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by John Gregersen
The Morikami Museum recently acquired a rare historic artifact to add to its collection, an early photograph, printed as a post card, that depicts Yamato colonists gathered at the beach on New Year's Day, 1907. The date of the photograph appears on the reverse side, written by an unknown person many decades ago who also thought to identify the individuals appearing in the photo. The fact that we can match names to faces makes this a particularly exciting find. The unusual manner in which the photograph came to light also adds to its interest.
The photograph shows twenty serious-looking Japanese men either standing or sitting in three rows beneath a shelter constructed on the beach. They appear before the flags of the United States and Japan, and are dressed mostly in dark suits, although one appears to wear a military uniform and two others school uniforms. They have gone to the beach to celebrate the New Year, perhaps the most important observance of the Japanese calendar, but no one appears to be contemplating a swim.
On the reverse side, a notation written in neat, precisely formed Japanese characters, states that the photograph was taken on January 1, "Meiji 40" (1907), at "Yamato-mura" (Yamato village), Florida. Although the Japanese sometimes used the name, "Yamato Colony," they just as often used "Yamato-mura" to identify their settlement in documents written in Japanese.
What makes this document especially valuable is the list of names that also appears on the reverse side as a key to the identities of the young men in the photo. The museum has in its possession a similar, earlier photograph of Yamato colonists, possibly taken at the Dade County Fair in 1905, on which someone decades ago inscribed a numeral beside each individual pictured. Maddeningly, the key to which the numerals refer was lost before the photo came to the museum, permitting staff to identify only four of the colonists pictured. Few individuals appear in both photographs, confirming the high turnover rate among settlers that is suggested by other documentation.
Several of the settlers appearing in the recently discovered photo are known to Morikami staff even without the key. Colony founder Jo Sakai (front row, far right) and his brother, Tamemasu ("Henry") Kamiya (middle of the second row) are both seen here, as is 19-year-old Sukeji ("George") Morikami (front row, far left). As one of earliest photos to capture Morikami's likeness, it was taken just seven months after his arrival at the colony in May, 1906. Conspicuously absent from the gathering, though, is Mitsusaburo Oki, Morikami's sponsor and Sakai's and Kamiya's brother-in-law, who died of malaria just two weeks before the New Year's excursion to the beach.
Some settlers who are known from other documentary sources are seen for the first time in this photograph. The shadowy figure appearing in the back row at far left is a settler known only as Murakami, who is mentioned several times in the diaries of Boca Raton pioneer Frank Chesebro. Murakami is also identified in a 1908 issue of the Japanese American Commercial Weekly, published in New York, as head of one of the seven colony "units" (kumi, literally, groups) that farmed its own land in Yamato. Chesebro may have known Murakami better than he did other colonists because his wife and Mrs. Murakami, who was not Japanese, were friends. In his diaries, Chesebro never spelled "Murakami" the same way twice, but always did so in a highly creative fashion.
Seated just in front of Murakami is Masuji Sakai, the older brother of Jo Sakai and Henry Kamiya. While his interest in the colony effort was known and his presence in Florida for a time suspected, no documentary evidence was known to confirm it until the appearance of this photograph. One wonders what Sakai is thinking about as he absently gazes to the left (his right), the only one of the group not looking at the camera. His brother, Jo Sakai, would leave Florida in a few weeks to return the ashes of his brother-in-law, Mitsusaburo Oki, to Japan. It is not implausible that Masuji Sakai left with him, since his presence otherwise seems to have left no impact on the historic record.
Also seated in the middle row are the settler known as A. Ninomiya (second from right) and Count Masakuni Okudaira (third from left). Nininomiya's first mention in any document is in the 1910 Census. Ninomiya created more of a stir in death that he did in life. Like Oki, he passed away while residing in Florida, his cremation in 1915 the last performed by the Yamato colonists. A problem in shipping his ashes to Japan, which exceeded the weight limit for parcel post, was reported in the local press. At least one paper outside of the state picked up on the news item, but chose to handle the incident facetiously.
Count Okudaira's title led to the widespread rumor that he and other colonists were related to the imperial family. The museum owns one other photograph of this individual, a gift of his daughter, Takako Okudaira. It portrays him in uniform as an employee, ironically, of the Imperial Household Agency, which he joined after leaving the colony and returning to Japan. This is the only image of Okudaira during his years as a colony member. A Yamato colonist whom he recruited from Nakatsu, the castle town in Oita Prefecture where both were from, is Ryuzo Oshima, seated in the front row, third from left. On the passengers' manifest for the Shinano-Maru, the ship on which he had booked passage to North America, Oshima is quoted as saying that his final destination and reason for travel is "to join my friend Jo Sakai, Yamato Colony, Wyman, Florida." Wyman was the name of the post office that served the colony before Jo Sakai sought to have its name changed to Yamato. Like Okudaira, Sakai, Kamiya, and Murakami, Oshima was also identified in 1908 by the Japanese American Commercial Weekly as head of one of the colony's self-sufficient units, or kumi.
The photograph came from a completely unexpected source. While most historic photographs of the Yamato Colony in the collection of the Morikami Museum derive from the descendants of the colonists, if not from George Morikami himself, the ownership of this photo over the century since 1907 is unknown (it may have belonged to the individual seated beside Jo Sakai, whose name in the key is treated with a degree of familiarity unknown to the others). The existence of the photograph was "discovered" on-line by Ryusuke Kawai, a Japanese writer who recently published a book in Japanese on the colony, George Morikami, and the Morikami Museum. He found the photo on a Japanese website offering antique photographs for sale. The person making the photo available found it at a flea market, and was unaware of who it depicted other than what he could gather from the notation written on the back.


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Age 16.
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Giant George can sit up in a chair like a human, but for his flight from Tucson to Chicago to visit Oprah on her television show, producers bought him tickets for four seats in the plane's middle section. When you're the newly crowned Guinness World Record holder of Tallest Living Dog and Tallest Dog Ever, you deserve a little room to spread out.
The 4-year-old Great Dane measures 3 ft., 7 in. from paw to shoulder, weighs nearly 250 lbs., and beat the previous record holder Titan's height by 0.75 inches.
"This is a hotly contested record and after some controversy and conflicting media reports we decided to send our own official adjudicator to put the final stamp on this record holder. We can indeed say now that George is the top dog," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said in a statement.
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Michael Vick is officially on another planet. According to a story at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the disgraced quarterback who holds the all-time record for fantasy QB draft busts says he is hoping to earn $10 million per year upon release from sabbatical in Federal Prison. $10 million……..per year.
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Maybe in an alternate universe there's a chance to make Peyton Manning money for a guy with a QB rating of 75. But on the planet Earth, some team in desparate need of a backup QB, hoping Vick still can run a little after a 3-year hiatus will take a chance on him……….for the veteran league minimum, which is about $9.4 million less than $10 million.
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Much too soon for fans of Whole Living magazine, the last issue recently arrived in our mailboxes. Sadly, the January/February 2013 edition will be the last printed, while the title will live on—like so many magazine closures do these days—online.
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Good morning, good God!
What a gift is this day, Lord,
and though I often forget,
I know you always give me
just one day at a time...
Not a few days in a bunch,
not a week, a month or a year:
you give me but one day at a time
and that's more than enough, Lord,
more than enough for today…
All my yesterdays and yesteryears
came also from your hand
but they are past and they are gone
while this day's gift is new and fresh:
a day that you have made…
And while I trust tomorrow
will be in your loving care,
will be in your loving care,
my future is unknown to me,
still stored within your heart,
a mystery past my reach…
You've given me this one day, Lord,
no more than that
and, I pray and hope,
and, I pray and hope,
no less...
So I offer you this day
and pray that in its course I'll find you:
walking by my side,
pulsing in my heart,
coloring my thoughts,
guiding my decisions,
speaking in my prayer,
generous in mercy,
generous in mercy,
giving me your strength,
calling me to rest
and holding me in love...
I offer you this one day, Lord,
and pray I won't be burdened
by memories of what's past,
by sorrows born of loss,
by worry of what's yet to be,
by fear of what's unknown...
I offer just this one day, Lord:
let my heart be open to your grace
to welcome in your peace;
and let my hands reach out
to serve my neighbors' needs...
Help me live this day you've offered
for my living and my breathing,
my growing and my giving
and my sharing what I have with those in need...
Today's the day you've made, O Lord:
let me rejoice in it and find my joy!
let me rejoice in it and find my joy!
Receive my offering of this day and at its close
I pray you'll grant me, Lord,
I pray you'll grant me, Lord,
a night of peaceful rest and sleep...
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- Bart Fasbender
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- Brian Fauska
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- Denise Damico
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Lorenzo Pisoni
Seattle Repertory Theatre: Tuesday's With Morrie, The Great Gatsby. Broadway: Equus (Broadhurst), Henry IV (Lincoln Center). Off Broadway: Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It (Public Theater/NYSF); Humor Abuse, Last Dance (Manhattan Theatre Club); Election Day (Second Stage), The Devil's Disciple (Irish Repertory Theatre); Troilus and Cressida (Theatre for a New Audience). Selected Regional: The Injured Party (South Coast Rep), The Great Gatsby (The Guthrie), The Gamester (American Conservatory Theater), The Tempest (The McCarter), Arms and the Man (BSC). Film /TV: The Adjustment Bureau, Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "All My Children." Other Selected Credits: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lincoln Center/ NY Phil), Pickle Family Circus, Cirque Du Soleil. Education: Vassar College. Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie, Outer Critics Circle awards. Member of Actors' Equity.
Erica Schmidt
Directing credits include Invasion! (The Play Company, Obie Award); Honey Brown Eyes (The Working Theater); The Burnt Part Boys (The Vineyard and New York Stage and Film); Humor Abuse (co-creator/writer with performer Lorenzo Pisoni, at Manhattan Theatre Club, winner: Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Drama Desk and Obie Award); Rent (Tokyo); Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer and Copland's The Tender Land (all at Bard Summer Scape); Carnival (The Paper Mill Playhouse); People Be Heard (Playwrights Horizons); Trust (The Play Company, Callaway Award nominee); As You Like It (The Public Theater/NYSF, chashama and New York International Fringe Festival 2000 Winner for Best Direction); Debbie Does Dallas (wrote the adaptation and directed Off-Broadway at the Jane Street); Spanish Girl (Second Stage Uptown); R&J and Buried Child (The Juilliard School); Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards (The McCarter's Berlind Theater, Princeton University). Princess Grace Award recipient 2001.
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Lighting Designer
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Ben has designed lighting for theater, dance, and concerts for the past 14 years throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Recent projects include Angels In America, directed by Michael Greif (Signature Theater, NYC); The Whipping Man, directed by Doug Hughes (Lortel Award & Drama Desk Nomination for Best Lighting Design, MTC); and Sufjan Stevens' Age Of Adz (European tour and Prospect Park Concerts). In New York, Ben has designed at The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Roundabout Underground, The Signature Theatre, MCC Theater, The Vineyard Theatre, Primary Stages, The Kitchen, Daryl Roth Theatre, Edge Theatre, The Rattlestick Theater, and The StageFARM among others. Regional theater credits include The Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Rep, Huntington Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co., The McCarter Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep. Chautauqua Theater Co., Bay Street Theatre, New York Stage and Film, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Bart Fasbender
Sound Designer
Honey Brown Eyes (The Working Theater), Invasion and Trust (PlayCo), Slag Heap (Cherry Lane), Spanish Girl (Second Stage), Don't Blink (The Directors Company), Top Girls (Fordham University) and Arms And The Man (Barrington Stage), all directed by Ms. Schmidt. Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. NY: Blood From A Stone (The New Group), Apple Cove (Women's Project), Three Changes and Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons), Graceland (Lincoln Center), Mr. & Mrs. Fitch (Second Stage), Aliens (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Port Authority (The Atlantic), Body of Water (Primary Stages), Boozy..., Heddatron and Hellhouse at St. Ann's Warehouse (Les Freres Corbusier). Regional: Williamstown, NY Stage & Film, Barrington Stage, Berkshire Theater, CTG � Kirk Douglas Theater, Yerba Buena PAC, Two River Theater, TheaterWorks. Hewes Award Nominee.
Brian Fauska
Scenic Coordinator
Brian is thrilled to be part of such a talented team during his first time working in this capacity. A Seattle native, Brian has been part of several productions locally at Seattle Children's Theatre, ACT, Intiman, the 5th Avenue Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, and here at Seattle Rep where he is in his second season as the Technical Director after four years as the Assistant Technical Director. Brian studied Technical Direction at Cornish College of the Arts.
Denise Damico
Costume Coordinator
Denise has worked in theatre, film and television for more than 25 years as an actor, fringe theatre founder, and designer. Here at the Rep she has designed costumes for The K of D, an urban legend, Breakin' Hearts & Takin' Names and How, How, How, Why, Why, Why. She also designed costumes for The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's premiere of Robert Schenkkan's play By the Waters of Babylon, directed by Bill Rauch. Working on new plays is a favorite. Some other premieres have been Like I Say by Len Jenkins, directed by Robert Egan; A Quiet Love for San Diego Rep; and the Mark Taper Forum's New Works Festival. Other Seattle theatre community designs were seen in The Village Theatre's production of Bye Bye Birdie.


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I arrived in Orlando this afternoon for the last CKU of 2007. These shows are so cool. It is amazing to see hundreds of like-minded people gathering together to celebrate what's important to them, to have a great time, to take cool classes, get cool product, and have a little break from the day-to-day.
Lately I've been feeling a little kind of scraped-out. Like there isn't that much left of me to give. I don't know if this feeling is exhaustion or burnout or just a mood-swing, or one of the ebbs and flows of life and creativity. One thing I do see clearly now, that I need to do better, is to take time for important things. I see now that part of this murky sort of "something's wrong" feeling is that I'm unbalanced in the way I've been living.
You know what's amazing, though? I realized this because of your quotes.
I began to realize why I have been feeling this way for several weeks when I started reading the words you were suggesting for my wall. Little did I know that I really WAS searching for a few good words. I have always loved quotes. I love the power of a few words to change a mood, to lift my spirit, even to change my life. Annie Dillard says that a writer must be careful what she reads, for this is what she will write. I think that this applies to what a person thinks, and how a person spends their time. More on that in a second.
Maybe I haven't been reading enough amazing quotes? :) So thank you. You didn't need to take the time to write your favorite quotes down, and to participate in the exercise, but you did. And you need to know that it has changed me. Helped me refocus. Recommit. Both to spending time on the things that matter most to me, and also to spending time on things of most benefit to me. I love learning things in Photoshop, and experimenting and messing around, but I've been so busy that I've had to fall back on known things in order to meet deadlines. Not a bad thing - until all I'm doing is chasing deadlines, with no time for play (we'll call that "research", right? ;)).
Back to the Annie Dillard quote - I picked up a book in the airport today, called "Blink", which, among other things, talks about the power of the unconscious mind.
The author goes through stories to explain the idea that our gut reactions are often much smarter than our conscious mind is. One thing so far has stuck out to me, though:
The author explains the concept of "priming", in which they expose test subjects to seemingly unrelated ideas that actually have an effect on the way those subjects acted.
Example 1: An experiment in which the test subjects were given a sheet of paper with several sets of words on it, and asked to make sentences from them. Intermixed in the words are references to aging: old, lonely, gray, bingo, and so on. Not enough that the conscious mind picked up on the pattern, but, the author says, people actually left the room walking slower - "primed" to feel old.
Example 2: Two groups of students are given a test with forty-two identical questions from Trivial Pursuit. One group is asked beforehand to write for five minutes about the topic of what it would mean to be a professor. The other group writes about "soccer hooligans". The students who were "primed" to think about professors did measurably better on the question set than the soccer hooligans group.
It seems that the unconscious has a great effect on how we behave, and even how successful we are at the things we do. Mr. Gladwell says, "Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions … by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions… Taking rapid cognition seriously - acknowledging the incredible power - for good and ill- that first impressions play in our lives - requires that we take active steps to manage and control those impressions."
I think he and Annie Dillard have things right.
So thanks again, for brightening my life with your quotes, and your comments. I see now how important it is to take time to "prime" myself for what I do day-to-day (creatively, and as a mama and wife, and in all the aspects of life). I haven't been, and I'm going to fix it. :)
Maybe that's also why CKU is so powerful - it's an entire weekend of conscious and unconscious validation, celebration of ourselves as creative individuals. I always go home from CKU exhausted but energized, and this might be why.
More from CKU tomorrow night!


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Great job on this card! I did one like that, too, but I like yours better! Mine's on pink.ReplyDelete
This is very pretty! You are a super speedy card-maker to have all three cards done already! It took me hours just to do my one, since that particular technique was something I had not tried before, however I really did enjoy it and after a few trial runs, I was happy with my card in the end! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment!!ReplyDeleteReplies
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A rigorous analysis of the collapse of the world economy in 2008—and why things don't seem to be getting better.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Pirates and counting
20 comments:
- Ms.Paris said...
SO he only needs two pirates to agree with the way he has divided the coins, so he only needs to give two of the oher 4 men coins and would want to give them the same amount (again so they do not disagree). The smallest number that can be divided between the two pirates is obviously 2. So one coin for each of the two and 98 for him (maximizing his wealth). However, in theory couldn't the two pirates who each got one coin feel that they deserved more and then disagree? Then the head pirate would be killed and the remaining pirates could potentially split the 100 coins 4 ways giving each man 25 coins.
I hope someone knows the answer to this!!!
- August 30, 2007 at 9:27 AM
- K.G. said...
The top pirate doesn't *need* to end up with 98percent of the gold, he just needs to not get killed. So he divides the gold into thirds (yes, they used to cut coins to make smaller denominations), giving one third to himself and the remaining two thirds to his two top pirates, and the three of them have the vote. That is, if the top pirate gets to vote. If he can only propose the division but not vote, his problem is a tad deeper, he needs to divide the gold into fourths... On the other hand, he's a pirate; just shoot the other 4 and take all the gold... ;-)
- August 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
- Josh said...
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- August 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
- Ben said...
I believe that the only way that the first pirate to live and have any gold for himself is to take one coin for himself give 1 to the #2 guy and give the remaining 98 to the last prate. He would definitely get the last pirates vote. If pirate 2 rationalized that if he voted against this distribution that it would ultimately result in his demise I think the second pirate would vote to accept the distribution. This makes the assumption that if they killed one pirate that the next in line would be in charge of the distribution. It also assumes that the last pirate would only not kill if it made financial sense.
What do you think?
- August 30, 2007 at 2:13 PM
- Ben said...
Here is the answer taken from another website
Assuming that the pirates are motivated primarily by survival, then to a lesser extent by greed and finally to the least extent by sadism (i.e. they'd prefer to receive a gold coin and see someone get executed than just receive one coin earlier, but would prefer one coin to none and an execution; and obviously would prefer 0 coins and surviving to 100 coins and being executed), and act in a logical way, what is the maximum number of coins the eldest pirate can get?
Although the problem revolves around the eldest pirate, in order to solve the problem it is preferable to work from the youngest and work up to the case of eldest. Thus let the youngest pirate be A and the eldest pirate E.
A knows that if only he and B survive the earlier rounds, then B will get all 100 coins as his vote in favour counts as a majority. He also knows that B will prefer this outcome above all others and so will vote against any proposal made by C - even if C offers all 100 coins to B, he'd rather see C get executed and then take the 100 coins than just take the coins from C. As C will obviously vote for his own proposal, A therefore will vote in favour of any proposal by C which offers him just a single gold coin, as by voting for he receives a coin whereas by voting against he receives 0.
In order for his proposal to be accepted, D needs one other to vote with him. By offering 100 coins to C he can secure his vote, as this is more than the 99 he will receive if D is executed and he is forced to buy A's vote. However, B's vote can effectively be bought for 1 gold coin as he knows that if D is executed, A and C will split the coins between them and so he receives nothing. An offer of 0 to B is insufficient to secure his vote as he'd prefer to see D get executed and then receive 0 from C than simply accept 0 at this stage.
Thus in the case of 4 pirates, D receives 99 coins and B receives 1, whilst A and C receive 0. In order to get his proposal accepted E (the eldest in this case) requires the vote of 2 others, and it will obviously be easiest to get these votes from A and C who know they will get 0 coins if they vote against. In order to over-rule the sadism motive for A and C he only needs to offer them a single coin each.
Hence the eldest pirate can survive and keep 98 of the gold coins by offering 1 to A and C.
- August 30, 2007 at 3:20 PM
- Matthew said...
silly answers. sadism motive? too much over-thinking.
the answer is pure logic, not pirate psychology.
ANS: pirate one must either give it all away or be killed (why? because pirate 2 and 3 will hold out only for 50 and 50). But if he is killed, the dividing of the coins is the same process for the next highest ranked pirate, and the new top pirate faces the same dilemma, give it all away or be killed, until there are two pirates left, and the lower pirate disagrees to any offer except all of the coins. SO, pirate one explains this to the other pirates, who now understand, and pirates 2 and 3 know that they have to accept his minimum offer of 1 coin each or they get none. The top pirate keeps all 98 of the rest.
Pure logic. no psych. I got the e-bay job!
- August 30, 2007 at 8:12 PM
- I Blog said...
Pirate 4 knows that he will get killed and not keep any gold if he gets to propose how it is divided, since #5 would always vote no, so he is the most motivated to accept 1 coin. Pirate 3 knows that pirate 4 will accept 1 coin when #3 gets to propose the division, so pirate 3 will not vote for any division by pirate 1 because he wants to hold out for 99 coins. Pirate 2 also knows that pirate 4 would take 1 coin from him to vote for the division, but pirates 3 and 5 would never vote for the division by pirate 2. So Pirate 1 gives 1 coin to pirate 2, 1 coin to pirate 4, and keeps 98 coins for himself.
- August 30, 2007 at 8:58 PM
- Matthew said...
i blog offers a more nuanced, and developed answer, determining which of the two would most likely accept one coin each from pirate one. But the assumption is that all the pirates have an equal ability to reason out the logical conclusion, pirate three no less than pirate four; meaning that pirate three would as easily accept 1 coin knowing his other option is zero - seeing how favorable pirate four looks on.
- August 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM
- Matthew said...
final thought, i think prate 4 and 5 are the most likely to accept one coin each from pirate 1. 4 is obvious, but why 5? well, pirate 3 will vote no regardless of the offer from 1 or 2 (i blog is right). If pirate 3 decides, pirate 4 will accept one coin to be sure while 3 gets 99. 5 knows this and must prevent pirate 3 from deciding. His offer will not change regardless if pirate 1 or 2 is offering, he still gets one coin. So pirate 1 must offer 4 and 5 the one coin a piece. Here is why 2 would not accept one coin from pirate 1: he knows that 4 and 5 would take the same deal from him that they would take from pirate 1. so he must vote no, along with pirate 3 who always votes no.
pirate 1 - 98
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 1
5 - 1
- August 31, 2007 at 12:09 AM
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- August 31, 2007 at 12:55 AM
- Don said...
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- August 31, 2007 at 1:20 AM
- I Blog said...
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- August 31, 2007 at 1:24 AM
- I Blog said...
After giving it more thought, I'm more confident in the following:
In order to be sure that a pirate will vote yes, the pirate must be offered one more coin than he can expect from an offer coming later. Using that logic, I'm going to change my answer.
Please note that pirate 1 is the first pirate to divide the money.
Pirate 3 can give 1 coin to pirate 4 and get his vote, since pirate 4 can never win pirate 5's vote.
So pirate 2 can give 2 coins to pirate 4 (1 more than the minimum he can expect from pirate 3) and 1 coin to pirate 5 (also 1 more than the minimum he can expect from pirate 3) and get their votes, keeping 97 for himself. Pirate 3 gets none if pirate 2 divides the money.
In order to get pirate 5's vote, pirate 1 must offer 2 coins to pirate 5. In order to get pirate 3's vote, he must offer 1 coin to pirate 3.
Pirate 5 is satisfied because he gets 1 more coin than if pirate 2 divides it.
Pirate 3 votes for the division because he wouldn't get any coins if pirate 2 gets to divide the coins.
So I'm going to change my answer to pirate 1 giving 2 coins to pirate 5, 1 coin to pirate 3, and keeping 97 for himself.
pirate 1 - 97
2 - 0
3 - 1
4 - 0
5 - 2
- August 31, 2007 at 1:29 AM
- Matthew said...
i blog, i like what you say about pirate 5, but he's getting 1 coin from 2, so why would he demand 1 more from pirate 1? just to be an asshole? maybe you're right and he holds out for two....anyway, three will never vote for yes, he knows 99 are coming his way. four is in the bag with 1.
pirate 1 - 97
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 1
5 - 2
- August 31, 2007 at 2:06 AM
- Matthew said...
yes, yes, i blog... i see why you say three will accept one coin now. true. 5 could be an asshole and ought to be given 2.
your tally is right. very nice.
- August 31, 2007 at 2:19 AM
- Matthew said...
one last correction...
pirate 4 knows he's getting two from pirate 2, and nothing from pirate 1, while 5 is offered 2. Yet pirate 4 determines 1 is better than zero, knowing pirate 5 will be bought off with two. Pirate 4 will accept one coin from pirate 1.
New tally:
pirate 1 - 98
2 - 0
3 - 1
4 - 1
5 - 0
- August 31, 2007 at 2:36 AM
- I Blog said...
What if we consider pirates 3 and 4 can make deals before the vote, and they both agree to vote no for anything pirates 1 and 2 do, since pirate 3 will tell pirate 4 that he'll give him 1 more than either of the others will?
If pirate 1 can convince pirates 2 and 5 that this is true, pirate 2 would not be able to keep any coins when it is his turn, so he would take 1 coin from pirate 1. Pirate 5 would also take 1 coin, leaving pirate 1 with 98.
pirate 1 - 98
2 - 1
3 - 0
4 - 0
5 - 1
- August 31, 2007 at 7:14 AM
- HifiMaven said...
@i blog, Why should pirate 1 care what pirate 2 think or feels?
- August 31, 2007 at 7:37 AM
- I Blog said...
Pirate 1 needs pirate 2's vote along with pirate 5's vote in order to get at least half of the votes.
Pirate 1 needs to convince pirate 2 that if pirate 2 gets to divide the money, both pirates 3 and 4 will vote against it, leaving pirate 2 with none and losing his life. So then pirate 1 can offer 1 coin to pirate 2 and he is satisfied, voting for it.
This can work because the most pirate 2 can offer pirate 4 is 98 coins, whereas pirate 3 can tell pirate 4 that he'll give him 1 more than that, 99 coins, to get pirate 4 to vote the way he wants.
- September 1, 2007 at 12:25 AM
- Matthew said...
called pirates 3 and 4, they accepted 1 coin each. spent the 98 on whiskey and a tranny. no regrets.
- September 1, 2007 at 8:43 PM


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End SOCAL-15 Phase II
Well we have come to the end of our field effort for the SOCAL-BRS summer 2015 effort. We have had some good accomplishments, including tagging 9 animals of three of our four focal species (fin and blue whales plus Risso's dolphin – we did not manage to tag a beaked whale this time). We were also able to conduct five full experimental sequences among these tagged animals (including the blue whale pictured below; J. Calambokidis taken under NMFS permit #14534), including one coordinated with a real Navy ship in the course of it's normal training operation.
However, this has been among the more challenging periods of effort on this project for a number of reasons. Among them was the predominately offshore and thin distribution of whales off southern California. The very warm waters have brought in a lot of more typically southern species, including lots of tuna, mahi mahi, and hammerhead sharks, but they have also pushed the whales more offshore and to areas further to the north through effects on their prey distribution. Our being offshore so much during this period limited the blog updates and also meant we worked less in some of our more familiar and typical areas such as around Long Beach and Palos Verdes. Lastly, we unfortunately had two of our recording tags fail and were not (yet!) recovered. Last year we lost one and someone kayaking in LaJolla found it. So if you are out down there and see something shiny and gold/black with an antenna popping out of it, make sure to grab it and give us a call!
Many people are required to complete the kind of complex, dispersed, and physically challenging efforts that these projects are. I want to personally thank all of our field team for their dedicated effort. I would also like to thank the crew of the Truth from Truth Aquatics, notably Davey Woodland. We also very much appreciate the continued help, support, and encouragement from Diane Alps and our friends at the Cabrillo Marine Aquiarium. We will be back on the water in a smaller shore-based contingent in about a month and I will pick the blog back up then. We expect to have at least one new paper coming out between now and then so stay tuned. You can find more resources and information on the project through the webpage <www.socal-brs.org> and look for the drop down menus for each year. Or email me personally at firstname.lastname@example.com with questions, comments, or to get any reprints of our papers not already available on the site.
Warm Waters and Offshore Whales
SOCAL-BRS is progressing well in some ways, despite the extremely limited distribution of large baleen whales in some of our typical coastal areas. As you may have read, the strong El Nino conditions that are setting up off California have resulted in some very warm water temperatures. As a result, we are seeing a lot more large whales spread out and much further offshore in deeper water and typically in some deeper diving modes where they can be a little harder to approach and tag. We have been in some of the offshore waters and have had some success in tagging and conducting three experimental sequences so far in the first five days of this field phase. We have tagged several fin whales and blue whales (including the one below) and a single Risso's dolphin (though just briefly on the later).
DTAG on a blue whale off southern California (J. Calambokidis, permit #14534)
We have been searching all day and night for one wayward tag with some important data on it (if you are off Oceanside fishing and you see something gold floating in the water…). We have also included some longer term TDR kinds of sensors that let us track animals for longer periods but with less resolution and we are using these in concert with the high resolution shorter term tags. The weather forecast for some of the further offshore areas doesn't look great for the next few days but we will get back out there and hope to have some workable periods. We will report some additional results and post some additional photos in the next few days
Good start with fin whales
SOCAL-BRS is now operational for our second field phase of 2015. We are working with several research vessels including the Truth out of Santa Barbara and have been searching the coastal and offshore waters for our focal species. These include endangered blue and fin whales as well as beaked whales and Risso's dolphins. Again, you can find much more information about our objectives and methods in the SOCAL-15 Public Summary linked from the SOCAL-15 page in the drop down menu on the SOCAL-BRS main page.This blog will serve to provide short updates of our field progress.
The first few days have seen a few good things, but honestly a fair amount of area covered without a lot of focal animals. The very warm surface ocean temperatures you may have been reading about almost certainly has a lot to do with that and we are simply not seeing many large whales feeding in areas where we commonly see them. This is proving a little challenging, but the approach on this project has always been to have contingency areas and focal species. Accordingly, we have moved to some slightly more offshore areas. Yesterday we tagged a Risso's dolphin but the tag was off quickly and today we had some good success in managing to tag an adult fin whale with an acoustic and movement recording tag (see below – credit: J. Calambokidis taken under NMFS permit # 14534).
We hope to move a little further offshore tomorrow to search some new areas with relatively good weather. If we stay out there our communications are quite limited, but we will update the blog with more information. In the meantime, please do check out the rest of the site for some of our work, including the many recent papers announced and linked from the site resulting from our experimental research on this project.
SOCAL-BRS in the Field – Follow us!
On behalf of all the collaborators and partnering organizations that are a part of the amazing field research effort known as the Southern California Behavioral Response Study (SOCAL-BRS), I would like to make folks who follow our blog aware that we have just started another phase of field work in this continuing project.
You can find more information specifically on this year's plans and objectives at <www.socal-brs.org> and specifically <http://sea-inc.net/socal-brs/socal-15/>. There is a .pdf public summary describing the work there and many of the dozen peer-reviewed scientific publications from this prolific project are available there. I serve as the Chief Scientist of this project and am willing and completely available to address any questions or comments or requests for reprints or informations <firstname.lastname@example.com>
We have made an very specific point to be very transparent and open in our interactions and information about this project. The above referenced summary is an example, as is our from-the-field blog which will appear here and will give semi-regular updates on our progress. There will be postings every several days at this site to provide that information, including photos to show focal species and tagged animals. Today was our first day on the water and while the distribution of baleen whales looks to be quite thin right now – owing almost certainly to the quite warm water – we did have visual detections and tag attempts on blue and fin whales and Risso's dolphins today (but had just one very short attachment).
Thanks for your interest in our work and for following the from the field blog. Please do provide appropriate feedback and comments here or by email.
New SOCAL-BRS publication on fin whale vocalizations
The SOCAL-BRS team is proud to announce the publication of an important new paper on the calling behavior of endangered fin whales (like the one below, tagged with one of the sensors described in the paper – credit J. Calambokidis under NMFS permit #14534).
Dr. Alison Stimpert of Moss Landing Marine Laboratory led the study, which provides key baseline information on the calling and kinematic movement behavior of these amazing animals. The reference for this paper and the DOI number is given below – you can freely obtain this paper through Open Access.
Stimpert et al. Animal Biotelemetry (2015) 3:23
DOI 10.1186/s40317-015-0058-3
Sound production and associated behavior of tagged fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern California Bight
Alison K Stimpert1*, Stacy L DeRuiter2,3, Erin A Falcone4, John Joseph5, Annie B Douglas4, David J Moretti6, Ari S Friedlaender7,8, John Calambokidis4, Glenn Gailey4, Peter L Tyack9 and Jeremy A Goldbogen10
1 Vertebrate Ecology Laboratory, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, USA.
2 Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LZ, Scotland, UK.
3 Mathematics and Statistics Department, Calvin College, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, USA.
4 Cascadia Research Collective, 218 1/2 W.Fourth Ave., Olympia, WA 98501, USA.
5 Ocean Acoustics Laboratory, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.
6 Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI, USA.
7 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365, USA.
8 Southall Environmental Associates, Aptos, CA 95003, USA.
9 Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews KY16 8LB, Scotland, UK.
10 Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 120 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
The new SOCAL-15 page on www.socal-brs.org is now available at: <http://sea-inc.net/socal-brs/socal-15/>. On this page you will find a public summary of our research plans for 2015 <http://sea-inc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SOCAL15-summary.pdf>.
We expect to have our primary research efforts in August and October-November this year and we will provide a blog announcement of the beginning of the from-the-field blog posts that a number of people have enjoyed following as we report our progress in (near) real time from the field.
On behalf of the research team collaborating on the SOCAL-BRS project to study the behavior of marine mammals in southern California and their responses to human sounds including military sonar, I am pleased to report the completion of our 2014 annual research report. This includes some work that ran later in the season this year and we recently completed the report and are glad to make it publicly available.
The report is available at <http://sea-inc.net/assets/pdf/SOCAL14_final_report.pdf>
Risso's dolphins in social interactions off California (Credit: B. Southall; NMFS permit #14534)
Within this report we provide details on our activities and accomplishments in 2014. We also reference the increasing number of scientific publications the project has and continues to generate. A number of these papers are referenced in the report and available in our resources page here and linked from the main SOCAL-BRS page available at <www.socal-brs.org>. Any of these are also available by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Southall, B. L., J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, J, Hildebrand, C. Kyburg, R. Carlson, A. Friedlaender, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, A. Douglas, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, J. Barlow. (2011). Project report: Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2010 (SOCAL-10).
Southall, B. L., J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, J, Hildebrand, C. Kyburg, R. Carlson, A. Friedlaender, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, A. Douglas, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, J. Barlow. (2012). Project report: Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2011 (SOCAL-11).
Southall, B. L., D. Moretti, B. Abraham, J. Calambokidis, P.L. Tyack. (2012). Marine Mammal Behavioral Response Studies in Southern California: Advances in Technology and Experimental Methods. Marine Technology Society Journal 46, 46-59.
Goldbogen J.A., Calambokidis J., Friedlaender A.S., Francis J., DeRuiter S.L., Stimpert A.K., Falcone E., Southall B.L. (2012). Underwater acrobatics by the world's largest predator: 360° rolling manoeuvres by lunge-feeding blue whales. Biology Letters 9:20120986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0986
Southall, B. L., J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, J, Hildebrand, C. Kyburg, R. Carlson, A. Friedlaender, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, K. Southall, A. Douglas, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, J. Barlow. (2013). Project report: Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2012 (SOCAL-12).
DeRuiter S.L., Southall B.L., Calambokidis J., Zimmer W.M.X., Sadykova D., Falcone E.A., Friedlaender A.S., Joseph J.E., Moretti, D., Schorr G.S., Thomas L., Tyack P.L. (2013). First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. Biology Letters 9: 20130223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0223.
Goldbogen J.A., Southall B.L., DeRuiter S.L., Calambokidis J., Friedlaender A.S., Hazen E.L., Falcone E.A., Schorr G.S., Douglass A., Moretti D.J., Kyburg C., McKenna M.F., Tyack P.L. (2013). Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 20130657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0657
Yack, T.M., J. Barlow, J. Calambokidis, B. Southall, S. Coates. (2013). Identification of previously unknown beaked whale habitat in the Southern California Bight using a towed hydrophone array. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 134, 2589-2597.
Southall, B. L., J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, A. Friedlaender, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, K. Southall, A. Douglas, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, J. Barlow. (2014). Project report: Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2013 (SOCAL-13).
Friedlaender A.S., Goldbogen, J..A. Hazen E.L., Calambokidis, J.A., Southall, B.L. (2014). Feeding performance of sympatric blue and fin whales exploiting a common prey resource. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12134.
Goldbogen, J. A., A. K. Stimpert, S. L. DeRuiter, J. Calambokdis, A. S. Friedlaender, G. S. Schorr, D. J. Moretti, P. L. Tyack, B. L. Southall. (2014). Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales. The Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb-103259.
Stimpert, A. K., DeRuiter, S. L., Southall, B. L., Moretti, D. J., Falcone, E. A., Goldbogen, J. A., Friedlaender, A., Schorr, G.S., & Calambokidis, J. (2014). Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar. Scientific Reports, 4: 7031. DOI: 10.1038/srep07031.
Goldbogen, J. A., Hazen, E. L., Friedlaender, A. S., Calambokidis, J., DeRuiter, S. L., Stimpert, A. K., & Southall, B. L. (2014). Prey density and distribution drive the three‐dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12395.
B. Southall Delivers Visionary Research Seminar on SOCAL-BRS at ONR S&T Expo
Dr. Brandon Southall gave an invited "Visionary Research" presentation at the recent ONR Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. This expo highlights cutting edge research and innovative technology supported by ONR. Given their long-standing support of marine mammal research in a wide variety of areas, including sound and it's potential effects. Dr. Southall's lecture covered a variety of these issues but focused primarily on the technological and methodological innovations made in the SOCAL-BRS project. More information on the S&T expo is available at <http://www.onr.navy.mil/conference-event-onr/future-force-expo.aspx> and a .pdf of Dr. Southall's presentation is available on request <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
New SOCAL-BRS publication on foraging kinematics and prey distribution of blue whales
On behalf of the SOCAL-BRS project, I am happy to announce the publication of another paper resulting from our work. Lead by Dr. Jeremy Goldbogen of Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station with a number of colleagues from the SOCAL-BRS team, this paper focuses on the fine-scale kinematics of foraging behavior in endangered blue whales and how they change as a function of prey distribution. These data provide both a better basic understanding of behavior in these remarkable, largest-ever animals, but also critical baseline information from which the potential consequences of disturbance from human activities may be determined. The reference for the paper is given below as well as the summary. The .pdf is available on request from email@example.com.
Goldbogen, J. A., Hazen, E. L., Friedlaender, A. S., Calambokidis, J., DeRuiter, S. L., Stimpert, A. K., & Southall, B. L. (2015). Prey density and distribution drive the three‐dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12395.
1. Despite their importance in determining the rate of both energy gain and expenditure, how the fine-scale kinematics of foraging are modified in response to changes in prey abundance and distribution remain poorly understood in many animal ecosystems.
2. In the marine environment, bulk-filter feeders rely on dense aggregations of prey for energetically efficient foraging. Rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae) exhibit a unique form of filter feeding called lunge feeding, a process whereby discrete volumes of prey-laden water are intermittently engulfed and filtered. In many large rorqual species the size of engulfed water mass is commensurate with the whale's body size, yet is engulfed in just a few seconds. This filter-feeding mode thus requires precise coordination of the body and enlarged engulfment apparatus to maximize capture efficiency.
3. Previous studies from whale-borne tags revealed that many rorqual species perform rolling behaviours when foraging. It has been hypothesized that such acrobatic manoeuvres may be required for efficient prey capture when prey manifest in small discrete patches, but to date there has been no comprehensive analysis of prey patch characteristics during lunge feeding events. We developed a null hypothesis that blue whale kinematics are independent of prey patch characteristics.
4. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the foraging performance of blue whales, the largest filter-feeding predator and their functional response to variability in their sole prey source, krill using a generalized additive mixed model framework. We used a combination of animal-borne movement sensors and hydroacoustic prey mapping to simultaneously quantify the threedimensional foraging kinematics of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and the characteristics of targeted krill patches.
5. Our analyses rejected our null hypothesis, showing that blue whales performed more acrobatic manoeuvres, including 180° and 360° rolling lunges, when foraging on low-density krill patches. In contrast, whales targeting high-density krill patches involved less manoeuvring during lunges and higher lunge feeding rates.
6. These data demonstrate that blue whales exhibit a range of adaptive foraging strategies that maximize prey capture in different ecological contexts. Because first principles indicate that manoeuvres require more energy compared with straight trajectories, our data reveal a previously unrecognized level of complexity in predator–prey interactions that are not accounted for in optimal foraging and energetic efficiency models.


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In commemoration of the International Day of the Girl-child, a campaign, dubbed: 'Because I am a Girl' ('BIAAG'), to support quality education for girls, was, on Friday, launched in Accra.
The occasion was also used to launch the official Report of the BIAAG campaign―the State of the World's Girls 2014 Global Report― which is themed 'Pathways to Power: Creating Sustainable Change for Adolescent Girls'.
The campaign, which runs from 2012 to 2016, is being organised by Plan International, with the objective of increasing the proportion of girls who complete nine years of education and receive a quality learning experience in the world's poorest countries.
It is expected to support 4,000 marginalised girls to access and complete basic education and or acquire vocational skills by 2016 as well as promote the active participation of 4,000 girls in development through strong social networks and life skills by 2016. In all the campaign will benefit 4 million girls globally.
In an address at the launch, Mrs Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson, an Appeal Court Judge, stressed the need to prioritise girl-child education and to ensure that a conducive and friendly environment was created for the growth and advancement of the girl-child.
Mrs Justice Lovelace-Johnson noted that until girl-children were given the protection and equal justice they deserved, there was the risk of losing out on attaining stronger and healthier societies.
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For her part, the Director of Girls Education Unit (GEU) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mrs Catherine Mikado, said education and empowerment were vital tools needed by all girls on their pathway to power and, therefore, the solution to gender-based violence.
Mrs Mikado said any form of abuse on girls was likely to affect their access to quality education and their social and economic empowerment.
She, therefore, called on all girls to report all forms of abuses perpetuated by teachers, boys and guardians against them to the rightful authorities.
Mrs Mikado reminded government of its responsibility to create an enabling environment for, and to ensure that, institutions such as the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVSU), Department of Social Welfare (DSW) and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) were functional and well-equipped to respond to, and deal with, all forms of gender-based violence in the society.
In his remarks, the country Director of Plan Ghana, Mr Prem Shukla, said the occasion provided the platform for interaction and dialogue on the many challenges preventing girls from being empowered and rising to positions of high responsibilities in society, and how the situation could be reversed through collective action.
Mr Shukla said it was time for all stakeholders to come together to devise tactical strategies to end gender injustice.
According to him, this year's Report directed its focus on the obstacles encountered by girls in their bid to attain power in order to contribute their quota to the socio-economic transformation of society.
He said the Report concluded that advancing gender justice was essential in bringing about the required institutional and strategic change, and that it was the responsibility of all elements in society to be part of efforts to provide more opportunities for girls and to increase awareness on their inequalities faced by girls in view of their gender.
The International Day of the Girl-child has been set aside by the United Nations for all stakeholders to reflect on the girl-child, the challenges they encounter and how best society can work towards improving their condition and ensuring that they grow up to be useful and productive citizens.
For its part, Plan Ghana has been working for over 14 years through various programmes and interventions to advocate for the education of the girl-child― and the BIIAG campaign is one of such interventions which seeks to draw attention to the various challenges faced by girls and what society can do about it.
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I was running a memory profile on our client application and kept seeing views being stuck in memory. It was odd since we freed them and there weren't any discernable links that should be keeping them alive.
Well, that is until I saw that a GC Root object holding a reference at the top of the chain was an icon. An Icon. It was holding together a massive view and all the data, controls and containers that go with it. The memory would increase by 5-10 megs each time you went and left the view.
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I remembered from an earlier performance run that WPF has Freezable objects. WPF monitors these objects for changes. Well, that sounds like it uses an event. I doubt it polls.
I was right. There is an event on the image source. Apparently WPF latches on to that bad boy, and voila. You have a valid reference to the icon that the GC see as needed.
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