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For all the girls who dream big, the 2016 Olympics delivered/
Since the passage of Title IX, 44 years ago, the steady climb of success for U.S. women in international sport has risen, with the Rio Games a high mark
By: NOREEN FARRELL AND TUTI SCOTT 08.21.16
Forty-four years ago, the United States passed a law called Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, making it very clear: Every student in this country should have an equal shot to participate in sports and other educational programs that train and foster student athlete leaders. In 1998, Congress updated the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act requiring the governing agencies of each sport (i.e. USA canoe, USA judo, etc) to give athletes a leadership voice on the board and the ability to raise disputes on access and treatment.
Since then, the steady climb of success for U.S. women in international sport has risen, with the 2016 Olympics in Rio hitting a high mark. American Katie Ledecky dominated the pool. Her 11-second (and new world record setting) victory in the 800-meter freestyle was the highlight of four gold medals she won at the games. The American women's gymnastics team captivated the world with a team gold. Emma Coburn won the USA's first medal in the women's steeplechase. The women's rowing eight won a gold medal, capping a run of victories in major international competition since 2005. The women's basketball team took its sixth straight gold medal. For all the girls who dream big, the 2016 Olympics in Rio has delivered.
Equally compelling at Rio 2016 have been the assumptions toppled about what women Olympic champions look like. Simone Manuel became the first black woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual swimming event when she tied with Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle. Michelle Carter became the first American to win a gold medal in shot put. African-American gymnast Simone Biles became the first American woman to win the Olympic vault individual (her four gold medals include individual all-around.) Ibtihaj Muhammad was the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab, while helping the U.S. win the team medal in fencing with a bronze in the sabre. And Allyson Felix has become the most decorated U.S. woman in track and field history at Rio 2016, winning nine medals over four Olympic games, including six golds.
Women competing in traditional male sports arenas such as rugby, boxing and wrestling help shift people's gender assumptions for us all, with a nod to Helen Maroulis securing USA's first gold medal in women's wrestling and Clarissa Shields defending her gold medal from London.
And lest you think that Olympic glory is not an option for mothers or reserved only for the young, American cyclist Kristen Armstrong celebrated her third Olympic gold in Rio with her 5-year old son, just one day before her 43rd birthday. Kerri Walsh Jennings, mother of three, played women's beach volleyball with fierce grit in Rio 2016, as she has for the past three Olympics. Kim Rhode takes home to her 3-year old a Rio 2016 medal in skeet shooting, which makes her the first woman to ever medal in six Olympics. These women joined seven others on the U.S. Women's Olympic team smashing stereotypes about what women and mothers can accomplish in the most demanding of professions. In this way, the incredible achievements of women at Rio 2016 have made a fitting backdrop for a presidential election featuring the very first woman as a major political party nominee, earning herself a gold medal in "perseverance against sexism" along the way.
A host of organizations, including Equal Rights Advocates and the Women's Sports Foundation, have fought to make opportunities possible for women and girls for over 40 years. We've enforced Title IX and other gender equality laws in the halls of Congress and the courts of law while promoting their spirit in the courts of public opinion. In 1976 only 21 percent of all competitors were women; in 2016, it reached 45 percent with a U.S. contingent of 292 women out of 554 total team members. We all owe deep thanks to Anita de Frantz, Donna de Varona, Billie Jean King, Donna Lopiano and many other early activists in the global women's sports movement, without whom today's generation of athletes would not be as well-resourced nor as dominant.
As feminists, we embrace firsts for women with mixed emotions. It does not seem possible that barriers still need to be broken after decades of legal protections in place. But they do. And we are doing it, one athletic match at a time. One presidential race at a time. One glass ceiling at a time.
Rio 2016 has captivated what the woman's movement has accomplished and all we have yet to achieve. It has highlighted important issues still very much holding back women and girls. From the brave testimony of Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison about her coach's sexual abuse to the incredible role being played by the United States women's soccer team to highlight pay discrimination infecting sports and other professions, we know our work is not done. We look to the leadership of sport, still overwhelmingly male — with more than 80 percent of the 204 National Olympic Committees leadership teams being all male — as a reminder that the executive offices need to look different for women to achieve equity at all levels of sport.
As athletes ourselves and long-term advocates for women's rights more broadly, we thank all of the women who have benefitted from Title IX and the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act who are paying it forward in ways transcending athletics. We close Rio 2016 knowing that Title IX has fostered leaders challenging gender based issues impacting all of us. May we move ever closer to that level playing field for which so many have worked for so long. Join the movement today — buy a girl sports equipment as a gift, tell a girl "Yes, she can" and offer encouragement for her boldness in sport activities, and make sure your school or college is compliant with Title IX.
Noreen Farrell is Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates, fighting for women's equality since 1974. She is always on the run for gender justice and was captain of her track and field team at Yale University.
Tuti Scott, philanthropy consultant, was co-CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. She is a lifelong point guard coaching others for the win and was captain of her basketball team at Ithaca College.


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Verizon, anyone?
The Wall Street Journal reports what may be the most convincing rumor yet that Apple is going to stray from long-time companion AT&T.
Who are the winners and losers? I talk about it on CNBC's Street Signs.
No fair guessing Steve Jobs (who always seems to have a winning hand) and Palm (which cannot catch a break)

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Even the best-funded traveler can't conquer Chicago in a weekend, or, for that matter, cover the basics: deep-dish pizza, Chicago-style hot dogs, skyline views, troves of historic architecture, Millennium Park, Wrigley Field (the second most charming baseball stadium in the country, at least to this Red Sox fan), a fine arts scene, famed Chicago blues and much more.
With only $100 in your pocket — make it $75 after spending $25 on a Ventra transit card loaded with a three-day pass — things are even trickier. But that's the whole idea of a $100 weekend — to show that any great city can entertain even the stingiest traveler for 48 hours.
I started out by making some sacrifices. I read through theater listings, but nothing under $25 appealed. The Cubs were in town but the cheapest way into Wrigley, short of a catapult, was nearly $30. ("Dynamic pricing," they called it.) Chicago also has great and varied Mexican food, thanks to its half-million Mexican-Americans, but that would have to go, too — a tough decision based on time limitations rather than money.
Yet, even with a few such compromises, I managed to do just about everything else I wanted to do. (My budget obviously does not include housing or plane fare — see the "If You Go" section below for more details on that and a way to save on the Ventra pass.)
Leaving O'Hare around 1:30 p.m. I broke in my Ventra pass by taking the Blue Line to Division, switching to the 9 bus, and walking to Pequod's Pizza. I had chosen Pequod's for two reasons. First, it's a local favorite, yet hard enough to get to that it's relatively ignored by tourists. Second, the $4.99 lunch special.
With its "GO CUBS" marquee, Blackhawks paraphernalia, neon beer signs and design-unconscious booths and tables, Pequod's is a deceptively normal-looking sports bar. Not normal-smelling, however: the perfume of pepperoni and bubbling mozzarella reached my nose as I sat at the bar and waited for my individual pie. It was a 30-minute wait, but the deal included one topping and a free soda.
Like any good New Yorker, I come preloaded with a built in bias against Chicago deep dish. But when my order arrived, any prejudice melted just like the gobs of mozzarella within the pie (which, unlike in New York, actually looks like a pie). It came topped with tomato sauce and stacks of fanned-out pepperoni slices loaded with abandon, and around the edge, a band of caramelized (that is, deliciously burned) cheese. It was one delicious-looking creation, easily earning S.T.I. (Straight to Instragram) status. It tasted every bit as good, and the final tally with tax and tip was $7.
Daytime on a $100 weekend in Chicago is easy, at least outside of the depths of winter: Walk around. Like in any great city, intriguing neighborhoods, architectural variety and interesting people abound. After dark is trickier. Here's one solution: Plan your trip the one weekend a year the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (cheapest ticket: $38 with fees) plays free. I opted for the next best thing: accidentally booking my trip for that weekend.
So I sat in Millennium Park amid a crowd of thousands to hear Riccardo Muti conduct Tchaikovsky before a Chicago skyline that shifted from cerulean to pinkish-orange to dusky blue to deep black, from the opening strains of "The Tempest" to the frenzied crescendo of Symphony No. 4 in F Minor. I think the experience was best summed up by Alejandra Soto, a college freshman on grass next to me, seeing her first-ever classical concert for a college assignment. "When you're with the crowd," she said, "the emotions are so different from watching on YouTube."
The night would end with a trip out to Longman and Eagle, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the Logan Square neighborhood. What was the catch with the $3 price tag on their long menu of (mostly) respectable whiskeys? None, it turns out. The restaurant was dark and buzzing; I took the lone empty seat at the bar. To my left, a free-spending couple drinking $10 cocktails and chatting with the bartender about vodka distilled from honey; to the right a man finishing an utterly delicious-looking burger ($15, ugh), soon replaced by a guy asking (in vain) for Welsh whiskey.
I asked the bartender to recommend a variety, and ended up with just that: a $9 flight consisting of a Bank Note blended Scotch, George Dickel Rye and Old Forester bourbon, in generous pours. Find me a better, boozier deal. I also decided to drop $8 on the meatball and creamy polenta appetizer with parsley pesto and creamy fonduta, which tasted like a Michelin star in a bowl.
For the day: $55.73. Remaining: $44.27.
I like to get out of the city center on these $100 weekends, and Steven Shalowitz, a podcaster and Chicago native who recently had me on his show, suggested a trip to the Baha'I Temple in Wilmette (at the end of the Purple Line), followed by breakfast at a suburban classic, Walker Bros. pancake house. "I don't know how you'll get from one to the other, though," he said.
Walk, obviously — 1.3 miles from the only Baha'i Temple in North America and a great initiation (not literally) into a religion with origins in 19th-century Persia. Surrounding gardens set the tone, a welcome center provides a short but high-quality video about Baha'i beliefs and history, and the temple itself is perfect for brief meditation as you lean back and gaze to the top of the soaring dome.
Something else to gaze at: Walker Bros. apple and cinnamon pancake — a monstrous, deep dish, sticky (no-syrup-needed) creation. My first impression: This is either a joke or a one-plate explanation of America's obesity epidemic. Second impression: at $10.50, this is a great deal for two.
That afternoon, I arrived a couple of minutes late at the Chicago Cultural Center for my free downtown tour from Chicago Greeter. Apparently, I also arrived loudly, because when Susan Bernstein, the guide, learned I was from New York, she smirked and said, "Figures." She ran our group of three on a spirited, fun architectural tour peppered with memories of the buildings from her own childhood. She lamented, for example, that Macy's now inhabited the old Marshall Field & Company building, with its elegant exterior clocks, which Norman Rockwell once depicted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. She said she had long loved the intricate ornamental cast iron on the recently restored Sullivan Center, one of Louis Sullivan's masterpieces and now, with merciful subtlety, a Target.
Under the brilliant glass mosaics in the Marquette building lobby, she gave us a quick rundown on Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. When she finished, a guide with another group droned on. "She gives you more details," Ms. Bernstein said, "but I'm free." (Chicago Greeters don't even accept tips, and you can also set up a more personalized neighborhood tour with them in advance — highly recommended.)
After the tour, I hung out in the Chicago Cultural Center, which featured several contemporary art exhibitions, including comic-book-inspired sculpture by Hebru Brantley, and a Tiffany glass dome. Then I headed a few blocks south to Buddy Guy's Legends, a famed blues club that has free acoustic sets at 6 p.m. Saturdays (and other times).
I assumed I'd sit at the bar and nurse an expensive drink as I listened to second-rate music, but I was quite happy to be wrong. On stage was Jimmy Johnson, an 85 year-old blues pro, with more than six decades on the Chicago scene. He performed two spirited sets to a crowd that filled the place long before the sun set. ("This is like morning to me," he joked.) And it turns out you can stand near the back bar, fairly close to the stage, and get away with drinking a can of Shiner Bock for $3.50. (You can watch the set I saw for free here.)
Time to try the jibarito, a steak sandwich, with fried plantains as bread, allegedly invented in Chicago's Puerto Rican community. A bus took me to Humboldt Park, where Puerto Rican restaurants pepper West Armitage Avenue. A Puerto Rican friend in Chicago — with a Bronx pedigree, no less — recommended I try the $9 version at La Bruqueña.
My sandwich arrived with "everything" — rather greasy plantains cut lengthwise, fried, and slathered in mayo, filled with tender steak, melted cheese, lettuce and tomato. Not untasty, per se, but just too much of a greasy, fatty, heavy mess to be worth the calories and potential digestive distress.
Could I condemn a whole dish based on one restaurant? Though I was stuffed, I temporarily suspended my budget to try another version down the street at Papa's Cache Sabroso. Confirmed: Jibaritos are not for me, even though Papa's was a bit more appealing — the plantains were more garlicky and crisp — but I'd still rather have the components separately. (My friend insisted that jibaritos are good when you're hung over. Quite possible.)
For the day: $38. Remaining: $6.27.
What to do when you're nearly broke in Chicago? Start with a $2 coffee and half-price scone at the Bourgeois Pig Café, then walk to Lincoln Park, where everything's free: the zoo; the conservatory; even the half-hidden, romantic Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, recently restored to its original 1936 design.
The conservatory was my favorite. Wandering among domed greenhouses, I was drawn to the golden fuchsia hanging like maroon and gold earrings, as well as plants with even more fanciful names: lobster claw and lollipop and Joseph's coat. I was tickled to see the scaly-looking leaves of the alligator pilea interspersed with the floppy elephant ears. (You won't find that sort of interaction at the zoo, but boy were those meerkats cute.)
Time to head to the airport, with $2.64 left — and no hot dog eaten. Remedy: stop on the way to the L at a cheaper-end Chicago classic, the rather rundown shack housing Redhot Ranch on Western Avenue. I ordered the classic Chicago style (with relish, onions, mustard and sport peppers – no pickle spear, alas) for $3.75. As I had read, it came with a load of just-fried French fries dumped on top, and wrapped inelegantly in white paper. Another gut bomb. But he who lives by the $100 weekend, dies (or at least suffers slightly) by the $100 weekend.
For the day: $7.38 Total: $101.11.
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What is Flat Design? As Sabina Idler at Usabilla puts it, "flat design is a two dimensional design for a two dimensional screen." Flat Design is an ongoing trend sweeping the design community. Well-known companies like Mashable, TheNextWeb, and Microsoft are already utilizing this design aesthetic.
Similar to Microsoft's Windows 8 Metro UI, flat design shakes off unappealing drop shadows, inset shadows, gradients, subtle textures, and heavy bevels. It takes a fundamentally minimalistic approach by only using bare necessities like clean layouts, solid colors, and sharp typography. Holding hands with responsive web design, flat UI design is suited for mobile interfaces and is easier to code.
Skeuomorphic design is meant to look like its physical counterpart and possess real life characteristics. Thanks to Apple, the popularity of skeuomorphic design boomed since the launch of the iPhone in 2007. To find a common ground with users, designers got used to designing skeuomorphic user interfaces, icons, and web designs. The stitched-leather effect seen in many Apple-designed iOS apps is a good example of skeuomorphic design.
I think that flat design is visually superior to skeuomorphic design. While it's very cool and beautiful, the calculator app on my iPhone does not need to be an exact replicate of a real life calculator. I completely understand that designers want to make my life easier by designing apps with familiar interfaces. However we're not kids anymore, technology users are fully capable of figuring out creative, clever, and unique interfaces.
Trends come and go, so don't get too attached to this one. While flat design might be the new cool kid on the block, in a few year from now he will lose his street cred. History repeats itself, don't ever forget that.
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Our next entry in the 2012 Seashells and Sunflowers Argentine Recipe Contest comes courtesy of Vivi Rathbon, author of the blog My Beautiful Air. Vivi is a native of Boise, Idaho, USA, but she's called Buenos Aires home for the last three years.
Vivi submitted a recipe for tarta de dulce de membrillo con mascarpone (quince paste and mascarpone tart). I was drawn to her recipe because I saw it as a novel twist on a staple offering at Argentine bakeries, pasta frola, a shortcrust tart featuring a filling of ruby-red dulce de membrillo or quince paste. Vivi talks about the inspiration for her recipe in a blog post:
Although I had always enjoyed dulce de membrillo, I had never considered cooking with it, until the enlightening discovery of David Lebovitz's Easy Jam Tart recipe, which is also made with quince jam.
I elected to attempt his jam tart using dulce de membrillo and add my own addition—mascarpone—a mild cream cheese to serve as a creamy complement and balance to the sugary jam. I was intrigued about Lebovitz's use of cornmeal in the crust and thought this recipe could make for a great cooking adventure and culinary union of French patisserie and Argentine simplicity.
The mascarpone added a pleasant creaminess, but the real star of this tart for me turned out to be the crust. I loved the light crunch and subtle corn flavor provided by the polenta. I would definitely consider using this dough again for pasta frola.
I also found that the filling firmed up a bit more by the next day, which made the tart easier to slice and serve, though something tells me that most won't be able to wait that long to take the first bite.
Tarta de dulce de membrillo con mascarpone | Quince Paste and Mascarpone Tart
1 stick plus 3 tablespoons butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
2 whole eggs plus 1 egg yolk
dash of vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup polenta or cornmeal
dash of salt
dash of baking powder [I added ¼ teaspoon.]
1 ½ lb quince paste [I didn't use the full amount.]
1 (8-oz.) container mascarpone cheese
In a mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla, and mix thoroughly until you achieve a uniform consistency. [Note: I creamed together the butter and sugar first and then added the eggs and vanilla.]
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients—the flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and mix thoroughly until you have a sticky dough. Roll the dough into a large ball, cover in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for an hour until the dough is firm.
Reserve a portion of the dough for the top layer [Note: roughly 1/3 of the dough]. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of an ungreased tart pan with a removable bottom.
Using a fork, mash half of the quince paste to a spreadable consistency, and spread it over the dough for the bottom layer of the tart. Then spread the mascarpone over the quince paste. Cut the remainder of the block of quince paste into thin slices and arrange it on top for the final layer of filling.
Using the reserved portion of dough, roll out small balls and flatten them, and place them on top to form an upper crust. Sprinkle with sugar. [Note: I forgot this final step!]
Bake for 35 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven. [Note: I allowed the tart to cool to room temperature before serving.]
Previous Posts about the Recipe Contest:
2012 Argentine Recipe Contest
Happy 4th Birthday to Seashells and Sunflowers! [contains list of finalists]
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The Weld Family
This is a transcription of a four-page, unsigned document describing the first three generations of the Weld family in America. The transcription has been edited to correct typing errors and other faults found in the original. The author is unknown. However, the original document is found in "Catherine Faucon and the Faucon Family Collection," in the Milton Historical Society's Archives at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186.
Edward Horatio Faucon lived in Milton, Massachusetts, and was the "good" captain in Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. The two met while they were harvesting hides on the California coast. Faucon later married Martha Weld and enjoyed a long and prosperous career at sea, initially in the opium trade 1845-50, and later, as captain of the ship Frolic bringing Chinese goods to the lively market created by the California gold rush. On July 25, 1850, Frolic was wrecked on the California coast and Captain Faucon returned to Boston and a career in the marine salvage business for Boston insurance interests. During the Civil War he commanded steamships, earning substantial 'prize' money for capturing rebel vessels.
Two of Faucon's contemporaries in the China trade were the Dixwell brothers, John and George. John later became a prominent Boston banker and owned a large mansion in Jamaica Plain. E. H. Faucon's maritime career and personal life are fully described in The Voyage of the Frolic by Thomas N. Layton.
Several documents in the slim Faucon family archive relate to genealogical research carried out by Edward and/or other Faucon family members. It has been reported that in the 1940s, Edward Faucon's daughter burned his papers to hide the source of the family's wealth and preserve her father's reputation.
(1) Box 27, "Catherine Faucon and the Faucon Family Collection" Milton Historical Society Archives at Milton Public Library
(2) Thomas N. Layton, The Voyage of the Frolic, Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1997, pp 62-66, 136-143, 147-152.
Captain Joseph Weld came to Roxbury, New England, undoubtedly in 1632, bringing with him his daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Hannah. Tradition says that his son, John, remained in England and came over in 1638. His eldest son certainly died in England, and perhaps other children. His wife, Elizabeth, came with him. He was a brother of Reverend Thomas Weld, the first Pastor of Roxbury. Admitted a Freeman March 3, 1636, (he) represented the town of Roxbury from 1637 to 1645. In 1643, John Winthrop Jr., Joseph Weld and several others had granted (to) them 3000 acres of land at Braintree, forever, (to encourage) Iron Works to be set up there. In 1641 the Colony appointed him one of the Commissioners to settle the boundary between Roxbury and Boston. He was chosen a Captain in the service of the Colony about that date. In 1643 he was one of the Commissioners, with Gov. Winthrop, who made a treaty with the Pequot Indians. In 1645, Joseph Weld, being in England on business, Alderman Barclay attached a ship of the Colony, his own ship having been seized for an infraction of the law. But being persuaded to release the ship, he arrested Mr. Stephen Winthrop, the recorder of the Court, and Captain Joseph Weld, who was one of the jury when the case was tried, so that they were forced to find sureties in a bond of 4000. But it pleased God to stir up such a friend as Sir Henry Vane, who was their bondsman. Messrs. Winthrop and Weld petitioned the General Court for indemnity for their expenses when they returned to the Colony, but (it was) in vain. Captain Weld lived on Roxbury St. and was undoubtedly the wealthiest merchant in the Colony at this time. He owned the estate of several acres, granted him by the Colony, now known as the Bussey farm, and belonging to Harvard College, and upon which his son, John, lived. He made frequent voyages to England on business, and in 1646 returned for the last time, probably from Ipswich, England, a place at that time of considerable importance, and being dangerously ill, made his will there. The Apostle Elliot, his particular friend, states in his journal that he died of cancer of the throat and jaws. In 1646, the Colony records state that Captain Weld, of Roxbury, a merchant, not long returned from England, died, and Mr. Pritchard, a Godly man, was chosen Captain in his place. In 1636 his first child was born in New England on the 14th of July, being the sixth and last child of his wife, Elizabeth. He married for his second wife, on April 20, 1639, Barbara Clapp, of Dorchester, daughter of Edward Clapp, by whom he had four children, Sarah, Daniel, Joseph and, just previous to his death, Marah, that name signifying "bitter," was given her. Captain Joseph Weld died on Oct. 7, 1646, and was undoubtedly buried in the ancient burying ground at the corner of Eustis Street in Roxbury in the Minister's tomb. He was one of the earliest friends and patrons of Harvard College, (a) donor in 1642 and the very first legacy in his will is given to that institution. His will is about the earliest on record in the Colony and it is exceedingly interesting on account of its minuteness in family matters and showing the pleasant relations that existed between himself and his best friends, and (his) Pastor, the Apostle Elliot.
About the year 1649, his widow, Barbara, married Anthony Stoddard, a man of considerable importance in the Colony, whose first wife was a niece of Governor Winthrop. And we find a bond in Latin in relation to this marriage given by the Apostle Elliot and other Overseers of Captain Weld's will among the Colony records, dated August 24, 1647. She bore him four children and died in 1654. Captain Joseph Weld was born 1598 in Sudbury, the County of Suffolk, England. His father, Edmund Weld, was a cloth manufacturer, and left a considerable landed estate.
Children of Captain Joseph Weld
I. John, born in England, Oct. 28, 1625. Died in Roxbury, Sept. 20, 1691. He married Margaret Bowen of Roxbury, Dec. 24, 1647.
II. Elizabeth, born in England 1625, married Capt. Dennison, a famous man of Roxbury, March 20, 1641. Had children, Dennison, John, Jeremiah, Mary, Hannah, Sarah, Deborah, William, Deborah. Elizabeth Weld Dennison lived to the age of 91, and died Feb. 15, 1716. The headstone can be seen in the ancient burying ground in Eustis Street, Roxbury.
III. Mary, born in England, about 1627. Married Daniel Harris of Middleboro, about 1648. She died in Middleboro, Sept. 5, 1711.
IV. Hannah, born in England about 1629. By her father's will of 1646 we find she was engaged to a son of Reverend Dr. Hooker of Cambridge. Neither a record of her marriage or death can be found.
V. Thomas, born in England about 1632. Died in Roxbury, Sept. 9, 1649.
VI. Edmund, born in Roxbury, New England, July 14, 1636. Undoubtedly graduated at Harvard University in the class of 1650, and by its records died in 1668.
The first wife, Elizabeth, mother of the above children, died Oct. 1638. He married second, in 1639, Barbara Clapp, by whom he had the following children:
VII. Sarah, born Sept. 18, 1640. Married July 23, 1663, John Franks of Boston.
VIII. Daniel, born Sept. 18, 1642. Graduated at Harvard University, 1661. A physician in Salem. Married Bethial ______. Died in May 1690, leaving children, Edward, also a physician in Salem, Bethia, Barbara and Elizabeth.
IX. Joseph, born Feb. 6, 1644. Died Dec. 7, 1645 (at) Roxbury.
X. Marah, born Aug. 2, 1646. Married Comfort Starr, 1665.
Second Generation
Children of John Weld, born in Roxbury
John Weld, the father, was born in England, Oct. 28, 1623. Family tradition states that he did not emigrate with his family being but a boy in 1633, but came afterwards to Roxbury, Mass. in 1638. He was made a Freeman in 1650. Married Margaret Bowen of Roxbury, Dec. 24, 1647, and lived on the large farm granted by the Colony to his father, Captain Joseph Weld, now known as the Bussey farm, belonging to Harvard College, in West Roxbury, having purchased all the shares of his brothers and sisters in the same. On June 19, 1676, the Indian war known as King Philip's war, having just broken out, and he being an officer in the service of the Colony, taking his life in his hand as was the custom in those days, left his wife and family and went forth, making his will before leaving. He returned in safety and did not die until 1691, when his children finding this, the only will he had left, made an agreement, to be found a few pages further on, which is chiefly valuable as giving the autographs of all his children and showing the affection existing between them. His children were:
I. Joseph, born in Roxbury, June 6, 1649. Died Oct. 3, 1649
II. Joseph, born Sept. 3, 1650, baptized the same day. Married first Elizabeth Devotion, 1674. For his second wife, Sarah Faxon 1679. Died in Roxbury, Feb. 14, 1711, aged 62.
III. John, born May 25, 1653. Married Hannah Portia June 22, 1678. She died Dec. 10, 1721. John Weld died Feb. 1, 1737, aged 84. His children were, Hannah, John,Joanna, Abigail, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah, Dorothy, and Samuel.
IV. Elizabeth, born Nov. 12, 1665. Married Samuel Gore Aug. 28, 1672. Died ——-.
V. Margaret, born Sept. 29, 1657. Died June 26, 1675, aged 17 years.
VI. Mary, born Apr. 3, 1660. Married Joshua Gardner 1680.
VII. Abigail, born Aug. 21, 1663. Must have died previous to 1676, not being mentioned in her father's will of that date.
VIII. Esther, born Dec. 28, 1664. Died Jan. 8, 1665.
IX. Hannah, born Sept. 5, 1666. Married William Heath, Nov. 11, 1685.
Margaret Bowen Weld, the mother, was born Apr. 2, 1629. She died Sept. 13, 1692, aged 68.
Third Generation
The Children of Joseph Weld
Joseph Weld, the father, inherited the homestead in West Roxbury and was a Lieutenant in the service of the Colony. He married first, Elizabeth Devotion, Sept. 2, 1674. He married second, Sarah Faxon, in 1679. He died at Roxbury, Feb. 14, 1711, aged 62. His children were:
I. Margaret, born Nov. 5, 1675. Died Feb. 12, 1677.
II. Elizabeth, born Jan.1, 1678. Married Ebenezer Craft, Nov. 14, 1700
Elizabeth Devotion, wife of Joseph Weld, died Feb. 15, 1678. He married second, Sarah Faxon, Nov. 27, 1679. She had the following children:
III. Margaret, born Feb. 17, 1681. Married Benjamin White, July 16, 1701.
IV. Joseph, born July 12, 1683. Married Elizabeth Chamberlain of Roxbury, May 19, 1711.
V. Sarah, born Oct. 25, 1685. She died Dec. 30, 1685.
VI. Sarah, born June 16, 1687. Married John Williams, June 1, 1709.
VII. John, born Aug. 19, 1689. Married Sarah Tucker, Dec. 30, 1719. Died Feb. 1, 1737.
VIII. Thomas, born Jan. 10, 1692. Died Apr. 25, 1692.
IX. Deborah, born Feb. 22, 1693. Married Joshua Child, Apr. 18, 1715.
X. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1695. Married Samuel Davis of Oxford, Oct. 13, 1731.
XI. Daniel, born Aug. 14, 1697. Married Elizabeth Tucker, June 22, 1720. He died Jan. 20, 1761. His wife, Elizabeth Weld, died Jan. 6, 1734. Their children were Daniel, Stephen, Noah, Elizabeth, Job, Edward, David Josiah, Anne.
Aaron Davis Weld married Betsy Williams in 1804. Their son is Aaron Davis Weld of Boston. David was born about 1814, and married Sarah [illegible].
XII. Ebenezer, born Oct. 19, 1702. Married Mary Craft of Roxbury, Feb. 18, 1725.
The widow of Joseph Weld afterwards married Jacob Chamberlain of Brookline, by whom she had no children. She died Oct. 17, 1745, aged 84. Her headstone* can now be seen in the old burying ground in West Roxbury on Walter Street. Her will is to be found a few pages further on.
* Destroyed by boys in 1920. All fragments preserved by C. F. White of Brookline, her descendant through Margaret Weld, above [and] restored by Mrs. Gertrude Hooper.
Transcribed by Peter O'Brien
August, 2015
Production assistance provided by Kathy Griffin.


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* Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diaspora, Cunningham & Sinclair.
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My role in my teaching is that of a facilitator. One of the most fascinating aspects of teaching is the assumption that the instructor is not the center of the learning process, and what matter most is the collective work in the classroom, even in online education.
From the first class, I try to treat all students as one of my colleagues. Obviously, in a professional organization, everyone plays a different role, and I will be the teacher, but we are all colleagues pursuing the same goal, in this case, a continuous learning process concerning Media Law. What I expect from my students is a professional attitude, in which everyone has a shared responsibility for succeeding in the course.
A professional attitude is based on mutual respect, openness to the idea that my students are learning from me, as I am learning from them to become a better teacher and scholar. For this reason, I expect active participation and willingness to contribute to our working environment and respect the differences of opinions. I do not spend much time working with rules of professional behavior, such as being on time for the class, prepared, and reasonably using laptops and cell phones. I assume that everyone being late, unprepared or disruptive learn in different forms that they are unprofessional.
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The second element is the promotion of diversity among students. Ethnic, racial and socioeconomic and other aspects of diversity are a big part of my personal vocation as a teacher. I take this as a personal goal, a part of the experience of being a member of a university: a place of interaction of different people ready to share their knowledge and respect each other.
Being my area of specialization free speech, I am aware that every opinion counts and should be protected. There are no bad or silly questions or wrong conclusions. Class discussions are a key element in my teaching, as they provide information, practical application of the course content, and opinion formation.
Particularly for courses that are mandatory for all undergraduate students at the School of Communications, diversity of academic interests is essential.
For these reasons, I highly value class participation. The class is not "delivered" by the instructor, but made collectively by diverse views and perspectives.
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The third aspect is the compromise with students outside the classroom. I understand the efforts made by colleges and universities for student welfare. However, from my experience, teachers are one of the first University employees who sense the multiple problems of students that generally reflect their academic performance. I have been in contact with many students facing severe economic difficulties, mental and physical issues, discrimination, and academic stress, and as a teacher –particularly in a Catholic university—I understood as a priority. In this matter, my goal is to have an open-door policy, without prior appointment or office hours. Whenever is legally possible, I maintain the confidentiality.
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I combine teaching methods in the educational process to get as much as possible from the class. Teaching modules time is limited, students have different abilities, and studies in education show that there is no single method for college teaching. I try to combine traditional lectures for content systematization, real cases for application of the content, current debates for stimulating the student awareness, and class discussions.
I assess more solving-problem criteria, more than memorized content. However, as in other disciplines, legal language and terms require precision. For these reasons, the course assignments will also be a combination of reading comprehension, real or hypothetical case application, and independent research.
I provide rubrics for each assessment and try to anticipate my expectations before and after each assignment. I do not use grading curves or predefined grade averages for the course.


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115g slightly salted butter, softened
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75g full-fat cream cheese
2 tbsp Golden Syrup
125g Icing Sugar
Cake pop sticks
200g plain chocolate, melted
200g white chocolate, melted
Sprinkles of your choice
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Repeat with the rest of the cake balls using both of the melted chocolates. The pops will keep for a week in an airtight container in the refrigerator.


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We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the International Scientific Conference "THE MODERN TRENDS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES" and invite to participate in this event which will be held in May18-20 2017 at Buryat State University, Ulan-Ude, Russia.
Suggested focus areas:
The conference will include round table "The Current Issues of Foreign Language Learning".
How to participate:
To become a participant of the conference you should submit the conference application formto the organizing committee's e-mail byApril 1, 2017. Our e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (please, indicate "Conference" in the topic of your letter).
The materials for publication (paper) must be submitted by April 15, 2017.
Requirements for the papers:
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Title: CAPITAL, centered, semi-bold, font 14, without hyphenation.
Information about the authors: full last name, first name, patronymic of the author; full name of the organization, country, city, and e-mail of the author.
The text of the paper: font 14, paragraph indent 1.25, without hyphenation, justified. The text of the article should be printed after one blank line. The references in the text are given in brackets, for example, [3, p. 17].
Literature: after one blank line below the text in italics, font size 12; a numbered list of sources with the publisher's imprint (according to GOST (National State Standard) 7.0.5-2008) - line, non-bold,for example:
Адорно Т. В. К логике социальных наук // Вопр. философии. —1992. — №10. — С. 76-86.
Crawford, P. J. The reference librarian and the business professor: a strategic alliance that works / P. J. Crawford, T. P. Barrett // Ref. Libr. —1997. Vol. 3, № 58. — P. 75-85.
Information about the author in English language:
The payment for the publication of submitted materials (200 rubles per 1 page)should be transferred please to the following postal address: 670000, Ulan-Ude, "to be called for", toVeneraSabirova (marked "for participation in the conference" and the participant's name).
Working languages: Russian, English.
The travel and accommodation of nonresident participants of the conference is carried out by sending organizations.
The application,the materials for publication and a copy of the payment receiptshould be sent on e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (to the Secretary of Organizing Committee VeneraSabirova).
The organizing committee of the international conference:
Our address: 670000, Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, 6, Ranzhurova, Buryat State University, Chair of Foreign Languages, office 2115 (the building of the History Department), tel. (3012) 21-78-35.
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[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's international brief, China's Supreme Peoples' Court [official website] regained the power to review death sentences on Tuesday, after nearly six months of intense criticism of the old process, which allowed regional courts to review death sentences. Chinese media highlighted nearly a dozen cases over the last six months of miscarriages of justice, including two sensational cases where the alleged murder victims later turned up alive, one after the execution of her 'murderer.' The Supreme Peoples' Court will create three criminal trial courts to review all death sentences in the nation. China executed an estimated 3,400 individuals in 2004, more than all other nations put together. JURIST's Paper Chase has continuing coverage of China [JURIST news archive]. BBC News has more.
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HBO's "Game of Thrones" finally hits the Google Play. Now you can watch episodes of 'Game of Thrones' A La Carte by buying these from Google Play marketplace without any HBO subscription.
'Game of Thrones' is currently the most popular series which was first available only for HBO subscribers. Because of this limitation, 'Game of Thrones' was the most pirated show of the year 2012 and 2013. But then HBO thinks to make it available legally for all. So, it has already released 'Game of Thrones' to Apple's iTunes Store.
Now the 'Game of Thrones' A La Carte episodes are also available at Google Play starting Wednesday, October 9th. Past 2 seasons of 'Game of Thrones' are now available at Google Play marketplace. Customers can buy either the entire show or any episode of their choice.
Based on the George R. R. Martin's novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire," this fantasy series is wildly popular. Now it's a good step to make it available for all those who are not the subscribers of HBO.
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71 killed as Russian airliner crashes moments after take-off
A Russian airliner has crashed moments after taking off from the country's second-busiest airport, killing all 71 people on board.
The pilots of the An-148 regional jet did not report any problems before the twin-engine aircraft plunged into the field about 25 miles from Domodedovo Airport, just outside Moscow, authorities said.
The Saratov Airlines flight disappeared from radar just minutes after its departure for the city of Orsk, some 1,000 miles to the south-east.
The 65 passengers ranged in age from five to 79, officials said (AP)
Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov confirmed that there were no survivors.
The 65 passengers ranged in age from five to 79, according to a list posted by the Russian emergencies ministry. Their nationalities were not confirmed. Six crew members were also on board.
Emergency workers combed through the field while investigators searched for clues to what might have brought the jet down. One of the flight recorders was recovered, Russian news reports said, but it is not immediately clear if it was the data or voice recorder.
The airport has been the focus of security concerns in the past. Security lapses came under sharp criticism in 2004, after Chechen suicide bombers destroyed two airliners that took off from the airport on the same evening, killing a total of 90 people. A 2011 bombing in the arrivals area killed 37 people.
An investigation into the accident is under way (AP)
Investigators also conducted a search at the airline's main office in Saratov, reports said.
Russia's investigative committee said all possible causes are being considered. Some reports suggested there were questions about whether the plane had been properly de-iced. Moderate snow was falling in much of Moscow at the time of the crash.
Airline spokeswoman Elena Voronova told the state news agency RIA Novosti that one of the pilots had more than 5,000 hours of flying time, 2,800 of them in an An-148. The other pilot had 812 hours of experience, largely in that model of plane.
President Vladimir Putin has put off a planned trip to Sochi to monitor the investigation.
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On this week's Celebrity Apprentice, the two teams had to create a commercial for the people at Entertainment.com. After looking at both commercials the executives decides that the team led by Dayana Mendoza had the worse commercial and Donald Trump fired, the Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno. Rob Cesternino and Nicole Cesternino are back together for a Celebrity Apprentice podcast.
The big question this week was going to be if Aubrey O'Day had quit the game or not. Upon hearing what Arsenio said Lisa Lampanelli went on the war path and started a fight with Arsenio. After an explosive few minutes with plenty of name calling, cooler heads prevailed. Within minutes, we find out that Aubrey returned to the game because she wanted to help her charity out. Arsenio Hall and Aubrey were able to bury the hatchet and Arsenio apologized to Aubrey.
Meanwhile, Teresa Guidice was the project manager of the winning team this week, creating an ad featuring a lot of double entendre. Most notably, the add featured Paul Teutul Sr. dressed as, Ivanka put it, a dweeb.
The other team had a relatively conflict free experience with their task until they got to the boardroom. Lou Ferrigno tried to throw Lisa Lampanelli under the bus and got into a huge fight in the boardroom. Lou was ultimately done in when the Trump's asked the team whose commercial they thought was better. Lou said that he liked the other team's commercial better than the one from his team. The Trumps felt like this was an act of betrayal and Lou was fired.
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This Russian Photoshop Master's Skills Will Blow Your Mind
Almost everyone with a smartphone or a computer has experimented with photo editing at some point, but this retouching master's work is above and beyond any Instagram filter.
Max Asabin, a digital artist from Russia, layers multiple images on top of each other, and seamlessly melds them together to create one incredible visual. He does this by trimming the edges of each foreground photo, adding shadows and highlights, and adjusting the overall colour to make it look extra realistic. With this technique, he can easily transport anyone into one of his breathtaking scenes. "Digital Art is, for several years now, my main job." Max told Bored Panda, though he has only ever worked freelance. He's been working with Adobe Photoshop CS6 since 2007, and is entirely self-taught.
Max has gained over 35 thousand followers on DeviantArt, where he frequently uploads his work, since his latest piece - Sleepless - was posted on the website's main Facebook page. "Most of them left positive feedback, but there was also critique, both constructive and negative." He told us. "But in any case, I am extremely pleased with such attention!" Max is available for commissioned work, so drop him a line if your old family photos need a supernatural twist.
More info: DeviantArt, VK, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr
great work! the step by step gifs on his deviantart are also worth take a look!
Somehow the original pictures are clearer in the after.. even the face and expressions seem more obvious
She is exceptionally pretty and the artist/GD is exceptionally brilliant :)
Photos do appear clearer but theres a little something like a fairytale in them not realistic.
the ps skills are great, but it is the imagination that is wonderful...great job
Isn't that the point - to make them more artistic than a "realistic" photo?
the ps skills are great, but it is the imagination that is wonderful...great job
Isn't that the point - to make them more artistic than a "realistic" photo?


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The evolution of FANTÁSTICA's success in pragmatic placemaking and public space design can be seen in our work to create outdoor spaces for Dumbo Heights, a 1.2-million-square-foot mixed-use development home to innovation firms like Etsy and WeWork.
Looking to replicate the public space model in its communal areas, we developed interactive spaces on the rooftop for WeWork, complete with furniture, art, and landscaping; as well as a pedestrian plaza adjacent to the entire Dumbo Heights complex that will help the developer draw more retail tenants.
"Dumbo Public Plaza Will Be 'Adult Playground' for Workers, Report Says," DNAinfo, May 24, 2016.
"Two-Block-Long Public Plaza Coming to Dumbo Heights' Sand Street Corridor," New York YIMBY, May 24, 2016.
"Developers in Brooklyn's Dumbo Plan Public Space," Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2016.


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CSS 3 Animations for Websites
If your goal is to convey information creatively on your website for displaying on the iPad or iPhone, one of the best options for adding animation and other interactive features is to use CSS 3. CSS 3 introduces three main ways to create interactive effects and animations: transformations, transitions, and animations.
CSS 3 adds many new design features, but animation is the most exciting. Using CSS 3, you can make characters walk across the screen, boxes flip over, and images fade away. To demonstrate how animation works with CSS 3, this figure shows a simple ball that bounces in a black box.
No images were used to create this bouncing ball animation. The ball itself — and the action that makes it appear to bounce from the top of the screen to the bottom and back again — was all achieved with just a few lines of CSS 3 code.
Animations like this work in most popular browsers that use WebKit, including Safari (on Mac, Windows, and iOS for iPad/iPhone/iPad) and Chrome (on Mac, Windows, and devices that run Google's Android operating system).


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Can't believe it's June already!
Nell Nicholson
We had a brilliant time doing our own election in May with our own Gloucester House political parties, a polling station, election manifestos and voting.
The Ferrari party won pledging to give everyone a fast car and a million £££s! Not sure who was working on their budget!
We even had a report from an actual real political commentator - I'll try to add the link to his report tomorrow...
We have money week coming up so hopefully some thought will be given to how to budget! And next week the garden party and very soon our residential to Avon Tyrrel.
Will be back soon with more news... and hopefully some pictures and perhaps a bit of children's work...
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Yep, still playing around with diffused light. I am really missing dramatic light right about now. But, I did find some shots this week that I'm especially proud to share. First off is my girl in a box, because how else does anyone watch cartoons?
Hey! I'm learning to braid hair!!! Here's my first ever french braid on my girl, and yes, it did fall out about 30 minutes later. :)
And now to the diffused light. As you might be able to tell, we have four rooms pouring light into our hallway but the light is always diffused, either from glazed windows to the windows themselves being around a corner and across the room. But, even so, the hallway is always a nice source of bright light. Here we are making a fort tunnel.


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A quick overlook into the most diverse urban area in the world
The borough of Queens in New York City is considered is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world. Experts believe that around 138 languages can be spoken the in the area that is the second most populated of NYC with its 2,2 million inhabitants (the first one if Brooklyn with 2,5M, according to the 2010 Census).
The county englobes 27% of New York City's population of 8.2 M people. The U.S. Census Bureau reports its population is composed of 50% white, 28% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 21% black, and 3% mixed race. Almost half (48%) of Queens residents are foreign-born, and 56% speak a language other than English at home.
At home, 56% of the population 5 years and over speaks a language other than English. Among the 5 boroughs, Queens is also the one with the hights number of residents who consider their English as less than "very well." Out of the 56% we just mentioned, only half (28%) speak English well. The other half speaks mainly Spanish (44%), followed by Asian and Pacific Island Languages (28%), and Indo-European Languages (25%).
2010 Census | Queens Library | Brownstoner | The New York Times | NY.gov


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Mode of By-Production
Group exhibition, Floor 5 ½, Hong Kong, 9-17 Aug 2014
"And under the conditions of our contemporary product-oriented civilization, time does indeed have problems when it is perceived as being unproductive, wasted, meaningless." ― Boris Groys
The exhibition Mode of By-production invites artists to interrogate their personal process of artistic productions, identifying thresholds between notions, impulses and unintentional events while juxtaposing with the questioning of their chosen means - tools, raw materials, and use of time.
Time is commodified in the system at large. Check-in, check-out, check-in, check-out, a routine of actions remarkably unchanged. Waking up to go through the same motion again in a subliminal limbo.
By putting in the hours, minutes, seconds, without any means, one fails to see the end product. Between this linear progression from start to finish, a by-product is like carbon dioxide released from burning waste. A by-product can be seen as secondary, otherwise it is equally just a part that informs the other.
Rather than evaluating time or a product wasteful, we are interested in creating meanings from them, that the whole is greater the the sum of its parts. Disruption of a routine, such as loading time, excessive repetition, staring at a fish tank, or in the case of an emergency, these moments may all well be constructive to contemporary society.
Mode of By-production hopes to expand our product-oriented society to reshuffle its hierarchy, by which artists, through their works, have diversely but consistently displayed an interest in embracing uncertainty, giving attention to moments of delay, and elevating the value of the undermined.
Artists: Lewis LAU, Tsi Kwan LAU, Gabriel LEUNG, Cam WONG Lai Yan, Morgan WONG
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Going digital with the enterprise machine: The importance of an embedded app store
It's 2018. Surely that means everything that could be digital is digital, right?
Not quite.
A staggering amount of companies–some App47 customers, some not–still have large suites of products that aren't yet "digital." That is to say, their products are on closed systems, aren't connected to the internet, and are limited in function to whatever the company is able to dream up.
Luckily, this is changing, and companies are realising that when going digital,...


text: Theatre Please note this event has already taken place and you are viewing an archived page of the Lakeside website.For a list of current events, exhibitions and workshops, please click on 'What's On' in the menu above English Celebration This concert finishes at approximately 9.10pm A special concert celebrating English music with renowned ensembles the Orlando Consort and Fitzwilliam String Quartet joining the University Philharmonia and Viva Voce. Purcell - Chacony in G minor Purcell - Fantazia in F major Tarik O'Regan - Scattered Rhymes Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis interval Anon. - Worcester Fragments (selections) Elgar - Introduction & Allegro Tallis - Spem in alium Please note: This will be performed in the beautiful St Mary's Church, Nottingham. The University of Nottingham student ensembles join with the internationally renowned Orlando Consort and Fitzwilliam String Quartet for a celebration of glorious music by English composers from the 13th to 21st centuries. The Orlando Consort residency at the University of Nottingham is generously supported by the Radcliffe Trust.


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Healthy Choices
Recession led to U.S. abortion rates approaching all-time low, CDC reports
Abortion rates in the U.S. have declined by 13.9 percent in recent years, resulting in near-historic low levels, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC published the report on the controversial, politically loaded topic late last week, while much of the the public and media were absorbed by Black Friday's frenzy over deep discounts and early-holiday shopping.
Analysts attributed the drop in legal abortions provided by medical professionals to economic concerns spurred by the recession.
From 2008 to 2011, the most recent year for which data are available, U.S. legal abortions occurred at the rate of 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women age 15 to 44.
That rate approaches the all-time low recorded in 1973, when the nation saw 16.3 abortions reported per 1,000 women.
Since 2008, as the recession took hold, women revealed to researchers they were determined to avoid unwanted pregnancies because of worries over the cost of raising children. The ensuing collapse in the housing and job markets persuaded many women to be extra vigilant about using safe and reliable birth control methods, analysts said.
As the federal government's clearinghouse of health information, the CDC has kept track of abortion statistics since 1969, also documenting accidental deaths of women. In 2010, the most recent year for data on fatalities, 10 American women died as a result of complications from legal induced abortions.
As for the extended decline in the abortion rate, the CDC concluded the trend began in the 1980s after a peak of 29.3 women per 1,000 had the procedure in 1980.
The only departure from that largely sustained drop in abortion rates came during an uptick from 2005 to 2008, a time of relative prosperity for many families settling into new homes and neighborhoods.
In California and other Western states, researchers estimate a 15 percent decrease in abortion procedures by 2011. Midwestern states had the steepest declines, at 17 percent. Southern states experienced a 12 percent drop and the Northeast region recorded 9 percent fewer abortions.
Rachel Jones is the lead author of a study for the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, a policy group that supplies the CDC with providers' data, which is more detailed than what states voluntarily report. The institute released its report about abortion in the U.S. this spring.
From 2011 to 2013, Jones said, abortion opponents in state legislatures enacted 205 restrictions to limit access to abortions. They include forbidding the use of telemedicine to oversee administering of medication, despite an overall trend to expand telemedicine as a new technology to cut costs and reach more patients.
However, Jones said laws restricting access played less of a role in the decline than "a steep national drop in overall pregnancy and birthrates" due to financial worries.
Overall, Guttmacher's research found that 29 percent of surveyed women agreed with the statement, "With the economy the way it is, I am more careful than I used to be about using contraception."
"More women and couples were using highly effective, long-acting, reversible methods such as IUDs," Jones said. "They wanted to avoid or delay pregnancy and childbearing."
Against that backdrop, early-pregnancy abortions through medication – referred to by some as "the abortion pill" – are steadily increasing, the Guttmacher report said.
Overall, a total in 2011 of 730,322 abortions were reported to the CDC. Of that number, the abortion rate (number of abortions per 1,000 women) was 13.9 per 1,000 women age 15-44. The abortion ratio (number of abortions per 1,000 live births) was 219.
From 2002 to 2011, the percentage of all abortions performed at eight weeks or less gestation increased by 6 percent, indicating that women are catching unwanted pregnancies earlier.
In California, 802,400 of the 7.9 million women of reproductive age became pregnant in 2011. The pregnancies ended in live births 63 percent of the time, and 23 percent involved induced abortions.
Also in 2011, 181,730 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 23 abortions per 1,000 women. The rate decreased by 16 percent since 2008.
Unlike many other states, California does not impose major restrictions on abortions, such as waiting periods, getting parents involved or placing limitations on publicly funded procedures.
As for the public health impact of the CDC's report, researchers said policymakers should identify groups of women at greatest risk for unintended pregnancies and provide education and contraception as preventive measures.
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California abortion statistics (for 2011)
Number of abortions: 181,730
Abortion rate: 23 per 1,000 women
Number of abortion providers: 512
Number of abortion clinics: 160
Percent of counties without an abortion clinic: 45
Percent of women living in counties without a clinic: 5
Source: The Guttmacher Institute


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This body of work grew out of my desire to experiment with phenomenology and the artistic process. As such, the works are products of meditations, carried out in quite a structured way. I wanted to give myself a container to note what certain artistic functions felt like on the level of the physical senses. For instance, what do certain colours feel like when they touch the eye, and what is my experience of aesthetic or conceptual decisions on a body level? I'm interested in the feelings and sensations that characterize the decision making process in art-making. What is the sensation of an aesthetic decision, or of balance in composition? What is the bodily experience of art-making? I made copious notes on some days during the making of these pieces, and on some days none at all. The structure was to record the date, and then the time I began and ended work on the piece for that sitting. I also recorded any thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and other phenomena that arose. This process was very influenced by my interest in the body-centred and psychoemotional therapies and different mindfulness and meditation approaches (emotional awareness approaches, Yoga, Feldenkrais method, Hakomi, Intermodal Expressive Arts, relational psychotherapies, Vipassana, Advaita/non-duality teachings, Buddhist approaches). All of these in many ways explore the nature of body/mind dualism.
I asked myself: How can I shape my own artistic process so that it serves me in terms of expanding my perception of our world and my place within it? Can the process of artmaking be as potent as any spiritual practice, and if so, what would that look like for me?
Although the works weren't intended to be representational, I have taken delight in seeing them form into objects that resemble microscopic images of pollen, or cellular structures... there is something inherently biological about them. I looked forward to seeing how they continue to be shaped by their encounter with the gallery in the curatorial process – I look forward to seeing their evolution in their being witnessed by those outside of my studio.
Alexandra Goodall is an artist living in Penticton, who's multidisciplinary approach centres around paint and fibre. Her work explores the intersection between art and the senses – seeking to reground the intangible imaginative process in corporeal human/animal experience. She holds a diploma in Costume Studies from Dalhousie University, and is currently completing her Masters in Intermodal Expressive Arts through the European Graduate School in Switzerland, where she is exploring many things, including the use of the arts in service to individual and collective change.
"My work is very influenced by my prior training in Costume making. Although I loved certain aspects of this, I often felt the process of drafting and draping lacked a spontaneity that I craved. When I discovered wet felting in a workshop with hand-felt milliners Jean Hicks and Kim Brooke, I was captivated by the sculptural possibilities of felt – it added a flexibility and organic quality to my creative process that hadn't been present before. I did further internships with Kim Brooke, learning hand felting and millinery techniques, and about wool and sheep growing. Felt is playful and sensual, at times surreal-looking, while having a grounded quality. I started making my own hats, and this has evolved into sculptural works.
In 2013, I enrolled in training for Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy. This intuitive, sense-based approach has greatly deepened my artistic practice. It has become less an exploration of "therapy", per se, than a container to explore the creative process experientially, relationally and philosophically, through the widening of perception, the increasing of flexibility and spontaneity, and through developing a playful attitude towards change and chaos. Although I am still unclear as to where I stand on the continuum of artist/therapist, I am slowly learning my place in this by doing.
I enjoy seeing how the course of my artistic development traces my relationship with embodiment. When I reflect on this, I see the beginnings of this present in my interest in historical costume and society, exploring adornment and cultural ideas of beauty. Then I notice that this has evolved to an exploration of contemporary experiential approaches in the therapies and spiritualities – For me, these are different ways of integrating all aspects of ourselves with our physicality as human beings. In my current artistic works, I feel a lot of these prior threads coming together. "


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