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Election cycle advertising, casinos, and trickle down economics
Reddit user Loanhighknight provides an insightful take on the economics of political ads, casinos, and trickle-down theory. It's a long read, but I think it's worth it.
Question: If billions of dollars are being spent on this election cycle for advertising, doesn't that mean that all that money is getting injected into the economy? Shouldn't that be helping at all?
Your question involves the economics of elections, which is actually not something we know all that much about since it changes election cycle to election cycle. But I'll take a stab at answering you given what we know about economics generally and you can take it or leave it.
If you get nothing out of this answer but the second half of this sentence you'll understand the issue rather well: Not all economic activity is equally stimulative. This is an extremely important point, not just in the context of campaign spending, but in ANYTHING involving economic stimulus. A dollar spent on anything, be it ditch-digging or groceries or on a new computer or on a campaign ad will create value in the economy because the guy you paid can now buy something with that dollar, but a dollar spent on Thing A was necessarily not used for Thing B–and not all Things produce the same amount of value. Therefore, there are some things that are better for the economy than others, and it turns out, campaign spending is less good for the economy than the things we would otherwise spend money on.
Okay, so let's get more specific by starting with the act of donating to a campaign. Let's say you give the maximum amount to a national campaign: $2500. That money goes to a campaign who will want to use it to advertise in a competitive district–these districts are usually cities and their surrounding suburbs (politically, they tend to be the swingiest districts so they get a lot of attention from campaigns). The campaign needs to spend your money on two things to advertise in these places: 1) they need to create a commercial and 2) they need to buy the air time.
1) When a campaign or PAC (super or otherwise) creates a commercial, it will use a few researchers and writers to get down what they want the commercial to say and look like, and then it'll hire a firm that will in turn hire a few actors and a director. They are usually able to put a full 30-second commercial together in a day or two, so none of these people are getting paid much. The real cost of making an ad comes from buying the air time.
2) As I said, the campaign knows where they need to advertise. The broadcasters in that area will probably already know that their commercial slots are going to be valuable during the election season, so they will want to jack up their rates to get the most out of the increased volume of commercials (supply–as in, the number of commercial slots–stays constant but the demand increases because two parties of huge, competing advertisers will want to advertise on the same network). So on the surface, this seems like it would generate a lot of revenue for the networks, which seems stimulative, and it is. But there are a few other issues at play that will temper that effect. As I said, the supply remains constant so if campaigns are buying up these slots, that means that other, probably local, companies can't have them. In short: campaign commercials eclipse commercials for businesses. In addition, by law, networks have to sell their slots to campaigns at the "most preferred rate," meaning, they need to sell their slots to campaigns as though the campaigns were their best customer. So in order for networks to get the most out of this boost in business, they need to raise rates on everybody–including their usual best customers. This can and will force customers out of the market for ad-time, meaning they can't reach their customers, meaning they will probably experience lower sales.
And of course, going back to your $2500 donation, that is $2500 you can't spend on groceries, or fixing your car, or traveling, or eating out, or any of the other things that are generally seen as having very high value returns for the economy as a whole.
Now, all this–paying the makers of the commercials only a little bit and pricing out other ad-makers–would be fine if the products that the advertisements are selling produces more value in the economy than they eclipse. But political ads don't produce value. All the campaign advertisers get is a vote, which has little to no economic value.
(Sure, you could make the argument that getting someone to vote Republican will pay off if you are in a certain demographic, or that getting someone to vote Democrat will pay off if you are in a certain other demographic, and so in that way the vote produces value, but that value is uncertain and extremely difficult to measure, and if you're willing to bet on that sort of thing, you probably wouldn't be worried about the comparative value of elections.)
All this leads me to say this totally unsolicited thing: Yes, campaigns probably cost the nation some money. But it's probably something the American people are okay burning some money on, even if they do grumble about it every cycle. And finally, all of this election spending will be such a tiny percentage of the trillions of dollars in commerce Americans will do this year that we won't really experience a difference.
TL;DR: Not all spending is the same. Campaign spending probably does not produce as much value as the spending that otherwise would take place, so it probably depresses the economy a little.
Question: What about the big spenders like the Koch brothers. Billionaires propping up entire superPACs are pumping out much more than the $2500 I could drop on an election. Does all that money have the same irrelevance to the economy of shmoes like me?
Depends on the investor, I would think.
The argument that these people are stimulating the economy more than normal because they're calling up big sums of money from their trove of money that otherwise would be doing nothing is USUALLY false. See, the biggest misconception people on the left have–and I can say this, because I am on the left!–is that billionaires are just sitting on piles of money that aren't producing anything. In truth, wealthy people rarely stockpile huge sums of wealth–they invest it.
The Koch family possesses an oil fortune, so presumably their fortune is invested in interests compatible with that business (manufacturers, refiners, etc.). And they probably have a large amount of money in securities and such that ultimately make loans for you and me possible. So in the case of the Koch brothers, I would feel comfortable assuming that my original "it's totally irrelevant" thesis would stand.
But not for everyone. Sheldon Adelson (the guy who continually propped up Gingrich and is now promising to donate $100 million to Romney's super PAC), unlike the Koch brothers, has a business which actually (at least arguably) pulls money OUT of the economy. He owns a casino business. Therefore, the case could be made that every dollar he doesn't spend on improving that business helps you and me a little, but, still, ultimately, I don't think it'd be measurable.
Question: Wait, but doesn't the money that gets spent at casinos end up recirculating into the economy anyway? The casino pays its workers, buy food and supplies. At the end of the day, how is it different from, say, a movie theater?
Not to get too super-liberal or anything, but there is, I think, a compelling argument that the amount of opportunity and revenue generated by a casino is outpaced by their social impacts–namely that the costs associated with gambling (things like bankruptcies, need for more policing, creation of a bureaucracy to regulate the casinos) are socialized through the nearby community while the profits are privatized and whisked away, out of the community the gamblers live in.
I should have made it more clear that there isn't a hard-and-fast agreement on either side. Obviously casinos argue that they act as a local stimulus; as somebody who lived fairly close to Atlantic City and saw the complications associated with the casinos, I do not find that argument particularly compelling.
Question: What you wrote above about the wealthy investing most of their money rather than sitting on it sounds like (if broadly applied) kind of a justification for trickle-down economics. I know it isn't, because you said you're from the left, so… could you fill in the gaps for me?
Good catch! Yeah, it sounds sort of like it could be advocating trickle-down, doesn't it?
So I guess it's worth saying where the left and the trickle-downers agree and then go from there: we all agree that investing in other people is a good thing for the whole economy. The plurality of economists agree with this, regardless of political affiliation. And both sides agree that it's important to remember that we all give money to other people: if you're poor, you help others run their businesses by buying their goods; if you're middle-class, you do what the poor do AND you can save for retirement (which is really putting money in a 401k or a Roth IRA or some other managed savings account where an expert decides where would be a good place to put your money); if you're wealthy, you do what the poor do AND what the middle-class does AND you also invest directly into businesses to accrue "capital gains" (which is just a fancy term for "my investment got more valuable").
The point where the left diverges from the trickle-downers (or the supply-siders, or the Romneynomics-folk, or whatever they're calling themselves these days) is where the trickle-downers begin to provide extra incentives (especially tax breaks) to those who invest in others in the "capital gains" way that only the wealthy have the resources to do. We oppose this, not because investment isn't good for the economy, not because we think rich people are rich enough already, not because we think doing away with it will balance the budget, but because it does not actually make rich people more likely to invest their money. The wealthy were ALWAYS going to do it, because it's a really sweet way to make more money.
The trickle-downers performed some sort of logical and economic acrobatics to make it seem like investments that produce "capital gains" are inherently different than the other methods of accruing wealth, and therefore should be taxed differently. Economically, it's just a form of investment that is not intrinsically different than the investment other people do, and this differentiation is totally senseless.
But we, as a nation, do all sorts of economically senseless things–many of which the left love!–so the real metric we should use is "do they make people do more good?" And the answer is unequivocally "no." The capital gains tax has no measurable impact on investment rates among the wealthy. In fact, in times when the wealthy were POURING money into investment markets, capital gains taxes were very high. Because it does not affect behavior and benefits the rich more than the poor, trickle-down ideology is referred to as "regressive." And that's what it is.
TL;DR: Investment helps everyone; trickle-down is regressive. That's why you can support one and reject the other.
Using culture-sensitive C# dates with Javascript
I was trying to create a javascript date object using a C# date in my view like this:
var jsDate = new Date('<%=myDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")%>');
It worked as expected when the culture was en-US, but not when the culture was fr-CA.
I figured out that C# was outputting the date with hyphens instead of slashes, even though I specified slashes in the format I passed to ToString().
Once I added quotes around the slashes, everything worked perfectly:
var jsDate = new Date('<%=myDate.ToString("MM'/'dd'/'yyyy")%>');
As per Jeff's comment below, the following code also works:
var jsDate = new Date('<%=myDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)%>');
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Mr. Pham Cong Tac, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology spoke at the Conference.
Implementing the plan of the Central Steering Committee on Summary of Resolution No. 37-NQ / TW, dated July 16, 2019, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology held the Conference of Review for 15 years of S&T activities implementing Resolution No. 37-NQ / TW dated July 1, 2004 on socio-economic development direction and ensuring national defense and security in the Northern Midlands and Mountains area until the year 2020.
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And so it was time – the last week of SEP. The months being a Scania Engineer Programme participant have gone by fast. But before the 27 of us started "real life" we had one last week of activities.
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Following the purchasing lecture we talked to previous SEP participants and their lessons learned and tips about the future. After that it was time to go to Tom Tits Experiment! Most of us were like children again – science is amazing! We had a small competition and my team finished in second place, but the race was close between all of us. Having the Tom Tits museum close by allows both children and adults to understand science in a tactile way and I am proud to say that Scania is a contributor to Tom Tits.
The day after it was time for a road trip – a visit to the Oskarshamn site. We were given an introduction to the plant and then showed around. To sum it up I can understand why it is called one of the most modern factories in Europe! The site has changed quite a lot during these last couple of years and the planning (and logistics – of course) behind it is really impressive! I have never seen that many robots at the same place before and seeing them work together and assembling the cab was something I cannot describe.
On Friday it was a nice lunch planned and everyone dressed up the what was the last organized event with SEP – a nice lunch and a finishing ceremony.
We started the day with Check in Photos which means we selected a few pictures to demonstrate how we feel and how we have felt during the year and also what we felt about the future. To summarize how most of us felt: we are grateful for this year. If you look at the group of people that came through the gates a couple of months ago we are not the same – just think about the lessons we've learned that experience we have gained and the friends and network we have established!
Look at us! These pictures were taken on the first and the last day of SEP – what a wonderful group of people!
Saying good bye to this group of people, most of which I did not know before, was sad. But even though we still will meet up it will not be in the same organized way.
With the end of SEP there is also an end to this blog. However, this is not the last post – I will be writing one last one about my reflections from SEP.


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1 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan/ Holt. The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better. (Last month's ranking: 1)
2 David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. How disadvantages work in our favor, from the author of "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers."
3 What If? by Randall Munroe. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Scientific, often humorous answers to hypothetical questions, derived in part on the author's website, xkcd.com. (3)
4 The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Scribner/Simon & Schuster. An oncologist's history of cancer and its treatment covers both the eureka moments and the decades of despair.
5 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Random House. An examination of the science behind habits, how we form them and break them. (5)
6 Quiet by Susan Cain. Crown. Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. (4)
7 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The winner of a Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life, and when to trust our intuitions. (6)
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9 A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. Bantam. The British cosmologist reviews efforts to create a unified theory of the universe. (2)
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In The next 17 days he will be on the road running. Amb Adjhrho David Obaro left Lagos tying a 36 yard wrapper folded into 18 yards for easy usage.
His original weight as at departure time was 94 kilogram without his luggage and with his luggage he was weighing 107, he left Lagos with 52 items mostly his toiletries, balms, drugs and searchlights. He took off from NCC office in Costain at about midday and had a brief stopover at the National Stadium where he addressed the crowd about the danger of piracy and the need for Nigerians to stop piracy, after then the race continued but for the heavy rain, he stopped over again at Maryland bus stop, when the rain subsided he continued as he headed through Ojota towards the Lagos Ibadan road, he stopped over to rest for the night at about 9:40pm at OPIC Ogun state, because the rain added more kilogram to his weight.
He will be setting out by 6 am to head towards Sagamu on September 19. As he race we can only pray that God be with him and plead with Nigerians if u see him show some love and support to brother. (Photo credit: Ikemsinachukwu – his official photographer for the Lagos Onitsha tour)


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Kate Shoveller – Protein Quality
Good evening. I'm Kate Shoveller, and I'm a nutritionist in the department of Animal Biosciences. I'm going to talk to you a little bit today about protein quality. So when you go to a grocery store and you're looking to fill your family's plate with protein rich foods, how do you get that information, and how do you choose that? Well, most of us go to the internet, and maybe we search for the best proteins that we could include. If you hit this website you'd get your top three ingredients would be meat-based options. Maybe you don't want to use meat-based options, so you look for meat less protein options, which would also include dairy and eggs. Maybe you're a vegan and you hope to not use dairy and eggs in which case you'll be relying predominantly on beans and nuts. Or, maybe you go to the internet and you ask yourself the question: what should I not include in my diet? I call these the no-no foods. If I added up all the no-no foods that I can find on the internet, I would guess that I would be left with almost no options to feed my family. Maybe you go to Health Canada's new guidance in the 2018 Canada Food Guide, in which they specifically call out meat and alternatives. These are your protein-rich category. These should comprise about 20 per cent of your family's dinner plate. However, when we look at families and you put the same ingredients on the table, you put the same foods on the table, you get three very different plates. What I'd like to draw your attention to is the fact that my son has more protein rich foods on his plate than myself or my husband, and that makes sense because not only is he trying to maintain his body proteins but he's also growing and depositing those body proteins so it makes sense that he has more meat and alternatives on his plate. I spend a lot of my time focusing on the pet food industry: dog and cat nutrition. One trend in this industry is the humanization. I hear a lot from people who are feeding their dogs and cats: well, if I wouldn't want to eat it, why would my dog or cat want to eat it? Despite the fact that the number two most preferred food of feral dogs is human feces. I spend my time thinking about what ingredients and nutrients should we spread across the food chain, and we've done this quite successfully in animal nutrition. For example, Christine has already mentioned the fact that ruminants can salvage more nutrients from grass hays and grasses than monogastrics such as you and I. We also are very good at using every single piece of every animal that we slaughter to use each part such as byproducts. For example, when you see chicken by-product on the side of your dog food bag, it's not bad. You chose not to eat it, it's a great source of nutrients. The only difference is that we've dried it and ground it and included it in dog and cat food. Myself and many of my colleagues are looking at emerging protein alternatives such as insects. This led to the next step that we felt was important in looking at protein quality which is we wanted to compare the methodologies used to define protein quality across all species and across all life stages so we could give better directions of how to allocate food ingredients across the the food chain. Now of course this must first start with an understanding of protein quality, and protein quality generally has three components. First of all, an ingredient's protein content, second, its amino acid composition which I'm going to explain a little bit better on the next slide, and then third, the digestibility of that protein and the digestibility is simply from what you eat, how much you can digest and absorb of your gastrointestinal tract. But what is important is those are all ingredient-based characteristics, and we have to compare those ingredient characteristics to the specific species at a specific life stage and lifestyle to really start to optimize and provide precise nutrition across the food chain. To understand amino acid composition a little bit better, I'm going to use the barrel analogy. If you figure all the body proteins that I have to replace is the entire water that's in the barrel, and each slat on this barrel is an amino acid, because we don't actually require protein, we require amino acids, then I would need each of my amino acids to be a hundred percent – the top of each one of those flats on the barrel. But in the case of beans, as an example, beans are deficient or limiting in an amino acid called lysine, so if we just tried to meet our amino acid and protein requirements with beans alone, lysine would be under provided. Don't worry, because we have complementary proteins, such as rice. And so rice has substantially more lysine in proportion than beans do and so when you combine them they have a better composition together. Now, it is these parts of protein quality that really underpin things like the Canada Health Food Guide. But they also are the basis of how we get protein quality claims on our food. So, you know how on milk it says an excellent source of protein, as an example. That is a data-supported protein quality claim. Canada uses a rat growth model to be able to obtain protein quality claims. In the [United States] U.S., they look at the ingredient quality, the amino acid composition, and they compare it to the amino acid requirements of humans. This results in the U.S. carrying protein quality claims for specifically plant-based proteins, where Canada does not. This also is in their health food guide. As you can see in their protein-rich category, they also include dry beans and nuts, where we use meat alternatives. This led to two pieces that we've recently published. One is a piece a commentary of colleagues of mine in industry and academia across Canada where we made recommendations to lead to regulatory harmonization with the USA. and then we also made other commentary to bring us close to global harmonzation around protein quality claims. The second piece is that we also shared our approach as an animal nutrition and these specifically were lessons from animal nutritionists that we would give to humans to to lead a healthy aging process. Our last piece will be to compare these methodologies so we can then lead to better recommendations to spread our nutrients and our ingredients across the food chain. Thank you. Guelph Talks: Food
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text: Journal of Chemical Crystallography. 31(1):5–16, JANUARY 2001 Issn Print: 1074-1542 Publication Date: January 2001 Print Crystal structures of complexes of tri-, tetra-, or nonaethyleneglycol dimethyl ether with dichloropicric acid and water Doyle Britton;Miran Chantooni; + Author Information 1Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431; Checking for direct PDF access through Ovid Abstract The 1:2:2 triglyme/dichloropicric acid/water adduct is triclinic, space group P1; at 172(2) K, a = 4.9210(10), b = 13.424(3), c = 14.068(3) Å, α = 115.04(3), β = 90.93(3), γ = 92.24(3)°, Dx = 1.600(5) g cm−3, V = 840.8(3) Å3, and Z = 1. Each water molecule is hydrogen bonded to a terminal OCH3 group of one polyether and to an oxygen adjacent to an OCH3 of a neighboring polyether, resulting in two-dimensional ribbons. These ribbons, in turn, are assembled into a three-dimensional structure held together by chains of dichloropicric acid molecules connected to each other through chlorine–nitro group oxygen intermolecular interactions. The picric acid chains are attached to the water–polyether ribbons by hydrogen bonds from the picric acid to the water. The 1:2:2 tetraglyme/dichloropicric acid/water adduct is monoclinic, space group C2/c; at 172(2) K, a = 30.529(6), b = 5.4210(11), c = 25.413(5) Å, β = 122.33(3)°, Dx = 1.597(3) g cm−3, V = 3553.7(12) Å3, and Z = 4. The hydrogen bonding pattern resembles that of the analogous 1:2:2 pentaglyme complex reported previously, with the exception that both of the lone pairs of the central oxygen atom participate in hydrogen bonding to protons of water molecules. The second water proton is hydrogen bonded to a terminal OCH3 group. In this complex the dichloropicric acid molecules form a two-dimensional layer through chlorine–nitro group oxygen intermolecular interactions. The water molecules bond each isolated polyether molecule to adjacent dichloropicric acid layers. The 1:4:4 nonaglyme/dichloropicric acid/water complex is triclinic, space group P1; at 172(2) K, a = 8.0830(16), b = 13.570(3), c = 16.751(3) Å, α = 102.01(3), β = 102.39(3), γ = 96.43(3), Dx = 1.637(6) g cm−3, V = 1731.5(6), and Z = 1. The hydrogen bonding pattern is similar to that in the pentaglyme complex, except that four dichloropicric acid molecules and four water molecules are coordinated to a single polyether, and the polyether chain is appreciably disordered. In this case there are again chains of dichloropicric acid molecules held together by intermolecular chlorine–oxygen interactions. The chains are packed into two-dimensional layers held together through hydrogen bonds to water. Each isolated polyether is connected to four water molecules, two attached to dichloropicric acid molecules in one layer and the other two connected to the adjacent layer.


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Finca La Loma is one of three family farms managed by the innovative Producer Rodrigo Sanchez and his wife Claudia. La Loma's 12 hectares sit on the crest of a hill with the wet mill at the top and the coffee plantation on the slopes below. In addition to the mill, the Sanchez's have built an open air cupping lab at La Loma that is one of the most spectacular labs in the industry.
The La Loma farm has been in the family since 2011 and is planted with a mix of Varietals including Caturra, Bourbon, Pacamara, and Geisha. We visited the farm in April and spent five days walking the land and cupping over 80 microlots to pick out our favorite.
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1st Black-Owned Beauty Supply Store in Nashville made $50,000 in its first 3 hours of opening!
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Greetings Soulfam,
Let's give a major Shout-out & Congratulations to Roots Beauty Supply, the 1st Black-Owned Beauty Supply store in Nashville, TN. Not only did they gross $50,000 within the 1st 3 hours of opening, they drew a major crowd stretching around the corner.
This is a major accomplishment for the African-American beauty Industry which grosses 2.5 billion dollars in revenue yearly. We are our biggest consumers, so let's continue to support those who know more about our hair needs and recycle those dollars back in the community. If you're in the nabe, make sure you visit them.
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Location 1- 4758 Highway 58
Chattanooga, TN 37416–2290
Location 2- 3913 Brainerd Road, Suite, 116
Chattanooga, TN 37411
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@Arlee Dennis: That's false.This store was opened in Nashville (in the Madison area). The owner also has two locations in Chattanooga as well. Of course they wouldn't classify Nashville as Chattanooga…Come on now.
@Brenda: Thank you! There is also a store in Smyrna called Etopia, and they are still there (before Roots came).
Do you have location in NASHVILLE TENN WILL BE COMING DOWN FOR FOOTBALL GAME WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOUR BUSSINESS
Congratulations to Roots!🎊🎉
The first Black owned beauty supply open to the public in Tennessee was Posh Beauty Supply. Posh was opened in Nashville Tennessee on Clarksville pike back in the early 2000's.


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"One of these days, we're going to get sued."—Shinpachi Shimura
Under construction! Many thanks to Rumbel subs for pointing out plenty of the shout-outs.
- Constant shout-outs to other Shounen Jump series like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and Bleach, especially in the episodes featuring the suffering editors of Gintaman.
- Gintama Shippuden!
- The other series are known in the Gintama universe as Beruto (the villains as Bakazuki) and One Park.
- Episode 89 is full of references to and parodies of Bleach.
- Toyako, the spirit of Gintoki's sword, looks a lot like a less cool Zangetsu.
- The Shinsengumi's Victory Goddess looks a lot like a long-haired Orihime.
- And to top off all the cameos, a lookalike of Ichigo himself--in shinigami form and Hollow mask--appears near the end. To introduce a ton of other gods.
- Zenkai and Fuusenmaru sound familiar...
- In episode 115, when she was eating the Hijikata Special, Kuriko says something along the lines of "I have found the One Piece of flavors!"
- Nobody really knows what the goal of Gintama is, so Gintoki sets it to "become the Samurai King".
- The end of Episode 203 has Gintoki somehow be able to use Final Getsuga Tensho. Particularly funny after a couple of episodes spoofing the idea of a time-skip showing characters as stronger, improved, etc. Gin's reaction at the end of the episode is something like; "No helping it, I'll just have to go with this" Cue transformation.
- Episode 209 during the Ginpachi-sensei segment. "Kakashi-sensei from class N had his Sharingan stolen. Anyone know anything?"
- There are also a few shout-outs to Yoshihiro Togashi's work. Prince Hata is a walking shout-out to Level E (he's even called "Prince Baka" all the time!) although he looks like Fat Buu, and there's an exchange where Gintoki has cornered a villain that is a hysterical parody of the flashback where Sensui and Itsuki meet (sorry, paraphrased):
Gintoki: Do you have anything to say before you die?
Villain: If you'd let me live for one more day, I'd like to watch my favorite TV show.
Gintoki: That! Won't! WORK!!! (proceeds to kick bad guy's ass)
- During the Shinsengumi Rebellion arc, Hijikata compares himself to Yamcha, while Gin tells him that he's Vegeta, not Yamcha.
- There's an entire chapter dedicated to how no one likes "Namcha."
- In an early episode of the anime Shinpachi dresses up like Sena from Eyeshield 21 when trying to "play" with Sadaharu.
- Studio Ghibli's films are another popular reference that spawned the recurring characters Pedoro and Hedoro.
- An episode title: Laputa's still good after seeing it so many times. The episode itself has a small part where Kondo, Okita, and Yamazaki discuss their favorite Ghibli films and their different aspects.
- Kagura wears Bruce Lee's outfit from Game of Death.
- In episode 25, Gintoki quotes Itachi. They're fighting over nabe.
"You should hate me more, curse me, and detest me! Then you should take the power of that hatred and use it to survive this rotten world."
- Same episode as above, to finish up the strategizing that was going on, Ryuk appears at the end.
- In episode 28, Sacchan mistakes Kondo for the monkey in Speed Racer.
- Sacchan, Matsudaira, and Kondo then steal a bike from the Doronbo gang.
- Later, assassin-paranoid Matsudaira and blind Sacchan both start seeing Otose and Catherine like they're from Fist of the North Star.
- Episode 30 is pretty heavy on the crime-solving/detective references, so there's plenty of Detective Conan references. Like the eponymous detective making a quick appearance, only with a topknot/chonmage. Gintoki even grabs a sleeping Mouri look-alike just so he can do Conan's normal routine.
- Later on in the episode, Kagura suddenly cosplays Yankumi, and mixes up lines from Gokusen and Trick.
- At the end, a few shots of Gintoki and Kagura have them change outfits to something that resemble other famous detective duos. Like Sherlock Holmes and Watson.
- The cat girl that cons Shinpachi in one episode leaves behind a calling card that says she is the Mysterious Thief Cat's Ear.
- That same episode was also a parody of Densha Otoko.
- It's not "Kondo", it's Hitman Gorilla 13. Oh, and it's not "Sougo" either, it's Hitman Sougo 13.
- Don't forget Warrior of Love Mayora 13!
- The second half of episode 43 and episode 44 (which has the aforementioned Gintama Shippuden Shout-Out) also has Gintoki yelling, "SATSUGAI SURUZO!"
- Same episode, when infiltrating the location that Elizabeth is in, Gintoki and the rest of the ninjas go through trials that look like the ones you see in Takeshi's Castle.
- Gintoki and Hattori's battle somehow has a pause in the action when they try to imitate the Pegasus-Comet-Fist and the Kignas-Dance.
- Each episode tends to throw in a reference or two, but episode 50, where the characters suggest improvements to the show, takes the cake.
- Shinpachi suggests a logo change, like maybe adding a Z or X.
- Gintoki agrees: why not something like "Farewell", "Be Forever", "Final", or "The New Voyage"?
- Next up, Once Upon A Time In China Girl.
- "What could Teradaya Otose's Earth Obliteration Plan be!?"
- "You have yet to know the true Gintama."
- Otose and Catherine as mahou shoujo! Tama Cure Silver Soul!
- Presenting the TakaraZura Theatre Club, Omegumi Performance, The Pig Rose of Versailles.
- Sacchan suggests the show go for a more Saccyan feel, with a title that looks like it was taken from Siren.
- DragonBleaPiece! Otae beats up Kondo in three different locations, in three different costumes, and in three different ways. Bankai! Gomu-Gomu! Ha!
- And in the same sequence, Kagura's dressed as Aty.
- World Gintama Cooking Show, with your host, Hijikata.
- The plot of Roman Gintama looks awfully familiar...
- "Wherefore art thou, Otae-san?"
- "...these days, thrills and shocks are what everyone wants."
- The Prince of Jungle. The Yorozuya find Prince Hata but he ditches them to go to space. Where he takes pictures with Jabba the Hut and Yoda. And some apes.
- A sign for the town doctor, White Jack appears in one of the places the Yorozuya stop by in their job in episode 54.
- Yamazaki shows off his badminton skills in episode 62, and after he beats his opponent, he says, "Mada mada da ne."
- This is like enrolling in school and having the teacher tell you to kill all the other bastards!
- A line spoken in episode 67, and also the title of the second half of the episode: The Ideal Girlfriend Has to be Minami-chan!
- In the same episode, also the second half, Gintoki compared Sacchan's treatment of him to the woman in Misery.
- During Katsura's driving test: "Maybe... there's a bomb that will explode if we go less than 50 km/h, planted by a Joui member!"
- Episode 74 is all about references to Kochikame--most prominently, the "zombies" shown in that episode share the same eyebrows of the protagonist.
- One of Catherine's old gangmates looks a lot like another thief.
- An old heist of Catherine's as shown in the episode also looks like a scene from the first movie of Charlie's Angels.
- In episode 77: "Where's the 100%? Shouldn't it be Yagyu 100%?"
- During the girls' weight-loss camp: "A hunter is most vulnerable when he is about to capture his prey."
- Hasegawa goes on trial because he's accused of doing the Kinniku Buster.
- In the episode with the Bentendo Owee, Gintoki's trying to bribe the other people in the line to change places with him, claiming that "In order to gain something, something of equal value must be given."
- Same episode: they play a game called Bakiboki Memorial.
- Katsura also cosplays a certain humble plumber.
- And the characters play pixellated vomit Tetris.
- In one of his travels, Umibouzu runs into Char Aznable, and becomes a commander of his army.
- Episode 109 has a weird fixation with Jackie Chan. And his nose. Oh, and Jack--I mean, Dragon Leader himself appears.
- Gintoki scolds Hasegawa in episode 120, saying that he's probably cursed. "Ippen shinde miru!"
- "[Shinpachi] if you're going to upgrade your character, at least give yourself a Psychogun."
- The Screwdriver arc is all about the trouble Monkey Hunter-obsessed aliens cause.
- Instead of believing that aliens were messing with him, Kondo believes that he got stuck in a transporter device with a screwdriver that had fallen inside.
- The real M looks a lot like Cloud. No, nevermind, it's Hasegawa.
- "Come back, my Shane!"
- In episode 167--the episode where Tama gets a virus--you can see a replication of Aerith's death and other Final Fantasy moments playing behind Gintoki while he's ranting about the use of long-ass CG cutscenes in games.
- In addition to that, the rest of the images also depict cutscenes from various Playstation era games, including a Metal Gear Solid codec sequence, the Opera scene from Parasite Eve and the scene where Squall sees Rinoa for the first time in Final Fantasy VIII.
- Episode 204 has Gintoki asking "Is that your final answer?" And of course, it wouldn't be complete without Shinpachi going "Final answer! Wait, can I ask the audience?"
- Episode 207-208 bears a striking resemblance to Kill Bill, including the music and naming of the assassin assassins.
- In episode 213, Host club manager Kyoshiro is a master of "Hosto Shin Ken". He then gets challanged by Agomi, the self proclaimed "Ken-Oh" of the Okama faction. Upon defeat, Agomi's facial features change and he delivers a version of Raoh's phrase ("I have lived a life without chins!").
- Then in Chapter 362, Kyoshiro decide to change his shop to Plamo-kyo Shiro.
- The entire Renho arc is a shout out to Space Operas - particular with Gundams ("Even Bright-san had never hit me!").
- Chapter 356 features the trump card weapon the Renhou (Elizabeth's race) plan to use to invade Earth: the "white devil" mecha, which have blue color at the top, very blockish looking, and features beam saber and beam rifle - or as Shinpachi said, "It's not Renhou army, that's Renpou Army!
- Episode 236 gave us The Last Shot delivered by not-Amuro-Ray-but-still-has-his-voice Elizabeth.
- The leader of the Renho race is also Dark Vader, voiced by Char.
- The anime of the same arc includes small shoutouts to characters from other anime, through the Renho wearing their iconic hairstyles or accessories. An example: look for Kotetsu and Barnaby here.
- Only Zura can make Newtype reactions ridiculous.
- Of course we have GaoGaiGar... I mean, Kaien, VS. a giant Renho that has a drill for its weapon. Seems like Sunrise just decided to go crazy on all its mecha shows.
- Some people in 2ch even call this the only Gundam show this year.
- During the Tsusengumi Arc, Shinpachi and Hijikata play a card game with "Otsuu Cards" that is suspiciously like Yu-Gi-Oh!.
- Episode 216 has some random Metal Gear shout-outs, with the "Patriots" being composed of the "naked" and "solid", which need to be "jacked" in with a stick. Gintoki also refers to strawberry milk as "Meso Gear".
- Episode 217 has Gintoki trying so use Inception as an excuse to take a nap.
- Because Hijikata and Date Masamune share a voice actor, there are a few shout-outs to Sengoku Basara.
- In one Popularity Ranking episode, Katsura and Otae try to goad Hijikata into saying one of Masamune's signature Engrish phrases and ask him if he's excited about season two since SB was about to start its second season.
- In chapter 363, Hijikata rides in on a nearly naked Kondo (who has motorcycle handlebars taped to his head like Masamune's horse in the anime) yelling "Here we go! Okay! Let's Party!"
- Episode 228-229 is an entire arc about Love Plus.
- Chapter 372 begins the arc that deals with a villain who made himself the best friend of everyone in Kabukicho in place of Gin. Incidentally, the name of the arc, aside from being "Kintama", is also subtitled as "The Lost Substitute Odd Job Arc". Unlike other shout-outs, the arc is played with a more serious tone. (of course, being Gintama, the solution is still plenty of toilet humor)
- In the first episodes with Hedoro, Gintoki pushes Kagura around in a wooden cart like Lone Wolf and Cub.
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Welcome to the Middle School: Grades 5-8
Persevere through the process - in the end you will learn so much.
Head of Middle School Kathleen Humora's advice to MS students
The objective of the Middle School program is for students to take responsibility for their own learning. As the leading boys' private school in Mercer County, we place emphasis on building content knowledge and 21st Century skills. The curriculum develops students as critical thinkers, problem solvers, communicators and collaborators with experiences that promote technology, innovation and creativity.
Fifth and sixth grade students work on strengthening organization, time management and work habits. Seventh and eighth grade students are expected to take on more responsibility for the learning process by advocating for themselves both inside and outside of the classroom. Students are well prepared for the challenges of secondary school.
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We often get asked if it's OK for partners of photogrpahers to come along, even if they aren't interested in taking photos. Our journeys are wonderful experiences and often suit people who enjoy slow travel and a chance to immerse in the charms of a place instead of being rushed about. Yes we always put our photography schedule first, but we make room for those wonderful partners who want to spend time with their spouse while they chase photos.
Feedback from Roseanne M.
Sept 2017, Flinders Ranges (Ikara) Photography Masterclass
I joined your tour with some hesitation. I am not a photographer (my camera is my iPad) but I was happy to join my snap happy husband as he pursed his passion. I knew I would enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Flinders Ranges and took several books to enjoy while the "snappers" were off for sunrise and sunset shoots.
Well to my surprise I attended all but two sessions, captivated by the stunning landscape and the passion of the leaders and others. I even enjoyed the processing sessions enough to start exploring the capabilities of the iPad and processed 71 shots of which I am very proud. So while I will never become a "true" photographer I am now more confident that I can take a reasonable shot and correct any major flaws. I was always made to feel welcome and included in all activities.
The accommodation, transport and especially the food were all of excellent quality and I particularly enjoyed the wonderful hospitality and delicious "feral" food of Parachilna. Mr Mick in Clare was a culinary delight and the "doors off" small plane flight over the Ranges was breathtaking, if a little scary.
The group was small and composed of interesting people, a mix of couples and singles.
So if you are a "non photographic spouse" and have been deliberating whether you should join a tour I can only say that I would have no hesitation in going on another similar tour with such an organised and enthusiastic passionate and knowledgable guide.
Thank you for a fantastic experience
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Prepare for some long term use03/16/2016 at 05:41 • 0 comments
Okay after a couple days of testing i think it works good enough to seal up this project and protect it for a little long term use. I found an old iPhone 4 enclosure that has just enough room to put the nodemcu controller board into. And I've super glued two rare earth magnets to the back so i can attach to the washing machine without having to screw into anything.
Since i had some extra magnets i came up with a nice way to manage the cable. Using a cable tie and a magnet i can run the cable across the front to keep it out of the way.
Cable tie Parts
I also found flat screws so i fixed the sensor board mount with flat screws so the magnets are now holding flush to the washing machine. They were pan heads and it would rock a little before.
Cable harness, New flat screws on sensor board
Okay i had to mount it real quick and take two more photos.
Magnetically mounted on the back
And that is it for tonight. i will still attempt to sit down and create a video of the process. Possibly next week I will have some video editing time.
Testing Has Started03/13/2016 at 10:02 • 0 comments
Okay after seeing hackaday post someone elses washing machine notifier on the page i had to go back and try to finish my project. Following their use of pushbullet and a post on the esp8266 forums i came up with the following script. I will remove my apikey, get your own ;)
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h> #include <WiFiClientSecure.h> const char* ssid = "........"; const char* host = "api.pushbullet.com"; const int httpsPort = 443; const char* PushBulletAPIKEY = ".........................................."; //get it from your pushbullet account // Use web browser to view and copy // SHA1 fingerprint of the certificate const char* fingerprint = "2C BC 06 10 0A E0 6E B0 9E 60 E5 96 BA 72 C5 63 93 23 54 B3"; //got it using https://www.grc.com/fingerprints.htm // analog portion int add1=0; int add2=5; int add3=2; int an=A0; const int triggerLevel = 200; // level to trigger change in ledstate int sendWashComplete = 0; // set 0 at start, 1 when trigger is hit, 2 once sent, back to 0 during if start has started or all leds off like when wash is done and lid is opened. int sendWashStart = 0; // set 0 at start, 1 when trigger is hit, 2 once sent, back to 0 during if complete or all leds off int ledStates = 0; // use bitwise for keeping track. one number to compare against int lastLedState = 0; // set same at start. only check once they change in a loop. void setup() { pinMode(add1,OUTPUT); //analog control pinMode(add2,OUTPUT); pinMode(add3,OUTPUT); Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println(); Serial.print("connecting to "); Serial.println(ssid); WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); WiFi.begin(ssid); while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print("."); } Serial.println(""); Serial.println("WiFi connected"); Serial.println("IP address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); } void loop() { byte i; for( i=0;i<=5;i++) { setAddress(i); // switch analog port before reading delay(50); // give 50ms to let analog switch complete. bitWrite(ledStates, i, 0); // set 0 before loop for(int x=0;x<1500;x++) // comes out to about 1 second scan rate for all 6 leds with given switch delays etc... { if(analogRead(an)>triggerLevel) // read level output and compare { bitWrite(ledStates, i, 1); // if we see it go high after anytime during the 1500 loops, set high or LED ON STATE. This should eliminate 50/60hz led issues on the wshing machine...ugh....pain. } } } Serial.println(ledStates); // simpler i guess if(ledStates!=lastLedState) // if there was a change from last loop do something { switch(ledStates) { case 16 : // wash complete state [0,1,0,0,0,0] = 16 if(sendWashComplete == 0) { sendWashComplete = 1; // 1 means we need to send notification. sendWashStart = 0; // 0 means it can be triggered again } break; case 33 : // 33 is start and locked. sometimes both are on at same time. if(sendWashStart == 0) { sendWashStart = 1; // 1 means we need to send notification. sendWashComplete = 0; // 0 means it can be triggered again } break; case 1 : // 1 is start only if(sendWashStart == 0) { sendWashStart = 1; // 1 means we need to send notification. sendWashComplete = 0; // 0 means it can be triggered again } break; case 0 : // clear notifications if all leds are off machine is off or completed and lid opened. sendWashComplete = 0; // 0 means it can be triggered again sendWashStart = 0; // 0 means it can be triggered again break; default : {} } } if(sendWashComplete == 1) washComplete(); if(sendWashStart == 1) washStart(); lastLedState = ledStates; // at end of loop so we can test next loop } void washComplete() { Serial.println("Wash Complete"); SendNotification(1); sendWashComplete=2; // set sent } void washStart() { Serial.println("Wash Started"); SendNotification(0); sendWashStart=2; // set sent } void SendNotification(bool on) { // Use WiFiClientSecure class to create TLS connection WiFiClientSecure client; Serial.print("connecting to "); Serial.println(host); if (!client.connect(host, httpsPort)) { Serial.println("connection failed"); return; } if (client.verify(fingerprint, host)) { Serial.println("certificate matches"); } else { Serial.println("certificate doesn't match"); } String url = "/v2/pushes"; String messagebody; if(on) messagebody = "{\"type\": \"note\", \"title\": \"Washing Machine\", \"body\": \"Wash Complete\"}\r\n"; else messagebody = "{\"type\": \"note\", \"title\": \"Washing Machine\", \"body\": \"Wash Started\"}\r\n"; Serial.print("requesting URL: "); Serial.println(url); client.print(String("POST ") + url + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" + "Host: " + host + "\r\n" + "Authorization: Bearer " + PushBulletAPIKEY + "\r\n" + "Content-Type: application/json\r\n" + "Content-Length: " + String(messagebody.length()) + "\r\n\r\n"); client.print(messagebody); Serial.println("request sent"); //print the response while (client.available() == 0); while (client.available()) { String line = client.readStringUntil('\n'); Serial.println(line); } } /****************************************** * * setAddress(byte i) * * Take byte value and output the bits, 3 bit address * *******************************************/ void setAddress(byte i) { if(i & B00000001) digitalWrite(add1,HIGH); else digitalWrite(add1,LOW); if(i & B00000010) digitalWrite(add2,HIGH); else digitalWrite(add2,LOW); if(i & B00000100) digitalWrite(add3,HIGH); else digitalWrite(add3,LOW); }Most of the pushbullet script i found here http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7116 Thanks to DedeHai. Exactly what i needed.
This isn't completed yet but i'm running a load of wash now. Wash Started message sent once this time. To my pc and phone using the pushbullet software. Need to install on HTPC so i get notified while watch tv.
first couple runs though i was getting non stop messages. i think the 60hz was messing with my readings at full speed. didn't really notice when outputting serial. Maybe runs faster when serial is not connected? Anyways the 1500 loops per analog read fixes it i think. i set the reading to 0 and then read 1500 times to see if it ever goes above the threashold. if it does set it true and continue....maybe i should break as soon as i read high to make it faster????
I'll try to post a video tomorrow if everything is working.
Board Level soldering Complete!!!07/08/2015 at 07:40 • 0 comments
Okay sometimes life gets busy and projects fall behind. Found some free time to get back to this.
Tonight i finished soldering up the interface to the NodeMCU ESP8266 board. I used a couple Arduino shield connectors so i can remove the NodeMCU in case i have programming issues while its connected up. Or if i want to use it for another project :)
Powered up assembled design and ran a quick arduino sketch to test out the analog read from the 6 LED sensors and bam! somethings not working right. I read 700 from the analog read....WTF! No lights should be 0V reading around 0. so i use an led flashlight to light them up. hmm. 800??? whats going on here. The problem is i should be getting a 0v reading around 0 and a 3.3V reading around 1024 from the analog read. It worked on my other NodeMCU at work when i tested out the circuit on a breadboard and a single LED sensor.........
...so after digging around on the internet i found some people with similar issues with some NodeMCU boards not returning the correct voltage from the ADC.
This problem https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/338
Well thanks to bluewalk with his code i modified the
extern int __analogRead(uint8_t pin) { if(pin == 17){ return 0xFFFF & system_adc_read(); } return digitalRead(pin) * 1023; }
Re ran the sketch and everything seems to be running great. I'm now getting around 2-3 with no lights on the led sensors and ~1000 with a led flash light. So now i need to work on getting the ranges from the actual LED's and possibly a way to determine if there is ambient light based on the ADC level from all 6 sensors. As i don't think the washing machine will have all of them on at once. but will have them all off at the same time.
Here are some photos of the progress. I will need to find a project box to put this in soon.
Here you can see the Arduino shield connectors on the board. This makes removal of the NodeMCU easier.
Everything connected up and transmitting LED sensor readings back through the USB Serial port
Now the hard part of the work starts next. Programming all the code. Still not 100% sure what i will need/want. The bare minimum is to let me know when the wash is done. but now i can read all the LED indicators so maybe a full webpage with Indicators showing a replica of the washing machine front display.
I've also built an SD card adapter that runs in 1bit mode. Kind of slow but i was thinking i could use it to log everything. Keep track of washing cycles etc... but for good data tracking i will need to figure out TIME and DATE??? maybe NTP server? it will be on my home network. should be able to get time from somewhere with a simple HTTP post command.
Stay tunned..... i'll be traveling this month. so probably get back to this in august.
LED Sensors soldered on06/19/2015 at 07:35 • 0 comments
Another slow but steady day of work on the project.
With a good headband visor magnifier and a flashlight jammed against my head i was ready to start. These LED sensors are tiny. Some good SMT Tweezers would of been nice but i had to do with a really sharp pencil to push these things into place and hold down while hand soldering. They kept sticking to my x-acto knife. See that thing on Washingtons eye!!
Anyways steady hand and an hour later and i have them all in place. Trust me they are there.
Couple more added wires and the sensor board is 99% complete. Just need to get the flat head 4x40 screws and this can be attached to the washing machine for some testing.
Yah i know wireless device with long wired cable.... If i can distract my wife long enough maybe i can scrap the sensor board and wire directly to the LED's inside the machine!!! :)
Proto Board cut down to Size06/18/2015 at 07:38 • 0 comments
I almost forgot to post my work from last night. Received my veroboard from Pixel Print Ltd. Printed out my design on paper and cut it down to the shape. Used that to verify size and fit on the washing machine LED's. Looks like everything is good and i have clearance from the start button and the selector knob.
So i taped it down to the veroboard and started up the Dremel. Started with cutoff wheels and moved to sanding wheel to round the edges off.
Also added a couple mounting holes on the ends for the magnets. At first i was going to cut big holes and glue the magnets in the middle of the veroboard. but i had magnets with holes in them so i decided to use screws to hold in place. Giving the led sensor board about 1/8" clearance from the washing machine LED's.
Currently I don't have flat head 4x40 screws so the pan head is getting in the way of the magnets sitting flush. I thought about grinding them down, but screws are cheap, i'll pick some up tomorrow.
Here s what it looks like so far. LED Side
Front side. May need PAINT? Not sure yet. Maybe i can get a 3d part printed at work to cover it.
Wire Harness Complete...maybe...06/18/2015 at 07:24 • 0 comments
I don't want to be to intrusive on the washing machine so i built a cable harness today to keep the ESP and analog mux separate from the LED sensor board. Cut the ends off a DB9 serial cable and crimped on some single row 9 pin headers. Don't think i will need all 9. Only 6 sensor data lines and 1 power line going to sensor board....I may need ground too... will require testing. But for now i only need 7 wires and i have 9 so i should be covered in case the design changes.


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College of Design Fellow for Diversity
Working closely with the dean's office and college leadership team, the College of Design Dean's Fellow for Diversity plays a significant role in designing and leading strategic initiatives, including implementing the College's Diversity Action Plan. The position leads the college's Equity and Inclusion Committee and manages an annual budget of $5,000 to support diversity and inclusion projects and initiatives.
Gerardo Sandoval
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Equity and Inclusion Committee
The College of Design Equity and Inclusion Committee implements and updates the College of Design Diversity Action Plan, and is charged with reviewing and maintaining policies and practices affecting equity, inclusion, and diversity in the College of Design.
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Featured Diversity Initiatives
Justice and Equity Design Initiative (JEDI)
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