Get the command-line options and parameters. my ($options, @parameters) = StandardSetup([qw(Sprout ERDB SFXlate) ], { trace => [2, 'tracing level'], target => ["$FIG_Config::nmpdr_pages/includes", 'output directory'], }, "<version date>", @ARGV); use SFXlate; # Get the target directory. my $targetDir = $options->{target}; # Verify the parameters. if (! $parameters[0]) { Confess("Please specify a version date."); } elsif (! -d $targetDir) { Confess("Target directory $targetDir does not exist."); } else { Trace("Output going to $targetDir.") if T(2); # Get the Sprout object. my $sfx = SFXlate->new_sprout_only(); # Get the old Sprout. my $oldSprout = SFXlate->new_sprout_only($FIG_Config::oldSproutDB); # Create the counts file. CreateCounts($sfx, $oldSprout, $parameters[0], "$targetDir/version.inc"); # Create the subsystem summary file. CreateSubForm($sfx, "$targetDir/forms/all_genomes.inc"); # Create the database documentation file. CreateSproutDoc($sfx, "$targetDir/sproutdb.inc"); # Tell the user we're done. Trace("File creation complete.") if T(2); } =head3 CreateCounts C<< CreateCounts($fig, $fileName); >> Create the count and version display for the front page of the NMPDR. =over 4 =item sfx A Sprout object for accessing the database. =item oldSfx A Sprout object for accessing the previous database. =item versionDate The string to be used for the version date. =item fileName The name of the output file. =back =cut sub CreateCounts { # Get the parameters. my ($sfx, $oldSfx, $versionDate, $fileName) = @_; # Open the output file. my $handle = Open(undef, ">$fileName"); # Start the heading. print $handle "
Version $versionDate\n"; # Get the counts. my @counts = $sfx->GenomeCounts(); my @names = qw(archaeal bacterial eukaryal viral environmental); # Get a list of named counts for all the categories with nonzero values. my @namedCounts = (); for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#names; $i++) { if ($counts[$i]) { push @namedCounts, "$counts[$i] $names[$i]"; } } # Form the named counts into English, which is a very complicated process. my $output = "Includes $namedCounts[0]"; for (my $i = 1; $i < $#namedCounts; $i++) { $output .= ", $namedCounts[$i]"; } if ($#namedCounts > 0) { $output .= ", and $namedCounts[$#namedCounts]"; } $output .= " genomes."; # Output the counts. print $handle "
$output"; # Get the number of subsystems. my $subsystems = $sfx->GetCount(['Subsystem'], "", []); print $handle "
$subsystems active subsystems"; # Count the number of new annotations and features. my %things = ( Annotation => 'annotations', Feature => 'features', Genome => 'organisms' ); for my $thing (sort keys %things) { my $newCount = $sfx->GetCount([$thing], "", []); my $oldCount = $oldSfx->GetCount([$thing], "", []); my $delta = $newCount - $oldCount; # Only display them if there's a reasonable number. if ($delta > 5) { print $handle ", $delta new $things{$thing}"; } } # Terminate the heading. print $handle ".
\n"; # Close the output file. close $handle; } =head3 CreateSubForm C<< CreateSubForm($sfx, $fileName); >> Output the subsystem summary form. The subsystem summary form allows the user to select an organism and view a summary of its subsystems. =over 4 =item sfx A Sprout object that can be used to access the NMPDR database. =item fileName The name of the file to create with the form HTML in it. =back =cut sub CreateSubForm { # Get the parameters. my ($sfx, $fileName) = @_; # Start the form. my @page = (); push @page, start_form({method => "post", action => "../FIG/genome_statistics.cgi", enctype=> "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}); # Make sure the script knows it's for SPROUT. push @page, input({type => "hidden", name => "SPROUT", value => "1"}); # Surround the form parts with a table. push @page, "

"; # Create the gene menu. push @page, $sfx->GeneMenu({ name => 'genome', size => 10 }, "", []); # End the first table cell. push @page, "

"; # Add the buttons. push @page, input({type => "submit", name => "show_subsystems", value => "Show Subsystems"}); push @page, input({type => "submit", name => "show_reactions", value => "Show Reactions"}); # Close the table. push @page, "

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Escape, explore and experience the best of nature at your next birthday party.
Nuts for Nature Birthday Party Package, $195.00
- Up to 10 children and 2 Adults (additional partiers are $9.50+hsteach)
- Two hours of nature programming (see program choices below)
- One hour room rental for snacks/presents/cakes etc.
- Parents (and other family members) dropping partiers off are welcome to purchase a discounted general admission pass at the front desk for $9.50+hst so they can have some fun exploring on their own!
Choose from the following 1or 2 hr nature programs
Birds of Prey Show (1hr): This exciting program will give participants the opportunity to be brought face-to-face with the grace, majesty, power and intelligence of hawks and owls. Participants will learn all about the different types of birds of prey, their habitats, adaptations and life histories, all the while being delighted by these magnificent animals in flight.
**Premium program additional $50 fee
Wet n Scaly Show (1hr): This exciting program provides participants with the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of Ontario's native snake and turtle species. Participants will learn plenty of fun facts and identification tips, as well as discover the importance of environmental stewardship and the role that they can play in helping Ontario's Species at Risk.
**Premium program additional $50 fee
Discovery Hike (1hr): Perfect for any age! Visit the swan treatment centre, the observation tower and the floating boardwalk with your guide interpreting points of interest along the way!
Animal Tracking (2 hr): Abundant in numbers, but very rarely seen, Wye Marsh's inhabitants have left stories of their travels behind in the snow. Designed to kindle awareness and understanding of Ontario's winter-active mammals, this program focuses on identifying animal tracks and scats, as well as animal adaptations, behaviours and winter survival techniques.
Animal Games (1hr): Games, games, and more games! Participants will learn to appreciate the diversity of form and function in the animal world as they investigate animal adaptations, habitat needs, and stewardship initiatives. Educational, kinetic and fun, this program is sure to get its participants actively engaged in the lives of the animals that call Ontario home.
Bannock Roasting (1hr): Bannock has been a staple food of wilderness explorers for centuries. Portable, nutritious, tasty and easy to make, bannock's legendary reputation continues as one of the best wilderness survival foods out there, not to mention a fun and engaging mid-day snack.
Marsh Exploration by Canoe (1hr): There is no better way to explore the Wye Marsh ecosystem than seated among friends in one of our large voyageur-style canoes. After a brief lesson on paddling technique and canoe safety, participants will paddle past blooming water lilies, basking turtles, and a beaver lodge, as jewel-winged damselflies and Red-winged Blackbirds fly overhead.
Available May-October.**Premium program additional $50 fee (+ $5 for each individual over 10 participants)
Dipnetting (1hr): With dip nets in hand, participants will learn about the many amazing adaptations the aquatic insects of the marsh possess, as well as what these insects can tell us about the water quality of the marsh. Participants will also learn about the interconnectedness of all of the marsh inhabitants as they simulate an aquatic food web, and explore the surrounding habitat by foot.
Available May-October.
Snowshoeing (2hr): What better way to combine physical activity with the pursuit of nature? With traditional-style snowshoes strapped to their feet, participants will head out into the snow-covered landscape to discover the many wonders that winter has to offer. Participants will also play a variety of games and activities designed to help develop balance and coordination skills.
$3 equipment rental fee. Trail condition dependant!
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BUENOS AIRES — With her government badly shaken over the mysterious death of a prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said in a televised speech on Monday night that she would immediately send a bill to Congress to dissolve the nation's premier intelligence agency.
The intelligence services "have not served the interests of the country," Mrs. Kirchner said in the speech, in which she proposed replacing the agency, the Intelligence Secretariat, or S.I., with a new organization that would have reduced surveillance powers.
Mrs. Kirchner accused rogue factions within the S.I. of trying to sabotage an agreement with Iran to jointly investigate the attack on the Jewish center, which killed 85 people.
Before the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was found dead in his apartment this month, he made the explosive assertion that Mrs. Kirchner had tried to reach a secret deal with the Tehran government to shield Iranian officials from responsibility for the bombing. Her aides have accused a spymaster she ousted from the agency last month of having a hand in preparing Mr. Nisman's criminal complaint against her and others.
In a wheelchair with a cast on her fractured left ankle, Mrs. Kirchner hinted that an aide to Mr. Nisman was responsible for his death and sought to link the aide to the Clarín Group, a news organization that has long been critical of her government.
The speech occurred as the death of Mr. Nisman has shed light on the shadowy power struggle between the government and its spies.
Mrs. Kirchner contended that Mr. Nisman had been manipulated by the spymaster, Antonio Stiusso, whose longevity and influence have been compared to J. Edgar Hoover's.
Now the death is fueling a broader debate about whether the nation's intelligence services need to be reined in, or whether the president's inner circle is hoping to shift public attention onto an opaque realm it has clashed with in recent months.
"We're finally gazing into the underworld where politics meets the security state and gangsterism," said Federico Finchelstein, an Argentine historian at the New School for Social Research in New York. "This is one of those pivotal moments in Argentina when something subterranean emerges in a bloody fashion."
The case has held constant surprises. With investigators still trying to determine whether Mr. Nisman was murdered or committed suicide, Damián Pachter, the first journalist to report the death, fled to Israel, saying he feared for his life in Argentina.
In an account on Monday in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Mr. Pachter said he concluded that he was being followed by an Argentine intelligence officer and decided to leave the country, flying to Israel by way of Uruguay and Spain.
"They are using their security forces to chase me," Mr. Pachter told reporters in Tel Aviv when he arrived Sunday evening. "I just had to move fast and quick, as fast as I could."
The first charges in Mr. Nisman's death were brought on Monday. Viviana Fein, the lead prosecutor in the case, said that Diego Lagomarsino, the aide to Mr. Nisman, had lent him the .22-caliber pistol used in his death. Mr. Lagomarsino was charged with providing a firearm to somebody not licensed to use it. The assistant was quoted as saying that Mr. Nisman had asked for the pistol because the spymaster, Mr. Stiusso, had told him he was in danger.
Mrs. Kirchner also cast suspicion on Mr. Lagomarsino, accusing him of being an opponent of her government and of having family ties in an indirect way to Clarín, the media group with which the president has long sparred. She said Mr. Lagomarsino's brother worked at a law firm representing Clarín.
In Mrs. Kirchner's own reading of the death, Mr. Stiusso looms large. A powerful figure for decades, Mr. Stiusso served for 12 years under Mrs. Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner — her late husband and predecessor as president — before her government ousted the spymaster from the Intelligence Secretariat in December.
There seems little doubt that Mr. Stiusso worked closely with Mr. Nisman as he pursued his investigation into the 1994 bombing. In a televised interview on Jan. 14, shortly after accusing Mrs. Kirchner's government of trying to undermine his investigation, he acknowledged working extensively with Mr. Stiusso, saying the spy chief had "absolutely" complied with his requests for information.
But Mr. Nisman also said he had been concerned that some of the evidence from Mr. Stiusso might not hold up in court. Mr. Nisman, explaining that he used only intelligence information that was legally valid, said he sometimes told Mr. Stiusso: "Look, this evidence is wonderful for intelligence, but I have to go before a court. They'll throw me out. What do I say?"
Mr. Nisman's 289-page criminal complaint, released after his death last week, is based largely on intercepted calls and text messages believed to have been obtained by intelligence agents. But Mrs. Kirchner's aides contend that intelligence officials did more than just help Mr. Nisman.
Her chief of staff argues that Mr. Stiusso fed misleading information over the course of the investigation, and questioned whether Mr. Nisman had even written the complaint accusing the president and her aides of subverting his inquiry.
The tensions with Mr. Stiusso had been building for a while. In October, one of Mr. Stiusso's top counterintelligence agents was shot dead by members of the Falcon Group, a special operations unit of the Buenos Aires police, pointing to rising hostilities between different security forces.
A simmering power struggle within the intelligence agency, known here as S.I., moved Mrs. Kirchner to purge its leadership in December, removing the political appointees at the agency's helm and ousting Mr. Stiusso as director of operations, according to news reports. She named a trusted former chief of staff as S.I.'s new director.
With a year left in her term, it seemed as if Mrs. Kirchner was asserting more control over the agency, potentially opening the way for greater transparency in its activities. Founded in 1946 during Juan Domingo Perón's first presidency, the agency evolved during the Dirty War from 1976 to 1983 into a secret police force that hunted down the military dictatorship's opponents.
"With the shift to democracy, public institutions grew more open, but the intelligence sector remained remarkably opaque, without effective controls," said Torcuato Sozio, executive director of the Civil Rights Association, which promotes accountability. "Stiusso's removal was viewed as a challenge to this impenetrable legacy."
Mr. Nisman stunned Argentina with his criminal complaint, including the claim that an S.I. agent named Ramón Allan Héctor Bogado — who was quoted in an intercepted phone call revealing privileged information about the president's health problems before they became public — had participated in efforts to reach a secret deal with Iran.
Vehemently disputing the assertion, government officials said that Mr. Bogado had never worked for S.I., describing him as a "con artist." The government also released an email from Ronald Noble, the former secretary general of Interpol, stating that Argentine authorities had never tried to get Interpol to lift arrest warrants for Iranians wanted in connection to the attack, striking at one of the main pillars of Mr. Nisman's complaint.
As the investigation proceeds, the cabinet chief, Jorge Capitanich, raised the possibility that rogue agents were involved in the events around Mr. Nisman's death, describing "intelligence services representing dark interests."
Some opponents of Mrs. Kirchner are skeptical. "How much time did the government put up with Stiusso being a double- or triple-agent?" asked Jorge Lanata, a journalist and an influential critic of the president, referring to the spymaster's long tenure under the Kirchners. "The monsters projected in the shadows of the ceiling are getting bigger and bigger."
No charges against Mr. Stiusso have been filed in connection to Mr. Nisman's criminal complaint. Efforts to reach him were unsuccessful.
Amid the claims and counterclaims, Ms. Fein, the lead investigator in the Nisman death, said that the shot killing Nr. Nisman was fired while the gun was "practically resting" on Mr. Nisman's head.
"There is no distance," she said, disputing some reports that the shot had come from a distance of six to eight inches, a detail many Argentines had taken to mean Mr. Nisman was murdered.
Sofía Guterman, 73, a retired tutor whose daughter died in the unsolved 1994 bombing, is waiting for definitive answers.
"We knew that there were certain agents working with him," Ms. Guterman said of Mr. Nisman. But as for the accusation that spies had manipulated him, she said, "We don't know if it happened like that, or if the government is dreaming things up."


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MetroPCS' new music streaming service won't devour your data
MetroPCS, the T-Mobile owned prepaid wireless service, has revealed that it's launching a new streaming option called Music Unlimited.
The new service will be available from November 19 and will let you stream from various platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music among others, without going over your data cap.
How? Well, MetroPCS simply doesn't count the data used through its Music Unlimited service towards your monthly allowance.
T-Mobile offers its own version of the service called Music Freedom, so it's not surprising that MetroPCS is following in its parent company's footsteps.
Music Unlimited will be available to anyone on a $40 or higher plan and the carrier will be boosting its $40 and $50 plans with an additional 1GB of data and upping its tethering cap from 6GB to 8GB as well to coincide with the launch.
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State Senator Earline Rogers (D-Gary) was the primary author of the legislation.She was joined on the bill by Senators Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) and Vi Simpson (D-Bloomington), and Representatives Gregory Porter (D-Indianapolis) and Robert Behning (R-Indianapolis). Heather's Mother, Debbie, Speaks On October 30, 2007, Debbie Norris was a guest speaker for the rally and march on the grounds of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. Some people call dating violence domestic abuse, especially when you live with your partner.
Here's how to reduce the chances that your net travels will be traced.
Digital abuse is more common among younger adults, but it can happen to anyone who uses technology, such as smartphones or computers.
Digital abuse can include: In a healthy relationship, both partners respect relationship boundaries.
But what 19-20 year old wants to think they don't have everything under control?
Safety Alert: Your computer can be monitored by your abuser and is impossible to clear your tracks completely.
Because relationships exist on a spectrum, it can be hard to tell when a behavior crosses the line from healthy to unhealthy or even abusive.


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Singapore Airlines Launches Blockchain Loyalty Wallet With Microsoft
Singapore Airlines has launched its digital airline loyalty wallet that is based on blockchain technology. This wallet has been developed in partnership with Microsoft and KPMG Digital Village.
This new wallet is called 'KrisPay' after the Airlines' KrisFlyer loyalty program. It converts frequent flyer miles into digital KrisPay miles that can be used for digital retail purchases through a mobile application.
At minimum expenditure, users can spend 15 KrisPay miles which are equivalent to US$0.73 to make or offset point of sale purchases of food, drinks, beauty products and other products from selected retailers. According to airline reports, these miles are currently accepted by 18 merchants across the country while more merchants are expected to add it to their platform soon.
SIA first tested the proof-of-concept of this blockchain based wallet back in February of this year. This app is available on both iOS and Android platforms and SIA claims it is the world's first blockchain based airline loyalty digital wallet.
Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong said,
By creating a miles-based digital wallet which integrates the use of miles into their daily lives, KrisFlyer members have yet another way to use miles instantly on everyday transactions.
The airline industry is increasingly investing in blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. The Brisbane International Airport is accepting crypto such as Bitcoin at the retail merchants at the airport. Lufthansa is also partnering with the swiss blockchain firm Winding Tree to build a decentralized, Ethereum based platform for building blockchain applications.
Apart from this app development, Microsoft has been steadily investing in blockchain technology. It integrated an Ethereum based protocol in its cloud-computing division of Microsoft Azure.
Most recently, Microsoft has been working with Artificial Intelligence and blockchain for Supply Chain Management solutions as well as partnering with Asian technolgical companies on an enterprise blockchain platform.
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Absolute Thai Hot Pot @ Mid Valley Megamall
I took my family to Absolute Thai Hot Pot to experience their first authentic Thai dinner. Absolute Thai Hot Pot is located at LG, Midvalley Megamall ( Next to KGB). We were greeted at the entrance and we find our own place to sit. I took an order sheet from the entrance to write down our food order so that it will reduce our waiting time. Once done, I pass it to the staff. She double check our order before passing it to the kitchen. I ordered Tom Yum Soup with Rice, Basil Chicken, Tom Yum Fried Rice and Stir Fried Noodle. A couple of people occupied the restaurant when we arrived at 8pm. The ambiance of the restaurant was comfortable to enjoy a meal.
Stir Fried Noodle was so-so. I was surprised, it's a recommended dish by the staff but it was unmemorable. I should stick to my choice and order the Pad Thai instead.
Basil Chicken was delicious. Among everything we had, all of us like this.
Tom Yum Fried Rice was mediocre. It's tastes more to a normal fried rice than Tom Yum Fried Rice. My mum left it untouched after having few spoons.
Overall, it was so-so dinner for us. I should have brought them to somewhere for authentic Thai Food rather than spending our money here. It cost us RM 100+ for this meal.
Absolute Thai Hot Pot
Midvalley Megamall
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Our story begins in the 4th century when the Villa Roma de Casale in Sicily was decorated with the first known representation of women wearing bathing suits. As the Roman mosaic-makers would have it, those early Sicilian women were portrayed exercising in what appears to be bikini-like suits, bandeau top and all.
Greek Baths.—Bathing was a practice familiar to the Greeks of both sexes from the earliest times, both in fresh water and salt. Thus, Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous, king of Phaeacia, goes out with her attendants to wash her clothes; and after the task is done she bathes herself in the river ( Od.vi. 58 Od., 65). Odysseus, who is conducted to the same spot, strips and takes a bath, while Nausicaa and her servants stand aside. Warm springs were also resorted to for the purpose of bathing. The Ἡράκλεια λουτρά shown by Hephaestus or Athena to Heracles are celebrated by the poets. Pindar speaks of the hot baths of the nymphs, and Homer ( Il.xxii. 149) celebrates one of the streams of the Scamander for its warm temperature. Bathing in rivers or the sea (ψυχρολουτεῖν) was always common for the young. Not to know how to read and to swim were proverbial marks of the ignoramus. A plunge in the Eurotas always sufficed for the Lacedaemonians (Schol. on Thuc.ii. 36). There appears to have been a swimming-bath (κολυμβήθρα) at Athens in the time of Plato ( Rep.453D).
The artificial warm bath was taken in a vessel called ἀσάμινθος by Homer, and ἔμβασις by Athenaeus. It was no doubt of wood or marble, as the epithet εὔξεστος is applied to it ( Od.iv. 48), and in the case of Menelaus's Egyptian presents ( Od.iv. 128) it was of silver. It would appear from the description of the bath administered to Odysseus in the palace of Circe, that this vessel did not contain water itself, but was only used for the bather to sit in while the warm water was poured over him, which was heated in a large caldron or tripod, under which the fire was placed, and when sufficiently warmed was taken out in other vessels and poured over the head and shoulders of the person who sat in the ἀσάμινθος. Where cleanliness merely was the object sought, cold bathing was adopted, which was considered as most bracing to the nerves; but after violent bodily exertion or fatigue warm water was made use of, in order to refresh the body and relax the over-tension of the muscles. Hesiod ( Op.754) protests against men elaborately cleaning (φαιδρύνεσθαι) their bodies with effeminate baths Op., i. e. those of high temperature, which shows that this luxury had begun in his day; and in Homer's time constant indulgence in the warm bath was considered as a mark of luxury and effeminacy ( Od.viii. 249). The use of the warm bath was preceded by bathing in cold water ( Il.x. 576). The later custom of plunging into cold water after the warm bath mentioned by Aristides (vol. i. Orat.2, Sacr. Serm. p. 515), who wrote in the second century of our era, was no doubt borrowed from the Romans.
Greek and Roman sculpture (Room 23)1st century BC – 2nd century AD
Although sea bathing was fashionable in the 18th century, it was considered proper to keep the skin white and untouched by the sun. This 1797 Gallery of Fashion print shows two ladies protected by face-shading bonnets, shawls and gloves as they approach a group of bathing machines, a sort of cabana on wheels. Ladies were known to sew weights into the hem of their smock-like bathing gowns to prevent the garment from floating up and showing their legs. Modesty ruled over fashion.
Bathing in the ocean became a popular and fashionable activity in the 18th century when the introduction of railroads made travel much easier and faster. People flocked to the beaches in summer, seeking sun and rejuvenation. Until the 1800's most swimming was done in the nude or in one's under clothes until laws were passed dictating appropriate swimwear. The swimsuits invented during this period hid the body, making swimming (especially for women) restrictive and difficult.
At ocean resorts where the water was very shallow near the beach, people undressed in little houses on wheels, which were drawn out into deep water by horses and hauled back to the shore when the bath was finished. At the larger resorts hundreds of these carts were seen in the water at a time. The broad wheels hardly made an impression on the firm, white sand of the beach.
The bathing machine allowed a modest Victorian woman to spend the day at the beach in complete privacy. After the horse would haul the cabana into the ocean, the 19th century woman would change from her layers of petticoats and dress into another layer of swimwear. Later a hood was added to the contraption to allow the female in a soaking wet flannel dress to emerge from the water unseen.
This group of young ladies above is enjoying a sunbath, dressed in the latest 1890s swimwear. Women typically dressed in black, knee-length, puffed-sleeve wool dresses, often featuring a sailor collar, and worn over bloomers or drawers trimmed with ribbons and bows. The bathing costume was typically accessorized with long black stockings, lace-up bathing slippers, and fancy caps. Note the dotted stockings and wired sun hat worn by the young swimmer to the front of the photograph.
By the end of the 19th century people were flocking to the oceanside beaches for popular seaside activities such as swimming, surf bathing, and diving. The clumsy Victorian-style bathing costumes were becoming burdensome. A need for a new costume that retained modesty but was free enough to allow the young lady to eng
Old photos of Coney Island in the early 1900s tend to give the impression of it as a wholesome, family-friendly kind of place, sideshow freaks notwithstanding.
But Coney Island was one of the few places middle class New Yorkers could go to feel sexually free and loose—by the standards of the time, that is.
Compared to what people generally wore in the summer, those bathing-suit-and-bloomers combos were pretty revealing.
Single men and women met up and flirted on the boardwalk and beach, breaking free from rigid Victorian-era dating codes.
And the rides at the great amusement parks afforded a couple privacy and intimacy. They were kind of the hook-up spots of turn-of-the-century New York City.
"Various amusements contrived to lift a women's skirts and reveal their legs and underclothing while numerous others provided opportunities for intimate physical contact," explains Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century, by John F. Kasson.
In the late 19th- and early 20th-century, lifeguards were volunteers, often connected with or trained by the U.S. Coast Guard rescue stations along the seacoasts. This photograph is probably from Atlantic City, New Jersey, in about 1900.
Up until the first decades of the 20th century, the only activity for women in the ocean involved jumping through the waves while holding on to a rope attached to an off-shore bouy. By 1915, women athletes started to share the actual sport of swimming with men and thus began to reduce the amount of heavy fabric used in their billowing swimsuits
Modesty was still an issue well into the roaring '20's. Still post-Victorian, under the "Bathing Suit Regulations" published in May 17, 1917, men's suits had to be worn with a skirt, or have a top that at least had a skirt effect. The skirt had to be worn outside of the trunks, so that the outline of genitalia could not be seen when the suit was wet. The other alternative was to wear an impractical flannel knee pants with a vest, and a fly front. During this time, the knitting mills were rapidly churning out many styles of suits, including the "speed suit," a one-piece suit with deeply slashed armholes and closed leg trunks. Most bathers did not own a bathing suit. Most suits were rented for a nickel a day. Bathing had become an important weekend activity for the middle class and poor who did not vacation. Going to places like New York's Coney Island was inexpensive, and an important part of the culture of dating. In short, it was a great way to met girls. Mack Sonnets "Keystone Girls" known as bathing beauties, became very popular.
By the early 1920s women's bathing suits were reduced to a one piece garment with a long top that covered shorts. Though matching stockings were still worn, swimwear began to shrink and more and more flesh was exposed from the bottom of the trunks to the tops of the stockings. By the mid-1920s Vogue magazine was telling its readers that "the newest thing for the sea is a jersey bathing suit as near a maillot as the unwritten law will permit."
Then in 1907, a scandal erupted when Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, was arrested in Boston for wearing a more form-fitting, one-piece suit. (Turns out arrests for indecency on beaches were not uncommon during that time.) Her form-fitting suit paved the way for a new kind of one-piece, and over the next couple decades, as swimming became an even more popular leisure-time activity, beach goers saw more arms, legs, and necks than ever before.
In 1915, Jantzen, a small knittery in Portland, broke new ground by making a "swimming suit" from wool and officially coining the term six years later. Not long after, the company introduced its "Red Diving Girl" logo that was just risqué enough for the time to embody a specific point of view from the Roaring 20s.