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the ancient with the futuristic,
and shows how they might be compatible...
Article and Illustrations by Julie
The Fountains of Paradise is built upon a wonderfully
ingenious dilemna, where the oldest and most sacred spot
of the planet earth is presented as the only possible
site of an elevator into our future.
It never quite seems to be as noble a tradeoff
in real life, and yet it is a perfect example of technology
and spirituality taking over from the old faiths.
One of Arthur C. Clarke's greatest skills is in
linking the ancient with the futuristic, and showing how
they might be compatible, and an equal part of our heritage.
For the last edition of the website
I was asked to write a profile on Karen Armstrong, a religious
scholar who has written books on all the major religions
of the world. This edition I have the assignment
of what might seem the other side of the spectrum of human
thought, that great monolith of science fiction, and of
our culture, Arthur C. Clarke. Referred to as a
prophet of the 21st century, a "one man
think tank," he is a veritable force of nature.
His books, numbering over 70, are like a universe unto
themselves, with unique treasures to be discovered in
each one.
Arthur C. Clarke himself says in The Making of Kubrick's
2001 that they had actually made the most religious
film of all time. In Childhood's End science
is referred to as having been "the only real religion."
here he is using the term religion in the noble sense
of the word, and clearly, there is a spiritual aspect
to science, as there would be, I would think with any
human endeavor, and it must be the sectarianism and literal
interpretations of scripture that Clarke is bemoaning
in mankind. And yet he goes further to belittle the
multitude of religions with their multitude versions of
gospel. But are not these religions ultimately
just different metaphors that people use to deal with
the mystery at the core of life, and more specifically
to commune with a higher power, which is in a sense what
he is trying to do as well?
Is science just not a more advanced path to do
the same? And as such I wonder if science, if it
does not maintain its balance, might fall into some of
the very same pitfalls as some of our older faiths.
While in the last article I confessed to being pretty
much of an avowed secularist with not much experience
with formal religion, in this case, I should confess,
as I have in my preface, that I do not have any formal
background or training in science, and perhaps even a
healthy fear of the over-confidence of science, to the
extent that some might label me a Luddite. I would
be that person you might come across in the pages of science
fiction books, one of those "inevitable protestors"
over whatever adventure or institution is about to be
enacted. But perhaps there is a demographic out
there that I represent who are, like me, more cautious
to accept all the golden promises that are made in the
name of progress.
There seems to be two types of science fiction.
That which shows the excesses of present day technology
and that which foresees its triumphs for good. Arthur
C. Clarke seems to be of the latter school. His
writing takes generally an optimistic view of latent technologies
that are rife with all sorts of problems in our own present
day, almost to the extent where it might even be used
by some of these industries as excellent PR.
I feel like I am knit picking if I say that I cannot help
being skeptical of some of the technology that fuels his
worlds, as the sweep and the implications of his stories
are so bold and far-reaching. It is man's confrontation
with the mysterious that he is describing time and time
again, how he steps into that realm of the unknown, and
deals with it, sometimes gets perfectly used to it and
soon starts taking it for granted. But it is the
discovery of one mystery upon another, which keep unfolding,
and which carries you along what seems a very mystical
Childhood's End is perhaps one of the most innovative,
outside-of-the-mold, stories, although it deals with issues
of power and colonialism in unexpected, or, uncomfortable,
ways, it is also one of the most grim "happy endings"
you might ever come across. Yet I think George
Orwell and Aldous Huxley would have been dismayed with
some of Arthur C. Clarke's vision of day to day life of
the future, especially in 3001: The Final Odyssey,
with brain caps as a rite of passage, and identification
nano-chips implanted at birth. Perhaps the best
way to describe it would be a benevolent authoritarianism,
and seems to be the only way for him to envision world
peace. The idealist in me is hoping that if world
peace is to happen it will happen through bottom up social
movements, rather than state-imposed tracking and programming.
There is just too much opportunity for abuse in such a
system. And I am more of the opinion that if we
were to achieve true peace, then it would not cause a
loss of initiative, but would unleash all sorts of human
potential. It would not be a passive state at all.
There I go dreaming again...
Not to mention, an old fashioned person like me who tries
to buy organic whenever she can, will of course cringe
when told of the marvels of synthetic food. This is just
one of the instances where science is shown as having
completely resolved a current international crisis, which
is probably just as much in need of socio-economic and
political solutions rather than purely a scientific one.
In fact the science of agriculture would probably benefit
from a return to some of our old ways, keeping in mind
such age-old concepts as biological diversity, crop rotation,
controlling insects through other insects or planting
plants they prefer to lure them away from food crops.
This is just to name a few effective, if prosaic, methods
that work while avoiding the many problems of our modern
techniques --exposure to synthetic pesticides and fertilizers,
pollution of the ground water, deterioration of the soil
and of the nutritional content of our produce...
Science must have a spiritual dimension, though oftentimes
I think it does come dangerously close to a religion in
the bad sense of the term. It is presented as the solution to all our problems, along
with the rigid, reductive thinking that sometimes goes
along with it. For instance, the notion that we could
quantify something as free flowing and mysterious as human
experience, and capture it all on a computer chip, while
a poetic idea, seems at the same time a little presumptive
to me as a lay person. But Clarke brilliantly tempers the idea. His description of "Dave", or
what was once Dave, the astronaut who had been absorbed
by the Monolith in 3001, is that he is something
like a synopsis of a book, or a technical paper,
"He really is David Bowman, but with most
of the humanity stripped away."(2)
The reconstituted Dave Bowman does remember his origins
enough to end up having an interest, even if it is a remote
one, to act and to help humanity to survive.
Yet this touches on another aspect of this vision
that is troubling, which is the segmented view of mind
and body itself.
The culmination of this outlook can be found in the beautiful
opening of 3001, as the higher life forms who are
the creators of the Monoliths are described as having
been able to transfer all their thoughts to "shining
new homes of metal and gemstone."
The age of Machine-entities, however, soon passed
when they learned to store knowledge "in the structure
of space itself, and to preserve their thoughts for eternity
in frozen lattices of light."(3)
Now they were Lords of the Galaxy, and could rove at will
among the stars, or sink like a subtle mist through the
very interstices of space. Though they were freed at last from the tyranny of matter,
they had not wholly forgotten their origin, in the warm
slime of a vanished sea.
This ultimate ideal of ascent into the realm of pure thought,
the disinterest
in the body, and pure focus on the mind, is a common theme
in the
scientific community at large as well, with its growing
interest in virtual
reality and cyberspace.
Yet, again, this dream of disembodying our
leaving behind all mortal concerns, sounds suspiciously
like a new type
of religion to me.
And the alienation from our bodies, and from our
existence, seems dangerously unbalanced, and escapist,
much in the way
the dreams of an afterlife would be for the traditional
He thought of all the times when the texture of some material,
the feel of rock or soil underfoot, the smell of the jungle,
the sting of spray upon his face, had played a vital role
in one of his projects. Someday, perhaps even these sensations could be transferred
by electronics.
Indeed, it had already been done so, crudely, on
an experimental basis, and at enormous cost.
But there was no substitute for reality; one should
beware of imitations. (5)
Clarke does not by any means fall into one camp of thinking. It is his ability to juggle opposites and bring them together
that makes his work so rich.
In several instances he says there is no substitute
for reality, as Morgan, the brilliant, ambitious engineer
notes in The Fountains of Paradise, and in 3001,
as Frank Poole arrives on Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons
where there is a small human outpost, it poignantly rekindles
his affection for small communities "where everyone
knew everyone else --in the real world, and not the virtual
one of cyberspace."
In Childhood's End it is science that has led us
away from the story's true key to our destiny, which had
lain ironically in the disreputable pursuits of the occult
and in mysticism.
And he gives an explanation for premonitions and
superstitions which is plausible through Einstein's own
Theory of Relativity. Throughout The Fountains of Paradise,
he plays a counterpoint
between the scientific and the mystical, the ideal of
"progress" and those of ancient traditions,
and seems to be trying to reach some balance between them.
He compares the folds of the Buddha's gown to the
waves of the sea, the natural rhythm of which "appealed
to instincts of which the rational mind knew nothing."
The Fountains of Paradise is built upon a wonderfully
ingenious dilemna, where the oldest and most sacred spot
of the planet earth is presented as the only possible
site of an elevator into our future.
It never quite seems to be as noble a tradeoff
in real life, and yet it is a perfect example of technology
and spirituality taking over from the old faiths.
One of Arthur C. Clarke's greatest skills is in
linking the ancient with the futuristic, and showing how
they might be compatible, and an equal part of our heritage.
As he describes, in 2001: A Space Odyssey,
the moon shuttle hostess demonstrating some classical
Balinese dance movements in zero gravity, or likens an
alien space ship, in Rendezvous with Rama, to the
ruins of an Aztec temple the astronaut had once visited.
"There was something strange about a universe where
a few dead butterflies can balance a billion ton tower..."(8)
The Fountains of Paradise the fulfillment of an
ancient legend through an unlikely sequence of events
is in the end what allows the project of the tower to
go forward. Though there is speculation throughout
Clarke's books of the possibility of a higher intelligence
manipulating human events which we are not aware of (another
way to envision God,) this part of the story also seemed
to be touching upon Chaos and Complexity theories and
areas of nonlinear thinking which are on the fringes of
conventional science today.
"Your mystics, though they were lost in their own
delusions, had seen part of the truth.
There are powers of the mind, and powers beyond
the mind, which your science could never have
brought within its framework without shattering
it entirely."Karellen, the Overlord, from
Childhoods End (9)
There is nothing wrong with a religion that can keep examining
its own boundaries. Arthur C. Clarke helps us to do that.
Despite any of my misgivings of some of these concepts
that are at large in our society, and which he plays with
in his fictions, he enables me to see that all these perspectives
can exist and perhaps must exist side by side. He is an icon in the literary, film, and pop cultures, as well
as a lodestar in the scientific and humanitarian worlds. Arthur C. Clarke's footprint on all these
different areas of our culture is only fitting, as he
is himself in the tradition of the classic Renaissance
man. While he is a scientist, with ideas that have had direct impact
on our world --one of his articles was the basis for the
development of satellite technology --he is also a master
storyteller, not just a science fiction writer, but a
poet, a psychologist, and a philosopher. The structures
of his epics are futuristic fables, in a sense, building
on our shared
mythology and creating new twists.
At the same time he is popularizing current trends in
the scientific world, ideas whose time have come or in
his view should have come by now. The space elevator being one of them,
which in The Fountains of Paradise, he skillfully
echoes with all its mythic precedents.
All common sense tells us that this is just a futuristic,
and very sophisticated, fairytale, it is a Jack and the
Beanstalk dream, a Stairway to Heaven. And yet in the epilogue we are informed
that it may still be all these things, but it also happens
to be a serious area of scientific endeavor, and has been
made even more plausible with the discovery of the molecule
C60, Buckminsterfullerene, which has opened the way to
creating materials hundreds of times stronger than steel.
As he reminds us, all magic is just phenomena which science
has not yet explained or brought into being.
The child is the father of man, and play is the
antecedent to reality. Perhaps fairytales are also prototypes for what the human race
might one day achieve.
Even though he says science will demystify what
might now appear as magic, he also for me brought the
magic back into the world of science, the mystery and
the beauty of its possibilities.
And it is that magic, that mystery, that spurs
us on and inspires our achievements. At the closing of The Fountains of
Paradise, it is the children's playfulness, and their
imagination, that the aliens find so mysterious and have
such a hard time understanding.
- . -
A Brief Biography of Arthur C. Clarke:
Arthur C. CLARKE was born in Minehead, England
on December 16, 1917, and now lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He published his first story in 1937 in
Amateur Science Fiction Magazine and went on
to publish over seventy titles, produced several
TV series, and shared an Oscar nomination with
Stanley Kubrick for the movie based on his novel
2001: A Space Odyssey. With more than 100 million copies of his
books in print, he is the recipient of numerous
Hugo and Nebula awards, an International Fantasy
Award and a John W. Campbell Award, and was
named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction
Writers of America. His many honors include several doctorates in literature and
science, numerous prizes and awards, including
NASA's highest civilian honor, its Distinguished
Public Service Medal.
Further external
Satellite Named for Arthur C. Clarke
Clarke Sends Genetic Message to Space
Arthur C.Clarke Stands By His Belief in Life on Mars
* Arthur C. Clarke's foundation: CITI
Other related links:
1. Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise,
Warner Books, New York 1979, pg. 72.
2. Arthur
C. Clarke, 3001: Final Odyssey, Del Ray/Ballantine
Books, New York: 1997, pg 187.
3. Ibid. pg. 2
4. Ibid. pg 3.
5. The Fountains of Paradise, pp. 141-142.
6. 3001, pg. 130.
7. The Fountains of Paradise, pg. 158.
8. Ibid, pg. 184.
9. Childhood's
End, Del Ray/Ballantine Books, NewYork: 1953, pp.
E-mail to Julie Mardin: email@example.com
This page updated on January 27, 2003. LM.


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One of my creative heroes is Leena, my partner's cousin. Not only is she one of the kindest persons I know, she has her own style of everything pink and cute (or kawaii, as they say in Japanese). It makes finding presents for her rather easy and fun! One Christmas we got her this über cute, pink bling-bling ornament for the tree. Sadly I can't remember what kind of a figure it was but it was pink with lots of sparkle. To keep things in balance and to prevent her pink Christmas tree (surprised, you shouldn't be) from becoming overly pink, we gave her partner a glass squirrel. A very cute too but brown. But don't be fooled by all her pinky, fluffy stuff. She'll kick your butt in action games on Wii.
Leena makes these awesome, creative and happy cards for every occasion she can think of. It's so much fun to wait for her card to arrive when it gets close to my or my partner's birthday to see what she has come up with this time. Her cards always bright up my day! Thanks Leena!
But what I admire in her even more is her courage to be true to herself and her style. It's a rare thing in this world.
I did the page last summer on the Saturday of our traditional summer family reunion at her dad's place at the seaside. Lots of sun every years and lots of loitering on the beach. The others were playing a board game called Carcassonne but I had had my fair share of the game for that day. A great game, don't get me wrong, but I decided to go through Leena's amazing stash of arts and crafts stuff. There I found these stamps. I really liked the ones with cartoon-style Japanese motifs – especially the lanterns – so I printed some images on the right-hand page. On the left I freehanded one stamp of a series of birds that were really pretty and poetic. The spread felt a little empty or too still so I added the 'stains' to spark it up. Really enjoyed doing this and leafing through Leena's stamps. There were so many beautiful ones I would have liked to include!

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Dense Plasma Fusion Energy
I saw a bottle of wine in the store the
other day that was being marketed as
"Conspiracy Chardonnay."
It has finally come to this: corruption
around the world is so rampant that it
has caused the "conspiracy" concept to
become a hot marketing ploy.
So then, what if Iran's nuclear energy
program is advanced and non-polluting –
and so abundant that they are selling
electric power to half of the Middle East,
as Gordon Duff says here?
And what if the real problem that the US
has with Iran's nuclear program is that its
clean energy technology will collapse the
entire hydrocarbon fuel industry – and all
of the industries powered by antiquated,
environmentally-destructive means?
Video (about 2 mins):
Iran Sells Clean Fusion-Based Electricity Across South Asia


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A submission for an exhibition at The 2015 Bristol Festival of Print, held at Centerpoint Gallery. It is an analogue representation of the word 'Funk', which was digitally recorded and then typeset with 3pt Full Face Rule.
Printed on Somerset Cotton paper with one deckled edge in an edition of 15.
More information can be found in the blog.
© 2020 Letterpresser. All content copyright Richard Small 2011-16.


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Stewart McKelvey Run for The Shelters presented by Atlantic Chip & Fredericton Marathon
Though it is hard to imagine, soon the leaves will turn and start to fall, and thoughts will turn to winter and all that it brings.
We firmly believe no one should be left out in the cold.
The Stewart McKelvey Run for The Shelters presented by Atlantic Chip & Fredericton Marathon is a new event designed to support the Fredericton Homeless Shelters and its mission to restore human dignity to those who are experiencing homelessness. It will feature a fundraising 3k and 6k run/walk on Sunday, October 27, 2019
Registration is $25 plus service fees. Your $25 registration fee will go directly to Fredericton Homeless Shelters Inc., with your registration information shared with them for tax receipt purposes.
First 250 registered participants will receive a special commemorative Runner's Dri-Fit T-shirt.
This event features chipped-timed Bowman's PharmaSave 3k and f6 Networks 6k out-and-back runs along the city's riverfront trail system to and from St. John House (Victoria Health Centre).
Start time is 10:00 am on Sunday, October 27th. Race kit pick up will be held at Delta Marriott Fredericton between 12:00 – 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 26.
Let's raise some funds to help our friends and restore dignity.
The Fredericton Homeless Shelters Inc. was established in 1983 by a group of people to provide temporary housing for people who suffered from house fires or other natural disasters with a small mention of the transient population. Its mission is and to some extent has always been to restore human dignity to those who were experiencing homelessness in Fredericton and the surrounding areas. Since then, the Fredericton Homeless Shelters have expanded to three shelters, the Men's Shelter, Grace House for Women, and Brunswick Home Transitional Housing.
Together, the shelters provide temporary housing to over 300 individuals every year.
For more information about Fredericton Homeless Shelters Inc., please go to www.theshelters.ca
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Introducing: Johnny Orlando
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This week, we introduce you to Johnny Orlando!
If you haven't heard of Johnny, you really ought to get to know his name! At only 13 years old, the young star is already proving to be somewhat of an internet phenomenon. On Youtube, he has over 900,000 subscribers and his most popular video, a cover of Shawn Mendes' Stitches, has been viewed an epic 16 million times!
Johnny's latest single, Let Go, highlights his progression in the music industry. Taking on a new sound, he encourages his fans to 'let go' of any barriers preventing them from going for their goals and aspirations.
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While I was home for Christmas & New Years I cooked up some tasty stuff.
Chicago Deep Dish Pizza — Cooks Illustrated recipe(requires registration, but totally worth it.)
Apple Turnovers — Again a Cooks Illustrated recipe, this time from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.
Broiled Salmon — I don't remember, but I think this mostly came from the America's Test Kitchen Cookbook, except the mushrooms.
Okonomiyaki(wiki), Hiroshima style(お好み焼き) — Hiroshima style means it has ramen and a fried egg.


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Students receive vertical learning in Manhattan
At 170th Street in Manhattan, concrete slabs march up the Bard-Haven Towers, three 30-storey student residences overlooking the Hudson River. The pattern of their familiar off-white silhouettes provided a theme for the bold variations of their new neighbour, the Vagelos Education Center.
Located at the northern edge of the Columbia University Medical Center, the project is the latest realized work of local architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, designed in collaboration with Gensler. On the north side of the building, thin horizontal panels of glass fibre reinforced concrete trace each floor plate; a fritted-glass curtain wall hangs between them. The façade recalls the plain horizontal stripes of the residential towers to the west, while suggesting a fundamentally different structure.
It's this end of the building that houses specialized programmes requiring uninterrupted floor space: labs, classrooms, simulation suites, etc. Follow the floor plates to the south façade, though, and you can see them bending, breaking and even connecting to form closed loops. As the floors and ceilings transform on this side of the building, they open and deflect from the horizontal, creating a less conventional space for the facility's more flexible functions.
The designers call this part of the high-rise a 'study cascade'. It's a single space, unbroken over the full 14-storey height of the building and served by a circuitous open stair that lends access to various areas for informal study. Students and faculty – just beginning to occupy the building – will circulate, settle and ultimately decide whether the 'cascade' is too unprogrammed for its own good, but the vertical expanse of shared air and a warm consistent palette of materials and colours (a predominance of orange!) give the impression of a coherent space, even from outside.
Location 104 Haven Avenue, New York City, New York
Article originally published in Mark magazine issue #65


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The surprising mental health benefit of playing video games
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As everyone downloads Animal Crossing in an attempt to forget about coronavirus, Stylist's Kayleigh Dray explores the surprising mental health benefits of playing video games.
Updated on 25 March 2020: There's no getting away from all those terrifying coronavirus headlines. Every single day, the death count rises, and our Apple News notifications ping as new Covid-19 information becomes available.
Social distancing is vital to keeping the NHS from being overwhelmed with new cases, so we don't begrudge the lockdown. However, there's no denying that spending all of our days indoors has exposed us to far more worries.
Like, will we have enough food to see us through the next few weeks? (We've said it before and we'll say it again: stop panic-buying). Will our parents, and our grandparents, and our immunocompromised loved ones be OK? What will we do about our finances, and rent, and bills? Our jobs?
Ahem. Like I say, it is, in these hellish times, all too easy to let your imagination run away with you. And so, in a bid to stop my anxieties in their tracks, I have run away within my imagination to a private desert island.
Of course, you're very welcome to visit my beautiful getaway destination as soon as you download Animal Crossing: New Horizons for your Nintendo Switch. You know, like the millions of others who have done so: it is officially the biggest single-game launch on the Switch to date.
Why? Well, because it's good. But, also, because it's one of the most soothing things we've ever plugged into. Ever.
As one fan of the game tweeted: "I know many of us need this escape more than ever right now."
And so, without any further ado, please let me reveal the mental health benefits of playing video games like Animal Crossing.
As reported on 13 February 2018: It was a bad day at work. Not for any big reason, really: I hadn't been fired, or given a dressing down, or accidentally sent a dodgy email to the entire company. And yet… lots of tiny little issues – much like those gritty bits of sand that get into your shoes and rub – had slowly slipped in through the cracks and worn me down over the course of the day
There was the crushing panic I felt on the tube on my way in. The heated argument I had with a colleague. The impromptu meeting which suddenly popped up in my diary, causing me to miss a deadline and work through my lunch hour in a desperate attempt to catch up. The second meeting which, despite being properly scheduled, overran by an hour and a half. The ridiculous backlog of work that built up during the 90 minutes I'd lost. The 'can I ask you a quick favour…?' email that pinged into my inbox some 30 minutes after I was supposed to have left the office. The 'quick favour' that turned out to be nothing of the sort. The ache in my eyes from staring at a screen all day. The sad little update from my FitBit, warning me that I'd failed to meet my step count. The realisation that I was already two hours late for dinner – and wasn't going to be leaving any time soon.
The feeling that I was losing control, in a very big way.
I managed to keep on top of things in the office: as an extreme perfectionist, I work hard to keep my strong, easy-going persona and I don't like people to see me lose control. So I pasted on a smile through the stomach ache, wrapped myself in woolly layers to ease my shivering, attempted to nod my way intelligibly through any professional conversations. Nobody had any idea how hard I was working to control my breathing and slow down my thoughts, because I didn't want them to. And it wasn't until I finally left work for the day that I let myself succumb to the monster in my head.
A woman spotted me in the doorway of a long-since-closed Pret and asked me if I was OK. Despite the fact that I could barely breathe, despite the fact that tears were coursing silently down my face, despite the fact I felt frozen to the spot, despite the fact my heart was pounding inside my chest, and despite the fact that I just couldn't stop shaking, I waved her off, and told her I was fine. And, eventually, I was fine – at least, fine enough to get myself to a station, find a train and make my way home.
Thankfully, I have a not-so-secret anxiety weapon hidden in my flat: my PlayStation console.
I learned a long time ago that picking up a controller is the best possible thing I can do when I find myself trapped in a cycle of helplessness, fear and self-doubt. Why? Because, when you're terrified of losing control, wandering through a virtual world and solving problems can remind you what it's like to approach life from a positive, solvable perspective.
Dragon Age: Inquisition (DAI), in particular, is brilliant for this: you're gifted the chance to design every aspect of your character before you begin playing, which means you can look and sound however you want. Once this important task is done,you wake up in the ashes of a recently-destroyed temple and are accused of murdering an influential religious figure. It's up to you to prove your innocence to your captors and help them to a) settle the civil unrest in the continent of Thedas and b) close a mysterious tear in the sky called the 'Breach', which is unleashing dangerous demons upon the world.
I know, I know – it hardly sounds a stress-free experience. Especially as you have to engage in a lot of social interaction and forge friendships with those around you, as well as constantly filling requisitions to ensure your army has enough strength to withstand enemy attacks. And, in case that wasn't enough, you're expected to take a stance on religion and world order, and you have to pass judgement on your enemy prisoners (with pretty much e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e having something to say about the leniency or severity of your sentencing).
You also have to decide who you can and can't trust, in order to build up a team of allies, and source the materials to craft your own weapons and armour. You need to save people from house fires – sometimes choosing between two, if time is short and you can only rescue one from a fiery death. And while the mark on your hand is slowly killing you, you're also faced with intensely difficult life-or-death situations on a near-constant basis. And you don't just have to fight battles, you also have to attend diplomatic balls and meetings, too.
Perhaps most stressful of all is the fact that you have the option to pursue romantic relationships with other characters, if that's what you're into. You have to figure out if they like you, work out the best way to flirt with them, try to maintain a good working relationship and, y'know, generally navigate all of those tricky miscommunications that give us cold sweats in real life. One "do you really have to ask?" can spell the difference between a horrifyingly awkward brush-off or an entirely unexpected 'sex on a desk' cutaway scene –it's always disconcerting when you're barely paying attention to the conversation and your character suddenly, and seemingly without warning, sheds her clothes.
Then, of course, there's the fact that you're viewed by some as the 'Chosen One', aka the only person with the power to stop Corypheus, an ancient darkspawn intent on conquering Thedas and destroying the world. Forget meeting deadlines on time – now that's pressure.
And yet…
Games like DAI, Until Dawn, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Wolf Among Us, Fallout, The Witcher, South Park: The Fractured But Whole and The Sims allow us to escape our lives and slip into a brand-new world, if only for a little while. And they're worlds that are full of endless possibilities: we can take a stroll through a beautiful forest, or travel through time. We can lead an army into battle. We can make (virtual) friends, or engage in a beautiful romance. We can do something as silly, and childish, and impossibly irresistible as… well, as hurling a fart into a teacher's face.
Ahem. Not that I would ever dream of doing something like that, even in the videogame world.
Yes, there's a lot to take in sometimes, but that's the genius of it all: when you're playing a really good videogame, you don't have time to worry about anything.
And it's not just me who thinks this way: in fact, research has shown that game play really can help to interrupt the cycle of anxiety.
Dr Meghan Walker, writing for HuffPost Canada, explains that "anxiety, like pain or cravings, works on the spotlight theory of attention – the more we focus on the problem, the worse it gets".
She continues: "Anxious thoughts fuel or perpetuate the physiological process and usually push the anxiety response from a place of assistance (think exam preparation) to a state of worry. Fear is a response to something that is actually going wrong (an important adaptive mechanism) whereas anxiety is a response to something that could go wrong.
"Video games were useful because they distracted the brain sufficiently that it shifted the spotlight and quelled the perpetuation of worry."
In essence, playing video games breaks the cycle of attention and gives the brain better things to do than focus on potential (not real) outcomes. And, even if we feel anxious while playing a game, we become too preoccupied to imagine the worst.
Game developers are well aware of the hugely beneficial psychological effects that their work can have on players. In fact, there are several games out there specifically designed to help people through periods of anxiety.
Owen Harris, for example, has created a game called Deep. Its purpose? To lead you through a series of breathing exercises as you experience a peaceful, underwater world that responds to your inhalations. Then there's Colour Zen, which invites you to put on your headphones, relax and find your way through an abstract world of shapes and colours (with zero penalties for failure to worry about). And let's not forget the incredibly soothing Flower, which only asks that you gently guide petals around your screen.
Perhaps most famous of all, though, is SPARX. This clever role-paying game helps promote positive affirmations through the interactions players have within the game. By completing a series of puzzles and challenges, players can learn a number of useful skills – all of which can help with anxiety and depression.
Karolina Stasiak, whose PhD served as the pilot study for the game, tells Polygon: "The game teaches players the specific skills they need for relaxation, as well as reminding them how to do activities that bring them pleasure.
"That's one of the problems with depression – you stop enjoying the simple things, and even things you used to like are no longer fun."
Stasiak adds: "The game is also about reinterpreting the events around you and acknowledging that there are some unhelpful ways to think about things, and there are more helpful and positive ways."
It definitely seems to be working: in a small study, researchers found that gamers actually saw a drop in negative thoughts after playing SPARX – no small feat.
It's also worth noting that playing games motivates us, too – those inbuilt reward systems can help you feel like you're achieving something, when everything else in real life feels impossible, and they encourage us to push forwards when we feel like giving up.
Or, as author and well-known gamer, Jane McGonigal, puts it: "gaming is the neurological opposite of depression."
I, of course, agree with her. I love the sound a game makes when I've unlocked an achievement (I wish someone would play that inspiring musical note whenever I do anything worthwhile in the real world, to be honest), and I love the fact that – when you f**k up and fail – you can just reload your last saved checkpoint and try again. There's got to be a clever metaphor for life in there somewhere, right?
It's also worth noting that I'm a creature of habit, and navigating my way through all of those pre-set quest lines (even the most open of open world games have a set quest, guys) helps give me a sense of agency. Which might go some way towards explaining why I'm such an avid repeat player (I suspect I may just be the only person to have completed DAI 27 times – and, yes, I romantically pursued the same character for about 75% of those sessions. So sue me!)
Essentially, when life feels impossible, my virtual life gives me the breathing space I need to re-engage, reboot and regain my sense of self. And that has proven to be absolutely invaluable.
What is anxiety?
Anxiety is often hard for sufferers to put into words. There is usually a sense of danger or threat, of not being able to cope with what might happen – a "nameless dread" that provokes such physically real symptoms it can be utterly debilitating for sufferers.
The severity of symptoms tends to vary from person to person, and can include:
- Restlessness
- A sense of dread
- Feeling constantly "on edge"
- Difficulty concentrating
- Irritability
- Dizziness
- Tiredness
- Shortness of breath
- Nausea
- Panic attacks
- Heart palpitations
However, while there is still some stigma attached to opening up about our emotional wellbeing, experts urge people to seek help when they need it: anxiety, for example, is highly treatable.
If you suffer from anxiety, experts advise that you visit you GP to explore the number of treatments available.
You can find out more information – including a series of approved self-care tips – on the Mind website.
This article was originally published on 13 February 2018
Image: iStock/The Sims


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We flew from Beirut to Abu Dhabi ("adi badi" as Rahul calls it) on Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates carrier, a couple of days ago. It was the first of 3 flights that would take us back to Chengdu.
A pretty, blond flight attendant with bright red lipstick guided Leila up a step and onto the plane. "Oh, they are so small," she said, to no one in particular.
"They're two," I responded, not entirely sure what she based her judgment on.
A few minutes later, she walked by, offering us newspapers. For the first time since I've flown on a plane with my children, I bothered (dared) to take one. 4 out of 6 newspapers were in Arabic. I randomly picked The National, an English language UAE paper.
Well into the flight, Rahul fell asleep in Maher's arms. Leila and I were hanging out. She was flipping through one of her books, so I pulled out the newspaper. The title action photo shot of a leopard pulling off a man's scalp in Assam, India, was bewildering. The caption mentioned that they caught the leopard.
Overleaf was a picture of a baby, and an article about bilingual brain development. In the UAE people speak both Arabic and English, some also speak Hindi and Tegalog among other languages, because of the Indian, Filipino, and many other communities living and working in the UAE.
Universal translators, by Manal Ismail talks about the possible effects of bilingualism on babies brains. It discusses how cognitive performance in children up to five years old might be less developed in a bilingual child than in a monolingual one; but that by age five there would be a likely catching-up and overtaking phase. The article ends with the hypothesis that exposure to a second language "early enough" (that could range from up to 12 years old to up to 16 years old depending on the research) stimulates the right brain; the side that governs creativity. So the research is on by a professor at the American University of Sharjah to see if indeed bilingual children can be more creative than monolingual ones.
It took me all three hours of the flight to get through this, and the follow-up article about how that professor plans to implement a bilingual policy at a school in Berlin, and then try the same at a school either in Dubai or in Abu Dhabi.
My first interjection came from Ivana, the talkative Romanian flight attendant with bright red lipstick. She delivered us a tray of food, and attracted by baby on my newspaper, she peeked in. She asked what the article was about, and we plunged into a fifteen minute conversation about parenting. She is studying bilingualism and other topics in Child Psychology and Development at a University in South Africa, by correspondence, and claimed that babies can easily manage 5 languages. She lives in Abu Dhabi with her South African husband, for his work.
Rahul was asleep and Leila was still entertaining herself. Ivana and I went back and forth. That I was able to have such a conversation astonished me, and made me realise how things are evolving for us.
Ivana wants to have children. She can't fly if she's pregnant, so she'll quit her job soon. The main reason to leave her work though are the long haul flights – 14, 16 hours to Sydney, Toronto, Chicago; they're too tiring. She sometimes stays up 24, even 48 hours.
"I think I'll be able to handle the nights as a new mum, after my job here."
She inquired about IVF, and then went on to share parenting tips from her studies, observations, and from her magazine purchases in the UK! They were mainly along the lines of allowing children to be who they are; embracing their personalities and understanding that not everything our children do is reflects our parenting. I confirmed. My 2 same age children react to situations differently, even though I do almost the same things with them. They eat, sleep, fly, talk, play, and think differently.
She's been watching the children on her flights for the last 2 years. Some sleep all the way, some are hyper-active, others read or watch movies, some eat, others don't…
She said the Australian, British, and US kids often aren't potty-trained until two, even three, whereas where she comes from, children are put on the pot from 6 months on.
I was amazed by all the "research" she's doing. I didn't know a thing about babies before I had my own.
It was obvious that Ivana really wants to be a mum, and I bet she'll be a good one. She's confident, excited about it, and full of energy. Already a solid start. Her main point, which I agree with fully, is to do it your own way; to take the tips, and then to adapt them to your own personality.
I was happy for the pleasant conversation, and momentary bonding.
When another, slightly irritated flight attendant called Ivana away, I returned to my food.
I changed Leila's diaper. She fell asleep.
Rahul woke up.
Ivana had a short conversation with Maher and Rahul in French about their meal, and then an upbeat one about fashionable purses and shoes with 3 sisters in black outfits and hijabs (head coverings worn by some muslim women) across the aisle from us.
In the mean time I managed to read my articles.
The professor plans to have classes in both English and Arabic. So if they teach math in Arabic one day, the next day it will be English. Did you go to a bilingual school, or do your children go to one? Is this how it works at other bilingual schools?
Related article- Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language
Related site- http://www.multilingualliving.com/
Natasha lives in Chengdu, China with her husband and twin toddlers. They just returned after spending 3 weeks in Lebanon for Christmas and New Year with the children's great-grandfather, grandparents, and uncles from their Lebanese side. They spent their time in a 200 year-old stone house, playing with dogs and eating way too much delicious food. Catch more of Natasha's stories at Our Little Yogis, http://natashadevalia.com


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Remote management by E1 interface, which together with the DM705 and DM706C multiplexors or the DM704S/SE (series IV/V) using DATACOM's DMG20 management card, allows users to configure, monitor and activate test links to verify performance and location of link errors.
The automatic remote converter configuration allows the DM704V series V to automatically configure the DM704S (series IV/V) or the remote DM704C (series IV/V), if management is enabled and an HDLC communication channel is setup. Configuring the remote equipment follows the same steps as local configuration, except for clock configurations, which in the remote are always regenerated.
- Fractional Interface converter;
- 1 E1 interface (G.703-G.704) and 1 V.35 interface (V.35-V.36/V.11);
- Configurable through DIP;
- Operates at N x 64kbit/s to 2,048kbit/s;
- Local analog link, digital link and digital remote link (V.54) through the front panel keys;
- Standard bit error ratio test (BERT) generator, activated by one of the front panel keys;
- Remotely manageable by the DMView platform through another converter and/or operating associated with a DM705-SUB concentrator;
- Automatic configuration of the remote converter.


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Actress Glenn Close admits she's done her share of perpetuating stereotypes of mental illness.
The 65-year-old star of "Fatal Attraction" was in Ottawa on Monday to address a major conference about confronting stigma in mental health, drawing from her experience with her family to explain why people with mental illness need to reach out for help.
In a vivid — at times tearful — speech to hundreds of delegates, she talked about how when she was first acting in New York in the 1970s, she crossed paths with three street people every day.
One would call out to her, another would bang the sidewalk with drumsticks, and the third would sing out at the top of his lungs.
"To me, they were the face of mental illness," said Close, a Hollywood fixture known for her roles in films like "The Big Chill," "Dangerous Liaisons" and her latest, "Albert Nobbs," as well as TV shows like "Damages" and "The Shield."
"They were different. And they were scary."
In the 1987 thriller "Fatal Attraction," Close was front and centre in a wildly popular movie that she said "ended up perpetuating the prejudice that mentally ill people are violent and terrifying."
But she wasn't completely complicit. As she sought to understand Alex, an editor who stalks a man she had had an affair with, Close said she developed "a deep empathy" for the character, realizing she was mentally ill and in need of medication and understanding.
The original ending of the movie had Alex committing suicide, Close said. But when the film's management took tested that ending with focus groups, the viewers were unhappy. They wanted a more severe punishment for Alex.
"She was so evil and manipulative that the majority thought her suicide was not punishment enough."
Close protested for two weeks, not wanting to betray the character of Alex. But the finale was replaced, and Alex was shot in the end — to the great delight of audiences around the world.
"And 'bunny boiler' became part of our lexicon," Close says dryly, referring to the scene in which Alex cooks the pet rabbit belonging to the child of her obsession.
But mental illness is not a fictional topic for the actress. She described numerous relatives who were ostracized over years, with no one acknowledging their mental health problems.
Then, her own sister Jessie fell ill, calling on Close for help to fend off suicidal thoughts. Her sister's son, Calen Pick, was hospitalized for five years for his mental illness.
"Because of her and Calen, because of great Uncle Jean, and poor Uncle Harry….I decided to use my name and image to focus on the eradication of the stigma and prejudice and discrimination that I came to realize was such a hurtful burden to beloved members of my family," she said.
"And my education began. Little did I know that it is the last, perhaps most challenging, civil and human rights issue of our time."
What astounds her, she said, is that mental illness is so pervasive, and yet so secret. Even people with mental illness have stigma against themselves — a barrier to reaching out for help, she said.
"Their illnesses can be managed. They can achieve their potential and be respected as co-workers, neighbours, friends, spouses, as productive members of their communities," Close said.
Indeed, about one in five Canadians has a mental illness every year, said David Goldbloom, a psychiatrist and chairman of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
The commission is hosting the three-day anti-stigma conference, which Goldbloom said is the largest of its kind, ever.
The conference comes just weeks after the commission finally published its long-awaited national mental health strategy, which is to serve as a blueprint for governments, business, health-care professionals and individuals to recognize and treat mental illness in a far more efficient way.
Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt also spoke her battle against post-partum depression and urged employers to recognize the benefits of confronting mental illness in the workplace.
She wants to see companies adopt the voluntary national standards set out by the mental health strategy, and make good use of the tools her department has developed, through the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
But the federal government has given no indication that it is willing to increase funding for mental health in a meaningful way, despite the commission's call for billions more for the system.
Close and other participants at the conference steered clear of the funding topic, however, emphasizing instead the effectiveness of simple, individual acts of kindness and empathy.


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Self Expression From Performance Data
Ernesto Ramirez
April 23, 2013
Typically when we think about Quantified Self and the associated collection and visualization of personal data we're left struggling in the world of charts, graphs, and other well-worn visualizations. That's not to disparage those of you who love spending some time tinkering in Excel. Those are valuable tools for understanding and there is a good…


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Focusing on the Strengths in our Boys
As the psychologist in the Junior School and one of the psychologists in the Senior School, it is enjoyable to witness the similarities and differences between the boys in their respective sub schools. A commonality between some of the boys is the desire to 'compete and compare'. It is natural to compare ourselves to those around us. Comparing ourselves to others can sometimes be beneficial as it can lead us to try new things and grow our skillset. However, when we compare ourselves to others too often, it can become problematic. We know that if boys solely focus on others around them and not on their own strengths, it can contribute to them developing mental health issues. Many boys who suffer from anxiety and depression, continually compare themselves to others. When this is explored further, it is suggested that boys are putting too much of their energy into focusing on their peers strengths and are unconsciously minimising their own. As they continue to focus on their peers a cycle can occur. Within the cycle, boys focus on their peers strengths, unconsciously ignore their own and then begin to magnify the traits that they consider to be their weaknesses.
In an effort to break the cycle and assist your son in not always comparing himself, there are a few things that we can do to assist him.
- Acknowledge that your son is frustrated with the situation.
- Discuss with your son how he can improve and build upon his strengths.
- Remind your son that it is impossible to excel at everything.
- Encourage your son to praise his peers for their strengths.
- Remind your son that he excels in his own way.
- Praise your son for things he does well, whilst he is doing them.
Mr Jon Marginis
Psychologist in the Senior and Junior School


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Unintended Consequences
Nineteen years ago, Indiana police found the body of a young girl, burned beyond recognition and buried in the woods. They arrested George Calhoun for murdering his daughter, and his wife testified against him at the trial. George maintains he didn't do it. That the body isn't his little Angelina. But that's all he's ever said—no other defense, no other explanation. The jury convicted him. Now his appeals have been exhausted, and his execution is just six weeks away.
Dani Trumball, an attorney for the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to believe him. After all, there was no forensic evidence to prove that the body in the woods was George's daughter. But if the girl isn't Angelina, then who is it? And what happened to the Calhouns' missing daughter? Despite the odds, the questions push Dani to take the case.
For nineteen years, George Calhoun has stayed silent. But he's ready to talk, and if the story he tells Dani is true, it changes everything.


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My first real cabinetmaking project started as a simple "Can you make a new frame for the medicine cabinet mirror, dear?", from my wife. "No problem!", I replied. The time I have spent here at LJ has convinced me that I not only CAN do it, but that I SHOULD do it! In fact, I SHOULD make a whole new medicine cabinet – a bigger, better medicine cabinet! [Insert Tim Taylor 'grunt' here.]
I took some measurements, did a little cypherin', spent a few hours in TurboCAD and voila, I had 'The Plan'. Cool! Now I need lumber. After a strangely 'tangential' series of mouse clicks, I found myself at www.tcwoods.com. This is a local sawmill that uses a lot of 'urban lumber' – they are also a tree care company. If you're in the area, check them out. [CAUTION: DO NOT go there in a pickup truck, unless you have an empty woodshed!]
After spending an hour at the sawmill, totally entranced by the wide variety of choices, I selected this nice two-tone slab of silver maple, 11" – 13" wide x 75" long x 15/16" thick. The thing that drew me to this particular slab, was that it was showing some 'curly' figure. Not 'highly figured', but enough to make it interesting.
Step 2, rough milling. I called a friend, who has just what I need (bandsaw and jointer) to turn the slab into stock. Unfortunately, his shop was "closed for remodeling", and I really couldn't wait a couple of months… To make a long story short, I found myself on the phone, with my daughter's boyfriend's father (a fellow woodworker). He didn't have what I needed in his shop either. However, he said that he was taking a woodworking class at the community college, and that if I could bring the slab in on an 'open shop' night, we could get it done. Needless to say, I accepted his gracious offer!
A couple of nights later, I met him at the college's wood shop. Sure enough, they had what we needed, and then some! Nice, well equipped shop, although dust collection could be better. A couple of hours later, after a little sawing and resawing, a bit of jointing, and some drum sanding, I have lumber that I can work with, in my small shop. Way cool! Thanks, Mr. L.
The only problem all evening, was the resawing of the top section. I planned to bookmatch the halves for the back panel of the cabinet. Unfortunately (but not unexpectedly), the halves warped quite a bit after resawing. We ran them through the drum sander (to ~1/4" thick), and it helped, but didn't remove all of the warpage. No way I can use them for the back panel, 'as is'. Uh oh. Back to the drawing board…
For reference, the two halves are ~10" x 30" ea. I need to end up with a panel ~16" x 24". I can adjust the design to work with a panel up to 3/8" thick….MAYBE 1/2".
Help me out here, LJs!
Here's my 'New Plan'.
1) Sand the halves down even thinner (3/16" or less). I'd run them through my planer, but I don't want to blow the knots out.
2) Glue them to a 1/4" MDF or hardboard substrate, as a bookmatched veneer.
3) Re-sand, as needed.
1) I've heard that you're supposed to veneer both sides of a panel. Is that still true when the substrate is MDF (i.e.stable)?
2) Would something other than MDF/hardboard make a better substrate?
Thanks in advance, LJ's!
-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...


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Project Scope
A new identity for AppSmart – a global cloud software service provider.
Market-leading cloud service reselling, out of the box. AppSmart enables anyone to resell cloud-based IT – combining high-end tech with a bespoke and human service. We were approached by AppSmart to create a new identity that would position them as the world's number one cloud software service provider.
There were two distinct strands to the product we looked to communicate for AppSmart: high-tech and human. Resolving relatively complex tech / digital ideas is something we repeatedly encounter with new identity projects. With AppSmart we had the added layer of complexity in their service being largely cloud-based.
Using the 45° angles of abstracted A and S letterforms we created a dynamic monogram communicating important internal and external strategy and positioning themes – namely equality (the democratisation of technology) and parallels (between dealers and users).
Working with the team at AppSmart, we applied the new brand to both digital and printed touchpoints – including document templates.
"Launching AppSmart was a complex project involving dozens of stakeholders, so the work that was completed in the early stages of the identity project was critical to allowed every other work-stream to stay on track. In under three months we re-branded AppSmart, created brand guidelines, launched a website, and established marketing collateral. This ensured that the business could be launched on schedule.
Rair's time management was excellent. They delivered everything that was asked, on time, and dealt with every curve ball efficiently."
Derick Carss
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The Parks Working Group (PWG) is hosted by the City of Vincent to engage more proactive and problem solving approaches (beyond Council and WA Police responses) to benefit the local community. A priority of the group is developing strategies designed to reduce the increasing number of rough sleepers and homeless persons within the City's parks and public spaces. The group also aims to reduce the high rates of public drinking, inhaling solvents and anti social behaviour.
The collaborative engagement with stakeholders and resulting responsive actions have had a positive effect in reducing many of the complaints of problematic behaviour from residents and businesses. There has also been positive outcomes in dealing with those presenting in the parks with at risk behaviours.
The Salvation Army (Lt Kris Halliday) currently chair the PWG, and additional stakeholders have been included such as the City of Perth and other agencies (NGO's and state and federal government agencies as well), all working together with the aim of reducing the impact of homelessness and using solutions focussed approaches to address anti social behaviours. The PWG now ties in strategically with the Central Regional Managers Human Services Forum run by WA State government agencies.
The PWG now meets quarterly or on an as required basis to deal with issues as they emerge.
Terms Of Reference Ratified 22 May 2013
Perth Metropolitan Homeless Response Workshop: Final Report
Terms Of Reference Ratified 22 May 2013
Perth Metropolitan Homeless Response Workshop: Final Report
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Interested in a Career in
Metal Casting?
Learn more about metal casting in a university setting with other high school students.
What is this? – It is a hands-on short course in metal casting designed with a goal of identifying and promoting a variety of metal casting careers.
Why should I go? – The opportunity to learn about current trends in the metal casting industry, inter-relationships between the many jobs involved in metal casting, and the application of mathematics and computer software simulation in metal casting. Students will have an actual metal casting project!
Who is going to be there? – Professionals and educators in the Cast Metals Industry along with 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students interested in learning more about the industry as a career.
When will it happen? – June 29th to July 3rd, 2015
Where will it be? – Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Preferred consideration will be given to students applying before April 15, 2015 to:
David Resser Phone: (440) 520-0624
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Interested students should review the following information:
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Students Michael Alquist, John Kendzierski both from Saint Ignatius High School and Christopher Warneka from Wickliffe High School, presented on their experiences at the 2010 Western Michigan University Introduction to Metal Casting Seminar sponsored by the CAC-Ohio AFS. All three students took a great interest in the course work. They learned and found it exciting to see small size foundry work scaled up in the industry on plant tours. They created their own molds and poured metal in their designs. They have expressed interest in continuing their education in science and engineering fields.


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Heat risks remain a silent disaster. The First Global Forum on Heat and Health, held in Hong Kong, China, from 17 to 20 December 2018, addressed that challenge and launched the Global Heat Health Information Network (the Network). Over the four-day event, 120 interdisciplinary practitioners and researchers from 33 countries provided fresh, real-world perspectives on heat health risk management across diverse fields, such as medical science, urban planning, meteorology, and economics.
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Associate director for the financial services temp division, based in London. This consists of two separate disciplines, accounting & finance and change management. The accounting & finance division recruits qualified accountants on a temporary or interim basis, while the change management division recruits experienced project delivery professionals. Our clients range from investment managers, private equity and real estate investors to banks, insurance firms and brokerages.
I joined Marks Sattin in 2013 having previously worked for a competitor for 6 years. In that time I have focused solely on recruiting interim finance professionals into the financial services sector.


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Food delivery
Food ordering by phone is obsolete, step into a new era with Alideda! The way of the future, it is with the help of the internet that we made a quick, easy and efficient way you to order food from the comfort of your home. Do you really want to scream into your phone while trying to tell someone what you want to eat? Imagine you just you got the short end and need to order food for all of your friends? If something goes wrong your friends will not be easy on you.
Choose a restaurant
But now, there is Alideda! One word in Google, first link that pops up and then magic. All restaurants in Belgrade and Novi Sad are available and just few clicks away from you. Alideda has 25 cuisines from which to choose from.
Order food online
Food delivery is 00-24 available on Alideda, 365 days a year and in most of the restaurants it is free. Always there for you. Whenever you get hungry and do not have time to cook select something from our great deals and food arrives to your home or office in a short time. Forget the errand boy and the contact phones, the menu is available online and the food is a click away from you.


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"Business and conference tourism" activity in Senegal represents close to one third of tourist nights. Dakar's strategic position makes it the ideal location for conference tourism. Business hotels are concentrated in Dakar. They represent 35% of the capacity and offer four-star services to businessmen.
The Abdou Diouf International Conference Center was inaugurated in 2014. It can host global events, including the 15th Summit of La Francophonie in 2014. The center is located on the future biggest urban hub in Africa.
The Centre International du Commerce Extérieur Africain (CICES) is five minutes away from Dakar's Leopold Sedar Senghor airport and ten minutes away from downtown. This integrated conference center has over twenty offices, rooms with 500 and 1200 seats and parking lots that can take over a thousand (1000) vehicles at one time.
The King Fahd Palace has a convention center with a surface area of 5000 m2, dedicated entirely to congresses, conferences and exhibitions.. The amphitheater can sit 650 people and there are forty other meeting rooms with ultra-modern sound, video and lighting equipment, simultaneous interpretation facilities in six languages, and an electronic voting system, among other things.
Depending on the region and tribe, it is quite possible to attend prodigious traditional ceremonies that are always tied to the main events of life: the harvest and the rains, fishing, marriages, circumcision ceremonies, rites of passage for young boys and young girls transitioning from adolescence to adulthood...
Each village decides when it holds such ceremonies, depending on the rains, progress towards the harvest...but some events are held at specific times every year.
The traditional ceremonies to keep an eye on include: traditional wrestling events, the sham lion dance, the rites of passage in Bassari land (April/May), and boat races (July, August in Dakar and Saint Louis),
Scuba diving is practiced all year long in Senegal and particularly in the Dakar Peninsula.
The rocky beds, covered with sea fans and shipwrecks (Dakar is recognized as one of the largest boat cemeteries) are one of the attractions of diving and bring large numbers of enthusiasts.
The water temperature varies between 16°C in March/April to 30°C in August/September. The fauna varies greatly from one period to the other. From June to December, when the water conditions are warm, there is a dominant presence of Pelagics: sharks, tuna, kingfish, barracuda, and manta rays, sometimes...etc. From January to May, the species that thrive in more temperate water conditions flock in abundance towards surface waters. As for the colored species of tropical waters, parrot fish, angelfish, or butterfly fish, they accompany divers throughout the year.
With 500 kilometers of beaches, Senegal is one of the biggest seaside resort destinations closest to Europe in the winter season. An immense sandy beach of over 200 km stretches from the mythical Lac Rose to Saint Louis. This is one of the most beautiful beaches in the country, but the water is not so warm. Apart from N'Gor Island and Goree island, Dakar offers several beaches in the city and the suburbs. With the white sand on those beaches, it is very safe to swim there. Lastly, the beaches in Abéné and Cap Skirring, in Casamance, are among the most beautiful beaches in Africa.
Senegal's waters are known worldwide for their fish wealth. They fall among the richest on the planet, because of a phenomenon called "upwelling". Therefore, Senegal is one of the most popular "fishing" destinations in the world.
For big game fishing, there are about fifty species. Twenty-two of these species are recognized by the International Game Fish Association in Florida. Senegal also holds several world records.
But there are many other fishing techniques also, such as: handline fishing, casting, trolling, rappala fishing, etc. For those who intend to go for underwater fishing, they need authorization for snorkeling and insurance coverage as well.
The wildlife in Senegal is extremely varied with about 169 mammal species, including 23 that can be hunted, 625 bird species, including 45 that can be hunted or captured. Senegal is a signatory to several conventions on wildlife protection. Several tourist camps have their own leased areas and offer hunting trips.
The hunting season opens generally from December 14 to May 1st and, exceptionally, from November 15 to June 30 for waterfowl. The dates for each year are set by decree.
There are three formalities to fulfill, usually with the help of a hunting camp that takes charge beforehand of: the authorization to bear arms (for people to bring their own arms – for a period of 1 month – importation of cartridges is not allowed), acquire a hunting license (issued by the department of water and forestry resources) and to buy insurance (against all the risks of hunting ). There are 3 types of licenses: the small hunting license, the big hunting license, and the special license for hunting waterfowl, each with shot quotas to comply with.
In the areas where hunting practice is under proper management, there has always been an exceptional density of bird game (waterfowl, partridges...) although warthogs also have a dense presence in some of the areas.
Senegal is a country of craftsmen and their creative genius is boundless. In Dakar and other small communities, the markets or crafts villages sell under-glass paintings and paintings with sand, fabric (batik, loincloths, boubous, embroidery), traditional attires, jewelry (made by the Moors and Wolof), traditional drums, basketry, leather, wooden sculptures (rectangular plates and dishes are a local and an original specialty).
Senegal is a country that tourists can visit by their own means: in terms of security, material resources and organization, the country is ready for tourism.
As for accommodation, it is preferable to book in advance: to be sure rooms will be available in the peak season; and to check whether the facilities are open during the low season.
In terms of transport, visitors can hire a vehicle from several car rental agencies. Bush taxis, able to carry 7 passengers, are available at all motor parks (in all towns and villages). Domestic flights can also be useful for long trips. Canoes are a very pleasant and useful means of transport in Casamance and Sine Saloum.
Senegal is a destination that is perfect for young and older visitors to Africa. The health and safety conditions are generally very satisfactory. Accommodation and leisure activities are quite suitable and some hotels offer specific activities for children. Children will also be pleased to be in contact with nature (watching wildlife and birds in the national parks), landscapes, water and land sports, and to meet with the Senegalese people (during traditional ceremonies, for example, and in their day to day lives).
Because children are more sensitive, parents should therefore be particularly vigilant in protecting them from the sun and against mosquitoes, and in making sure they drink enough water.
Accor, with 3 hotels in Dakar: Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis. The Club Med, Sheraton, Radisson Blu. Other international groups are also running major hotel projects.


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Propellers Club
Ticket sales support the majority of the work we do here at Jet City Improv, but that can only take us so far. Luckily for us, there is a team of donors from around the world that pitch in every month to help support not only our busy production schedule, but our education and outreach programs as well.
We call them the Propellers Club because they keep us flying!
Ready to be a part of the team? Sign up to support Jet City Improv with an ongoing monthly donation of as little as $10/month and enjoy good feelings all year long, plus the following:
- Invitations to special events with casts and crews.
- A year-round code that takes $2 off on online purchases of tickets.
- A brass propeller pin (that really spins!) that you can wear with pride!
All it takes is a one-time registration of your credit card and you're set. The amount you give is up to you and can be changed at any time.
Once you've joined the Propellers Club, your fully-deductible donations will occur automatically every month and add up to a big tax deduction at the end of next year. Go Propellers!


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We keep wondering to provide custom name to exported excel file from SSRS. SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 has provided an easy way to do so. I will explain you with an example how?
For this example I'll be starting off from the report created for Payables Consolidations in Dynamics GP.
The Scenario
Payables Transaction Entry has different kind of Document types like Invoice, Payment, Credit Memo, Finance Charge and Misc Charge. When the report gets exported to Excel, each document should get its own sheet name based on document type. So all documents from the invoice category should be located in a sheet called "Invoice", all payments in a sheet called "Payment", and so on.
The Report
Starting Position
Let's first have a quick look what the export to Excel currently looks like, without any modifications to the report.
All records are being exported to just one sheet. And, by default, the name of the sheet is the name of the report. (I made a copy of my existing report and called it Payables_Consolidation.rdl.)
In case you want to change the default name of the sheet, it's possible. On the report itself, there's a property called InitialPageName.
Fill in a value and here's the result in Excel:
Adding The DOCTYPE Group
To be able to get the different document type into different sheets, we need to add a group on Document Type to the tablix in the report.
With the tablix selected, right-click the Details line in the Row Groups pane and select Add Group > Parent Group. Select DocType as field to group by and activate the Add group header checkbox.
Remove the group column that gets added automatically and move the header cells from the main header to the group header. Delete the main header row so that you end up with something like this:
Open up the Group Properties by double-clicking the new DocType item in the Row Groups pane. Select the Page Breaks page and activate the Between each instance of a group checkbox. Doing this ensures that each group gets its own page in the report, and its own sheet in Excel.
Let's render the report and export to Excel to have a look at the effect of adding these page breaks.
Indeed, every group has gotten its own worksheet. However, they've also gotten the very original names such as Sheet1, Sheet2 and so on.
Customizing The Names Of The Sheets
On to the final part of the requirements: giving our own customized name to the generated Excel sheets. This is actually really easy once you know how to do this.
First select the DocType group in the Row Groups pane so that its properties are displayed in the Properties pane. In the Properties pane, locate the Group > PageName property and specify the following expression:
That's it, that's all you need to do! Don't believe me? Here's what the export to Excel now looks like:
As we've seen in this article, it really doesn't take too much effort to implement a custom name for the worksheets when exporting a report to Excel.
Written By: Sunil Chaudhary (Dynamics GP Team, Cipher Dynamics)


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The stunning Sarah Carmosino has released the official video for her debut single "Company" & this song is one you will love!
The song has such a beautiful melody to it, and you will be lost within the sweet & pure melody, that you will want to keep listening to it.
Sarah's vocals perfectly shine through the song & suit the tone of the song beautifully. This girl has such a massive career ahead of her, and it is very well deserved.
You can check out the official video for "Company" below.