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One of the enduring legacies of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, who died Tuesday in the U.S. at the age of 92, was that he successfully broadened the appeal of Indian classical music abroad.
But Mr. Shankar himself was ambivalent about this achievement.
Overwhelmed by his popularity in the U.S., he questioned whether foreign audiences could really appreciate a musical tradition that was deeply rooted in a different culture.
"I wonder how much they can understand, and where all this will lead to. There is so much in our music that goes back thousands of years," said Mr. Shankar in a 1971 documentary about him, "Raga."
Mr. Shankar's popularity in the West was boosted by his partnerships with foreign musicians, most famously Beatles guitarist George Harrison.
"When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way," Mr. Shankar said in a televised interview in 2009, according to this report.
But when Mr. Harrison first approached Mr. Shankar for lessons in the mid-1960s, the idea of blending Indian classical music with pop music was puzzling to the sitar maestro.
"It is strange to see pop musicians with sitars. I was confused at first. It had so little to do with our classical music. When George Harrison came to me, I didn't know what to think," said Mr. Shankar in Raga.
"But I found he really wanted to learn. I never thought our meeting would cause such an explosion, that Indian music would suddenly appear on the pop scene," he added.
Mr. Harrison revered Mr. Shankar, saying he was "the first person who ever impressed me in my life."
Mr. Harrison's collaboration with Mr. Shankar influenced the music of the Beatles, who went on to release several Indian-inspired songs. Among them was the 1966 track "Love You To," one of the earliest examples of a pop song incorporating elements of Indian classical music. The song was composed by Mr. Harrison, who also sings and plays the sitar in it.
Mr. Shankar's popularity in the West, and his willingness to blend Indian classical music with other genres, didn't always go down well with fellow musicians in India.
It was a source of public friction with another legendary sitar player, his contemporary Ustad Vilayat Khan. "My father was of the mindset that this is our music and that, if you want it, you can come here," says his son Shujaat Khan, also a successful sitar player who was close to Mr. Shankar.
"Why do you need to take your sitar and travel all over the world?" Mr. Khan says his late father would say. "And why do you keep sitting in your country?" he says Mr. Shankar would reply.
Mr. Khan says this public rivalry was more of a public-relations stunt, and that the two men actually had a "wonderful" relationship. "They had extreme respect for each other and took a perverse pleasure in toying with the media, which was building them up to be haters of each other," he says. "That was a joke they enjoyed."
Still, Mr. Khan – like his father – believes that not all of the collaborations Mr. Shankar had with foreign musicians were successful.
Mr. Khan says Mr. Shankar, too, valued his friendship with the Beatles and the publicity it brought to Indian classical music more than for the music it produced.
"It's not something that should be talked about when you talk about his musical legacy, that's what he thought," says Mr. Khan. "Getting the world to acknowledge, to understand that this is a great art form, that, I think, was his biggest contribution."
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Today I want to share a really inspiring film with you. We Women Warriors is "an independent documentary feature that follows three native women who are caught in the crossfire of Colombia's warfare and who use non-violent resistance to defend their people's survival." Check out the trailer and if you feel moved, see below for ways you can view the full film and help their cause.
This August you can see screenings of this film in New York and Los Angeles. Tickets are now available. Don't live in NY or LA? You can still support We Women Warriors – visit the Take Action page of their website to find out how.
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After graduating from Walters State in 1976 with an associate's degree in criminal justice, Seals was hired by the Pigeon Forge Police Department. He quickly moved up the ranks to become Assistant Chief of Police. He returned to the Sevier County Sheriff's Office in 1979. In 2007, he was appointed sheriff of Sevier County and a year later he was officially elected by the citizens of Sevier County. As sheriff, he provides leadership for over 100 employees working in detective, patrol, dispatch, records and warrants and administrative offices and divisions. In recognition of his outstanding service, he was named the Tennessee Sheriff's Association Sheriff of the Year in 2012. He is a member of numerous community and law enforcement organizations, including the Police Benevolent Association and the Sevier County Ruritan Club. In addition to attending Walters State, he received law enforcement training at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Donelson. Seals was honored with the Walters State 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Civic Achievement Award.
Claborn, a noted historian, actually made history here at Walters State as one of 56 students to graduate in the college's first commencement in 1972. After earning his associate's degree, he transferred to the University of Tennessee, where he graduated in 1975. That same year, he began teaching at Meadowview Middle School, where he taught social studies for 27 years. Throughout his teaching career, Jim received several Teacher of the Year Awards and was a 2001 Finalist for Tennessee's Teacher of the Year Award. In addition to his teaching service, Jim has distinguished himself as one of the region's most respected and entertaining historians, storytellers and writers. He has served as president of the Hamblen County Historical Society and has been featured on WBIR's Heartland Series. Currently, Jim is a columnist for The Citizen Tribune, plays Davy Crockett at the Davy Crockett Tavern Museum, and entertains audiences as a member of the "Talk is Cheap Tour" which also features Bill Landry, Sam Venable, and Elizabeth Rose. Jim has also served this country as a veteran of the Vietnam War. Claborn was honored with the Walters State 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Community and/or Volunteer Service Award.
After earning an associate's degree in nursing from Walters State in 1977, Ketterman completed her bachelor's degree in nursing at East Tennessee State University in 1987. She also earned a master's degree in public health from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a doctorate in nursing science from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Patti is a licensed registered nurse, a licensed nursing home administrator and is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Nursing Executive. She served as the director of nursing at Baptist Hospital of Cocke County from 1986 to 2006. From 2006 to 2011, she was the Hospital CEO and Nursing Home Administrator of Newport Medical Center. She has also worked for Covenant Health System and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center as Director of Nursing and is currently the Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing for LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. She has also served as the president of the Cocke County Board of Health since 2010 and served on the Cocke County Emergency 911 Board of Directors from 2003 to 2011. Ketterman was honored with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Professional Achievement Award.
Shaw received an associate's degree from Walters State in 1992 and continued her education at East Tennessee State University. In 1997, she graduated third in her class from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. She also received the college's Top Clinician Award, the Excellence in Ocular Disease and Basic Sciences Award, and the Sunsoft Contact Lens Achievement Award. After earning her doctor of optometry, Shelly began her practice at the Greeneville Eye Clinic. In 2005, she became a partner of East View Eye Care, P.C. in Greeneville, where she currently works. She is a member of the Tennessee Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association, and is the past vice president of the Northeast Tennessee Optometric Society. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Shelly is also actively involved in her community. She was a member of the Greene County Leadership Class of 2000 and is member of the Rotary Club and Greene County Young Farmers. Shaw was honored with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Professional Achievement Award.
Seaver has the distinction of being one of the top pitchers on Walters State's first baseball team to earn a berth to the World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1984. That same year, he also earned his associate's degree from Walters State. He transferred to the University of Tennessee, where he pitched for the Vols baseball team and graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. Joey was drafted four times as an amateur baseball player and pitched professionally in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system. His attention shifted from playing to coaching when he became Carson Newman University's pitching coach. After earning his master's degree and 10 years at Carson Newman, he returned to Walters State as Assistant Coordinator of High School Relations and Assistant Baseball Coach. He would help lead the Senators baseball program to five World Series, including a national championship in 2006. During his career, over 30 pitchers that Joey coached were drafted by major league baseball teams. In 2013, he served briefly as the head coach for the Senators baseball team before accepting his current position as the pitching coach for the Arizona League Texas Rangers. Seaver was honored with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Athletic Achievement Award.
As a Senators basketball player, Jerry was named a First-Team NJCAA All-American and TCCAA Player of the year both as a freshman and a sophomore. As a sophomore, he ranked ninth in the nation in scoring, averaging 21.6 points per game. After graduating from Walters State in 2004, Jerry continued his collegiate basketball career at Arkansas State University, where he led the team in 3-point shooting . After graduating from ASU with a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Jerry returned to Walters State to begin his coaching career, serving as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. He also coached at Union College, where he earned his master's degree in Health and Physical Education, prior to being named Men's Head Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Motlow State Community College. During his four-year tenure at Motlow, Jerry took his 2012-2013 team to the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament, had the TCCAA's highest graduation rate, and was twice named the TCCAA's Basketball Coach of the Year. In 2013, Jerry was hired as the men's basketball coach at Southwest Community College. Nichols was honored with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni in Athletic Achievement Award.


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San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) January 08, 2013
Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced it will demonstrate Genedata Screener's phenotypic screening capabilities at the 10th Annual High Content Analysis (HCA) Conference. Genedata Screener® for High Content Screening (HCS) covers complete screening analysis from cell-level data to final campaign results. Integrating with leading HCS instruments, Genedata Screener simultaneously supports multiple HCS image acquisition and analysis systems while eliminating data analysis bottlenecks and providing instant image access throughout the data analysis pipeline. Genedata Screener for HCS will be demonstrated at the 2013 HCA Conference (Fairmont Hotel; Booth #32) and will be featured in the HCA Technology Showcase on January 9.
Fulfilling the Promise of Phenotypic Screening
While HCS has become routine in drug discovery, the integration of HCS data and images into the data analysis workflow presents challenges. For example, maintaining different instruments and HCS data management systems and deploying separate image analysis solutions consumes time and resources. Additionally, this model often relies on manual workflows with inadequate image access and limitations in throughput or complexity, all of which results in lower productivity and potentially sub-optimal data analysis results. When HCS images are stored in isolated, instrument-specific image data management systems, there is little or no integration with a central-results data warehouse; relevant results are stored without a reference to the original image data.
Genedata Screener for HCS overcomes these workflow challenges. Simultaneously integrating with multiple HCS systems (e.g. PerkinElmer Columbus™ Image Data Management, Thermo Scientific Cellomics® Store database, Molecular Devices MDC Store™ Data Management, openBIS for HCS), Genedata Screener for HCS:
"With more than a decade of customer experience, best practices, and industry collaboration, Genedata Screener is the most innovative and powerful HCS solution on the market," said Dr. Othmar Pfannes, CEO of Genedata, "and the solution's ability to support phenotypic screening demonstrates how it is continually evolving to meet customer demands while advancing the discovery of novel therapies."
Editorial Note: HCA Technology Showcase – "Get the Big Picture in Phenotypic Screening for Drug Discovery" – January 9, 2013; 2:15pm – 2:45pm. Demonstration of data management workflow from initial capture to result-mining of past experiments.
About Genedata
Genedata transforms data into intelligence with a portfolio of advanced software solutions, which make research data accessible and understandable and research processes more efficient. These solutions are used worldwide by leading pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural biotechnology companies as well as academic research organizations. Genedata innovations enable scientific discovery that fights disease and improves health and quality of life worldwide. Founded in 1997, Genedata is headquartered in Switzerland, and has offices in Germany, Japan, and the US. http://www.genedata.com.
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Even among Americans who support President Obamas health care overhaul, a large majority believe that the law is out of step with the U.S. Constitution, a Gallup poll released Monday revealed.
The poll, conducted Feb. 2021, indicates that 72 percent of Americans believe the individual mandate the governments requirement for Americans to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. Even among Americans who feel the presidents health care law is a good thing, 54 percent think the provision is unconstitutional.
Just 37 percent of Democrats said the individual health care mandate is constitutional. A mere 6 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of Independents agreed.
The poll question read, As you may know, the Supreme Court will hear arguments next month concerning a requirement in the healthcare law that every American must buy health insurance or pay a fine. Regardless of whether you favor or oppose the law, do you think this requirement is constitutional or unconstitutional?
The individual mandate is clearly unconstitutional, Northwestern University Law School Professor Stephen Presser told The Daily Caller. All you have to do is read the Tenth Amendment, which says the powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the founders meant that.
The Obama administration touts the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as one of its most significant achievements. That law, however, has yet to attract a groundswell of support from a majority of the American people.
Additionally, 27 U.S. states have filed lawsuits against the federal government over the law, and a new battle is brewing over the so-called contraception mandate found in the bill. That provision threatens to force religious employers to provide health insurance that includes access to contraceptives and abortion-inducing medications that conflict with some faiths teachings.
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On Sunday, the Orlando CBS affiliate apologized via screen crawl for having to televise the Jaguars-Raiders game instead of Manning Bowl III.
Now, in lieu of apologizing to the Jaguars for apologizing about the Jaguars, WKMG in Orlando claims it never apologized.
In a Facebook message, WKMG General Manager Skip Valet says the station never issued an apology for having to show the Jaguars game.
"Friends, please don't believe the fictitious nonsense you read on the lazy blogs," the message begins. "They aggregate news, spin it to be funny, and don't bother to do any real reporting, even the simplest step of calling someone. Below is the truth."
The truth (at least WKMG's current version of it) is that the station felt compelled to issue a clarification because fans were confused by the constant promotion of the Broncos-Giants game during the 1:00 p.m. ET game televised locally by CBS. (You know, the promotion that included an express mention that some viewers would be getting Jaguars-Raiders instead.)
"Our viewers were confused and angry," Valet said. "We clarified why we were broadcasting the Jaguars' game and apologized to viewers who may have been confused by the constant 'Manning Bowl' promotion."
Still, the message that was placed on the screen didn't make clear whether folks were upset because they possibly wouldn't see the Jaguars game, or because they were being led to believe they possibly wouldn't have to see the Jaguars game.
"In accordance with NFL policy, WKMG must carry all Jacksonville Jaguars' away games. We apologize for any inconvenience," the in-game screen message stated.
That doesn't sound like an effort to make folks who feared they'd have to watch Broncos-Giants realize that they'd get to watch the Jaguars. Instead, that sounds like an effort to make folks who wanted to watch Broncos-Giants understand why they couldn't.
Making it sound even more like an effort to explain why Broncos-Giants wouldn't be shown is the quote given at the time to the Associated Press (that lazy blog) by Valet himself: "I know it's frustrating, but as a CBS station in this market you have to carry the away games."
By using the words "we apologize for any inconvenience," WKMG necessarily was apologizing for something. Instead of apologizing for making the Jaguars look like a lesser option, WKMG has opted for a strident and dismissive denial of reality.
Which rarely works out well for the person doing the strident dismissing.


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Welcome to Arch Pictures / Film Production
Arch Pictures is a production company with great ideas, and teams of amazing people who are brought together from the freelance world for your creative project. This allows us to align with the best creative minds for your projects offering pricing that works for you the client and the budget allocated to the project in mind.
Arch Pictures provides content for ultitude of different platforms, our focus is to help you to achieve your creative goal. Whether it be a short film, Corporate film , Website Build, Online Commercial, TV Commercial, Music Video, Documentary Film or Feature Length Film. We would love to get involved as film making is our business.
Frederick our Founder/Producer has a broad foundation of experience gleaned from Film, Media, Music and Publishing Industries. His drive and determination married to his entrepreneurial ability allow him to see the bigger picture and deliver outstanding performance.
I am primarily a film maker with over 20 years' experience in producing, directing, writing, shooting, editing and sound design on a wide range of promos, corporate videos, documentaries, short films. I have worked with a variety of directors and film companies, collaborated on projects with broadcasters like BBC and established a successful Sussex-based production and post production company, with view to acquiring a site to expand into as the team grows – all of which have helped develop a range of expertise and experience which I can contribute to any project.
What allows us to stand out from the crowd is our artistic openness and desire to create visually engaging and beautiful films, I have always explored the technological developments in motion picture and partnered with leading lights with cutting edge solutions in animation production and visual effects.
Whether you seeking to create the perfect corporate film, embarking on factual documentary, a feature film project, my team and I will work to a Virgo-an standard seeking to perfect your vision and our art. If you would like to work with the friendliest and best team in town who can deliver your project on time, on budget and to an incredible award winning standards is of interest, the we would love to hear from you
Completed her Fine Arts Degree in South Africa in the late 90's.
She went on to pursue an artistic career both commercially – taking on corporate private and public commissions, and also in social development working with street children, AIDS orphans and teaching the public.
In the mid 2000's she turned her attention to film and completed her first documentary commissioned by the SABC ( South African Broadcasting Company) which was aired nationally and also on the African Continent.
Her work is broad and varied and her experience involves traditional art media such as drawing, painting and illustration, props and sculpture and installation.
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Boss*sMom wrote:I wonder what my PBF friends would have to say about us using the wireless fence set up...
I'll give my opinion, since this is a thread that involves electric stimulation, and I just plain dislike those things.
One of the reasons I don't like them is that an electric fence does not prevent animals from coming into your yard, since a loose dog that is not wearing the collar would have no problem entering the flagged area. That means that if something was to happen your dog is not protected, and might try to escape the boundaries, which would end up with an electric stimulation while the dog is panicking.Not a good combination at all.
There is plenty of stimulation from the outside world that can cause interest or even a reaction in a dog, such as a child running with a skateboard or bike, a group of strangers walking outside the flagged area, people walking dogs etc, you name it. When a dog become curious and want to approach a child passing by (just to use an example) in a friendly manner, the dog receives an electric stimulation, which creates a negative association. For a dog who is already easily aroused, fearful or wary of children, that is recipe for disaster. Even for easy going animals, stimuli that were once okey become associated with an electric stimulation. Never mind the very stupid owners with dogs with aggression issues who use an electric fence, who end up creating the perfect environment for full blown responses, out of frustration.
Like electric collars, these are tools that are easily accessible to everyone, in place like Petsmart, Petco or other pet stores. They beat the price of a fence and they sure take some work away from owners, which is why they are so popular.The companies that build them advertise them to "keep pets safe" but the fact is that they do not. Fences keep pets safe, and owners without a fenced yard who take the time to go out there with their dogs on a long line when the need arise. I had a client who brought me the box with the kit she bought and, apparently, when "done right", this was a super cool thing to confine dogs. Problem is...how many owners know anything about behavior dos and don'ts? How many even know what they own and realize that this is not a reasonable option? How many monitor their dogs each and every time the dog is out, to be aware of what the dog is zapped for and what kind of behaviors follow? Also, it is not unusual for these collars to fail and create nasty burns on a dog's neck, which is certainly not safe nor fair. I am sure I have some pictures saved, of dog's neck that have been burned, if anyone want to see them.
We exhausted all options with them, and this was the only thing we could do,
Exhausting all the options, are you sure it is the case? If the dogs are only out to potty or romp around, as you stated, what prevents you from putting a long line or them and watch them for the time they are out?
Now the collars are on, and set to beep only, they never cross the fence.
That is, in my opinion, even worse. It takes one time for your dogs to cross the boundaries and find no consequences to try it again. In order for positive punishment to have the desired effect, the performance of the behavior has to be followed by the presentation of a stimulus (in this case the electric stimulation), each and every time.One of the reasons why positive punishment can be damaging and it is so hard to execute, is that it requires perfection, both in timing and magnitude of the punishing stimulus. It would not be fair to your dogs to cross the boundaries when the beeper does not work (if it ever happens), and then get electrically stimulated when you turn the collar on for delivery of stimulation. It is confusing and frustrating for the animals.It can also lead to learned helplesness in some cases, when a dog is unsure and afraid of what might cause punishment, due to previous conflicting behavior-consequence sequences.
Here is a video of a golden behind an electric underground system.I don't know the dog, so I can't say whether or not he was already showing those behaviors when other dogs passed the front yard, but it is very common for arousal levels to be increased by a negative stimulus and frustration. If the dog decided to cross the boundaries, he was at the point of high arousal already, and the dog to dog meeting would have not ended up well.The dog that belongs to the client I mentioned before, had his dog to dog reactivity starting from minor (very manageable with positive re direction)to ugly and prolonged behaviors shortly after the dog ended up on an underground system. Bottom line, it is not enough to call it containment or safe containment.


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One of my last lessons is going to be on couples hands. This is going to be a mixed complexity tutorial because everyone on Dragoart have a mixture of artistic levels. For those of you that are novice artists, this tutorial may be a bit challenging. For those of you that are both intermediate and advanced artists, you should be able to teach yourself "how to draw holding hands", step by step easily. I wanted to make this tutorial because I know that there are a lot of people here that want or need to learn how to draw their figures and or characters holding hands. Sometimes it can be hard drawing two figures and show how they feel about one another. A good way to convey affection is through body gestures like holding hands, hugging, kissing, or just even talking. I had fun making this tutorial, and even though I was able to teach you "how to draw holding hands", it was challenging for me as well as I drew out the hands interlocking with one another. Some of you may notice some subtle mistakes that I know I made, but overall it came out pretty decent. If you love art, and you love drawing people, you will love this tutorial. Have fun guys, and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I upload for you next. Peace out and enjoy the rest of your drawing day!
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we had it confirmed through mike at rebelscum that the next VOTC figs will be on those crappy POTF COIN cards from 1985. YUCK! BOYCOTT HASBRO!!!!HASBRO = HAS-BROKE!!!!
Mike Sullinger i think is his name-- he told me that via email after his "Q & A" with the Hasbro rep. what do you guys think about a Star Wars Shop Exclusive "Han Solo in Carbonite- Unleashed" ? wouldn't that be rad??? i think we should petition Hasbroke on that one ASAP.
I'm wagering we'll see the first of it maybe around December or so Paul. Maybe not till into '06 though. I wouldn't say I'm rots'd out yet though, but I definitely could use some classic army builder figs after buying Clones for so long.
Ok, I am pretty ROTS'ed out...I'm ready for some new OT stuff (re-sculpt or not)......when are these new waves going to be hitting retail?
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Left 4 Dead 2 beta features transitioned to core build
Valve has successfully completed testing the Linux version of Left 4 Dead 2 along with Steampipe support and the Extended Mutation System, with all three now available as the latest official build.
Steampipe headlines
Half-life 2 updates related to Steampipe upgrade
Valve has issued a PSA pointing out that updates to Half-life 2, Episode One, Episode Two and Lost Coast today are part of its ongoing efforts to add Steampipe support to all Source games. This isn't an ARG, just Steampipe," the developer said on Twitter. Please stop screaming "Half-life 3" at our inboxes.
Garry's Mod moved over to SteamPipe next week
Garry's Mod will be switching over to Valve's new content delivery system SteamPipe next week. The new system changes the way games and dedicated servers aree downloaded, updated and stored on Steam.
Team Fortress 2 gets big upgrade, adds "Steampipe" content delivery
Team Fortress 2 developer Valve has dropped the update-bomb today, with a brand new patch that integrates the studio's new "Steampipe" content delivery method, among other things.


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Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a pattern for creating app-like, instant loading, reliable and installable websites. Although PWAs are available for all devices, including Desktop, this article focuses on mobile PWA install promotion patterns.
Why would you want a user to install your app to their home screen? The same reason you'd want a user to install your app from any app store. Users who install are your most engaged audience. Users who install a PWA have better engagement metrics than typical visitors, including more repeat visits, longer time on site and higher conversion rates, often at parity with native app users on mobile devices.
If your PWA has use cases where it's helpful for a user to install your app, for example if you have users who use your app more than once a week, you should be promoting the installation of your PWA within the web UI of your app.
PWA install promotion best practices
Some best practices apply no matter what promotional patterns you're using on your site.
- Keep promotions outside of the flow of your user journeys. For example, in a PWA login page, put the call to action below the login form and submit button. Disruptive use of promotional patterns reduce the usability of your PWA and will negatively impact your engagement metrics.
- Include the ability to dismiss or decline the promotion. Remember the user's preferences if they do this and only re-prompt if there's a change in the user's relationship with your content such as if they signed in or completed a purchase.
- Combine more than one of these techniques in different parts of your PWA, but be careful not to overwhelm or annoy your user with install promotion. Remember rule #1!
- Only show the promotion when you detect
that the
beforeinstallpromptevent has been fired.
Automatic browser promotion
The browser already tells the user about the installability of your PWA using a mini-infobar when your PWA passes the installability checklist on Android. The mini-infobar is only meant as a helper, and it will go away in the future.
Application UI promotional patterns
Application UI promotional patterns can be used for almost any kind of PWA and appear in the application UI, such as site navigation, banners, etc. As with any other type of promotional pattern, it's important to be aware of the user's context to minimize disruption of the user's journey.
Sites which are thoughtful about when they trigger promotion UI achieve a larger number of installs and avoid interfering with the journeys of users who aren't interested in installation.
Fixed header
This is an install button that is part of the header of your site. Other
header content often includes site branding such as a logo and the hamburger
menu. Headers may be
position:fixed or not depending on your site's
functionality and user needs.
When used appropriately, promoting PWA install from the header of your site is a great way to make it easier for your most loyal customers to return to your experience. Pixels in your PWA header are extremely valuable, so make sure your install call to action is appropriately sized, of greater importance than other possible header content, and unintrusive.
Make sure you:
- Evaluate the value of your installed use case for your users. Consider selective targeting to only present this promotion for users that are likely to benefit from it.
- Use precious header space efficiently. Consider what else would be helpful to offer your user in the header, and weigh the priority of the install promotion relative to other options.
Navigation menu
Add an install button/promotion in a slide out navigation menu.
The navigation menu is a great place for promoting the installation of your app since users who open the menu are signaling engagement with your experience.
Make sure you:
- Avoid disrupting important navigational content. Put the PWA install promotion below other menu items.
- Offer a short, relevant pitch for why the user would benefit from installing your PWA.
Landing page
The purpose of a landing page is to promote your products & services, so this is one place where it can be appropriate to go large with promoting the benefits of installing your PWA.
First, explain your site's value proposition, then let visitors know what they'll get from installation.
Make sure you:
- Appeal to features that will matter most to your visitors and emphasize keywords that might have brought them to your landing page.
- This is a landing page. After you've made your value proposition clear, make your install promotion and call to action eye catching!
- Consider adding an install promotion within your app where users spend most of their time.
Install banner
A dismissible banner at the top of the page.
Most users have encountered install banners in mobile experiences and are familiar with the interactions offered by a banner. Banners should be used carefully because they can be very disruptive to the user experience.
Make sure you:
- Wait until the user has demonstrated interest in your site before showing a banner. If the user dismisses your banner, don't show it again unless the user triggers a conversion event that indicates a higher level of engagement with your content such as a purchase on an eCommerce site or signing up for an account.
- Provide a brief explanation of the value of installing your PWA in the banner. For example, you can differentiate the install of a PWA from a native app by mentioning that it uses almost no storage on the user's device or that it will install instantly without a store redirect.
Inline promotional patterns
Inline promotional techniques interweave promotions with site content. This is often more subtle than promotion in application UI, which has tradeoffs. You want your promotion to stand out enough that interested users will notice it, but not so much that it detracts from the quality of your user experience.
An in-feed install promotion appears between news articles or other lists of information cards in your PWA.
Your goal is to show users how to access the content they're enjoying more conveniently. Focus on promoting features and functionality that will be helpful to your users.
Make sure you:
- Limit the frequency of the promotions to avoid annoying users.
- Give your users the ability to dismiss the promotions. Remember your user's choice to dismiss.
Booking or checkout journey
Show an install promotion during or after a sequential journey, typical of booking or checkout flows. If you're displaying the promotion after the user has completed the journey, you can often make it more prominent since the journey is completed.
Make sure you:
- Include a relevant call to action. Which users will benefit from installing your app and why? How is it relevant to the journey they are currently undertaking?
- If your brand has unique offers for installed app users, be sure to mention them here.
- Keep the promotion out of the way of next steps in your journey or you can negatively affect your journey completion rates. In the eCommerce example above, notice how the key journey call-to-action to checkout is above the app install promotion.
Sign up, sign in, or sign out flow
This promotion is a special case of the journey promotional pattern where the promotion card can be a more prominent.
These pages are usually only viewed by engaged users, where the value proposition of your PWA has already been established. There's also often not a lot of other useful content to place on these pages. As a result, it's less disruptive to make a larger call-to-action as long as it's not in the way.
Make sure you:
- Avoid disrupting the user's journey inside the sign up form. If it's a multi-step process, you might want to wait until the user has completed the journey.
- Promote features most relevant to a signed up user.
- Consider adding additional install promotion within the signed-in areas of your app.
What patterns should I use?
Many eCommerce brands have a core group of loyal customers. These customers want push notifications for early access to new collections and to know when their items have shipped. They want the app on their home screen for quick access to the catalog and a full screen experience.
Patterns that work well for eCommerce PWAs include:
Product Listing Page (PLP) or Category page
This is a special case of the in-feed install promotional pattern, where the feed is products or category listings.
Make sure you:
- Match the look and feel of the rest of your product listing page.
- Don't disrupt the user's product selection process.
Rich media and communications
Are you building the next social phenomenon or music streaming app? When new users visit your PWA for the first time, inviting them to install your PWA is a great way to bring them back. With less storage usage than a typical native app, your users can install your PWA and see whether your product is right for them.
Patterns that work well for rich media and communications PWAs include:
If you work on a content oriented site, chances are you have regular users who would be interested in installing your PWA.
Patterns that work well for news and social PWAs include:
The modern web is a great distribution platform for games with the biggest reach in the world.
Patterns that work well for PWA games include:
End of game
This is really just a special case of the inline journey UI pattern.
Most casual and hyper casual games end quickly. If your users are enjoying the game, this is a great chance to invite them to install.


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Oregon Military Records
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The Oregon State Archives has an extensive collection of early and more current military records of residents. This includes information from the Indian Wars and the Oregon National Guard. The collection at the state archives should be one of the first places to seek information about a soldier. Many Oregon soldiers spent their last years in the Oregon Soldiers Home in Roseburg. The state archives and the FHL have microfilm copies of these important records.
The Oregon GenWeb Project (see Oregon Archives, Libraries, and Societies) is another source for growing information on soldiers from Oregon serving in the military. It has a growing number of links and databases to soldiers from various wars and conflicts.
M. A. Parker and Edna Mingus' roster of volunteers from Oregon who served in the Civil War, Soldiers Who Served in the Oregon Volunteers Civil War Period Infantry and Cavalry (Portland, Ore.: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1961) provides the name of the soldier, rank, date of service, place of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, and company.
FamilySearch.org has a variety of collections available for free online:
The Official Records of the Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection by C.U. Gantenbein (Salem, Ore.: J.R. Whitney, State Printers, 1903) is a roster of soldiers providing age, place of birth, occupation, physical description, and time of service.
World War I records on file at the Oregon State Archives include an index to all World War I veterans who served from Oregon, World War I files from the state historian of the Defense Council, records of state bonuses, and loan applications of veterans. World War I files include some biographical questionnaires and are useful in genealogical research. The World War I Draft Registration Cards are available through the National Archives and at the FHL. Oregon State Archives has a casualty index to the Korean Police Action, 1950 to 1954, and an index to the Oregon State Reserve in World War II, 1940 to 1945.


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Network Committee
The Network Committee helps the Board by the studying issues submitted to it and ensures the implementation of its decisions within the network. Its members, suggested for their expertise by the Chairman of the Committee are appointed by the Board. The Committee coordinates the action of the Association on the network and accompanies delegates to optimize exchanges within the community.
Whenever necessary, the Committee initiates specific projects to meet community needs.
The committee's co-chairmen and co-chairwoman are Nicolas HUGUET (1997) and Nada NADIF (2015).
The members of the Network Committee are :
Nicolas HUGUET (1997)
Nada NADIF (2015)
CV de Nada NADIF
Skies have no limits


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The Barbary Coast Cocktail
1/4 Gin. (1 oz Beefeater's Gin)
1/4 Scotch Whisky. (1 oz Compass Box Asyla Scotch Whisky)
1/4 Crème de Cacao. (1 oz Bols White Creme de Cacao)
1/4 Cream. (1 oz Cream)
Cracked Ice.
Serve in a highball glass. (Fill highball glass with crushed ice, build ingredients in glass, stir until outside of glass frosts over.)
Most other cocktail books seem to either make the Barbary Coast as a shaken "up" cocktail (1/2 oz each ingredient) or as a highball (2oz whiskey, 1/2 oz rest, built over ice, topped with soda).
However, since this is one of the few Savoy cocktails that doesn't include the instruction, "Shake well and strain into cocktail glass," I'm pretty sure that wasn't intended. There is also no mention of soda. I decided to treat it as a "swizzle". Also, I didn't have dark Creme de Cacao at the time, but it might be a better choice, just for coloration reasons, than the White. Or if you've got it, Mozart Black Chocolate Liqueur will bring both color and some nice dark chocolate flavor.
As an aside, with many of the cream cocktails I'm afraid I must admit the routine is, shake, strain, sip, dump. They're usually too sweet and my doctor has told me to avoid dairy. For what it is worth, against my own best interests, I finished this one.
Also, based on the assumption that this cocktail is named after the San Francisco's Gold Rush era Barbary Coast neighborhood, I will include the following quote, from Benjamin Estelle Lloyd, writing in 1876:
The Barbary Coast is the haunt of the low and the vile of every kind. The petty thief, the house burglar, the tramp, the whoremonger, lewd women, cutthroats, murderers, all are found here. Dance-halls and concert-saloons, where blear-eyed men and faded women drink vile liquor, smoke offensive tobacco, engage in vulgar conduct, sing obscene songs and say and do everything to heap upon themselves more degradation, are numerous. Low gambling houses, thronged with riot-loving rowdies, in all stages of intoxication, are there. Opium dens, where heathen Chinese and God-forsaken men and women are sprawled in miscellaneous confusion, disgustingly drowsy or completely overcome, are there. Licentiousness, debauchery, pollution, loathsome disease, insanity from dissipation, misery, poverty, wealth, profanity, blasphemy, and death, are there. And Hell, yawning to receive the putrid mass, is there also.
Nice to know things haven't changed too much…
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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My bed calls for me. The fridge is holding out that ice cold beer.
Both will have to wait.
I have lessons to write, homeworks to mark.
I want to hurt everyone who says teaching is a part time job.
No time to write the post burning inside of me.
I should have become an ed deformer. At least then I would have my evenings free.