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October 12, 2016
Only 25% Feel They're Most Active in the Fall; 49% Sit Between Seven to Nine Hours a Day
As the weather turns cooler, more people are finding themselves becoming less active. And for people who work in an office, the fall season leads to a sharp decline in activity. A recent Lightspeed Mobile Pulse Poll of U.S. consumers who work desk jobs reveals that while 50% of respondents believe themselves to be most active in the summer time, only 25% believe they are most active in the fall.
In addition to considering themselves less active in the fall season, many respondents (82%) report they're also pretty inactive in the workplace sitting between four and nine hours per day with 49% of those individuals claiming they sit a staggering seven to nine hours per day. This summer, a study of over 1 million people published in The Lancet found that one hour of physical activity per day may eliminate the increased risk of death associated with sitting for eight hours a day. While the majority of Lightspeed's Mobile Pulse Poll respondents sit for a significant length of time, 85% did report they actively get up to stand or walk several times a day.
Further key survey findings include:
- Commuting: 40% of respondents spend 15 to 30 minutes commuting to work and 25% spend less than 15 minutes
- Remote working: 22% of survey participates report they work from home sporadically, 47% never work from home and 17% work from home all five days
- Inactive season: Only 4% of respondents report they are most active in the winter months
Note to editors: Survey conducted September 2016 on Lightspeed's Mobile Pulse Poll; 455 respondents age 18+.
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While we're still reeling from recently released footage of unarmed African American Walter Scott being shot by police officer Michael Slager in South Carolina, it's important to keep police brutality in the spotlight even after the press dies down. Americans – especially black Americans – are killed by police year round – and the statistics are startling.
Although it's hard to pinpoint exactly how many African-Americans are killed by cops each year, several sources have referred to KilledByPolice.net, which started collecting data on police shootings in 2013, and includes information on race and gender. According to KilledByPolice's 2104 data, 238 black Americans were killed by police – which is probably lower than the true number, as not every story about a police-related death records gender and race. In fact, it was recently found that police kill twice as many people than the U.S. government reports.
The more disturbing part of these findings is that last year's black deaths by cops exceeds the number of black Americans who perished in the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001. The Centers for Disease Control reports that 215 black lives (136 men and 79 women) were taken in 9/11 – more than the estimated 238 black lives lost to police officers.
In 2013, it was reported that police officers had killed 5,000 people since 9/11 – statistics that make local cops seem like more of a threat to Americans than actual "terrorists." In fact, Americans are 55 times more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist. Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012 recently said about terrorism risk:
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Fair warning: I'm getting fancy with this week's Local Box menu. I am attending two potlucks this weekend, and I'm showing off our local bounty with some special finger foods and small bites. This week's produce lends itself especially well to hors d'oeuvres, but you could also stretch those appetizers into full meals by adding some easy side dishes.
Here's what's coming in the Local Box:
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- Apples – Top of Texas
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- Summer Squash – My Father's Farm
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- Broccoli Crown – Engel Farm
- Shallots OR Okra – Fruitful Hill Farm OR Bradshaw
- Sweet Potatoes – Gundermann Acres
Menu 1: Grilled persimmon bruschetta combines creamy goat cheese with grilled wedges of sweet persimmons on French bread. For my potluck, I'll grill the persimmons ahead of time, and plan to assemble the rest of the bruschetta at the party. A quick salad of cucumber, broccoli and radish slices would round the bruschetta out into a full meal.
Menu 2: This apple rosemary brie pizza makes a quick and easy appetizer, especially if I use a store-bought pizza crust. Doubling the portions and adding a side of sauteed okra with garlic would stretch it into a dinner, too.
Menu 3: I am taking this cucumber, apple and pear salad to a gluten-free gathering this weekend. If I have enough produce to double the recipe, I will serve the salad again as a dinner with some grilled bratwurst. A note about the cucumbers from Tecolote: Italian cucumber melons are a very mild variety of cucumber that is shaped like a softball or a melon. You can peel and cube this cuke just as you would the English variety.
Menu 4: The bok choy from Fruitful Hill Farm in this week's box are enormous. One whole head of bok choy could easily feed a family of four, as in this Stir-fried Bok Choy recipe.
Menu 5: I've always heard that radishes and squash grow well together in the garden, so why not try them together on my plate? Sauteed summer squash with radishes looks like a pretty easy way to prepare the veggies together. I bet grilled chicken or grilled sweet potatoes would make an excellent companion.


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text: The Mac in its history has had 3 major transitions so far. The 1st one was 68K to PowerPC. That transition happened from 1994-1996. The 2nd major transition though was even bigger. That was the transition from OS9 to OS X from 2001-2003. At WWDC 2005 Steve Jobs announced the 3rd transition, from PowerPC to Intel. This last transition lasted from January-December 2006. Why did they do this? Because Apple wants to make the best computers going forward. Since the 2017 iPhones has been announced there has been an increase of rumors of a 4th transition for the Mac from Intel to Apple's ARM chips Looking at how Apple has been releasing their Macs before as compared to today they have been releasing them whenever there is a new AMD or NVidia GPU chip released rather than when Intel releases a new CPU. This was in contrast to 10 years ago whenever Intel has a release Apple will ship days later. To me this shows that CPU technology is not as advanced as those of GPUs or GPUs has become more important in Macs. Another point of migration would be performance per watt. Apple's A11 Bionic chip found in 2017 iPhone 8 and X are now more powerful than the Intel chips found in a 2017 MacBook Pro. As you notice in the chart below even the chips used by Android makers are inching closer to Intel's. Looking over the fence we see Microsoft is now supporting two hardware platforms for Windows 10 namely Intel chips and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips that powers almost all Android flagship phones . Here's a preview from December 2016. A demo from Qualcomm from June 2017 Another preview from IFA 2017 back in August 2017. I guess I will be buying a new Mac after Apple moves to their own chips. If I was Intel I'd improve my performance per watt figures at a better price or diversify before they end up being discarded by both Apple and Microsoft like Apple's former GPU chip supplier Imagination. A bit off topic but the chart below shows the performance gap between 2017 smartphone chips from Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm included also is the 2016 chip from Apple. Source


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ChainPoint's customer Tony's Chocolonely announced a partnership with Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, and Barry Callebaut, the largest chocolate manufacturer in the world. Albert Heijn will be the first partner to source cocoa beans based on Tony Chocolonely's five sourcing principles.
Starting in March, Albert Heijn will source cocoa for its brand Delicata at a higher price at Tony's cooperatives in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Barry Callebaut is going to facilitate the cooperation by individually separating the processes from cocoa to chocolate. Albert Heijn will adhere to Tony Chocolonely's five sourcing principles. These principles are:
- Paying a Premium (Fairtrade + Tony's premium)
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- Traceability from 'bean-to-bar'
Albert Heijn will be the first partner to use the Tony's "Open Chain Platform", which includes access to tools like Beantracker, which was built for Tony's Chocolonely by ChainPoint. The Beantracker allows cocoa beans to be tracked at every point of the supply chain, which provides traceability and insights on where the beans are in the chain at any given moment. This means that there is a fully transparent "bean to bar" supply chain, knowing the origin, the flow and the quantities of the beans – in others words the "bean whereabouts".
If you want to know more about the Beantracker, we highly recommend our video in which we, together with Tony's Chocolonely, show how the Beantracker works.
Tony's Chocolonely was founded in 2005 by Teun van der Keuken (Tony), a Dutch journalist exploring the issue of child labour in the cocoa industry. He was shocked to find that child labour was still endemic in the cocoa industry. To create true market transformation he decided to start his own chocolate company, which has resulted in a chocolate brand dedicated to realising a 100% slave free chocolate industry.


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The Partner Integrations team at Egnyte is responsible for building the ecosystem around our products. We are running over 25 different integrations in production. This includes such integrations as Office Online, Docusign, and Slack, the "Apps and Integrations" interface and tools for partners to easily build their integrations. The number of integrations continues to grow.
With over 25 repositories sharing a similar configuration, maintenance can become annoying.
We're running our builds in GitLab CI which supports configuring the entire CI pipeline with a config file (spoiler: .gitlab-ci.yml).
My team keeps on building integrations, we can't seem to stop. We even managed to get them to be really consistent in terms of tooling, builds and deployment. sed in a loop was my editor of choice for a while. Now with everything reaching consistency, it's time to address the overlap of .gitlab-ci.yml configuration being almost the same in each repository.
But how?
.gitlab-ci.yml defines the pipeline, so it's not possible to install something external as the first step of the pipeline to affect the rest. But .gitlab-ci.yml allows importing external files from the repo or a URL.
That sounds great.
External URLs don't support authorization, so we'd have to put some infrastructure in place to have parts of .gitlab-ci.yml shared between projects, but not available to the general public. You know, security.
Also, if all configs point to the same URL, it's just one version shared across all pipelines. Instant updates or no updates.
The big leap I had to make was to think of .gitlab-ci.yml as code not configuration. If it's code, I need to reuse it. If I'm reusing code, I put it in a shared library. If I have a library, I version it so I don't have to spend a few days rolling it out to each project with each change, but can do so progressively when revisiting projects while they continue to work fine with previous version.
The idea is not new. We're using internal libraries to reuse code better. Logger, database abstractions etc. – they're all packages we install in each app and their development follows semantic versioning.
Here's what I did:
1. Create a library
- extract common steps to files
- give them descriptive stage names
- parametrize with variables
I can include a file and use a stage from it, put it in the right order with others etc. Included stages are configured with variables. Variables from the main yaml are accessible in included code.
2. Make it installable
- set up a repository for the library as a npm compatible package
- use a install script to take a folder with reusable files and copy it to the folder of the app installing my package as dependency
When I install the library at a certain version, I get a folder with reusable yaml in my repo root. Just need to commit it and it can be included in the main .gitlab-ci.yml.
We now have full control of the versions. If I want to update the CI pipeline across all apps, I run
npm update gitlabci-shared-config
in a loop across repositories and commit changes. If I need to update the version for only one app, or the update requires changes in the app itself – I have control over how and when the update rolls out.
Also, the generated folder comes with a readme file explaining usage docs matching the installed version and a version file containing the version number so it's easy to spot if/when it goes out of sync.
Here's what it looks like when used with variables:
variables: CURRENT_NODE_ALPINE: "node:10-alpine" GCR_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_NAME: "..." include: - "/gitlabci-shared-config/dependencies.yml" - "/gitlabci-shared-config/build.yml" stages: - setup_dependencies - build_image_prod - test unittesting: stage: test ...
Known issues
- Unused stages cause errors, each stage needs to be in a separate file with only the used ones included to .gitlab-ci.yml
- There's no obvious way to stop someone from editing the installed files – they have to be committed to the repo because there's no step before .gitlab-ci.yml includes other than git commit.
We've been using this for a few weeks now and it's proving useful for sharing parts of the GitLab CI configuration across 25 independent apps.
The next step is to switch to the 'extend' feature introduced in GitLab 11.3 and turn the shared code into a more general purpose library.
We'll continue sharing the progress so stay tuned!


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Green computing survey resultsLast updated Aug 22, 2010 — 1048 views
In the latest results from an online survey of 13,829 PC users, slightly over half say they're not currently using their PCs' power management capabilities, such as sleep and hibernate modes, to save power when they're not actively using the systems. Fortunately, nearly all participants who aren't currently using power management acknowledge that they'd like to change their ways.
We first examined the Climate Savers Computing Initiative's PC power management survey two years ago, and are disappointed to report that the current results are roughly unchanged, in terms of percentages.
Instigated by Google in 2007, the Initiative bills itself as "a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses, and conservation organizations." Its primary goal is to "promote development, deployment, and adoption of smart technologies that can both improve the efficiency of a computer's power delivery and reduce the energy consumed when the computer is in an inactive state."
The Initiative's current objective is to "reduce global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons per year, equivalent to the annual output of 11 million cars or 10–20 coal-fired power plants." This was intended to lead to a 50 percent reduction in power use by computers and a savings of $5.5 billion in energy costs by 2010.
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I'm at the hospital, waiting for my father's procedure to be done. About 3.5 hours to wait. Ugh. .stuck alone & surrounded by strangers. That's great for the agoraphobia. Not. God willing I can stay home tomorrow & Saturday for some much needed time alone.
This past week has been rough. The C-PTSD is flaring up. Constant nightmares. Dealing with my mother's narcissism daily. Ugh.
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49:08 – This week Jen, Brian, Alicia & Kay return to Legends Diner in Secaucus, NJ to discuss what they're manifesting, and how they're doing it. Playing the role of David is our "Fight Club" friend Melissa. Jen got booked on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Kay's muppet now has a name – and a tail! Alicia did her own purging last week to make room for her step-son, who is now living with her. Brian finished the filmmakers' reel DVD and proposal for a grant to fund The Miracle Man and has been attracting the Namaste principle into his life in several ways.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
If information is power, millions of people in Africa will soon get a taste as free cell phone access to Wikipedia becomes available later this year.
A deal between telecommunications company Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, made the groundbreaking access possible and will allow Orange's cell customers free mobile access and downloads from Wikipedia without data usage charges.
"Wikipedia is an important service, a public good — and so we want people to be able to access it for free, regardless of what device they're using," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. "This partnership with Orange will enable millions of people to read Wikipedia, who previously couldn't. We're thrilled to be Orange's partner in this important endeavour."
The service will gradually be rolled out in 20 African and Middle Eastern countries during 2012, with the first 8 markets located in Africa.
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10 thoughts on "Great House"
So I say again writing a book of short stories, fitting them together Tetris like, and calling it a novel DOES NOT MAKE YOUR BOOK A NOVEL Also telling your publisher to put a novel on the cover after the title DOES NOT MAKE YOUR BOOK A NOVEL If you write a collection of short stories, IT IS OK TO CALL IT A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES Because you are Nicole Krauss, especially, because you will probably STILL BE NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD EDIT But YOU WON T WIN, thankfully Lord of Misrule will win This is a very well written book throughout, meaning sentence by sentence Nicole Krauss can string words together effortlessly, can create haunting and memorable imagery through evocative metaphors you d never dream of But all those sentences didn t add up to much of anything for me It definitely feels like the form is what interests her, but the Big Idea interconnected stories that are all related to the perhaps malovelent presence of an imposing desk, its many tiny drawers standing in for the melodramatic seekrits and secret pains of its many owners obscures the characters.It sounds interesting, but it isn t It s monotonous, and confusing Puzzling out the structure is a pain in the neck because the stories, each with a different narrator, all sound the same, whether the speaker is a middle aged American woman or an elderly male Hungarian Jew Everyone mopes about the WEIGHT OF MEMORY this was probably explained to me on the jacket copy because I honestly had a hard enough time concentrating on the plot , which is symbolized by furniture and also by how they constantly talk about their horrible memories I don t have to like the characters, but not a one of them had much of a spark, which made reading about them distasteful AND dull.I can t say I m surprised this was nominated for the National Book Award, but I am disappointed, because I think if it wins, a lot of extra people are going to read it, and a lot of them aren t going to like it And I read a lot of other books this year, books that weren t nominated, that I think would benefit from the extra attention and might also be a lot less likely to alienate readers For all of the depth of talent on display in the prose, this is an oddly lifeless book, and I don t see it connecting with most readers, even serious readers In conclusion I would not recommend Great House A Collection of Stories and I certainly don t recommend Great House A Novel.
As I sit down to assess the past year with Rosh Hashanah fast approaching, I decided to read a Jewish author who I have never read before Recently in one of the groups I am in here on Goodreads the Reading for Pleasure book group I took a turn holding the quill for the group s Pepys Project, a diary detailing literary births, deaths, and happenings for each day The last day of my turn was August 18, the birthday of author Nicole Krauss With her new book Forest Dark due to hit shelves soon, I felt that this was a way of telling me that I should experience the award winning author s works for myself Reading descriptions carefully, I decided upon Great House, a title evoking imagery of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem with a multi layered plot full of surprises along the way.From the novels first pages, it was evident to me that Krauss is both a leading Jewish novelist and literary fiction writer today The book starts out where Nadia, a writer perhaps meant to be Krauss herself, is talking to a judge In a stream of consciousness monologue, Nadia takes her readers down memory lane as she describes her life as a novelist over the last twenty five years While the story takes place in the present, Nadia s entire existence is rooted with a chance meeting with Chilean poet named Daniel Varsky twenty six years before Although their affair was brief, Varsky left Nadia his immense desk This desk, which held than just sentimental value to Varsky, becomes the focal point of Nadia s career, as she sits there to write seven novels, which become her livelihood It is during work on the eighth novel that Varsky s supposed daughter comes to ask for the desk back, sending Nadia s life and career into a tailspin.In each section of the novel, Krauss introduces another protagonist whose life has been impacted by this grand desk Originally the property of a prominent Jewish family in Hungary, the desk had been plundered by the Nazis and underwent a journey across four continents until it reached its present destination in Nadia s apartment In a London suburb, Arthur Berg cares for his wife Lotte who is dying of Alzheimer s Lotte had also been a writer and made the acquaintance of Varsky she was so taken by him that she gifted him her desk, that had once been a gift from a previous lover Berg did not realize the impact of either the desk or of Varsky on Lotte s life until her disease had overtaken most of her memory Thus, the desk underwent travels through history.Each protagonist is stronger than the other Krauss introduces her readers to an Israeli attorney named Aaron who is reeling from the death of his wife Rivka Aaron has to come to grips with his relationship with his adult son Dovik, who had always been introverted and closer with his mother The family s relationship with the desk is not inherent from the start however, Aaron s monologues describing Dovik s troubled childhood are among Krauss most poignant passages in the novel I can only help feelin for Dovik as he lived with the trauma growing up with a father who did not understand him and was much closer to his rival sibling.Finally, the plot comes together with the introduction of Weisz, a furniture dealer who has rescued countless pieces of antiques pilfered by the Nazis from places around the globe, and his children Yoav and Leah Like the other characters in the novel, the triumvirate has a deeply personal relationship with the desk however, as the family originally comes from eastern Europe, it becomes apparent that their history with this piece may be greater than that of the other characters Even though each piece of plot moves slowly, Krauss use of prose is exquisite and a joy to read I could not help but reading quickly through this gem to find out the origins of the desk and who its rightful owner is With emotions riding high as to the ownership, the second half of the novel moved faster than the first.Toward the end of the novel, Weisz delivers a poignant monologue explaining the novel s title In the words of biblical scholar Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, he explains that to Bend a people around the shape of what they lost, and let everything mirror its absent form Later his school became known as the Great House, after the phrase in Books of Kings He burned the house of G d, the king s house, and all houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire So close to the new year, I appreciate Krauss use of biblical anecdotes to the Jewish people as people of the book I thoroughly enjoyed this intricately woven novel of memories, a web of human emotions, and strong prose I am sure that Great House will not be the last of her novels that I read, as I rate this gem of a book 4.5 stars.
How Did She Do What She Just Did I looked forward to reading this novel for several years, was apprehensive in the first couple of chapters, persisted, got my bearings, then in the second half grew confident that it would blow my mind which it did.The novel makes demands on you, you have to exert yourself, but the rewards are enormous and profound.As at the time of writing this review if I can call it that , I finished the novel less than 24 hours ago I still haven t worked out what else to say about it There is so much I want to talk about with somebody anybody However, because of the desire to avoid spoilers, I know there are things I mustn t say in a review The problem is, it s these aspects of the novel that fascinate me, and they are so numerous, so I m going to write whatever spoiler free thing comes into my head relatively spontaneously I m sorry I can t do better than that yet, but I want to at least make a start, while the book is still fresh in my mind.One thing I must say, though, is that I admire what Nicole Krauss achieved as a writer in this novel My immediate reaction was how did she do what she just did Somehow, she seemed to drag me along from the relatively mundane to the sublime Only, I just never anticipated how sublime it would be.The Absence or Loss of PlotIt isn t a narrative driven novel There is no plot to speak of or is there There is a sense in which Nicole Krauss is rebelling against the traditional plot To that extent, this is an exemplary Post Modernist work.The narratives are set at different times Lots of dates are mentioned The first thing I tried to do after I finished was to write down the dates and what happened Some sort of chronology emerged I moved the pieces around like a jigsaw puzzle, and bit by bit a clearer picture eventuated But it s one you could keep returning to, year after year, trying to get better at reading or assembling it The StructureThe book is less than 300 pages long However, it took me almost a hundred pages to detect its rhythm and feel comfortable I think this was because I had anticipated something quite different possibly as a result of the blurb.The structure of the novel is quite simple to describe However, aspects of it resemble and raise similar issues with respect to the juxtaposition of different narratives as a recent novel that consisted of nested stories It s divided into two parts The second part is almost a mirror image that expands on or resolves the first part Each part has four chapters roughly 40 pages each Each chapter has a title Three of the chapter titles are repeated in the second part The fourth and last chapter in the book is given a new title, but relates to the same person people The sequence of the chapters changes between the two parts of the novel Each chapter is narrated in the first person, or less as a monologue There is relatively little dialogue We really get into the head of each narrator, whether or not we like or empathise with them There are a few stylistic anomalies in some chapters e.g., clumsy similes , which made me wonder whether Krauss attention to detail might have slipped However, ultimately, I decided that she knew what she was doing all along, and that this inelegance was a trait of the narrator, not the author.The JourneyThe novel doesn t just progress from A to B, or from A to Z However, regardless, the novel maps a journey All of the steps are carefully recorded By the time we get to the end of the novel, we re conscious of the journey as a whole What seems to be fragmentary as we progress, is ultimately assembled together in a manner that accomplishes completeness, a whole, an entirety, a world, a universe, a Great House.Equally importantly, the journey is not just the journey of these narrators Krauss has a unique ability to make the journey seem like our journey as well I don t just mean this in the sense of empathy or verisimilitude I mean that she makes us make it our journey as well We have to exert ourselves We personalise it We don t just observe characters acting It s almost as if we get up on stage and join them We are trying as hard as them to make sense of this world that is being presented to all of us in fragments This world that Krauss is portraying is not just their world It s our world as well We learn about ourselves as we learn about her narrators.I m reluctant to describe the individual narrators or the chronology of events It might seem trite to say that it s essential for you to experience them yourself as part of your journey through the world of the novel I can t and don t want to take and don t want to spoil your journey for you It has to be your own journey.The Great HouseThere are many times on the journey when you ask yourself what the Great House is.It could be many types of house, both literally and metaphorically an actual physical home with all of its furniture and contents, including a writing desk , a family as in the House of Usher , a Temple, even a Book whether holy or not.Whatever type of house, I think it s a defence or buttress against the abyss.Whenever I read the word abyss particularly in the context of philosophy , I wonder how the word originated I tend to visualise it as a hole or an emptiness However, there s also a sense in which it is the opposite of being grounded it might mean that we are un grounded. We have no solid, physical foundation upon which to stand or build a home It might seem paradoxical, but just as we might fall into the abyss, we might float or fly away from solid ground, if we are un grounded Great House is concerned with this abyss and what it takes to be grounded, although not necessarily in so many words The two words that come to mind for me are absence and loss. In a way, both describe the non presence of some object or characteristic or person Absence could mean that it has never been present loss might mean that it was once present, but is no longer so.The novel raises the question how do we or should we deal with the abyss, with the absence, with the loss.Each narrator is missing something, whether or not it has always been absent, or whether it has been lost, or whether it has been burned or stolen, or whether it has been given away whether permanently or temporarily.Each narrator is estranged by the absence or loss Each narrator tries to do something about it in their own unique way.It s questionable whether you can overcome the absence or loss by yourself Although the absence or loss might apply to a physical object like the desk , it applies equally to relationships like love.Krauss explores these issues in the context of the Jewish predicament However, I think it is equally applicable to other religions and cultures.The Jewish people have had to deal with two challenges the loss of Jerusalem, and the Holocaust.One response to the loss of Jerusalem is to Turn Jerusalem into an idea Turn the Temple into a book, a book as vast and holy and intricate as the city itself Bend a people around the shape of what they lost, and let everything mirror its absent formeach one of us can only recall the tiniest fragment a pattern on the wall, a knot in the wood of a door, a memory of how light fell across the floor But if every Jewish memory were put together, every last holy fragment joined up again as one, the House would be built againor rather a memory of the House so perfect that it would be, in essence, the original itselfa perfect assemblage of the infinite parts of the Jewish memorywe live, each of us, to preserve our fragment, in a state of perpetual regret and longing for a place we only know existed because we remember a key hole, a tile, the way the threshold was worn under an open door So memory is part of the mechanism by which we combat the abyss, and books are the depositories of memories.Many of the characters react to the absence or loss by way of their silence They internalise and bottle up their anguish.Sometimes, you need to be opened up or uncorked or unlocked Sometimes, you are the key hole, and somebody else holds the key Sometimes, you have to realise that you yourself hold the key Together, our fragments form a perfect assemblage Together, we form a Great House.This novel is a Great House assembled out of the fragments of real or imaginary lives By the time the novel is finished, its shape becomes apparent, and everything locks into place It is a truly holy book.
I m surprised this was written after History of Love because for me, though perhaps grown up, it s less accomplished The design is brilliant but let down by the execution There are four first person narratives, all of them Jewish The Holocaust is rarely overtly mentioned but it haunts the entire novel Its memorial is a desk that connects all these people One problem I had was all these voices tend to ramble, all go off point There are entire paragraphs which could be removed without in any way altering the book s design Often there was a brilliant page followed by a page of hot air And these characters aren t as memorable as those in History of Love They re all also rather unlikeable Control freaks No doubt this was intended as a depiction of the repercussions of carrying Nazis atrocities in your genes but I felt it could have been achieved with elasticity, flair, , dare I say it, charm History of Love almost had a surfeit of charm after all It s also a detective novel and I greatly enjoyed figuring out all the connections I admired it but I didn t quite love it.
After reading The History of Love, I promised myself to read something else by Nicole Krauss when I had the chance I found Great House at a local thrift store for 1, and it was one of the best dollars I ever spent There are several narratives to follow and they are tied together by a desk, a desk that was part of the stolen property of Jews displaced by the Third Reich Each of the narratives is a story in itself, a glimpse into the lives of people who struggle with their humanity and how they fit into the world at large What each story has at its core is the theme of loss, memory and isolation Many of these characters have an excruciating inability to reach beyond themselves and touch others or let anyone in.This book is written like a maze, weaving in and out, characters coming and going It is a puzzle with pieces that lie just out of the reach of your hand and without which you can never make a complete picture There were moments when I wondered if I had missed something crucial, I felt so lost, and then Krauss would lay down her next layer and I would find the pieces interlocking and making sense There was, within that revelation, an accompanying feeling that I had discovered something not only about the characters, but about myself.This is a book that raises important questions and leaves you pondering answers long after you have reached the final page How much can you know about another person Does a person deserve to have his secrets respected after death How long can you close a person out before it is too late to make amends Can we ever understand a person fully if we do not have access to their history, their stories, their losses How can we not live with death every day, when we all know death is the ultimate outcome for each of us And then there is the concept of a thing carrying the memory, and in some way the residual life, of those who are lost I know from experience that when a person is gone, any possession they cherished takes on a different meaning In some ways, it can come to embody the idea of that person and feel like a bridge to their soul And, we can be linked in our minds to our pasts by smells and textures and breezes that blow through windows carrying sea spray or the smell of roses We can sometimes feel that if we could recreate those things, that material world, we could repossess our lost lives, our childhood, or our loves.Krauss writes prose that flows and sings and carries you along like a river For example, she describes an Alzheimer s patient in words that capture perfectly what those of us who have known the progress of this disease easily recognize I could see in her eyes that beneath those words there was nothing, just an abyss, like the black water pond she disappeared into every morning no matter the weather Then followed a period when she became scared, aware of how much she was losing by the day, perhaps even the hour, like a person slowly bleeding to death, hemorrhaging toward oblivionAnd then even that period passed, and she no longer remembered enough to be afraid, no longer remembered, I suppose, that things had ever been any other way, and from then on she set off along, utterly alone, on a long journey back to the shores of her childhood.If I was jolted by her transition from story to story, I was pulled back into the story immediately by her use of description and language The thread may have been tenuous at times, but it was worth any effort required to follow the thread to its end.
I m a genre guy than a literature reader, but I ve been trying to branch out lately I m glad I did because I ve read some amazing things that I probably wouldn t have tried otherwise However, it only takes one book like this send me running back to the mystery or sci fi section for comfort It wasn t bad, but it s just working so damn hard to be an important book that it really isn t much fun to read And maybe all books shouldn t be fun, but they really shouldn t feel like this much work either.The book begins in the early 1970s in New York with a writer named Nadia losing all her furniture due to a break up with a boyfriend A mutual friend steers Nadia to Daniel Varsky, a young Chilean poet who is getting ready to leave New York and has an apartment full of furniture he wants to loan out until he returns The most impressive item is a large desk Nadia takes the furniture and later hears that Daniel was tortured and killed in Chile during Pinochet s brutal rule of the country.Years pass and the one constant in Nadia s life is the desk However, when a young woman claiming to be Daniel s daughter from a fling he had in Israel shows up, Nadia immediately relinquishes the desk to her, but soon regrets it.Several other stories are told in parallel to Nadia s An Israeli man mourning the death of his wife pours his heart out in a story to the son he never understood The husband of a British writer discovers a shocking secret about his wife after her death, and a young woman reflects on her love for a man who had an odd relationship with his sister and their father who is trying to recreate the study of his childhood home that was lost in the Holocaust Eventually, the links between all of the stories emerge.Krauss is one of those writers who impresses me technically but leaves me a bit cold despite writing something that was obviously going for the heart A big part of my problem is that that four of the characters are almost exactly the same Nadia, the British writer, the young woman in love, and the Israeli son are introverted types who live their lives mainly through books and words to the point of ignoring everything else I especially found Nadia tiresome because this is a woman with every advantage who deliberately chooses her writing career over relationships yet whines about her own nature constantly It s hard to feel too sympathetic for someone who cut themselves off of their own free will and yet who is so fragile that the loss of a desk will plunge them into a depressive bout of writer s block.The plot comes together in a nice web of cause and effect, but overall this book felt like getting stuck in a conversation with someone who obviously wants to be doing something else, but then proceeds to tell you about everything they ve talked about with their psychiatrist.
This is the worst book I ve read in years The narratives are incredibly disjointed and confusing None of the characters is interesting enough to warrant the energy required of the reader to piece together their stories in a meaningful way The writing itself is trite and one gets the feeling that one has read similar stories by better writers By far the worst flaw of the book is the lack of propulsion I m amazed that I read the entire book as there was nothing driving the book forward Without giving too much of the novel away, I will say the image of the shark was arresting and beautiful but that the furniture motif felt forced and fell flat Why this book was nominated for the National Book Award is beyond me.
A common criticism of this book is that it s like four short stories than a novel It s true the four narratives, with a little tinkering, could stand alone as brilliant inspired stories There s a suspicion too that Nicole Krauss has difficulties writing novels Only two in ten years in stark contrast to someone like Murakami who knocks them out with what s becoming almost a facile and self harming ease The stories are connected by a mysterious writing desk reminiscent of Edmund de Waal s The Hare with Amber Eyes when it s a collection of Japanese netsuke that are used to follow bloodlines Though the desk vanishes for great stretches of the narrative it haunts the lives of every character in these pages Initially the desk is another victim of the Nazis It vanishes from the home of a Jewish family in Germany At the heart of the book is an antiques dealer who restores furniture looted by the Nazis to their Jewish owners So the desk becomes a symbol of both home and heritage and in Great House we see how it affects the lives of a truly fabulous cast of characters The characters are so vividly engaging that we miss them when they are gone which is probably my only misgiving about this book It s difficult to keep the bigger picture in mind because of the overwhelming sweep and luminosity of each new page It s a bit like falling in love when the new lover utterly eclipses all who have come before But it has to be said that there s brilliant writing in this book than any I ve read this year so, on the whole, a massive thumbs up from me And just wish Nicole Krauss was prolific.
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What It Was Like To Vote From Madrid
On Super Tuesday, Americans headed to the polls not just around the country, but also around the world. In Madrid, Spain, where I live, hundreds of young people turned up to an in-person voting center hosted in a bar on Tuesday night. The line stretched down the block from the Tempo Club in the trendy neighborhood of Conde Duque, right in between the city's hipster and student neighborhoods. Both are filled to the brim with 20-somethings, and — as became apparent Tuesday — more than a few American citizens. And it seemed to me that many first-time American voters are feeling the Bern — even in Spain.
One of the many young voters waiting for the doors to open was Victoria Kearney, 20, a Boston University student studying international relations through an exchange program in Madrid. She didn't head home to her host family after class, but instead to the polls. Who was she voting for? Like most of the young voters in line whom I spoke to, she picked Bernie Sanders.
"They all make promises they can't keep, but I'm going to choose the one I agree with most," Kearney says. She said that she's glad a woman is running, but that the issues matter more to her. Were Clinton to win the nomination, though, Kearney says that she would "definitely, definitely" vote for her.
Kearney's vote will be counted as a part of the Global Presidential Primary, which allows Democrats abroad to vote more easily. The event is run by Democrats Abroad, an official arm of the Democratic Party designed to give the estimated 8.7 million Americans living overseas a voice in government by organizing their vote. Voting is open until March 8 and ballots can be sent in by mail, fax, or email. In addition, events like Tuesday's give voters a place to turn out in person.
The kick-off Super Tuesday vote was in New Zealand, where Sanders won — but relatively few showed up. Madrid's vote on Tuesday could turn out to be one of the biggest in Europe, local organizers said. A total of 432 votes were cast. Sanders won by a three-to-one margin, taking 323 votes to Clinton's 107. Two were "undecided." The margin for all of Spain — which also saw a voting center in Barcelona open Tuesday night — may be quite different after all the votes are are finally counted, seeing as how Tuesday's event was focused on youth.
The worldwide Democrats Abroad group will send 13 pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention. They will be joined by eight superdelegates, but their votes only count as a half vote — meaning the total delegate votes the group gets is 17. That's one less than the state of Wyoming, for example.
For Democrats Abroad Spain President Gil Carbajal, having their point of view represented at the convention is important — and it's because of more than just taxes. "We're looking from the outside in," he says, "so we have a perspective that is special. Living abroad, we're so conscious of the power of the United States and its projection."
Local Madrid chapter president of Democrats Abroad, Ryan Turner, 32, says that the turnout beat his initial expectations. He and a group of 10 other members have been organizing the event for months, principally trying to get the word out through social media. He said the event was targeted at the large number of American students studying in the city.
According to 2013 figures, about 26,000 American students study in Spain each year, a large number of them in Madrid. "You need to provide as many options as possible for people to vote," Turner said. "If we can activate young people and people who live abroad, we can better take on the Republicans." Being a Dems Abroad official, Turner declined from stating a preference in the Clinton-Sanders divide.
Not everyone at the event was for Sanders, though. Alana Moceri, who teaches political communications at Universidad Europea in Madrid and has lived in the country for 17 years, started a Spain for Hillary group. Although not an official arm of the Clinton campaign, they are planning events both for Spaniards and for Americans in Spain to talk about the importance of electing the first female president, as well as about women in politics more generally.
Moceri thinks that Clinton will ultimately clinch the nomination, but that in the meantime, these in-person events allow Sanders and Clinton supporters to get to know each other — something that will be increasingly important when it comes down to one candidate and the party has to unite. "When we all come together — people who are supporting both candidates — and can have a laugh and a beer together, and know that we'll continue on no matter who gets the nomination, that's the most important part," Moceri said.
A preference for either candidate over the Republican opposition — particularly Donald Trump — was clear among the many young voters. Courtney Likkel, 25, has lived in Madrid for three years working as an English teacher. She said that in the end, she would be happy with either in the general election — anyone who could beat Trump. Her "tough" choice ultimately landed with Clinton, though.
Meanwhile, Likkel's friend and fellow English teacher Kathleen Egan, 23, is for Bernie. She said it was difficult, especially given that she identifies as a feminist. She said that trying to navigate which candidate was better was hard, but that having such a difficult choice was good. It means that the candidates are better, "rather than with the Republicans, where it's 'Oh dear lord!'"
The two had both missed the window to request absentee ballots from their home states of Washington and Massachusetts. Likkel said she was kicking herself about it until she learned about this event online. "I saw this and I was like, 'Oh, problem solved.'"
That's what's Democrats Abroad hope to do: make voting from abroad easier, both during the primaries and in the general election. To find out how to request your own absentee ballot, you can visit votefromabroad.org.
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5 Ways to Finish Your Degree Strong
April 10, 2017
As the spring 2017 semester nears its end, seniors are faced with life-changing decisions and possibly senioritis. Students in need of some inspiration can find it all across campus, whether it is from advisers, professors, alumni or other current students. Here are five ways to finish your degree st...
Minor and Double Major Options at IU Southeast
Randi McDole, Staff Reporter
April 9, 2017
IU Southeast students have many options when choosing their degree path. One option, that is both helpful and flexible, includes the ability to obtain a minor. Angela Horn, academic adviser for the School of Natural Sciences said there are many ways a minor can make a difference for students. "...
Horizon guide: Starting a student organization
Hannah Foreman, Staff Reporter
November 27, 2015
As a new student on campus or one that has been at IU Southeast for a while, one may find themselves wondering how to get involved and meet new people. According to the IUS website, there are multiple options, including Greek life, the Student Government Association and many academic, athletic, or special groups that ...
Adviser inspired by past, looks forward to future
IUS Horizon
September 23, 2012
Quirky. Random. Talkative. Hard-working. Loyal. Helpful. These are just a few adjectives that describe Misti Whitaker, newest academic adviser for the School of Social Sciences. "I think one of the things that makes me so unique is my sense of humor," Whitaker said. She said her sense of humor...


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What if "John Wick" was an NES game? Brazilian indie game developer JoyMasher and Swedish sound designer Dominic Ninmark worked together to build what that would look like.
Like the movie, it looks awesome.
Set to a groovy synth-laden soundtrack, John Wick (played by Keanu Reeves in the movies), forays into a 2D platformer a la "Contra" where he faces off with goons and assassins. There's a huge chopper gunfight towards the end, which he wins and gets him reunited with his beloved dog (with no name, *wink*).
Check out the gameplay video below.
"John Wick 3: Parabellum" is currently going strong in theaters, in fact dethroning the box office spree of Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame" (currently on its third week). The film grossed an estimated $57 million in its opening weekend.
With its popularity, it's not surprising that it inspires fan-work like this one. However, it's worth noting that an actual *real* "John Wick" game is well underway, and it looks promising.
Watch the trailer for "John Wick Hex" below.


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In the programs financial info box you will find the option to update the credit card or bank info for the student. You will be given the option to add a completely new credit card or bank information, removing the information completely, or simply editing the expiration and cvv code of the card.
The GIF below shows you how to edit the credit card or bank info.
Adding a program option:
Underneath the credit card option you will see the option to add a new program. There are several ways you can add a new program for the student. In the quick action box at the top, in the programs tab, or in the financial info box. If you need help adding a program click the link below for a video tutorial on how to add a program.


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